Conscious Construction

Today I sit down with Scout Chavers to talk about her experience growing up as a black woman in the South, her work in the yoga and birth worlds, as well as what spiritual communities are missing. Scout has matriarchal healing in her blood and comes from a family of strong cultured mothers who advocate and help other women. As a 29 year old with no children, Scout has decided to dedicate her time and ultimately her life to supporting women in all stages of their personal journeys including but not limited to: puberty, discovering sexuality, conceiving a child, pregnancy and postpartum. Embracing her personal practices of spirituality, ritual and tradition, Scout enjoys cultivating and connecting communities of women and people of color through teaching yoga, self care modalities, childbirth preparation and intimacy classes. She enjoys helping women get in touch with their divine identities and step in to their feminine power.    You can find Scout in Austin, Texas teaching Hatha Flow, Vinyasa, Prenatal and Po

Happy Mother's Day! Being a mom is hard work, and few people know that better than Graeme Seabrook. Graeme is a life coach just for moms and on this week's episode we talk about how mothers can care for themselves and reclaim their personhood. Graeme is a Motherhood Life Coach, whose approach to coaching is based on the belief that you must be a priority in your own life in order to thrive. Following a traumatizing birth experience and postpartum depression, anxiety, and PTSD Graeme began a healing journey as a mother and a woman. That healing journey led her to creating The Mom Center, a social network and group coaching community for those who mother. The Mom Center is a space where mothers can come to be witnessed, nurtured, inspired and supported so that they can integrate motherhood with personhood, and not the other way around. She does this work because she believes we are living in a global culture that treats mothers as if we are inhuman, and expects us to be superhuman. Graeme's work is dedicated to

How on earth do you share your life on the internet and still have a life "irl?" Kevin Garcia knows, and in today's episode we sit down to talk about the difference between authenticity and intimacy, living in the public eye, and being an Enneagram 8.   Kevin Garcia is...  a speaker, creative, musician, content creator and worship artist based in Atlanta, GA. He graduated from Christopher Newport University in 2013 with a BM in Music Education and has been everything from a barista to a corporate office worker to a non-profit professional since then. After coming out in the fall of 2015 as a gay Christian, Kevin has reached thousands of individuals across the globe with his blog, theKevinGarcia.com, his podcast, "A Tiny Revolution," on his YouTube channel where he unpacks theology and addresses life as a queer person of faith, and through speaking engagements at churches, universities, and festivals.  Kevin also works with The Reformation Project, an LGBTQ direction action organization with a mission to make

A couple nights ago I had the extreme pleasure of sitting down with two of my most favorite people, Sandy and James Hughes, owners of my favorite coffee spot in all of Austin, Stouthaus Coffee Pub. In this episode we talk about building community, starting a family business, and the balance between romance and reality when working with the one you love. James and Sandy have owned and operated Stouthaus Coffee for the last five years, with their brick and mortar coffee pub having it's 4th(!) birthday this September. They love their community, amazing coffee, and exceptional beer. They built Stouthaus to be a place where you can go and get to know people and be a part of something bigger. Check them out here: www.stouthauscoffee.com www.instagram.com/stouthauscoffee www.facebook.com/StouthausCoffee If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website here: www.abirobinsyoga.com And if you want to be the first to know what's up with me and when new episodes drop, sign up for my email list here:

On this week's episode Matt Inman and I sit down to talk about how to live life with more inefficiency, in a good way.  We cover everything from career choices to family stuff and take a nice dive into the Enneagram for good measure.  Matt Inman lives in Austin, Texas and loves his family, tacos, coffee, beer, working out and evidently, dehydration. He is a psychotherapist with a private practice and has long been the host of Inefficiency Podcast. His show carves out the time and space necessary to live out relationships, convictions and spirituality well. Recently, Matt became Editor-In-Chief of Inefficiency Magazine. This publication is a beautiful, thoughtful and therapeutic magazine that promotes emotional and relational health and will be in counseling rooms all over the country. While Matt and his family call Austin home, part of his heart is in Kansas City, MO and several pieces are scattered up and down the California coastline. Check out Matt here: www.inmanpsychotherapy.com www.inefficiencymagazine.

