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19th Jan 2023

#78 - CARLING HARPS -On functional movement, building community, losing identity as a new mom and freestyling students

Carling Harps (@carlingnicole) has been teaching yoga since 2012, is a certified Mobility Specialist, Registered Pre/Postnatal teacher, and birth doula. A life long lover of movement & education, Carling has spent the last decade+ studying Yoga, Sports Mobility, Women's Advocacy & Birth. Surrounded by offerings from teachers such as Annie Carpenter, Philip Askew, Tiffany Russo, Caroline Myss, and multi-disciplinary systems such as Function Range Conditioning, Kinstretch, Postpartum Athleticism coaching, and doula training with Penny Simpkin in 2014. 

As a founder of Awakening Yoga Academy, Carling has traveled the world offering workshops and facilitating trainings in the AY method as well as offers classes both online and in person with her Seattle-based studio, Commune Yoga. As a mother, teacher, and female founder, Carling strives to bring a sense of curiosity, conscious connection, and empowering education to all of her teachings. 

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Morning affirmations and positive self-talk

-Realising you are not your thoughts

-College cheerleader to functional movement teacher

-What is mobility and functional movement?

-Managing students who freestyle in class

-The key to building a strong community

-Loss of identity as a new mum

PERKS FOR YOU

10% off Liforme yoga mats with affiliate code HUSLER

25% off our online platform of yoga, meditation and sound healing with code HONEST25 (25% off single 12 month membership or reoccurring monthly membership until cancellation) 

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About the Podcast

Honestly Unbalanced
For curious minds who’d rather have real conversations than perfect answers.
Adam Husler cuts through the curated calm of wellness culture to explore what finding a grounded, balanced life really looks like — messy, moving, and unmistakably human, with clarity that’s always hard-earned.
Adam speaks with people who’ve dedicated their lives to helping others live better — yoga experts, founders, meditators, athletes, deep thinkers, and friends with great stories — uncovering the tools, lessons, and ideas that genuinely help us grow.
Each episode offers honest insight and practical takeaways to help you live with more awareness, integrity, and ease — even when life feels anything but balanced.
For the curious, the questioning, and anyone tired of surface-level self-help — welcome to the conversation.
@adamhusler / @centredstates

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