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The Kay Manby Podcast
Stillness, Strength and Soulful Living
Welcome to a space where you can pause, breathe, and reconnect.
I’m Kay Manby - a yoga and qigong teacher, meditation guide, and mother living in North Yorkshire. After losing my husband, I turned to stillness as a way to heal.
Now I share the practices that helped me find peace amidst the chaos of life.
This podcast weaves together gentle conversations, reflections, and guided meditations.
Some episodes are quiet journeys inward. Others are soft spoken sharings about life, grief, healing and hope.
Whether you're navigating loss, stress or just craving a moment of peace, these episodes are here to ground you, soothe your nervous system, and remind you of your own quiet strength.
Settle in. You're safe here.
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Send a text This week marks powerful thresholds. The beginning of Lent. The beginning of Ramadan. The Chinese New Year - the Year of the Fire Horse. And for me, a gentle farewell to Sydney after nine precious weeks with family. In this deeply reflective guided meditation, I invite you to pause on the cusp of change and ask yourself: How will I tend my fire this year? If you enjoy my podcasts, please do subscribe and share. Feel free to comment as feedback is always welcome. Finally I would r...
Send us a text What if your home could help you heal, grow, and thrive? In this soulful conversation, Kay Manby is joined by internationally acclaimed Feng Shui expert Kimberley Gallagher - author of The Calm & Happy Home: How to Bring Good Vibes into Your Home and Life, and featured expert on both ITV’s This Morning (UK) and Australia’s Morning Show on Channel 7. Kimberley shares her personal journey from equine science teacher to sought-after Feng Shui consultant, revealing how ene...
Send us a text In this gentle guided visualisation, Kay invites you to step away from the noise of modern life and reconnect with what truly matters. Set by the sea in Sydney, this immersive journey is a reminder that presence is enough, that the wisdom we seek often lives in stillness, not in striving. With soothing imagery and poetic narration, Kay leads you to a place of deep calm, where the breath finds its rhythm, and the soul finds its pace. Ideal for anyone feeling overwhelmed by press...
Send us a text In this gentle guided session, Kay Manby invites you to step out of the noise and into stillness. Through calming breathwork, body awareness and a beautifully poetic meditation, you’ll be taken on a journey into silence - not as emptiness, but as a deeply alive and nourishing space. We explore what it means to truly listen. To the quiet, to your soul, to the presence beneath all sound. With reflections inspired by Karen Marie Moning and Rumi, this episode is an offering for any...
Send us a text Today, I’m joined by someone whose teachings have deeply shaped my own path — author, teacher and martial artist Mimi Kuo-Deemer. From Beijing rooftops to English meadows, from the Shaolin Temple to Zoom classes during lockdown, Mimi’s journey weaves together Qigong, Taiji, Buddhism and embodied philosophy with grace and authenticity. We explore what it means to live a life of practice - one rooted in balance, humility, and connection. Mimi opens up about the loss of her mother...
Send us a text In this episode, I sit down with the wonderful Gilly Charters - someone deeply rooted in her local community and even more deeply rooted in her Quaker faith. Gilly has been a teacher, a probation officer, a volunteer with mental health charities, a musician, and a proud grandmother. She’s also stood as a Green Party candidate, bringing her values of integrity, peace, and environmental care into the public space. Together we explore what it really means to live as a Quaker - not...
Send us a text In this deeply grounding episode, Kay invites you to journey into the heart of the Lake District — a landscape of still waters, ancient hills, and poetic spirit. Inspired by the words of Dorothy Maclean, John O’Donohue, and Wordsworth, this episode is a gentle exploration of balance, belonging, and the timeless bond between the human heart and the earth itself. Through vivid imagery and calm narration, The Earth Within – A Journey guides you to reconnect with the natural rhythm...
Send us a text Today I’m joined by the radiant Ali Mortimer - global life coach, speaker and guide for women ready to reclaim their joy. Ali’s story weaves together threads of high-flying corporate success, deep personal loss, and the transformative power of choosing love. We explore burnout, body image, grief, feminine leadership, and the courage it takes to rebuild your life from the ground up. Ali shares her “joy list,” a deeply personal story of rising through challenge, and how the teach...
Send us a text What Happens When You Let Go of the Shoulds? A Gentle Conversation with Dan Peppiatt In this special episode, I’m joined by teacher, thinker and seeker, Dan Peppiatt. We talk about what happens when we stop striving and start listening - not to the noise of the world, but to the quiet, honest voice within. We explore the winding path that led Dan away from traditional yoga teaching and into a more intuitive, playful relationship with the body and spirit. Along the way, we touch...
