Doom + Bloom

What happens when life turns up the heat? Do we crumble under the pressure, or do we lean in and let the fire forge us into something stronger, brighter, and more resilient? In this episode, we explore the Yogic Niyama of Tapas, which invites us to embrace the challenges, adversity, and transformative heat of life as catalysts for profound growth. In This Episode We Dive Into: Expecting Transforma...

If perception is reality, and if we want reality to be different, what happens if we don’t update our perceptions? Join me in this deep conversation around our internal filters and mindsets, brief Yogic History, what we make things mean, and how our own unconscious filters can hold us back from taking in the the medicine and nutrients we require to heal and grow. Please bring an open mind and a lo...

What is the difference between your Intention and your Impact, and WHY does it matter? Explore what closing the gap between these two would mean for us in terms of our trauma, pain, hurts, and the way our insides always manage to end up on the outside. We will examine this through the lens of Imbolo Mbue’s novel Behold the Dreamers.  In This Episode We Dive into:    The difference between impact a...

Santosha is the second Yogic Niyama that encourages us come back to peace and contentment every day, even and especially when it doesn’t make logical sense to do so. In a world that is fraught with problems, how do we carve out time and space for authentic contentment?  In This Episode We Dive into: Yoga is meant to be who we are, not just an activity we do     Santosha – to be completely content...

Saucha is the first Yogic Niyama that encourages us to be clean and pure, but not in the ways that you might think. We have to untangle some of our assumptions before we can get to the heart of what this concept is really asking of us. WHO ARE YOU? Who are you, REALLY? Are you being the person you were born to be? What is getting in the way? What has fallen by the wayside? The practice of Saucha e...

The Yogic Yama of Aparigraha asks us to witness the places inside of ourselves where we tend to force, control, grip, and cling. How much energy are you expelling (wasting) in your attempt to control yourself, those around you, and Life in general? What would it take for you to LET GO? What would it take for you to ALLOW life your precious and beautiful life to unfold? In This Episode We Dive into...

It’s been a while since I recorded a podcast. My partner and I were in a car accident in April, and I have been unavailable for anything “extra,” like sending out newsletters and recording podcasts. Ironically enough, it was the practice of Brahmacharya, or the “right use of energy,” that has helped me to heal and given me permission not to try to do MORE right now. This is a very touching and imp...

I loved recording this Podcast; I felt like I was preaching at church!!! This is a powerful conversation about how Yoga comes alive OFF the mat. We delve into our inner worlds and our unconscious tendencies to want what we don’t have, and we explore how that tendency plays out in the dynamics of ALL of our relationships. I’m starting a REVOLUTION, one person’s inner-work at a time. Living out Aste...

Whatever we are holding on the inside, will inevitably always make its way to the outside. So, if you want to create a different life on the outside, you must examine the inner workings of your internal ecosystem. Re-wiring your nervous system from the inside-out allows you to take the wounds of the past and reconfigure them to lead you to the gifts of your future.    We Dive into:    ·      The w...

In the world of healing and transformation, there are two primary approaches to growth: Top-Down, where the changes in the brain facilitate changes in lived experience, and Bottom-Up, where healing brought somatically to the body can influence experience and mindset. When we find ways to effectively combine the two approaches, we have a holistic and holographic pathway to embodied and lasting brea...

Yoga is meant to be so much more than a physical practice that we DO…It is designed to infiltrate every area of our lives so that it is who we BECOME. Yoga Philosophy gives us the tools to live our Yoga off the mat and in the everyday workings of the world, and the Yama of Satya encourages us to build our lives on the strength of TRUTHFULNESS. This is a courageous conversation about being willing...

Yoga Philosophy gives us the tools to live our Yoga off the mat and in the everyday workings of the world. The Yama of Ahimsa encourages us to reduce the harm we create when we interface with other beings, the earth, as well as ourselves. This conversation highlights the hidden and unconscious ways that we tend to create harm internally, and offers strategies to change that habit. If you want to B...

