Love Letters to Our Bodies
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Love Letters to Our Bodies
Clinical Aromatherapy & Trauma-Informed Yoga
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One of the first steps toward healing is allowing the body to rest and feel safe. In this episode of Love Letters to Our Bodies, host Gwen Mitchell welcomes Sherry Steine, an accredited yoga teacher, trauma-informed yoga therapist in residence, and certified aromatherapist who supports individuals navigating cancer and recovery. Sherry shares how her personal use of essential oils led her to formal training and eventually to therapeutic yoga, where she now integrates both to help clients regulate their nervous systems and reconnect with their bodies.
Key Points From This Episode:
• Sherry’s background in aromatherapy and integrative cancer care.
• Her transition into yoga teaching and therapeutic yoga certification.
• Combining aromatherapy and yoga therapy to support cancer recovery.
• How essential oils can ease anxiety, nausea, and sleep challenges.
• Helping clients rebuild trust and reconnect with their bodies.
• Precautions when using essential oils around pets, children, and pregnancy.
Quotes:
“What I've done is, in essence, paired the two modalities, the aromatherapy and the yoga therapy, for my way of working with individuals on so many levels.” — Sherry Steine [0:06:54]
“When I'm working with women of color, It will take maybe a little more therapeutic experience in order to bring us down to that parasympathetic piece.” — Sherry Steine [0:11:18]
“When it comes to essential oils, less is more. So when you put oils in your diffuser. No more than two or three drops is good enough.” — Sherry Steine [0:18:55]
“Yin yoga and restorative yoga provide an opportunity for those who are in recovery to stretch their bodies and work with what we call fascia, particularly in the Yin yoga tradition.” — Sherry Steine [0:30:06]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Aligned Expression with Sherry Steine
Aligned by the Stars: An Integrative Guide to Vedic Astrology and Aromatherapy for Life Challenges
In Color & Scent I Settle: A Journal of Aromatherapy & Color Breathing Rituals for Inner Peace
Love Letters 2 Our Bodies is sponsored by Moyo Institute, Inc and the Lloyd Symington Foundation
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MOYO Institute, Inc
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