Practice You with Elena Brower
194 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 394 ratingsContent and conversations for times of transition and change.
Join me in discussion with renowned luminaries and dear friends to explore life's myriad transitions, our understandings and our responses. What does it mean to be present, to shift our perceptions, to engage with the world meaningfully, with dignity and care? With respect for the ancient practices and the modern wisdom that continue to inform and elevate our exchanges, each episode is an invitation to Practice You.
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Episode 44: Lauren Zander
February 08, 2020 06:01 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MBOn seeing and healing our patterns in life and in love, and the choices we make in every dimension, with Lauren Zander. The Three Hs of love [3:24] Why we settle [9:06] Talking about sex [10:22] Knowing your patterns [13:19] Getting honest [15:53] Doing the work [19:10] Your thoughts will manifest [20:40] Parent patterns [24:09] Learning to talk about yourself [31:21] Practicing integrity [36:46] Traits [46:57]
Episode 43: Gabby Bernstein
February 04, 2020 04:14 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MBOn relating to your intuition and your own innermost guidance. In Super Attractor, Gabby lays out the essential methods for manifesting a life beyond your wildest dreams. This book will show you how to co-create the life you want. You’ll accept that life can flow, that attracting is fun, and that you don’t have to work so hard to get what you want. Most important, you’ll feel good. And when you feel good, you’ll give off a presence of joy that elevates everyone around you. Gabby can sp...
Episode 42: Ask Elena Anything
January 25, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBOn all the questions you're asking of Elena, from personal to professional; from skincare to reading, teaching to healing, clearing your space, creating your home sanctuary.
Episode 41: Practice You 2020 Vision Session
January 12, 2020 04:48 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MBAsk questions, invite clarity, create meaningful practices, and author your prayerful reality for the coming year. Your downloadable guide for our session is linked below; honoured to serve you as you welcome yourself to 2020. DOWNLOAD GUIDE
Episode 40: Natalie and Andy Goddard & James and Roxane Bybee
January 04, 2020 14:52 - 33 minutes - 45.7 MBOn the transition from lack and doubt to worthiness and trust--along with the recognition that there is indeed a better way, with Natalie and Andy Goddard + James and Roxane Bybee.
Episode 39: Satya Scainetti
December 21, 2019 05:34 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBOn the beauty and merit of hard work, and the gift and responsibility of creativity. On using your commerce to touch the lives of those in need, and the healing that comes with giving and receiving help. Satya Scainetti is the founder and designer of Satya Jewelry. A philanthropist, yoga teacher and Reiki healer, Satya lives a lifestyle dedicated to giving back to the world community. The name Satya, meaning “truth” in Sanskrit, inspires each person to find and live their individual truth...
Episode 38: Andi Keh
December 14, 2019 02:33 - 40 minutes - 55.5 MBOn unraveling blocks in the body, the healing that wants to come through you, and the merits of staying curious. Andi Keh is an artist and natural fabric dyer in Brooklyn, NY. She is the illustrator of The Moon Deck. Born and raised in Southern Indiana, her love for creating began as early as she can remember. Painting murals on her bedroom walls and drawing after school was her favorite pastime. At 20, she traveled and worked in fashion abroad in Italy and France, then followed her hear...
Episode 37: Lisa Wimberger
December 07, 2019 07:43 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MBOn daily neuroliteracy, teaching your nervous system to listen expansively, and five profound yet simple steps to shift unintentional programs to intentional responses. Lisa Wimberger is the founder of the Neurosculpting® Institute. She holds a Masters Degree in Education, a Foundations Certification in NeuroLeadership, and Certificates in Medical Neuroscience, Visual Perception, and the Brain, and Neurobiology. She is the author of NEW BELIEFS, NEW BRAIN: Free Yourself from Stress and Fea...
Episode 36: Melissa Ambrosini
November 23, 2019 11:00 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBOn Staying Present for Yourself and Your Business Relationships. Crystal Clear Communication. Using “I feel…” [4:30] Healthy is liberating. Melissa’s healing crisis. Being unapologetic about self-love and self care [19:22] Wealthy is not a dirty word. Melissa’s experience with doTERRA. Being able to give back [29:02] Investment in yourself, mindset, business and virtual presence. Conscious consumerism [35:41] What needs healing [40:42] Favorite view [43:57] Prayer [44:45] Dail...
