My Vinyasa Practice | Heartfelt Consciousness

Hey friends! Thanks again for tuning to Heartfelt Consciousness! Todays guest is Amy Rose Stabley, owner of Sweet Side Yoga in Colorado. She has done many great things but the primary reason I thought of her is that she founded GOGI Yoga (Getting Out by Going In), a program that teaches incarcerated individuals how to be yoga instructors. You can learn more about her at https://sweetsideyoga.com/...

Hello friends! Thanks for tuning into an all new episode of Heartfelt Consciousness. Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Justin Caffrey. He was at one point in his life a Certified Investment Fund / Hedge Fund Director and Private Equity Professional and after losing his son 10 years ago he turned to Eastern Psychology, Philosophy, and Neuroscience. Justin has become a recognized expert on t...

Hey friends! Today my guest is Christine Rupnick McIntosh, a yoga teacher and City Councilwoman in Euclid, Ohio who has focused on introducing police to the concept of yoga and mindfulness as well as working with local administration and consulting with mental health experts to bring a tailored wellness program that can compliment the PD’s current peer-to-peer counseling and EAP benefits. If you a...

Hey friends! Todays guest is Jaime Boswell, a yoga therapist and owner of Whole Soul Wellness Yoga. Jaime is super passionate about sharing the transformative and healing practices of yoga with people in a way that honors varying physical abilities, injuries, and challenges that arise along the journey of life. She partners with like-minded teachers to bring classes and retreats which offer a welc...

Today’s guest is Kit Ontko,  a newly retired Occupational Therapist from the Cleveland Clinic who is also a yoga and Reiki practitioner. Kit has applied her tools as an occupational therapist and yoga instructor to create some workshops centralized around yoga and insomnia. You can learn more about Kit and her offerings at https://www.wellnesskityoga.com   I hope you enjoyed this convers...

Today’s guest is Kristen Biharry, who is certified to teach basic Yoga Nidra, progressed/advanced Yoga Nidra and therapeutic applications of Yoga Nidra. Her teacher training includes study in ethics, Yoga Nidra modifications and adaptations, and Yoga Nidra for special needs and trauma. Twenty years after her first Yoga Nidra experience, she’s bringing those benefits to businesses in Manhattan via...

My Village Yoga was founded on the idea that the benefits of yoga should be shared with everyone throughout the Cleveland community, regardless of age, body type, race, religion, or fitness level. A 2014 certified  yoga instructor and yoga therapist since February 2020, My Village Yoga’s Founder, Kimberly Archibald Russell, began practicing prenatal yoga in 2000. As principal yoga instru...

Today's guest is another one of my teachers, Cathy Prescott, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, AHC. Cathy is a graduate and senior faculty member of the Professional Integrative Yoga Therapist program. She has been teaching since 1999 and brings more than 40 years of yoga study to her classes along with additional qualifications in Ayurveda, meditation, remedial massage, vedic counseling, clinical aromatherapy,...

Today’s guest is Dawn Rivers, owner of Daybreak Yoga in Bedford, Ohio.  Dawn discusses her yoga journey which began in 1999 when she starting practicing with a Rodney Yee VHS yoga videotape.  In 2013, she became a 200-hour certified yoga teacher through Cleveland Yoga, and in 2019, Dawn completed her 300-hour yoga teacher training with Faith Hunter at Embrace Yoga DC. Her studio, Daybrea...

Hello y'all and welcome to the podcast. Today's guest is Alison Pignolet, is an E-RYT-200 and YA Continuing Education Provider, Integrated Yoga Tune Up® Teacher and Teacher Trainer, Certified Roll Model® Method Teacher Trainer who specializes in anatomy and is an Integrated Yoga Tune Up® Teacher/Teacher Trainer, and Certified Roll Model® Method Teacher Trainer. We actually start the conversation t...

Hello Friends and welcome to another episode of Heartfelt Consciousness. This week I was able to chat with Maria and Johan Hegg and together they make up Heggvegr- they have some really incredible offerings to inspire your physical practices to help maintain and restore physical, mental and emotional balance, and most importantly bringing you closer to nature, the one that we are all part of as we...

