The Inner Practice-Stories of Healing from the Yoga mat into Life
By: Jackie Vandertuin
Language: en-us
Categories: Health, Fitness, Alternative
Real people. Real stories. Real healing. The Inner Practice Podcast shares heartfelt journeys from the yoga mat—authentic stories of presence, practice, and personal transformation. Through honest, emotional conversations, host Jackie Vandertuin explores how the healing power of yoga reaches far beyond physical poses, touching everyday life in meaningful and unexpected ways.Each episode dives into real experiences of pain, anxiety, grief, resilience, and growth—revealing how yoga, mindfulness, and breathwork can become tools for grounding, strength, and hope. These are stories of becoming: stories that remind us that healing is possible, transformation is real, and no one walks this jour...
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The Gentle Whisper of Women: A short story
Dec 15, 2025The Gentle Whisper of Women is a heartfelt exploration of grief, love, and the quiet guidance we receive from those who shape us—whether they’re still here or part of the lineage that walked before us.
The episode opens in the stillness of night with a whispered question—“When will this pain end?”—and unfolds through memories of a woman whose presence, kindness, and strength anchored an entire family. Listeners journey through the rawness of early grief and the years of carrying a loss that never fully disappears, only softens.
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Duration: 00:08:56S1 E8: Anxiety, Addiction & Disordered Eating: Quieting the Mind to Heal the Body: Tracy Armstrong
Dec 10, 2025In today’s episode, I’m joined by Tracy Armstrong, a retired school administrator and yoga teacher from Orangeville, Ontario, who shares a powerful and deeply honest story of anxiety, insomnia, perfectionism, eating disorder recovery, and alcoholism. Tracy opens up about growing up with chronic anxiety and the pressure to appear “perfect,” and how these early experiences gradually manifested into disordered eating and later addiction.
With vulnerability and clarity, Tracy reflects on the moment she realized her drinking was affecting her time with her family—a turning point that led her toward addiction...
Duration: 00:58:55Trailer 9: Tracy Armstrong, Trying yoga and struggling to pay attention
Dec 07, 2025Welcome to the Inner Practice. In this trailer, Tracy talks about how she was "required" to try yoga from her treatment facility, Homewood. This initial struggle led to something beautiful and lifesaving, giving her the tools to help manage her anxiety and other struggles.
Stay tuned for the full episode which drops Dec 10, 2025
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Duration: 00:00:58The Path Lined with Mustard Seeds: A Short Story
Dec 03, 2025The Path Lined with Mustard Seeds | The Inner Practice Podcast**
In this episode of The Inner Practice Podcast, host Jackie Vandertuin shares her original short story, The Path Lined with Mustard Seeds — a reflective, soul-stirring narrative about uncertainty, choice, and the quiet wisdom that can emerge from unexpected places.
The story follows a woman standing at a symbolic fork in the road, wrestling with fear, overthinking, and the belief that there must always be a single “right” path. Her perspective shifts after an encounter at the Mustard Seed shelter, where she meets...
Duration: 00:09:51S1 E7: Labels don't define a person-Embracing being "weird": Brian Hames
Nov 26, 2025In this episode of The Inner Practice, Brian Hames shares his journey from childhood labels to healing through yoga and nature. He opens up about resilience, living with anxiety, and the gifts that help him see the world differently. Brian discusses tools that he uses to help him wash away parts of the day to allow him to enter spaces being fully present.
Brian discusses philosophical components of life that make him who he is today; "a weirdo", a person who doesn't conform to the norms of society, a person who unmasks in everyday life, and a tr...
Duration: 00:56:36Trailer 8: Brian Hames: Yoga Saved Me
Nov 23, 2025In this trailer, you'll hear how breathwork and poses were a lifeline for Brian after the pandemic and how he still uses them to help him during difficult times.
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Duration: 00:01:00S1 E6 Radical rest in the face of adversity-Interconnectedness, Marginalization and a Love for people. Mikaela Jimenez
Nov 12, 2025In this episode, I’m joined by Mikaela Jimenez—a fourth-year nursing student, activist, and new yoga practitioner who roots both her work and her practice in decolonization and collective care.
Mikaela shares how yoga entered her life during a time of deep burnout and grief, becoming a space of reconnection — to herself, to community, and to a vision of collective liberation.
Her story is a reminder that yoga isn’t only about movement; it’s about rest as resistance, boundaries as care, and healing as something we do together.
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Duration: 00:54:17Trailer 7 Finding peace in heavy times: Mikaela Jimenez
Nov 09, 2025Listen as Mikaela talks about wearing the weight of the world and how supported fish pose gave peace to this social activist.
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Duration: 00:00:53S1 E5: Athleticism, parenting and healing. Movement IS Medicine. Brittney Norman
Oct 29, 2025In this episode of The Inner Practice, Brittney shares her heartfelt journey of growth and healing. With an elite athletic background, Brittney found herself moving from the demanding aspects of elite soccer to being drawn to yoga and later to fascial stretch therapy—discovering how these practices not only supported her own well-being but also opened the door to helping others heal.
