Join Lauren and Kristin for a walk in the woods as they share the inspiration they gather from being in nature (and how they get quite distracted by all the beauty along the way) along with discussing the themes of the month for September which are loyalty and admiration. They also discuss the inspiration and details for their upcoming retreat, Slow & Steady: A Fall Retreat at the Himalayan Institute, this November. Listen in while you are take a walk of your own and ponder the question "wha...
Sep 13, 2024•27 min•Season 5Ep. 37
Join us for an enchanting conversation with Bernadette Price, hospice professional and recent graduate of Nourishing Storm's Teacher Training Program about her experience moving through personal grief, how she gathers what she calls "snacks" along the way as well as how she brings love, laughter and magic into her everyday life and all her wellness offerings. You can follow Bernadette's journey here .
Aug 01, 2024•43 min•Season 5Ep. 36
In this insightful May Podcast, Host Kristin Ritter is on the other side of the mic as co-host Lauren Verbilla interviews her about the changes in Nourishing Storm and this month’s theme of renewal and confidence. Kristin discusses the evolving nature of her business from its inception 12 years ago to the addition of a café, the building of a community, the struggles during COVID and recently in her own life, and the re-imagining of what happens next. Kristin details the transition at the end of...
May 30, 2024•43 min•Season 5Ep. 35
Tune into our Spiraling to Wellness April Podcast for an insightful look into how emotional and physical wellness gives us the grace to live life to the fullest. Hosts Kristin Ritter and Lauren Verbilla welcome a couple of our favorite “stormies”, Terri Clime Palaccio and Donna Montrose, both certified holistic health coaches and yoga instructors. Follow along with their beautiful journeys and their commitment to helping others over the big (or little) obstacles in order to awaken, breathe into ...
Apr 23, 2024•48 min•Season 5Ep. 34
Tune into our newest podcast that focuses on our March theme of purity and innocence. Joining hosts Kristin Ritter and Lauren Verbilla are John and Melissa Twersky, founders of Quieting Mind, John teaches meditation at the Storm and also is a ceramics and art instructor. Melissa is a clinical social worker and teaches yoga and Reiki. Together they provide some thoughts about healing and staying in the moment. The couple talks about the childish innocence and purity we all start out with that get...
Mar 22, 2024•58 min•Season 4Ep. 33
Deep love and affection—the perfect February topic honoring our theme and the flower of the month, cyclamen. Our podcast this month brings together host, Kristin Ritter, co-host Lauren Verbilla and special guest Victoria Oliver, a behavioral health professional and founder of Reach the Crown, dedicated to helping women and others achieve self-love. The discussion revolves around finding deep love within yourself and others in a world that is moving fast and is full of distractions and how really...
Feb 09, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 32
Change is in the wind for 2024 as Spiraling to Wellness Podcasts expand to include a co-host and an additional perspective on wellness. Licensed Professional Counselor and Storm Yoga Teacher Lauren Verbilla will join Host Kristin Ritter and a monthly guest to go deeper into all aspects of healing, movement, and nutrition as it relates to this year’s Flower-based themes. For January, tune in for a discussion about protection and new beginnings. Topics include how feeling safe in your body and und...
Jan 28, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 31
Prioritizing REST is a central theme in our August Spiraling to Wellness podcast as Nourishing Storm (NS) owner, Kristin Ritter, interviews NS Yoga teacher & trainer as well as a professional dog groomer. Mindy’s Restore, Bliss, Yin, and Yoga Nidra classes include meditation, breath work, and releasing poses that bring rest to the body, mind and spirit. She encourages the practice of finding stillness each day and says we need to train our bodies to rest so when the opportunity arises, w...
Sep 01, 2023•34 min•Season 4Ep. 30
For the July theme of REWILD, Spiraling to Wellness Host, Kristin Ritter and guest, Nancy Pickwell start from seed to share interesting insights and meaningful practices for connecting with the wilder side of life. Nancy is a Wellness Coordinator and Mentor at Carousel Connections, the founder of Love Bulbs ( lovebulbsco.com ), a Nourishing Storm yoga teacher, and “garden guru” bringing color, beauty, and life to the patch of land next to swiig Café. She talks about how wild it is to plant seeds...
Jul 23, 2023•52 min•Season 4Ep. 29
Get inspired to RE-ENERGIZE as you listen to our June podcast with host Kristin Ritter and special guest, Stephanie Vasta, a dance teacher, choreographer and Nourishing Storm instructor for Move Your Asana , every Monday at noon. Hear about Stephanie’s lifelong love of dance and how she finds energy in all types of movement from ballet and jazz to tap and hip-hop. Her classes combine free flowing movement to release anxiety and choreographed movement to create energy and synergy with the mind an...
