#152 - Changing the Value Systems in Yoga with Janessa Mondestin, Yoga Therapist and Director of Culture for Yoga International
Body Kindness®: Transform Your Health and Never Say 'Diet' Again
Release Date: 06/30/2020
#180 - The Switch Witch with Bernie Salazar
Body Kindness®: Transform Your Health and Never Say 'Diet' Again
Reunion alert! Bernie and I are back with our first podcast in a minute. We actually recorded this October 20, 2022... but evidently the Switch B* (err... I mean...) The Switch Witch is still around... and we have thoughts. My kids (then 8 and 9 years old) came to me and asked "Mom, do we believe in the switch witch?" I responded, "Never heard of her." They said, "Good, because she takes away your candy and that's just MEAN!." After some assurance from me, the girls decided to make a "Go Away" sign and put it over their Halloween buckets. Bernie has his own story to share about discovering the...
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#179 - Treating Your Anxiety with Kindness with The Anxiety Sisters
Body Kindness®: Transform Your Health and Never Say 'Diet' Again
My guests Abbe Greenberg and Maggie a.k.a. “The Anxiety Sisters” have built a lasting friendship and a thriving online community over their lifelong struggles with anxiety. In this episode, you’ll learn about why there is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing anxiety and how their new book THE ANXIETY SISTERS’ SURVIVAL GUIDE can help you cope with anxiety and find ways to laugh along the way. That may sound strange, but seriously, this book has humor and actually makes anxiety seem fun, or at least less overwhelming and lonely. Visit for links and show notes.
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#178 - What If I'm 'Too Numb' to Connect? with Bernie Salazar
Body Kindness®: Transform Your Health and Never Say 'Diet' Again
Hey, listeners! Bernie and I continue our conversations on 'connection' and 'numbness' as we re-connect to each other after a year or so apart (thanks global pandemic). This is episode 2 of 3 in our series where Bernie goes deeper in describing his feelings of numbness and explores more about where they are coming from, why they're there and what he can do now. I chime in with my usual... 'it's OK to be here, wow look at your strengths, B... and let's make sense of this...' rah rah support. With heart and humor, we tackle what it feels like when you're spiraling down and disconnected. CW:...
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#177 - Bouncing Back from Numbness with Bernie Salazar
Body Kindness®: Transform Your Health and Never Say 'Diet' Again
We're baaaaaack! Bernie and Rebecca managed to chat one more time before the end of 2021 and it was bittersweet. Tune in and find out what a sh*tstorm it has been for us. Bernie shares how his coping mechanisms of shutting down and feeling "numb" have returned and Rebecca helps support a gentle kindness toward re-approaching self-care practices. How do you "spiral up" when the sh*t is going down? Visit bodykindnessbook.com/podcast.
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#176 - Why Intuitive Eating Works for Diabetes Concerns
Body Kindness®: Transform Your Health and Never Say 'Diet' Again
This is Episode 6 in a special Self-Care for Diabetes series on the Body Kindness podcast, with my guest co-host Dietitian Glenys Oyston.
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#175 - Why Modified Movement Works for Diabetes
Body Kindness®: Transform Your Health and Never Say 'Diet' Again
This episode is for any listener who feels like what they can do with movement right now is "not good enough". We talk about how modification is a good thing when it comes to exercise and diabetes. But what we really want is for you to feel like any positive and meaningful step you can take toward a peaceful relationship to movement and your body is “worth it.” Visit bodykindnessbook.com/podcast for show notes.
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#174 - The Truth About Carbs and Diabetes
Body Kindness®: Transform Your Health and Never Say 'Diet' Again
The #1 thing that people stress about when it comes to diabetes and food? "Carbs". In this episode Glenys Oyston and I talk about some of the myths around carbohydrates and diabetes. We share a truth that your overall eating patterns, not individual nutrients, matter when considering how food is involved in your health, your well-being, and your diabetes concerns. Visit bodykindnessbook.com/podcast for show notes.
