From The Heart, a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, Healing and Wellbeing

Season 5 Episode 3 Eco Therapy and Shinrin Yoku/Forest Bathing with Dawn Lister and Stefan Batorijs

Dawn is joined for a beautiful and engaging conversation by Stefan Batorijs the founding pioneer of Ecotherapy. 

 

His book, Wild Life: Shinrin-Yoku and The Practice of Healing through Nature, is engaging, insightful, and weaves magic around the beauty and interconnectedness of our world. Talking to Stefan was in itself a magical and calming experience, and we hope that you find some insights into how we can deepen and nurture our connection to the earth and in so doing come home to ourselves. 

 

Stefan set up the highly acclaimed Ecotherapy Project within Plymouth NHS. And has been lecturing on the benefits of Nature for recovery from mental illness in the Clinical Psychology department at the University of Plymouth for the last 27 years, and in 2017 he set up Nature and Therapy UK - offering 1:1 and group Ecotherapy sessions, as well as training Shinrin Yoku practitioners from around the world. Stefan believes we all have a primal and spiritual relationship to Nature as our ‘home’.

 

We are pleased to have a 15% discount code off his book. Use the code FTHPWL15 to receive 15% off Wild Life only, when you purchase directly from uk.singingdragon.com. This code is valid for pre-order purchase only and will expire 17/07/2024 at 11.59pm BST. This code cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. T&Cs apply. 

 

Link to The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd as mentioned in this episode:

https://smeikalbooks.co.uk/products/the-living-mountain-canons-a-celebration-of-the-cairngorm-mountains-of-scotland-6

 

Connect with Stefan on Instagram at @stefan_batorijs and @natureandtherapyuk

Find out more here: https://linktr.ee/natureandtherapyuk

 

About Dawn Lister and From The Heart

From The Heart is a podcast from Dawn Lister, co-owner of the Dawn Lister Therapy Centre and owner of Anahata Wellbeing Centre, both in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK. This podcast series brings together inspiring people to have deep, powerful and meaningful conversations about topical and relevant subjects that matter, with people who use the earth for connection and as a partner in living a life that is kind and collaborative.

Dawn Lister  (she/her) is a Cranial Sacral Therapist, Massage Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness teacher. A creator of courses and workshops as well as a retreat leader, Dawn has run retreats for 26 years and is renowned for her light touch, humour and grounded approach to spirituality. She has worked in the field of complementary therapies for 28 years. Dawn is a firm believer in the power of the connection, the need we all have to feel heard and seen.

She loves finding new ways to help us connect with mother earth, each other, our voice and our collective connection as a source for love and healing in the world. Follow Dawn Lister on Instagram at @dawnlisterlos and visit www.dawnlister.com

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata Yoga Centre website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Season 5 Episode 2 Working with our energy systems in the body with Dawn Lister and Prune Harris

In this conversation, Prune Harris and I offer an exploration of working with our energy systems in the body.

 

Prune's extensive knowledge and experience offers an incredible insight into feeling and sensing our energy, and the energy of those around us, and how Mother Earth can be a way to connect to each other and live in harmony with our highest purpose. A fascinating conversation that crosses the paths of yoga and chinese medicine.  

 

Listen in, and of course please do share, review and hit that subscribe button. 

 

Dawn 

 

About Prune Harris

 

Prune Harris has grown up in a world of energy, and for the past 50 years, she has been tracking, understanding, and now translating this world for us all to experience.

 

Since birth, Prune has been able to see energy - the energy of humans, animals, trees, and the Earth, and she sees this energy as vibrations, colours, and connective patterns. But it wasn’t until a pivotal moment in her mid 30’s that Prune realised her way of experiencing the world was very different from many of us. Her simple and insightful explanations of how our personal energy field, our collective energy field, and the global energy field interconnect, sheds forgotten light on how we can begin to move back to patterns of not just individual, but global health and harmony. 

