The Long Game with Julie Smerdon
Julie Smerdon has spent nearly three decades helping people stay grounded through the hardest moments of their lives. As a facilitator, writer, and speaker, she's sat with corporate leaders, elite athletes, creatives and everyday humans navigating change, loss, reinvention. Now she's bringing those conversations to the table. The Long Game is a monthly interview with people who have been through the fire and come out different. Real stories about the hard stuff, and the unexpected beauty that sometimes emerges from it.
The Long Game with Julie Smerdon
Maggie Gardener | Inclusivity, Brain Health & Putting a Tutu on the Badger
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I first met Maggie Gardener when she came to try a class of mine before committing to my teacher training. I was immediately struck by her warmth, presence and intelligence. Maggie has gone on to open a studio of her own where the focus is on creating a safe space where students can show up exactly as they are without the fear of being judged or even worse, ignored. We talk about the need for inclusivity in all areas of yoga, and how teachers can make students living in bigger bodies feel not just seen, but welcomed. We also touch on mental health, and how ‘brain heath’ is a much more positive name for an aspect of wellness that touches us all at one time or another.
PS You’ll have to listen to learn about ‘Putting a Tutu on the Badger’
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