The Uplifted Yoga Podcast

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Insider YouTube Secrets for Yoga Teachers Apr 02, 2025

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Does YouTube intimidate or confuse you? Yeah, it confuses most of us. Recently one of my 300-hour graduates emailed in asking about all things YouTube. Rather than just respond to her email and answer her questions, I thought everyone could benefit from this conversation. Let's discuss the intricacies of building a successful YouTube channel and the importance of consistent content creation. Not only will I give you the inside scoop of how I use YouTube in my business, but I'll analyze my students channel and how she can optimize as well. If you have a YouTube channel you are not going to want to miss this one!

Pull back the curtain on YouTube and discover:

🔹Ad revenue on YouTube is minimal; focus on lead generation instead.

🔹Use tools like TubeBuddy for keyword research and optimization.

🔹Niching down your content is key to attract a specific audience.

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Understanding Human Design as a Yogi with Emma Dunwoody Mar 26, 2025

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Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Human Design expert and Master Coach, Emma Dunwoody. Emma shares her transformative journey from struggling with mental health issues to discovering both Human Design and the Gene Keys. She explains the intricate connections between these systems and how they can be used for self-discovery and personal growth. Emma emphasizes the importance of experimenting with your design and offers practical tips for yogis looking to explore this fascinating field.

Tune in as Emma:

🔹Breaks down the components of human design, including its scientific basis, the role of neutrinos, and the significance of different energy types.

🔹Discusses Gene Keys & how they complement human design by exploring deeper emotional layers

🔹Explains how human design synthesizes ancient wisdoms like astrology and the I Ching.

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GUEST EXPERT: Emma Dunwoody | @the_human_design_coach

Emma Dunwoody is a Human Design Expert, Master Coach, Author, Behavioral Specialist, Speaker and host of the leading global podcast, The Human Design Podcast. After facing a number of personal and professional challenges including depression, panic disorder and feeling lost, broken and unfulfilled for nearly 20 years, she is on a mission to take Human Design mainstream to help millions of other people transform their lives as she has done by making Human Design simple, applicable and powerfully transformative. Her unique method of Transformational Human Design, that includes Human Design, The Gene Keys and Transformational coaching methods, empowers people to become their most authentic self, align to the authority that lies within and embody their purpose.

Emma's website: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/

Listen to Emma's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-human-design-podcast/id1467241622

Emma's Membership, The HDx Collective: https://www.emmadunwoody.com/membership

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Intro to The Bhagavad Gita: How Do You Navigate Moral Dilemmas? Mar 19, 2025

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I have been wanting to do a deep dive on the Bhagavad Gita for years. This rich text is often called the "jewel" of the Mahabharata and can be kind of intimidating to talk about. There is so much to cover. That's why this podcast will be the first in a series about the Bhagavad Gita. We'll start with exploring the profound themes of this amazing text and contrasting it with the Yoga Sutras. We'll talk about how the dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna serves as a guide for navigating our own moral dilemmas.

Listen and learn:

🔹How the Bhavagad Gita's key themes differ from the Yoga Sutras

🔹Why Arjuna's internal conflict represents our own struggles

🔹The complexities of Dharma – it's not as simple as you think!

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Your Emotions Want to Move - 3 Ways to Let Them Mar 12, 2025

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If your emotions are not being expressed, they're being repressed. And where do they go? Your body! You're probably not even aware of all of the emotions buried in your fascia right now. This can lead to a multitude of physical issues. That's why you want to move emotions through your body. We've all heard the phrase, "emotions are energy in motion." But how do we deal with all of the feelings that arise throughout each day?

Listen and learn how to:

🔹Turn your yoga mat into a container for processing emotion

🔹The three ways to move energy in the body

🔹Move in a way that promotes emotional healing

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Cracking the Code on Ancient Beauty Secrets with Esther Moux Mar 05, 2025

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It seems we're all looking for the fountain of youth. Whether through the latest beauty products/treatments or botox and filler; techniques to maintain a youthful glow are increasingly popular. My guest today, Esther Moux, shares ancient beauty secrets rooted in Chinese Medicine. Esther gives us actionable tips for facial rejuvenation, emphasizing the interconnectedness of diet, lifestyle, and overall well-being. We also delve into the nuances of skincare, the importance of consistency in routines and the impact of genetics versus lifestyle on aging.

