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The Inner Practice-Stories of Healing from the Yoga mat into Life
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 journey alone.
Join Jackie as she connects with guests who share powerful narratives of struggle turning into insight, suffering turning into strength, and everyday practice turning into deep personal awakening. Discover how lessons learned on the yoga mat translate into life—building resilience, emotional wellbeing, and a path back to the self.
May these stories remind you that hope exists. May they help you feel rooted, supported, and empowered to continue your own healing journey.
Yoga is more than movement—it’s a way of life that can change you forever.
About the Host:
Jackie Vandertuin, MSc, CAT(C), is a certified Athletic Therapist, professor, and student yoga therapist. Her personal journey with yoga began as simple exercise but quickly became a lifeline during a period of anxiety and depression. Yoga continues to be her anchor and her healing modality of choice.
Learn more at jackievandertuintherapy.com
Follow on Instagram: @jackie_vandertuin_therapy
Episodes
53 episodes
The Corridor of a Life — A Story of Self-Worth, Healing, and Learning to See Through Love
What if you could walk back through your life… and see it differently?In this episode of The Inner Practice, Jackie shares her short story, The Corridor of a Life—a story of memory, identity, and the quiet...
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S1 E224 Trailer The Corridor of a Life: A Short Story by Jackie Vandertuin
The Corridor of a Life — A Story of Self-Worth, Healing, and Learning to See Through LoveHow do we heal the quiet, persistent voice inside that tells us we aren't enough?In this deeply personal and moving story written and ...
S1 E23 The Love You Model: Teaching Others How to Treat You through Self Love Part 2
Love isn't just something we receive, it's something we demonstrate.In this powerful follow-up to our Self-Love conversation, host Jackie Vandertuin welcomes back Amanda Halls, Cailea Davis, and Stacie da Ponte for an honest and heartfel...
S1 Trailer 24: The Love You Model: Teaching Others How to Treat You
In this trailer, Amanda Halls, Cailea Davis and Stacie DaPonte continue the discussion on self love modeled around the message written by Rupi Kaur of how we love ourselves invites a modeling of that love to others in how they love us.In...
S1 E22: Self-Love, Inner Dialogue & the Practice of Compassion | A Collective Conversation Part 1
What does it truly mean to love yourself?In this heartfelt episode of The Inner Practice, host Jackie Vandertuin is joined by returning guests Cailea Davis, Jasmine Deleon, and Megan Pomeransky for an honest and thoughtful conve...
S1 Trailer 23 Self Love: What is self love
What is self love? Why is it important and how does it show up for ourselves both on and off the mat? Finally, why is it important that we emulate self love for others.In this trailer, Cailea Davis talks about where the idea ...
S1 E21 Trauma-Informed Yoga in Prisons | Healing, Incarceration & the Prison Yoga Project with Jen Lindgren (part 2)
In Part Two of this powerful conversation on The Inner Practice Podcast, host Jackie Vandertuin speaks with trauma-informed educator and Prison Yoga Project Director of Training, Jen Lindgren, about the realities of incarcera...
S1 Trailer 22 A Shared Humanity: Jen Lindgren and the Prison Yoga Project
In this powerful episode of The Inner Practice, I sit down with Jen Lindren from the Prison Yoga Project to explore the profound human need for connection, healing, and belonging.Jen shares a moving story from a yoga session ins...
S1 E20 From Prison Visits to Prison Yoga: Jen Lindgren’s Personal Journey of Healing, Trauma, and Purpose (Part 1)
Sometimes the work we’re called to do grows quietly from our own stories—through loss, unanswered questions, and a deep desire to create something different.In this episode, I sit down with Jen Lindgren, trauma-informed educator, movemen...
S1 Trailer 21 From a Pool Table to Prison Yoga: Jen Lindgren on Healing, Stigma & Finding Purpose Through Yoga (Part 1)
What if your healing journey began in the most unexpected place: on a pool table in an after-hours bar?In this deeply moving episode of The Inner Practice, Jackie sits down with Jen Lindgren, Director of Training with the ...
S1 E19 Breaking Small-Town Silence: How Yoga, Addiction Work & Community Heal with Cassie Doucette
Cassie Doucette didn’t just find yoga—she felt it.From her very first class, something shifted. The connection between breath and movement offered a new way of being—one that traditional addictions counselling hadn’t fully provided. Over...
