22 episodes

Wholly Aligned comes to you from Ciara Jean Roberts Ciara is a writer, yoga and movement teacher of over 11 years, and a naturopathically trained nutritional therapist. Early teenage kidney failure, dialysis and two kidney transplants serve as rites of passage into deeper understanding of health systems and the imperative to take exquisite care of oneself and in turn each other and our living planet. Born in South Africa, raised in Zambia, an adventurer across 35 countries to date. Birthing Wholly Aligned in 2012, she stepped away from a successful career in banking, to fully embrace the wonderous world of health and healing. Bringing yoga, nutrition, and a sense of the sacred to groups, communities, and individuals. Leaving London in Summer 2022, she now lives in Ramsgate, the place where the ravens fly, with the swell of the vast salty seas nearby.

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Wholly Aligned comes to you from Ciara Jean Roberts Ciara is a writer, yoga and movement teacher of over 11 years, and a naturopathically trained nutritional therapist. Early teenage kidney failure, dialysis and two kidney transplants serve as rites of passage into deeper understanding of health systems and the imperative to take exquisite care of oneself and in turn each other and our living planet. Born in South Africa, raised in Zambia, an adventurer across 35 countries to date. Birthing Wholly Aligned in 2012, she stepped away from a successful career in banking, to fully embrace the wonderous world of health and healing. Bringing yoga, nutrition, and a sense of the sacred to groups, communities, and individuals. Leaving London in Summer 2022, she now lives in Ramsgate, the place where the ravens fly, with the swell of the vast salty seas nearby.

    Wholly Aligned Health News: BONES

    Wholly Aligned Health News: BONES

    How to support your bone health:The new series for 2024 zooms in on a particular part of the body. Bones are many parts of the body! And a wonderful living tissue to appreciate how to take care of, in your unique context. In this episode, Ciara shares some ideas to encourage better bone health, from nutrition, to the importance of movement and an overview of key bone cells and their function.For more ideas, event and musings around yoga, nutrition and sacred living, hop into the Wholly ...

    • 28 min
    Guided meditation journey: Awakening your heart song

    Guided meditation journey: Awakening your heart song

    A lovely soothing shorter journey into your own wise heart. Great for when you need a gentle reset in times of emotional turmoil. Also a useful soother to listen to before falling asleep.Ciara Jean RobertsYoga Teacher. Naturopathic Nutritional Therapist, Author, Creative Sparkhttps://www.whollyaligned.comTwitter @WhollyAlignedCheck out my Tedx Talk: Unlocking your Inner Physician: https://youtu.be/y0lmkEkNIuk

    • 12 min
    Arriving and Centring: A guided 15 minute journey

    Arriving and Centring: A guided 15 minute journey

    Ciara Roberts brings you a series of guided meditations. You can listen seated, laying down, on a train, in a plane, under a tree...make it work for you.Beginning with Arriving and Centring.The energies of Arrive. The energies of Centre.Arriving and centring into the contours of our physical form. Centring into the essence of the deepest inner truths we hold.Arriving and Centring is a practise Ciara experienced with long time yin yoga teacher, Sarah Lo. A useful way to expand our f...

    • 15 min
    Coherence: Breathe better: Live better

    Coherence: Breathe better: Live better

    In this episode, Ciara shares 3 key learning outcomes for coherent breathing, expanding more on the intricacies of the nervous system and reflective invitations to allow you to explore your current inner state:1. Breathing through the nose2. Breathing into the belly3. An even rate and rhythmIt's all about balance. With a guided 15 minutes at the end to help regulate, sense and feel.For the 20 minutes guided coherent breath episode, listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/246643/3199480

    • 36 min
    Breathe. Strategising energy in the age of burnout with Dr Ela Manga

    Breathe. Strategising energy in the age of burnout with Dr Ela Manga

    In the ongoing season of the Recalibrate/Recalibrating your nervous system, season of the Wholly Aligned podcast, Ciara welcomes Dr Ela Manga.Ela is an integrated medical doctor, practising in South Africa. Trained originally as a GP in conventional medicine, a few years into her GP work, she swiftly discovered that patients kept coming back with the same issues. Her work then broadened out into energy management and conscious living. Very much including the power of breath....

    • 35 min
    Balance in the breath, balance in the nervous system. Inhale. Exhale...

    Balance in the breath, balance in the nervous system. Inhale. Exhale...

    In the second episode of 'Recalibrating the nervous system' series, Ciara expands a bit more on the Autonomic Nervous Systems and its 3 key branches of sympathetic nervous system, para-sympathetic nervous system and the enteric nervous system. Making it relatable to your daily life. So not laden with jargon - infused with real life story and reminders to be kind and compassionate in your explorations! It's deep work...Touching upon the activating and pacifying components of the breath an...

    • 36 min

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