Episode 35: Louie Schwartzberg
November 16, 2019 06:13 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MBOn Nature as healing modality and connecting force. On the magical mycelium all around us, and the greatest natural solution for climate change. An award-winning cinematographer, director and producer whose notable career spans more than four decades providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg is a visual artist who breaks barriers, connects with audiences, and tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries ...
Episode 34: Meggan Watterson
November 09, 2019 06:20 - 53 minutes - 73.2 MBOn the experience of being yourself, the ancient illusion of hierarchy, and true humanity--being both fully human and fully divine. MEGGAN WATTERSON is the author of REVEAL, The Sutras of Unspeakable Joy, The Divine Feminine Oracle, and Mary Magdalene Revealed. She is a feminist theologian with a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University. MEGGAN facilitates the REDLADIES — a community of radica...
Episode 33: Ritual of Recovery
October 21, 2019 06:48 - 14 minutes - 20 MBThe Ritual of Recovery: Elena's first spoken word piece to honour her five years of sobriety.
Episode 32: Gabrielle Lyon
October 19, 2019 18:18 - 47 minutes - 64.5 MBOn healing in all its forms; muscle-centric medicine, gut healing, evidence-based healing modalities and the importance of soul family. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a Washington University fellowship trained physician in Nutritional Science and Geriatrics and is board certified in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulation. Dr. Lyon works closely with the Special Operations Military as a part of the Task Force Dagger Foundation. In addition, her practice services, innovators, mavericks, executi...
Episode 31: Ruth King
October 12, 2019 06:26 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBOn racism as a curable heart disease, the ever-expanding gift of mindfulness, and what it means to stay awake and responsive in these times with care and wisdom. Ruth offers us an invaluable meditation to close. Ruth King is an Insight Meditation Teacher and Emotional Wisdom author and consultant. She is on the Teachers Council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and teaches insight meditation retreats nationwide. Recognized as a trainer of trainers and consultant to consultants, King teaches...
Episode 30: Julian Brass
October 05, 2019 07:18 - 56 minutes - 77.2 MBOn owning our anxiety as a sacred cue to wake up and remember ourselves. On becoming our own eternal support system. Practical tools to soothe and serve--yourself and others. Length: 56.10 Timecodes: Breathing. [2:38] Teachers and singing. [4:00] Using discernment to reduce anxiety.[4:45] Power of playing.[6:45] Planning your meals. [9:00] Surface level anxiety. Simple choices that can help. [9:45] Body as a gateway to the mind. Anxiety as a helpful sign to let you know somet...
Episode 29: Amy Ippoliti
September 21, 2019 06:45 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBOn the changing ecology of the yoga world, the importance of mentorship, and how we mature as teachers. Amy is a yoga teacher, author, and earth activist. Her caring approach brings ancient wisdom to modern seekers, both on and off the mat. She shares her passion for yoga, health, and earth conservation, through her writings for Yoga Journal, Organic Life, Prevention Magazine and others. She is a featured teacher on Glo.com and a pioneer for advanced yoga education, serving both students a...
Episode 28: Vanessa Cornell
September 14, 2019 07:20 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBOn the real breaking points, perils and virtues of honest parenting, creating more time for adventure and more space to be ourselves. Vanessa Cornell founded NUSHU Society through a personal need for a soulful community of women interested in exploring the self through powerful ideas and practices. Through events based in New York, NUSHU Society creates a space where women can feel safe to connect deeply, try new things, have fun and learn. Our collective goal is to lead a passionate, auth...
Episode 27: Rebekah Borucki
September 07, 2019 07:10 - 43 minutes - 59.1 MBOn mothering as hosting a human, lessons learned from repeating history, and remembering that what we’re healing was never broken. Length: 43:02 Timecodes: Experience on Veria with Got Zen TV show. [1:44] Rebekah’s family. Understanding what it’s like to be an other. [3:53] Motherhood. Experience of race. Belonging. Finding our way. [7:30] Healing estrangement from our parents/children. Lauren Zander. Providing a soft place to land. Seeing your child as a child of the Universe p...