 

An energy expert, consciousness educator, and soul activist, Prune has trained with healers, elders, and wisdom holders throughout the world and is certified in Touch For Health Kinesiology, Eden Energy Medicine, and Celtic and Norse Shamanism. For 20 years Prune worked as a clinical practitioner, dedicating her skills and gifts to helping those who needed to heal physically, emotionally or spiritually. But, with a three-year waiting list, she knew that to make a global impact she needed to make her knowledge accessible to a much wider audience. Through her in-person and online courses, her social media presence, her membership, YouTube channel, and best selling book ‘Your Radiant Soul - Understand Your Energy to Transform Your World’, Prune has empowered thousands of people across the globe to bring consciousness to their energy systems and make small yet powerful changes that elicit real change in their lives. Because, once we are aligned with our own template of health, we can then begin to align with the global template of health and, in her own words, ‘That is where the real magic happens, for you, me, and our entire world.’

 

About Dawn Lister and From The Heart

From The Heart is a podcast from Dawn Lister, co-owner of the Dawn Lister Therapy Centre and owner of Anahata Wellbeing Centre, both in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK. This podcast series brings together inspiring people to have deep, powerful and meaningful conversations about topical and relevant subjects that matter, with people who use the earth for connection and as a partner in living a life that is kind and collaborative.

Dawn Lister  (she/her) is a Cranial Sacral Therapist, Massage Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness teacher. A creator of courses and workshops as well as a retreat leader, Dawn has run retreats for 26 years and is renowned for her light touch, humour and grounded approach to spirituality. She has worked in the field of complementary therapies for 28 years. Dawn is a firm believer in the power of the connection, the need we all have to feel heard and seen.

She loves finding new ways to help us connect with mother earth, each other, our voice and our collective connection as a source for love and healing in the world. Follow Dawn Lister on Instagram at @dawnlisterlos and visit www.dawnlister.com

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata Yoga Centre website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Season 5 Episode 1 Creating conversation with the earth with Dawn Lister and Angela Carroll-Wallace

In this episode we welcome our first guest to season 5, Angela Carroll-Wallace, a Land Artist, Photographer, Maker and Creative.

We hold an inspiring conversation about our connection to the earth. How our disconnection is symbolic of how disconnected we can be as a society. Through her journey into the landscapes of Canada, Angela co-creates works in harmony with the environment she is sharing space with. Her work is a beautiful invitation and a creative solution that offers us an opportunity to repair our connection to the earth, and in turn heal ourselves and our communities.

Angela Carroll-Wallace is a Canadian Land Artist whose creative practice is informed by her mindfulness-based connection with her co-creator, Mother Nature. An avid wonderer and daydreaming artist, she has held many roles that contribute to her worldview and personal expression, from photographer and studio owner to an expressive arts therapist and arts based workshop and retreat facilitator. Shortly before the world retreated in 2020, Angela experienced the need to leave a thriving studio and practice in the city and return to the forest to find healing and inspiration.

Having worked closely with nature as part of her varied art experiences over the years, this relationship became both balm and primary focus of her work as an artist experiencing anxiety, loss and burn out. Land Art, sometimes called Earth Art or Environmental Art, is an art movement that became more recognised with the social disruptions of the 1960’s as a way to distill the process of making art from the establishment of a hierarchical gallery, market system.  Artists such as Nancy Holt, Nils-Udo, Agnes Denes, Maya Lin, Walter de Maria and Andy Goldsworthy among many others have informed and inspired Angela's work.

In our time it has held onto this “otherness” in the art world and has also become more entwined with the modern need for connections between the human world we have created, and the natural world that is always in a state of creation and change. ‘Listening to the Mother’ completed in a forest on the Pacific North West coast of Canada was a year long land art project consisting of 12 site specific installations/sculptures.

