Where The Lotus Grows
178 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAs Integrative Sustainable Movement Educators and Health Advocates, our goal is to provide you with evidence based information gathered from research, experts in the field, and our personal and professional experience to help you advocate for your own health and wellness.Listen to Tonya and Kimberly as they take you on an intimate look into their lives and inspiring journey. Weekly episodes of storytelling, wisdom and talks sometimes with special guests as they dive into the grittiness of life as they find balance, trust, love, kindness and come out stronger for sharing their vulnerability with others.
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Uncluttered Your Home and Mind
December 27, 2018 16:00 - 28 minutes - 13 MBWhat have you dragged into your life? Objections, collections, boxes, regret, impeding thoughts, fabrication...... Today the ladies discuss letting go and starting again! Life is a winding road we are human beings, we have bodies, thoughts, habitual thought patterns, worries and letting go and moving on is part of a road that takes two steps forward and sometimes a step back. Life isn’t a straight line and once you accept this life become simpler. -How do you define clutter? Clutter isn’t ...
Musculoskeletal Part 5: Knees (lower extremities)
December 27, 2018 16:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBCommon conditions knee pain, knees, knee arthritis, replacement, bursitis, injury, deformity, and lack of blood flow. Additionally hyper-extension, tight muscles, and pronation/supination in the feet. Anatomy of the knee and surrounding muscle groups. Emotional and spiritual components related to knees and knee pain. The knees enable movement and allow us to stand tall in the world. Knees align with pride self righteous, arrogance, ego but also associated with grace and surrender. Bend...
Interview: Dr. Steffany Moonaz, PhD, C-IAYT, Author - Yoga Therapy for Arthritis
December 19, 2018 14:00 - 54 minutes - 25 MBWe are very excited to share our recent conversation with Dr. Steffany Moonaz, author of Yoga Therapy for Arthritis, a whole person approach to movement and lifestyle. In addition to promoting her book (available for pre-order now at yogaforarthritis.com and on amazon), Steffany discusses her own #gettingdirtyandgrowingstrong story about the auto accident and subsequent after effects, (including a TBI) that continue to shape her life and work. Steffany Moonaz, PhD, C-IAYT is a yoga resea...
Interview: Dr. Steffany Moonaz, PhD, C-IAYT, Author - Yoga Therapy for Arthritis
December 19, 2018 14:00 - 54 minutes - 25 MBWe are very excited to share our recent conversation with Dr. Steffany Moonaz, author of Yoga Therapy for Arthritis, a whole person approach to movement and lifestyle. In addition to promoting her book (available for pre-order now at yogaforarthritis.com and on amazon), Steffany discusses her own #gettingdirtyandgrowingstrong story about the auto accident and subsequent after effects, (including a TBI) that continue to shape her life and work. Steffany Moonaz, PhD, C-IAYT is a yoga resea...
Exercises in Patience
December 12, 2018 05:00 - 23 minutes - 11 MBHave you struggled with the phrase “Patience is a virtue”? Is Patience an innate quality? Why is it important? Is it a skill that can be learned? -Patience is the opposite of annoyance, complaint, loss of temper, irritation, willingness to suppress restlessness. -Patience is an important tool in overcoming frustration and allows us to suspend judgement long enough to make informed decisions, thus paving the path to a happy and peaceful life. Have you ever worked for a patient leader and ...
Exercises in Patience
December 12, 2018 05:00 - 23 minutes - 11 MBHave you struggled with the phrase “Patience is a virtue”? Is Patience an innate quality? Why is it important? Is it a skill that can be learned? -Patience is the opposite of annoyance, complaint, loss of temper, irritation, willingness to suppress restlessness. -Patience is an important tool in overcoming frustration and allows us to suspend judgement long enough to make informed decisions, thus paving the path to a happy and peaceful life. Have you ever worked for a patient leader and ...
Manifesting: Optimism and Action - why both are important
December 05, 2018 13:00 - 25 minutes - 11.6 MBLet's look at the idea that you can manifest your dreams through intentions and positive thinking. - A technique most recently brought to pop culture by Rhonda Byrne's The Secret, although Abraham and Esther Hicks teach similar techniques with the Law of Attraction. (Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich) -Other common phrases are “Act as if”, “Raise your vibration”, “Embrace quantum physics” -Optimism and clear goals can go a long way for achieving your wildest dreams, the piece that per...
Musculoskeletal Part 4: Shoulder’s (upper extremities)
November 28, 2018 17:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBTension is misinterpreted movement. A narrow definition of tension is a place in the body that feels tight, hard, hurts is knotted or cramped. Think of it as being an emotional root causes not being addressed and the portion of the body where movement should be however there isn’t proper circulation getting there and it is becoming stagnate and tension is occurring. Tension can become a habit. You may also pick tension up from your environment absorbing other people’s tension, we are tired...
