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, mindfulness teacher and message therapist. He trains the brains and bodies of his yoga students, helping them wake up to their mental, emotional and physical experience in a way that cultivates awareness, acceptance and ease. In this episode, we talk with Wegesin about how aging affects our brains and how mindfulness and yoga can help us as we age. Listen in as we discuss the benefits yoga can have on our minds and our bodies.

Yoga and Body Image CoalitionSparrowe co-leads the

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 of yoga; this is the goal of Y12SR. In today's episode, we talk with Myers about yoga as a path to healing and how yoga has influenced her life. Listen in as we discuss how yoga helps us align with ourselves and embrace our true self.

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 the names of the divine through call-and-response chanting. In this episode we talk with Castillo about the heritage of Bhakti yoga and the power of mantra. Listen in as we discuss why chanting can be such a powerful tool and what Bhakti means to her.

Tiffany Cruikshank is the founder of Yoga Medicine

For over 20 years, Bossart was the private student of T.K.V. Desikachar studying Viniyoga

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

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 (https://www.albertflynndesilver.com/about/?utm_source=yogapedia&utm_medium=podcast-article), which is an embodied approach to creativity and writing. DeSilver runs workshops and retreats that aim to rekindle one's writing process by bringing more joy and spontaneity in the practice of writing. DeSilver has been practicing meditation for over 20 years and was trained as a meditation teach at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center (https://www.spiritrock.org/homepage) in California. DeSilver believes merging the art of writing with mindfulness meditation, which he discusses in his book "Writing as a Path to Awakening (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34303826-writing-as-a-path-to-awakening)," based off his workshops of the same name. Listen with us as we discuss how writing can assist in reaching an awakening and the benefits of meditation when it comes to nurturing a writing practice.

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 (https://realizationprocess.org/), 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 experience. In addition, she is the author of several books, including Belonging Here (https://realizationprocess.org/books-and-cds/) and The Enlightenment Process (https://realizationprocess.org/books-and-cds/). Blackstone and her husband, Zoran Josipovic, founded the Nonduality Institute (http://www.nondualityinstitute.org/), which is dedicated to the science and practice of nonduality. In our interview, Blackstone talks about The Realization Process and the radical openness that comes with nondual realization. Blackstone discusses methods for releasing tension and constriction, as well as the difference between awareness of the body and inhabiting it. Blackstone also leads listeners in a core breath practice for settling into the body and attuning to the fundamental consciousness that is always available to us.

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, have been leading kirtan across the world since 2001. Shantala mixes their voices and instruments of India and the West to create a memorable and loving experience for their audience. To date, Heather and Benjy have released five albums of sacred chant music. Listen with us as Wertheimer shares about the power of sacred music and his life-transforming experiences as he studied with some of the most renowned Indian musicians.

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 (http://www.tarajudelle.com/tara-2/?utm_source=yogapedia&utm_medium=podcast-article-link)! 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 (https://www.yogapedia.com/the-yogapedia-podcast-dr-scott-lyons-clinical-psychologist-osteopath-and-mind-body-medicine-practitioner/2/11764), created the School of Embodied Flow (http://www.tarajudelle.com/embodied-flow-2/?utm_source=yogapedia&utm_medium=podcast-article-link). Embodied Flow is a yoga school and therapy practice, which aims to reconnect the body, spirit and mind using a combination of hatha yoga (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/4977/hatha-yoga), moving meditations (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/10629/moving-meditation), tantric philosophy (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5058/tantra), somatics (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/10443/soma-yoga) and transpersonal psychology. In this episode, we talk with Judelle about her steps into the yoga world and how it has positively impacted different areas of her life. Judelle also explains how yoga and movement can help our bodies, minds, and souls. Listen as we discuss the 'goal of yoga' and how we can all take one step towards self-realization (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5840/self-realization).

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 (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/7116/mind-body-connection) medicine practitioner, reiki (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/7655/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 (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/4977/hatha-yoga), moving meditations (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/10629/moving-meditation), tantric philosophy (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5058/tantra), somatics (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/10443/soma-yoga) and transpersonal psychology. He is also the developer of Somatic Stress Release, which helps us to naturally relax and restore our biological systems. Dr. Lyons is a firm believer that we can use holistic methods to expand our capacity to be seen, heard and felt, even on a cellular level. In this episode, we discuss how the the mind-body connection influences our lives and our sadhana (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/4994/sadhana), and how we can utilize our practice and therapy to help foster a stronger connection. Listen as we discuss how the energy in our bodies effects our mind-body connection and how yoga can help us prepare to face difficult life situations.

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 (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5013/bhakti-yoga) and the eight-limbed path (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/7274/the-eight-limbs-of-yoga). Stone has been a dedicated yoga practitioner since 1996, when she traveled to India, the birthplace of her grandfather. Stone blends the alchemy of her own practice with decades of studentship. She aspires not to teach, but to allow the practice to emanate from her, letting awareness blend with movement and breath. Based in San Francisco, Janet leads immersions, retreats, and workshops. Janet grew up on a wonderful, slightly crazy hippie farm in Northern California, a childhood spent rescuing orphaned animals of every shape and size, eating a lot of tofu and homemade everything, cleaning rabbit cages, bailing hay, working hard, swimming naked, dancing around freely and feeling naturally connected to the planet, a feeling that continues to inform her life and teaching these days.

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 (https://www.amazon.ca/Wheels-Life-Users-Chakra-System/dp/0875423205) 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 teachers (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5063/yoga-teacher), and leaders, with transformative techniques. Anodea is a globally recognized teacher, speaker, healer, and writer on the intersection of personal and collective awakening (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/10943/awakening), her passion for the realization of our potential matches her concern for humanity’s impending crises—her fervent wish that we “wake up in time.” Anodea is a therapist with lifelong studies in somatic psychology, mythology, history, sociology, systems theory, and mystic spirituality. She is best known for her groundbreaking work reviving the chakra system of ancient yoga, and its profound correlation to human psychology, cultural evolution, and the downward process of manifestation. Her best-selling books (https://anodeajudith.com/bestselling-author/?utm_source=Yogapedia&utm_medium=Podcast%20Article) have gained worldwide recognition with over a million books in print in 25 languages, and won several awards.

Kia Miller (https://www.kiamiller.com/) 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 (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/4979/ashtanga-yoga) and Vinyasa Flow (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5431/flow-yoga) teacher, as well as a Kundalini Yoga (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5024/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 her as a young adult. She shares how the yoga guided her, centred her and helped nourish her throughout her careers as a model and a filmmaker. She also talks about her relationship with various types of yoga and how she connects with them all. This conversation explores not only how yoga can influence our physical body, but our mind and spirit as well. Listen as we discuss how yoga is not only a path to explore our inner selves (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5043/inner-self), but also a way to elevate our consciousness (https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/4955/consciousness).