The Guest Series, Ep 4: Yoga Beyond the Mat with Alizon Cohen (Deepening Your Practice and Quieting Your Mind with Kundalini Yoga)

This week, we're continuing "The Guest Series" — a curated collection of the most loved and listened-to interviews on the podcast. In this 5-part conversation series, you'll hear from trusted voices in women's health on topics like menstrual cycles, hormone balance, body image, relationships, nervous system healing, and integrative medicine. In this episode, I'm joined by Alizon Cohen, an amazing kundalini yoga teacher and dear friend. Alizon shares her story of finding yoga, tips for choosing the right teacher, and how to quiet your mind using the power of mantras. We also explore the mind-body benefits of yoga, what makes kundalini yoga so unique, and how to take yoga "beyond the mat" to create a more balanced life. Alizon guides us through a quick 30-second kundalini meditation you can try anywhere. This episode is full of insights — a great place to find yogic inspiration, whether you're new to yoga or looking to deepen your practice.   You can find Alizon on Instagram @alizonyoga or on her website!   Resources: • [Free quiz] Which test is ideal for you? → • Join the waitlist for 1:1 functional lab testing → • Follow Tanya on Instagram for more →   What we talk about: 02:31 — Introducing Alizon, kundalini yoga teacher 05:37 — The mind-body benefits of yoga + finding the right teacher 14:08 — What makes kundalini yoga different 16:33 — Mantras and how they're used in kundalini 19:10 — Each yoga class has a different energy 23:02 — Taking yoga "beyond the mat" into your life 23:55 — A quick 30-second kundalini meditation 26:43 — How to quiet your mind using mantras 30:01 — The multi-dimensional benefits of yoga   I'm so grateful to have you here, friend. If you love the show, be sure to follow and leave me a review. New episodes drop every Friday!