Perimenopause, Cravings & Hormones: Your Body Isnāt Broken, Itās Speaking w/ Sema Ćzpekmezci
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
Do cravings, fatigue, or hormonal shifts have you feeling like a stranger in your body? In this episode, Iām joined by Sema Ćzpekmezci for a grounded, compassionate conversation about chronic illness, womenās health, perimenopause, hormones, and what it really means to listen to your body. We explore how midlife changes can feel confusing and how symptoms like cravings, energy dips, mood shifts, and inflammation can become invitations into deeper self-understanding. Sema also shares a powerful way to think about your hormones as the āCEOā of your body and why food, stress, blood...
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Nervous System Science Every Yoga Teacher Should Know
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
Whatās actually happening in the body when yoga helps you ācalm downā? In this behind-the-scenes lesson pulled directly from the Uplifted 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, we explore the nervous system science behind yoga, and why practices like breathwork, inversions, mantra, repetition, and Savasana can profoundly shift your stress response. Youāll learn why yoga isnāt just about relaxing, but about building awareness, resilience, and the ability to move skillfully between stress and recovery. We explore: š¹ How yoga activates the parasympathetic nervous system š¹ Why slow...
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How the Divine Speaks: The Neuroscience of Sacred Storytelling (Part 2)
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
Why do the worldās great spiritual traditions teach through stories, imagery, and metaphor instead of simple instructions? In this episode, Iāll explore why metaphor changes us in a way facts alone cannot and how imagery bypasses the analytical mind to speak directly to the nervous system, imagination, memory, and body. Building on Part 1, weāll dive deeper into Tantraās vision of awakening as a love story between Shiva and Shakti: awareness and energy, stillness and sensation, consciousness and embodiment. Iāll explore: š¹ Why metaphor activates the nervous system differently than...
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My Yogic Decision-Making Framework: How to Find Real Clarity
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
How do you make a big decisionā¦ yogically? In this episode, I explore what happens when you deeply desire something ā a new job, a baby, a retreat, a training, a relationship ā but donāt actually have the capacity to hold it right now. This is a conversation about desire, capacity, and the real conditions for clarity. Because so often we think weāre confused, when really whatās happening is that one part of us wants something badly, and another part of us knows we donāt have the bandwidth. In this episode, I explore: š¹ The difference between desire and capacity and why both...
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Somatic Coaching to Break Family Patterns with Amy Hunter
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
What if the patterns running your life didnāt start with you? In this conversation, I sit down with Uplifted alum Amy Hunter to talk about the deeper work of somatic coaching, recovery, and healing family-of-origin patterns. Amy has taken multiple trainings inside the Uplifted ecosystem ā including 200-hour, 300-hour, Kundalini, Embodied Yoga Life Coaching, and most recently the AI course ā and now brings all of that into her own coaching practice. Together, we explore what it looks like to move from self-awareness into real change. In this episode, we cover: š¹ How somatic coaching...
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What Is Bhakti Yoga? Krishnaās Most Confidential Teaching (Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9)
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
What if the deepest spiritual secret wasnāt hidden somewhere far away, but woven into your ordinary life right now? In Chapter 9 of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna reveals what he calls the āking of knowledgeā and the āmost confidential secretā. A teaching so simple and intimate that most people overlook it completely. This episode explores the heart of bhakti yoga: devotion, relationship with the divine, and the radical idea that the sacred permeates everything. We explore: š¹ Why Krishna says the divine is both everywhere and beyond everything š¹ The paradox at the center of yoga...
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Stop Trying to Be Calm: Kali & the Stress Cycle
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
What if stress isnāt actually the problem? What if the real issue is that your body never got to finish the stress response? In this episode, we revisit one of the most powerful conversations weāve ever had on the podcast: why healing isnāt about becoming calm all the time and how sacred rage, movement, and emotional expression may actually be the missing piece to your healing. Using the archetype of the Hindu goddess Kali, we explore the difference between suppression and regulation, why so many yogis get stuck in spiritual bypassing, and how somatic practices help the body finally...
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How the Divine Speaks: Sacred Symbolism in the Gita, Bible & Upanishads Part 1
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
Have you ever noticed that when humans try to talk about God, awakening, truth, or the divine we almost never explain it directly? Instead, we tell stories. We say life is a battlefield. God is a shepherd. The soul is a river returning to the sea. The self is two birds sitting in the same tree. Across cultures, centuries, and spiritual traditions, mystics donāt simply define the divine, they paint it. In this episode, I take you on a kind of devotional poetry slam through sacred metaphor. Weāll explore passages from the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, the Psalms, and yogic philosophy to see...
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What Makes a Great Yoga Teacher Training? Your Questions Answered
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
Thinking about doing a yoga teacher trainingābut not sure how to choose the right one? In this bonus FAQ-style episode, Iām breaking down the questions I hear all the timeāfrom āWill I actually finish?ā to āDo I have to want to teach?āāand giving you a grounded, honest framework to make the best decision for YOU. Because not all trainings are created equalā¦ and the difference isnāt just curriculumāitās support, structure, and how youāre held through the experience. Weāll explore: š¹ Why most people donāt finish yoga teacher training š¹ The biggest mistake...
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7 Ways To Cultivate a Yoga Practice That Sticks
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
If your yoga practice keeps falling offā¦ youāre not the problem. In this episode, I share 7 simple, realistic ways to create a yoga practice that actually sticksāeven in busy seasons of life. We explore how to: š¹ Redefine what ācountsā as yoga š¹ Build consistency without perfectionism š¹ Create anchor practices you can rely on š¹ Eliminate decision fatigue (so you actually show up) š¹ Make your practice feel good again Whether you're short on time, energy, or motivationāthis episode will help you reconnect to a practice that supports you. āØ Make your yoga practice 2x...
info_outlineToday I chat with master coach and spiritual psychologist, Christine Hassler. We talk about the impact your inner child can have on your everyday life and how the subconscious programming that is formed during childhood influences your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. She shares practical techniques for cultivating a relationship with your inner child, and emphasizes the significance of reparenting ourselves and meeting the unmet needs from our childhood. This conversation will give you valuable insights and tools for healing and personal growth.
Discover:
š¹How the inner child represents the subconscious programming formed during childhood that influences our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs.
š¹Why childhood experiences, especially between the ages of zero to 12, shape our inner child and can lead to subconscious patterns and behaviors.
š¹That inner child work does not require remembering specific childhood memories; the body and subconscious still hold the emotional and energetic imprints.
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GUEST EXPERT: Christine Hassler | https://christinehassler.com/
Christine Hassler is a Master coach, spiritual psychologist, facilitator and speaker with 20 years of experience. She is the best-selling author of three books: Expectation Hangover: Free Yourself From Your Past, Change your Present and Get What you Really Want and is the host of top-rated podcast āOver it and On With Itā. Christine is the co-founder of Elementum Coaching Institute, a premier coaching certification program. She also holds in person retreats and teaches online courses on relationships, calling in love, healing your inner child and personal mastery.
Find Us: @larkinyogatv and @christinehassler
Christineās podcast: https://christinehassler.com/podcast/
Inner child work: https://christinehassler.com/innerchild/
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#329 ā Heal Your Subconscious with Allison Roman
#324 ā The Importance of Emotional Processing and Regulation: DENT Model Trauma
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