On Overcoming Disordered Eating and Cultivating Self-Trust with Ally Maz
Episode Description
Today's episode features the wonderful teacher, author, and founder of @girlvanayoga, Ally Maz. [0:05:00] Michelle and Ally discuss the similarities between writing a book and giving birth to a child [0:06:00] Ally details her experience of writing her book, Girlvana [0:13:00] Ally discusses how she navigated writing about self-acceptance considering how much the digital landscape has changed for teenage girls over the last five years [0:21:00] Ally shares her experience with having an eating disorder and how she overcame it [00:25:00] On trusting the dignity of someone's healing journey and allowing people to heal at their own pace [0:29:00] What it means to create healthy boundaries and self-trust [0:37:00] Why Ally chose to join Open's platform as an instructor
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“Publishing a book --- it's incredible, and it's painful, and it's vulnerable, and it's raw, and it's terrifying, and it's sort of all of the above. If I'm being totally honest, it's been two months and I actually feel like I have postpartum depression.” – Ally Maz
“Girlvana is so much more than a yoga class for teenage girls; so much more than the physical. We go way, way deeper into these bigger conversations around consent, first sexual experience, periods, parents divorcing, breaking up with the friend…” – Ally Maz
“I've been doing Girlvana for 10 years; I have girls that are 24 who I met at 14 and I've witnessed the progression of their lives and the choices they've made and heard firsthand these stories of seeing young people in these crossroads, and watching how the practices of yoga, meditation, and true sisterhood allowed them to be these fully expressed human beings that are light years ahead of where I was at that age.” – Ally Maz
“You're not a problem that needs to be solved and you're not a broken person that needs to be fixed. The aim of these practices is always about a remembrance of your wholeness. If anyone in your life or anything is making you feel like you must keep coming back to get that thing to be whole, then that's not right for you.” – Ally Maz
“I just love the idea of trusting the dignity of someone else's timing, giving them that space to find it on their own, and not forcing them to come to some realization… and it can be really hard.” – Michelle Pellizzon
“We are the teacher. We have an inner teacher, an inner guide.” – Ally Maz
“You don't know what kind of seeds you're planting… People will find their way, and sometimes it's years later.” – Ally Maz
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Show Notes
[00:05:00] Michelle and Ally discuss the similarities between writing a book and giving birth to a child
[0:06:00] Ally details her experience of writing her book, Girlvana, and breaks down what's inside
[0:13:00] Ally discusses how she navigated writing about self-acceptance considering how much the digital landscape has changed for teenage girls over the last five years
[0:14:00] How do you write something that feels of the moment, and timeless at the same time?
[0:21:00] Ally shares her experience with having an eating disorder and how she overcame it
[0:23:00] What it means to remember your wholeness and guide yourself back home to you
[00:25:00] On trusting the dignity of someone's healing journey and allowing people to heal at their own pace
[0:29:00] What it means to create healthy boundaries and self-trust
[0:37:00] Why Ally chose to join Open's platform as an instructor
Resources and People Mentioned
Ally Maz, founder of Girlvana https://www.girlvanayoga.com/
Simone Arianne Biles, an American gymnast
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