“Your body is vast consciousness. It’s not just one thing. And if you allow your body to be a container for how you're feeling then you can be like, “ok, there is anxiety in this body of mine, but there is also hope in this body of mine, and there is faith, and joy…. You’re holding space for a lot of things, but you are not one thing.” ~Rabia Meghani Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Rabia Meghani in a conversation about how...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 28
“In my 20s I felt more comfortable and more confident in myself to just let go of the seemingly needy attachments of having all my friends like me and approve of what I was doing… and just really became myself.” ~Richard Wilkinson Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Richard Wilkinson, RYT200, a yoga and meditation teacher and leader, in a conversation about the paths and possibilities of resourcing your true self. Richard also...
Jan 27, 2020•59 min•Ep. 27
This quickie episode features a mindful meditation using the 5 senses as a means to connect the body and mind in the present moment nonjudgmentally anytime and anywhere—including out in public! Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Jodi Golda Komitor, MA, E-RYT 500, RCYT, in a quickie mindful meditation practice that touches on each sense as a way to notice without judgement what’s happening in any given moment. This type of min...
Jan 10, 2020•7 min•Ep. 26
"The challenge is that because we are human beings living in society we’re influenced and conditioned by all kinds of forces that can lead to us developing biases that are particularly destructive… and that cut us off from wholeheartedly connecting to others." ~Alison Cohen, MST and Certified Mindfulness Teacher/School Coach Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Alison Cohen, MST and Certified Mindfulness Teacher / School Coach,...
Nov 22, 2019•45 min•Ep. 25
“Courageous communication is one of the ways we can build towards the world we want to see.” ~ Alison Cohen Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and mindfulness coach and mentor Alison Cohen in a conversation around mindful communication. Alison shares examples of mindful communication in the contexts of family and in schools. This podcast is the first of 2 conversations Beth and Alison had with the next one being on explicit and implici...
Oct 15, 2019•38 min•Ep. 24
This quickie episode shares Sound Meditation as a mindful tool to practice paying attention with intention and compassion, and without judgement. It's a great strategy to practice anytime, anywhere! Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Randi Jo Greenberg, in a quickie podcast featuring a mindful tool, sounds meditation. This is a practice that can be used anytime and anywhere, and is great to share with kids, too, as we learn t...
Sep 16, 2019•12 min•Ep. 23
“Sometimes superhero love is about making tough decisions. It’s tuning in to that deep wisdom within ourselves to look at and make sure our intention, our motive, our motivation is coming from a place of, ‘am I being love?” ~Athea Davis Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Athea Davis, M.Ed., E-RYT 500, RCYT, YACEP, in conversations about mindfulness practices with our kids, marriages, divorces, and in education. In the first h...
Sep 05, 2019•45 min•Ep. 22
This quickie episode shares STOP as a mindful tool to disrupt habitual thoughts and verbal outrage. Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Dawn Mauricio, in a quickie podcast featuring a mindful tool, STOP. This is a practice that can be used anytime and anywhere, and is great to share with kids, too, as we learn to disrupt habitual thoughts and actions that could result in outrage. Instead, we can use STOP to pause and curate an...
Aug 27, 2019•11 min•Ep. 21
“Our peacefulness should actually be in relationship to things, so everything around us doesn’t have to be in peace all of the time for us to have some peacefulness. And just because there’s disruption in the field because things are being pointed out and things that have been avoided or actually revealed does not mean that our personal peace is being disrupted.” ~ Sebene Selassie Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Sebene Sel...
Aug 20, 2019•50 min•Ep. 20
“The biggest factor [contributing to emotional challenges] that we see right now with all of my kids has been one or more forms of trauma in their lives.” ~ Rick Yoder Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Rick Yoder, a Special Education Teacher in San Antonio, Texas, who works with youth who have been diagnosed as being emotionally challenged or with “Emotional Disturbance” disorder. In this podcast they discuss integrating and...
Jul 31, 2019•46 min•Ep. 19
“When we pay attention it gives us remembrance of choice to move through life in a different way than we have been accustomed to or habituated by.” ~La Sarmiento Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest La Sarmiento, LMT, CDL4, a non-binary, Filipino-American, body/energyworker and song-spoofing dharma teacher, in a conversation about what mindfulness is, and some of the ways mindfulness meditation and related practices have impact...
