Sober Yoga Girl (Alexandra McRobert)

New Podcast Episode: Coming Out Later in Life

Alexandra McRobert — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT

I am so excited to share that Sober Yoga Girl Podcast has made a comeback after a hiatus!

After 275 episodes and several years of consistent podcasting, I stepped away from the podcasting world, and a lot of the online world.

But…

It’s making a comeback!

I recorded three interviews this week. I also was a guest on another show. During that time, my transiti…

#223 Last Chance - The Lunar Kirtan + Circle Community Starts Tomorrow!

Alexandra McRobert — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:41:15 GMT

I am so excited that tomorrow, two of my favourite things are coming together for the very first time.

I’ll be hosting my first ever Online New Moon Kirtan + Women’s Circle.

I’ve blurred out what I put on the worksheet…because it’s a secret! You will have to join our lunar community to find out…

I absolutely love facilitating kirtan here in Bali and on ret…

#222 When God Speaks Through Interruptions and Redirections

Alexandra McRobert — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:22:06 GMT

There are only three yoga sutras in all of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras that speak directly about the practice of asana.

Just three.

There’s one earlybird spot left on our New Years Eve Mexico retreat! Snag it here…https://www.themindfullifepractice.com/mexico-retreat

For a text that has become the philosophical foundation of modern yoga, I find that so intere…

#221 Awakening is Available to Us All

Alexandra McRobert — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:28:28 GMT

This morning, while I was doing my morning practice, I randomly remembered a conversation I had with one of my teachers about a year ago. Maybe six months ago. Time feels a little blurry these days.

He said to me:

“You’re on the path to full awakening in this lifetime.”

I immediately felt my ego activate. My shoulders lifted a little bit. I think he could …

#220 Day One Again

Alexandra McRobert — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:00:39 GMT

I am visiting Seminyak this weekend for the Narcotics Anonymous convention. I don’t attend a lot of NA, mostly because I misunderstood it at first. I didn’t really understand how NA was different from AA, or why it was being recommended to me.

Togetether Kita Bisa (Together We Can!)

When I got into the rooms of AA 1.5 years ago, something that stood out t…

#218 It Feels Like I'm No Longer Hiding

Alexandra McRobert — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:34:16 GMT

Before you dive in - last call for Authenticity sign ups. The new Bali Bhakti Flow series starts Monday June 8!

#217 A Goddess Worshipper...

Alexandra McRobert — Tue, 26 May 2026 10:12:00 GMT

Before you dive into this I want to share with you the link to my Bali Bhakti class, Authenticity, which starts on June 7th. Until tomorrow you can get the earlybird discount ($20 off). Join us here.

#216 The Ulu Return

Alexandra McRobert — Sun, 17 May 2026 13:25:43 GMT

I travelled down to Uluwatu this weekend for the first time in a year.

Or maybe more accurately: for the first time on my own terms.

I had come back twice in March 2025 to teach yoga, but I couldn’t …

The Evolution of the Mindful Bali 300 Hour YTT

Alexandra McRobert — Mon, 11 May 2026 13:36:38 GMT

When I first started leading Yoga Teacher Trainings in 2021, I had no idea how much my teaching would evolve over the years.

The foundation of our 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training has stayed mostly the same. This is the beginners, 21 day course, that anyone who wants to be a yoga teacher needs to take! The structure works. It is immersive, transformational…

#214 Stop & See Clearly: shamatha & vipashyana

Alexandra McRobert — Tue, 05 May 2026 09:02:09 GMT

I run FREE twice weekly Recovery Dharma meetings at 9:30am Bali time on Mondays (9:30pm New York Time) and then also at 6:00am Bali time on Wednesdays (6:00pm New York time on Tuesdays). You can join us by joining our WhatsApp Group here.

#213: Instagram: A Love Story

Alexandra McRobert — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:48:19 GMT

I remember the night I first got Instagram.

I was sitting in a pub called Gabbys (which doesn’t exist anymore) with my sister Em and our friends Anna and Leah. It was a Friday night in 2014, in November, in mid-town Toronto. Leah asked me if I had Instagram, and I said no.

“Oh, you would love Instagram,” she said. “You can add filters to photos and post t…

#212 What is The Eightfold Path of Buddhism?

Alexandra McRobert — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:11:33 GMT

One of my teachers introduced me to yoga philosophy many years ago (kind of indirectly).

In 2010, I picked his book up off the shelf at my yoga studio, read it cover to cover, and became completely fascinated by Patanjali. That was really the beginning of a long chapter of my life where I studied the Sutras in depth.

#211 The Slow Breakup with Instagram

Alexandra McRobert — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:54:16 GMT

I think this is the beginning of the end of my relationship with Instagram. Not in a dramatic way. Not like when I quit drinking.

More like… slowly breaking up.

I’ve been doing this for about 16 mont…

#210 On Releasing Resentments (and how the rooms of AA are practicing, with sincerity, the teachings of yoga)

Alexandra McRobert — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:48:23 GMT

I joined the 12-step recovery rooms a few months before I hit six years sober. That was in January 2025.

For the first five years of my sobriety, I had been part of a community of women who were anti-AA: the newer, modern recovery spaces. And I still resonate with a lot of that world. But the truth is, I judged AA before I knew anything about it.

At the t…

I Am Seven Years Sober (tomorrow)! And to Celebrate...I have a Gift For You!

Alexandra McRobert — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:49:06 GMT

I decided to share my audiobook Sober Yoga Girl for free as a podcast for the month of April!

This book took me five years, three editors, and was so incredibly difficult, but rewarding, to write. In writing my story, I made sense of my life. In publishing, I had to make amends with a few characters in the story (most importantly the person I married whe…

#208 Starting Tomorrow (And the Only Time This Year!)

Alexandra McRobert — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:24:03 GMT

I’m starting a new Yoga Sutra Study cohort tomorrow
(Friday 7am Bali / Thursday 7pm New York)

I actually wasn’t planning to run this again online. But one person asked… then a few more… and somehow a group came together!

So I’m teaching it again, and it will probably be the only time I offer it in 2026.

I want to share a bit more clearly what we actually do…

#207 The Teaching that Changed How I See My Mind

Alexandra McRobert — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:51:58 GMT

The Vrittis, Thought Spirals and Learning to See Clearly

Last Call - Join us Tomorrow for Resting with the Sutras

#206 After 32 Yoga Teacher Trainings...I am Finally Doing Things Sustainably

Alexandra McRobert — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:39:01 GMT

The very first 200 Hour YTT at Mindful Bali has just graduated and wrapped up. We had the most incredible evening together tonight. Wayan set up the house BEAUTIFULLY with flowers. Karunika, who is a cacao ceremony facilitator in the community, led us through song and dance and certificates. Then Komang and Dayu prepared an epic meal.

I said to the stude…

#205 "God is Doing for Me What I Could Not Do For Myself."

Alexandra McRobert — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:41:51 GMT

I stopped writing on Substack as much over the last few months.

There are a lot of reasons for that (read: excuses). First of all, life has been wildly full. When I really reflect on the last few months, it’s been profound. Through January and February, there was drop-in yoga every single day at the new home yoga shala I opened here in Bali - Mindful Bali

Free Zoom Class on Wednesday/Thursday! Resting with the Sutras

Alexandra McRobert — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:02:13 GMT

Are you curious about what my new Resting with the Sutras class is all about?

I want to invite you to join a special Free Resting with the Sutras class on Zoom this Wednesday night 7:30pm New York Time (Thursday morning 7:30am Bali Time) to experience it!

Resting with the Sutras is the embodiment of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. We chant a sutra, practice seve…