The Vulnerability Effect Podcast - with Lotty Roberts

This episode is a bit different from the usual episodes as it's not an interview. Instead, it's a guided meditation - specifically what is known as a 'Loving Kindness' meditation. This meditation is in remembrance and support for all those affected by the event of the Mosque shootings on Friday 15th March in Christchurch. This event was such a violation on the community and those impacted, of which the ripple is far and wide.  In times of grief and suffering, the attitude and intention of love, kindness, and compassion is a supportive energy, that helps ground us, connect us and hold our hand as we work through it. 

The energy of love is subtle energy that is always in us - sometimes we are so busy we forget it's there under the surface, this practice cultivates that quality, that is in all of us, so it can be the antidote to any fear and hate we are subjected to.

Maria is the owner of Hot Yoga Wellington, which currently has 3 studios across the Wellington region.  Maria believes she now is living the life she was always meant to and couldn’t be more grateful about her journey so far, even though it includes illness, heartbreak and many other challenges that have seen her get up close and personal with vulnerability many times. Maria says yoga saved her soul and the principles of yoga have allowed her to let go and take some courageous steps towards love and forgiveness, both with others but mostly with her self.

Maria believes there are many paths we can take as humans, for Maria that path has been yoga, which makes her role in the community of yoga a fulfilling and passionate one- constantly connecting, believing, growing, and learning - all towards LOVE. 

Mereana Beconcini is a marketing consultant, mum, and host of the 'Finding your truth' podcast (which you can find on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube). Mereana by her own admission has had a fantastic life; "good career, wonderful loving family and a great husband......Nothing really bad ever happened to me" - up until 3.5 years ago when she faced a deeply traumatic experience that cracked her heart open, the loss of her baby when she was 23 weeks pregnant.

Mereana has gone on to have 2 healthy beautiful babies. However, the experience of losing her first child has had a defining impact on how she leads her life today.

In this brief intro episode, the host Lotty Roberts will tell you a bit about herself and share the background behind what inspired her to start this podcast.