S1 Trailer 20 Yoga in a Small Town: Cassie Doucette on Healing, Emotional Expression & Finding Inner Peace
What happens when you grow up in a place where emotions are kept quiet and fitting in feels essential for belonging?In this trailer episode of The Inner Practice, Cassie Doucette shares how yoga became a turning point in her lif...
S1 E18 From Family Medicine to Mindfulness-Based Healing: Dr. Jill Bailey on Compassion in Healthcare
Healing rarely fits inside a ten-minute appointment or a prescription pad. In this episode of The Inner Practice, we sit down with Dr. Jill Bailey, a physician whose career has evolved from the front lines of small-town family m...
S 1 Trailer 19: Mindfulness for the Overwhelmed Physician: Managing Distractions and Cognitive Fatigue with Dr. Jill Bailey
In the fast-paced world of clinical medicine, the "knocks on the door" are relentless. For physicians, the challenge isn't just the sheer volume of work—it’s the high-stakes requirement to maintain focus on minute details while being constantly...
S1 E17 Cancer, Resilience, and Yoga Therapy - Dr. Amy Wheeler on Healing, Nervous System Regulation and Integrative Health
In this episode of The Inner Practice, host Jackie Vandertuin sits down with Dr. Amy Wheeler—yoga therapist, educator, former varsity athlete, and sports psychologist—to explore what it truly means to live the practices we teach.
S1 Trailer 18 Facing Cancer Surgery with Calm — Dr. Amy Wheeler on Yoga, Nervous System Regulation, and Finding a Sattvic State
In this deeply moving trailer of The Inner Practice, Dr. Amy Wheeler shares an intimate reflection on the moments before undergoing surgery for tongue cancer—and how yoga transformed what could have been a state of fear into one of cal...
S1 E16 Questioning Dogma, Choosing Coexistence: A yoga-inspired spiritual journey with Stacie da Ponte
In this episode of The Inner Practice, host Jackie Vandertuin sits down with Stacie da Ponte for a thoughtful and expansive conversation on spirituality, yoga philosophy, humanism, and the courage to question inherited be...
S1 Trailer 17 From Cave to Consciousness: Stacie da Ponte on Plato's allegory and awakening
In this trailer Stacie describes Plato's Parable of the Cave. Stacie delves into the philosophical thought of truth, and how those with different experiences or backgrounds may perceive it, much like spirituality or religion. Stacie...
S1 E 15: When Trauma Comes Home: Understanding PTSD, Loss, and How We Care for Those We Love Part 2 Cailea Davis
In this second conversation with Cailea Davis, The Inner Practice moves deeper into the lived experience of PTSD within a family system. Together, we explore what it means to witness trauma up close, especially through the lens of of s...
S1 Trailer 16 When PTSD Goes Unseen — A Daughter’s Story of Love, Distance, and Understanding with Cailea Davis
In this deeply moving episode, Cailea Davis shares a powerful and intimate perspective on PTSD, one that is often overlooked: the experience of a child trying to make sense of a parent’s invisible struggle.Through her story, Cailea refle...
S1 E14 From Grief to Grounded: The Healing Journey of Cailea Davis- A Story of Grief, Intuition, and the Transformative Power of Yoga
In this episode of The Inner Practice, we speak with Cailea Davis, a yoga teacher, multidimensional healer whose journey through grief reshaped her life, her work, and her understanding of healing.Raised in a family devoted...
S1 Trailer 15: When grief speaks: Cailea Davis
In this trailer, Cailea speaks of the heartache and pain of the loss of her father to suicide. Cailea describes her journey through a path that she felt was carved in stone until her father's death sent her on a path of discovery....
S1 E13: Breath by Breath: Healing Chronic Illness Through Yoga, Pranayama & Self-Compassion with Amanda Halls
In this episode, athletic therapist and yoga teacher Amanda Halls shares her powerful journey of navigating chronic illness and rediscovering her identity through yoga, Pranayama, and self-compassion.Amanda first encountere...
S1 Trailer 14: When the Body Becomes the Teacher with Amanda Halls
In this trailer episode, Amanda shares the moment her body asked her to listen. After experiencing a significant health event marked by neurological symptoms, she was forced to slow down and seek support from her physician—something that didn’t...
S1 E12: From People-Pleasing to Personal Power: Mel Grime on Healing Through Yoga
In this episode, Mel Grime shares a courageous and deeply personal story of growing up in England with an alcoholic father, navigating a culture of “stiff upper lip” expectations, and learning to survive by becoming the good...