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Beyond the Mat

46 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings

Sharing Real-Life Stories from Real People with topics like
Yoga, Meditation, Diet and Nutrition, Flow State,
Human Optimization and many more things that happen... Beyond our yoga mats!

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EP 46 - SEASON FINALE - JAY COLE SOLOCAST!

March 27, 2019 11:00 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MB

Hey folks! Fans! Freaks! This is the last episode for Season 1 of Beyond the Mat. I recorded this a few months ago so I have no idea what I talked about! So this is like a mystery grab-bag! You never know what you're gonna get! Also, there's no guest this time, it's just me! Good ol Jay Voice for 33 minutes!  I look forward to creating more of these amazing shows next season! (Recording will probably start in May of 2019). That's all for now! Peace, Love and Light,  Namaste, and all tha...

EP 45 - Marty Saulnier - Comedian!

March 20, 2019 11:00 - 2 hours - 213 MB

 Thank the goddesses and gods for my friend Marty, he's come to save the dayyyy!!! Yes he did! Yes he definitely did. With a whopping two and a half hour podcast, man, what better way to say goodbye than with my favorite recurring guest, Comedian Martin Saulnier! We went all over the landscape today people! and right away too! fresh out of the gates! we had a skype issue, and they don't wanna lose their desk jobs, so they create issues on purpose! Planned obsolescence! Wrestling! Getting th...

EP 44 - Richard Kaufman - From Darkness to Light

March 20, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 110 MB

Todays guest Richard Kaufman and it is called The Hero's Journey: From Darkness to Light.  Richard is a former US military man, and an ex-drug addict, ex-alcoholic, who has pulled himself up from the bootstraps and made an amazing life for himself and his family through all of these struggles, trials and tribulations. He now helps other people who are struggling with depression, addiction and other health and fitness issues.  https://www.amazon.com/Heros-Journey-Darkness-light-ebook/dp/B07...

EP 43 - Tim Pahuta - Lifemapping Coach

March 13, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 113 MB

Today's guest Tim is a former professional baseball player from the Washington Nationals and we are here today talking about, you guessed it! Health and fitness! But, so much more! We get into some yoga talks, some dieting and food stuff and Tim's new endeavor where he's helping people chart a course through their lives with a new program called LifeMapping. This is a really good one folks, enjoy! and don't forget, to throw your hands in the air like you just dont care, for Tim Pahoota! www...

EP 42 - Jonathan Pritchard - Think like a mind reader

March 06, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 113 MB

Today's guest is Jonathan Pritchard who is a martial artist that studies in Kung-Fu and we really got deep into that talk, with, health and fitness in body and mind. He's also a mentalist doing mind-control and mind reading on people, at live events like large groups and colleges, and he tours all over the place doing this as his full time job, sounds exciting or what? Keep on listening for more great talks, right here, Beyond the Mat!  http://www. wingchun.life  http://www.likeamindreader...

EP 41 - Courtney Harris - Life Coach for Teens and Parents

February 27, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 105 MB

 Today's guest, folks is the magnificent Courtney Harris, Courtney is a life coach for both teens and parents together, or apart. She writes about self care and mindfulness. These are things she says are crucial components of thriving through the challenging teen years as both the child and the parent. Courtney is here today to share some of these tools that can bring families and individuals into a deeper connection. So please, ladies and gents, make some noise... for Courtney Harris!!!

EP 40 - Dr Stephen Lewis - Green Wisdom Health

February 20, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 90.2 MB

Today's guest people is Dr Stephen Lewis from Green Wisdom Health. Dr. Lewis has a long history of helping people achieve their optimal health using extensive but low cost lab work staying current on the latest research pertaining to nutritional supplements and optimal health. Geen Wisdom Health provides science based knowledge where you can get information based on years of experience. They treat patients with Natural compounds and they verify the results with pre and post lab tests. This s...

EP 39 - Mary Sheila Gonnella - Queen of Nutrition

February 13, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 117 MB

Today's guest is Mary Sheila Gonnella. Mary Sheila is a former pilates teacher turned nutrition consultant and ayurvedic practitioner. She helps people who struggle with health issues that are a result of their food choices and stress levels and are ready to go deeper than weight loss to reclaim their health so they can look and feel their best! Okay people! Make some noise, for Mary Sheila Gonnella! The Queen of All Things Nutrition (and the only MSG that is good for your diet) marysheil...

