Miller is the Founder, and Director of the iRest Institute. Miller is a clinical psychologist, author, researcher, yogic scholar and spiritual teacher. For over 40 years, Miller has devoted his life and work to integrating the nondual wisdom teachings of Yoga, Tantra, Advaita, Taoism and Buddhism with Western psychology. Miller is also the co-founder of The International Association of Yoga Therapy and founding editor of the professional Journal of IAYT. He is also a founding member and past pre...
Jul 08, 2020•44 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Wegesin is a yogi, neuroscientist and dancer with a passion towards meditation and the healing arts. After moving to New York City, Wegesin worked for ten years as Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Columbia University. Wegesin's research focused on neuroimaging of the aging brain, and how aging impacts memory and executive functions, such as attention. At the same time, Wegesin began his journey into yoga and was immediately hooked by the practice. Wegesin now works as a yoga teacher, mindf...
Jun 24, 2020•36 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Sparrowe is a writer, editor, speaker, and mentor in holistic healing, with a special emphasis on women’s health. She is the former editor-in-chief of Yoga International magazine and past managing editor of Yoga Journal, as such she has been instrumental in bringing the authentic voice of yoga to thousands of practitioners and teachers. Sparrowe is also on the advisory board of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition. Sparrowe co-leads the Courageous Women, Fearless Living retreats for women touched b...
Jun 10, 2020•52 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Myers is a yoga therapist, a somatic experiencing practitioner, addictions recovery specialist, and a certified health coach. Myers is also the founder of Y12SR - Yoga of 12-Step Recovery. Y12SR is a 12-step recovery program designed to help address the physical, mental and spiritual disease of addiction. Myers founded Y12SR after her own struggles with addiction. Myers believed recovery programs needed to combine the cognitive approach of traditional 12-step programs with the somatic approach o...
May 27, 2020•42 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Castillo has been teaching yoga in NYC and San Francisco for over 20 years. She has studied with many renowned master teachers and had the honor of studying Vedic chanting and yoga philosophy with T.K.V. Desikachar. These days she spreads her love and knowledge of Bhakti yoga to aspiring teachers around the Bay Area. Since 2012, Castillo has been leading her band the Cosmic Caravan locally, nationally and internationally. She passionately guides communities in the ancient art of kirtan - singing...
May 13, 2020•40 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Tiffany Cruikshank is the founder of Yoga Medicine ®, a community of teachers focused on fusing anatomy and western medicine with traditional yoga practices to serve the medical communities. Cruikshank has trained thousands of teachers around the world, graced the cover of over 15 magazines, been featured regularly in major media outlets, authored two books, and released over 150 classes on various topics on YogaGlo.com. With a background in Acupuncture and Sports Medicine, Cruikshank has worked...
Apr 29, 2020•38 min•Season 3Ep. 3
For over 20 years, Bossart was the private student of T.K.V. Desikachar studying Viniyoga. Bossart is a certified International Association of Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) and E-RYT 500 yoga teacher. Bossart is also the Director of the Yoga Well Institute and Co-Director of Yoga as Therapy North America (YATNA). Today, Bossart travels around the world to present workshops and trainings on yoga and yoga therapy. Bossart also regularly develops yoga interventions for scientific research, and he formerl...
Apr 15, 2020•46 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Twenty years ago, Pransky left the corporate world and transformed her passion for yoga into a full-time career. Pransky is a registered Yoga Alliance teacher (E-RYT 500), certified Yoga Therapist recognized by the International Association of Yoga Therapy and the director of Restorative Therapeutic Yoga teacher training for YogaWorks. Pransky is also the author of Deep Listening, which presents her 'Calm Body, Clear Mind, Open Heart' program. Pranksy also created and leads Yoga Journal's Restor...
Apr 01, 2020•50 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Albert Flynn DeSilver is an American poet, novelist and meditation teacher. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Colorado and his Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute. His writing has been published in hundreds of literary journals across the world. DeSilver is also the founder of Writing as a Path to Awakening , which is an embodied approach to creativity and writing. DeSilver runs workshops and retreats that aim to rekindle one's writing process by b...
Dec 26, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Judith Blackstone is an experienced teacher in the fields of nondual realization and spiritual, relational and somatic psychotherapy. Blackstone is the creator of The Realization Process , which is an integrated approach to embodiment for psychological, relational, physical and spiritual healing. Blackstone has a Ph.D. in Psychology, Embodiment and Eastern Religion. Blackstone is a clinical psychologist, a meditation practitioner and student of contemplative traditions with more than 40 years of...
Dec 11, 2019•41 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Heather Wertheimer is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, who draws on her special love of both music and yoga to lead devotional chanting for yoga workshops and spiritual gatherings. Wertheimer has toured in the U.S. and abroad with her husband, Benjy Wertheimer. As the duo Shantala, Heather and Benjy, lead kirtan (sacred chanting) worldwide, bringing sacred lyrics, soul-stirring vocals and exotic instrumentation to audiences. In addition to her musical career, Wertheimer is also a Neelakantha ...
Nov 27, 2019•28 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Benjy Wertheimer is an award-winning musician, composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. He is equally accomplished on tabla, congas, percussion, esraj, guitar, and keyboards. Wertheimer has performed and recorded with such artists as Krishna Das, Deva Premal, Jai Uttal, Michael Mandrell, tabla master Zakir Hussain, and renowned bamboo flute master G. S. Sachdev. He has also opened for Carlos Santana, Paul Winter and Narada Michael Walden. Benjy and his wife, Heather Wertheimer, as Shantala,...