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#173 - Busting Myths about Blood Sugars and Diabetes
Body Kindness®: Transform Your Health and Never Say 'Diet' Again
Is checking your blood sugar levels giving you anxiety? This is your Body Kindness episode. Glenys Oyston and I discuss the most pressing myths when it comes to reading your blood sugar levels to help you come up with a flexible and workable plan. Visit bodykindnessbook.com/podcast for links & show notes.
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#172 - Understanding Weight Concerns and Diabetes Self-Care
Body Kindness®: Transform Your Health and Never Say 'Diet' Again
Dietitian Glenys Oyston joins me to discuss weight concerns and diabetes care. We help you deal with doctors, learn more about weight cycling harms, and reflect on your values when it comes to caring for yourself when you have diabetes. Visit bodykindnessbook.com/podcast for links & show notes.
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#171 - How to Deal with Diabetes Diagnosis Shame
Body Kindness®: Transform Your Health and Never Say 'Diet' Again
This is Episode 1 in a new mini-series for Body Kindness: Self care for diabetes. We need to talk about diagnosis shame because it’s real. Doctors, family and strangers on the internet make it seem like “it’s your fault” if you get a diagnosis of diabetes or a “warning” of “prediabetes” and it’s especially mean when your weight is to blame. Tune in for our tips on shame resilience and taking meaningful action toward positive change. Show notes bodykindnessbook.com/171. Sponsor: SelfCare4Di
info_outlineIn Part 2 of White Supremacy in Yoga series, we discuss the harms and the fixes, including what you can do as a yoga teacher, teacher trainer, student, or person who cares about anti-racism work. This includes reading books, having conversations, and taking meaningful actions.
Here’s just a taste of what we discuss:
- Cultural appropriation of ayurveda.
- Diet culture and racism in yoga.
- How bad teachers can mess up the yoga experience.
- Systemic and structural White Supremacy in yoga and why we need an overhaul, a power shift in diversity, equity, and inclusion from within wellness organizations.
- Call to action with 4 simple steps (listed below).
Body Kindness is a practice of personal and collective well-being. We can do this. Tune in to learn more and most important, take action.
Janessa is asking White people to read White Fragility, My Grandmother’s Hands… and I’m sure other books would make her list, but she wants you to follow up with action.
- Get educated on what pervasive racism looks like.
- Identify our role in racist America (we are global, so we should adjust this to “planet” -- your country, your community.)
- ATONE. “Each one teach one.” Make it a conversation that you educate your partners, children, family, and all the places you hold power and influence in.
- Cultivate ANTIRACIST Coalitions with your newfound circle of Aware and Activated Friends. Seat them in decision-making positions on your PTA Board, Your Politicians, Your Police Department, Your District Attorneys office.
About Janessa
Thirteen years ago, Janessa Mondestin received a diagnosis for Lupus, an autoimmune condition that motivated her to recommit to wellness. Yogasana was a way for Janessa to balance her weekend-warrior athletic events and the stress from corporate banking. Over time, Yoga and Ayurveda became a central part of her life, both personally and professionally. She left corporate banking to teach yoga and wellness as an Adjunct Professor for Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken and Adjunct Faculty of Uncommon Charter School in Newark, NJ.
Today, Janessa is the Director of Culture for Yoga International, liaison for Yoga International Espagnol, Yoga Talent Advocate and Business Coach, Founder of Soulthentic Yoga Registered Yoga School. She is one of the top 20 Yoga Teachers of Color for 2020. She was awarded the title of Yoga Ambassador by India’s Travel Ministry and Prime Minister in 2018.
She is a practicing Yoga Therapist who is developing a safe space for Womxn Wellness, The Soma Yoga Center. Janessa’s experience as a first-generation American born daughter of immigrants, a sexual assault survivor who overcame racial, cultural and gender-based adversity, grief and loss informs her focus on serving the public with a sense of healing, resiliency, and authenticity.
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Catch up on the previous episode in this series: Podcast 151: White Supremacy of Yoga with Sabrina Strings PhD, Author of Fearing the Black Body
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