Focusing on themes of co-creation, ephemerality and deep mindful listening, this project has gained notice from local hikers, social media and is the focus of upcoming photographic exhibitions in 2024 and 25. Angela continues to create with nature’s materials in her home studio during inclement weather, and in and with natural landscapes around British Columbia whenever possible. Her fieldguide/journal book, Connections Through The Art of Nature, will hopefully be available this fall.

You can learn more about Angela and her work on her website: acarroll-wallaceartstudio.com

https://www.acarroll-wallaceartstudio.com or find her on Instagram: @acw_artist

TikTok: @acw_artist

Facebook: A. Carroll-Wallace Art Studio

YouTube: A. Carroll-Wallace Arts

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From The Heart is a podcast from Dawn Lister, co-owner of the Dawn Lister Therapy Centre and owner of Anahata Wellbeing Centre, both in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK. This podcast series brings together inspiring people to have deep, powerful and meaningful conversations about topical and relevant subjects that matter, with people who use the earth for connection and as a partner in living a life that is kind and collaborative.

Dawn Lister  (she/her) is a Cranial Sacral Therapist, Massage Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness teacher. A creator of courses and workshops as well as a retreat leader, Dawn has run retreats for 26 years and is renowned for her light touch, humour and grounded approach to spirituality. She has worked in the field of complementary therapies for 28 years. Dawn is a firm believer in the power of the connection, the need we all have to feel heard and seen.

She loves finding new ways to help us connect with mother earth, each other, our voice and our collective connection as a source for love and healing in the world. Follow Dawn Lister on Instagram at @dawnlisterlos and visit www.dawnlister.com

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata Yoga Centre website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Season 5 Introduction, with Dawn Lister

From the Heart Season 5 Introduction with Dawn Lister.

 

"2024. Anger is not a place to exist, it's a stop on the way to change."

 

Welcome back to From The Heart, a podcast with me, Dawn Lister.

 

Season five is about our connection to the earth, the lessons and gifts she holds, and how we are not in fact powerless in the face of the incredible challenges we are facing.  The world has never felt more volatile and for many we have felt powerless and heartbroken at what we are witnessing and experiencing.  I have turned to the example of Mother Earth this season as a guide and a lesson in healing, growth and repair. Because I have to believe that repair is possible...

 

Join me in Season 5 for some beautiful powerful conversations with people who use the earth for connection and as a partner in living a life that is kind and collaborative.  

Please do consider subscribing to the podcast, sharing with your community and leaving us a review. 

 

With Gratitude.

Dawn

 

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From The Heart is a podcast from Dawn Lister, co-owner of the Dawn Lister Therapy Centre and owner of Anahata Wellbeing Centre, both in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

 

This podcast series brings together inspiring people to have deep, powerful and meaningful conversations about topical and relevant subjects that matter, with people who use the earth for connection and as a partner in living a life that is kind and collaborative.  

 

Dawn Lister  (she/her) is a Cranial Sacral Therapist, Massage Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness teacher. A creator of courses and workshops as well as a retreat leader, Dawn has run retreats for 26 years and is renowned for her light touch, humour and grounded approach to spirituality. She has worked in the field of complementary therapies for 28 years.

 

Dawn is a firm believer in the power of the connection, the need we all have to feel heard and seen. She loves finding new ways to help us connect with mother earth, each other, our voice and our collective connection as a source for love and healing in the world.

 

Follow Dawn Lister on Instagram at @dawnlisterlos and visit www.dawnlister.com

 

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata Yoga Centre website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Season 4 Episode 8: Let’s talk about ’Fat Bodies’ in Yoga with Dawn Lister and Lucy Bishop

Trigger warning. This episode contains adult language and themes including eating disorders, body image and appearance. Please take care whilst listening. Not suitable for children. Contains swearing.

 

You might have heard the term "every body is a yoga body". Yoga should be accessible to everyone, regardless of shape or size. There is a huge amount of body shaming in the world and the yoga business versus the yogic community is horrifically entangled with it. Yoga can be intimidating and overwhelmingly associated with images of thinness. This is not a truthful representation of yoga or its benefits.