Jul 24, 2019•45 min•Ep. 18
“Some people who need yoga probably don’t have access or information to it, and that was the moment (my second class) when I knew this was my path.” ~ Jodi Smith Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Jodi Smith, MBA, E-RYT in a conversation about how yoga had made a difference in her life—and how she impacts others through the practice. In the first half of the podcast they discuss how she started yoga to improve her health, cha...
Jul 17, 2019•49 min•Ep. 17
“I would like to use this time (of sabbatical) of dismantling this identity that I’ve had for 21 years in a very conscious way and allow my next version of me to come through in a very clear and integrous way.” ~ Jodi Golda Komitor Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Jodi Golda Komitor, MA, E-RYT 500, RCYT, in a conversation about how yoga found her, starting the first kids yoga studio, being a successful entrepreneur, and how...
Jul 11, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 16
“At first at the end of the day I would ask myself, ‘was I mindful today? And loving and kind?’ And it’s virtually impossible to be either of those two things 100% of the time.” ~Dawn Mauricio Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Dawn Mauricio in a conversation about cultivating mindfulness with family, technology, and within our communications. In the second half Dawn shares a practical tool to help us awaken presence that tak...
Jul 03, 2019•32 min•Ep. 15
“I put so much pressure on myself and exerted so much effort in achieving my goals that it kind of came back to bite me.” ~ Victoria Reese Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Victoria Reese, in a conversation about coping with burnout and body image issues in high school, to managing her health—including anxiety—in college. With interest in public health, Victoria also shares her experience presenting her research to Congress ...
Jun 26, 2019•43 min•Ep. 14
“I don’t think enough parents talk to their kids about their own personal struggles with eating and body image and self-esteem.” ~ Danielle Etter, MS, LPC, CEDS Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Danielle Etter, MS, LPC, CEDS, a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, in a conversation about sources and characteristics of eating disorders and body image issues. They also discuss what to do if you or someone you love is experien...
Jun 26, 2019•54 min•Ep. 13
“Things that they tried to teach me for 10 years, and all of a sudden when I started practicing (yoga) on the mat it’s like, Oh my gosh, you’ve been trying to say this for like 10 years and NOW I’m getting it?” ~ Jamie Demeris Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Jamie Demeris, RYT, in a conversation about addiction, recovery, yoga and the power of intention. In the first half of the podcast, Jamie shares his journey from being...
Jun 19, 2019•58 min•Ep. 12
“What I found is that I can’t help animals without helping people—they are so connected.” ~Lee Weinberger Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, and guest Lee Weinberger, founder of Canine Counselor, in a conversation about creating a foundation of positive communication and empathy to create an amazing relationship with your pet. In the first half, Lee shares her story about how rescuing a dog which she could not keep revealed her path to switch...
Jun 12, 2019•50 min•Ep. 11
“My youngest son is the one who got me into yoga and meditation about 10 years ago, and I wish I had discovered it much earlier.“ ~ Alan Steelman, Former US Congressman Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, and guest former US Congressman, Alan Steelman, MLA, RYT, in a conversation about learning how to follow your own “Yellow Brick Road” and cultivate your own “Emerald City” through mindfulness of meditation and yoga. In the first half Alan sha...
Jun 05, 2019•43 min•Ep. 10
Why do you stay in prison When the door is wide open? ~Rumi What is a silent retreat? What do you actually do on a 7-day silent retreat other than, well, be silent? Join our host Beth Reese, PhD, as she shares her experience and insight into her first Insight (Vipassana) Silent Meditation Retreat and how she discovered the “prison door” to love and action was open all along. Beth attended this retreat as part of her course work for the Mindful Meditation Teacher Certification Program led by Tara...