We talk about the challenges that shaped her, the wisdom she’s gained along the way, and how movement can become medicine when it’s rooted in presence and compassion.
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Duration: 01:04:48Trailer 6: Elite Athlete to healer: Brittney Norman
Oct 26, 2025In this trailer, you will hear Brittney Norman talk about the transformative power of yoga and the importance of looking after your body as a competitive athlete. Yoga can provide athletes tools that can help their play in ways that are vastly different from 'normal' training programs. Stay tuned for the full episode which airs October 29.
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Duration: 00:01:00S1 E4 Chronic pain: Healing the Body, Mind and Spirit. Megan Pomarensky
Oct 15, 2025In this episode, Megan Pomarensky shares her journey from being an injured athlete to becoming a clinician dedicated to helping others heal. As a Certified Athletic Therapist, Megan has a deep understanding of the physical aspects of recovery—but it was other health practitioners and eventually yoga that helped her recognize the connection between body, mind, and healing.
Her story is an inspiring reminder that injuries and pain are about more than just the biological—they’re part of a much larger picture of resilience and self-awareness. Tune in to learn how Megan integr...
Duration: 00:59:55Trailer 5: Megan Pomarensky- Chronic pain, breath and bird dogs
Oct 12, 2025Join Megan Pomarensky as she discusses how injury, identity and a doctor tricked her into trying yoga which eventually would change her life. Tune in on October 15 for the full episode.
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Duration: 00:01:00S1 E3: Jasmine Deleon-From Vertigo and Panic to Peace: A Journey of Healing Through Yoga
Oct 01, 2025In this episode of The Inner Practice, we explore the journey of find home in your body after illness and anxiety. Jasmine DeLeon shares how yoga shifted from being "just exercise" to becoming a lifeline during two years of debilitating vertigo and mental health struggles. Through meditation, somatic healing and teacher training, she discovered gratitude, presence, and softness and rebuilt a relationship with her body. This conversation is an invitation to anyone seeking hope, calm, or a connection within themselves.
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Duration: 00:59:29Trailer 4: Jasmine Deleon: Panic, meditation and love
Sep 28, 2025Join Jasmine as she discusses how she went from panic and anxiety to healing through the careful guidance of a loved one. Full episode drops October 1st, 2025.
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Duration: 00:01:00S1 E2: Jackie MacDonald - A Journey to Sobriety through Meditation for the body
Sep 21, 2025In this episode of the The Inner Practice, Jackie MacDonald, shares her deeply personal journey through anxiety, addiction, and the search for healing. The now joyful and strong yoga and Pilates teacher, Jackie opens up about the inner turmoil that fueled her struggles — and how family, community, and yoga became lifelines on the path to sobriety.
This podcast is a candid look at the ups and downs of recovery, the role yoga played as both a poison and antidote, and the lessons learned along the way. It’s an invitation to anyone who has ever felt lost to kno...
Duration: 01:11:10Trailer 3: Jackie MacDonald- The journey from addiction to healing
Sep 14, 2025The path from addiction to healing is long and filled with many curves. Listen to Jackie's story as she first encounters breath as a saving force on her way to the hospital. Tune in for the full episode set to drop on September 21.
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Duration: 00:00:59S1 E1 Coming Home to Myself-My Story of my Inner Practice
Sep 10, 2025Episode 1: Welcome to The Inner Practice – My Story
In this first episode, I share my personal journey from anxiety and disconnection to finding healing through yoga. For years, I looked confident on the outside but struggled with panic, numbness, and burnout. Yoga shifted from being about fitness to becoming a way back to myself — helping me slow down, breathe, and reconnect.
If you’ve ever felt lost or far from who you are, this story is for you.
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Duration: 00:12:40Trailer 2 My Story
Aug 31, 2025Listen to this episode as I give a brief description of where the podcast idea came from, the name and a brief snippet of my transformative story of healing. Listen to the first episode of this podcast on September 10 where you will hear the full story of my coming home to myself.
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Duration: 00:02:30Trailer 1 How I manage anxiety with yoga
Aug 24, 2025This trailer was inspired by an instagram follower who wanted to know how I use yoga to manage my own struggles. This trailer gives a quick overview of my process with breathing and mountain pose. Mountain pose gives me strength as I root down into my feet, turning on my muscles and taking up space. The pose along with breathwork helps alleviate my mental giants.
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Duration: 00:02:29Trailer
Aug 17, 2025Take a deep breath and step into The Inner Practice. A podcast dedicated to sharing real stories of how yoga has helped people navigate loss, mental and physical stress and some of life's toughest challenges.
This podcast is about integrating the lessons learned on the mat and applying them to life off the mat. Listen to people tell their stories of strength, resilience and recovery and the healing power of yoga
Each episode brings gentle insight, inspiration, and practical tools you can carry into your own life. Listen, reflect, and discover how mindful practices can supp...
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