The Light In My Shadow
Where Medical Insight Meets Yogic Wisdom on the Path to Healing
My Story: Living with BPD, Bipolar, Manic Depression, Complex Trauma & Suicidal Ideation
In this raw and vulnerable episode, I open up about my journey living with multiple mental health diagnoses—how they’ve sabotaged my relationships, fed my addiction to emotional pain, and kept me spinning on a merry-go-round of trauma and shame. I explore how these shadows became constant companions—sometimes seductive, sometimes suffocating—and how I’ve slowly, painfully, but purposefully learned to face them.
Through the healing lenses of yoga and Ayurveda, I’ve begun to untangle the web. It hasn’t been easy. It’s been messy, teary, and filled with setbacks—but also breakthroughs. If you’ve ever felt like your mind was working against you or that your pain had its own personality, this episode is for you.
“Unless we heal the wounds that shame creates, especially wounds from childhood, we carry this crippling shame into our adulthood…” This is the work. And this is my truth.
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EP: 24 Dinacharya and Ritucharya of Ayurveda. Creating Healthy Routines for Wellness and Immunity Boosting
Over time it becomes a natural part of our day to incorporate these modalities into our morning and evening rituals. It is important to know that Dinacharya and Ritucharya are practiced based on the seasons and the dosha imbalance. Utilizing Ayurveda gives you the proper clarity to discover your purpose (dharma) and guide yourself on the journey that you are created for while removing or eliminating blockages. Head over to the jbyfnola.org site to take the dosha quiz and receive your balancing yoga sequences, suggestions, and techniques to get you back on track.
S1 Ep:3 Showing Up for Yourself with Guest Speaker Illi Stovall
Illi Stovall shares his words of insight and wisdom on how yoga and meditation transformed his life and how he hopes to see this inspiration and fire ignite within others. Illi shares his personal story along with his trials and triumphs as he uses the teaching and principles of yoga and meditation to nurture the wholeness within the Self, taking one into higher states of consciousness.
S1 Ep:2 Five Principles Holding Students Back from Embodying the Practice of Yoga
How did you feel the first time you entered a yoga class or studio? What was the experience like? In this episode, we offer some tough love as well as some key principles to focus on in overcoming limiting beliefs and self-doubt. These 5 tips, will support the evolution of a new outlook on the way YOU practice and receive yoga.
S1 Ep:1 Yoga is Not a Performance
In this Episode we begin by meeting ourselves where we are. Yoga is not about how graceful you look on the mat, it is about showing up for yourself no matter what you are going through, overcoming limiting beliefs, and diving in to your strength. We discuss inclusivity, a pep talk for Yoga teachers and students, and how to give yoga another chance.