Episode Content Warning: sexual abuse, trauma This week I invite Jenny Orona into my living room to talk about her experience with yoga therapy, shamanism and spiritual reclamation. Jenny shares openly about how her spiritual path lead her to healing after experiencing deep childhood trauma. Jenny Orona is committed to sharing yoga with a broad and diverse audience throughout Austin and creating yoga communities where they don't already exist. She teaches various styles of yoga, meditation, and healing sound across the city of Austin, Texas. In addition to public classes and private sessions (in either English or Spanish), Jenny O. is also the founder of CarryOM, an Austin-based non-profit dedicated to bringing the practice and teachings of yoga to those who may not otherwise have the opportunity to experience its transformational benefits. You can find Jenny at www.corazonyoga.com If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website here: www.abirobinsyoga.com   And if you want to be the fi

There are many different ways to seek out help on your personal journey, and Anita Lane takes a different approach to healing and coaching. In this week's episode I sit down with Anita, and we talk about the process of coaching, theta healing, and how to create real and lasting change in your life. You can get in touch with Anita here: http://anitacoaching.com Anita is fulfilling her lifelong passion for assisting people through deep healing based on the belief that transformation can come from short-suffering, not long-suffering. She has spent her adult life championing, empowering, supporting and guiding others in connecting with their true selves, where real transformation occurs.  She utilizes powerful coaching skills, healing modalities, and many wisdom-producing life experiences to assist her clients in uncovering, and then shifting limiting beliefs and habits in order to live a life of authenticity, passion, purpose, success and peace. If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my webs

In today's episode I sit down with my personal yoga therapy mentor and primary teacher, Amanda Green. Amanda candidly discusses her journey with faith and challenges she faced in her marriage. She also shares how engaging with her yoga practice and undergoing the process of yoga therapy helped her to see both her faith journey and her relationship with her husband with fresh eyes. Amanda took her first yoga class in 2001 and has been practicing ever since. After moving from Seattle to Austin in 2010, she enrolled in a hatha yoga teacher-training program and soon after completion, she began teaching yoga full-time. Amanda met her teacher and mentor, Chase Bossart in 2011 and her yoga practice took a turn toward a more gentle and therapeutic approach and her yoga study expanded to embrace the broader teachings of yoga. Yogic philosophy and texts, practices including āsana (postures), prāṇāyāma (breathing techniques), meditation, vedic chanting and the practical application of the tools of yoga for therapy are

This week, in the midst of chaos in the Austin area, I sit down with Matthias Roberts to talk about the nuanced application of self-care.  Find Matthias here! Matthias Roberts is a writer, speaker, and host of Queerology: A Podcast on Belief and Being. His work has been featured in HuffPost Religion, Believe Out Loud, OnFaith, and The Oregonian. He holds an MA in Theology and Culture and is currently finishing his second master's in Counseling Psychology at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. Matthias's spare time is spent wandering the streets of Seattle ever in search of new coffee shops. If you're in the Austin area and need a little more support moving through the craziness of the past month, please send me an email or check out the resources provided by the YWCA. As always, you can find more about me, here!

I love the enneagram!  I love it so much, it's going to be something we talk about on the podcast quite a bit. So on this week's episode I sit down with Lesley and Rick Bradstreet to talk about what this incredible self awareness tool can bring into your life. To find out more about how you can connect with Lesley and Rick check out their website here: http://www.enneagramcentraltexas.com/ If you want to check out the monthly Enneagram meetup I co-facilitate click here:  https://www.austinrelationalwellness.com/south-austin-enneagram-community Here's the low down on Lesley and Rick, Rick and Lesley Bradstreet lead the Enneagram Community of Central Texas out of Austin. They teach the Enneagram together, and Rick uses it in his therapy practice and mentors those who are completing their certification in the EPTP process. Lesley is a Social Seven, born in Nebraska and raised in the mid-west.  Rick is a One-to-One Two, born in Arizona and raised in Los Angeles.  They met in Austin in 1997, both divorced, with ch

Today on the podcast, I sit down with Yoga Therapist Chase Bossart to discuss what yoga is, how it's used, and what can be achieved through the art and science of yoga therapy. IMPORTANT LINKS! If you want to learn more about what chase does, check out  www.yogawell.com And if you want to take the dive into becoming a certified yoga therapist, check out Yoga Well's next info session! Let them know Abi sent you! ;) And be sure to follow Chase and Yoga Well on all the social medias! Yoga Well on Facebook Yoga Well on Twitter Yoga Well on Instagram   And here's a little more about Chase:    Chase was introduced to Mr. TVK Desikachar in 1991 during a college study abroad program in Chennai, India.  As part of the program, Mr Desikachar taught a semester-long course on the Theory of Yoga.  Needless to say, it was life changing. Chase was hooked & has devoted his life to living & teaching the therapeutic yoga taught by Mr. Desikachar.       Chase is the Director of the Yoga Well Institute and Co-Founder of

So, I've decided to start a podcast, and THIS is the VERY FIRST EPISODE! This is an overview of what this podcast will be about. Thanks for listening! If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website here: www.abirobinsyoga.com And if you want to be the first to know what's up with me and when new episodes drop, sign up for my email list here: https://www.abirobinsyoga.com/email-signup

I'm launching a podcast! Every Thursday join me as I explore what it means to build and live a conscious life with spiritual and psychological seekers of all kinds. We'll talk a lot about yoga, the enneagram, religion, spirituality, therapy, and all sorts of ways of making a more loving and conscious world a reality.  Check me out at: www.abirobinsyoga.com