Sober Yoga Girl Podcast

18/11/2024

One of the homework assignments I gave my Yoga & Entrepreneurship groups this week was to do some research on what was out there in terms of podcasts related to yoga. I was super pumped when one of my students sent me this - it’s two top podcast lists. One is from and one is from - and Sober Yoga Girl is listed on both! 🎉 We’re four years into running the show, 225 episodes and over 200,000 downloads. I am so beyond grateful for everyone who’s supported it. If you haven’t yet dropped a review on the podcasts app please do it if you have a chance - it takes 2 seconds and would help us a lot!

02/11/2024

Getting pretty close to locking in a venue for this one. Want to come celebrate new years with me?! The venue looks like it will fit about 12 rooms. Also if you’re a yoga teacher or healer in North America and you want to offer your gifts… message me!!

01/11/2024

I am starting to get organized & so excited for the next cohorts of Yoga Teacher Education Programs I’ll be running online in the upcoming months. I am giving 20% off all programs if you sign up between now and November 7 with the discount code “earlybird” !

👩‍💼 Yoga & Entrepreneur YTT (50 Hours - Module 6 of the Advanced YTT with me)
November 25 Start
Mondays at 6am PST, 9am EST, 2pm BST, 5pm GST
This is for you if you want to build a wellness centered business (yoga or otherwise.) 🚨Five spots already gone 🚨

🧘🏼 Online Meditation & Pranayama YTT (100 Hours - Module 4 & 5 of the Advanced YTT)
December 19 start (stay grounded in the holidays!)
Wednesday 6pm EST/Thursday 7am AWST
This is for you if you want to develop a daily personal mantra meditation practice for your own mental health & wellbeing, as well as learn how to teach various guided meditation & pranayama techniques. This will be led by Alex & supported by her friend Rory Kinsella as well as a specialized pranayama teacher.

👩🏼‍🏫 Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras (100 Hour YTT- Module 4 & 5 of our 300 Hour Advanced YTT)
January 7 Start
Mondays 7am BST or Mondays 6:30pm EST.
This is for you if you want to change your life by studying & implementing yoga philosophy. This will change who you are as a person and also who you are as a yoga teacher.

🧘🏽‍♀️ Online 200 Hour YTT
January 9 Start
Tuesdays 7pm EST or Saturdays 7am BST
This is for you if you want to do the foundational training to become a yoga teacher. 👩🏼‍🏫

Comment on the post “learn” if you want me to send any further information about the courses! I cannot wait to study with you!

31/10/2024

✨ I Asked My Yoga / Entrepreneur Students to Describe Their Transformation in 2 Words… ✨
Before joining the Yoga Entrepreneurship Program, I asked my students to choose two words to describe where they were. Then, after 2 months (they’re in the middle of it now!), I asked them the same question to capture where they are now.
Here’s what they shared:
💬 Before: Stuck & Overwhelmed�After: Confident & Clear
💬 Before: Doubting & Lost�After: Inspired & Aligned
💬 Before: Anxious & Scattered�After: Focused & Thriving
And we still have more to go!
Watching these women move from feeling unsure to fully embracing their purpose as yoga entrepreneurs is exactly why I created this program. 🌱 If you’re ready to experience your own transformation, try out my free three day yoga entrepreneurship challenge.

Comment “Ready” below! 🧘‍♀️💪

30/10/2024

https://www.themindfullifepractice.com/online-yoga-entrepreneur-program

28/10/2024

If your friends look like this when you tell them you’re doing sober November…don’t worry… we GOT you at Sober Girls Yoga!
Commit to 60 days sober & 60 days of yoga. Transform your life in a community of friends all over the world.

Happy (“No” to alcohol… get it?! 🤣) ❤️

Comment if you want me to DM you the link!

