This is Yoga Therapy
111 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThis podcast is a venue for sharing topics in the field of yoga therapy today. Whether you are a yoga teacher, yoga therapist, healthcare provider or individual with curiosity, this is the the place to learn about the latest ideas, personal healing stories, research and work that is cutting edge, and making a difference.
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Yoga Life with Brett Larkin
March 28, 2024 14:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Brett Larkin. Brett is the founder of her award-winning YouTube channel, Uplifted™️ Online Yoga Teacher Trainings, a successful entrepreneur, and sought-after online business consultant. During the podcast, Brett shared more about herself and her book Yoga Life. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: [email protected] Website Instagram Facebook
Student and Alumni Panel 3/14/24
March 20, 2024 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this episode, I interviewed 3 current or former Inner Peace Yoga Therapy students: Emily Anderson, Erin Alexander, and Rachel Kaplan. They each shared experiences during their yoga therapy training and gave insights about how they are working as yoga therapists today. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: [email protected] Website Instagram Facebook
Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR) 2024
March 13, 2024 14:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBIn this episode, I was joined by Marita Greenidge and Kelly Froio. Marita and Kelly both work with the IAYT, or International Association of Yoga Therapists, and we spoke about this year’s Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (known as SYTAR) that is presented by the IAYT. This year's conference will be June 20–22 in Scottsdale, AZ and will include keynotes, workshops, roundtables networking opportunities, and many other sessions. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Em...
Therapeutic Yin Yoga with Nyk Danu
February 15, 2024 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Nyk Danu. Nyk is a Yoga Therapist who teaches Therapeutic Yoga to Misfits, Gen xers (and sometimes Y) who don’t feel at home in mainstream yoga circles: Alternative folks, punx, the rebels, underdogs, neurodiverse, introverts, geeks, and bookworms. Her specialty is helping people with Back Pain and Anxiety and she is also a Yin Yoga specialist and has a Therapeutic Yin Yoga Training. We touched upon all of these things in our conversation. Support the show C...
Yoga Therapy Library with Natasha Aldridge
February 05, 2024 01:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Natasha Aldridge. Natasha is the CEO and the “wearer of many hats” for the Yoga Therapy Library (YTL) — a new type of sequence builder that brings therapeutic focus and accessibility to the forefront. We spoke about the origin of the Library, who it’s designed for, how it’s being used today, and the potential that it holds for listeners to our podcast. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: [email protected] Website ...
Meditation for the Real World with Ann Swanson
January 31, 2024 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Ann Swanson. Ann is a certified yoga therapist and author of the best-selling book SCIENCE OF YOGA, which has been translated into over 15 languages. Ann makes the tools of mindful movement and meditation non-intimidating and accessible world-wide, especially to people who feel like they can’t do yoga or their mind is too busy to meditate. She specializes in helping people safely and effectively manage stress and relieve chronic pain—like back pain or arthriti...
The Role of Spiritual Healing in Modern Healthcare with Dr. Joe Tafur
January 06, 2024 02:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Dr. Joe Tafur, MD, integrative Family Physician, curandero, author, and speaker. His acclaimed book, The Fellowship of the River, explores the role of spiritual healing in modern healthcare. Dr. Tafur currently offers integrative medical services virtually and in association with DayTryp Psychedelic Wellness Center in Phoenix, Arizona. He also provides telemedicine services to individuals in Arizona and California. Generally, I speak on this podcast with indiv...
Intersectional Feminist Intuitive Approach to Yoga Therapy with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli
December 13, 2023 19:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBIn this episode I interviewed Uma Dinsmore Tuli. Uma fell in love with yoga and yoga nidra at the age of four and has been practicing ever since. She has been teaching since 1994 and training yoga therapists since 1999. An eco-yoga therapist with special expertise in yoga therapy for empowering women’s health, she runs retreats internationally, training teachers, and yoga therapists in menstrual health, pre- and postnatal yoga, and in yoga for menopausal health. In 2011, she cofounded the po...