May 31, 2019•55 min•Ep. 9
“Going forward I’ve got to start with me, and what I want to see in my kiddos as healthy functioning adults, (I need to) see in myself. Period.” ~Melissa Smith-Wilkinson, E-RYT Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, and guest Melissa Smith-Wilkinson, 500 E-RYT, in a conversation about choosing to have an intervention with one of her sons, embodied parenting that includes empathy, modeling behavior, and mindful communication. In the first half, Be...
May 22, 2019•46 min•Ep. 8
“Understanding that this (diagnosis of special needs) is hard for all parents, and saying ‘I want to help kids, but I want to help parents, too’.” ~ Eve Margol, MEd Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, and Eve Margol, MEd, in a conversation about not just accepting, supporting, and loving her first son who was born with cerebral palsy, but also how the journey transformed her career and strengthened her marriage and family. “I want to help you ...
May 15, 2019•37 min•Ep. 7
“What it’s like right now… and right now it kinda sucks.” ~Meredith Blanks Paterson Join The OHMazing® Way podcast host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, and Meredith Blanks Paterson, MA, RYT, RCYT, in a conversation about experiencing and working with deep and often difficult emotions with herself while also supporting those of her 4 year old daughter, Ruby. In the first half of the podcast, Meredith shares how years of profound changes, like the birth of her daughter, and huge losses—her mom pass...
May 08, 2019•51 min•Ep. 6
“This work is a commitment to developing yourself and being better everyday, and being more of a contribution to other people…” ~ Dan Houston Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, in conversation with Dan Houston, M.Ed, E-RYT. In this podcast Dan shares about loss and light with family members experiencing cancer, including how his father kicked it to the curb. He shares how living life intentionally, generating your path or dharma, empowers us ...
May 01, 2019•45 min•Ep. 5
Join Beth Reese, PhD, and Randi Jo Greenberg in Park City, Utah, June 22-23, for the OHMazing® research-informed Yoginos: Yoga for Youth® training, Yoga in Schools: Mindfulness and Movement Across the Curriculum. FMI and to register: www.yoginos.com “I think back to those times now, and I was so disconnected. I was living according to what I 'should' be doing. …but there was no beginner’s mind, there was no allowing myself to live in the moment.” ~Randi Jo Greenberg Join The OHMazing® Way podcas...
Apr 24, 2019•45 min•Ep. 4
“I’d been through a trauma… and felt like I don’t know what’s going on, what did I do wrong, I don’t deserve this, and then yoga kicked in… and then I began to realize the gratitude.” ~Rebecca Connors Join podcast host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, and Montessori leader, Rebecca Connors, RYT, RCYT, and Head of School at Sugar Creek Montessori School, on a journey through grief and trauma, finding and practicing yoga on and off the mat, and integrating mindfulness into her school and family life...
Apr 17, 2019•41 min•Ep. 3
The pain was there and so was the practice. ~Justine Fanarof What do Costa Rican stingrays, Krishna Das, beads, mindfulness and yoga on and off the mat have in common? Justine Kerri Fanarof, JD, MPH, E-500 RYT, shares her “sheroe” journey of when she realized the critical importance of integrating her mindfulness and yoga on and off the mat practice into her daily life as she managed intense pain while waiting for help. She then leads 3 of her favorite mindfulness practices, and discusses with u...
Apr 11, 2019•34 min•Ep. 2
Imagine feeling like moments of your life are like a movie where you don’t even have the control of the director. Dr. Beth Reese’s daughter, Jordan, relates that for her having sensory processing disorder sometimes feels like there’s a disconnect between what she’s doing and what her brain processes. She also describes that practical, self-regulation tools she uses manage her mind and actions, including Flower Power breath and imagining she presses pause on that movie scene. Jordan uses these mi...
Apr 03, 2019•32 min•Ep. 1
When Dr. Beth Reese’s then 6-year-old daughter started hurling chairs at her in a busy airport, she knew something was up. Soon after, she learned that her daughter had sensory processing disorder, considered by many to be a spectrum disorder. Realizing that what Beth was learning on her yoga mat could help her daughter “off the mat”, she founded Yogiños: Yoga for Youth® in 2008. Since then she has authored award-winning, bilingual resources including an online curriculum for kids, teachers, par...
Apr 01, 2019•31 min•Ep. 1