25/10/2024

Issue 03 of the Mindful Life Magazine is here! The hard copies are going in the mail to subscribers tomorrow. Read your digital issue or subscribe for hard copy tonight if you’d like to get the magazine in the mail! After this issue, we will only be producing the magazine once every two months, due to production costs. Next issue will come out at the end of December. If you can support us with a monthly donation or a hard copy subscription we’d love that so we can keep creating it for you! ❤️

23/10/2024

Well everyone this is absolutely wild. Three spots just went for India today and now there is only one room left (and one spot in a shared room.)
..Imagine waking up in the heart of India, practicing yoga at sunrise, exploring the vibrant culture of Delhi, the mesmerizing Taj Mahal in Agra, the royal palaces of Jaipur, and finally, relaxing by the beaches of Goa—all while being surrounded by a supportive group of like-minded women on their sober / sober - curious journey.

This is not just a retreat; it’s a transformative experience designed to help you reconnect with yourself, free from the pressures of daily life. The journey will combine mindfulness, yoga, cultural exploration, and sisterhood.

There is now only one room left, and I’d love for you to join us. Will it be yours?

This retreat is perfect for anyone who:

- Wants to take a break and reset
- Is committed to their sobriety or curious about exploring it
- Is seeking adventure, connection, and inner peace

Let’s experience India together, in a way that will nourish your body, mind, and soul.

Comment on this post if you want me to send you the link!

19/10/2024

I am so excited to share with you that Issue 03 of The Mindful Life Magazine is here!
Read it at www.themindfullifemagazine.com .
Comment on this post & let us know what you think!

19/10/2024

Reminder - there is a full moon ceremony with me in about 20 minutes. Join us here!
The Hunter's Moon is the full moon that comes after the Harvest Moon, usually in October. It gets its name from the time when hunters used the bright moonlight to track game preparing for winter. This moon appears larger and more orange as it rises, which makes it pretty stunning to see. It's also a reminder that colder, shorter days are on the way. We will celebrate with moon salutations, japa meditation and journal prompts around the hunters moon.

book online in Abu Dhabi, UAE

18/10/2024

I have a short sequence for you here for neck and shoulder pain!
Let me know what you think :)

This is a short practice for neck and shoulder pain. Join me for this gentle, seated experience. Comment on the video to let me know what you think! You can ...

16/10/2024

Last week I asked in the Sober Girls Yoga Facebook group what kind of practices you want to see, and someone requested hips & hamstrings! Here's a 15 minute hips & Hamstrings practice for you. Let me know what you think!

Join me for this short fifteen minute practice to help release tension in the hamstrings and hips. This is an excellent practice for you if you are a runner ...

15/10/2024

Flow with me through Surya Namaskar A (Sun Salutation A), a foundational yoga sequence that awakens the body, connects breath with movement, and builds energy. This practice is perfect for beginners looking to learn the basics or experienced yogis seeking a mindful warm-up. We'll move through a series of poses like Mountain Pose (Tadasana), Forward Fold (Uttanasana), and Upward Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana), all designed to stretch, strengthen, and center the mind. Step onto your mat and let's flow together in harmony with the breath.

Flow with me through Surya Namaskar A (Sun Salutation A), a foundational yoga sequence that awakens the body, connects breath with movement, and builds energ...

13/10/2024

I was a party girl since I was a teenager. Quitting drinking was not easy for me - it was actually quite hard. I wasn’t sure what my life would look like without alcohol, and I didn’t have any friends who weren’t partiers. But something had to change - I was desperate and anxious, constantly hungover, and always broke.

When I finally quit drinking, I was missing community and connection. I had no friends that were sober and no one to support me on my journey. I was largely doing it alone. Everyone around me was suggesting I run a marathon and join AA - both of which didn’t appeal to me or resonate with me.

This is what led me to create Sober Girls Yoga. We have a 60 day challenge to help you quit drinking and develop a daily yoga practice - it’s an eight week program that I’ve spent my sobriety working on - doing trainings, studying, learning, organizing, and creating. The intention is to create a life you don’t need alcohol to escape from - using tools from coaching, meditation, yoga and mindfulness to help you get there.

I also offer Sober Soul Sundays (formerly Sober Girls Club) for everyone - so if you’re already sober, this is for you! Meet inspiring guests, learn their stories & connect in community.

Our next 60 day challenge starts Nov 3 and our next 2 month season of Sober Soul Sundays starts November 3 as well. But in the meantime you can always join the free 7 day sober girls yoga challenge and I’ll email you when registrations open for both!