Jun 22, 2023•37 min•Season 4Ep. 28
Tune into our May Spiraling to Wellness Podcast for an in depth look at this month’s theme of Reconnection. Host, Kristin Ritter, interviews Psychic Medium & Spiritual Life Coach Julie Kraus about how to reconnect to your intuition and re-establish joy in your life. Julie talks about how we are all born with a large intuitive sense that often gets eroded by life situations. She says that imagination can be a bridge to that intuition and a highway to your higher self. Julie, along with her si...
May 22, 2023•52 min•Season 4Ep. 27
On a mission to REDISCOVER, the April Spiraling to Wellness Podcast highlights Reiki Practitioner and newly certified Nourishing Storm Yoga Instructor, Jamie Zanzano, and her goal of bringing back the “wonder and awe” in all of life’s moments. Following some significant career and personal changes, Jamie discusses how she evolved from a narrow viewpoint of life to one of openness and authenticity by choosing to change her perspective, let go of the past, and focus on the here and now. She encour...
Apr 20, 2023•46 min•Season 4Ep. 26
Falling in love all over again with your passion—the thing that always brings you peace and a sense of accomplishment—is just part of the insightful dialogue in our March Podcast on the theme of RE-EMERGE. Musician and teacher, Anthony Viscounte of Peacetime Guitar speaks with host, Kristin Ritter, about his organic path to music, how he turned an obstacle into an opportunity to create music in a new way, and what he learns from his students every day. You can listen to Anthony’s music on Spotif...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 25
The February Theme of RE-IGNITE is put into perspective by Nourishing Storm Wellness Company owner and Spiraling to Wellness podcast host, Kristin Ritter. Based on recent changes she’s made in her life, Kristin talks about how she felt a shift that motivated her to leave some things behind and re-ignite parts of herself she had forgotten. She encourages anyone feeling this shift to allow themselves to be patient with the unfolding and to also “let life surprise you.” Kristin emphasizes the impor...
Feb 17, 2023•19 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Stop repeating, start REIMAGINING. That is just part of the impactful dialogue featured in our January Podcast honoring our theme of REIMAGINE with guest Lauren Verbilla, Lauren is a licensed therapist in private practice and a Storm yoga Instructor. She emphasizes the importance of both releasing emotions through conversation and physical discord through movement. She encourages anyone who is automatically following the same tracks in their path to “visualize new destinations” and give themselv...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 23
How do we RECEIVE? As it turns out, in unique and interesting ways every single day. December’s Spiraling to Wellness Podcast is focused on the theme of RECEIVE. Guest, Marisa DiMarcantino, hair stylist at Blue Hair Salon in Huntington Valley, says that the deep conversations and connections she makes with clients are among the gifts that foster love and learning within herself. She says she is very sensitive to making people feel comfortable and creating space to receive and give. Marisa expres...
Nov 28, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 22
Our August S2W Podcast discussion invites you to SURRENDER to the possibilities before you. Talking with Emily Walker, yoga teacher, artist, and Social Media Director/Community Planner for swiig Juice Bar & Café, we delved into what it really means to surrender, to find strength in vulnerability, and to hold onto something without “clenching it.” She points out that if we hold on too tightly, it becomes a source of tension, so we need to “surrender with an open palm.” Emily holds an MA in Re...
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Welcome to our June Podcast where we focus on the themes of SEEK & FIND. Listen and be inspired by special guest, Lori Felt, Founder of Lori Diamond Arts. Lori’s passion and talent for art led to a lifetime of creativity. But it wasn’t until this passion intersected with another one that she was able to find her true path. Lori speaks with us about her collaboration with organizations that address health and human rights issues and how her unique brand of art has benefitted these causes and ...
Jun 13, 2022•40 min•Season 3Ep. 20
As human beings, a concept we all can agree upon is that breath is something we literally can’t live without. But using that breath as a centering and healing tool can boost our quality of life. Our April theme of Breathe sparked this insightful S2W conversation with Colin Kirts owner of Koru Real Wellness in Doylestown. Colin points out that “the things we most need to cherish are simple and obvious” like breath. But often those things can be elusive as we try and reach perfection or gain maste...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Our final podcast of 2021 focuses on the theme of Transcend, the concept of going beyond, rising above, and leaving behind what no longer serves us. I am so excited to welcome, as our guest, Margo Langlotz, Astrologer, Massage Therapist, Spiritual Advisor, and Multi Dimensional Healer. Margo talks about the challenges of the past year and how it led her to guide others on their healing journey. She emphasizes how important it is for people – and even animals - to transcend their fears, to not be...
