Jane Austin is a highly regarded prenatal yoga teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area.  She has trained as a midwife and is a founding member of the Bay Area Home Birth Collective.  She also offers a prenatal yoga teacher training program.

In part two of this two part interview, Jane explores the practice of yoga as it relates to the birthing process and also talks about the benefits of yoga postpartum.

Resources
Jane’s Website
Jane’s Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training
The Bay Area Home Birth Collective

Jane Austin is a highly regarded prenatal yoga teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area.  She has trained as a midwife and is a founding member of the Bay Area Home Birth Collective.  She also offers a prenatal yoga teacher training program.

In part one of this two part interview, Jane talks about the benefits of prenatal yoga for mother and child alike.

Resources
Jane’s Website
Jane’s Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training
The Bay Area Home Birth Collective

Les Levanthal is a popular San Francisco based yoga instructor who offers workshops for people in Twelve-Step Recovery programs.  In this interview Les talks about  his own struggles with addiction and how his yoga practice has enhanced both his recovery and his understanding of the Twelve-Steps.

Resources
Les’s Website
Find a Twelve-Step Group

Anodea Judith, Ph.D.  is the founder and director of Sacred Centers, and a groundbreaking thinker, writer, and spiritual teacher.  She holds Masters and Doctoral degrees in Psychology and Human Health, with lifelong studies of alternative medicine, yoga, mythology, history, sociology, systems theory, and mystic spirituality. She is considered the country's foremost experts on the combination of chakras and therapeutic issues and on the interpretation of the Chakra System for the Western lifestyle. She lectures extensively in the U.S., Europe and Central America. She is best known for her book, Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System which has become a modern classic.

Resources
Anodea Judith's Website
Anodea on iTunes
Anodea on Amazon

Cardell and Alexander Smith are a father son team that lead retreats for gay men.  Although Cardell is straight, he has worked closely with his son Alexander to develop a program called Quantum Life Changes, which used the power of the mind to help men heal physically, mentally and emotionally.

In this interview this father and son team share their story, which lead from an oppressive religious past to acceptance and ultimately to a powerful and loving partnership that is having ripple effects throughout the gay community.

Resources
Quantum Life Changes Website

Dr. Kevin Barrows is the founding director of Mindfulness Programs at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine in San Francisco.  He works to combine mindful meditation practices with conventional western therapies and is involved in an exciting study exploring meditation as a treatment for HIV.
If  you or someone you know is HIV+ and would like to learn more about the study Dr. Barrows is conducting, You can call The Staying Well Project at 415-353-9744

Resources
The Osher Center
The Staying Well Project

Anoop Kumar Bedula is a good friend of mine who lives in Rishikesh India.  With his family, he has worked with some of India’s poorest children to offer them an education, basic health care and healthy meals. 
    Recently my students at Yoga Tree in San Francisco helped me to raise over $2500 in a effort to support his efforts.  In this interview Anoop talks about how the school has grown from five students to over eighty and what is needed to continue to this important work.  The interview was recorded on my recent trip to India.

Robert Perry is the founder of The Circle of Atonement and a well-known teacher of A Course in Miracles. He is also the author of countless books on The Course. 

In part three of this three-part interview, Robert explores the history of A Course in Miracles and some of the legal issues surrounding it.

Resources
Circle of Atonement Website

Articles
The Earlier Versions and the Editing of A Course in Miracles by Robert Perry
And Now It Belongs to the World by Robert Perry

Suggested Reading
Path of Light by Robert Perry
Other Course Related Books

Robert Perry is the founder of The Circle of Atonement and a well-known teacher of A Course in Miracles. He is also the author of countless books on The Course. 

In part two of this three-part interview, Robert explores differences and similarities between traditional Christianity and A Course in Miracles.

Resources
Circle of Atonement Website

Articles
What if Jesus Really Did Write This? by Robert Perry
What Was the Meaning of the Empty Tomb? by Robert Perry
A Joint Portrait of Jesus by Robert Perry
Who Was the Jesus of History and Did He Write A Course in Miracles? by Robert Perry
How the Course Views the Bible by Allen Watson

Suggested Reading
Seeing the Bible Differently by Allen Watson
Path of Light by Robert Perry
Other Course Related Books

Robert Perry is the founder of The Circle of Atonement and a well-known teacher of A Course in Miracles. He is also the author of countless books on The Course. 

In part one of this three-part interview, Robert explains what A Course in Miracles is and some of its basic tenets.