Dry January is a stretch of 31 days that allows people to begin the New Year with a clean slate, free of a hungover body and a cloudy mind. Unfortunately, most people don’t make it the full month. What is there to learn through the experiment of cleansing your mind, body, heart, and spirit from the substance of alcohol to begin the New Year?    We Dive into:    ·      My story of becoming Alcohol-...

The Crown Chakra is a portal that connects us to the Divine, the Source of all things, the Mystery beyond all naming. This energy reminds us that while we are fully human, we are also fully spiritual, transcendent, and limitless. What are the barriers inside of you that prevent you from experiencing the love and peace of God, whatever that means to you, every day? How can you bring the majesty of...

The Third Eye Chakra gives us access to our own inner wisdom; the intuitive voice that belongs to you and only you. The problem with accessing this voice is that our minds have become so habitually overactive and dominant, that we don’t know how to access our own inner voice, and we are so saturated with our thinking that it couldn’t emerge no matter how hard it tried. How do we find our way back...

The Throat Chakra is about taking whatever is happening on the inside of you and communicating it to the outside of you. So, we have to see the relationship between our inner worlds and how that energy is interfacing with the outer world. The Throat Chakra asks you to purify your inner experience so that when you communicate, the world receives the REAL, TRUE, AUTHENTIC YOU!!!   We Dive into:    ·...

The Heart Chakra is about Love, but it is also about SO MUCH MORE. Oftentimes, what we are experiencing inside of the heart space, is actually coming from somewhere else. In order to heal our hearts, we must look at our whole selves in context. And the impact of the heart is way more powerful than we ever realized, especially when it comes to living the lives of our dreams!!!   We Dive into:    · ...

Tapping into the Solar Plexus Chakra inside of your belly can give you access to your personal power and agency, and it can also show you what is preventing you from living in all of your fullness. In this conversation we delve into the attributes of this energy center so that you can WAKE UP to who you were BORN TO BE in this world.    We Dive into:    ·      How doing your personal work changes...

How vital do you feel inside of your body and your life? How ALIVE are you??? The Sacral Chakra/Svadhisthana holds the essence and the source of our vitality, and therefore we must protect and nourish it at all costs. But many of us have a history of pain, struggle, and disappointment in this region. How do we heal and move forward with vigor?    We Dive into:    ·      Chakras as a bridge between...

A sense of security, safety, and a full-bodied belief that you have access to the life that you have been called to can be yours…These are all deep qualities of Muladahara, the Root Chakra. In this exploration, you will gain insight and access into how you might apply this rooting, grounding, stabilizing energy to your body and your life.    We Dive into:    ·      What are the Chakras and what in...

Sometimes I have to remember to pause and describe to people what it is that I truly do. Have you been curious about Life Coaching??? This episode is a window into my heart, into my processes, and into the brilliance that awaits you when you sign up to coach with me. Thank you for being here.     We Dive into:    ·      What is Life Coaching?  ·      How does it differ from therapy?  ·      What i...

Our evolution as individuals and as the Human Race as a whole are so beautiful and essential to us and the whole World. But when we view our evolution as separate from the ecology of the whole, is it really so beautiful and great? This podcast is inspired by James Nestor’s book Breath, and it piggybacks on his findings regarding our human evolution, the way we breathe, and how I see this impacting...

We get soooooo caught up in our notions of right and wrong, of good and bad, sometimes to the degree where our rules about life just feel like TRUTH. But what if these rules are the main source of our suffering??? The Yoga tells us that they are…   We Dive into:    ·      Why getting it RIGHT can be problematic ·      Black and White thinking; it’s only good in theory ·      How our preferences fo...

We all desire more happiness and joy in our lives, right? Then why is joy the most difficult emotion for most of us to access??? It’s because other habituated emotions are standing in the way.    We Dive into:    ·      The cycle between your thoughts and feelings = your experience of life ·      The Yogic notion of Samskara, or cycle, teaches us that the way we see the world and interface with th...

Most of us know the Peacock as a brilliantly beautiful bird, opening its royal plumage and beauty in all its glory. But what most of us don’t know, is that the peacock creates its outer beauty by effectively metabolizing poisons and toxicity, which comprise a large portion of its diet. This sacred bird of India has much to teach us about facing ourselves, swallowing our lives whole, and using our...