Listen in to learn:

🔹Beauty secrets offered by ancient Chinese Medicine

🔹How lifestyle choices account for 94% of aging effects, and what small changes you can make now

🔹The ongoing debate surrounding cosmetic procedures like Botox and fillers and their consequences

💗Get Brett's Free Somatic Yoga Workshop => https://www.brettlarkin.com/embodiedyoga

GUEST EXPERT: Dr. Esther Moux | @stayradiant.tv

Dr. Esther Moux is a Doctor of Integrative and Traditional Chinese Medicine. She uses holistic strategies from Chinese Medicine to improve health and beauty. Through self-care, meditation, mindfulness, acupressure, aromatherapy and more Dr. Esther wants to give you the tools to feel young, vibrant and healthy.

Find Dr. Esther on YouTube & LinkedIn: Stay Radiant with Dr. Esther | Dr. Esther M.

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Unlocking the Secrets of Chakras: Upper Chakra Symbols Explained Feb 26, 2025

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Get ready for part two of explaining the chakra yantras. If you didn't listen to part one, go back a few episodes and listen to that first. I previously discussed the geometric shapes associated with chakras 1, 2, & 3. Today I'm going to talk about the shapes that correspond to chakras 4 through 7. Let's go over the unique symbols, associated elements, and the energies represented in each.

Visualize or draw your own yantra as you listen to:

🔹A breakdown of the upper chakra yantras

🔹How the heart chakra integrates the upper and lower energy centers

🔹Why visualizing yantras can enhance your meditation or spiritual practice

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Redefining "Niche" with Carla Cline Thomas Feb 19, 2025

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Today I have the pleasure of talking to boss babe, Uplifted alumni & trainer, Carla Cline Thomas. Carla is a brilliant business strategist and one of the few business coaches I recommend to everyone. I love picking her brain on what trends she's seeing in the industry and the future of marketing; and today is no exception. Carla and I discuss what marketing yourself in the wellness industry will look like for 2025. SPOILER: It's not posting everyday.

Take notes as Carla and I talk about:

🔹Why you need to niche down even further

🔹How there is plenty of room in the marketplace for new voices

🔹Being your authentic self leading to growth and sales

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GUEST EXPERT: Carla Cline Thomas | @carlaclinethomas

Carla Cline Thomas is an experienced Performance, Mindset and Business Coach with 22 years of working in management, real estate, marketing, and sales. After years of leading teams, designing marketing campaigns, and creating trainings for corporate America, she became the branding strategist, business mentor, lead trainer, and go-to coach for new yoga teachers and wellness leaders. Carla helps visionary entrepreneurs and light workers turn their passion into profit to get what is in your head and heart out into the world in the most authentic way possible.

Book with Carla: https://calendly.com/carlaclinethomas/yoga-biz-breakthrough-call

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Are You Truly Grateful? Exploring Gratitude Through a Somatic Lens Feb 12, 2025

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In honor of Heart Chakra Day(a.k.a. Valentine's Day), I want to talk about gratitude. No matter where you're at in your wellness journey I'm sure you've heard all about the benefits of a gratitude practice. But where did gratitude practices originate? Let's look at how gratitude has shown up in texts like The Vedas and The Bhagavad Gita AND how you can approach your gratitude practice from a somatic lens.

I'm going to answer questions like:

🔹How does a gratitude practice relate to your yoga practice?

🔹Is there more we can be doing than just writing things down?

🔹How can we actually cultivate the feeling of gratitude?

PLUS I'm going to give you a new kind of gratitude practice to try at home!

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Redefining Feminine Energy in Yoga & Ayurveda with Katie Silcox Feb 05, 2025

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One of my dearest friends, and founder of Shakti School, Katie Silcox is back!! Today Katie and I are talking all things feminine. What is feminine energy? How does it appear and how do we embody it in yoga and ayurveda? Get all of these questions answered and learn more about feminine form kundalini, feminine ayurveda, and somatic movement.

We're having a heart to heart about:

🔹Why we need to access our feminine energy

🔹Working with the current of manifestation as opposed to the current of liberation

🔹Honoring the feminine in order to clear pathways for prana to flow more freely

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GUEST EXPERT: Katie Silcox | @theshaktischool | Podcast listeners get $100 off Ayurveda School Level 1 with discount code pod100 at registration checkout

Katie Silcox, M.A. is the New York Times Best-Selling author of the book Healthy, Happy, Sexy - Ayurveda Wisdom for Modern Women and the new book - Glow-Worthy. She is the founder of The Shakti School, a premier online certification school for women-centered holistic wellness that bridges functional medicine and eastern traditions. She holds a Masters degree in Ayurvedic Medicine and is a member of the National Ayurvedic Medicine Association. In her former life, she has been a researcher in Artificial Intelligence, a cover model for Yoga Journal magazine in Russia and the owner of a beach bar in Spain.

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