Rise + Reach with Yoga Innovations
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsHey yogis! Meet a weird, unbound and spirited Pittsburgh yoga studio that loves to dig deep. Co-hosts Sarah Wang and Tammy Ziccardi interview teachers, thinkers, artists and other opinionated people on the practice of contemporary yoga. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/riseandreach/support
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Episodes
Watch Me!
July 19, 2022 23:24 - 28 minutes - 23.6 MBJoin Sarah W. and Tam Z. for Rise and Reach's first student feature with Les Gallagher. Les has been practicing at Yoga Innovations for 4 years, in this episode we learn how he started yoga, what his favorite poses are as well as some life advice from one of our regular members. Announcements: Ultimate Karma Pass is still 20% off, visit yogainnovations.com to purchase. Join us at Hamilton Park on August 6 from 9:00am-10:30 am for a Park Workout: 45 min worko...
Step Outside the Box
June 29, 2022 16:00 - 29 minutes - 25 MBSometimes you don’t even know what box you are in until someone lets you out. Join Sarah W. and Tam Z. learn about one of our newest additions to the Yoga Innovations internship, Sarah Avery. Sarah A. discusses mindfulness, stepping out of your comfort zone, and how yoga teacher training helped her on and off her mat. Find Sarah Avery on IG @serendipitouslywellpgh Grab your Ultimate Karma Pass- it is currently 20% off! This means 365 days of yoga for only $1056. Purchase it in our online s...
Good Enough
June 15, 2022 11:15 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBIntroducing Sarah’s new cohost: Tammy Ziccardi! Tammy has been teaching at YI for almost 10 years and is always bringing joy to students and other teachers. In this episode we get to know Tam and Sarah a little bit better and learn what is to come throughout season 2. Thanks for joining us. Follow us on Instagram: @riseandreach.yi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/riseandreach/support
Take Your Time
November 25, 2021 01:32 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBAs the tables are set for Thanksgiving, Natalie and Sarah sit down with Yoga Innovations' teacher and health and wellness coach Leeana Hergenreder. Trigger Warning: they discuss her journey through eating disorder recovery and all it entailed for Leeana (i.e. self-harm and substance abuse.) Over time, she shares how she consciously built healthy relationships to food, to others, and ultimately to her self. Leeana teaches Candlelight Yoga at Yoga Innovations on Wednesdays from 8:30 PM - 9:30...
Generosity
November 08, 2021 21:31 - 47 minutes - 44.2 MBSharing is scary when you don't feel like what you offer is good enough. Local yoga teacher Tamara Ziccardi meets with co-hosts Natalie and Sarah to discuss ways to be generous in their yoga practice. As grief shakes your foundation, it reorganizes the energy in and around you. Integrating this energy awareness into your practice can help you bring the heart chakra back to life. So, we explain a bit about the chakra system. Then, Tammy offers a reassuring testimony that giving of yourself wil...
Book Club Bonus: On "Skill in Action" & "Calling People In"
October 19, 2021 19:54 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MBBe a fly on the wall for a while at one of Yoga Innovations' virtual book club meetings. Members Tammy Ziccardi, Brittany Terzigni, Ashley Flavin and Rise + Reach co-hosts Natalie Spanner & Sarah Wang discuss the yogi's ego. This clip of conversation covers one book, one podcast, and our experiences as beginners. Book: Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World, by Michelle Cassandra Johnson Podcast: Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris “How to Call People In (...
Stay Open
October 19, 2021 06:27 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBWhen faced with insult, it's completely natural to want to curl up into a little ball or hurl back a zinger. Yoga teaches us there is another way. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and as the injustices of 2020 smacked us in the face, Yoga Innovations fought to stay open in more ways than one. In this episode, learn how yoga teacher Megan Gaston stays open by sharing with the YI book club, practicing in her bathroom, and keeping her ego in check. A Book Club Shortlist: (We reference ...
Love the One You're With
October 08, 2021 16:57 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBHow's your bullshit meter? Do you often say what you're thinking? Co-hosts Natalie and Sarah interview yoga teacher Jess Dowden. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, Jess is one of the senior teachers on Yoga Innovations' staff. All of the wisdom from her varied life experiences shows up in her practice. And as a teacher and a student, she holds nothing back. Come along and listen to Jess tell it how it is: her new life as a mom, her initial hatred of yoga, her love of metal music, and her rel...
Get Curious
October 01, 2021 14:58 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBWant to practice yoga, but not if everyone is looking at you? Are you constantly worried you're doing something wrong? In this episode, Natalie and Sarah discuss common shame spirals for beginner yoga students with Maria Gismondi (she/her/hers). Maria is a creative and performing arts educator, choreographer, Registered Dance/Movement Therapist (R-DMT), and Certified Yoga Teacher (CYT-200). Her life's work has been to banish that inner critic and bring folx back to themselves through the fre...
Just Start
September 24, 2021 06:26 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBIn their first ever episode, co-hosts Natalie and Sarah interview their boss, Claire Baer. Claire is a yoga teacher and owner of Yoga Innovations. Find out how Claire started her own practice and let it inform her motherhood and early years as a business owner. Ten years in, it's clear there isn't a piece of her life yoga hasn't touched. In between all the wise-cracks, Claire gives advice to beginner yoga students and addresses common roadblocks like burnout, procrastination, competition, lac...