Welcome friends! Today I speak to our very own Molly Arney- you know her as a member of Peer Support, online instructor and also grief counselor with My Vinyasa Practice. Super passionate entrepreneur, offering holistic healthcare services ONLINE. Check out Mindbody for Molly's ZOOM Chair Yoga Dance on Tuesdays at 8:00am CST and Wednesdays at 2:15pm CST!! Be well.

Hello friends! I met Danielle a few years ago as part of a yin yoga training I had done. She is an International Yoga Teacher Trainer who travels around the world sharing her passion for cultivating mindfulness through Yoga & meditation.  She highly emphasizes and embraces the importance of being able to express our innate individuality and teaches her students tools on the mat that they can use t...

This week I speak with my long time friend, yogi and studio owner Evan Scharfeld about how yoga has taught him to love and accept himself on this unique path through this life. You can find more about Evan and his offerings here . Be well friends.

Zella Marie has spent 20 years perfecting her craft in education, yoga, and movement.  Her expertise includes a ERYT® 200 Hour Yoga, RYT 500 Certification and has developed programs for all ages and abilities.  Zella Marie currently coaches private yoga clients and conducts workshops on her proprietary Energy Flow Yoga ™ program. Her friend and colleague Dr. Wendy Guess are currently wri...

Welcome friends and thank you so much for tuning into this all new episode of Heartfelt Consciousness. Today I speak to David Morrison about his journey with yoga and adaptive yoga. With accessibility being one of My Vinyasa Practice's core values, our conversation definitely encapsulates the true nature of accessibility and inclusivity within the yoga community. 

Jaymie Meyer PCC, NBC-HWC, the founder of Resilience for Life in 2000, is a life coach who supports clients in any aspect of lifestyle or work they wish to improve, including leadership, communication, stress reduction, mindfulness, and work performance. She is an ICF Professional Certified Coach, National Board-certified Health and Wellness Coach, and a licensed HeartMath® provider. For More info...

Hello y'all and thank you again for tuning into another episode of Heartfelt Consciousness. This week on the pod, I have my Restorative yoga instructor Anne Ondrey. We discuss all those moments when we think we have figured out self care, that we really have a lot more to learn! I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I do, thanks again for listening! To get in touch with Anne and read her up com...

At the end of January, I had the pleasure of connecting with Jacqui after a webinar that was hosted by Yoga Alliance. In todays conversation, we talk about the endless 'imposter syndrome' that seems to be floating around the yoga community, and of course my motto as well as the title of this episode relates to our work in service is always moving and never really truly done. I know you will enjoy...

Thank you for tuning into this new episode of Heartfelt Consciousness. My guest today is Lisa Vivolo- yoga instructor, massage therapist- and the Jane of all trades lately since the pandemic. We sit down and have a conversation of her trauma informed program for first responders and yoga instructors called Yoga 911 . If you love this podcast, please don't forget to share, subscribe, and review! Th...

Thank you for tuning into this new episode of Heartfelt Consciousness. Today I speak with one of my dear friends and teacher Atmadarshan 'Laura Santoro' and her journey with yoga and yoga nidra. Dharma Kshestra Yoga was one of the last trainings I had in 2020, and we reflect a little bit on that as well. Enjoy the episode and I’ll talk with you next week!

Thank you for tuning into this new episode of Heartfelt Consciousness. Today I speak with my good friend Deb Phelps and her journey with mindfulness and meditation. She created a course for My Vinyasa Practice called 'Advanced Meditation Training'. Check that out HERE . Enjoy the episode and I’ll talk with you next week!

Hey friends! Thank you so much for joining me for this episode of Heartfelt Consciousness. Today we speak with my dear friend, yogi and sound therapist Christina Grozik, one of the talented collaborators with 'Going Om Collective' .

Thanks for listening to this episode of Heartfelt Consciousness! This week we speak to author, yoga Instructor, educator, and motivational speaker Kasey Kellem. She speaks to us about releasing limiting beliefs, and finding the resilient light within the darkness. 

Welcome! Thank you for tuning into this first episode of Heartfelt Consciousness. This week we speak to Kelly Patrick, 300 Hour Student, Instructor, Studio owner, and trauma survivor.