 

In this inspiring episode Dawn welcomes Lucy Bishop, an inclusive yoga teacher and movement specialist. Lucy first found yoga at a time when she had a difficult relationship with her body and eating. She felt connected to the practice but uncomfortable in the space, and looking back she can see the lack of modifications, accessibility and size diversity. Knowing the potential of an accessible practice and the lack of size diversity within the yoga community, Lucy decided to do her teacher training in India and has been teaching yoga since 2016.

 

We talk about Lucy's journey to becoming a yoga teacher, working hard and passionately to promote safe and inclusive spaces. Dawn and Lucy also discuss the false claim that promoting larger bodies in yoga postures means promoting obesity, diet culture's impact on the industry, how we talk to and about ourselves, and the experience of being a larger bodied person in the industry. 

 

An important conversation to have, but together they help raise awareness on the need to acknowledge that things need to change within the yoga community and to allow everyone to feel included in their practice.

 

Lucy Bishop is an inclusive yoga teacher and movement specialist who has been teaching yoga since 2016. Lucy is a full time yoga teacher teaching in community spaces, studios, for corporate clients and lots of other weird and wonderful places. She also runs training sessions for teachers on inclusivity and size inclusivity and is fiercely passionate about making everyone feel welcome in the yoga space.

Connect with Lucy at www.lucybyoga.com and on Instagram at @lucybyoga.

 

 

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From The Heart is a podcast from Dawn Lister, co-owner of the Dawn Lister Therapy Centre and owner of Anahata Yoga and Wellbeing Centre, both in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

 

This podcast series brings together inspiring people to have deep, profound and meaningful conversations about topical and relevant subjects that matter. With a focus on Spirituality, they share their stories, knowledge, experiences and insights with us through light hearted, kind and honest conversations.

 

Dawn Lister  (she/her) is a Cranial Sacral Therapist, Massage Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness teacher. A creator of courses and workshops as well as a retreat leader, Dawn has run retreats for 26 years and is renowned for her light touch, humour and grounded approach to spirituality. She has worked in the field of complementary therapies for 28 years.

 

Dawn is a firm believer in the power of the connection, the need we all have to feel heard and seen. She loves finding new ways to help us connect with mother earth, each other, our voice and our collective connection as a source for love and healing in the world.

 

Follow Dawn Lister on Instagram at @dawnlisterlos and visit www.dawnlister.com

 

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata Yoga Centre website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Season 4: Episode 7: Second Spring: The self-care guide to menopause with Dawn Lister and Kate Codrington

Dawn is delighted to welcome Kate Codrington back to the podcast. In this episode they continue their previous conversation surrounding menopause and to reinforce that what we need in challenging times is not shame or pushing through, but to treat ourselves with care and compassion. 

 

Kate is the author of Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause. Published by Harper Collins, it’s the first book to give a psychological map for menopause, one of the top ten self-help books of 2022 according to The Independent. Kate mentors people in perimenopause and beyond, 1-2-1 online, runs groups, nature-based Yoga Nidra sessions, hosts Life - An Inside Job podcast, has been a therapist for 30 years and creates multi-level art textile projects. When she’s not doing these things you’ll find her playing in her compost heaps.

 

"Perimenopause can sometimes feel like the rug has been pulled from under our feet and this can leave us feeling disempowered and lost. Second Spring is a new kind of menopause book, bringing the radical notion that with small changes and a clear-eyed look at what’s no longer serving you, you can reclaim your vitality and joy in life. This book offers a new vision for menopause, mapping the psychological phases and showing how this period in your life can be a time of personal growth. Like your slightly sweary best friend, I guide you through managing physical challenges with lifestyle changes and understanding what might be causing them. Whether you choose a natural route, HRT or a combination of both, there’s a wealth of self-care practices available here to soothe your symptoms. These include journaling prompts, practical tips, soulful enquiries and real-life solutions for managing symptoms with kindness, helping you to become the person you always longed to be."