Spirituality and Yoga Therapy with Lee Majewski
November 21, 2023 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Lee Majewski. Lee is a yoga therapist, an author, and founding director of Yoga for Health Institute , a non-profit organization located in Toronto, Canada. She is also a visiting Senior Yoga Therapist at Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute in India. Her own journey through cancer brought home the value of ancient Yogic methods and resulted in creating a unique healing, residential and online, retreat Beyond Cancer. As a result of program effectiveness and being the ...
Yoga and Psychedelics with Brian James
October 24, 2023 17:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this episode I interviewed Brian James. Brian is a yoga teacher, transformational coach and integration counselor. He works with individuals in person or online and regularly teaches classes, workshops and trainings. Brian has been exploring the intersection of yoga, music, psychology and shamanism for over twenty-five years and has learned from master teachers and healers all over the world. Brian is also the author of Yoga + Plant Medicine, Integrating Yoga & Psychedelics for Your Hea...
Classical Yoga Therapy with Dr. Marc Halpern
September 08, 2023 17:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this episode I interviewed Dr. Marc Halpern. Dr. Marc Halpern is the founder of the California College of Ayurveda and a classically trained Sivananda Yoga Teacher. He has been studying and practicing Ayurveda for more than 30 years. An expert in the field, he has written five textbooks as well as the popular book: Healing Your Life; Lessons on the Path of Ayurveda. Recently, he just published a textbook entitled Classical Yoga Therapy, the Integration of Yoga and Ayurveda, and we spoke a...
How to be Unapologetically Abundant with Petia Kolibova Burns
July 20, 2023 01:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBIn this episode I interviewed Petia Kolibova Burns. Petia is an abundance and light activation coach who guides women to intuitively connect with their inner vision so they can experience personal and professional magnetism and become unapologetically abundant. Her mission is to empower visionaries who are on the path to embody their fullest self-expression to soulfully expand into a quantum leap in all dimensions of their lives. While availability lasts, experience your exclusive complime...
Business (R)evolution with Joanna Sapir
July 14, 2023 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBIn this episode I interviewed Joanna Sapir. Joanna is a business strategist for holistic practitioners, particularly those that integrate multiple modalities. Her special ability is in helping practitioners set up repeatable systems and processes in their businesses to serve their clients more powerfully, enroll committed long-term clients, and create steady income and cash flow. She has been a teacher and trainer for more than twenty years, from the classroom to the gym floor and now to we...
Recovery with Yoga with Brian Hyman
June 28, 2023 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this episode I interviewed Brian Hyman. Brian is an accomplished and certified yoga instructor, meditation guide, dharma teacher, author, and father. He is also an addiction recovery activist. He has been clean and sober since 2009, and has been teaching yoga and meditation at Cliffside Malibu, a prominent treatment center in California, since 2012. His dedicated work in the field of addiction treatment and recovery combines yogic philosophy, Buddhist wisdom, Twelve Step principles, and ...
Anuttara Tantra for the Heart
June 16, 2023 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBIn today’s episode I interviewed Artemis Emily Doyle and Bhairav Thomas English. With over 35 years of combined experience, Artemis Emily Doyle and Bhairav Thomas English are students and practitioners of various mystic traditions. They are lineage holders in the tradition of Shivoham Tantra. Together they are the authors of 'The Power of Tantra Meditation", the founders of the Anuttara Ashram, School, Teacher Trainings, & the Tantra & Yoga Podcast. They live in a simple home, off-grid i...
Trauma-Informed Yoga with Joanne Spence
June 09, 2023 16:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBIn this episode I interviewed Joanne Spence. Joanne is the author of Trauma-Informed Yoga: A Toolbox for Therapists: 47 Practices to Calm, Balance, and Restore the Nervous System and the new card deck, Trauma-Informed Yoga Card Deck: 52 Self-Guided Practices to Calm, Balance, and Restore the Nervous System. Joanne has taught yoga in prisons, hospitals, schools, churches, and sometimes street corners. Her sub-specialties are treating adults and children with chronic pain, trauma, depression,...
Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research
May 15, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this episode I was joined by Marita Greenidge and Kelly Froio. Marita and Kelly both work with the IAYT, or International Association of Yoga Therapists, and we spoke about the upcoming annual Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research that is presented by the IAYT. This year's conference will be June 15–17 in Reston, Virginia and promises inspiring keynotes, dynamic workshops, and many other sessions Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: info@innerpeaceyogatherap...
Student and Alumni Panel 5/10/23
May 11, 2023 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBIn this episode I interviewed three recently certified Yoga Therapists: Sara Augustin, Lisa Segar and Shari Schwarz. We spoke about their experience in our training program and the work they are doing today as professional Yoga Therapists. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: [email protected] Website Instagram Facebook
Radiant Rest with Tracee Stanley
April 19, 2023 15:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBOn this episode I interviewed Tracee Stanley. Tracee is the author of the bestselling book Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation and Awakened Clarity and the forthcoming The Luminous Self: Sacred Yogic Practices & Rituals to Remember Who You Are (October 10, 2023 by Shambhala Publications). She is the founder of Empowered Life Circle, a sacred community and portal of practices, rituals, and Tantric teachings inspired by more than 20 years of study in Sri Vidya Tantra and the teachin...
Yoga Therapy on the College Campus with Cindy Crace
April 15, 2023 20:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Cindy Crace. Cindy is a yoga teacher, a yoga therapist, a friend, and she’s an alumni of Inner Peace Yoga Therapy. Cindy lives in Williamsburg, VA where she’s the director of Shanti Garudasana Yoga School and she also works as a yoga therapist at the College of William and Mary. Cindy spoke about the different facets of the work she does in the world as a yoga therapist (she’s multifaceted!) and the people that she serves. Support the show Connect with Inner P...
The Benefits of Embodiment and Interoceptive Awareness with Lacey Ramirez
April 07, 2023 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Lacey Ramirez. Lacey is a yoga teacher, global health researcher, and writer based in St. Louis. Through her work, she seeks to make yoga accessible, inclusive, and equitable. I came across Lacey’s work after reading her article in Yoga U Online on the Research on the Benefits of Embodiment and Interoceptive Awareness. We spoke about this and more on the podcast. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: [email protected] ...
Meditation, Mental Health Tools and Psychotherapy with Mahur-Nain Webster
March 09, 2023 00:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Mahur-Nain Webster. Madhur-Nain is an author, Meditation Instructor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She prides herself in adapting different modalities of healing to her clients’ needs. We spoke about Meditation, Mental Health Tools and Psychotherapy and more on the podcast. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: [email protected] Website Instagram Facebook
Student & Alumni Panel 12/13/22
December 15, 2022 19:00 - 14 minutes - 9.98 MBThis episode is a recap of a recent Zoom panel we held with the following Inner Peace Yoga Therapy students and alumni: Zachary Rochester Michelle Wimberly Meghan Bass-Petti In the panel, these individuals shared their experiences in our training, and spoke to what their yoga therapy work and path looks like today. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: [email protected] Website Instagram Facebook
Her Temple Healing with Kaitlyn Holsapple
December 02, 2022 16:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBIn this episode I interviewed Kaitlyn Holsapple. Through the journey of healing her own PTSD, Kaitlyn channeled and created somatic yoga therapy, an integrative healing art form that gently and effectively alchemizes trauma into Soul Power, which she is most known for. We spoke about this and more on the podcast. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: [email protected] Website Instagram Facebook
Evolution of the Yoga Therapy Profession with Heidi Crocker
November 21, 2022 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBIn this episode I interviewed Heidi Crocker. Heidi is the Accreditation Manager for the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). We spoke about the evolution of the profession, Yoga Therapy Certification, Licensure and more. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: [email protected] Website Instagram Facebook
Holistic Yoga Therapy with Niya Bajaj
November 01, 2022 15:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBIn this episode I interviewed Niya Bajaj. We spoke about her work as a yoga therapist and her presentation at the Lifestyle Medicine Summit. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: [email protected] Website Instagram Facebook
The Nature of Yoga is Therapeutic with Judith Hanson Lasater
October 20, 2022 16:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBIn this episode I interviewed a woman who needs little introduction. Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.d. and physical therapist, has taught yoga around the world since 1971. Judith offers numerous live events, digital courses, and has published 11 books, including her most recent, Yoga Myths, and Teaching Yoga with Intention. In the podcast we spoke about her life and her work, and about how Yoga itself is inherently therapeutic. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: inf...