Episode 26: Eileen Flannigan
August 24, 2019 06:38 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MBOn the education and empowerment of adolescent girls as one of the keys to the future of the world. Length:43:16 Timecodes: 2:05 How Girls on Fire Leaders was born. 6:24 Girls on Fire Leadership Camps. Samburu. The power of using your voice. 9:36 What drew Eileen to this work. Women and poverty. India. Kiva Fellowship (https://www.kiva.org). Manipur. Microfinance. Leadership potential. 15:40 Work with Shofco https://www.shofco.org/. Access to nature. Karura forest. Mind expans...
Episode 25: Jade Shutes
August 17, 2019 07:55 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBOn aromatherapy as a path to activating our innate balance, understanding tissue states, and the study of Aromatic Medicine. Jade's first experience with essential oils.[2:21] Aromatherapy and massage in the UK. Marguerite Maury’s holistic approach. The oils’ potential to reduce the impact of stress on the body. [6:07] The Framework: Shifting the Paradigm, beginning with the heart: https://aromaticstudies.com/aromatic-studies-method/ [7:23] Acute intervention with the oils. Fennel and...
Episode 24: Julie Smerdon
August 10, 2019 10:00 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBOn the confluence of effort and grace, the benevolent forces at play, and the electric walkway of this life.
Episode 23: Abbie Galvin
July 27, 2019 06:29 - 45 minutes - 62.8 MBOn ritualizing your practice, developing your interior world, and measuring up for joy, with Abbie Galvin, author of 'Home Practice' and founder of The Studio. Abbie Galvin is the owner of The Studio, a NYC based yoga studio, teaching Katonah Yoga. She has been honing this practice for the past 25 years and has a strong student-base from all around the world. Abbie's instruction is informed by her own creative process as a filmmaker and from her exploration of the therapeutic process as a ...
Episode 22: Gabrielle Hartley
July 20, 2019 06:24 - 43 minutes - 60 MBPractical wisdom for separation and divorce; shifting internal narratives, prioritizing positives, taking the high road, and the importance of the long view. Length: 43:20 Timecodes: 0:43 Holding a state of being Better Apart by separating with the five pillars: Patience, Clarity, Respect, Peace and Forgiveness. 2:35 How divorce attorneys responded to the book. 5:35 Gabrielle’s work as a divorce attorney, and her experience of her own parents’ divorce. 7:40 Creating a safe env...
Episode 21: Kate Northrup
July 06, 2019 06:00 - 46 minutes - 64.9 MBOn the life-changing art of doing less, appreciating more, and savoring the cyclical nature of your life. As an entrepreneur, bestselling author, speaker, and mother, Kate Northrup has built a multimedia digital empire with her husband, Mike Watts, that reaches hundreds of thousands globally. They are committed to supporting ambitious women to light up the world without burning themselves out in the process. Kate teaches data-driven and soul-driven time and energy management practices that...
Episode 20: Gemma Gambee Lewis
June 29, 2019 07:42 - 44 minutes - 61.5 MBArtist and meditation teacher Gemma Gambee Lewis on the work that helps us share the most primary inner state, and taking meditation into our actions in the world. Gemma Lewis is a meditation and spiritual teacher nurturing the integration between the spirit and the mind. After a 20-year career in international fashion modeling, trend forecasting, and brand building, Gemma is most at home when sitting in meditation and teaching what this practice has generously given. She classically train...
Episode 19: Sascha Lewis
June 22, 2019 13:02 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBCo-Founder of Flavorpill and EVRYMAN Sascha Lewis on creating community, leadership, the experiential evolution of what it means to be a man, and becoming full-spectrum humans. Length: 59:30 Timecodes: 1:25 Yoga on the Great Lawn. Flavorpill. Reggie Watts. Buddy Wakefield. 5:00 Yoga at MoMA. Pipilotti Rist exhibit. Michael Rothman. Art of Yoga at the Guggenheim. 8:48 How can culture be more accessible? Quiet Mornings at MoMA. 10:58 Evryman organisation. Dan Doty. Men from all ...
