Yoga, Grief and 'Awarefulness' with Zephyr Wildman

The Motherkind Podcast

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 837 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Zephyr has been teaching Yoga since 2002 in London, trained via Yoga Campus and has been a Mentor on their yoga training program since 2005. Zephyr currently teaches at The Life Centre, yoga centres around London, privately, through online platforms such as (Movement for Modern Life – which has been described as the Netflix for yoga). She is an also Yoga Ambassador for Our Mala and Lululemon. You might have seen Zephyr on Fearne Cotton’s Happiness Project series or read about her in Fearne’s book also called Happy. I loved recording this episode - Zephyr is such a wise, gentle soul and her story is incredibly inspiring. I can't wait for you hear it. What we cover in the episode: - Zephyr's journey into yoga - Her hippy childhood and what it taught her - 12 step recovery in Al Anon - Parenting through grief and loss - Awarefulness - Zephyr's unique take on mindfulness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:12.9	Zepa hi, welcome to the Motherkind podcast.
1:15.7	Thank you so much for being here and making the time and inviting me to your beautiful home.
1:21.0	Oh, you're so welcome.
1:21.9	Thank you for having me.
1:22.8	Oh, thank you.
1:24.1	So for those who don't know Zepha, she is an incredible yoga teacher and an inspiration to me personally. She's been a huge support to me over the years. And Zepha's wisdom, you know, runs across so many teachings. So I'm really excited to hear what she's going to share with us. So Zeph, to start with, could you tell us your journey, how you came to be the
1:46.6	teacher that you are today? Wow. It started off kind of being influenced by my mom because she was
1:55.0	a yoga teacher. She was also an aerobic instructor and I of grew up around it. I grew up on a hippie
2:04.1	commune. It was kind of a part of, you know, the lifestyle. But I actually didn't really take it
2:09.2	too seriously until I was over here in England and I found myself physically crippled. Um, for
2:17.0	about nine months, I was on crutches and I couldn't figure outled for about nine months.
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