Active Peace with Reggie Hubbard
October 18, 2022 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBIn this episode I interviewed yoga teacher and activist Reggie Hubbard. Reggie teaches Members of Congress, Congressional Staff, leading progressive organizations and individuals, sharing techniques for growing peace and ease as a foundation, not an afterthought. He also advises yoga communities, yoga studios, teachers and the broader wellness industry on the importance of diversity and inclusion, opening the practice to all and eliminating exclusionary cultures and habits. Support the sh...
Equal Access to Yoga with Anjali Rao
October 07, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Anjali Rao. Anjali (she/her) is a Yoga educator who offers a critical lens into the teachings of yoga in service to the challenges of the times we live in. Her work offers insight into the Yoga stories and histories that have been obscured by heteropatriarchy and colonization . She brings an intersectional lens in integrating yoga philosophy and history, with storytelling, imagery and poetry. She is an Indian American immigrant, a cancer survivor and believes ...
Yoga Therapy and Collaborative Care with Jenna Csont
October 03, 2022 15:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this episode I interviewed Jenna Csont. Jenna is a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), having graduated from Inner Peace Yoga Therapy in 2020. Today she works as a yoga therapist at Skyway Behavioral Health in Skokie, IL, a specialized behavioral health center with an array of services built just for clients dealing with mood, anxiety, and traumatic stress disorders, complex mental health diagnoses, trauma, and eating disorders. We spoke on the podcast about her role there and what she ca...
The Courageous Path to Healing with Jennifer Kreatsoulas
September 28, 2022 15:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBIn this episode I interviewed Dr. Jennifer Kreatsoulas. Jennifer is a certified yoga therapist specializing in eating disorders and body image. She is a sought-after international speaker and former host of Real Body Talk, an online interview talk show. Through her virtual school, Yoga for Eating Disorders, Jennifer offers individual yoga therapy, groups, classes, and continuing education and mentoring for professionals. She is the author of Body Mindful Yoga, and The Courageous Path to Heal...
Resilience Informed Therapy with Dr. Arielle Schwartz
July 13, 2022 16:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBIn this episode I interviewed Dr. Arielle Schwartz. Dr. Schwartz has a private practice in Boulder, Colorado providing Psychotherapy, Supervision, and Consultation in Resilience Informed Therapy which applies research on trauma recovery, EMDR Therapy, and Somatic Psychology to form a strength-based, trauma treatment model. She is also an author of several books on trauma, resilience and growth. We spoke about these subjects and more on the podcast. Links & Resources: Arielle's Blog Ariel...
Student & Alumni Panel June 23, 2022
June 28, 2022 15:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBThis episode is a recap of a recent Zoom panel we held with the following Inner Peace Yoga Therapy students and alumni: Karen Campbell Toni Vandermarel Katie Pine Janet Liu In the panel, these individuals shared their experiences in our training, and spoke to what their yoga therapy work and path looks like today. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: [email protected] Website Instagram Facebook
The Power of Presence: Yoga Therapy with Youth, Marginalized and Disenfranchised
June 24, 2022 17:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBIn this episode I interviewed Rynn Burkett and Meg Hayden. Rynn and Meg are both current students in the Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Certification program. They are doing some amazing work in the world and we wanted to spotlight that a bit on the podcast. Specifically, and among other things, they are working with teenage boys in group homes or jails, some of whom are in recovery, and they are offering group yoga therapy. To connect with Rynn: IG: @sb.musique FB: https://facebook.com/integrat...
