Welcome to the Chicken Yogi Show
The Chicken Yogi Show exists at the intersection of lived neurodivergent experience, spirituality, liberation, and creativity to help neurodivergent individuals connect with themselves and with the wider universe. Too many people are trying to tell how neurodivergent people should live in a world designed for neurotypicals–be more productive, do more, act more neurotypical–and few people are discussing the creative and spiritual lives of those who are neurodivergent. A
An outspoken spirituality and creativity mentor, Kit Caelsto shares from their lived experience as an extra spicy neurodivergent person who exists in a trans and disabled body. They’re not afraid to talk about controversial topics or get into the policy weeds, all while maintaining information that especially the neurodivergent and chronically ill community can use. Expect to hear about topics such as spirituality, pursuing connection, remembering who you are, yoga, meditation, socioeconomic impacts, liberation (autistic, disabled, and mad liberation), and the intersection of how living as part of a marginalized group can impact any or all of this.
What’s Wrong With the Narrative of Control
On the blog lately I've been talking about connection and how the wellness wheel doesn't exist in isolation. Last episode, I talked about expanding the wellness wheel by adding charkas and energy work. However there's one thing that both our western health and...
Episode 12: Expanding On The Wellness Wheel
In this episode, we take the Free Range Wellness Wheel and expand it to provide a path towards finding holistic, radical wellness. Each section of the wheel can be taken into its own wellness wheel in order to provide a fuller picture of that area and the steps toward...
Episode 11: An Introduction to the Wellness Wheel
The Wellness Wheel was created in 1976 as a way to visualize what holistic wellness looks like. It's been used by many organizations, and each one seems to put their own twist on it. Understanding that not everyone's wellness will be the same, in this episode, I...
Episode 10: Rethinking Physical Exercise And Gym Class
Welcome to our first episode after our holiday vacation. This time of year people think about adding exercise as a resolution, and while that's not a bad resolution for many of us exercise sounds a lot like PE class. There's a lot of trauma there to unpack, especially...
Episode 9: What is wellness? (The Early Episodes)
The WHO defines health as the absence of disease and being physically healthy. Except, for many people, especially those with chronic illness, this seems an unachievable dream. Instead of thinking of health as a switch you flick on or off (healthy/not healthy), let's...
Episode 8: Affirmations and Neurodiversity (The Early Episodes)
In this episode, Kit discusses why affirmations may not work for neurodiverse people and how that's not a failing or something bad. It simply means that to change our mindset as we wish to (if we wish to) we need to go beyond "lying to ourselves" and other tools...
Episode 7: Who are you? (The Early Episodes)
If you're a fan of Babylon 5, then you know the Vorlons asked "Who Are You?" while it was the Shadow that asked "What do you want?". Sometimes we need to ask these questions to ourselves and discover the answers. Note: The Early Episodes are shows I recorded before...
Episode 6: Accessible Yoga Classes (The Early Episodes)
Accessible yoga is so much more than the ability to use props like a block or strap and asana adjustments. It's also about the way yoga is marketed, the language that's used, and how the yoga instructor creates and sets the space, as well as teaches those who may not...
Episode 5: Grief in the subtle body (The Early Episodes)
The subtle bodies (koshas) are made up of different layers of the body including the emotional body, the energy body, the wisdom body, and the bliss body. Grief permeates all layers including our physical body. Join the host for a discussion about the power of grief...
Episode 4: How hustle culture separates us from ourselves (The Early Episodes)
Seems like everyone is doubling down on side gigs and hustling to make ends meet. And who can blame them. This is late stage capitalism after all. But hustle culture is dangerous. It works to separate ourselves from our goals, our dreams, and even our essential sense...
Episode 3: What is balance? (The Early Episodes)
What is balance? What does it mean to balance work and life? That's a difficult topic for anyone to handle, but for many it's even more difficult. The host shares their thoughts on balance and what it means. Note: The Early Episodes are shows I recorded before...
Episode 2: When Is Anxiety Not Anxiety? (The Early Episodes)
Is it possible that anxiety, really isn't anxiety? When you have a hard time identifying and naming your feelings, it's easy to run with a label. And yet, having mentioned this to a mental health professional recently and having them be aboslutely shocked that this...
Introduction to the Chicken Yogi Show
Welcome to the Chicken Yogi Show where I turn my passion for chronic wellness, yoga, meditation, and more, into a weekly podcast for your enjoyment. I'm not a doctor, and I certainly don't play one on television, but I will share the wellness information I've gathered...