Join my special guest, Victoria Davis, on this week’s episode of Native Yoga Toddcast. Victoria spent twenty years searching for answers, applying remedies & integrating practices, and have taken all she has learned & packaged it in a way that works. How does she know it works? Because it’s worked for her. And here’s why she knows it’ll work for you.
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Join my special guest Susy Markoe Schieffelin for a discussion on sound baths and the healing effects they inspire. Hear Susy talk about her journey to self discovery and how she is helping others join globally in sharing positive sound vibrations.
How the different bowls are associated with the chakras.
How to start a sound bath.
Dealing with emotional reactions during a sound bath.
Shifting the focus to developing your personal experience.
The difference between a sound bath and a concert.
Susy Markoe Schieffelin of The Copper Vessel is a Los Angeles-based sound healer, reiki master, Kundalini yoga teacher, and inspirational speaker who has led sound baths viewed or attended by millions of people all over the world. Susy has brought healing to employees at companies such as Google, Pandora, and Nordstrom, has played crystal bowls with notable artists including Leann Rimes and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and has been featured in publications such as WSJ, VOGUE, USA TODAY, and Los Angeles Times. Susy is known for her light-filled presence and ability to guide people towards radiant and empowered lives characterized by self-love, serenity, abundance, and joy. She is the founder of the Sound Healer’s Academy, an innovative Crystal Alchemy Sound Healing and Spiritual Business Mentorship training, serves as a self-love advocate for brands, has created custom product lines, and offers deeply restorative crystal alchemy sound bath ceremonies and healing rituals both in person and online. Learn more and follow Susy on Instagram @thecoppervessel.
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Check out this conversation with Emma Stern. This episode is titled Somatic Awareness in Trauma Informed Yoga Spaces. Emma is deeply passionate about bringing the trauma-informed lens into active asana practices and exploring ways in which yoga philosophy and somatic awareness can support social justice work. Emma is E-RYT 500 and YACEP.
Emma (she/her/hers) celebrates the potential for healing and transformation through joyous and powerful movement practices. Her yoga classes are a high energy, playful, and powerful mix of asana, dance, and Pilates inspired movements that offer creative and dynamic flow, as well as precise strength challenges, to help students develop refined movement technique and deep somatic awareness. Off the mat, Emma has a master’s in counseling psychology with a focus on somatics and works in mental health. She has been involved in numerous teacher trainings and designed trauma-informed continuing education program for the Driven Yogi. She offers regular workshops in movement technique and somatic approaches to intermediate and advanced asana; and provides trauma-informed yoga instruction in grief workshops.
Learn more about Emma’s offerings at www.emmasternsomatics.com. Emma holds a special place in her heart for her teachers and mentors Jasmine Tarkeshi, Julie Rappaport, Laura Camp, Mary Strong-Sullivan, Jane Austin, and Susanna Barkataki.
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I am grateful for the opportunity to introduce you to Athena Vaughn. This episode is titled Surviving Trauma and Finding Recovery. Athena was kind and brave enough to share her story with me. I’d like to offer a trigger warning as some of the stories she shares may be challenging to hear. Her ability to speak her story with such clarity is a true gift. She believes that by sharing her experiences it can help others and I agree. 🙂
Some of the topics we discuss during this conversation are:
The difference is between CPTSD and PTSD.
What is Kundalini yoga?
The transition to a safe place.
How Athena has learned to heal her traumatic experiences?
How to deal with trauma in yoga?
Where do we draw the line between trauma and illness?
Sharing her own story.
Athena’s bio: I am Athena Vaughn. I am a wife, mom of 3, Trauma-Informed Spiritual Mentor, Yoga Practitioner, & Yoga Instructor. Throughout my life I’ve been on a long journey of Self Enlightenment & Self Love & Healing. I’ve studied Psychology, Philosophy & Somatic Trauma Recovery. I myself, have CPTSD from a long history in my own childhood. All that I have learned & implemented in my own life made me want to give this knowledge to help others heal from their own life wounds & traumas. So they too may life their lives to the fullest. I use a blend of Therapeutic Practices, Nervous System Regulation, Polyvagel Theory, Movement, Breath-work, Somatic & Energetic Practices, Yogic Philosophies & Spiritual Practices with myself and clients.
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Join this week’s special guest, Federico Blardone. Federico is a talented and passionate yoga teacher from Italy. He combines his knowledge of yoga asana with vedantic studies to facilitate meaningful yoga practices.
How did you become interested in embodied movement?
The utility of Virabhadrasana & backbending.
The definition of madness in yoga.
Learning and teaching embodied movement classes.
Using the mind to teach the body and the body to teach the mind.
Yoga’s role in building character.
Being reasonable and living in the moment.
Knowledge of the body and meditation.
Federico learnt the traditional way of ashtanga Yoga through the guidance of the great Yogini Eileen Hall.
He shares this discipline focusing on the alignment of the body to understand and optimize introspection and injury prevention.
His Embodied movement Yoga classes are based on understanding the natural body movements and how to integrate them in Yoga asana.
His process of teaching is based on observing progressive patterns, moving from the preliminary lines of the postures towards the big picture represented by the asana.
He has been teaching around the world since 2015 and has taught regularly in Italy, China, India, Switzerland, Mexico, and shares workshops abroad regularly.
