The Wholly Aligned Health Podcast

Root: I stand bare foot upon this earth. Grounded. In my very bones. I am safe. I am secure. I am. A new series on the 7 map chakra. Chakra, a Sanskrit word, means wheel or vortex. There are various origin stories cross culturally so this episode touches on different ideas to access this root or bass note in your unique body. Each episode includes personal anecdotes, a relevant piece of research and some tips or suggestions to invoke this for yourself. When it is lived, it becomes pract...

Ciara Roberts brings you a series of guided meditations. You can listen seated, laying down, on a train, in a plane, under a tree...make it work for you. Beginning with Arriving and Centring. The energies of Arrive. The energies of Centre. Arriving and centring into the contours of our physical form. Centring into the essence of the deepest inner truths we hold. Arriving and Centring is a practise Ciara experienced with long time yin yoga teacher, Sarah Lo. A useful way to expan...

In the ongoing season of the Recalibrate/Recalibrating your nervous system, season of the Wholly Aligned podcast, Ciara welcomes Dr Ela Manga. Ela is an integrated medical doctor, practising in South Africa. Trained originally as a GP in conventional medicine, a few years into her GP work, she swiftly discovered that patients kept coming back with the same issues. Her work then broadened out into energy management and conscious living. Very much including the power of breat...

In episode 4 of Integrating a holistic approach to kidneys, Ciara speaks with Mike Stephens. Kidney transplant and vascular access surgeon. Part of the leadership team in Cardiff, Wales. I first spoke with Mike, about 3 years ago, when a burgeoning interest in the wellbeing of medics working in a dysfunctional system became a passion I wanted to understand more about. Mike was open in the challenges he felt. Which was very refreshing for me to hear. Now here we are in October 2...

Episode 2 of Integrating a Holistic Approach to Kidneys features another brilliant human. Dr Sharlene Greenwood is a Consultant Physiotherapist at King’s College Hospital, an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London, and a NIHR post-doctoral research fellow. She co-chairs the UK Kidney Research Consortium, and Kidney Quality Improvement Partnership (KQuIP), and is the President of the UK Kidney Association. Sharlene is an advanced clinical practitioner with 15 years of expe...

In our fourth episode, Marley and Ciara talk about memories of Zambia. The change in dynamic, as now the memories include her daughters. The previous 3 episodes, were before children, or when both daughters were still very young. Zambia is a beautiful country in southern Africa. Hear more in this episode of a family moving abroad. Very fortunate to live an expatriate life, with a big house, yet also with the deeper experiences of growing together as a family. The sending away of both ...

It's episode 2 of Ciara and Catherine. Mother (Marley) and daughter. Sacred conversations in the now. To be remembered in the generations to come. In this episode, we've travelled from Marley growing up in 1940s Cork (check out episode 1 if haven't yet) onto her brave journey into London. So young. Arriving in 1961 at just 19 years old. From the localised domain of Cork to exploring the wider world. Not only did Catherine as a very young woman experience friendship, kindness and great synch...

Darryl Edwards is a movement coach and author of the 2018 bestselling book, 'Animal Moves'. His Tedx talk, 'Why working out, isn't working out' has almost 830k views at time of recording (March 2021). Darryl sojourned from software engineering in the investment banking world, to creating primal play. Hear more about his story of transformation on this Inspiring Souls episode. A very honest, well articulated and vulnerable sharing. He is also bringing his passion for inclusion and diver...