Ancient Tools for Modern Living: Wisdom from Mamas, Mystics, and Medicine Makers
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWelcome to Ancient Tools for Modern Living. Tzipporah Gerson-Miller, certified yoga therapist and licensed psychotherapist explores the integration of ancient wisdom teachings and practices rooted in yoga, meditation, spirituality, and other contemplative based traditions in order to restore a sense of wholeness, vitality, and deeper connection to our humanity while meeting the mental health and physical health challenges we all face in modern daily living. Interviews with experts in fields such as yoga therapy, spirituality in healthcare, meditation, mindfulness, holistic nutrition, and contemplative psychology will be presented as a strategy to promote awareness, cultivate inter-disciplinary dialogue, and to collectively re-envision the way we respond to the challenges that arise in modern day society.
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Secular Buddhism and Mental Health
December 03, 2018 08:00 - 49 minutes - 91 MBOverview Noah Rasheta is a Buddhist teacher, lay minister, and author, as well as the host of the podcast Secular Buddhism. He teaches mindfulness and Buddhist philosophy online and in workshops all around the world. He works with others to make the world a better place as he studies, embodies, and teaches the fundamentals of Buddhist philosophy, integrating Buddhist teachings with modern science, humanism, and humor. He lives in Kamas, Utah, with his wife and three kids. What We...
Body Positive Yoga: An Interview with Amber Karnes
October 08, 2018 07:00 - 58 minutes - 107 MBAmber is a well known leader and teacher in the body positive yoga movement. During this thought provoking interview, she shares her embodied knowledge that grew out of her own journey to self-acceptance. “I work with humans who want to make peace with their bodies and build unshakable confidence. I know what it’s like to struggle with low self-esteem, bad body image, disordered eating, and the shame that comes with feeling that I’m not enough.”
"Yoga Makes Life Better": An Interview with the Founder of YogaMate
August 31, 2018 07:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBYogaMate founder and global influencer Ann Marie Johnston, shares her story of how she developed the idea for the world’s largest global resource for yoga therapy
Ayurveda for Mental Health
August 08, 2018 07:00 - 44 minutes - 62.3 MBDr. Avanti is a physician who, after medical training in emergency medicine, began a journey to find her joy again and to help people truly heal. This calling has led her to training in a variety of healing traditions and modalities: Ayurveda, energy healing modalities including Pranic Healing and Reiki, plant-based nutrition and Yoga Therapy. She integrates these intuitive healing systems and traditions in her writing, research and teaching. She lectures extensively to medical stude...
Behavior Change: A Tantra Hatha Yoga Approach
April 23, 2018 07:00 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBToday’s guest features Tra Kirkpatrick, a certified yoga therapist, life coach, and experienced yoga teacher residing in Atlanta, GA. Tra was trained at the Kripalu Institute in Massachusetts under the guidance and direction of Yoganand Michael Carroll. Because community and collaboration are intricate aspects of the practice, in 2014 Tra joined two of her friends and colleagues to launch the Center for Integrative Yoga Studies. The Center offers two training tracks, including a 200-hour th...
Yoga for Population Health
January 20, 2018 08:00 - 52 minutes - 72 MBMy guest for today’s episode is Kristine Kaoverii Weber MA, C-IAYT, eRYT500, YACEP. She has been studying yoga and holistic healing for nearly 30 years and is committed to the widespread adoption of yoga as a population health strategy. Her organization, Subtle®Health, LLC, provides holistic, mind-body trainings, education, and clinical services with the mission of enhancing community health infrastructure. She is the director of the Subtle® Yoga Teacher Training for Behavioral Health Profes...
Yoga Therapy and Motherhood
October 02, 2017 08:00 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MBHere we will explore how yoga therapy can support both new and seasoned moms through the trials and tribulations of motherhood.
The Aftermath of Relational Trauma
October 02, 2017 07:30 - 45 minutes - 62.4 MBHere we explore the components of trauma sensitive yoga and its capacity and power to heal and repair relationships.
Ancient Tools for Modern Living
October 02, 2017 07:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBIn this episode, I will be sharing my own story of continued growth and transformation through Tantra Hatha Yoga, in addition to providing a foundation of what you can expect as the show unfolds and more enriching stories of meditation, spirituality, and yoga therapy are shared.