EP 38 - SCHUYLER DIEHM - Early Risers Movement

February 06, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 89.6 MB

Todays guest! Schuyler Diehm from The Early Risers Podcast over at http://www.earlyrisersmovement.com is here to talk about the benefits of creating a morning routine that will optimize the rest of your day, Schuyler says he used to hate mornings but through a routine and some other changes in his habits mornings are now his favorite part of the day and they help him be the best version of himself that he can be! 

EP 37 - Daralyse Lyons - Author - Coach - Yoga

January 30, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 107 MB

Today on the show: Author, coach and yoga instructor Daralyse Lyons. She created something called Emotional Yoga which is a technique that utilizes yoga to release limiting beliefs and behaviors. We also get into a little bit about yoga, meditation, binaural beats, kundalini and holotropic breathing.  http://www.DaralyseLyons.com

EP 36 - KRISTI SAARE DUARTE - Author, Healer and World Traveler

January 23, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 165 MB

Todays guest~ Award winning author, healer, world traveler and modern day nomad KRISTI SAARE DUARTE is here. Kristi wrote a best seller called The Transmigrant, a what-if story about the lost years of Jesus. Kristi has lived in over 6 countries and traveled through more than 75 countries. She is a Reiki Master providing healings and she lives by a simple motto that "Life is for Living". Kristi and her books can be found by visiting her website here: http://kristisaareduarte.com

EP 35 - Dr Christine Bradstreet - Change your mind - Change your life

January 18, 2019 14:33 - 1 hour - 95 MB

 This show is featuring Dr. Christine Bradstreet, Dr.Bradstreet is a retired Chiropractor who enjoys helping people to heal in more than just the physical dimension. Dr. Christine is a certified health and life coach and a metaphysician. She teaches people to examine their thoughts and beliefs and offers ways to help change them and create healing in any areas of their lives, from physical, emotional, financial relationships or spiritual. Christine can be found on social media and through h...

Episode 34 - Joyce Wheeler - Natural Bliss

January 10, 2019 16:25 - 1 hour - 152 MB

Ladies and Gentlemen, all the way from Louisiana, it's Joyce Wheeler! Talking today about living naturally and how she got to this place with her husband's illness, making natural skin care products, her podcast Natural Bliss, and the Green Woman podcast. Joyce has been living this natural lifestyle since 2012. She is such a nice lady and it was so wonderful to talk to someone as grounded as Joyce! Okay folks! Make some noise! For Joyce Wheeler!

EP 33 - Jessica J. Silverman - Self Discovery

January 03, 2019 16:26 - 1 hour - 119 MB

 Todays show ladies and gents! with, the amazing, Jessica Silverman, is all about: Self help, self discovery, self interests even! A little bit about independent/codependent, getting caught up in our lives and many more amazing things! Jessica left her career in Venture Capital to become self employed with only enough money for 3 months of rent! That's scary! Today Jessica helps with coaching folks with their lives to become their best selves, knowing what their true talents and passions are...

EP 32 - Dr Kathy Gruver PHD

December 27, 2018 17:18 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MB

This week's guest specializes in stress reduction using all natural health remedies. She has been on TedTalks, her own tv show, has a phd, has written several books, has been featured in numerous publications from Huffington Post to Dr.Oz, created programs for the US Military and helped stop an underground sex trade in her community. Ladies and gents! Make some noise for the amazing Dr Kathy Gruver PHD! 

EP 31 - Ed Roman - UFO's - Aliens - Music

December 21, 2018 21:56 - 1 hour - 139 MB

Wow, what a great show! i totally had no idea where this was going to go folks, my only notes for this guest were that he had something to do with UFO's or aliens or something like that. As I am sure you've all heard UFO freaks talking in the past, this could go either of two ways; it could go down a super strange rabbit hole of nonsense, speculation, hearsay and allegedly's, or it could go down a scientific path of reason and understanding. I think we managed to walk right down that middle ...

EP 30 - Chris Kidawski - Fitness Expert and Author

December 14, 2018 21:41 - 1 hour - 93.8 MB

Talking with Chris Kidawski today folks. Chris has over 20 years in the fitness industry with strength, weight loss, life performance and he also meditates. Somehow, tossed in with all of these things has managed to write 10 books! So folks, make some freaking noise, for Chris Kidawski!

