Stay ConnectedContent 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.
Copyright: © 2019 Elena Brower
On Ayurveda as a practice of deep listening, strengthening our ability to be resilient, present, and respectful of the rhythms of Nature.
Claire Ragozzino is a certified yoga instructor and Ayurvedic counselor with a background in holistic nutrition and natural cooking. Her work is dedicated to bringing yoga, Ayurveda, and nutrition to a modern lifestyle. She is the author of the popular site, Vidya Living, and also writes and photographs for online and print publications surrounding topics of food, culture, and our relationship to nature. Her first book, Living Ayurveda, offers a comprehensive Ayurvedic cookbook and lifestyle guide. Claire works with clients around the globe and leads immersive workshops and retreats.
Vidya Living Living Ayurveda, Claire Ragozzino Healing with Whole Foods, Paul Pitchford Ayurveda: the Science of Self Healing Vasant Lad Chyawanprash, Lotus Blooming Herbs
On true allyship, the names we need to keep repeating, the necessary healings and breaking through
Quddus (Q) is a veteran TV host, acclaimed celebrity interviewer and breakthrough media coach. Q is a former host of MTV's iconic show Total Request Live (TRL), has produced projects with the likes of AOL, Yahoo, and YouTube, and worked in artist development for Interscope Records. Q has spoken for audiences at the United Nations and Global Citizen Festival but a trip to his father's homeland, Haiti, inspired him to focus on directly helping others. As the founder of Media Mastery Academy, Q supports entrepreneurs and creatives to own their voice, share their story and master their brand. Q is currently based in Boulder, CO, working on his new podcast and writing his first book.
On the subtlety and majesty of the flowers, and their capacity to bring our human bodies back to Nature.
Katie Hess is an expert of flower alchemy - using the healing power of flowers to awaken our true potential. She is the author of Flowerevolution and founder of LOTUSWEI, the world's leading flower elixir apothecary. She travels in search of rare flowers with the healing qualities most needed by today's world, from the forests of British Columbia, to sacred sites in India, rainforests in Costa Rica, hot springs in Iceland and the jungles of Taiwan.
Flowerevolution collective Flowerevolution book and deck Infinite Love Quiet Mind Wild Abundance Full Bloom Inner Peace Meditations Erin Borbet https://www.lotuswei.com/blogs/blog/erinborbetRobin Sandomirsky
On the harrowing reality from the hospital floor, two actions we can take to stop the spread, and the stories we craft to help us cope.
Dr. Anthony Lyon is a Family Medicine physician, working as a dedicated in-patient physician or Hospitalist in New York for the last decade. He's also the former Director of The Ash Center for Comprehensive Medicine, where he specialized in uncovering root causes of patients' health concerns to resolve fatigue, chronic pain and overall imbalance.
On a new definition of politics, and caring for ourselves through this.
Kerri is the founder of CTZNWELL, a movement to mobilize the wellbeing community into a powerful force for change. Her work was sparked on 9-11, when she lost her step-dad, a fireman, in the towers. She quickly discovered the power of yoga and mindfulness, not just as a tool for personal healing, but as a catalyst for collective change. Since then, Kerri has worked passionately to organize communities around the fight for justice and wellbeing.
A yoga teacher, public speaker and change-agent - Kerri is recognized across communities for her inspired work to bridge transformational practice with social change and politics. She's been instrumental in translating the tools of wellbeing into practical application and social action in the public sector, working in collaboration with community organizers, spiritual leaders and policy makers. Her leadership has inspired a movement to democratize wellbeing that is actively organizing around issues of economic and racial justice, universal healthcare, civic engagement and more.
You can find Kerri on CTZN Podcast, a courageous conversation that is reimagining a citizenship where everyone belongs. And check out her TED talks for more about her story.
Resourcesctznwell.org CTZN podcast Kerri Kelly interviewing Robin DiAngelo Doughnut Economics, Kate Raworth WELLREAD: FREE weekly toolkit with everything you need to get in the know, take action and stay well along the way.
On the core of communication, and some myths we can release.
Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D., PT, C-IAYT, E-RYT-500, YACEP®, has taught yoga around the world since 1971. She is a founder of the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco, CA, as well as the Yoga Journal magazine which is published in a number of countries. Ms. Lasater frequently trains teachers in virtually every state of the union and is often an invited guest at international yoga conventions. She is president emeritus of the California Yoga Teachers' Association as well as the author of numerous articles on yoga and health for nationally recognized magazines.
She was featured in Self Magazine in1998 as one of the outstanding yoga teachers in the U.S. In 2000, she was selected by Yoga Journal Magazine as one of the outstanding yoga teachers shaping yoga practice in America today. She was selected by Natural Health magazine, on the occasion of their 40th anniversary, as one of the five people in the USA who has had the most influence on natural health in America during those 40 years. In 2015, Yoga Journal Magazine selected her as "Editor's Choice for the most influential yoga teacher in the USA in the last 40 years.