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Christian Valeriani is the owner of EvenFlow Yoga in Fair Haven, NJ. In 2002, Christian experienced a significant life shift through which he was introduced to the practice. Three years later, he hung up his corporate hat to serve others by way of teaching yoga. Since then, Christian has taught over 15,000 hours of yoga, is a highly sought after workshop presenter, and directs a Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher Training Program. Christian remains the perpetual student and infuses his teaching with a rare balance of charisma and humility.
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Episode 119 – Larisa Vivolo – Facilitating the Shift Toward Acceptance and Positivity
Join my special guest Larisa Vivolo. Larisa is a mental health counselor who believes in the individuality, uniqueness, and strength of each person. She is facilitating The Shift Retreat in West Palm Beach and during this podcast she shares her passion for inspiring positivity in her local community. We are excited to announce that Tamara McLaughlin will be leading a yoga class during this retreat.
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Join my special guest, Troy Hadeed for this special podcast episode titled Natural Mystic in the Caribbean. Learn Troy’s secrets to a developing a successful and inspirational yoga practice. He joins us from the island of Trinidad and shares his passion for yoga and life.
While his Asana practice only began about 15 years ago the underlying teachings of ‘living yoga’ have been a part of his life as long as he can remember. In the last decade he had the honor to further his study, practice, and teaching under the guidance of amazing teachers like Ryan Leier, Seane Corn, Father Joe Pereira (Iyengar Yoga), Baron Baptiste, Srivatsa Ramaswami (Vinyasa Krama), Leslie Kaminoff, Jess Robertson, and Ted Grand…among others. To these teachers, Troy bows in humility and expresses his gratitude.
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I am proud to introduce to you Swamini Shraddhananda Saraswati. SwaminiJi is the founder and primary teacher of Kula Kamala Foundation & Yoga Ashram, a 501c3 nonprofit organization. She is a monk in the Sivananda Order of Sannyasins and a 500E-RYT registered with Yoga Alliance. She began practicing yoga in her early twenties and has found it to be a continually transformative, reaffirming and uplifting lifestyle, one which continues to help her integrate and connect more deeply.
When you put your mind to something, you get the job done. (2:19)
What gave her the drive to follow through on her dream? (7:43)
How did you become a yoga therapist? (18:12)
Mantras as a way to learn. (23:35)
Yoga as a solution to violence. (28:56)
Conservation of the environment and the local ecology. (35:12)
Everything is brahman and everything is god. (40:36)
What do you think when you think about Gandhi? (46:25)
How did you build your own temple? (52:50)
Understanding vs. intellectual knowledge. (58:34)
Meeting people where they’re at. (1:03:47)
With thousands of hours of advanced study in Yoga and its adjuncts, SwaminiJi authored and directs 200YTT, 300YTT, 870PYT, hospital based Yoga Therapy programs, and curriculum for Yoga in primary schools, in addition to other specialty training curriculum such as Goddess Based Wisdom and Tantra as a Practical Healing Methodology.
For over 12 years, SwaminiJi has worked with abused and neglected children, at-risk teens, women in crisis, and individuals seeking spiritual clarity in their life and relationships.
SwaminiJi’s experience and knowledge as a teacher, guide and advisor are grounded in decades of education, application, experience, research, and reflection. Personally and professionally, SwaminiJi abides in principals and guidelines that are grounded in non-harming, empathy, compassionate discipline, and the acquisition of meaningful life skills.
In addition to her skill and education in Yoga and Yoga Therapy, SwaminiJi holds a PhD in Anthropology and has held the position of Professor of Yoga and Meditation (Georgian Court University) and Professor of Cultural and Evolutionary Anthropology (Temple University and Monmouth University). She has published scholarly articles on ancient human diet and its relationship to health and socio-political issues.
SwaminiJi enjoys self expression and creativity. An artist in several mediums, she writes daily and has published books of poetry and reflection.
SwaminiJi is available to provide satsangs, blessings and trainings at local and regional centers, yoga studios, retreat centers, and events. To request SwaminiJi speak at one of your events, please contact the Ashram office at 484-509-5073 or email casey@kulakamalafoundation.org
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Meet Adam Husler. A yoga teacher based in England who teaches yoga around the world. Inspired by a fascination with anatomy, Adam specialises in Alignment-Based Vinyasa Yoga, informed by years of study and with Jason Crandell, and assisting him on a number of advanced teacher trainings.
How do you go about continuing your education in anatomy?
Adam’s tips for teaching yoga.
The challenges of getting sponsorships.
Based in London, Adam teaches a robust schedule in one of the worlds top yoga studios, Triyoga, and renown gym, Equinox. On top of this, Adam leads workshops, trainings and teaches festivals continuously around the world, leaving him with thousands of teaching hours under his belt and plenty of appearances in national and international media.
During this podcast Adam shares his love for Vinyasa yoga on this vinyasa yoga podcast. Adam is an english yoga teacher who specializes in alignment based yoga practices and is experienced teaching yoga for beginners. Join this yoga podcast conversation led by Todd McLaughlin yoga. Native Yoga Toddcast is recorded at Native Yoga Center in Juno Beach, Florida. During this yoga podcast free episode Adam shares what it is like to be a traveling yoga teacher. Adam offers Yoga teacher training and yoga teacher tutorials that help make accessible yoga available for all. We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with your friends.
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