Episode #30. Replacing metrics with the ‘Power’ of bananas for true self-care with Elaine Hart & Becky Yeoman
Who knew the power a mere banana could have on your wellbeing!
However this is not a discussion about nutrition. Instead, it’s about encouraging us to see past the ‘movement metrics’ we can so easily get caught up in, and helping us look inward to notice how moving, and particularly moving together, makes us feel in our bodies and minds and therefore benefits our lives.
Elaine Hart is the self-named ‘Chief Banana Officer’ of ‘Power’ - an experience she set up in order to share her love of spinning, but that grew to include running, walking and now the wonderful system of Tai Chi, taught by the ‘Banana Master of Yin’, Becky Yeoman.
In this conversation we talk about how Power came about, why they chose to use bananas as a tool to help people nourish themselves through movement and community, and the brilliantly inclusive experiences they’ve created.
You’re sure to see bananas in a different light from this day forward!
Chapters
00:00 The Impact of Metrics on Movement
03:26 Personal Journey: From Anorexia to Empowerment
08:36 Reconnecting with Movement and Self-Care
12:33 The Role of Technology in Our Lives
16:47 The Significance of the Banana
20:18 Creating a Community Through Movement
30:14 The Balance of High Energy and Calm
35:58 The Importance of Experience Over Fitness
About this week’s guests:
Elaine Hart & Becky Yeoman
POWER is revolutionising the mental health landscape through the power of bananas and immersive movement experiences. Forget everything you know about ‘spinning’ or ‘Tai Chi’, this is POWER; an invitation to move in an intentionally high-energy (POWER) or calm and peaceful (POWER Yin) space. POWER creates brave, empowering spaces that shift; physically, mentally, and energetically. Every mind and body can be one of the bunch. No previous experience of any POWER movement is required. And, to answer your question, ‘what’s the banana about?’ Please visit www.powerisbananas.com POWER is intentionally wild+free; delivering weekly anchors and Pop Ups for the community, in Chichester and Bracklesham, and available for private and corporate hire - anywhere and everywhere - in-person and online.
Connect here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerisbananas/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/powerisbananas/
Website: https://www.powerisbananas.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainehart-power/ & https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckyyeoman-power/
More about your host, Wendy
Wendy (49) founded Reclaim Movement after a running injury at 40 turned into 4 years of chronic pain. In her search for answers and to reclaim her own movement again she discovered natural movement. The philosophy of training real life practical movements to be able to keep using them as we age, coupled with the benefit of using strengthening and mobilising whole-body movement patterns that are underused in today’s modern world made her realise she had found a way to move for life.
Wendy’s aim is to help people embrace a movement-rich life, at any age, to improve mobility, strength and confidence to keep moving well and doing the things they love for as long as they want.
MovNat Level 1 certified & Functional Range Conditioning certified, she coaches online group classes live & by replay in the Reclaim Movement membership as well as online and in-person private coaching in Oxford.
Find out more about Reclaim Movement:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/reclaim.movement
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@reclaim.movement
Facebook: https://facebook.com/reclaim.movement
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