PODCAST · health
The First Step
by Jill Sawchuk
I want to inspire you to develop a personal practice through these meaningful conversations and through diving into and exploring these ancient teachings of Yoga. I want to share these simple practices so all beings may benefit ❤️
Episodes
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Finding Delight through Letting Go of Pushing and Pulling in our Practice
One of my students mentioned when we have those fleeting moments of release and freedom in our practice it feels like an orgasm. YES! I said. It is similar. Our practice allows us to experience what it feels like to let go of control; imposing. Have a listen to this episode to reflect more upon…
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Why Practice is Important - From Thinking to Feeling
We in these modern times are almost completely living in our heads. We identify with our thoughts and have forgotten how to feel. With practice we can remember the wisdom of the body. We can return to a natural rhythm instead of spinning out or burning out or feeling overwhelmed. With feeling…
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Nervous System Regulation
Find lasting change so that you can live a more peaceful and calm life. This episode dives into what it takes to find real balance. For more support or guidance reach out: [email protected] or message me on Facebook
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Picky Eaters and Changing the Story Together
In this episode I answer the question of how to deal with picky eater; children and getting them to eat healthy. This is a long game. But here are some simple ideas to help you get on the right Path. Good job for taking action. You are doing great mom!
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Simplifying the Weight Loss Journey
There is so much noise in the space of health and wellness. This episode is my best attempt at simplifying how to get your healthy habits on track. Have a listen and reach out if you want to have more guidance and support. https://go.oncehub.com/HealNow [email protected]
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Stepping into Our Higher Selves
In this episode I discuss 2 ways we can tap into Source and move from Spirit so we can participate in the evolutionary shift that is happening on Earth. If you have been wanting to be a part of the change, try these 2 simple tips to make room in your life for guidance and connection to something...
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Shaman Work with Nikki Hainstock
What a delight to reconnect with Nikki to experience the spark and reminder of our inner wisdom. Remembering who we are and accessing that ability to witness ourselves. Unlocking the creator within by facing the shadow. Have a listen to our discussion around Shamanic and Yogic teachings to help...
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Finding your Way Back to Self with Engel Pherecydes
Engel shares his path to finding the Ancient teachings and drops some wisdom bombs about what it might take to find our way home to Self. Discover some simple steps you might take to re-connect with that part of you that that is truth, wisdom and peace. Engles honesty and authenticity about how…
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Facing Shame and Creating New Habits for Health
For the month of January, I am providing tips and tools (on my Facebook page) that are free that anyone can use to improve health and well-being. In today's post, I talked about SHAME and thought it deserved a bigger discussion. In this episode I got into why shame shows up and affirm how natural...
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My Vision for 2026 - Creating the New Reality
2026 feels like a powerful portal to step into our New Reality as we birth a new vision. Together it feels we are waking up. This episode affirms what we are all feeling. We are the change. The time is NOW. The next few months are important and I am calling you forward to step into the highest...
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Being a Leader in a Time of Change with Alok Appadurai
This discussion with Alok touches on the challenges of being a voice of leadership in times of great change. We discuss how we can contribute to unity and how to stand for what we believe in. We talked about the challenge of identifying with a group and how it leads to separatism. By the end of…
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Preventative Health - Simple Tips to Avoid Dis-ease
It is so much easier to prevent health issues than try to treat them once they have become a huge problem. Having said that, there are so many ways we can improve our health no matter where we find ourselves on this journey. Have a listen to simple ways you improve your well-being. Need more...
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Progress Over Perfection - Tapping into Purpose
In this episode I bust past my own hesitation and sabotage to record and express my truth. Get inspired to take action in the direction of your dreams. If you need support or guidance about how to connect with these parts of yourself - reach out! [email protected] www.yogajil.com or find me...
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Boost Your Immunity with 2 Simple Exercises
We are starting to learn just how intimately mind and body are connected. As we move in to cold and flu season try these tips to boost your immune system. These exercises have to do with finding more joy and using your precious time to feel good. Often we neglect the activities that lift us up…
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Burying Our Heads in the Sand - Being the Change
In this episode I explore pulling away from media and programming. I challenge the concept that not paying attention is burying our heads in the sand. I am inviting us all into experiment with how we spend our precious energy and time. I wonder what would happen if we paid less attention to the...
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An Invitation to Participate in Peace and Unity
The death of Charlie Kirk can be a wake up call for all of us. The reaction to his death exemplifies how divided we have become. I am asking us if we can all personally participate in seeing how we are contributing to the division and violence. Also worth a watch:...