Yoga Of Recovery *New Book Release* With Durga Leela
May 28, 2022 17:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Durga Leela. Durga is a yoga therapist and yoga teacher, Ayurvedic practitioner and author of the new book entitled Yoga of Recovery: Integrating Yoga and Ayurveda with Modern Recovery Tools for Addiction. By offering an empowering personal program of self-care in recovery, the book provides guidance for everyone affected by widespread modern addictiveness. We spoke about this and more on the podcast. To learn more about Durga and her work, visit yogaofrecover...
Relative and Absolute Yoga Therapy with Joseph LePage
May 11, 2022 16:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBIn this episode I interviewed Joseph LePage. Joseph founded Integrative Yoga and Integrative Yoga Therapy in 1993, and is a pioneer in the field of Yoga therapy training programs. He began teaching yoga therapy in hospital settings in 1995 and continues up to the present as Director of The Healthy Heart Program, which conducts Yoga Therapy group programs in public health settings throughout Brazil. Recently, Joseph became on the faculty of the Inner Peace Yoga Therapy program and today he i...
Yoga for Bendy People with Libby Hinsley
May 03, 2022 19:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBIn this episode I interviewed Libby Hinsley. Libby lives in Asheville, NC and is a Doctor of Physical Therapy as well as a Certified Yoga Therapist. She draws most of her Yoga inspiration from the tradition of Desikachar, or the viniyoga lineage and she was fortunate to study at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in 2008 and has immersed herself in this tradition ever since. Her treatment approach is to view the person as a forest. The body is one component of the human experience, and it i...
Healing one Breath at a Time with Edda Rodriguez
April 20, 2022 16:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBIn this episode I interviewed Edda Rodriguez. Originally from Peru, Edda moved to Chicago in 2002. She started practicing Yoga out of necessity in order to relieve back pain, but quickly realized that there was a lot more going on than just a physical practice. Today, Edda is a Certified Yoga Therapist, Reiki Master and teacher, and Somatic Experience Provider. Since 2013, she has been teaching trauma sensitive yoga to veterans at the Captain James A Lovell Federal Care Center in Chicago an...
Student & Alumni Panel April 5, 2022
April 11, 2022 16:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBhis episode is a recap of a recent Zoom panel we held with the following Inner Peace Yoga Therapy students and alumni: Suzie Carmack Amy Gaster Deborah O'Neil Katie Cassady In the panel, these individuals shared their experiences in our training, and spoke to what their yoga therapy work and path looks like today. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: [email protected] Website Instagram Facebook
How Yoga Therapy Changed my Relationship to Type 1 Diabetes with Dawn Browning
March 17, 2022 17:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Dr. Dawn Browning. Dawn is a holistic health expert, researcher, C-IAYT, and founder of HolSol Wellness. She helps driven women discover holistic tools using yoga, personal development, and essential oils so they can play an active role in their own healing. Dawn has lived with Type 1 Diabetes for over 35 years, and she says that embodying the principles of yoga therapy has changed her relationship with diabetes. We spoke about this and more on the podcast. T...
Pain is a Part of Yoga with Lisa & Neil Pearson
March 09, 2022 16:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this episode I spoke with Lisa & Neil Pearson. Lisa and Neil are partners in life and in work and are the founders of Pain Care Aware, which offers certification programs and online trainings for yoga teachers and yoga therapists, as well as healthcare and fitness professionals working with people in pain. They reside in Canada and both have a long history of teaching and practicing yoga and yoga therapy. Neil is also a physiotherapist and author, Lisa additionally a swami and educator. T...