Episode 18: Eddie Stern
June 09, 2019 08:31 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBOn prioritizing the behaviors that lead to awakening. On the kindnesses, and the softening. On breathing as physiological healing. Length: 58:29 Timecodes: 0:45 One simple thing. Overcoming the divided self. Our untapped potential. 2:54 Hierarchies in yoga. The unknown. Yoga is a practice of knowing who you are. Listening so we know what to do. 6:52 Reading Siddhartha at 15. Who am I? What am I doing here? What do I do next? Self-referral. 9:35 Being established in your awaren...
Episode 17: Gabby Bernstein
June 01, 2019 07:42 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MBGabrielle Bernstein is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back and has written five additional bestsellers. She was featured on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday as a “next-generation thought leader,” and The Oprah Winfrey Network chose Gabby to be part of the “SuperSoul 100,” a group of 100 people whose vision and life’s work are bringing a higher level of consciousness to the world. The New York Times identified her as “a new role model.” Gabby appears regularly as an...
Episode 16: Lauren Zander
May 25, 2019 06:01 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBLauren Zander, Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Handel Group On refining our inner dialogue, personal integrity, transparency in relationships and parenting, letting your shortcomings be funny, and navigating the space between conditional and unconditional love. Lauren Handel Zander is the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Handel Group®, an international corporate consulting and life coaching company. Her coaching methodology, The Handel Method®, is taught in over 35 universities and institutes o...
Episode 15: East Forest
May 11, 2019 06:59 - 48 minutes - 67.5 MBOn Nature as musical instrument, pauses as assets, honouring the elders, everyday ceremony. Includes a bonus track of Ram Dass x East Forest. Derived from the German translation of his last name, East Forest (aka Trevor Oswalt) creates a hypnotizing brand of music for old souls that blends achingly emotional wordlessness, ambience and contemporary classical touches with a touch of pop sensibilities and electronic flavors. Based in Boulder Utah, Oswalt performs internationally and is armed ...
Episode 14: Elena Brower
May 04, 2019 10:00 - 16 minutes - 23.1 MBOn the subtlest interior shifts we can make to conduct currents of sweetness within and around us.
Episode 13: Barri Leiner Grant
April 27, 2019 06:06 - 52 minutes - 72.9 MBStylist, author, self-proclaimed vintage junkie and proud mom, Barri Leiner Grant has an artful eye and clever hand for the unexpected. For nearly three decades, Grant has established herself in the editorial and commercial markets—prepping, propping and conceptualizing everything from well-curated trend stories and books to memorable interior design shoots, and shows, ideation and product branding. She is tapped by leading architects, photographers and designers including brands like Crate&...
Episode 12: Liz Corwin
April 13, 2019 05:57 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBFormer Navy Pilot and co-founder of Walkabout Yoga Liz Corwin on the victories that emerge from perceived failure, the choice to prioritize practice, and the ultimate walkabout. Liz Corwin is world traveling yoga teacher, storyteller, and creator of Walkabout Yoga Retreats & Teacher Trainings. She is also a 15-year US Navy Officer and former F-18 Navy jet pilot. Today, she still serves as a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy Reserves supporting the Naval War College. She began teaching yoga ...
Episode 11: Dani Shapiro
April 06, 2019 08:00 - 48 minutes - 67.4 MBOn welcoming compassion for the string of selves you've ever been, quotes from Hourglass and Inheritance. On the corrosive power of family secrets, and the healing of the secret that Dani uncovered about her origins. On welcoming compassion for the string of selves you've ever been, quotes from Hourglass and Inheritance. On the corrosive power of family secrets, and the healing of the secret that Dani uncovered about her origins. About Dani Shapiro Dani Shapiro’s books include the memo...
Episode 10: Diego Perez / Yung Pueblo
March 30, 2019 02:40 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MBInward On meditation and the merits we carry as a result of our practice, engaging inward connections, and cultivating heart community, with Diego Perez, the writer known as Yung Pueblo. Diego perez is the writer behind the pen name yung pueblo. The name yung pueblo means "young people." It serves to remind him of his ecuadorian roots, his experiences in activism, and that the collective of humanity is in the midst of important growth. His favorite word, liberation, took on a deeper mea...