She is the author of ten books, including: Yoga Myths: What You Need to Learn and Unlearn to Stay Safe and Happy on Your Yoga Mat (2020) Restore and Rebalance: Yoga for Deep Relaxation (2017, What We Say Matters: Practicing Nonviolent Communication (2009),YogaBody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana (2009), A Year of Living Your Yoga (2006), Yoga Abs (2005), Yoga for Pregnancy: What Every Mom-to-Be Needs to Know (2004), 30 Essential Yoga Poses: for beginning students and their teachers (2003), Living Your Yoga: finding the spiritual in everyday life (2000), and Relax and Renew: restful yoga for stressful times (1995), and Living Your Yoga: finding the spiritual in everyday life (2000).
RESOURCEShttps://www.judithhansonlasater.com/ Poems by Judith Yoga Myths, Judith Hanson Lasater What We Say Matters, Judith Hanson Lasater and Ike K Lasater Restore and Rebalance, Judith Hanson Lasater Nonviolent Communication, Marshall B. Rosenberg Lying, Sam Harris
Justin Michael Williams works at the intersection of music, mindfulness, and social justice. With his groundbreaking book, Stay Woke, and over a decade of teaching experience, Justin has become a pioneering voice for diversity and inclusion in wellness.
justinmichaelwilliams.com Read the Manifesto and Sign the Pledge Donate to The Dream Bigger Foundation Listen The Turning, by Justin Michael Williams
On the vital ways in which we approach practice for mental health.
Julie Wald is the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller, Inner Wealth: How Wellness Heals, Nurtures, and Optimizes Ultra-Successful People, and the founder of Namaste Wellness. Julie has over twenty-five years of experience as a clinical social worker, yoga and meditation teacher. She's committed to serving not only Namaste's elite clientele of high performing companies and families, but also to delivering complimentary wellness services to under served schools, hospitals, and community organizations.
ResourcesOn womanhood, excellence, Blackness, and our crucial collaborations in parenting, partnership, and creativity.
Author, activist, beauty explorer and mother of 5, Jodie holds the position of Chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board, our nation's largest LGBT organization. As a globally recognized activist, she speaks on topics of radical parenting, identity, and gender.
When her son announced at the age of 3 "Mama I'm not a girl. I'm a boy", Jodie set out to inform herself, shift her own bias and change the way her community understands gender. Chronicling that journey in her memoir, The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation, hailed by Alice Walker as "Marvelous." Cosmopolitan Magazine filmed a mini-documentary on her family in 2016, garnering over 11 million views.
Jodie's second book, Born Ready: The True Story Of A Boy Named Penelope allows her childrens' voices to be heard. They show us how an entire community can be flexible and change for those they love.
She's also a long-standing entrepreneur, co-founding two beauty companies, receiving Beauty Skin Expert of the Year award by Cosmopolitan Magazine. Jodie co-owns Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, the iconic live performance venue in NYC.
Along with the work she does with the Human Rights Campaign, Jodie is on Mount Sinai's Institute for Health Equity Research Task Force, the Advisory Board of the Ackerman Institute's Gender & Family Project, and Mount Sinai's Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery Advisory Board. The United Nations has recognized me as a Champion of Change.
Jodie lives in Brooklyn where she co-raises her children with love, education and family solidarity.
RESOURCESJodie Patterson The Bold World, Jodie Patterson Born Ready, Jodie Patterson The Human Rights Campaign Points of Pride Ackerman Institute for the Family Jazz Jennings
On homeschooling as reclaiming learning, prioritizing in a busy household and the gifts of boredom.
Johanna Nichols is a mama to 4, an artist and Waldorf inspired homeschooler. Professionally trained as a chef, everything she thought she knew about food changed when her first son was diagnosed with severe food allergies. Her life's work is creating ceremony and rituals that re-connect us to the earth, health and home. She is deeply focused on the empowerment of women and creates circles and courses that honor how we can lead and live in a way closer to the earth, her seasons and the lunar cycle. Children come to her house from blocks away for bandaids and know she is never too busy to apply lavender to a sting.
Martha McAlpine is a student, a listener, a leader. A homeschool mama, a Love, a professional yoga teacher. She has been a workshop facilitator, a multimedia producer, and an information architect for Fortune 500 companies during the .com boom. Her studies include a degree in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and a master's degree in Experiential Curriculum Design from Harvard's Graduate School of Education. She has practiced and taught yoga publicly and privately for over 25 years and leads the philosophy portion of the YogaWorks advanced teacher training in Baltimore. Her passion and purpose is to teach how to connect our self to our Self. Having traveled and lived around the world, she now lives with her kids outside of Baltimore, MD overlooking the Patapsco river.
RESOURCESMartha McAlpine Johanna Nichols Guided Within Collective You are your child's first teacher, Rahima Baldwin Dancy Waldorf Schools Love Languages Parenting Passageway
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