Send us a text Join me for a gentle visualisation inspired by the recent lunar eclipse and the golden light of late summer. Together, we'll reflect on what’s come to fruition in your life, gently release what no longer serves you, and plant new seeds of intention into the fertile soil of change. With a nourishing reading by Nadine Stare and grounding imagery from the Qigong tradition, this episode invites you to slow down, breathe deeply, and honour the beauty of both endings and beginnings. ...
Send us a text In this special summer episode, I invite you into a gentle, sensory-rich space for rest, reflection, and stillness. We begin with a tender poem titled Summer by Lizzie Rosewood, a long-time student and supporter of our yoga and Qigong community. Her words are a golden thread through this practice - a meditation on presence, softness, and the subtle joys of the season. What follows is a guided relaxation designed to help you soften the body, settle the mind, and welcome a moment...
Send us a text In this deeply moving episode, I’m joined by Georgie Ogden - a qualified naturopath, certified Gut Restore Practitioner, and mother to Archie, who lives with Dravet Syndrome, a rare and severe form of epilepsy. Georgie’s story is one of resilience, heartbreak, healing, and hope. Together we explore the emotional and practical realities of raising a child with such high needs, and how this experience has shaped Georgie’s family, her identity, and her work. She shares with extrao...
Send us a text The Tree Retreat: A Journey Into Stillness, Healing, and Home In this gentle visualisation, Kay invites you to experience The Tree, a deeply nourishing retreat centre nestled in the North Yorkshire Moors. Inspired by a recent visit with her son, this episode is an immersive journey into rest, reconnection, and the quiet beauty of simply being. You’ll be guided through a sensory-rich exploration of this sacred space - from forest paths and flickering candles to yoga nidra, gongs...
Send us a text Young, Brave, and Beside the Dying: A Funeral Director’s Unexpected Journey In this special episode, Kay is joined by David Billington, a funeral director who found his calling at an unusually young age. With warmth and honesty, David shares the story behind his vocation, the emotional depth of his daily work, and what it means to walk alongside others in their moments of deepest loss. Together, they explore the quiet humanity of funeral care, the misconceptions people often ca...
Send us a text In this heartfelt episode, I’m joined by Jules Cooper - yoga teacher, gong therapist, Akashic Records reader and mother of four. Jules shares her story with openness and grace, beginning with life as a footballer’s wife and unfolding through the unimaginable loss of her son, Finn. We speak about motherhood, grief, spiritual awakening and the healing power of sound, energy and community. From tearful moments in Shavasana to life-changing retreats and unexpected guidance from spi...
Send us a text In this special solstice episode, we honour the longest day of the year with a guided meditation to help you reconnect with light, inner power and the quiet strength of the heart. Through gentle breath, radiant visualisation and affirmations, you are invited to explore your own inner sun, the sovereign centre of love and personal power, and set heartfelt intentions for the season ahead. Let this be a sacred pause. A place to rest, renew and rise into the light of your fullest s...
Send us a text The Gift of Kalkan - A Guided Journey into Stillness and Beauty In this episode, I share a quiet reflection inspired by an unexpected invitation to the coastal town of Kalkan, Turkey - a place that reminded me how healing it is to pause, to breathe, and to simply be. Through soft storytelling and gentle visualisation, I invite you to walk sun-warmed cobbled streets, breathe in the scents of jasmine and rose oil, and feel the kindness of strangers and the wisdom of slowness. Thi...
Send us a text The Rainbow Within - A Chakra Meditation for Balance and Renewal In this second episode of The Kay Manby Podcast, we explore the beauty and symbolism of the rainbow - as hope, as harmony, as a bridge between the physical and the spiritual. Through gentle storytelling and guided meditation, you'll be invited to journey through the seven chakras. Each colour and centre brings a message of grounding, creativity, empowerment, love, truth, intuition and connection. Blending myth, po...
Send us a text Episode 1: Relax and Restore - A Gentle Journey to Inner Peace Welcome to the very first episode of The Kay Manby Podcast. In this opening offering, I share a little of my story and the journey that brought me here - from deep loss to the healing power of stillness. You’ll then be guided through a peaceful meditation designed to help you settle your body, soften your thoughts, and return to the calm that lives within you. This is a space to rest, to breathe, and to remember tha...
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