Comment on the post & I’ll send you details about the above! 👆🏻

06/10/2024

Sober October Day 6
September 25, 2020 (531 Days Sober)
Hi from the Palm in Dubai! I got a free staycation voucher for a hotel here months ago that I’ve been avoiding using because to cross the border between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, you need a negative Covid Test. I was too scared to get something stuck up my nose so I was waiting for the rule to change.
It looks like it won’t change any time soon, so I decided to just brave another covid test so I could use this free voucher before it expires at the end of the month.
The hotel I’m staying at is alcohol free. This is not unusual in the UAE, as lots of people in this part of the world don’t drink. I find myself being reminded of a time five years ago, when I was living in Kuwait (where alcohol was illegal) and came for a weekend trip with my ex to the UAE. We booked a hotel in the emirate of Sharjah, and after a long journey of delayed flights and traffic, finally made it to our hotel around 10pm. We went down to dinner and tried to order a beer.
The server laughed at us. He told us alcohol was illegal in Sharjah, didn’t we know? No...we didn’t, or we wouldn’t have stayed there! 🤣 I was so annoyed at my ex. He’d booked the hotel for us. How could he make this mistake? I moped around like the weekend was ruined because I couldn’t have a beer with dinner. We moved hotels to Dubai in the morning upon my insistence.
Looking back now I’m like “How did that guy even tolerate dating me for as long as he did? And why did he want to marry me? I was the worst!” 🤣
Now I couldn’t care less that I’m staying in an alcohol free hotel for the weekend - I’m actually loving it! It means there’s no temptation for me to order a beer and the environment is perfectly conducive to relaxing.
One of the key things when giving up alcohol is being able to make a mindset shift. You can get stuck in the story of “not drinking is deprivation” or you can get stuck in the story of “being sober is awesome.” But only you have the power to create that mindset shift for yourself. Only you get to decide. ❤️

05/10/2024

Reminder! Today is our New Moon Ceremony with The Mindful Life Practice !

Join us online Saturday October 5 at 9am EST, 2pm BST, 5pm GST, 9pm AWST. Welcome to everyone (sober, or not, all genders!)

A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, The new moon phase is an introspective time and represents new beginnings as we plant seeds for the future. It's a good time to set intentions for the month ahead, clarify goals, and acknowledge your growth in the previous month!
Join Alex for this special online event open to men and women, sober and not! After a 30 minute yoga flow designed to help you get grounded, we’ll sit together for a 30 minute mantra based meditation practice. We’ll end with in a journaling and sharing practice designed to help set intentions for the next lunar phase. This will be a 90 minute practice: a 30 minute yoga practice, a 30 minute meditation, and a 30 minute sharing circle.
Set up with a yoga mat, and bring with you mala beads for the meditation, if you have some. If not, not needed! You will also need a journal and a pen.

Book here: https://www.themindfullifepractice.com/booking-calendar/online-new-moon-october-5?referral=service_list_widget

03/10/2024

Sober October Day 3 / Milestone 3: My first sober family event.
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September 5, 2019
145 days since I had a drink....and I’ve pretty much been unbothered by booze up until now. I actually see it and it makes me sick. No cravings. Have been bragging about this to people lately!
Well....I spoke too soon. Tonight was the first night I ever really wanted to have a drink in weeks. It was the kickoff dinner for my sisters wedding weekend. There are so many emotions surrounding this event. And I was envious of everyone with a wine or beer in hand.
I made it through on sparkling water. I came home and I thought about how awful my withdrawal was when I first got sober, and how hard it was for me to get through that. I never, ever, ever want to be back there again. I never want it to be day one again. No drink will be worth that to me.
So I will load up the car with alcohol free beer to bring up to the venue for the weekend. I will remind myself of how wonderful it will be to make clear decisions, support my sister, and not be hungover each day! And I’ll trust that despite my desire to drink away this weekend...next Wednesday will not be day 5! It will be day 150.
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Alcohol Free friends… What have your experiences been when alcohol free at family events? I’ve heard mixed things - some people find their families super supportive and others struggle to connect when alcohol free. I’d love to hear what has worked for you and what is challenging. I’m very lucky that my loved ones have always supported my sober journey since day 1!