Seva - Creative Ways for Selfless Service When Time or Resources Seem Limited
November 21, 2018 15:00 - 21 minutes - 10 MBSeva is most often defined as selfless service. When we engage in selfless service we may experience reduction of emotional disturbance, greater longevity, stress reduction, improved morale, increased self-confidence and self-esteem, better health and pain reduction and a greater sense of overall happiness. Kim and Tonya discuss ways in which we can be of service to others when time, money or other resources are limited and encourage listeners to think outside of the box when it comes to b...
Exercises in Compassion
November 14, 2018 05:00 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MBToday the ladies talk about meta meditation, cultivating compassion and Kim introduces Kwan Yin. Meta is a Buddhist concept that stands for loving kindness and goes along with the yoga word samsara which is the cycle of ignorance and suffering. Kwan Yin is probably 2500 years ago and originated before Buddhism but is known as a goddess in China. She is a metaphorical figure that is about mercy and solace, charity and friendship, compassion and empathy these are all characteristics used to...
Plug Into Life's Energy
November 07, 2018 13:00 - 23 minutes - 11 MBLiving by our to do lists going from one task to another makes it even difficult to focus on only one type of energy. This week Kim and Tonya discuss finding balance and connecting to your core energy as it helps you balance the yin and yang of life. -Are you quick to handle things on your own vs asking for support? -Are you caring for others and not allowing enough space to allow them to return the favor? -If you have no boundaries or goal setting strategies you end up working in circle...
Plug Into Life's Energy
November 07, 2018 13:00 - 23 minutes - 11 MBLiving by our to do lists going from one task to another makes it even difficult to focus on only one type of energy. This week Kim and Tonya discuss finding balance and connecting to your core energy as it helps you balance the yin and yang of life. -Are you quick to handle things on your own vs asking for support? -Are you caring for others and not allowing enough space to allow them to return the favor? -If you have no boundaries or goal setting strategies you end up working in circle...
Musculoskeletal Conditions Part 3: Hips/Pelvic Floor
October 31, 2018 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBThe ladies look a some of the most common reasons individuals come to yoga for hip and pelvic floor related conditions. Specifically looking at common searches revealing hip pain, bursitis, flexors, flexibility, hip replacement, back pain and arthritis. For the pelvis there is pain the pelvic floor, pain, tilt, inflammatory disease, during after pregnancy pain. Discussions include: -Hip is a ball and socket joint. It is the strongest joint in the body and only out mobilized by the shoulde...
Emopwerment vs. Entitlement and Our Future Generations: aka Kids These Days!
October 24, 2018 04:00 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBKim and Tonya look at the current stereotypes of their generation vs. the millennial generations, explore entitlement vs. empowerment, changes in schools of thought of how to raise children, trying to be conscious and intentional parent and what it is like to raise children that are generations apart. -Are you assuming and making generalizations in your leadership style? -Entitlement is the belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment. -Empowerment is the pro...
Pause in Time: Living in the Present
October 17, 2018 04:00 - 20 minutes - 9.3 MBWe would like to live “in the moment” but what is that moment actually? Kim grew up on a farm and has learned to look to nature for life wisdom. The trees grow ring by ring as time shows itself in circles. We try to control time, and yet it slips through our fingers. Today the ladies ask, how can you be happy in the now? The busier we are the faster time seems to disappear, yet we want to hold on to time and savor it. There are three ways to experience the now: 1)Open your senses. What d...
Pause in Time: Living in the Present
October 17, 2018 04:00 - 20 minutes - 9.3 MBWe would like to live “in the moment” but what is that moment actually? Kim grew up on a farm and has learned to look to nature for life wisdom. The trees grow ring by ring as time shows itself in circles. We try to control time, and yet it slips through our fingers. Today the ladies ask, how can you be happy in the now? The busier we are the faster time seems to disappear, yet we want to hold on to time and savor it. There are three ways to experience the now: 1)Open your senses. What d...
Shit Can Get Real - ways to cope with grace, and find self-acceptance when you dont
October 10, 2018 04:00 - 27 minutes - 12.4 MBLet’s face it, shit happens! Shit happens all the time to each and everyone of us and yet we are so often drawn toward: a)pretending you’ve got it all figured out b) thinking everyone else but us has it figured out c) curating our public image to appear as though we do have it together while we’re secretly falling apart d) stick our heads in the sand and try to ignore it all How can we be more authentically open about our shit as we’re handling it? How can we be more accepting of ourselve...
Breathe Your Way to Happiness - Do you know what makes you happy?
