5. Is Yoga Better Alcohol Free?...with Sober Yoga Girl, Alex McRobert

In today's episode, we talk all things Yoga with Alex McRobert, Sober Yoga Girl! Alex tells her story, talks about how she became alcohol free and all the exciting things she's done since. Enjoy the latest episode! Alex is a 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher, Certified Life Coach, entrepreneur, podcaster, and Ontario Certified Teacher. Since a very young age, she was drawn to yoga as a way to calm her mind and manage an undiagnosed mood disorder. She began practicing yoga daily at the age of eighteen and completed her first 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2014 at Yandara Yoga Institute in Mexico. In 2017, she completed her 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training at Zuna Yoga in Bali. Since then, she has taught yoga internationally, in Canada, where she is from, Kuwait, where she lived for two years in her early twenties, and Abu Dhabi, where she's called home for five years.  Alex has participated in several additional trainings, including Yoga Workshop Design for Teachers with Rolf Gates, Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga, Yoga for Kids and Trauma Informed Yoga. When Alex became sober in 2019, yoga played a key role in her sober journey. In 2020, Alex founded the Mindful Life Practice Community and Sober Curious Yoga, an online yoga community with participants from all over the world who are changing their relationship with alcohol using mindfulness techniques such as yoga, meditation, community and journaling. In 2021, Alex left her career as an elementary school teacher to pursue this passion full time. Alex is an authorized trainer with Yoga Teacher Central and leads 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings certified by the Yoga Alliance. She created the first ever Sober Curious Yoga Teacher Training and also coaches and mentors yoga teachers and life coaches to build their businesses. Alex is passionate about the healing powers of yoga - for both mental and physical health - and sharing these benefits with others. In her free time, Alex plays the guitar, writes and spends time with her cat, Princess. You can get in touch with Alex on Instagram. Alex is currently doing a 30 Day Sober Girls Yoga Challenge. Find out more here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As always, feel free to get in touch. You can find me on⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, where I also give daily tips and tricks. And, if you would like to work with me, I'm an accredited Alcohol Free Wellbeing and Transformational Coach, find out more about Thrive Alcohol Free⁠ ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Get "A Cocktail of Clarity: How to Ditch Drinking, Embody a Joyful New Identity and Thrive Alcohol Free" Book here. Get "A Cocktail of Clarity" Self-Paced Online Course here. I'd love it if you rate, review and share this episode and get in touch via ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, if you want to hear about a specific topic or have a question you'd like me to answer on the podcast. See you on the next episode!