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Feeling is Healing - Getting out of our Heads and into our Bodies
Healing requires connection to the body. No amount of thinking or figuring out what is wrong will show us the way back to health. In this episode I riff on the importance of tapping into the intelligence of the body. Tune in to understand how you can create a practice where feeling becomes…
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Re-visiting the Sacred - Simple Ways to Re-ignite Deeper Connection in Your Life
So many of us have lost our sense of the sacred. AND it is so simple to re-discover it. I invite you to listen to this episode and begin to take small steps and carve out time for re-connecting to the magic and miracle of our daily lives. From seeing the sunrise to saying grace before a meal, we...
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Starting Again - Season Two
In so many ways I am starting a second chapter. Part two. I had to take the leap. This season is about sharing with you the ways I am facing my own fears in beginning again. I have so much to share about my recent divorce, my kids flying the nest and of course the practice. I am not yet sure how…
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Guided Relaxation - Finding Calm
Use this recording to help you let go of tension. At first you might notice your thoughts are very loud. With practice you will be able to find your breath. Let the thoughts come and go. Let the breath come and go. There is nothing to do. Practice being a witness of your thoughts. Observe breath....
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MUSICAL MEDICINE FOR THE NEW AGE WITH PSIONIC CHANNEL FROM THE STARS MAHALIA MICHAEL
What a fun and fantastic episode to wake up that light inside you. Mahalia Michael is a pioneering visionary in advanced energy medicine and transformational healing. As the CEO of both the Lyran Lotus Scalar Spa and Brain Bliss Academy, she conducts groundbreaking work with scalar frequencies…
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Talk on Unity with Fern Foster
I loved this candid conversation with Fern Foster around her experience of feeling the hatred towards the Jewish people through her lived experience. I invited her into a conversation where we could explore what it means to contribute to unity and peace and healing. It was an honour to discuss...
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Connecting - Giving Attention to What Nourishes Us
Where we put our attention our energy flows. We can decide what we want to connect to. Our devices? Social media? Our loved ones? Our own bodies? Start to notice what you are connecting to on a daily basis and recognize which of those places are giving you back a feeling of joy or nourishment.…
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Stop Pushing and Pulling and Discover More Ease and Agility
Although this may be a bit counter-intuitive, you will get more agile the less you push and pull your body. We are programmed to think striving and straining makes us flexible and strong, but I believe it actually causes more harm than good. This week in my online community we were getting really...
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Patience - Detaching from the Outcome
In this episode I discuss patience as a quality we can practice in life and on the mat. It seems not many of us find patience the easiest quality to practice. Feel free to check out my weekly video to see what patience looks like on the mat (in a foward fold)…
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Change your Beliefs - Change your Life with Steve Bacon
Steve Bacon speaks with me about the key to shifting out of old patterns holding us back. He is candid and cuts to the point. If you are being held back by old stories from your past, have a listen and hear how Steve overcame the challenges of his own upbringing. Want to get in touch with him?…
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Abs - How to Build Core Strength
In this episode, I discuss the common misconceptions about building abdominal muscles and tune us in to a deeper understanding of what matters when we are talking core. For more information check out this video: https://vimeo.com/929153974?share=copy Or read my blog post:...
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Rapid Recalibration with Aaron Morrison
Have a listen to this powerful podcast about how you can shift your story and make it through whatever obstacle you face. If you want to find Aaron here are some ways you can get in touch: wyldfyredynamics.com linkedin.com/in/aaronmorrison-masternlp [email protected] If you want to check...
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Trust - In Ourselves? Or an Outer Authority?
Within our online community this week we were exploring Trust. Our practice gives us a chance to explore trust in our bodies. When we practice allowing there is a sense of ease and relaxation. This week we explored the importance of reconnecting with oneself and listening to one's intuition to...
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Balance is More than Just Standing on One Leg
This week in my classes we were discussing the benefit of stretching our understanding of balance on the mat. So often we think of tree pose when we talk Yoga. However balance is so much more than just standing on one leg. Have a listen and let me know what you think! [email protected] Want...
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Transforming Our Relationships with Fari Gonzaque
Check out this conversation to find simple steps to care for Self and grow Self love. And listen to us banter about how changing our relationship with ourselves and our immediate family can translate out to helping change the world out there. Fari is a transformational relationship coach. Connect...
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Equanimity - Awareness and Acceptance of What Is
This week in my Online community and in person classes we were reflecting on equanimity in our practice. The best place to learn and practice is a ten-day Vipassina retreat. There are centers all over the world. Find more information HERE. Check out how to take equanimity onto the mat with this...
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Science and Sex with Dr. Jessica Gold
Dr. Jessica, a passionate relationship coach for powerful men in tech, had to go deep in this work herself - after years of feeling stuck in her head, anxious about relating, and having terrible sex. After her undergrad from MIT, Jessica spent 10 years working in lab as an organic chemist and...
