Ayurveda + Healthy Habits in the Guiding World with Sydney Doolittle

Sep 20, 2018

On today’s show, I talk with Backroads leader, Yoga instructor, and Tribe Scribe for Yogahealer, Sydney Doolittle about guiding active travel trips while staying mentally and physically healthy and grounded. As a hiking and biking guide, Sydney leads 6 day active vacations in across the country; it her job to safely lead her guests in outdoor pursuits while keeping herself and her guests in good physical and mental condition. We discuss the challenges that come with living a transient or movement-based lifestyle and staying in tune with our bodies natural rhythms and desires.

Sydney aspires to be an Ayurvedic practitioner and is currently in the Yogahealer Body Thrive course. We rap about the Body Thrive habits and give tips on how to implement them in your active lifestyles. Tune in to hear a bit about Ayurveda, the benefits of working in groups, and how to keep people in alignment and living up to their full potential through outdoor adventure and travel.  

 

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• How to stay grounded while traveling
• How to stay healthy while guiding outdoor trips
• The benefits of studying/teaching Ayurveda/health 1:1 vs. in a group

Links Mentioned in Episode:

• Yogidetox
• Dr. John Doullaird’s book- Perfect Health for Kids
• Body Thrive
• Yoga Health Coaching
• Living Ayurveda

 

Show Highlights:

• 1:30- Sydney shares a bit about how she became interested in Ayurveda and her background in the yoga/Ayurveda/health and wellness world.
• 6:00- Sydney and I discuss how to stay on our paths while working in the guiding industry. Is it possible to bring people closer to themselves in a holistic way as they travel and go on vacation? We discuss some ways in which we can keep people grounded and feeling nurtured while out of their comfort zone and on the road.
• 9:30- Food is an always a big topic no matter who or where you are, and knowing how to eat well when leading outdoor adventure trips for Backroads is no exception. We chat about how to eat and when to eat when it comes to guiding in order to stay on your A game.
• 19:00- What’s the next step for Sydney and where does she plan to take her yoga, Ayurveda, and active travel guiding skill set? We discuss the difference between working as an Ayurvedic Practitioner with clientele 1 on 1 versus teaching groups in the holistic health realm.

• “How do we bring people closer into nature in a way that they are connecting more with themselves and the elements around them?“ -Cate Stillman

• “Often it can feel somewhat disconnected like we are here to enjoy nature and nature is something other than the self or that nature is something that is out there...There’s this disconnect from getting grounded in the adventure experience.” -Cate Stillman

 

Favorite Quotes:

• “How do we bring people closer into nature in a way that they are connecting more with themselves and the elements around them?“ -Cate Stillman

• “Often it can feel somewhat disconnected like we are here to enjoy nature and nature is something other than the self or that nature is something that is out there...There’s this disconnect from getting grounded in the adventure experience.” -Cate Stillman 
• “As someone who is waking up on the path, how do we live into the evolution of this guiding and bringing people closer to themselves through an adventure or outdoor expedition?” -Cate Stillman

 

Guest BIO:

Sydney Doolittle has been an avid yoga practitioner since she was a young girl. As a former gymnast turned coach, sharing her love of yoga by teaching others, was a natural transition. She obtained an Anusara based yoga certification at Vital Yoga in Denver, CO in 2013 and in 2016, her yoga pursuits took her to India where she studied in Rishikesh to obtain her 300 hour yoga teacher training certification. Sydney has taught in some obscure places, leading retreats with the Life Force Project in Salento, Colombia and on a yacht in the Mediterranean with Sun Fun You Fitness Voyages. Sydney recently returned from Bali where she studied Clarity Breathwork and is now certified as a Breathwork Practitioner. She currently studies Ayurveda with the American Institute of Vedic Studies, with the hopes of becoming an Ayurvedic Practitioner in the near future. She currently works as a Tribe Scribe for Yogahealer and has worked as an active travel guide for Backroads for the past 5 years, leading hiking and biking trips worldwide. She has a passion for the outdoors, hiking, snowboarding and immersing herself in the natural world as much as possible.

Connect with Sydney on Facebook or Instagram at travelingyogi108.