🎙️When Your Yoga Practice Doesn't Fit Your Motherhood Reality, Sarah Ezrin
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Hi Reader, How has your relationship with movement changed since becoming a mother? For many of us, pregnancy and birth transform not just our bodies, but our entire approach to exercise, yoga, and self-care. The hour-long practices we once took for granted suddenly become impossible luxuries. In this week’s episode of the Yoga, Bellies & Babies Podcast, I sit down with Sarah Ezrin, a mother of two, yoga teacher, and author who candidly shares how motherhood completely upended her yoga practice, and ultimately deepened her understanding of what yoga truly is. In this conversation, Sarah shares:
Sarah’s insights are especially valuable if you’re:
My favourite quote from our conversation: “Self-care is not the bubble baths, it’s not the yoga class, it’s the boundary setting and the unapologetic asking for our needs to be met.” I’d love to hear your thoughts on this conversation! How has your practice changed since becoming a mother? Reply to this email to share, leave me a DM on Instagram @krish_yoga Krish ❤️ P.S. If you enjoyed this podcast, please take a moment to subscribe, rate, or review wherever you listen. Your support helps more mothers find this content and allows me to keep bringing these important conversations to you. Every single review makes a difference. |
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