 

Links: Katecodrington.co.uk

Yoga Nidra for hot flushes https://mailchi.mp/katecodrington/hot-flush-nidra

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kate_codrington/

 

Warning: This podcast episode contains swearing.

 

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From The Heart is a podcast from Dawn Lister, co-owner of the Dawn Lister Therapy Centre and owner of Anahata Yoga and Wellbeing Centre, both in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

 

This podcast series brings together inspiring people to have deep, profound and meaningful conversations about topical and relevant subjects that matter. With a focus on Spirituality, they share their stories, knowledge, experiences and insights with us through light hearted, kind and honest conversations.

 

Dawn Lister  (she/her) is a Cranial Sacral Therapist, Massage Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness teacher. A creator of courses and workshops as well as a retreat leader, Dawn has run retreats for 26 years and is renowned for her light touch, humour and grounded approach to spirituality. She has worked in the field of complementary therapies for 28 years.

 

Dawn is a firm believer in the power of the connection, the need we all have to feel heard and seen. She loves finding new ways to help us connect with mother earth, each other, our voice and our collective connection as a source for love and healing in the world.

 

Follow Dawn Lister on Instagram at @dawnlisterlos and visit www.dawnlister.com

 

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata Yoga Centre website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Season 4: Episode 6 Listening to the Wisdom of the Archetypes with Dawn Lister and Mara Branscombe

In this episode, Dawn welcomes Mara Branscombe to the podcast. Together they hold a beautiful conversation where they discuss feminine archetypes and why they matter. Mara also provides a beautiful reading from her book, which is a real blessing to listen to.

 

They discuss Mara's latest book, Sage Huntress Lover Queen. In this new book, Mara Branscome explains the continuing arc of influence these feminine archetypes have throughout the different stages of our life including inviting in the light aspects and integrating the shadow. She also shares embodiment techniques to help you shift your consciousness and untangle from the habitual and unconscious patterns that dim your vital spark.

 

Mara Branscombe is a mother, writer, yogi, artist, teacher, mindfulness leader, ceremonialist and spiritual coach. She is the author of Ritual As Remedy: Embodied Practices For Soul Care and Sage, Huntress, Lover, Queen: Access Your Power and Creativity through Sacred Female Archetypes. Mara is passionate about weaving the art of mindfulness, self-care, creativity, mind–body practices, and earth-based rituals into her life and work, and she has been leading community ceremony since 2000.

 

Links:

www.marabranscombe.com

www.femininearchetypesbook.com

Instagram: @marabranscombe

 

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From The Heart is a podcast from Dawn Lister, co-owner of the Dawn Lister Therapy Centre and owner of Anahata Yoga and Wellbeing Centre, both in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

This podcast series brings together inspiring people to have deep, profound and meaningful conversations about topical and relevant subjects that matter. With a focus on Spirituality, they share their stories, knowledge, experiences and insights with us through light hearted, kind and honest conversations.

Dawn Lister  (she/her) is a Cranial Sacral Therapist, Massage Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness teacher. A creator of courses and workshops as well as a retreat leader, Dawn has run retreats for 26 years and is renowned for her light touch, humour and grounded approach to spirituality. She has worked in the field of complementary therapies for 28 years.

Dawn is a firm believer in the power of the connection, the need we all have to feel heard and seen. She loves finding new ways to help us connect with mother earth, each other, our voice and our collective connection as a source for love and healing in the world.

Follow Dawn Lister on Instagram at @dawnlisterlos and visit www.dawnlister.com

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata Yoga Centre website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Season 4: Episode 5 Adapting to challenging times in a world that thrives on separation and isolation with Dawn Lister and Karen Atkinson

In this episode, Dawn is joined by longtime friend, teacher and industry friend, Karen Atkinson, CEO of MindfulnessUK. Together they explore the relationship between mindfulness and compassion and the value of self-inquiry, and they discuss adapting to challenging times in a world that thrives on separation and isolation.