Nov 13, 2019•46 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Dr. Aparna Dandekar is a board certified family physician trained in three medical sciences: western (Allopathic) medicine, osteopathy, and Ayurveda. After receiving both her Bachelor's of Art in Sanskrit and her Bachelor's of Science in Zoology from the University of Washington, Dr. Dandekar completed her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at the Western University of Health Sciences. She then completed her residency in Family Medicine at the University of Southern California and the Los Angeles Co...
Oct 30, 2019•36 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In today’s episode, we're talking with a try gold mine of knowledge in regards to the biological aspects of yoga. Dr. Timothy McCall is a medical doctor, yoga therapist and author of Yoga as Medicine and Saving My Neck: A Doctor’s East/West Journey Through Cancer . Dr. McCall practiced medicine for more than 10 years in the Boston area before devoting himself full-time to investigating and teaching yoga therapy. He has travelled around the world to study with some of the top yoga teachers and th...
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Welcome to Episode Ten of The Yogapedia Podcast! In today's episode, we're talking with yoga teacher and co-founder of the School of Embodied Flow, Tara Judelle ! Tara Judelle has spent 27 years of her life experimenting with movement. Starting out in dance, she moved into Tai Chi, movement improvisation, and finally, into yoga. Judelle has been teaching around the world as a certified Ansusara yoga teacher for the past 15 years. In 2014, Judelle and Dr. Scott Lyons , created the School of Embod...
Oct 02, 2019•48 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Welcome to Season Two of The Yogapedia Podcast! In this interview, we're talking with Dr. Scott Lyons. Dr. Scott Lyons lives and works in the world of yoga. He is a clinical psychologist, osteopath, mind-body medicine practitioner, reiki master, and yoga teacher, just to list a few of his many credentials. Dr. Lyons is also the co-creator of Embodied Flow, a yoga school and therapy practice. Embodied Flow aims to reconnect the body, spirit and mind using a combination of hatha yoga , moving medi...
Sep 18, 2019•57 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In the final episode of season one, Janet Stone tells us how yoga has shaped her life as a woman, mother, artist, environmental advocate and a yoga teacher. Stone shares how her yoga journey has led through deep, personal transformation on many levels. Listen as we discuss how the alchemy of Stone's own yoga journey through bhakti yoga and the eight-limbed path . Stone has been a dedicated yoga practitioner since 1996, when she traveled to India, the birthplace of her grandfather. Stone blends t...
May 29, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In todays episode, we’ll be hearing from Anodea Judith, one of the country's foremost experts on the chakra system and its therapeutic use. She is author of several books on the chakras, yoga, healing, psychology and social change. Her award-wining book Wheels of Life has sold over 250,000 copies in the US with translations in 25 languages. She holds Masters and Doctoral degrees in psychology and human health. Anodea travels the world teaching workshops and trainings for therapists, yoga teacher...
May 15, 2019•57 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In our episode today, we’ll hear from Barrie Risman, who is one of Canada’s most skilled yoga educators and teacher trainers. Barrie immersed herself in yoga practices while studying at the Siddha Yoga Ashrams in India and New York. She talks about the deep inner shift she experienced through daily practices of asana , meditation , kirtan , mantra and study of the wisdom teachings. Risman has been teaching for over 20 years and is well known for her ability to convey the essence of the teachings...
May 01, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Kia Miller is a devoted yogini and yoga teacher. As model and filmmaker, Miller spent a lot of her life travelling around the world. Yoga is what helped keep her centred. She is a certified Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow teacher, as well as a Kundalini Yoga teacher, and has trained with world-renowned teachers in India, Europe and the US. Miller's teaching style pulls from her vast knowledge and experience of multiple yogic disciplines. In this episode, we talk with Miller about how yoga influenced h...
Apr 17, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Colleen Saidman Yee is one of the most revered and recognizable women in the world of yoga. She has been an international fashion model since 1980 and teacher since 1998. Along with her husband Rodney Yee, Saidman Yee leads teacher trainings at their studio, Yoga Shanti, in New York City. Together they developed the Urban Zen Integrative Yoga Therapist Program , a worldwide initiative with Donna Karan in 2010 that's designed to transform care in hospitals around the world. In this episode, we ta...
Apr 03, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Dr. Marjorie Woollacott has a Ph.D. in neuroscience and has been a neuroscience professor at the University of Oregon for more than three decades. She's also been a meditator for almost 40 years. Dr. Woollacott's research includes both neuroscience and exploring the efficacy of meditation and other alternative therapies for improving attention and balance in adults. Her award-wining book, Infinite Awareness: The Awakening of a Scientific Mind is both the memoir of a scientist and a research surv...
Mar 20, 2019•Season 1Ep. 3
We're excited to bring to you Episode 2: Yoga as Art, with special guest Amanda Giacomini , also known as 10,000 Buddhas! Giacomini is a yoga teacher, artist and co-founder of Point Reyes Yoga in California. Giacomini and her partner Nicholas, known as MC YOGI, are a dynamic duo, who travel the world sharing their creative talents and their experience of yoga. In this episode, we talk with Giacomini as we sit in front of a collection of her paintings at her yoga studio, which is nestled in the r...
Mar 06, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In today’s interview we’ll hear from MC YOGI, a renowned Yogi and musician (aka Nicholas Giacomini). MC YOGI is a revolutionary who draws on the power of music, yoga, art and activism in a new genre of conscious hip-hop. In this conversation, we dive into MC YOGI’s journey into yoga. A master storyteller, he shares with humility, great wisdom and humor - and spontaneously breaks into poetry and rap. Today, MC YOGI is an international hip-hop artist and one of the most well-respected yoga teacher...
Feb 11, 2019•Season 1Ep. 1