Student and Alumni Panel February 16, 2022
February 21, 2022 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBThis episode is a recap of a recent Zoom panel we held with the following Inner Peace Yoga Therapy students and alumni: Dawn Schaefer-Stumpf Edda Rodriguez Jenna Csont Rachel Haskovec In the panel, these individuals shared their experiences in our training, and spoke to what their yoga therapy work and path looks like today. Support the show Connect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: [email protected] Website Instagram Facebook
Embracing Ambivalence with Soleil Hepner
February 17, 2022 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Soleil Hepner. Soleil is a certified yoga therapist, educator, speaker and the former Program Director of the Phoenix Rising School of Yoga Therapy. Today she continues on as Emeritus Faculty and also works in private practice in San Diego where she offers individual, couples and group yoga therapy, along with coaching and online sessions. The topic of our conversation was “ambivalence.” Soleil embraced the power of ambivalence herself when she announced t...
Breath, Yoga & Long COVID with Robin Rothenberg
February 09, 2022 16:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Robin Rothenberg. Robin is a Yoga Therapist and the Program Director of Essential Yoga Therapy Therapist Training. Since as early as summer 2020, her Long-COVID presentation at the Global Yoga Therapy Conference established her place as a thought-leader in the field. She was a co-organizer for the acclaimed Wellness After COVID Symposium in 2021, which brought together top researchers, medical professionals, and policy makers from around the world in support of...
Original Body Wisdom with Donna Brooks
February 05, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Donna Brooks. Donna is a somatic movement therapist and educator, yoga therapist, and embodied meditator who has 35 years of experience teaching, counseling and coaching in movement and the healing arts. Even with a lifetime of learning and experience, her biggest lesson was the sudden death of her 36 year old son. She says that when her son died, she actually felt she was at a fork in the road… she could either collapse into unending suffering or find the ric...
Trauma-sensitive Yoga in South African Context with Candice Clark
January 20, 2022 16:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBIn this episode I interviewed Candice Clark. Cands is a licensed counsellor and yoga therapist that specializes in trauma and mental health. She has supported many individuals and group therapy programs focused on the recovery from psychological trauma, and the physical health challenges that appear to co-occur with post-traumatic stress. Cands is also completing her Masters thesis on trauma-sensitive yoga in the South African context and this was the topic of our conversation on the podcas...
The Yoga MD with Dr. Shailla Vaidya
January 12, 2022 16:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBIn this episode I interviewed Dr. Shailla Vaidya. She is a physician and certified yoga therapist practicing Mind-Body Medicine in Toronto, Canada. She has worked for over 20 years on frontlines of healthcare with vulnerable and marginalized populations. In 2013, after experiencing burnout, she founded The Yoga MD, a trauma-informed practice where she integrates Eastern Mind-Body practices with Western Medicine to help foster stress resilience. With a focus on helping professionals, she deve...
Embody your Life with Anne Pitman
January 11, 2022 18:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBIn this episode I interviewed Anne Pitman. With over 35 years of experience, Anne has cultivated a practice of yoga therapy inquiry to help people return to their body and embody their life. She is the Director of the School of Embodied Yoga Therapy, in Ottawa, Canada; a 800 hr + school, marrying traditional wisdom and evidence based yoga practice, in service to life-altering events. She’s also recently come on board as a faulty member at Inner Peace Yoga Therapy. We focused our conversati...
Equity, Access, and Giving Back with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy
November 24, 2021 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBIn this episode we talked about equity and access programs, specifically at our school, Inner Peace Yoga Therapy. Joining Michele Lawrence on the podcast were four students in our program: Erica Bentley, Fernie Tiflis, Wendolyne Omana and Olivia Roberson. Michele shared information about Inner Peace's scholarship and grant programs. Wendolyne and Olivia shared about the grants they received and the recent community yoga projects they have implemented or are working toward as a result. For ...
Yoga & Longevity with Beryl Bender
November 05, 2021 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBIn this episode, I interviewed Beryl Bender. Beryl has been a student and teacher of the classic eight-limbed path of ashtanga yoga since 1971. She is the founder and director of The Hard & the Soft Yoga Institute, and she, alongside Rob Schware, founded the Give Back Yoga Foundation in 2007. We spoke about many things and had a conversation on Yoga & Longevity in anticipation of a new course on the subject in conjunction with Yoga International which will be available in November 202...