EP 29 Nadine Barrett - Just Me On Life - Coaching

December 07, 2018 20:24 - 1 hour - 83.4 MB

Today's guest is the founder of JUST ME ON LIFE! She is hosting this Emerging Warrior Retreat and co-authoring a book! How do people get into doing all these things? So many irons in the fire! Maybe we can convince her to also do a podcast? hmm... You'll have to listen to find out, that, and more! All right here, Beyond the mat, with today's guest, Nadine Barrett! http://www.JustMeOnLife.com

EP 28 - MICHAEL MUKUNDA CHANDRA KOHAN - YOGA!

November 29, 2018 18:17 - 1 hour - 87.1 MB

Today's guest, ladies and gents, is what I'm dubbing an extreme yogi, right here, right now, this guy has all the energy, he has all the knowledge, with over 1000 hours of training in various styles of yoga, this guy goes super deep into, not only the the physical practice, but the mental practice, and really embracing the entire lifestyle with the 8 limbs of yoga, he is a Mindfulness Life Coach, a Health Coach, Spiritualist and his podcast is called the Living Life on Purpose Show! You can c...

EP 27 - VICTORIA MAVIS - MAGICIAN! - Change Your Mindset, Change Your Reality

November 22, 2018 15:57 - 1 hour - 117 MB

Today's episode is titled: Change Your Mindset, Change Your Reality and the guest today is Victoria Mavis, a real life magician! In this episode, we are talking about, magic, meditation, flow state, mentalism, habit forming, talking about the comfort zone and so many more things with a beautiful foundation of magic. Victoria also wrote a book called How Podcasting Can Change Your Life and that's available on Amazon, You can check out her websites www.goldmine-podcasting.com and www.victoria-m...

EP 26 - OR SHAHAR - FREEDOM YOGA

November 15, 2018 14:38 - 1 hour - 110 MB

I'm speaking with Or Shahar who is the founder of Freedom Yoga all the way over in Germany (That's right folks, Beyond the Mat has gone International again!). Or has created her own workshops and online programs after going through some clinical depression before becoming a yoga teacher and we're gonna talk about that, we talk about her two trips to India, getting into Buddhism and a bunch of other topics, you'll just hafta listen to the show to find out! https://www.freedomyoga.info www.upw...

EP 25 STEPHANIE CUNNINGHAM - YOGA FOR SENIORS

November 08, 2018 14:25 - 2 hours - 173 MB

Stephanie Cunningham is a yoga teacher who specializes in teaching seniors. Stephanie also hosts her own podcast called Changing the Face of Yoga where she showcases yogis who teach yoga to students with varying levels of fitness to counteract this public perception that yoga is only for young flexible and fit people. https://www.yogalightness.com.au https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/changing-the-face-of-yoga-podcast/id1217079516

EP 24 SASHA LAGHONH - SashaTalks

October 31, 2018 15:44 - 1 hour - 143 MB

Today's guest is the amazing Sasha Laghonh! Sasha is a business and lifestyle strategist, she caters to individuals and groups seeking to better their overall quality of life from their careers to their health. She educates people on better lifestyle choices and holistic remedies that cover things like meditation, nutrition, life design, manifestation and much more! Sasha hosts a live show called SashaTalks, and podcasts Moving Mountains and Karma Trucks. www.SashaTalks.com

EP 23 - DR GLENN LIVINGSTON - PSYCHOLOGY OF BINGE EATING

October 20, 2018 18:22 - 1 hour - 87.1 MB

Todays guest and Author of Never Binge Again, Dr Glenn Livingston, is a psychologist specializing in diets and nutrition here to talk about how binge eating can become a thing of the past! Dr. GLenns research has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Sun Times, The Indiana Star Ledger, The NY Daily News, American Demographics, ABC, WGN, and CBS radio, UPN TV and many more. So as you may have guessed, we are talking about weight loss, and ...

EP 22 - DR. KATE DOW - Psychologist

October 12, 2018 04:56 - 1 hour - 85.6 MB

Dr Kate Dow - Mind/Body/Spirit Psychology. She is a mentor for sensitive women entrepreneurs, teaches self mastery, sacred feminine embodiment, heart tantra--no that's not sex for your heart as we will discuss! And, Kundailini yoga! Which I know very little about so it was very cool to finally learn something! As always folks there is much much more in this epsisode, tune in to find out what happens! Dr. Kate Dow can be reached by her website www.KateDow.com Instagram: https://www.instagram...

