172. Using Yoga to Help Not Harm Your ED or HA Recovery Journey with Gem Woods

<p class="p1">Today on the podcast I'm overjoyed to share Gem Woods' real recovery story with you.</p> <p class="p1">Gem’s recovery story has taken 10 years to write its self. And a 10 Year journey to find herself. After years of restrictive and bingeing behaviour, her periods stopped when Gem added a new love of intense exercising, with the addition of practicing bikram yoga, alongside a new vegan and gluten free diet. Gem had lost some weight, but she looked well and ate really healthy. Her doctor did her bloods and found she had Hypothyroidism.</p> <p class="p1">For a few years this was the excusable reason her missing periods. It took another 7 years of investigating, seeing specialist, trying everything from acupuncture, Bowen therapy to reiki, to extensive research of HA, to then finding Sarah, and her well designed HA recovery course.</p> <p class="p1">In this episode Gem and I discuss:</p> <ul> <li class="p1">Her relationship with food growing up and how this shifted after a moment of shame<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></li> <li class="p1">How she struggled through her teens with bingeing and restricting</li> <li class="p1">The biggest struggles she faced in her recovery journey and how she overcame them</li> <li class="p1">Her experience with regaining connections with emotions during her recovery journey</li> <li class="p1">The joy of being in tune with the natural fluctuations of hormones throughout the menstrual cycle</li> <li class="p1">The helpful recovery lessons she learned practicing yoga and becoming a Yoga instructor</li> <li class="p1">The trauma informed yoga classes she’s developing to help those going through their own recovery journey</li> <li class="p1">Her best advice for those currently going through recovery</li> </ul> <p>❤️ <strong>Ready to get your period back?</strong> Join the next round of <a href= "https://sarahlizking.com/healing-ha/">Healing Hypothalamic Amenorrhea</a>! This 8-week, hybrid group and 1:1 coaching program is designed to help you recover your period