BE MOVED with MISFITSTUDIO

We turn to YOU to ask the questions you are curious about when it comes to conception, pregnancy and birth

The journey through conception, pregnancy and birth is SO individual and personal In this 2 part series we discuss it all – a conversation between Amber Joliat and Raina Kirn

Listen in as meaghan so bravely shares her epic “spielberg” life moments the “AHA” moment that saved her life and how she is now living her best life filled with movement, love and truth

Learning to navigate through life while struggling with mental health issues can be the most empowering choice one can make. Mary Dicarlo was FINALLY diagnosed with BPD. Borderline personality disorder is a mental health disorder that impacts the way you think and feel about yourself and others, causing problems functioning in everyday life. Becoming pro-active, taking a course and learning skills to help cope day to day has turned Mary’s life around!

Margaret Rygiel, an OG Misfit, shares her journey in today’s episode, one that is ripe with sadness, challenge, disease and cancer. Yet, in the face of challenge, Margaret remains open, positive, and taps into her resilient nature with a smile on her face.

A reflection on how CHANGE and EVOLUTION at misfitstudio has AFFECTED us. Sharing feelings about the NEW PERMANENT STUDIO, how movement as medicine is a REAL THING, and the unintentional lessons that surfaced from going through the uncomfortable transformation of the life//death//rebirth cycle.

Georgia and Niamh, from Australia & Ireland, were drawn to Toronto by fate – united by friendship, creative expression and a daily practice of movement as medicine. Their personal journey(s) inspired a film, furthering their belief of how necessary it is to process, let go, and ultimately move forward in life by tapping into the physical body to unleash the emotional body to find FREEDOM.

Amy Braidotti, like so many of us, needed to get really dark to understand her own light. Through the relationships in her life – friends, family, lovers –it was ultimately learning to love herself that finally brought beautiful clarity and peace to her heart.

As we all know, the journey towards ULTIMATE health is long and winding. It is from healing her own injuries that Julie has learned the most Now integrating more MIND//BODY//SPIRIT into her sessions, as well as wisdom from the one and only Louise Hay It is now un-deniable that injuries that continue to show up in the physical body are related to un-dealt with emotional turmoil

From self created hell and back, the world for FASHION taught Andrea Hellenbart grit, stamina and work ethics. Although she dreamed of working in fashion her whole life, sometimes things don’t go the way we hope. And, once she was willing to see that the real work is how to ride the waves regardless of where you “work”, her life unfolded with more ease, more truth, and even happiness.

Tammy Faulds is a firm believer we must live a peaceful life in order to rest in peace Presently a life and death coach, it was facing mortality at a young age that awakened her to just how precious life is she encourages everyone to talk about death as it is a fact of life, to be open to it, discuss it, feel more comfortable with loss and death and endings of all things, humans, pets and experiences

KATELYN MCCULLOCH has navigated through this labelling her entire career she has learned to accept the labels others place on her are for their own comfort As we demystify WHY people need to label, we see it is more a reflection of the others than what the label actually means

Amanda Acorn on pleasure Amanda loves the very simplified definition of tantric practice a way for her to define how she thinks about pleasure: ‘Pursuing with consciousness that which brings you JOY’. An artist, dancer, choreographer, movement teacher Amanda lives with the passion to experience liberation and empowerment by asking what is pleasurable and takes steps to move towards embodying pleasure in each moment and chapter of her life

ANXIETY What exactly is anxiety?!?! a word that is overused in today’s society and yet, still misunderstood Robyn Breen shares her version of living with anxiety, hitting a breaking point and reclaiming her power by embracing discomfort listen up for insightful tools

This is a special podcast episode to pay tribute to the Queen Street studio – a celebration of its life and all of the memories created within its walls.

For those of you who have taken her classes you know the power of transformation this woman has inside of her Rachel McLean has been many things in many forms and current day at MISFITSTUDIO we celebrate her tremendous light Have a listen to how she became the version of herself today

Amber Joliat sits down with Steven Artemiw in a powerful conversation about his experience with movement and how it saved his life. Steven is a co-founder of BOND Running and Parkdale Road Runners. Special thanks to Aerin Fogul, our resident Witch and Nik Timar, our podcast Producer.

Today we welcome the PEACE WARRIORS Three trailblazing women who came together with a common vision to slow down tune in and practice the art of presence With that, PEACE WARRIORS was born A collective dedicated to discovering the self and the source, through the exploration and practice of meditation and ritual We have the founding members Lo, Natalie and Lauren here today to share their journey the path to practicing meditation embracing stillness and the beauty of celebrating sisterhood Special thanks to Aerin Fogul, our resident Witch and Nik Timar, our podcast Producer.

"Feel the fear, and dance through it anyway." In our first episode of BE MOVED, Amber J, Creator of MISFITSTUDIO, sits down with her husband Nik to talk about GROWTH – dancing through fear, moving through obstacles, daily rituals, tuning into and listening to one's intuition and more. Special thanks to Aerin Fogul, our resident Witch and Nik Timar, our podcast Producer.