 

Karen Atkinson, CEO of MindfulnessUK, is a mindfulness and compassion expert with three decades of experience. Acclaimed author of "Compassionate Mindful Inquiry in Therapeutic Practice," Atkinson's insights have influenced practitioners worldwide. As the creator of the Iceberg Model of Inquiry, she offers a unique framework for exploring consciousness and understanding human experiences. Serving as a former chair of the British Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches (BAMBA), Karen has been a driving force in integrating mindfulness into therapy.

 

Her teachings empower individuals to enhance self-awareness and resilience, while offering themselves the key ingredient of compassion. Karen’s enduring dedication continues to shape mindfulness, inspiring countless individuals on their journey to inner well-being.

 

To connect with Karen, reach out to her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-atkinson-0750a93a/ 

For more information about MindfulnessUK, visit the website here: www.mindfulnessuk.com 

You can purchase Karen’s book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Compassionate-Mindful-Inquiry-Therapeutic-Practice/dp/1787751759

And join Karen on her next one-day online retreat here: https://mindfulnessuk.com/retreats/ 

 

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From The Heart is a podcast from Dawn Lister, co-owner of the Dawn Lister Therapy Centre and owner of Anahata Yoga Centre, both in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

This podcast series brings together inspiring people to have deep, profound and meaningful conversations about topical and relevant subjects that matter. With a focus on Spirituality, they share their stories, knowledge, experiences and insights with us through light hearted, kind and honest conversations.

Dawn Lister  (she/her) is a Cranial Sacral Therapist, Massage Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness teacher. A creator of courses and workshops as well as a retreat leader, Dawn has run retreats for 26 years and is renowned for her light touch, humour and grounded approach to spirituality. She has worked in the field of complementary therapies for 28 years.

Dawn is a firm believer in the power of the connection, the need we all have to feel heard and seen. She loves finding new ways to help us connect with mother earth, each other, our voice and our collective connection as a source for love and healing in the world.

Follow Dawn Lister on Instagram at @dawnlisterlos and visit www.dawnlister.com

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata Yoga Centre website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Season 4: Episode 4 The Luminous Self with Dawn Lister and Tracee Stanley

We are delighted to welcome back Tracee Stanley to our podcast. This episode focuses on her upcoming new book The Luminous Self: Sacred Yogic Practices & Rituals to Remember Who You Are, where we talk about the goals and effects of spiritual practices, how to connect the dots and heal any imprints that arise. We talk about the yoga philosophy, keeping our nervous system calm by practising rituals and enjoying sacred moments in everyday life, learning to say no more and becoming more self aware, as well as her journey to writing her new book.

 

Tracee is always a joy to hold conversation with and we hope this podcast episode brings you a sense of calm, with practical tools and insights to help bring you enhanced self awareness and a feeling of being much more present in your everyday life.

 

We're also pleased to share with you a 30% discount off her new book, The Luminous Self. Visit www.traceestanley.com/luminous-self and use the code LUM30.

 

Tracee Stanley is the author of the bestselling book Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation and Awakened Clarity and the forthcoming The Luminous Self: Sacred Yogic Practices & Rituals to Remember Who You Are - Oct 2023 by Shambala Publications. Tracee is the founder of Empowered Life Circle, a sacred community and portal of practices, rituals, and Tantric teachings inspired by more than 20 years of study in Sri Vidya Tantra and the teachings of the Himalayan Masters. As a post-lineage teacher, Tracee is devoted to sharing the wisdom of yoga nidra, rest, meditation, self-inquiry, nature as a teacher, and ancestor reverence. Tracee is gifted in illuminating the magic and power found in liminal space and weaving devotion and practice into daily life. Find out more about Tracee at traceestanley.com.

