My WholeBody is dedicated to Holistic Health and Fitness,
and helping people fall deeply in love with their bodies!
My WholeBody Includes:
WholeBody Workouts: Free, fun and fast workout videos designed to help you get in amazing shape while learning a new skill and having a great time!
Cooking with Carin: A weekly Cooking Show in which Natural Food Chef, Carin Mckay, teaches viewers how to cook delicious and nutritious meals in less than 20 minutes!
WholeBody Talk: A weekly radio show in which Polina interviews Holistic Health Practitioners about their work and what it means to transform ourselves on physical, nutritional, emotional, psychological and spiritual levels. Recent guests have included Nicole Daedone from One Taste, Rhodessa Jones, Founder of the Medea Project, and Jay Rosenberg, of Hayes Vallery Farm.
WholeBody Blog: Polina’s Blog on Holistic Health, Fitness, Personal Growth and Spirituality!
WholeBody Transformations: Polina Smith’s Fitness Training Practice in San Francisco, CA.
Inspiration: Inspiring Stories of People transforming their health and fitness throughout the world! Also featuring the Question of the Week, where viewers are encouraged to share their thoughts on health and well-being.
Resources: A listing of great Holistic Health Practitioners and Events!
Bios: Find out about the people behind My WholeBody!
Contact: Contact us with Comments, Suggestions or Questions—we’d love to hear from you!
A note from founder, Polina Smith:
Why I’m Passionate about Exercise:
I was inspired to start My WholeBody after I saw my own life profoundly change through exercise. As a teenager and young adult, I spent a lot of time crash dieting, waning through cycles of food deprivation to binge eating and back again. Consequently, my weight, energy, and moods continuously went up and down as I increasingly lost control of my appetite and health. One day, after having felt fatigued and depressed for months, I had a strong impulse to go for a run (I hadn’t run in years!). As I ran, I felt a cloud lift. I felt energized, invigorated, and joy for the first time in months. The next day I went for a run again, and felt the same high. Soon after, I was running every day feeling better than I had felt in years. People commented how much happier I seemed, how great I looked, and I gained the confidence to take on projects and meet people I had never thought possible. In short, 45 minutes of exercise a day completely transformed my life. Since then, exercise has remained a central component of my life, as it is a main source of profound joy, peace and well-being!
Why I’m Passionate about Holistic Health:
In my early twenties, I developed chronic nausea, feeling sick every day for two years. I went from doctor to doctor, from blood test, to gastroscopies and ultra sounds, all coming back with the same answer, “Everything looks fine. If you want, you can take these pills to help mask the symptoms…” Disillusioned with Allopathic Medicine, I turned to alternative therapies, and eventually found an incredible Chinese Medicine doctor named Ethan Murchie in Montreal. Ethan approached the body unlike anyway I had ever experienced before, addressing it on physical, emotional, nutritional, psychological and spiritual levels. Within six sessions, my nausea was gone. Through Ethan, I learned to appreciate the body as a sacred, intricate temple, rather than as a rigid machine. Since, I have become a strong advocate for holistic health, with the hope that all who struggle with health conditions will find a nurturing, loving path through which they too find their full vitality and well-being!