EP 21 - MAGGIE KELLY - SATSANGHOUSE MEDITATION CENTER

October 05, 2018 02:39 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MB

I am talking today with Maggie Kelly who runs a meditation center called Satsanghouse in California. Maggie is a spiritual meditation coach, she trains students in the ways of meditation, she is a Chopra center certified instructor, thats Deepak Chopra folks! Certified! Maggie has been meditating for over 12 years and she is indeed a true yogi! You can learn more about Maggie and her center by visiting www.SatsangHouse.net

EP 20 CHRISTIAAN OOSTERVEEN - MARATHON RUNNER

September 20, 2018 16:01 - 1 hour - 121 MB

Christiaan Ooosterveen is a man from the netherlands who decided to biohack his life, starting with simple habit forming tasks leading up to what he calls Big Juicy Goals! Our guest today is in the process of documenting his journey of the transformation of a beer drinking bar tender living that fun night life to a serious marathon runner in under a year! So we're going to talk about first becoming an amateur runner, having accountability, setting healthy goals, finding a role model, the over...

EP 19 - JOSH COLEMAN - SO MANY THINGS

September 13, 2018 21:29 - 1 hour - 83.1 MB

Today we're getting into the nitty gritty, including flow states, how change can be forceful or soft, creditkarma.ca (not a commercial), demon possession, DMT, electric machine elves, entities, aliens, and so many more things that I cannot even list them all here... https://www.facebook.com/joshuwa.coleman

EP 18 SHERILE REILLY - AUTHOR - WRITING AND PUBLISHING

September 06, 2018 15:56 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MB

Sherile Reilly has authored and published 7 books. She is here today talking about some of the book publishing steps involved, knowing when your book is finished, finding an editor, publishing companies, book covers and much much more! You can find all of her work for sale right now on amazon.com

EP 17 - NAYLES - HIPHOP ARTIST - PRODUCER - CUT MASTER

August 29, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 89.3 MB

Today's guest is one of my bestest and longest lasting friends on this planet who goes by the name of Nayles! Nayles is a hiphop artist, an art artist too, he does amazing graffiti and he's one of the best graphic designers I've ever seen in my life. Nayles is here dropping some science about his life's adventure, we both lived in Los Angeles together, I was there for a year but he was there for about two years, and so we talk about that whole thing and what happened to both of us after we sa...

EP 16 - EKATERINA ALEKSENKO - FLOW STATES

August 23, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 91.6 MB

Today's guest is part of this little "flow state series" I'm doing, Ekaterina Aleksenko is a lady from Russia, living in San Francisco, USA! I found Ekaterina through the Flow Genome Project when I reached out looking for some Flow State guests. She is a licensed skydiver with over 300 jumps, a yoga instructor, she has been ice skating, dancing, drawing, she's done circus aerial arts like tightwire and trampolines, we even spiral outward and get into some chats about hitchhiking and making je...

EP 15 - PAULA BILTMORE - FLOW STATE SERIES

August 16, 2018 17:49 - 1 hour - 95.9 MB

Today's guest is here to talk about flow states! Paula Biltmore has been involved with the Flow Genome Project and has taken their fundamentals, performance and writers courses. Paula is interested in habit change and the science behind motivation. She has a functional medicine business, is an educator, a researcher and lover of science. Paula has a BA in psychology, a masters degree and phd coursework in education leadership, and paula is highly driven to help people, LEVEL UP their lives!

EP 14 - GEOFFREY LAMBERTS - FLOW STATE SERIES

August 09, 2018 03:53 - 1 hour - 117 MB

Today's guest, is a man all the way over in Michigan who dropped in to talk about flow states through things like kayaking, meditation and performing music!

EP 13 - HEATHER MACMICHAEL - A FRIENDLY CHAT ABOUT EVERYTHING!

August 03, 2018 16:54 - 1 hour - 129 MB

Heather is BACK to cover a tonne of topics that we never got to chat about last time she was here, such as! The Trump talk, some politics, bitcoin, pizzagate, the flying spaghetti monster and a slew of other topics that I can't remember right now! You can find Heathers business of creating pixel quilts right here www.pixelsurprise.com

EP 12 - KARINA PARDUS - MUSIC COMPOSER

July 26, 2018 18:04 - 1 hour - 118 MB

Today's guest has been composing original brand music for the last 28 years! You can find her online at facebook.com/coycompositions, and she's on all the other socials under the same name, coycompositions on youtube, soundcloud, twitter and instagram.