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Tracking Our Habits - Reaching Our Goals
In this episode I download an exercise in tracking our habits. This exercise is an opportunity to fine tune how we are spending our most precious resource : TIME! I did the exercise myself and realized I was using housework as a habit to avoid creating content. I also realized recording this it…
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Flipping the Script - Self Talk
In this episode I share a big take away from Trish Blackwell's podcast - practicing saying 'atta girl'. We find it so easy to criticize ourselves, but with this practice we can flip the script. Have a listen and then I challenge you to spend a week purposefully celebrating all your wins - big and...
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Mind Body and Spirit
In this episode I discuss bringing awareness to these different aspects of self. Practical ways we can practice noticing what is thought, sensation and then to witness the observer. Unity is possible and when we align these different aspects of self we tap into incredible freedom and wellness....
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Finding Balance and Getting Back on Track
In this episode I explore our natural tendency movement along the spectrum of our experience. The duality. The pull in each direction. The dance. To recognize the rhythm and stay in tune. This Path of self-awareness is a chance to bring ourselves back into balance. In balance, we experience…
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Shifting Money Mindset and Simple Steps to Living in Abundance with Lisa Marie Robinson
I loved the parallels in speaking with Lisa Marie when it comes to mindset whether for health or wealth, it all starts with mindset. Have a listen to this episode and take away simple action steps you can easily take to create a shift in your relationship to money. If you want to reach out to…
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The Path to Making your True Purpose Come to Life with Caitlin Naramore
Caitlin Naramore is the founder of Modern Queen: the Feminine Approach to Business & Life. Caitlin helps healers and coaches design and build their elegant businesses to 6 figures and up as they master the art of online presence & business savvy. Caitlin is a stand for all women to become Queens…
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It Stops Here with Rueben George
This book by Rueben George is a bridge to healing. Everyone should have a read. It opens understanding and compassion and points to a beautiful way forward. It was my honour to speak with Rueben about his book and hear his perspective of a healing Path. He is doing powerful work in the world and...
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Steve Herringer Picks my Brain about Yoga and This Unique Approach
This was a fun episode where one of my long time students interviews me about Yoga in general, but also about this unique approach I have learned through Diane Long, and the teachings of Vanda Scaravelli.
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A Peak into My Life - An Interview with Jill Sawchuk
My friend Magda suggested I let Facebook Friends ask questions for me to answer about my life or my craft. I loved the questions my friends asked!! Brilliant questions. It was so much fun to answer them. Thank you for everyone who added their question. I missed two by accident and afterwards I...
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Stepping into Your True Purpose with Esther Jones-Alley
Oh man! You gotta listen to this episode if you are hearing the call. So many of us are. It is time to step into living our true purpose. If you want to be inspired and get affirmation that what you are feeling is real... have a listen to this conversation. Esther so clearly embodies the truth we...
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Deciding It is Time - Taking a First Step
Have a listen to this short episode where I celebrate a young lady to came to me this week ready to make a change. I was so stoked for her for FIRST recognizing she needed to face her challenges... and SECOND for reaching out for help. TWO powerful steps in creating the change. Have a listen and...
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Ways to Transform and Uplift your Life with Siwash Zahmat
Don't miss this episode. It was such a powerful download of simple things anyone can do to transform and uplift their life. Listen to Siwash share his wisdom and pull out one or more easy action steps you can take to make a positive shift in your life. This conversation was full of truth and will...
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The Gift of Yoga with Olga Campora
It was my pleasure to talk Yoga with Olga. She is a wealth of wisdom and insight and shares some top tips how to get started on the Path. Have a listen and reach out to either of us if you want to know more. You can reach me at: [email protected], or www.yogajil.com And find more about Olga...
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Following the Call to our True Purpose
Sometimes it can feel terrifying to listen to that voice inside that is urging us to follow our heart; to move in the direction of our true purpose. Listen to this episode to gain insight and clarity around how we can continue to take steps in that direction, even when it's scary! Daniella LaRosa...
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Lifting Ourselves and Each Other Up with Neille Hoffman
I loved this conversation with Neille around her passion for showing women the steps they can take to lift themselves out of a rough place. We touched on a few of the steps one can take in finding their way when they find themselves lost. We discussed how all of us are capable of finding our…
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Superhuman Communication with Alex Dumas
Listen in to this episode to learn more about how you can level up your communication and your life. It was such a pleasure to talk to Alex Dumas about how he has improved his own communication skills and all the disciplines he integrates into his own life to bring out the best in himself. You…
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Healing through Time Travel with Mike Iskander
What a pleasure to talk with my guest Mike Iskander about healing through his experiment with time travel. Have a listen to this episode to understand where some of the self doubt, and self hate comes from and gather some ideas of how you can let it go and experience more self love and self...
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I want to inspire you to develop a personal practice through these meaningful conversations and through diving into and exploring these ancient teachings of Yoga. I want to share these simple practices so all beings may benefit ❤️
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The First Step is created and hosted by Jill Sawchuk.
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