Dec 10, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Welcome to this inspirational podcast where we explore the interconnection of the themes Flourish and Unite with Event Artist, mother, and world traveler, Andy Greenlee. Andy details the artistic journey that led her to “dive in” to the Live Arts world as well as her personal journey of self-care as a way to show up whole and present for her children, her inner circle, and her professional community. Balancing travel, work, and family, Andy talks about finding “magic and comfort” in familiar spa...
Nov 04, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Expand…there are so many ways you can go with this exciting and uplifting S2W theme for September. One definition that I love is “going to the limits of your longings.” But it is unique to each of us. We may be on a physical journey, an emotional journey, or a spiritual journey perhaps all three, just like our guest this month. Kyle Farris is an accomplished Senior Learning Consultant and PhD Student researching loneliness in the workplace. He is also one of the Storm’s newly certified yoga teac...
Sep 09, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 16
I had the incredible opportunity to talk with Jacob Ellis, Yoga Teacher, Coach, founder of Solutions for Evolution…and an overall inspiring guy. From his childhood home in Pennsylvania to Costa Rica and back to Nourishing Storm in Hatboro, Jacob relates his transformative journey from “intention to achievable actions”. His company, and the “movement” he created, “was birthed from the questions… “Who the heavens am I? Why am I here? And, if I can't be happy, then what is the point of this...life?...
Aug 12, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Healing can come in all forms and, often, at just the right time to create beautiful changes within ourselves and outside in the world. It takes courage to go through the healing process. However, if we are aware of where we want to go AND brave enough to heal (and we all are), we will get to the other side. In this episode, I am talking to Jess Fields, the owner of Seven Pines Apothecary . Jess shares her healing story of rebuilding her life after moving through a divorce with two young childre...
Jul 16, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 14
How has accepting been going? Have you spent time exploring what you love about yourself and your life? For those areas that you are not quite “in love” with, have you paused to understand how you are feeling? Have you gained insight into what you truly want, so you can create the life of your dreams… letting your heart take the lead, of course? How would you like to learn more about who you are as it is written in the stars? In this episode, I am talking with Samantha Ryan, a massage therapist,...
Feb 28, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 13
February’s theme, Accept, is explored in a unique and delightful way with our special guest Kathy Bademan. Kathy is a Laughter Yoga Leader and all around most lovely lady to talk and laugh with! She shares what brought her to lead Laughter Yoga classes with a mission "to promote world peace through laughter." In our talk, Kathy offers some things you can do each and every day to add in more love and laughter to your life to boost self-care and ultimately achieve acceptance. You can learn more ab...
Feb 01, 2021•25 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Welcome to a new year! Introducing our theme for January {CHOOSE} along with some exciting news about our New Spiraling to Wellness Member Portal , a place where you can access resources from the Storm Team relating to the theme of the month. All content will be released on the 1st of each month so you can explore and integrate the insights and recommendations anytime you like throughout the month. As of a member of this portal, you will also get an invite to join our monthly zoom meeting to dis...
Jan 03, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Join me for a meditation to set your intentions and get clear at the start of the Winter Solstice. You can practice this meditation ( and all the rituals found here on my latest Winter Solstice post ) anytime but it is especially powerful at the start of each season. Taking time to honor both the past season and the one you are moving into helps create clarity around where you can place your time and energy as you move forward confidently in the direction of your dreams. Join in on this meditati...
Dec 20, 2020•12 min
How do we nurture sustainability within ourselves and as caretakers of the earth? We spoke with Nikki Savage, Massage Therapist and Master Healer and Ann Martin, Land scape Artist and owner of Diamond Soul Essentials about practices that allow us to fill our own cups and use the overflow to sustain others and the world around us. From literal digging-in-the-dirt efforts like composting and planting indigenous species to create sustainable habitats to daily rituals of mediation, yoga and herb-bas...
Oct 23, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Episode 10: Sustainability . How do we nurture sustainability within ourselves and as caretakers of the earth? We spoke with Nikki Savage, Massage Therapist and Master Healer and Ann Martin, Land scape Artist and owner of Diamond Soul Essentials about practices that allow us to fill our own cups and use the overflow to sustain others and the world around us. From literal digging-in-the-dirt efforts like composting and planting indigenous species to create sustainable habitats to daily rituals of...
Jul 08, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 9
