Exploring Ways to Wellness
Exploring Ways to Wellness
Podcast Description
Discover unconventional paths to wellness and rejuvenation on the 'Exploring Ways to Wellness' podcast. Host Sarah Gorev invites you on a journey to uncover alternative holistic health practices and mindfulness techniques that go beyond mainstream self-care advice. Each week, Sarah has honest chats with real people who've found unique solutions for boosting energy, relieving burnout, and achieving a better feeling of balance - without spending a fortune. She’ll break down barriers, challenge assumptions, and ask: What are the alternatives, why try them, and do they work? If you're curious about emerging wellness trends, from crystals and reiki to sound healing and meditation, this podcast is your guide to exploring different ways to feel good again.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores various themes related to holistic health, mindfulness, and alternative wellness practices. Topics include Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), cold water swimming, Human Design, and creativity through journaling, with episodes offering practical insights like beginner tips for swimming and emotional healing techniques for anxiety.
Exploring Ways to Wellness delivers alternative healing and natural wellness solutions through authentic conversations and real experiences. Perfect for curious souls seeking complementary therapies and mindful living beyond mainstream wellness advice.
Host Sarah Gorev brings you refreshingly honest chats with practitioners and real people about holistic health approaches that actually work (even for the busiest of lives). From mindfulness to EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), cold water swimming to sound therapy, she’s lifting the veil on evidence-based alternative approaches that can be easily incorporated and even enhance your packed schedule.
Each episode demystifies holistic practices through genuine, no-pressure conversations about what works (and maybe what doesn’t). Ideal for people who are intrigued by alternative wellness and natural healing but want real experiences, not just theory. Instead of ‘powering through’ and reaching exhaustion and burn-out, Sarah explores how these accessible practices can help you reclaim your energy, process past experiences, and find balance – without requiring endless time or resources.
If you’re open-minded about exploring holistic wellness solutions but fancy hearing real experiences before diving in, this is your weekly companion for discovering different paths to feeling good again. Join Sarah for down-to-earth conversations about alternative wellness approaches that can transform your daily life – no crystals required (unless you want them!).
What if movement is your birthright – and you don't need to be flexible, fit, or wear the latest workout gear to start?
In this grounded conversation, host Sarah Gorev reconnects with Anne from Shape It Up Pilates in Rugby – and Anne brings over 30 years of fitness industry experience to share.
What makes this episode special is Anne's straight-talking approach. She runs a business, she's busy, and she'll tell you – she doesn't do an hour of Pilates every day. But she knows exactly what matters: the basics, done consistently, that keep you strong as you age. It's the perfect antidote to perfectionist fitness culture.
You'll discover:
* The surprising origins of Pilates
* Why corrections aren't criticism but gifts
* The intentional movement principle
* How COVID proved online Pilates works perfectly – with camera on and proper guidance
* Why Anne recommends starting on the mat (for years!) before moving to equipment – building that essential body awareness
* The rehabilitation sweet spot where Pilates works beautifully alongside osteopaths and physios
* How stand-up paddleboarding is actually great Pilates exercise – core, balance, breathing, flow, all of it
* The truth about posture: we're NOT designed to stay upright all day, variety matters more than perfection
* Why women especially need to think about strength as oestrogen leaves – but taking the long view
* The accessible reality
This conversation explores the practical (how to actually start, what to expect, mat vs equipment) and the philosophical (why slow intentional movement is powerful, how variety beats perfection, taking the long view) with equal depth and honesty. Anne's willingness to share her own imperfect practice – mobility work in the morning, walking for mental wellness, Focus Therapy for listening to herself – is refreshing and real.
Perfect for: Pilates beginners wondering where to start, people recovering from injury seeking the rehabilitation sweet spot, women over 40 concerned about maintaining strength, busy people needing accessible movement practices, anyone feeling ”not good enough” for fitness spaces, long-distance walkers wanting to build foundations, those seeking honest guidance without perfection pressure, or anyone interested in practitioners who've genuinely learned what works over decades.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Shape It Up Pilates: https://shapeituppilates.co.uk/
Episode highlights:
[02:00] From Legs Bums and Tums to Pilates
[03:00] Joseph Pilates and WWI prisoner of war camp origins
[06:00] ”If you're thinking about dinner, you're not doing Pilates”
[07:00] Why corrections are gifts, not criticism
[09:00] Can you do Pilates online? COVID changed everything
[12:00] Physical ability – do you need to be fit?
[16:00] The rehabilitation sweet spot
[18:00] Stand-up paddleboarding IS Pilates
[22:00] Anne's honest personal practice
[26:00] The posture misconception
[29:00] Mat first, equipment later – and why
[34:00] Focus Therapy discovery
Thanks for listening.
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