Expert Charlotte Watts on Achieving Embodied Awareness Through Yoga and Nutrition
11/28/19 • 41 min
Welcome to The Shift expert series with naturopath, nutritionist and author Katherine Maslen as she explores the state of human health, the dysfunction of the health industry and provides people with the tools, knowledge and understanding to make the shift in their lives.
In the expert series of The Shift, Katherine explores deeper conversations with the world leaders featured in season one, the investigative docu-series on the gut. If you want to make the shift towards more informed decisions regarding better health, then this podcast is for you.
Charlotte Watts is an award winning UK nutritionist and yogini. She is the author of many books including good mood food, the de-stress effect and yoga therapy for digestive health. Her approach to wellness is one of ‘mindfulness meets nutrition’ and Charlotte elaborates on this during the episode.
Charlotte is passionate about helping people through their stress and emotional demands with a holistic approach that encompasses the mind and body. Charlotte is a Senior Yoga Alliance teacher and trainer with over 20 years experience. Her emphasis is on embodied awareness which we find out more about in this episode.
In this episode Katherine and Charlotte explore:
- Charlotte shares her personal healing journey, the challenging times from her life and how she grew into who she has become today
- What drew Charlotte towards yoga therapy and what is involved in the practice
- Understanding terms such as viscera and fascia and how they relate to our wellbeing
- What embodied awareness means and how it is achieved
- Yoga’s role in embodied awareness
- Yoga’s core values
- Ensuring our lives are filled with joy and its link to digestive health
- The current state of health in the UK
- Charlotte's advice for making the shift
Links:
Charlotte Watts - Website
Charlotte Watts - Facebook
Charlotte Watts - Instagram
Charlotte Watts - Twitter
Charlotte Watts - LinkedIn
Welcome to The Shift expert series with naturopath, nutritionist and author Katherine Maslen as she explores the state of human health, the dysfunction of the health industry and provides people with the tools, knowledge and understanding to make the shift in their lives.
In the expert series of The Shift, Katherine explores deeper conversations with the world leaders featured in season one, the investigative docu-series on the gut. If you want to make the shift towards more informed decisions regarding better health, then this podcast is for you.
Charlotte Watts is an award winning UK nutritionist and yogini. She is the author of many books including good mood food, the de-stress effect and yoga therapy for digestive health. Her approach to wellness is one of ‘mindfulness meets nutrition’ and Charlotte elaborates on this during the episode.
Charlotte is passionate about helping people through their stress and emotional demands with a holistic approach that encompasses the mind and body. Charlotte is a Senior Yoga Alliance teacher and trainer with over 20 years experience. Her emphasis is on embodied awareness which we find out more about in this episode.
In this episode Katherine and Charlotte explore:
- Charlotte shares her personal healing journey, the challenging times from her life and how she grew into who she has become today
- What drew Charlotte towards yoga therapy and what is involved in the practice
- Understanding terms such as viscera and fascia and how they relate to our wellbeing
- What embodied awareness means and how it is achieved
- Yoga’s role in embodied awareness
- Yoga’s core values
- Ensuring our lives are filled with joy and its link to digestive health
- The current state of health in the UK
- Charlotte's advice for making the shift
Links:
Charlotte Watts - Website
Charlotte Watts - Facebook
Charlotte Watts - Instagram
Charlotte Watts - Twitter
Charlotte Watts - LinkedIn
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Expert Kale Brock on Searching for the Optimal Microbiome and Living with the San People
Welcome to The Shift expert series with naturopath, nutritionist and author Katherine Maslen as she explores the state of human health, the dysfunction of the health industry and provides people with the tools, knowledge and understanding to make the shift in their lives.
In the expert series of The Shift, Katherine explores deeper conversations with the world leaders featured in season one, the investigative docu-series on the gut. If you want to make the shift towards more informed decisions regarding better health, then this podcast is for you.
Kale Brock is a writer, filmmaker and speaker from Australia with a passion for health and wellbeing. Kale has been involved in the film and TV industry since his teens and some of our Australian audience may recognise him from the family program Totally Wild.
In 2018 Kale released the remarkable documentary film ‘The Gut Movie’, which focuses on Kale’s search for the optimal microbiome, which finds him travelling to Namibia to live with the San people. The documentary reveals the wests disconnect with our ancestors way of life and the detriment it has on our health.
Kale recently released ‘The Longevity Film’, which explores the complex topic of aging. Kale has also authored multiple books including The Gut Healing Protocol, The Art Of Probiotic Nutrition and the children's book Mandy Microbe’s Big Gut Adventure.
In this episode Katherine and Kale explore:
- Kale’s background in television and what lead him to becoming interested in health and wellness
- Travelling the world in early adulthood and learning from various cultures and differences in lifestyles
- Kales documentary The Gut Movie, what inspired the film? And Kales fascinating learnings from the entire project
- The San people, their way of life and health comparisons to civilized western culture
- Reconnecting with our surroundings and nature
- FMT’s - Faecal Microbiota Transplantation and what the technology could mean for the future of our health
- Kale’s passion for sharing information and challenging the status quo
- Kale’s advice for making the shift
Links:
Kale Brock - Website
Kale Brock - Facebook
Kale Brock - Instagram
Kale Brock - Twitter
Kale Brock - LinkedIn
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Expert Lee Holmes on Healthy Relationships with Food and Making the Kitchen the Heart of the Home
Welcome to The Shift expert series with naturopath, nutritionist and author Katherine Maslen as she explores the state of human health, the dysfunction of the health industry and provides people with the tools, knowledge and understanding to make the shift in their lives.
In the expert series of The Shift, Katherine explores deeper conversations with the world leaders featured in season one, the investigative docu-series on the gut. If you want to make the shift towards more informed decisions regarding better health, then this podcast is for you.
Lee Holmes is a nutritionist, yoga and meditation teacher, wholefoods chef, Lifestyle Food Channel’s Healthy Eating Expert, blogger and author of the best-selling books Supercharged Food: Eat Your Way to Health, Supercharged Food: Eat Yourself Beautiful, Eat Clean, Green and Vegetarian, Heal your Gut, Eat Right for Your Shape and Supercharged Food for Kids.
Lee’s articles have appeared in leading Australian newspapers and journals, as well as The Times and The Daily Express in the UK and The Huffington Post in the USA. Lee’s Supercharged Food is a brilliant resource for easy to prepare yummy recipes which are all gluten, wheat, dairy, yeast and sugar free. Lee’s passion for good food and great health is infectious as you will hear within this interview.
In this episode Katherine and Lee explore:
- Lee’s background and how she found her way into the world of food, cooking and nutrition
- Lee’s wellness journey and what she has learned along the way
- Building a connection with food and adopting healthier and sustainable relationships with what we put into our bodies
- What a healthy gut should look like and how to support that
- Falling in love with growing your own vegetables, fruits and herbs
- Mindful eating and how to achieve it
- The exciting developments in research around mental health and nutrition
- Lee’s advice for making the shift
Links:
Lee Holmes - Website
Lee Holmes - Facebook
Lee Holmes - Instagram
Lee Holmes - Twitter
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