Episode 9: Ally Bogard, Nadia Narain and Elena Brower
March 23, 2019 07:31 - 40 minutes - 55.7 MBOn Rituals, Practices, and Good Listening On the occasion of the release of 'Rituals for Every Day' by Nadia Narain and and Katia Narain Phillips, we gathered to chat about our own practices of listening, praying and meaning-making. Nadia Narain is one of the UK’s best loved and most respected yoga teachers. For more than 20 years, she has taught everyone from professional athletes to, pregnant women to total beginners and yoga sceptics, how to take care of their outer bodies as well as ...
Episode 8: Derik Mills
March 09, 2019 05:33 - 41 minutes - 58 MBGlo founder Derik Mills joined me for a sweet, edifying conversation on my last trip to film at Glo. We touched upon the last ten years of digital evolution, the future of virtual practice and the heart of what we do together at Glo.com. Derik is the CEO/founder of Glo, formerly YogaGlo, a health and wellness brand that challenges people to live a fulfilling life. Glo believes in a world in which we all live our true potential. In 2008, Derik teamed up with his younger brother to found and...
Episode 7: Claudia Chan
March 02, 2019 08:10 - 54 minutes - 75.8 MBClaudia Chan is a recognized leadership expert and social entrepreneur dedicated to activating individuals and organizations to lead culture change and accelerate equality. Claudia founded the award-winning global leadership conference, S.H.E. Summit, making the advancement of women’s leadership and inclusive culture change accessible and actionable. Year after year, the event connects, educates and activates change agents and champions of equality; speakers have included Deepak Chopra, Ke...
Episode 6: On Parenting through Divorce, with Jonah Lyon
February 23, 2019 07:48 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MBIn this short episode, Jonah and I touch upon: - his experience of what we did well in our separation (we minimized fighting, always apologized, and shared stories of the trajectory in a loving way) - advice to parents for how to handle separation and divorce (no fighting, always apologize, and be kind) - not requiring eye contact with your kid - allowing the kid to open up more freely - our shared appreciation of Sex Education on Netflix - on sources of stress in his life - a fr...
Episode 5: Remembering Mary Oliver
February 16, 2019 07:42 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MBIn this episode, on the occasion of Mary Oliver's passing, I took time to read my favourite passages and poems. Her work has informed mine since 1998, and reading her words brings me back to the earliest days in my teaching and learning to lead. Readings from: Thirst A Thousand Mornings Felicity Devotions A Poetry Handbook
Episode 4: Collecting Difficult Moments in Relationship, with James Benard
February 05, 2019 19:08 - 18 minutes - 25.6 MBOn the intelligence of risk, radical independence, and decoding the real conversation that happens in relationship.
Episode 3: It’s All a Teaching, with Elena
February 05, 2019 19:05 - 6 minutes - 8.67 MBSeeing difficult moments as evidence that it was always coming together. Length: 5:00 Timecodes: 2:00 Seeing that every difficult moment is a teaching. A Call For Revolution by His Holiness the Dalai Lama Seek evidence that it was always coming together Hold a state of peace within our hearts “...respond to terror with increased democracy, openness and tolerance” 4:15 May we be more gentle with our fear May we apply the tolerance, non-violence within our own homes May we look u...
Episode 2: Collecting Difficult Moments, with Ally Bogard
February 05, 2019 19:05 - 55 minutes - 76.2 MBOn the energetic and practical wisdom of gathering difficult moments; seeing them as food for your journey. 0:00 Eternal Two Step by Mark Nepo, p.33, Things That Join the Sea and Sky 02:40 Collecting difficult moments like little gems. Don't try to avoid them; gather them up like fuel, food, treasures. 04:18 When you're a child, the imagination still reigns; there isn’t the impression of meaning just yet… the meaning of what's occurring is entirely open to our interpretation. Meani...
Episode 1: Collecting Difficult Moments, Intro with Elena
February 03, 2019 20:12 - 19 minutes - 26.6 MBSeeing difficult moments as our treasures. Strategies and perspectives for releasing stories and tensions. 0:00-1:40 Vanda Scaravelli quote: Tension is a theft. To be in adherence with the present moment. On the stories we’ve repeated in our minds to create tension “Notice the stories you hold in your mind. Let go of the ones that cause tension.” -Yung Pueblo 1:45 On our being accustomed to - and recreating a baseline neutral of tension… On the contradictions we’ve adhered to - and...