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The Soft Rebellion Podcast

The Soft Rebellion Podcast

Written by: Flurina Thali
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 A homecoming, a return, and a (re)discovery of the creative power of your female body. Our world uproots us from the gifts of the Feminine; the intuitive, the instinctual, the cyclical, the soft. What is the result? Patriarchal cultures of perfectionism, shame, and disconnect that leave us constantly running, never arriving. Imagine a world of women softly rebelling; claiming our cyclicity, our weirdness, and our rest as we courageously cultivate a deep and delicious relationship to our female bodies. My name is Flurina, I’m an Osteopath, dancer, writer and coach, I’ve been on my own journey sparked by an eating disorder to come home to the wild, poetic anatomy of my female body and awaken my creative power… and I invite you to join me and my guests, trailblazing teachers, healers and creatives as we each reclaim our own soft rebellion.

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  • Ep. 76: Speaking From the Pelvic Bowl: Touch, Grief, and Women’s Health - with Avni Trivedi

    Ep. 76: Speaking From the Pelvic Bowl: Touch, Grief, and Women’s Health - with Avni Trivedi
    Jan 25 2026
    What does it mean to truly listen to the body — especially the pelvic bowl — rather than trying to fix it? In this conversation with Avni Trivedi, we explore women’s pelvic health through touch, osteopathy, grief, and embodiment. Together, we speak about how personal health journeys shape our work, how unprocessed experiences live in the body, and how practices of touch, movement, and self-care can gently support healing and transformation.Avni Trivedi is an experienced and intuitive practitioner using touch and movement to help people to connect with their bodily wisdom. She is a Women’s Health and Paediatric Osteopath, Birth Doula, Zero Balancer and Non-Linear Movement Teacher. Her podcast, Speak From the Body’ explores themes such as embodiment, stress, trauma, hormones and pleasure. Avni runs regular workshops called ‘Moving Through Loss’ to gently address grief in the body.I very much loved the daily live self care inputs Avni shared with us at the very end, so to stay with us or return if you take a break in between.In this conversation, we talked about:💫 Avni’s path, and how her personal experiences and health challenges shaped her journey into becoming the women’s health practitioner and teacher she is today. She shares what bodywork means to her, and why touch is such a potent tool “to bring us back into our physical body” and to feel truly listened to.💫 Avni’s way of practising osteopathy, and the other philosophies and healing modalities she weaves into her work with patients and women.💫 The strangeness of learning about sacred yoni work through a Western lens, even though the language and inspiration come from Indian and Eastern traditions. We explore how to navigate these entanglements as practitioners, and the importance of naming them.💫 Experiences of grief in and through the female body — such as early pregnancy loss or abortion — and how these may lie at the root of pelvic health issues. Avni shares about her grief workshops and how we can begin to meet these experiences and emotions in more resourced and supportive ways.💫 Our shared fascination with the pelvic bowl as a place where we tend to store so much shame and pain, while it also holds the very medicine needed for healing and transformation.💫 Avni’s daily self-care and pelvic bowl practices, and the “1%” she returns to in order to nurture her body and soul.I hope you enjoy this conversation!---🌟 Join my softly rebellious on Substack - subscribe here.🌟 Sign up here to receive a copy of my free workshop about The wild and poetic anatomy of the female body.🌟 Book a Holistic Pelvic Care session with me in person in London or online, find out more here.---💛 The Soft Rebellion Podcast is created and hosted by Flurina Dominique Thali. I love hearing from you. To contact me, email softrebellion@flurinathali.com.---Links:Flurina Dominique Thali & The Soft Rebellion: @flurina.thali / www.flurinathali.comMy guest, Avni Trivedi: You can find her webpage here, listen to her podcast Speak From the Body podcast here and follow her on Instagram here.Credits:Intro/outro music – ‘Hymn for Jim’ by Aspyrian: Robin Porter – saxophone, Jack Gillen – guitar, Matt Parkinson – drums, composed by Robin Porter, listen to the full track here, Graphic: Annina Thali, for more information click here This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit flurinathali.substack.com
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Ep. 75: Yoga Through a Woman’s Lens: Soft Strength, Fluidity and Care - with Lynn Murphy.

