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We are delighted to host Erica Mather on the Mangu.tv podcast series.  Erica Mather, M.A. E-RYT 500, is an author and yoga therapist who helps people feel better in, and about, their bodies. Her book Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards & Embrace Your True Power (New Harbinger, 2020) has captured the attention of yoga and mental health professionals as a guidebook for overcoming body image dissatisfaction. Her Adore Your Body Transformational Programs provide concierge, results-oriented body image coaching, and, The Yoga Clinic helps students, teachers, and health professionals to learn about empowered self-care for the body. Mather is a Forrest Yoga lineage-holder and has been profiled in the New York Times, NY Weekly, Yoga Journal, and Wisconsin Public Radio. Find her on Instagram @Erica_Mather and www.ericamather.com. Erica discusses her upbringing in Wisconsin, the loss of her father and her struggle with migraines throughout her youth. Playing music led her to New York to study Ethnomusicology, she shares her academic interests, including activism and gender imbalance in music and her decision to follow the path of yoga, and become a yoga teacher. Erica shares her yoga and self-care practices and her journey supporting people to embrace the body they are born into. Erica and Giancarlo discuss her book; an accumulation of everything she's learnt and experienced, and a tool to help people understand, overcome and find peace within their bodies.

A special conversation on exploring our bodies, playing with spaciousness and edges, and celebrating all bodies. Erica and Ash met through the Forrest Yoga community where they fell in love with each other as changemakers dedicated to getting more free. During this intimate conversation, they play with how we can reclaim our bodies, face our fears courageously, and saying YES to what we need--not what the world thinks we need or should be.Meet EricaErica Mather, MA, E-RYT, began teaching yoga at age 17 and now studies pedagogy through education, learning, and leadership. She created the Adore Your Body System, which addresses body-image challenges, and the Yoga Clinic, a place where students, teachers, and health professionals can learn about empowered self-care. Erica is a Forrest Yoga Guardian, personally selected by Ana Forrest to become one of a handful of senior teachers in the Forrest Yoga tribe. She teaches at PURE Yoga in New York City, and maintains a full schedule of Yoga Clinic clients and Yoga Clinic teacher trainings.https://www.instagram.com/erica_mather/https://kripalu.org/resources/kripalu-perspectives-learning-adore-your-body-erica-mather

In this episode, Rachel is joined by Erica Mather, a body image expert, yoga therapist, and author of Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards & Embrace Your True Power. Erica shares her insights on body love, image, and acceptance, helping listeners embrace their true power and end the confidence-crushing pursuit of unrealistic beauty standards.Join Rachel and Erica in this empowering episode as they discuss body love, image, and acceptance.How Erica became a yoga and body image expertThe importance of embracing your true power and self-acceptanceHow yoga can help improve body image and mental well-beingThe damaging effects of unrealistic beauty standards on mental health and self-esteemPractical tips for improving body image and building self-confidenceThe role of media and society in perpetuating harmful beauty standardsHow to navigate social media in a healthy and positive wayTune in to learn practical tips and insights to help you embrace your true power and end the confidence-crushing pursuit of unrealistic beauty standards. Don't miss out on this enlightening conversation - listen now!Join in on the conversation inside The Confident Woman Community.Be sure to check out the links and resources below. ↓Resources: Thank you to our Sponsor, Organifi!!Go to iamrachelbrooks.com/organifi and use Code: TCW20 to save 20% on your entire order!Links to Check Out:Grab your copy of Rachel's best-selling book, Chasing Perfection: A Journey to Healing, Fitness, and Self-Love, AND get a gift with your purchase.Be sure to check out the limited-time, Fit From Within: 60 Days to Finding Freedom journal and start creating healthy habits and a balanced lifestyle from the inside out.Check out our newest obsession, I Am Athletics - a lifestyle and activewear apparel brand for The Confident Woman. Order Today & Save 20% - Promo Code: TCW20Check out some of Rachel's favorite things at iamrachelbrooks.com/favoritethingsDownload your FREE Confidence Booster GuideJoin The Confident Woman Community on Facebook here!Free Resource Hub - get the good here!Connect with Rachel:FacebookInstagram

Have you ever thought to yourself, “I'll be happy when ____?” And then you fill in the blank with something like, “when I lose weight,” or, “when I get healthier,” or, “when I feel more confident about my body?”    This is something that Erica Mather calls “The Happiness Trap” with our bodies.   Erica is the author of Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards & Embrace Your True Power. She is a 1000-hour certified yoga therapist, helping people feel better in and about their bodies. She uses yoga therapy to help the injured, ill, and aging, and her programs to help people change their perspective on the purpose and value of their bodies.    Erica came on the Rebuilding Trust With Your Body and we talked about: How yoga and mindfulness can help us be more connected with our bodies and our emotions The pursuit of thinness as a path to happiness - and mindset mistake most people are making around this Why ignoring your body's signals creates problems with your body image 3 key tips for body acceptance that you can implement TODAY   This week's Wellness Woo is about Beach Body. Send me your Wellness Woo stories at rebuildingtrustwithyourbody@gmail.com.   Click here to grab the free Body Kindness Journal mentioned in the episode.   Click here to grab a copy of Erica's book Click here to visit Erica Mather's website

