Non-Diet Yogi

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Non-Diet Yogi explores and dismantles the world of #BigWellness, where yoga, spirituality, fitness, diet culture, white supremacy and toxic female entrepreneurship collide in a dizzying spectacle of goji berries and designer mala beads.This podcast is for you if you - love yoga, but don’t always love yoga culture - wish to form a deeper connection with your body and with the natural world around you, minus the wellness wankery - are tired of the classism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, fat phobia and other threads of white supremacy woven throughout #BigWellness. Hosted by Casey Conroy, non-diet dietitian, naturopath in training, and yoga teacher.

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Ep 33. Buddhism and Intuitive Eating with Jenna Hollenstein

Dec 22 2022 66 mins

Intuitive Eating is an incredible approach for people seeking to heal their relationships with food and their bodies. But it's not without its challenges. In this episode I speak with the wonderful Jenna Hollenstein, who brings years of experience as a non-diet dietitian and meditation teacher to the table to help us understand how to tolerate the discomfort that so often aris

Ep 32. Moontime Nutrition Part 2: Nourishing Your Pre-Ovulatory Phase

Sep 22 2022 57 mins

The Pre-Ovulatory Phase or "Inner Spring" starts from the cessation of menstrual bleeding to a few days before ovulation. In a typical 28-day cycle, this approximately corresponds to day 6 until day 11. This phase has traditionally been seen as a time of dynamism, of rising energy levels and growing confidence. Here are my top tips for deeply nourishing yourself during th

Ep 31. Moontime Nutrition Part 1: Nourishing Your Menstrual Phase

Sep 08 2022 38 mins

The cyclical nature of your menstrual cycle communicates your constantly changing needs: physically, mentally and emotionally. The Menstrual Phase starts from the first to the last day of bleeding, lasting around 3 to 7 days. Here are my top tips for deeply nourishing yourself during this phase, nutritionally and otherwise. It might not be what you think!This is first in a series o

Ep 30. Bonus Sample: The Cacao Cacophony - Deconstructing a pseudo-spiritual experience

Aug 25 2022 11 mins

What do you get when you combine a cacao ceremony, hypoxia-inducing breathwork, a bunch of influences from disparate spiritual cultures, partner yoga with intrusive eye-gazing, and really loud music? All that culturally appropriated pseudo-spiritual jazz, otherwise known as The Modern Spiritual Experience. Access the FULL episode by becoming a Patreon for as little as $2 US a month

Ep 29. Overcoming Elitism and Racism in Yoga with Dianne Bondy

Aug 04 2022 65 mins

The 8 limbs of yoga fundamentally support anti-racism, diversity, and body acceptance - and yet yoga in the west has been largely inaccessible to anyone who isn’t white, wealthy, thin, and able-bodied. In this episode I speak with the incredible Dianne Bondy, and she delivers truth-bombs with her characteristic vivacious spirit!We talk about the commodification and cultural misap

Ep 28. Bonus Sample: Yoga X Strength Training - What my practice looks like nowadays

Jul 21 2022 14 mins

My personal journey with movement: how I got into yoga, how yoga contributed to my developing and recovering from an eating disorder, discovering the benefits and limits of strength training, and what my practice looks like nowadays. Access the FULL episode by becoming a Patreon for as little as $2 US a month at https://www.patreon.com/nondietyogiLINKS:Casey's article on 15 Be

Ep 27. Thin Privilege and Body Inclusive Fitness with Anna Hearn

Jul 07 2022 43 mins

By neutralising body size, not focussing on weight loss and instead emphasising the importance of enjoying movement and caring for our bodies, Anna Hearn is reimagining what the fitness industry could look like. Plus, we discuss the elephant in the room: thin privilege.SHOW NOTES:00:56 A personal update07:18 What is thin privilege?15:07 How and why Anna’s body inclusive fitness a

Ep 26. Bonus Sample: Patriarchy and Diet Culture

Jun 23 2022 8 mins

Patriarchy seeks to control and exert power over nature generally, and the bodies of women specifically. Beneath marketable wellness concepts like "clean eating" lie deep ties to body control, and culturally imposed shame over women’s bodies and processes like menstruation. But there is an alternative, more feminist and inclusive approach to food and our bodies that is

Ep 25. Addressing the Root Causes of Weight Gain

Jun 09 2022 72 mins

Here I offer some compassion and gentle guidance to anyone who has experienced an increase in their body weight that concerns them. By taking a naturopathic, holistic and HAES-aligned approach, I want to help you get on board with your body and understand at a deep level what might be going on. Hint: it's not just about “calories in, calories out”.SHOW NOTES:07:48: What is

Ep 24. Bonus Sample: First, Do No Harm

May 26 2022 12 mins

There is an inherent fat phobia and weight stigma in the natural health and wellness communities. Leanness is conflated with health: we're consistently told that fat is the problem, and weight loss is the solution. But focussing on weight loss directly opposes the naturopathic principle of "first, do no harm". Here's why, and what we can do instead. Support the