October 03, 2018 04:00 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MBJoin Kim and Tonya as they discuss slowing down, taking a breath and finding your JOY! Breath is our life force and our anchor.Cheerful is not happiness. Happiness is an emotion in which we experience feelings ranging from contentment and satisfaction.Sitting in stillness with your breath can allow you to hear the quietest voice within it is often simple things like the sun shining, breakfast, meditating, someone smiling at you, seeing a butterfly, mediation, gifts to yourself.Set a joy remin...
Musculoskeletal Conditions Part 2: Low Back Pain
September 26, 2018 04:00 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MBToday, Kim & Tonya discuss Low Back Pain.LBP (Low Back Pain) is the most common pain related issue for individuals seeking movement therapies. Common causes and conditions include week core, improper use of lower back, disc herniation, disc rupture, scar tissue buildup, and stenosis, to name a few. We look at Basic Back anatomy/ function, 3 natural curves (cervical, thoracic, lumbar) - specifically, lower back pain typically concerns the lumbar and sacral spine. After the age of 25 the inte...
Musculoskeletal Conditions Part 2: Low Back Pain
September 26, 2018 04:00 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MBToday, Kim & Tonya discuss Low Back Pain.LBP (Low Back Pain) is the most common pain related issue for individuals seeking movement therapies. Common causes and conditions include week core, improper use of lower back, disc herniation, disc rupture, scar tissue buildup, and stenosis, to name a few. We look at Basic Back anatomy/ function, 3 natural curves (cervical, thoracic, lumbar) - specifically, lower back pain typically concerns the lumbar and sacral spine. After the age of 25 the inte...
What type of alternative medicine suits you? Introduction to integrative health modalities.
September 19, 2018 04:00 - 41 minutes - 18.8 MBKim and Tonya discuss different types alternative medicine, mind/bodywork and how different forms tie into current forms of integrative medicine and the allopathic model. They discuss various experiences with modalities including: Yoga Therapy, massage, myofascial release, trigger point therapy, muscle activation therapy, Thai massage, Rolfing, Hellerwork, reflexology, nutrition, acupuncture, Chinese medicine, nutrition, intuitive eating, holistic dentistry, reiki, past life regression, NLP...
Being in the here and now!
September 08, 2018 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBLife moves so fast, yet time is a luxury and it is enough ?Back to our essence; allowing our massive egos to become a little smaller.Daily gratitude for visceral change.Basic human needs (food, shelter, clothing, education, sanitation, healthcare) and what is YOUR enough? The Heodonic Treadmill/ Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.Support the show
Samskaras, what does it mean?
September 08, 2018 04:00 - 26 minutes - 12 MBWhat is it?How Can we better live with age related frailty, serious illness and approaching death?Why do we resist our lifecycle?Why not enjoy it?Rooted in Vedic Literature and developed in UpanishadsMonier Williams Describes it as “To go around, revolve, pass through a succession of states, to go towards or obtain, moving in a circuit.”Why is Savasana so hard?Can you see samsara in your own life?Support the show
Being in the here and now!
September 08, 2018 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBLife moves so fast, yet time is a luxury and it is enough ?Back to our essence; allowing our massive egos to become a little smaller.Daily gratitude for visceral change.Basic human needs (food, shelter, clothing, education, sanitation, healthcare) and what is YOUR enough? The Heodonic Treadmill/ Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.Support the show
Just Breathe: Prana, Pranayama and Power
September 07, 2018 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MBKim and Tonya discuss the energy body; specifically the breath, its purpose outside of respiration, enhancing breath efficiency, and pranayama (breathing techniques) for a variety of situations. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=13598261)
Just Breathe: Prana, Pranayama and Power
September 07, 2018 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MBKim and Tonya discuss the energy body; specifically the breath, its purpose outside of respiration, enhancing breath efficiency, and pranayama (breathing techniques) for a variety of situations. Support the show
Musculoskeletal Conditions Part 1: Mind/Body connection and overview of the top 5
September 06, 2018 04:00 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBYoga Therapy can support a variety of disease conditions, while we cannot diagnose or fix/reverse a disease condition.• Staying with body sensations rather than shutting them off or numbing out is the first step to creating healing. Learning to honor this natural system is key to reducing suffering.• According tho American Psychological Association (APA) 75% of disease is a chronic illness and stress is the cause of chronic illness. Stress seems to worsen or increase the risk of conditions li...
A small step: Where did our journey begin?
September 06, 2018 04:00 - 39 minutes - 18.2 MBA small step may be the beginning of a great journey. Where did our journey begin?An introduction of your hosts: Kimberly Searl MS, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP and Tonya Drew, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT 500 • What is Yoga Therapy?/What is its role in health care? • Why does it work?• How is yoga therapy different from a yoga class?• Where does yoga therapy fit in the allopathic treatment model?• What are the Kosha’s and why do yoga therapists use them?• Panchamaya Healing model relates back to the bio-ps...