Do you ever struggle with body acceptance, self worth and confidence? In this episode, we explore how we can finally feel good about ourselves and our bodies. Erica Mather is a lifelong teacher who has struggled with emotional overeating, compulsive overexercising, and body dysmorphic disorder. As an embodiment educator, she guides people to feel better in, and about, their bodies. Her Adore Your Body Transformational Programs help overcome body image challenges, and The Yoga Clinic of New York City helps students, teachers, and health professionals to learn about empowered self-care for the body. Listen to this inspiring episode on Erica's journey and how she is inspiring others to build more balanced lifestyles based in empowerment and not insecurities. FIND ERICA ONLINE: Website Instagram MENTIONED: Book | Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Embrace Your True Power. The video version of this interview is available on YouTube: Episode 217 SUBSCRIBE TO THE LAVENDAIRE LIFESTYLE PODCAST Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube LAVENDAIRE YouTube Instagram

Happy Satiated Saturday! There is ongoing confusion around body acceptance, how to live in a body and be at peace with it, and pressure that you need to figure out body appreciation all on your own.I personally don't believe in the saying, "you need to love yourself before anyone else can love you."I did NOT love my body when I met my husband over a decade ago. I was very open about that with him from the beginning. I was struggling to live in such a sensitive body that had curves in, what I perceived, as all the "wrong" places. One day, Ethan walked me into the bathroom and had me look at myself in a full length mirror. He put his hands on my waist and said, "These are where your hip bones are. You can't change that." For some reason, on this particular day, it landed in a way it never had before. There is an exquisitely designed structure inside of me, that has been passed down to me, that is just me. I can fight it and create more ongoing internal unrest or I can choose to accept it and turn all that emotional anguish out at a world that taught me that my body shape should be different than what it simply is. In this week's episode, I chat with Erica Mather, Embodiment Educator and author of Your Body, Your Best Friend about how to disconnect your body's image from your identity, how to begin perceiving your body with brand new eyes, and breaking down what we're taught to believe about our bodies. You can also read the transcript to this week's episode here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/unraveling-body-and-its-image-from-your-sense-of-self-and-identityI want you to know that you don't need to love your body. You can be at a place where you're still longing for it to be different. You can be grieving for the body that may never be. This will be a part of your ongoing journey in having a relationship with your body. That is the one thing that won't change is that this is your body and the only one you will have.With Compassion and Empathy, Stephanie Mara FoxKeep in touch with Erica here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erica_mather/Website: https://ericamather.com/Contact: https://ericamather.com/contact/Support the showKeep in touch with Stephanie Mara here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stephaniemara/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephaniemarafoxWebsite: https://www.stephaniemara.com/https://www.somaticeating.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmara/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stephaniemarafoxContact: support@stephaniemara.com Special thanks to Bendsound for the intro music in this episode. www.bensound.com

Erica Mather is a certified Yoga Therapist and the author of “Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards & Embrace Your True Power”. She brings her own struggles with body image from a young age and transformational yoga principles to guiding people to feel better in their bodies, no matter what body challenges they have.    On the podcast, we talked about why it's so common for folks to dissociate with painful internal body talk and the difference between objectification and embodiment. We also talked about the importance of recognizing unrealistic thin body ideals and fat bias and the role of personal responsibility in freeing yourself from the impact of them.  Erica shares what it's like to have your body as your best friend, so you can see that possibility for yourself. We also talked about body image in the yoga community, our drive for belonging, and how choosing to befriend your body is an ultimate act of defiance.    Check out Erica's book: Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards & Embrace Your True Power on Amazon.    Website: www.ericamather.com Social media handles: IG: @Erica-Mather FB: https://www.facebook.com/erica.mather  

Image expert Erica Mather's book Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards & Embrace Your True Power. Embrace your true power. For women who've learned to be their own worst enemies, this in-your-face guide offers powerful tools to break free from the cultural messages that feed negative body image and stand in the way of becoming your most authentic and radiant self. Have you ever wondered what you could accomplish while worrying about your body or appearance? In a society overwhelmed with messages of how women should be and appear, it's easy to internalize these ideas and become our harshest critics. It's time for a change. It's time to stop squashing ourselves into painfully tight “should-be” boxes and celebrate our bodies for what they are—divine tools to reach our highest aspirations and experience the full fabulousness of life. In this podcast, you'll find a practical program for healing body image dissatisfaction using a unique blend of wisdom—from yoga to Buddhism, Taoism to shamanism. Weaving the author's experiences with tools for putting lessons into action, this empowering book will help you examine your thoughts and feelings about your body and learn how they affect how you relate in and to the world. With this unflinchingly direct and honest book, you'll learn to release years of negative conditioning to see yourself as the fiercely authentic woman you are. So, stop wasting time and energy hating your body and start moving toward a life that celebrates your body's unique strengths and capabilities for experiencing health, happiness, and true radiance. We talk about Self acceptance and unconditional love Getting off of the body misery train Madison Avenue sells a dream body, not a natural body Perfection - you are perfectly yourself Happiness is not dependent on body size Be at peace with yourself Your body is your spirit's vehicle, not a reflection of the real you. Erica Mather is a lifelong teacher who has struggled with emotional overeating, compulsive overexercising, and body dysmorphic disorder. As an embodiment educator, she guides people to feel better in and about their bodies. Her Adore Your Body Transformational Programs help overcome body image challenges and of The Yoga Clinic of New York City. www.ericamather.com

On the history of happiness and the importance of full self-acceptance.

