Jonathan Wolf is a renown flute player who has shared his music in the classes of such well known yoga teachers Saul David Raye and Sean Corn.  His hand made bamboo flutes are quickly becoming a standard instrument in many devotional yoga classes and musicians and novices alike are connecting to his hand crafted instruments in very moving and intimate ways.  His debut CD, Dragon Flutes Rising has become a deeply emotional, transformative soundtrack in yoga classes, group meditations and for massage and body work.

 

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Resources: Dragon Flutes Rising Website

Jeffrey Small, Jr. is the author of the forthcoming mystical thriller, The Breath of God, the writer of the spirituality blog, OneReality, and a speaker on religious and spirituality topics.  Jeffrey has studied at Yale University and Harvard Law School. More recently, Jeffrey earned a Masters in the Study of Religions from Oxford University in England.   He was raised in a Christian environment, and is active in the Episcopal church, but he has also studied Yoga in India and practiced Buddhist meditation in Bhutan.

 

In this podcast,  Jeffrey reflects on the similarities and differences between Eastern and Western forms of spirituality and talks about how East and West can actually complement one another.

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Jeffrey's Website & Blog

Michael Watson is a highly regarded international presenter and certified teacher of Yoga, Pilates and functional anatomy. He currently resides in Bermuda, and is part of The Bermuda Integrative Health Co-op, a company founded upon the ideals of integration and community.  He is also the founder of Mindful Integration, which offers workshops, trainings and classes around the world.

In this podcast, Michael talks about his unique method of integrating yoga practice with KMI (Kinesis Myofascial Integration).  By combining these two powerful healing modalities, the therapeutic effects of both are exponentially increased.

 

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Resources
Mindful Integration Website
The Bermuda Health Co-op Website

If you would like to book a workshop with Michael at your studio, gym or spa, please contact Jennifer Dutch for more details.

 

Learn More about Kinesis Myofascial Integration

Judith Hanson Lasater is a world famous yoga instructor who has been teaching since 1971.   She has studied directly with B.K.S Iyengar, is a physical therapist and holds a Ph.D. in East-West psychology.    She has taught and lectured the world over and is one of the original founders of the California Yoga Teachers Association.

In this podcast, Judith discusses her new book, “What We Say Matters: Practicing Nonviolent Communication”  which explores the work of Marshall Rosenberg from a decidedly eastern perspective.

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Judith’s Website

Purchase What We Say Matters: Practicing Nonviolent Communication

 

Other Books by Judith Hansan Lasater
A Year of Living Your Yoga
Yoga Abs
Yoga for Pregnancy
30 Essential Yoga Poses
Living Your Yoga
Relax and Renew
Yoga Body: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana

To Westerners, the Indian practice of arranged marriage and the restrictive rolls for women in Indian culture can seem quite foreign and at times misogynistic.

In this podcast Sumit Kumar Badola and his wife Navneeta talk about their recent marriage and the changes rolls for both women and men in the worlds largest democracy, India.  They also address the issue of women’s rights and where those rights are headed in the future.

 

 

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On December 27, 2008 well-known and controversial HIV activist Christine Maggiore died.  Her death certificate listed the cause of death as disseminated herpes virus infection, bilateral pneumonia, and oral candidiasis.

David Crowe was Christine's co-host on the dissident podcast "How Positive Are You?" and the President of Rethinking AIDS, an organization that promotes dissident ideas about HIV.

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How Positive Are You? Podcast [iTunes]
Rethinking AIDS
Christine  Maggiore's Website


Rebutting Dissident Views of HIV
The CDC HIV Page
The NIH: Evidence that HIV causes AIDS

Christine on Inquire Within
Questioning AIDS
The Life and Death of Eliza Jane

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What if Everything You Thought You Knew About AIDS Was Wrong? by Christine Maggiore

On December 27, 2008 well-known and controversial HIV activist Christine Maggiore died.  Her death certificate listed the cause of death as disseminated herpes virus infection, bilateral pneumonia, and oral candidiasis.

Peter Duesberg is a well-known and controversial scientist who wrote the book, Inventing the AIDS Virus.  It was Duesberg that inspired Christine Maggiore’s work.  In this podcast he explains why he believes HIV played no roll in her death and why his controversial views are still valid.  

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Rachael Evens is the founder of Quantum Martial Arts.  Being a female martial arts master, she brings a unique perspective to the practice.  In this podcast she discusses her groundbreaking work and how it is empowering men and woman alike.    By taking a decidedly spiritual approach to martial arts, she is helping students to strengthen their bodies, minds and souls.

 

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Resources
Quantum Martial Arts: San Francisco
Quantum Martial Arts: Seattle

 

Recommended Reading
The Chronicles of Tao by Ming-dao Deng

 

While visiting New Orleans in the spring of 2008, documentary filmmaker Patricia Federico became captivated by the Katrina stories still being told on the street by the locals who survived the storm.

After overcoming a catastrophic disaster, loss of life, and the separation of their families, residents come front and center to give first-person accounts of what happened to them before, during and after the hurricane. They describe the struggles still facing them as they try to rebuild what the levee breaches destroyed.

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Peace Out Productions
Donate to the Community Center of St. Bernard Parish

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Do you have particularly strong emotional reactions that you can't seem to control? Do you notice your yoga students adoring you, clinging to you, or avoiding you? In this podcast, psychologist Gail Brenner, Ph.D. discusses transference, in which we see the world through the unresolved emotions and confused beliefs from our childhood experiences. She offers suggestions for how to respond and take care of ourselves when we are the object of others' transference.

Gail is a workshop leader, blogger, and licensed psychologist with 16 years of experience offering psychotherapy. She speaks about practical ways to free ourselves from self-defeating patterns so we can experience lasting peace and happiness. She has worked with adults, elders, couples, families, and teenagers as well as people with pain and chronic medical problems.