Living Your Yoga - embodied wisdom with Shirlee Williams
This isn’t your average yoga podcast.
Living Your Yoga – Embodied Wisdom is where real life meets real practice—no filter, no fluff, no forced enlightenment.
I’m Shirlee—yoga teacher, breathwork facilitator, and mentor to yoga teachers who are done with performance and ready to show up as their whole, messy, magical selves.
Each week, we explore how yoga lives beyond the mat—through stories, soul talk, deep breaths, and occasional sass. From parenting and partnership to pigeon pose and panic attacks, this podcast is about the real practice: how we show up when life gets loud, uncertain, or beautifully ordinary.
Expect a little wisdom, a little humor, and a whole lot of heart.
Whether you’re a longtime yogi or yoga-curious human just trying to make it through Monday, you’re welcome here.
Take a breath. Let’s begin.
Living Your Yoga - embodied wisdom with Shirlee Williams
The Embodiment Gap
Are you living your healing—or just collecting spiritual gold stars?
This episode dives into the embodiment gap: the space between what we know and how we actually live it. No fluff, no bypassing—just real talk, a little sass, and deep reflection.
Welcome back, friends, to Living Your Yoga – Embodied Wisdom.
In this honest and soul-stirring solo episode, Shirlee cracks open a conversation many are tiptoeing around in the spiritual and healing world: Are we actually living the work we’re doing… or are we just collecting healing experiences like spiritual merit badges?
This episode dives into the rising trend of spiritual bypassing—how we often use spiritual practices and healing modalities to avoid sitting with uncomfortable truths. From jungle ceremonies to cold plunges, from journaling downloads to breathwork tears, Shirlee shares her personal reflections on how she once thought she was “doing the work,” but was actually skipping over the part where real integration happens.
⚡️ In this episode, you’ll hear:
- What the term spiritual bypassing actually means (credit to John Welwood)
- Why Shirlee believes the healing world is shifting—and what’s needed now
- The three ways she’s been learning to embody instead of escape
- Why her life has become her ceremony
- A powerful question to guide your own integration journey
🧘♀️ Whether you’ve been hopping from coach to course to ceremony… or just wondering why nothing seems to stick, this episode is a loving, no-BS invitation to slow down and root in.
💬 Contemplation of the Week:
What is one healing insight you’ve recently had that you are truly ready to integrate into your daily life?
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