My podcast guest this week is Erica Mather @erica_mather, an author and yoga therapist. Through embodied movement, she helps people feel better about and in their bodies, and she teaches them how to make friends with their bodies and how to move forward in their lives. Erica founded The Adore Your Body Transformational Program, a 7-step system for getting a handle on body image challenges, and also founded The Yoga Clinic of NYC, a business that educates clients, medical practitioners, and yoga teachers about empowered self-care practices using yoga as the core tool. I talk to Erica about: Her story of what brought her to the work she does today. Erica's version of forrest yoga. How food and productivity go hand in hand. The journey of her relationship with food and restriction. Investigating negative thoughts around body image. Benefits of living embodied. Discovering her mystical experience. Why yoga is so great for body image. + MORE Resources talked about in this episode: Erica's book Your Body, Your Best Friend Join Erica's mailing list here A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle And if you are tired of being stuck in this never ending cycle of feeling in control around food and your physique goals and then binging yet again… If you are ready to finally find peace with food, your body and exercise so you can be TRULY healthy and reach fitness goals in a way that doesn't sacrifice your life and happiness…I am now opening spots for Small Group Coaching! Click here to fill out a coaching application and we can have a no-pressure chat to see if my services would be a good fit for you. Or send me a DM @elenakunicki_rd on Instagram with any questions!

Erica Mather is a lifelong teacher who has struggled with emotional overeating, compulsive overexercising, and body dysmorphic disorder. As an embodiment educator, she guides people to feel better in, and about, their bodies. Mather is a recognized body image expert, a Forrest Yoga lineage-holder, and was also named one of the next generation's important yoga teachers by Yoga Journal. Sign-up for our newsletter to be with our community! ~ katiekaygraham.com/newsletter GUEST CONTACTWebsite: www.ericamather.comEmail or DM Erica for info on all her transformational programs! IG: @erica_matherFB: @erica.matherTwitter: erica_matherSoundCloud: @erica-matherSUPPORT US:Share it with a friend! Support by spreading the word!Rate & Review: (1) Go to Library (2) Go to Show *not episode* (3) Scroll down to "Ratings and Reviews (3) Click "Write a ReviewADD ME ON:Website: https://katiekaygraham.com/IG: @katiekaygrahamNewsletter: katiekaygraham.com/newsletterBODY BREAKING FREE LISTEN ON: Apple Podcast | Spotify Podcast | Audible

Is it possible to find yourself loving your body exactly as it is? In this episode of Your Superpowered Minds, host Kristin Maxwell and guest Erica Mather sit together for a talk on self-love, beauty, and perception. Mindset shifts allow you to create a loving relationship with your body. You need to understand that you are not at war with your body, and your body is not to blame. To do this, you need to discover your true power in the face of unrealistic beauty standards. Listen in to know how significant loving your body is every single day!

Erica Mather is a lifelong teacher who has struggled with emotional overeating, compulsive overexercising, and body dysmorphic disorder. As an embodiment educator, she guides people to feel better in, and about, their bodies. Her Adore Your Body Transformational Programs help overcome body image challenges, and The Yoga Clinic of New York City helps students, teachers, and health professionals to learn about empowered self-care for the body. Mather is a recognized body image expert, a Forrest Yoga lineage-holder, and was also named one of the next generation's important yoga teachers by Yoga Journal. She writes for mindbodygreen on the topic of body image challenges, is a regular columnist for Rivertown Magazine, and is a popular repeat interview on the SoulFeed Podcast, Hay House Radio's Angel Club, and many more. Mather lives in New York City, NY. Visit her at www.ericamather.com and get social with her on IG | FaceBook | Twitter | SoundCloudCheck out other amazing Savvy guests at: https://savvybusinessradio.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you’re a serial dieter, or have a particularly loud inner critic when it comes to your body, we want you to try and take a day to let yourself just be; and see if it all falls apart. (Spoilers: it won’t!) LINKS Practice this “Body Loving Meditation” from Yoga teacher Erica Mather Try ‘Mindful Masturbation’ with tips from us Follow @thespace_podcast on Instagram Watch @thespace_podcast on TikTok Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram CREDITS Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88 Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy Executive Producer: Elise Cooper Editor: Adrian Walton Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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As we head into the holiday season, the inevitable swath of calorie-shaming memes, diet propaganda, and weight loss scams are heading our way. This week's special guest, Erica Mather, has a powerful and profound message to share with us. In this episode, you'll hear: The truth about dieting, and why it is "violent" in our society today How to develop a useful relationship with your body and body image A short, beautiful mindfulness moment to begin to see your body as your best friend A recipe for a rejuvenating electrolyte drink Poisonous mindset traps that keep folks in an unhealthy state with how they see themselves The architecture of Erica's new book: Your Body Your Best Friend, and the many reasons it will change your life by reframing the relationship you have with your body About Erica Mather: Erica helps people feel better in and about their bodies. As a yoga therapist, she helps people adjust their attitudes and mindsets about their bodies, which are often at the root of how we handle crucibles like injury, illness, and aging. When a crisis arises, she's also there to help manage the physical and emotional repercussions of injury, illness, and aging. Erica is the author of Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards & Embrace Your True Power (New Harbinger 2020). For those people who aren't able to access my services first-hand, through Yoga Therapy, or my Adore Your Body Programs, the book is a foundational resource for improving your body image, and relationship to your body. Be sure to message your host, Brittany Lynch, on Instagram @thestepqueen and let her know what you thought about this episode! To enroll in the world's best free online course for stepmoms and learn how to create more stepfamily harmony without having to walk on eggshells or bite your tongue just to keep the peace, head to www.peacelovestepmom.com and get instant access, for free, right now. To connect with Erica, head to www.ericamather.com, or follow her on Insta @erica_mather https://www.amazon.ca/Your-Body-Best-Friend-Confidence-Crushing/dp/1684033438/ref=asc_df_1684033438/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459591987525&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2777106426674311578&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001359&hvtargid=pla-941487701684&psc=1 (Download Erica's book instantly on Kindle,) OR better yet, order it in to your local bookstore. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

