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Stay is a podcast created and hosted by Yoga Teacher, Doula and Health Coach, TaKisha August. Each week you can expect educational solo episodes or extended conversational episodes with incredible guests. Here, we are cultivating a community of our own a

Washington, DC


    • Aug 27, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 43m AVG DURATION
    • 22 EPISODES


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    21. The Frequency of 40: A few things I’ve learned on my journey through wisdom.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2022 27:52


    It's been one full year of the podcast and 40 whole years of my life. In this episode I'm reflecting on a few key lessons I've learned that I look forward to taking with me throughout the next decade and beyond.

    20. How to get unstuck after betrayal & embrace transition.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2022 24:48


    19. Self Preservation as a tool for conscious resistance.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 21:36


    In this solo episode, TaKisha shares thoughts and tools around navigating the chaos of everyday life and trying times alike. It is through our own practices, grace, and discernment that we heal and lend our whole hearts to the collective during times like today without depleting our own necessary physical and energetic resources.

    18. The Joyful Balance of Business Ownership, Full Time Employment and Raising a Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2022 63:16


    Have you ever thought that in order to be fulfilled in your life, love and career that you had to choose? Choosing between motherhood and career...Entrepreneurship or employee...devoted parter or self actualized? In this episode we hear from Yoga Studio Owner and Congressional Staffer, Shareia Oliver, on the balance between being a "boss" and saying yes to new opportunities with joyful curiosity and excitement...while mothering and partnering with presence. 

    17. Forging a New Path & Finding Purpose Through Sexual Healing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 52:12


    In this episode, join TaKisha as she chats with Wellness and Sexual Health Educator Victoria Icenhower as they talk corporate burnout, finding the path that's calling you, and using pleasure as a compass for truth.

    16. 3 Ways to Honor Energetic Boundaries in Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 24:01


    In this solo episode, TaKisha shares 3 ways you can honor your own energetic boundaries no matter what is going on in your household or the world at large.

    15. Contemplation: Letting Love In

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2022 22:49


    In this episode, join me (TaKisha) as I guide you through a contemplation and meditation to support you in letting love reside in your body. Allow this to be a tool you return to as often as you wish. It is my intention for it to bless you.

    14. Moving Forward & Learning to Trust Yourself Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 38:16


    In this solo episode TaKisha shares some guidance on reconnecting to your felt sense of "knowing."

    13. – Resilience, Collective Healing, and the Journey Home to Ourselves w/ Laura Thompson Brady

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2021 82:36


    What does it mean to journey home to ourselves? What does it look like to be fully awake in the midst of life's challenges and embody steadiness and joy when trauma appears to be the cultural default? How can you feel safe to be authentic to who you are while so many messages around us tell us to go with the flow, don't rock the boat, or stay silent when truth could heal. In this episode we connect with Laura Thompson Brady; the creator and founder of Journey Home to You -- a sound healing, private mentorship, and communal space for self-discovery. 

    12. – Potent Points: Persistence w/ TaKisha August

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 21:27


    Have you ever had a moment, a person, an experience that made giving up your vision seem necessary or easier than the process or moving forward in uncertainty? In this episode I'm sharing a potent point about...Persistence.

    11. – Burnout, Stress Culture, and the Healing Power of Chinese Medicine w/ Trish Twiford Perfetto

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 58:59


    In this episode we hear from Trish Twiford Perfetto about her experience in the healing spaces of Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine and her observations of the impact of stress on conception, fertility and the state of the human body during an era of hyper vigilance and survival. 

    10. – Creativity, Career Pivots, and Finding Balance as a Working Mom w/ Teddi Cripps

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 56:09


    In this episode we hear from Teddi Cripps, about her accidental entrepreneurial journey, building from inspiration, fueling creativity and making continuous pivots in work and business to make time for motherhood. 

    9. – Truth, Authenticity, Intuition and Creating a Life That Sparks Joy w/ Pia Thompson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2021 85:24


    In this episode we hear from Pia Thompson of Sweet Digs, about taking a brave step in the direction of joy, creating safe spaces, being yourself all the time everywhere and cultivating an authentic life that truly sparks joy.

    8. – The Parent-Pediatrician Relationship, Navigating Postpartum, and Information Overload in Parenting w/ Dr. Krupa Playforth

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 49:49


    In this episode we hear from Dr. Krupa Playforth of The Pediatrician Mom, about the parent-pediatrician relationship, navigating postpartum, and information overload in parenting. 

    7. – Embracing Your Therapeutic Resonance as a Mother w/ Mary Van Geffen

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2021 48:32


    In this episode we hear from Mary Van Geffen about parenting strong-willed kids, therapeutic resonance and what it means to embrace that gift in us as we mother.

    6. – Pleasure, Divine Direction and Clearing Generational Trauma After Losing a Mother w/ Leigah Locke

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021 64:07


    In this episode we hear from Leigah Locke about her journey through the unexpected loss of her mother, navigating an autoimmune disease and finding herself, the divine, and her path through learning and pleasure.

    5. – Widowhood and Moving Forward After Great Loss w/ Maya Tyler

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2021 36:16


    In this episode we hear from Maya Tyler about widowhood life, creating a life you love after great loss, and the best kind of support to lend to someone experiencing loss.

    4. – Social Psychology, Faith Change and Spiritual Crisis/ Dr. Katie Blake

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 53:50


    In this episode we hear from Dr. Katie Blake about faith, finding your own way, relationship, creating spiritually diverse spaces, and the journey to and through deconstruction as women in a modern world.

    3. – Body Image, Joy and Moving Forward After Major Changes Postpartum w/ Surabhi Veitch

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2021 68:04


    In this episode we hear from Surabhi Veitch, about creating your strongest body ever after having a baby (in less time than you think)

    2. – Rest and Cultivating Rituals of Love and Devotion w/ Margaret James

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2021 49:19


    In this episode we chat with Margaret James on permission, rest, self preservation and cultivating healing and restorative rituals with love and devotion.

    1. – Welcome to Stay. Who is TaKisha?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 16:14


    TaKisha August is a mama and founder of Momkynd, a hybrid maternal wellness practice providing yoga, meditation and conscious education to women along the motherhood continuum both online and in her community just outside of Washington, DC.

    Podcast Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 1:37


    This podcast is dedicated to our collective healing, to honoring our bodies as sacred vessels and to learning how to stay with our feelings, our hearts and our intuition when it matters most.

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