A Return to Center with MARIE RUSSEL
Back in 2020 I started this Yoga off the Mat Podcast while I lived with my little family in Mexico...I was just starting to offer online trainings, do lives on social and overall put myself out there on the internet...I was healing from cancer, trying to keep my marriage strong and teaching a whole lot of Yoga trainings with people from all over the world, it was the best of times, and then it wasn't.
After nearly 5 years I'm reposting these...for those of you who are new to me, welcome! I've changed a LOT but the the foundation of my beliefs are the same:
ONLY LOVE IS REAL...
So enjoy these past episodes and stay tuned for some new content on a Yoga, on & off the mat and how everything we are looking for, are hoping for, is available if we only just take, one, deep, breath.
See you soon loves,
Marie
A Return to Center with MARIE RUSSEL
Lessons from Cancer Part 2
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The Deeper We Go, The Lighter We Get: Love Lessons from Cancer (Part 2)
In this powerful continuation of Love Lessons from Cancer, we explore what it truly means to heal from the inside out. Cancer is an intensely personal journey, and while no one can walk it for us, we can love each other through it. In this episode, we dive into the inner work that transformed a diagnosis into a doorway—one that opened toward mental, emotional, and spiritual healing.
Meditation became the strongest form of medicine: a daily practice of surrendering the analytic mind, fear-based thinking, and limiting belief systems to a higher, healing intelligence. When the mind realigns with its natural state—light, spacious, connected—healing happens. We discuss the profound truth that our thoughts can create fear, pressure, and even disease… or they can create peace, clarity, and relief.
This episode explores how the emotional burdens we carry—fear, guilt, judgment, resentment—place the body in a constant fight-or-flight state. When our children and coworkers become the “bears,” stress compounds and the body pays the price. Healing requires a new inner dialogue, a shift from the lower mind to the higher mind, from fear to faith, and from pressure to presence.
You’ll hear reflections on commitment, surrender, and the deep belief that the universe always has our back. We look at what it means to live as four-dimensional beings—spirit first—because our relationship with the divine shapes every relationship we have on Earth.
This episode is a reminder that the more we release what weighs us down, the lighter and healthier we become. It’s about clearing the mind, healing emotional wounds, and letting the body follow. It’s about becoming vibrant again by reconnecting to the inner light that never left.
Highlights
- “Our role in this life is to realign to our higher minds where we have a choice.”
- The universe has your back—especially when fear appears.
- Emotional and spiritual healing as essential parts of remission.
- Understanding the power of the mind that was created by the same energy that holds the solar system in place.
- Seeing ourselves as four-dimensional beings: spirit, mind, body, breath.
- “God is always good with you—but if you aren’t good with God, relationships begin to strain.”
- How spiritual clarity can transform mental, emotional, and physical health.
- Lightening the emotional load so the body can heal and thrive.