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Ten Principles of a Character Coach Show Guest: Coach Gary Waters Ten Principles of a Character Coach provides clear experienced-based advice on how to be a character coach. Within Ten Principles of a Character Coach, Coach Gary Waters defines a character coach as someone who lives a life with integrity, honesty and moral values. He speaks specifically on how the sport of basketball has been riddled with scandals in recent years on the high school and college levels; and how the governing authorities are committed to repairing the reputation of college basketball. Ten Principles of a Character Coach addresses many of the issues that young men and women are experiencing in the athletic arena today. Coach Waters believes character and values need to be a high priority in those individuals tasked with guiding young people, as well as themselves. Furthermore, Coach Waters shares with us that he is convinced that following the principles within Ten Principles of a Character Coach will benefit anyone in developing their character. Of special note and to his credit: 98% of the players he coached went on to graduate college

Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Pursuit of Beauty Standards & Embrace Your True Power SHOW GUEST: Erica Mather For women who've learned to be their own worst enemies, this in-your-face guide offers powerful tools to break free from the cultural messages that feed negative body image and stand in the way of women becoming their most authentic and radiant selves. In Erica Mather's new book, Your Body, Your Best Friend, women find a practical program for healing body image dissatisfaction using a unique blend of wisdom—from yoga to Buddhism and Taoism to shamanism and more. Weaving the author's own experiences with tools for putting lessons into action, this empowering book will help the audience examine their own thoughts and feelings about their bodies and learn how they affect the way you relate in and to the world. In this week's interview, Erica takes on a journey of thought. She asks that we celebrate, for now, is the time for women to stop wasting time and energy hating their bodies and to start moving toward a life that celebrates their body's unique strengths and capabilities for experiencing health, happiness, and true radiance.

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Be your best friend is the 4th pillar from my book Hangry and it's one that's elusive for many of us when that internal critical voice is so much louder than our inner best friend voice. And sadly, I rarely meet a woman that isn't in need of more tools to be kinder to herself. This great conversation with yoga therapist Erica Mather will give you some new tools and insight to improve your friendship with your body. Such a great episode! Learn more about Erica and her new book: Your Body, Your Best Friend here. Be sure you connect with me in my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Happiness with Dr Brooke where other amazing, like minded women like YOU are already hanging out! Join us! Follow Dr Brooke on Instagram and get signed up for my awesome emails here. Seriously, I write really great emails, or so 1000s of women tell me and I'd like to send you one too. To work with Dr Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!   This episode is sponsored by the incredible, wildcrafted, full spectrum NED hemp oil with their growing line of products including formulas for female hormone balance and their new sleep blend. Save 15% on your first order with code BETTEREVERYDAY at checkout.  This episode is also sponsored by BluBlox makers of the most effective blue light blockers on the market (that block 100% of the light that impacts your cortisol and melatonin timing) which are available with or without a prescription as well as a new fav of ours, their computer eye strain glasses called Blulite - great for adults and kids! BluBlox also has glasses called Summer Glow for seasonal affective disorder and their new red light therapy box: the Hive. Check them all out at BLUBlox.com and save 15% off your first offer with code: BETTEREVERYDAY at checkout. 

Joining Yuliana today is Erica Mather, author of Your Body, Your Best Friend.  Hand-selected by Ana Forrest to become a lineage-holder (called “a Guardian”) in the Forrest Yoga system, Erica is also the founder of ‘The Adore Your Body Transformational Program', a 7-step system for getting a handle on body image challenges, as well as ‘The Yoga Clinic of NYC'. In today's episode, Erica shares with listeners the story of how losing her dad at a young age propelled her into making certain life decisions and taking responsibilities for herself. She begins by delving into the tragic event of losing her father and how that became a point of inflection that reshaped the direction of her life to be the ‘captain of her own ship'. She discusses what led her to Yoga - a result of chronic migraines - and how Yoga has helped her in the battle with her illness. She also details how she switched careers from being a professional musician to becoming a Yoga teacher, and reveals the inspiration behind her book, Your Body, Your Best Friend . The episode comes to a close with Erica sharing the song that describes her life, a song about humanity. Filled with wisdom borne out of life experiences, Erica Mather has so many valuable lessons to teach us all about living life without regrets. Listening in today will definitely be time well spent. Episode Highlights: -  Erica recounts the challenging event that reshaped the direction of her life -  When parental expectation disappears. -  The various points of inflection that changed Erica's life. -  The battle with adult onset migraines - the path to Yoga. -  How Yoga makes you take a long look at your body and spirit -  How to resolve that feeling about being viewed with a desire to teach? -  Lessons from the book, Your Body, Your Best Friend. -  The impetus that inspired the writing of her book -  The one song that describes Erica's life Quotes: “ I just decided I'm going to be my own person, I'm going to be the captain of my own ship, and I am not going to work for people who don't care about me.” “It's made me have ultimate responsibility for the direction of my life.” “You know, if I'm unhappy with anything about my work life, or my relationship life, or my friendship life, or my family life, or my spiritual life, I've got one person to truly point a finger at.” “He valued my creativity, my intelligence, and it set me on a path of writing some music and really doubling down on being a professional musician.” “If you don't have a relationship with your body, it'll be hard to monitor signs that it's giving you.” “Part of our maturity around body image is coming to understand how people might react to you, and then managing your own response to that reaction.” “The main message of the book is to not waste more time on things that don't produce real outcomes in your life.” “We have a very finite amount of time, we have a finite amount of energy, and time wasted hating the way you look, disliking the way you look, is time wasted.” Links: https://www.yulianakimgrant.com/phoenix-tales (Phoenix Tales Homepage) https://www.instagram.com/yulianakimgrantofficial/ (Phoenix Tales on Instagram) https://open.spotify.com/show/1heIpPMsG6HbXXIDLmAnEe (Phoenix Tales on Spotify) https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=322043276201679 (Phoenix Tales on Facebook) https://ericamather.com/ (Erica Mather Homepage) https://www.instagram.com/erica_mather/ (Erica Mather) Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yuliana-kim-grant/message

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In the midst of all the body talk we have different views of body positivity. My guest Yoga Therapist and author Erica Mather speaks about it. After  completing her B.A. she worked as a temp, a personal assistant to a  differently abled woman, and as an office manager to a small music  agency. When her father died at the young age of 56 (she, 23), Erica  realized that life is short and it's best to quickly get on with the  business of living it in alignment with what matters to us most. She  quit her day job and doubled down on playing the piano professionally,  gigging, writing, teaching, and self-producing two jazz-inspired albums,  Borderlands (1999), and The Millennium Song Cycle (2001). In 2002 Erica  was voted “Madison's Favorite Jazz Artist” in the 2002 Isthmus Reader's  Poll. She served on the Mayor's Arts Advisory Board. You can hear her  music on SoundCloud. At the age of 26, Erica began experiencing adult  onset migraines, going overnight from “healthy” to “gravely ill.” On a  quest for relief she discovered Forrest Yoga. In 2004 moved to New York City to  commence Ph.D. studies in Ethnomusicology at Columbia University. After  earning her Masters Degree in 2006 she took a medical leave of absence,  trying to get a handle on worsening migraines. In this quest, during the  summer of 2006 Erica enrolled in and completed the month-long,  immersive Forrest Yoga 200-hour Teacher Training with Ana Forrest, in  Boston, Massachusetts. Returning  to New York City, Erica began what has been her profession of the last  15 years. Fortifying her career change with retail work, Erica began  growing a reputation throughout New York City as a gifted teacher,  capable of high-level, physically, intellectually, and emotionally  engaging education, presented in a mixed level classroom. It is in this  environment of practicing and teaching yoga that Erica gestated the  information culminating in her first book, Your Body, Your Best Friend:  End the Confidence Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards and  Embrace Your True Power (New Harbinger, April 2020). Using her own  illness and body image challenges, the teachings of embodiment intrinsic  to Forrest Yoga, and her experience working in private practice with  people's wounded and ill bodies, Erica has developed a teaching style  and message that encourages us to begin to build a relationship with the  body, in service of our health, and also in the quest to discover our  life's work. https://ericamather.com/ https://www.instagram.com/erica_mather/?hl=en Follow me on: facebook:   https://facebook.com/couponqueenpin001/      Website: https://couponqueenpin.com      Email: cqp@couponqueenpin.com    Instagram: @couponqueenpin001       Twitter: @couponqueenpin #podcast #podcasting #spotify #podcasts #podcastersofinstagram  #podcastlife #podcaster #streaming #radio #book #love #netflix #itunes  #podcasters #author #applepodcasts #storytime #podcastshow #learning  #healthy #newpodcast #motivation #spotifypodcast #applepodcast  #amazon #family #travel #soundcloud #radioshow #teaching --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cqpmoments/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpmoments/support

Author Website: ericamather.com Guest Social Media: IG | FaceBook | Twitter | SoundCloud Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Embrace Your True Power by Erica Mather Publisher: Reveal Press (April 1, 2020) For women who've learned to be their own worst enemies, this in-your-face guide offers powerful tools to break free from the cultural messages that feed negative body image and stand in the way of women becoming their most authentic and radiant selves. Have the women in your audience ever wondered what they could accomplish with the time they spend worrying about their body or appearance? In a society overwhelmed with messages of how women should be and appear, it's easy for them to internalize these ideas and become their own harshest critics. It's time for a change. It's time to stop squashing women into painfully tight “should-be” boxes and celebrate their bodies for what they are—divine tools to reach our highest aspirations and experience the full fabulousness of life. In this book, women find a practical program for healing body image dissatisfaction using a unique blend of wisdom—from yoga to Buddhism and Taoism to shamanism and more. Weaving the author's own experiences with tools for putting lessons into action, this empowering book will help the audience examine their own thoughts and feelings about their bodies and learn how they affect the way you relate in and to the world. With this unflinchingly direct and honest book, women will learn to release years of negative conditioning to see themselves as the fiercely authentic women they really are. It's time for women to stop wasting time and energy hating their bodies and to start moving toward a life that celebrates their body's unique strengths and capabilities for experiencing health, happiness, and true radiance. In an interview on your program Erica can discuss: The challenges she has faced with her own body image issues How body image shapes mental health and wellness The power of healthy body image on physical fitness and strength The benefits of these sustainable lessons for maintaining a healthy body image What the biggest obstacles are in women's minds around loving their bodies Some of the tools she speaks about in this book How she brings her knowledge down to a practical level so every woman can understand and much more! “Your Body, Your Best Friend is the ultimate guide for how to feel amazing in your own skin. Erica skillfully inspires and prompts you to shed the habitual behaviors, obsessive thoughts, and negative self-talk that can get in the way of compassion, love, and joy. She makes radical acceptance accessible.” —Tasha Eichenseher, former brand director at Yoga Journal, and yoga teacher “This book is everything! For a start, Erica reminds us that we are not alone in our body confusion. She teaches us why this has happened with smarts and clarity that allow us to feel smart, too. Then she empowers us through meditations, journaling, and sensory awakenings that help us find our way home again—home to our own, good bodies that are just the right size to hold all the love and pain and beauty of real life. I'm giving this book to all my women friends.” —Cyndi Lee, founder of, OM Yoga, and author of Yoga Body, Buddha Mind, and May I Be Happy

In this episode, we visit with Dr. Andrew Ordon of TV's "The Doctors", along with famed concert promoter Danny Zelisko, and yoga instructor/life coach/author Erica Mather. For full episode details, socials, merch and more visit www.GQwithCam.com To support this podcast, please visit www.BuyMeACoffee.com/GQwithCam --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/camerondole/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/camerondole/support

In this episode, we're joined by Erica Mather. She is the author of “Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Embrace Your True Power.” We talk with her about how breaking free from the cultural messages that feed negative body image and stand in the way of becoming your most authentic and radiant self. In this episode, you'll learn: How body image shapes mental health and wellness The power of healthy body image on physical fitness and strength How to feel comfortable and confident in your own skin Why your thoughts and feelings about your body affect the way you relate to the world. How to let go of unrealistic beauty standards The benefits of these sustainable lessons for maintaining a healthy body image How to love your own body Resources Guest Website Fit Mess Toolkit

It’s International No Diet Day. As the name suggests it’s all about ditching your diet. For one day putting your rules to one side. Let’s use this as a jumping off point for connecting with our bodies, and loving them for everything that they do for us. Links Try This Meditation for Body Positivity, Erica Mather, https://bit.ly/3aLErP1 Mindful Masturbation episode of The Space https://bit.ly/3e1SeTB Review The Space on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/review-the-space Follow us on Instagram @thespace_podcast Credits Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88Content: Amy Molloy @amy_molloyExecutive Producer: Elise CooperEditor: Adrian WaltonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Erica Mather was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1975, and grew up swimming, playing the piano, and reading books before, during, and after school. When her father died at the young age of 56 (she, 23), Erica realized that life is short and it’s best to quickly get on with the business of living it in alignment with what matters to us most. She quit her day job and doubled down on playing the piano professionally, gigging, writing, teaching, and self-producing two jazz-inspired albums, Borderlands (1999), and The Millennium Song Cycle (2001). In 2002 Erica was voted “Madison’s Favorite Jazz Artist” in the 2002 Isthmus Reader’s Poll. She served on the Mayor’s Arts Advisory Board. You can hear her music on SoundCloud. At the age of 26, Erica began experiencing adult onset migraines, going overnight from “healthy” to “gravely ill.” On a quest for relief she discovered Forrest Yoga. In 2004 moved to New York City to commence Ph.D. studies in Ethnomusicology at Columbia University. After earning her Masters Degree in 2006 she took a medical leave of absence, trying to get a handle on worsening migraines. In this quest, during the summer of 2006 Erica enrolled in and completed the month-long, immersive Forrest Yoga 200-hour Teacher Training with Ana Forrest, in Boston, Massachusetts. Returning to New York City, Erica began what has been her profession of the last 15 years. Fortifying her career change with retail work, Erica began growing a reputation throughout New York City as a gifted teacher, capable of high-level, physically, intellectually, and emotionally engaging education, presented in a mixed level classroom. It is in this environment of practicing and teaching yoga that Erica gestated the information culminating in her first book, Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Embrace Your True Power (New Harbinger, April 2020). Using her own illness and body image challenges, the teachings of embodiment intrinsic to Forrest Yoga, and her experience working in private practice with people’s wounded and ill bodies, Erica has developed a teaching style and message that encourages us to begin to build a relationship with the body, in service of our health, and also in the quest to discover our life’s work, or dharma. In 2009, Erica was hand-selected by Ana Forrest to become a lineage-holder (called “a Guardian”) in the Forrest Yoga system. In 2014 she founded The Adore Your Body Transformational Program, a 7-step system for getting a handle on body image challenges, and also founded The Yoga Clinic of NYC, a business that educates clients, medical practitioners, and yoga teachers about empowered self-care practices using yoga as the core tool. www.ericamather.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amy-sapola/support

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode101/    Description Whether we realize it or not, we each have a relationship with our own self. Often, we are our worst enemy. In her new book, Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Embrace Your True Power, Erica Mather has us wonder how different life would be if we truly befriended ourselves. In a society overwhelmed with messages of how women should be and appear, it’s easy to internalize these ideas and become our own harshest critics. It’s time for a change.   Guest Bio Author, Yoga Therapist, Forrest Yoga Guardian, and Master Teacher Erica Mather, M.A. is a life-long educator. She teaches people to feel better in, and about their bodies, and to view their bodies as an ally and best friend on the journey of life. Her new book Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty-Standards and Embrace Your True Power (New Harbinger 2020) is a 7-step spiritual journey helping women befriend their bodies and utilize them as tools and allies on their quest to live their best lives.     Mentioned in this Episode Guest’s website: www.ericamather.com   Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Embrace Your True Power: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Body-Best-Friend-Confidence-Crushing/dp/1684033438     Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/

We sat down with author and teacher, Erica Mather, to dive into her first book, "Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Embrace Your True Power".  This is not your typical, on trend, body image book—this is a timeless, all-encompassing exploration that includes what we have historically been taught to believe about our bodies and how we can each embrace real healing of the relationships that we have with them by using practices centered in self-compassion and resiliency. There's so much goodness to take away from our conversation with Erica—and even more incredible wisdom from her powerful love letter of a book!  GO ORDER YOUR COPY NOW: https://ericamather.com.  Here’s to celebrating the absolute magic of our bodies!

May 6th 2020 - Today we honor another great group of graduates from the Class of 2020! Congratulations to: Alyssa Vigil, Branden Rivera, Tessa Summerbell, Linea Jagles, Tyler Ortiz, Annalysse Horvath, Roree Stewart, Natalia Leon, Kayte Dunivan, Jaryd Tapia, Victoria Gonzales, Brandon Gonzales, DeAndra Leyba, Luis Lopez, Dean Vermilion, Xavier Simpson, Natasha Wilcox, Erica Mather, Zachary Metz, Annie Orr, Savannah Baca, Mya Garcia, Kitra Noce, and Albert Moryosef

Yo yo yo, you probably know by now that body love is where it’s at. It has certainly been my mess, so I love to chat on the topic. Last I checked we all have a body. It behooves us to cultivate a loving relationship to it, don’t you think? That’s why today’s guest is none other than the beautiful and brilliant, Erica Mather.Erica Mather is a lifelong teacher. Her life mission is to make a difference in the world, and, hopefully, in YOUR life.Erica’s taught thousands of people, beginning at age 17. She’s taught, and designed curriculum on:SailingWindsurfingJazz HistoryMusic TheoryCompositionClassical and Jazz Piano PerformanceIn recent years, her attention turned to teaching yoga, and the many threads that spin off from this central topic. Now Erica teaches on these interests:Forrest YogaYoga SequencingHands on AssistsManaging and Healing InjuryLife PlanningBody Image PositivityShe is all the rage, and has some brilliance to share with you around that body of yours and how to love it. Really, it’s true! She also has a new book coming out in April, “Your Body, Your Best Friends” which I absolutely encourage you to pick up/ pre order.Get down with her message, and let us know what you think.Want to connect with Erica? Of course… www.ericamather.com @erica_matherWant to connect with me? I’d love it! @alexasilvaggioPS. if you have a moment / want some good karma, leave us a review and share this episode with your peeps. It’ll help spread the good word. x

How can you treat your body as an essential ally on your spiritual path?   Inside This Episode:   Erica’s practice of “outsourcing inspiration” and being held by others Navigating the gnarly moments of the spiritual path The beauty of embracing what you don’t know  Why your body is an essential ally on your spiritual path   Learn more about Erica and her work at: http://www.shannonalgeo.com/podcast/erica-mather   Pre-Order Erica’s new book Your Body, Your Best Friend.   Super Duper Discount: Career Manifestation Course. 

Catch. Congratulate. Breathe. Choose. 4 steps that you can begin to use today to make any kind of change in your life. Erica Mather explains Forest Yoga - but you don't need a yoga mat to do this. Thanks for listening. Happy Changing! xo KC www.kacey.co

Meet two guests this week who are alive with love and grounded in their bodies. Erica Mather is a yoga teacher who wants to make a difference in your life by helping you asore your body - even if you never get on a yoga mat. And - meet Patricia who was called Anastasia when she grew up in a cult in Massachusetts. She is the first to speak of it - and is proud of her family's ability to rise above. Thanks for listening. xo K

Kat and Kyle chat with Adore Your Body Telesummit founder and Forrest Yoga Guardian Erica Mather about developing body confidence, cultivating body positivity in yoga spaces, what to do if your (yoga) lineage conflicts with your values, and more.

Stop the presses, because Erica Mather is a freakin' sage. It was a pleasure to interview her, and I think you're going to get some serious wisdom listening to her story, and truth bombs. We talk about yoga as a means of healing the body, oh yes. We touch on body image, food, social media norms, and how to get conscious. Oh man this is a gem, so it's time my loves, it's time to sit back relax and Let's Get INformation. Erica Mather is a lifelong teacher. Her life mission is to make a difference in the world, and, hopefully, in YOUR life. Erica’s taught thousands of people, beginning at age 17. She’s taught, and designed curriculum on: Sailing Windsurfing Jazz History Music Theory Composition Classical and Jazz Piano Performance In recent years, her attention turned to teaching yoga, and the many threads that spin off from this central topic. Now Erica teaches on these interests: Forrest Yoga Yoga Sequencing Hands on Assists Managing and Healing Injury Life Planning Body Image Positivity In 2009 Ana Forrest invited Erica to become part of an elite circle of teachers, The Guardians, senior teachers who are entrusted with passing along the Forrest legacy. Want to connect to Erica? (duh) www.ericamather.com @ericamather Want to connect to me? (yes please) www.alexasilvaggio.com @alexasilvaggio Ps. Come closer, want to help a sister out, spread some radical wisdom, and make someone's day? Sounds dreamy to me. Then please head on over to itunes and leave us a review. Why? Because that makes it possible for more people to connect to these truths, more people to hear about this podcast in general. So go on, it only takes a minutes, and by the way, I do give a shout out on the podcast for great reviews, and maybe even will send you a treat. So yeah, do yourself (and me) a solid and leave a review NOW! :)

How can we be happy in our bodies right now? Yoga and body image expert Erica Mather helps us develop a practice of accepting the body is our ally and not our enemy. Our Guest: Erica Mather challenges us to take a deep look at all of the reasons we block ourselves from adoring our bodies. Erica is a celebrated Forrest Yoga Teacher, and she’s taught classes and run workshops at Kripalu, the Wanderlust Yoga Festival, and the Yoga Journal Conference. Through her powerful teaching, Erica holds the space for students to heal from within using breath, intention, and the yoga practice. Erica’s signature online program Adore Your Body is a place for men and women of all sizes, weights, and ages who struggle to feel peace around their body image to finally find it, using strategic mindsets that she’s accumulated over fifteen years of personal experience and research. Erica is empowering Soul Warriors around the globe to LOVE our bodies just as they are and to challenge ridiculous societal pressures and perceived norms about they way we should look. This is a raw unedited conversation Soul Warriors because Erica and I explore what she refers to as the “edge of her thinking.” Quick Preview of the Podcast: How to let go of ridiculous societal pressure about how we “should look.” Develop a practice of loving your body, today. Use yoga as practice to heal. A new definition of happiness. Learn how to navigate your own relationship between yoga, body image, and healing. Click here to learn more about Erica’s Yoga Clinic Professional Training + other retreats and events!   Visit thesoulfeed.com for more soul inspiring updates and email soulfeedpodcast@gmail.com with your questions for the show. Click for more inspiration from Shannon and Alex.

International yoga teacher, writer, and body image expert Erica Mather gives you insight on how to answer your higher calling. Erica leads you to embrace the "figuring-it-out" process of entrepreneurship + she shares how you can confidently charge money as a business owner. Erica also teaches us how to breathe in this episode! This episode includes a challenge + a bonus meditation for you to practice this week. Text the word STILLNESS to the number 33444 to grab a free meditation from Shannon + Alex!  For requests for FREE coaching on the show and questions, e-mail soulfeedpodcast@gmail.com. For more free inspiration from Shannon and Alex, go to http://www.shannonalgeo.com and http://www.alexkip.com

Erica Mather, Head Forrest Guardian, sits on the couch with me this week and we talk about everything Yoga, Relationships and God. Erica is a truly down to earth, honest, funny, thoughtful soul, and you hear how vulnerable she can be on this podcast. Additionally, there's a new twitter account, and requests for listener emails, among other ideas to bring us closer together. Have fun!

Erica Mather is our first yoga teacher on the show! Although teaching yoga is traditionally thought an in-person service, Erica was able to translated her skill into several remotely offered services.After teaching for several years, Erica decided she wanted more freedom and flexibility in her career, and started with a series of yoga videos before discovering that group teleclasses, an online course and even business classes for other yoga teachers were much more popular with her customers.Erica and I talk about how creative thinking can help even "in person" businesses expand into online. Erica shares how she was able to use her skills to create unique online services. She'll also go into thinking strategically about who your customer is, and how to give them what they really want.What you'll learn in this episode:What she learned from her first online ventureUnexpected difficulties in coming up with online servicesHow to find your ideal client, and create a program specifically for themCreative ways in-person businesses can grow onlineWhat customers SAY they want vs. what they really want.How Erica stays balanced and healthy as an entrepreneurThis episode originally aired on The Wellpreneur Podcast.Get the full show notes with links:https://wellpreneur.com/e27-taking-yoga-online-erica-mather/Copyright 2012-2020 Wellpreneur Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Erica Mather is our first yoga teacher on the show! Although teaching yoga is traditionally thought an in-person service, Erica was able to translated her skill into several remotely offered services. After teaching for several years, Erica decided she wanted more freedom and flexibility in her career, and started with a series of yoga videos [...]