EP 11 - SARAH PETERSON DEHAVEN - ASTROLOGER AND PERSONAL COUNSELOR

July 19, 2018 21:12 - 1 hour - 123 MB

Today's guest is a highly intuitive individual, she is an Astrologer and personal counselor, you can find her online at facebook.com/sarahsalchemicalworkshop if you would like to hire Sarah for a reading or for help working through your stuff!

EP 10 - MARTIN SAULNIER - COMEDIAN

July 12, 2018 14:18 - 2 hours - 208 MB

Marty is one of my oldest friends. We met back in 1998 when he was in a grunge band, and he was the neighbor to my girlfriend at the time. Today Marty does Stand-up comedy and we sit down to just shoot the shit, in this landmark 10th episode!

EP 09 - MICHELLE MURPHY - ART THERAPY FACILITATOR

July 05, 2018 20:10 - 1 hour - 121 MB

Michelle is a facilitator of art therapy, she works with people in a counselling sort of way through the use of art mediums and media, but, we'll let her tell you all about that, and more, as we get down to business here with the the lovely and friendly and always on-point, Michelle Murphy!

EP 08 - VIVIANA NG - YOGA AND PILATES

June 28, 2018 17:09 - 1 hour - 115 MB

My friend Viv from Yoga School dropped by for a little chattypoo and we got to catch up and reminisce about the good ol times in yoga school and get into some shop-talk about our trade! Viv has really been grinding it hard in the world of yoga and really has her shit together, all together, in a backpack, so it's together! And she has been selling it all at the shit store! aka, yoga classes. Viv is a great human being, she is fun to talk to and has a great personality, she is super friendly a...

EP 07 - KATHLENE MACLEAN - CERTIFIED EMOTIONAL FITNESS

June 21, 2018 20:41 - 1 hour - 130 MB

Kathlene is a strategic marketing consultant, copywriter and a certified emotional fitness coach. That is not deadlifts and squats for your emotions! But I'm not gonna try and re-explain what its all about, y'all can just keep on listening, we get into a wide array of topics like Meditation, Psychic Readings, Hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, Mind Control, Marketing and we talk about getting Kathlene her very own podcast, which since this was recorded a while back, is now available!!! a...

EP 06 - MDB - HIPHOP ARTIST

June 14, 2018 00:17 - 2 hours - 213 MB

Mike Dow is a hiphop artist who lives with a visual impairment and we get right down to business talking about all of the things that we usually talk about here, beyond the mat.

EP 05 - HEATHER MACMICHAEL - CMT - PIXELSURPRISE

June 07, 2018 16:14 - 1 hour - 129 MB

Heather deals with CMT - a chronic pain related illness and she is a self employed entrepreneur - PixelSurprise

EP 04 - MARTIN SAULNIER - COMEDIAN

May 30, 2018 15:41 - 1 hour - 151 MB

Marty is one of my old friends. I've known this cat since the late 90's and then I met him all over again a few years ago as he had become a whole new Marty! Marty the comedian! The guy, is so funny, that it hurts my belly just thinking about it! Ladies and gents, Enjoy this show, with the always hilarious, Martin Saulnier!

EP 03 MELISSA HARVEY - SPECIAL CARE PROVIDER - MOTHER - FRIEND

May 23, 2018 15:51 - 1 hour - 139 MB

MELISSA HARVEY OWNS AND OPERATES A SPECIAL CARE HOME, IS A MOTHER, AND A GREAT FRIEND WITH LOTS TO TALK ABOUT, FROM YOGA, TO ALIENS, TO THE EXISTENTIAL DREAD!

EP 02 JOSH COLEMAN - MEDITATION

May 17, 2018 14:55 - 1 hour - 99.2 MB

Josh is an old friend who is a facilitator of "Presencing Meditation"

EP01 JAY COLE SOLOCAST

April 28, 2018 16:35 - 1 hour - 151 MB

Beyond the Mat is a spinoff from my youtube channel. www.youtube.com/jaycoleyoga In this very first episode I give a brief rundown of my history starting all the way at birth and ending up where I am at right now. This episode is very revealing (drug use, family issues) and I tell some things that have never been spoken of to any of my friends or colleagues. I really hope that you enjoy this show and that it will enlighten you as to who I am, where I am coming from and where I am potentially ...

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