 

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From The Heart is a podcast from Dawn Lister, co-owner of the Dawn Lister Therapy Centre and owner of Anahata Yoga Centre, both in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

 

Conversations on From The Heart are with people who are committed to growing, healing, learning and connecting. Dawn Lister is a cranial sacral therapist, yoga and meditation teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, business owner and cult survivor.

 

This podcast series brings together inspiring people to have deep, profound and meaningful conversations about topical and relevant subjects that matter. With a focus on Spirituality, they share their stories, knowledge, experiences and insights with us through light hearted, kind and honest conversations.

 

Dawn Lister  (she/her) is a Cranial Sacral Therapist, Massage Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness teacher. A creator of courses and workshops as well as a retreat leader, Dawn has run retreats for 26 years and is renowned for her light touch, humour and grounded approach to spirituality. She has worked in the field of complementary therapies for 28 years.

 

Dawn is a firm believer in the power of the connection, the need we all have to feel heard and seen. She loves finding new ways to help us connect with mother earth, each other, our voice and our collective connection as a source for love and healing in the world.

 

Follow Dawn Lister on Instagram at @dawnlisterlos & visit www.dawnlister.com. Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata Yoga Centre website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast. 

Season 4: Episode 3 The Modern Yogini, with Dawn Lister and Shanthini Ramanan

In this episode, Dawn speaks to Shanthini Ramanan, a modern yogini named after the beautiful Bhuvaneshwari temple in Pudukottai, her Grandparents hometown.

 

We have named this episode The Modern Yogini, as our conversation unravels the tale of her life, born into a traditional Hindu family (Brahmin caste) growing up in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, and the first of 3 children. A religious family with faith at its heart, she vividly remembers her Grandfather sitting in Padmasana (lotus pose) for 2 hours every morning performing an elaborate shiva pooja before work. Evenings he would meditate and chant mantra.

 

As she grew into adulthood, her innate spiritual temperament was at odds with her rebellious nature. Shanthini had a traditional marriage aged 20 and came to the UK. Poorly equipped to cope, she felt alone and isolated, yet it was her unshakable faith in the divine that got her through. The following years brought great suffering, including a divorce resulting in her being outcast from the local temple community which had been a huge part of her and her family's life.

 

Finding her strength in her spirituality, she leant into the power of prayer and mantra. Shanthini went on to change careers, becoming a therapist, and was involved in the development of a social enterprise company Papas Pickles. Shanthini has built a beautiful Shala in her home, a place for women to gather and be nourished with food, love and spiritual community. She shares with us her rich story. A mantra. And the lesson of what it means to be a yogini in the world today, the inner work, the kindness, the compassion and the connection to the divine.

 

Please leave us a question, comment or view. We'd love to hear how his episode lands with you. 

 

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From The Heart is a podcast from Dawn Lister, co-owner of the Dawn Lister Therapy Centre and owner of Anahata Yoga Centre, both in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

 

Conversations on From The Heart are with people who are committed to growing, healing, learning and connecting. Dawn Lister is a cranial sacral therapist, yoga and meditation teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, business owner and cult survivor.

 

This podcast series brings together inspiring people to have deep, profound and meaningful conversations about topical and relevant subjects that matter. With a focus on Spirituality, they share their stories, knowledge, experiences and insights with us through light hearted, kind and honest conversations.

 

Dawn Lister  (she/her) is a Cranial Sacral Therapist, Massage Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Hatha Yoga and Mindfulness teacher. A creator of courses and workshops as well as a retreat leader, Dawn has run retreats for 26 years and is renowned for her light touch, humour and grounded approach to spirituality. She has worked in the field of complementary therapies for 28 years.

 

Dawn is a firm believer in the power of the connection, the need we all have to feel heard and seen. She loves finding new ways to help us connect with mother earth, each other, our voice and our collective connection as a source for love and healing in the world.

 

Follow Dawn Lister on Instagram at @dawnlisterlos & visit www.dawnlister.com. Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata Yoga Centre website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast.