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Why are so many successful people needing to question whether they are doing well enough as a human being?
How can we maintain our ambition and work ethic but protect ourselves from burnout, anxiety and depression?
How can we tackle seasonal affective disorder and the feeling that everything is a struggle in the winter months?
In this episode of Love at First Science Celest speaks to Suzy Reading about self care.
Suzy is a Chartered Psychologist specialising in wellbeing, stress management and facilitation of healthy lifestyle change. She is also an accredited yoga teacher and personal trainer. Are you feeling frazzled, stressed or reactive? Suzy will reconnect you with your calm abiding centre. If youâre feeling tired or overwhelmed, she will help you reclaim your energy.
Suzy is proud to be a founding member of The Nourish App and the Psychology Expert for wellbeing brand Neom Organics.
She has also published several books, the most recent of which is Self Care for Winter which is available to pre order here and will hit bookshelves on the 26th September.
You can follow Suzy on Instagram here.
Visit her website here.
Learn more about Alba:
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â â â â â â â â â Follow Celest on Instagramâ â â â
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When eating disorders leave you with a black hole inside of you, can connecting with fascia, nurturing your 'gut baby' and 'gut smashing' make a difference?
The breath is under attack in 2024 - be it stress, disease, air pollution, global instability or the environmental trappings of progress.
In this episode Celest talks to Jill Miller about applying fascial research along with novel breathing strategies to literally change the foundational texture of your fascia and other tissues.
Jill Miller, C-IAYT, ERYT, YA-CEP fascia expert, has 30 years of corrective movement expertise that forges links between the worlds of yoga, massage, athletics, and pain management. Her signature self-care fitness programs, Yoga Tune UpÂź and The Roll ModelÂź are found at gyms, yoga studios, hospitals, athletic training facilities and corporations worldwide.
Jill is the former anatomy columnist for Yoga Journal, has been featured in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Shape, Womenâs Health, O, the Today Show, and is a contributing expert on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
She is the author of The Roll Model: A Step-by-Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body, and a contributing author on self-myofascial release in the text book Fascia, Function and Medical Applications. She is the creator of dozens of instructional DVDs, including Rolling Along the Anatomy Trains with Tom Myers, Walking Well with Katy Bowman and Treat While You Train with Kelly Starrett DPT. Her new bestselling book is Body by Breath: The Science and Practice of Physical and Emotional Resilience. She lives in LA with her husband, 2 kids and rescue dog.
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Visit Jill's website
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Would you love some first hand tips about how to secure high profile and celebrity yoga clients?
Can you stay true to the practice of yoga over an extensive 30 year career?
How can yoga practice help you to stay young and take on huge physical and mental challenges in mid and later life?
How can yoga help with post partum mental and physical health?
In this episode of Love at First Science Hannah chats to friend and fellow yoga teacher Kristin McGee about her career successes and lived experiences over three decades of teaching.
Kristin McGee is a nationally recognized celebrity yoga and Pilates teacher, speaker, mompreneur, and author of Chair Yoga: Sit, Stretch, and Strengthen Your Way to a Happier, Healthier You (HarperCollins January 17, 2017). Considered a pioneer in the yoga movement, Kristin began her career as a yoga teacher in the nineties after graduating from New York Universityâs Tisch School of the Arts.
Her unparalleled fitness and health knowledge has established Kristin as a sought-after yoga and Pilates trainer with a continuous roster of high profile celebrities. Her appeal has always been that she makes fitness fun, cool, and accessible to students of all ages and stages. Kristin also pioneered the launch of Pelotonâs yoga program.
She has appeared on Access Hollywood, CNN, Fox, Good Morning America, The Early Show, and the Today Show and has been featured in Fitness, Glamour, Health, InStyle, People, Prevention, Shape, Vogue, and Womenâs Health. A contributing editor at Health Magazine, a spokesperson for Power Pilates Gym on HSN, and a brand ambassador for multiple companies, Kristin is a proud mom to three boys.
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Have you had a complex journey to your mat?
Do you struggle with insecurities and self belief?
When life doesn't go to plan do you lose your faith in your practice and your abilities as a yogi and a teacher?
In this episode of Love at First Science Celest interviews Carling Harps on her journey as a yoga teacher and how it's taken her to create her own unique yoga mishmash, Awakening Yoga.
Carling has been a trusted voice in the yoga and movement community for over a decade. She shares her expertise through Awakening Yoga Academy and online classes via Commune Yoga and Alo Moves since 2015. Carling collaborates with renowned brands like Virgin Active, Forbes, AG1, Alo Yoga, Urban Outfitters, and Lululemon.
With nearly 15 years of practice and teaching, Carling has traveled globally, leading workshops, intensives, retreats, and training hundreds of teachers in the Awakening Yoga method. She holds certifications as an ERYT-500, FRS Sports Mobility Specialist, Kinstretch Instructor, Registered Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga Teacher, and Birth Doula.
Her asana practice is influenced by Annie Carpenter and Tiffany Russo, while her focus on mobility and performance stems from competitive athletics and training with Functional Range Systems and other sports performance leaders.
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â â Follow Carling on Instagramâ
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â â â â â â Enjoy free classes and content on our YouTube channelâ â â â â â
â â â â â â â â â â â Follow Celest on Instagramâ â â â â â
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Have I remembered my best friend's birthday?
When did I last see my mum?
Have I paid that bill?
Am I a good enough mother?
In this episode of Love at First Science Hannah unpacks the mental load of motherhood with the incredible Zoe Blaskey and together they consider, 'is there a new way to thrive in a world of endless expectation?'
Zoe Blaskey is a mum of two, qualified transformational coach and Founder ofMotherkind. Zoe is on a mission to helpmothers shift from guilt, exhaustion and comparison to confidence and calm - despite all the pressure and judgement of the modern world. Zoe hosts the critically acclaimed Motherkind podcast which is one of the UK's top family podcasts with 5 million downloads and was recently named a âTop 10 podcastâ by Apple.
Zoe's brand new book, Motherkind has been labelled as a book that is going to spark a movement of inspired and confident mothers. It's out on the 15th August and you can pre-order your copy here.
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Learn more with Zoe
â Visit Zoe's website
â Follow Zoe on Instagram
Listen to the Motherkind podcast here
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Learn more about Alba:
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â â â â â Enjoy free classes and content on our YouTube channelâ â â â â
â â â â â â â â â â Follow Celest on Instagramâ â â â â
â â â â â â â â â â Follow Hannah on Instagram
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In this episode Hannah chats with fitness guru, influencer and trainer, Alex Crockford about his career journey and how he's a firm believer in the connection between fitness, mindset, spirituality, mental health and growth.
About Alex
Alex Crockford is a health & fitness trainer, founder of the #CROCKFIT App and actor. With 40 million YouTube views, and over 1 million followers across platforms, his mission is to help people get fitter, healthier and happier.
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Learn more with Alex
â â Follow Alex on Instagram
â Visit Alex's website and app
â â Visit Alex's YouTube channel
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Learn more about Alba:
â â â â â â Alba Yoga Academy Websiteâ
â Enjoy free classes and content on our YouTube channelâ
â â â â â â Follow Celest on Instagramâ
â â â â â â Follow Hannah on Instagram
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Can the power of sound really transform your life?
Do the vibrations created in a sound bath encourage healing?
In today's episode of Love at First Science, Cel speaks to Holly Husler about her thoughts on sound healing and how it's the ultimate combination of science and magic.
From performing original pop tunes at the London O2 stage to an audience of 20,000 in her girl band days, to singing healing mantras and playing magical instruments to seas of sleeping yogis at events, festivals and studios across the globe, Holly Huslerâs journey has taken some unexpected turns!
Hollyâs experience with sound healing over some years of feeling lost, eventually led her back to herself and to her musical roots, drawing to the surface a deep desire to help women reconnect with their inner light and magic through the power of sound. Holly now runs her own crystal bowl sound healer trainings and courses, alongside writing and recording her own âconscious musicâ, with her first album âLuminous Shadowâ having been released in 2023.
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Learn more about Holly
Follow Holly on Instagram
Visit Holly's website
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â â â Enjoy free classes and content on our YouTube channelâ â â
â â â â â â â â Follow Celest on Instagramâ â â
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'Our fears are anchored in the unavoidable truths of life; all things reach an end, bad things happen, and we lack the control we crave.'
In this episode of Love at First Science, Hannah speaks to author and Psychotherapist, Anna Mathur about her life changing realisation that there are 10 Uncomfortable Truths in life and that we can change our lives by taming them.
Passionate about taking therapy out of the therapy room Anna Mathur is widely celebrated for her accessible mental health advice and the light- bulb moments which she offers across her platforms including, Instagram @annamathur, best selling books, popular podcast The Therapy Edit (hurtling towards 2m downloads) and the resources available in the Anna Mathur Toolkit.
Anna's 5th book, The Uncomfortable Truths; Change Your Life By Taming 10 of Your Mind's Greatest Fears will be published on the 8th August, 2024 and is available to pre-order here.
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â â â â â â â â â Follow Celest on Instagramâ â â â
â â â â â â â â â Follow Hannah on Instagram
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Is our emphasis on risk and safety when it comes to movement impacting our health?
Are people choosing simply not to move for fear they will injure themselves?
In this episode Cel has an enlightening conversation with Lena StarzyĆska where they share their learned experiences and thoughts on the topics above.
Lena is a movement and Pilates instructor who specialises in helping people reframe their relationship with moving their bodies. Through a compassionate yet evidence-based approach, Lena's classes leave behind the extreme approach to fitness and focus on sustainable strength and a genuine connection to your senses.
Today, Lena is based in Warsaw, Poland, but she teaches and shares her philosophy globally. You can find her on Starlike, a heart-led movement platform and app where folks from 41 countries come together to move, groove and play.___________________________________________________
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Explore Lena's work
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Calling all parents who are feeling overwhelmed, stressed and like life is totally out of control.
In this episode, Cel speaks to the incredible Kim Hartwell about her experience of becoming a mother and hitting rock bottom before realising that some simple changes to how she approached climbing the mountain of motherhood with compassion and coping mechanisms.
Kim Hartwell is a personal trainer, yoga teacher and breathwork coach with more than 10 years experience working in the industry. Her work focusses on taking Mums from âbarely survivingâ to âthrivingâ not only in motherhood but in life.
Mumma to Indie (2) her brand HUMUM is a reflection of her core mission to remind Mums (like herself) new and experienced that every mum deserves to live a life full of purpose and passion. That they can feel confident and strong, not only as a mum but in themselves. That they are not âjust a Mumâ but a human with very human needs. Having had first hand experience of the mental toll motherhood can take (suffering from post natal depression) Kim knows exactly how hard it can be growing your own human in the current world we live in.
Learn more with Kim
â â Follow Kim on Instagram
â Visit Kim's website
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â â â â â â â Follow Celest on Instagramâ â
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In this cheeky bonus episode of Love at First Sight co-hosts Han and Cel chat about the different yoga teacher training courses offered around the world.
They share their regrets with their own YTT decisions, and offer listeners advice about how to find the right course for them.
If you want to know the pitfalls that many yoga students fall into when choosing a trainer, the importance of ALWAYS learning and keeping up to date with science and new evidence, then this is the episode for you.
Don't forget the Alba Yoga Academy YTT 200hr supersale ends on the 30th June!
Learn more and download our syllabus here.
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Are you considering taking collagen?
Do you regularly jump on the latest fad diet?
Are you worried about sustainable fish consumption?
Do you have children that seem to only eat beige food?
Do you want to know what to look out for when choosing a qualified nutritional professional?
If the answer to any of these questions (and plenty more) is yes, this conversation between Hannah and the incredible Rhiannon Lambert is a must listen today.
Rhiannon Lambert is one of the UKâs leading nutritionists, a Sunday Times bestselling author and chart-topping podcast host. Rhiannon's brand new book, The Science of Plant-Based Nutrition, is out on 27 June and available for pre-order now!
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Learn more with Rhiannon
â Follow Rhi on Instagramâ
Visit Rhi's website
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Learn more about Alba:
â â â â â â Alba Yoga Academy Websiteâ
â Enjoy free classes and content on our YouTube channelâ
â â â â â â Follow Celest on Instagramâ
â â â â â â Follow Hannah on Instagram
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In this episode new co-host Hannah chats with Maude Hirst about her career journey from being a super successful actress to a meditation practitioner with a wealth of experience in how meditation can encourage healing; physically, mentally and spiritually.
About Maude
Maude Hirst is a Meditation Expert, Founder, Coach, Author, and Speaker, specialising in making meditation and its life changing benefits accessible to all.
Maude was an actor best known for playing Helga in the hit TV show Vikings before becoming a leading wellness practitioner and founder of the bespoke meditation company EnergyRise and co-founder of Home of Connection.
She is based in London but teaches globally. She runs a virtual members club for the mind, corporate wellbeing and connection events, private mentorships, a meditation app and wellness retreats. Her sessions deliver a transformational internal experience, encouraging people to find personal well-being through rediscovering their confidence and unique strengths.
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Learn more with Maude
â Follow Maude on Instagramâ
Visit Maude's website
â Visit Home of Connection website
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Learn more about Alba:
â â â â â Alba Yoga Academy Website
Enjoy free classes and content on our YouTube channel
â â â â â Follow Celest on Instagram
â â â â â Follow Hannah on Instagram
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In this solo episode Celest shares some wisdom on the subject of pain. Whether itâs your own, your students', your parents', this episode contains heaps of information about the science of pain.
If youâre listening live and you love what you learn in this episode, you may be interested in signing up for the FREE Alba Yoga Academy Yoga Injuries and Pain webinar on the 4th June.
Learn more and sign up here.
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â Enjoy free classes and content on our YouTube channelâ
â â â â â â Follow Celest on Instagramâ
â â â â â â Follow Hannah on Instagram
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"Hey there! Welcome to the newly revamped Love at First Science Podcast!
As you may know already I'm Celest, and I'm thrilled to introduce you to my amazing friend, Hannah Barrett. Together, we're on a mission to dig deep into people's passion, whether that's through the human body, science, business, art or spirituality."
In this first revamped episode Celest and Hannah release all their news and the reasons for the change as well as sharing their own personal pet peeveYoga Myths.
We're so excited to welcome you to the next exciting stage of Love at First Science - we have so much in the pipeline so make sure you click subscribe and share the episode to help it to reach lots of listening ears.
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About Celest & Hannah
Celest Pereira is a trained physio and she teaches anatomy to yoga teachers.
Hannah Barrett is a yoga teacher and a yoga teacher trainer.
Together, Celest and Hannah run Alba Yoga Academy, where you can become a certified yoga teacher and learn at your own pace.
Our mission is to make sure you leave the training teaching like YOU, and only YOU!
Nobody in this world has your voice, story and unique cheeky smile that lights up the room. Itâs this unique special spark that we want to nurture and bring into full bloom.
Download the curriculum and learn more about the Alba Yoga Academy sale for January 2025 200hr yoga teacher training here.
Follow Celest and Hannah on the Alba Yoga Academy Instagram.
You can also access plenty of other free resources at the Alba Yoga Academy YouTube channel.
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In this episode Celest chats with Elodie Frati about her career as an Osteopath specialising in performing arts and as yoga teacher and anatomy educator.
About Elodie
Elodie is a yoga teacher and osteopath specialising in treating performing artists. Originally from France, she moved over to the UK to train at The Northern School of Contemporary Dance, and fell into yoga over a decade ago as she decided to hang up her dancing shoes. She teaches many styles from Yoga Nidra, all the way through to Jivamukti and has also worked behind the yoga curtain, both as a studio manager, teacher trainer and head of teaching for Hotpod Yoga. She continues to teach anatomy on many reputable teacher training courses, as well as work as an osteopath in South London. She also lectures at the University College of Osteopathy.
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Follow Elodie on Instagram
Visit her Moving Dynamics website
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In this episode Celest chats with Kirsty Gallagher about how we can align our lives to the moon, astrology and tune in to the energy of the universe to maximise our practice and enjoyment of our precious lives.
About Kirsty
Kirsty Gallagher is a lunar goddess, soul guide, moon and spiritual mentor and the Sunday times bestselling author of Lunar Living.Kirsty has been a repeat guest on ITV's This Morning and Virgin radio and features regularly in publication such as Women's Health Magazine, YOU magazine, Stylist Magazine, Red, Soul & Spirit, Metro and more. She has been sharing the life-changing benefits of yoga and the moon for 13 years through classes, workshops and her monthly membership - Lunar Living.
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Kirsty's website
Kirsty's Instagram
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In this episode Celest chats with Amanda Bisk about her experience as a professional pole vaulter, yoga instructor and a sufferer of chronic fatigue.
About Amanda
Amanda Bisk is a former Australian pole vaulter, exercise physiologist, personal trainer, elite athletics and gymnastics coach, and qualified yoga & Pilates teacher. Along with her partner Adam, they run an online platform called Fresh Body Fit Mind, which is home to Amanda's follow along workouts, yoga & Pilates classes plus a plant based recipe library. Amanda calls Perth, Western Australia home and loves the beach, being outdoors, playing frisbee, food and her two sausage dogs Charlie and Willow.
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Amanda's website and wellness/workout subscription platform
Amanda's Instagram
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Today on Love at First Science we have something a little bit different for you.
If you're fascinated with anatomy and you're someone who enjoys helping others, this episode, with just Celest alone, will help you take a holistic approach to history taking.
In this episode, Celest helps you to zoom out and consider a wider range of reasons why someone might be struggling with a certain area of their anatomy.
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â â Too Flexible To Feel Good Book
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In this episode Celest discusses the power of breathwork with the one and only Stuart Sandeman. Stuart shares his very personal experience of discovering the magic of breathwork after losing his girlfriend to cancer.
About Stuart
Stuart Sandeman is a breathing expert, performance coach and Sunday Times best-selling author of âBreathe In Breathe Outâ. He is the founder of Breathpod, a wellness collective delivering breathwork content and transformative experience to individuals and groups and the host of BBC Radio 1âs Decompression Session.
A Scottish judo champion, former financier and music producer, Stuart came to breathwork after losing his girlfriend to cancer at the age of just 31. He trained as a respiratory coach, studying eastern methodologies and western science. His distinctive approach, rooted in his winning mindset, experience of loss, and practical outlook, is designed to disrupt negative thought patterns, beliefs and habits so people can gain a healthier perspective on how they live.
Stuart has since helped transform the lives of thousands of people, including Olympic athletes and award winning artists. He also supports businesses such as Google and Spotify, and is Nikeâs first ever breathwork trainer.
His work has been featured in numerous publications including The Times, The Evening Standard and The Guardian.
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Stuart's website
Stuart's Instagram
Stuart's book
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