Ep 8. Inclusivity, Rage, and Other Forms of Kindness: Merging Yoga and Dietetics with Fiona Sutherland

The crossover between yoga and dietetics is wider and deeper than any of us could imagine. Fiona Sutherland, non-diet dietitian, sports dietitian and yoga teacher, expresses this eloquently with humour, compassion, and a hearty dose of realness.
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In this episode:

• How Fiona went from pub-going uni student to eating disorders specialist and yoga teacher
• The book that pivoted both Fiona’s and my own trajectory (If not dieting)
• Fiona’s yoga teaching as embodied movement VS a fitness class
• The 3 C’s: Care, consent and choice as essential factors in being inclusive dietitians, inclusive yoga teachers and inclusive humans
• Doing the work doesn’t always feel good
• What determines whether the yoga we practice will help or hinder healing from disordered eating and body image issues
• Healthsplaining, healthism and the actual determinants of health
• “We don’t sit separately from harm” – the way we show up in the world really matters
• Thin privilege, weight bias and systematic oppression
• Working with clients who want to lose weight, and what people might be actually looking for when they pursue weight loss
• Some of the 100's of evidence based things a non-diet dietitian can do that isn’t giving out a meal plan
• The power of the question “I wonder if you’re eating enough?”
• The pervasive expectation on women and femmes to be “nice” and never angry: how mindfulness is not the same as niceness, and how recognising compassion and kindness in all its forms (including a box of rage!) can help us move away from “nice girl” syndrome

Links:
​Fiona's Instagram: @themindfuldietitian
The Mindful Dietitian Facebook page
The Mindful Dietitian Private Facebook group for practitioners
Support the podcast at the Non-Diet Yogi Patreon!
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