    Ep. 75: Yoga Through a Woman’s Lens: Soft Strength, Fluidity and Care - with Lynn Murphy.
    Jan 18 2026
    Have you ever wondered what it truly means to practice yoga through a woman’s lens — one that honors the body’s wisdom, its fluid nature, intuition and (hormonal) life transitions?In this episode, I’m joined by Lynn Murphy, an experienced practitioner and teacher in women’s yoga, the active birth movement and pelvic health. We explore how her personal journey — from menarche to menopause, activism to artistry — shaped a lifelong dedication to supporting women’s wellbeing through yoga informed by the teachings of Vanda Scaravelli.In this conversation, we talked about:💫 Lynn’s personal journey as a woman and artist — from menarche to birth and postpartum and menopause — and how this has shaped her path into yoga, the birth world and women’s health.💫 Why following our intuition, this deep inner voice of our true calling is part of a healthy vagina and pelvic bowl!💫 What Lynn means with “Yoga through a women’s lens”; Lynn shared about the pioneering teaching of Vanda Scaravelli and how her teaching has (and continuously does) transformed Lynn`s yoga practice.💫 What lies at the core of this approach to yoga, namely being present with gravity, the breath and a fluid spine so that we can cultivate a sense of soft strength, find more ease through less effort and reconnect with the body`s inherent intelligence.💫 Lynn`s offer, Women’s Yoga; Lynn shared how she works with women of all ages and stages and how this practice can support pelvic health, nervous system regulation, and hormonal transitions … and why this is an important part of the pelvic health toolbox.💫 How through these conversations we learn what The Healthy Vagina Project is truly about; Inclusion and awareness, to acknowledge that the whole body is healing the part - to be with the pelvic bowl is asking us to be with the whole body - as practitioners and patients, to name that we know as much as we don’t know and through talking between practitioners we can weave a web of support for all women, that the alternative way of healing can exist next to the medical path, there is space for both / and … on all levels!More about Lynn:Lynn Murphy is a yoga teacher, trainer, and birth trauma recovery practitioner with over 30 years’ experience supporting women’s pelvic health. Her work is trauma-informed and pelvic-centred, helping women reconnect with their pelvis through embodied yoga, breath, and practical practices. She mentors women through life transitions and trains teachers and therapists in programmes such as Pelvic Love Sessions, Womb to World, and Mother Love. Lynn is deeply committed to helping women feel empowered, resourced, and at home in their bodies.I hope you enjoy this conversation!---🌟 Join my softly rebellious on Substack - subscribe here.🌟 Sign up here to receive a copy of my free workshop about The wild and poetic anatomy of the female body.🌟 Book a Holistic Pelvic Care session with me in person in London or online, find out more here.---💛 The Soft Rebellion Podcast is created and hosted by Flurina Dominique Thali. I love hearing from you. To contact me, email softrebellion@flurinathali.com.---Links:Flurina Dominique Thali & The Soft Rebellion: @flurina.thali / www.flurinathali.comMy guest, Lynn Murphy: Learn more about her work here and follow her on Instagram @herplacebylynnCredits:Intro/outro music – ‘Hymn for Jim’ by Aspyrian: Robin Porter – saxophone, Jack Gillen – guitar, Matt Parkinson – drums, composed by Robin Porter, listen to the full track here.Graphic: Annina Thali, for more information click here This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit flurinathali.substack.com
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Ep. 74: Why your vagina is a truth-teller: A conversation about intimacy, sexual energy and healing with Daven Lee.

    Ep. 74: Why your vagina is a truth-teller: A conversation about intimacy, sexual energy and healing with Daven Lee.
    Jan 11 2026
    I am so excited and deeply grateful to be launching The Healthy Vagina Project with this conversation.This project has been living in my body and heart for a long time, and it feels incredibly meaningful to begin it with a topic that is so often unnamed, misunderstood, or shamed: Intimacy, sexuality, and sexual energy as a vital part of pelvic and vaginal health.In this episode, I’m joined by Daven Lee, an integrative craniosacral therapist and intimacy coach for women who feel a deep, unmet sexual longing.After over a decade of working with women, she recognizes this longing is not just about sex, but is actually a coming from what she calls the Sexual Soul - our essential life force energy that expresses in everything we do. Through her 1:1 work, as well as workshops and online programs, she helps women trust their desire, heal their sexual past, and embody their feminine power so they can blossom into their full expression sexually - and in everything they do.In this conversation, we explore why intimacy and sexuality are not optional extras when it comes to pelvic health, but rather core expressions of this part of our body - and why they are so often the most silenced.In this episode we talked about:💫 What led Daven to this work, including her own lived experience of longing, desire, and the moment she realised that turning away from intimacy would mean turning away from life itself.💫 How intimacy coaching supports women on their healing journeys - emotionally, energetically, and physically.💫 Why sexual energy is not about performance or orgasm, but about cultivating life force, presence, and deep listening.💫 Insights from Sacred Tao teachings, including Yin and Yang, polarity, and feminine cultivation beyond gender.💫 Why intimacy and sexual energy are a crucial missing piece of pelvic and vaginal health - and a foundational pillar of The Healthy Vagina Project.💫 A powerful guided practice to connect with your pelvic bowl, sexual energy, and the subtle rise of Yin and Yang.💫 How to meet sexual trauma and abuse with gentleness, resourcing, and pathways toward healing.This conversation invites us to slow down, listen deeply, and reconnect with the wisdom held in our pelvis—the place where truth lives, and where healing can begin.---🌟 Join my softly rebellious on Substack - subscribe here.🌟 Sign up here to receive a copy of my free workshop about The wild and poetic anatomy of the female body.🌟 Book a Holistic Pelvic Care session with me in person in London or online, find out more here.---💛 The Soft Rebellion Podcast is created and hosted by Flurina Dominique Thali. I love hearing from you. To contact me, email softrebellion@flurinathali.com.---Links:Flurina Dominique Thali & The Soft Rebellion: @flurina.thali / www.flurinathali.comMy guest, Daven Lee: Learn more about her work here and follow her on Instagram @hellosexualsoulCredits:Intro/outro music – ‘Hymn for Jim’ by Aspyrian: Robin Porter – saxophone, Jack Gillen – guitar, Matt Parkinson – drums, composed by Robin Porter, listen to the full track here.Graphic: Annina Thali, for more information click here This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit flurinathali.substack.com
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    1 hr and 10 mins
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