Hidden Pearls Podcast

Jake Owens has done about everything someone in the music industry can do – a 20 year industry pro, he has multiple gold and platinum records, along with 10 #1 singles, and has seen his songs streamed more than three billion times! Jake was open and engaging as we discussed (with George on from California!) life transitions, finding healing, and achieving peak performance.  At 44 years old he is c...

Today we are interviewing the former #2 overall pick in the NFL draft, Robert Gallery. Robert's journey from college superstar as a Iowa Hawkeye to the NFL wasn't without its challenges. Listen in as he shares his story from broken and at his end, to changing the lives of veterans and athletes alike with a treatment that saved his life! Watch the full episode on YouTube - https://youtu.b...

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Ignacio Garza, founder of the Special Forces Foundation—a nonprofit built by Green Berets, for Green Berets. Ignacio shares his journey through over two decades of military service and what led him to create a community dedicated to supporting the Special Forces and their families. With a mission grounded in immediate and ongoing care, the Foundation offe...

WELCOME BACK HIDDEN PEARLS PODCAST! What an interesting year we have had. Took some time to regroup, get a dog, Emma is growing a baby (third trimester!!!!), and recover from an injury. There has been a lot of moving parts but as we approach football season it didn't feel right to move forward without HPP. This will be our 6th season of the podcast! Crazy how much we have covered, learned, se...

The NFL Salute To Service game for the Niners is this weekend vs the Seattle Seahawks. This is a very special game for us and everyone involved as we honor those who have served our country. We have special military / veteran guests attending the game this week and one of them is joining us on the podcast. In this episode Bruce sits down with Lieutenant Colonel John Park, who is in year 23 of a di...

Hope you enjoyed BYE WEEK. We sure did.  In this episode, George and Bruce chat all things bye week and why it is so important to teams and players. We get into travel and where they spent it, things GK focuses on as he gets more rest days, and how teams can utilize this week to bring momentum back into their season. We also talk Cowboys game, Halloween, what it was like to be the Mandalorian, and...

Join us for HPP WK 5 as George and Bruce sit down in the “Spooky Halloween Bar” to talk Pearl Jam and the Ohana Festival (with Keanu playing lead guitar with Dogstar!), takeaways from the Niners win over the Patriots, and of course  a preview of the matchups and challenges in WK 5 when the Niners host inter-divisional rival the Cardinals!  They respond to some great “Ask George Questions” which ge...

While BK dances it out with Pearl Jam on the beach, the siblings hold down the fort again! Tune in for a review on the Rams game, what to look for vs the Patriots, and some incredible upcoming classes George and Emma will be adding to Hidden Pearls Studio! You can access any of the movement, meditation or mindfulness practices we discussed on the show today, on Hidden Pearls Studio. For a limited...

A true siblings episode. While BK is living his best biker life in Pioneertown, Emma and George hold down the fort. This episode gets into RAMS WEEK (and how everyone is getting their minds right), GK's injury, and hilarious teammate stories. Thank you to everyone who submitted #AskGeorge questions again this week. We love reading them and always get a good laugh.  Since George will be watchi...

Hello Hidden Pearls Fam!  In WEEK 2 we talk all things Jets and being 1-0, how GK and the team are prepping for their trip to Minnesota, and the Group Sadhana we are hosting through HPS. Thank you to everyone for submitting so many fun questions for the show this week. We love hearing from y'all and sharing those moments.  You can access any of the movement, meditation or mindfulness practice...

We got the gang back together to kick off SEASON 5!! We figured everyone needed to read Bruce's intro so here it is: "Welcome everyone to the 2024 NFL Season with this Kickoff Edition of the Hidden Pearls Podcast!! I am joined here today with my co-hosts Emma Kittle Ponce, also known as “Onna-Bugeisha”, the Japanese term for a female Samurai warrior, and her little brother George “Toon,...

To celebrate a 65'th birthday and connect with the feminine energy of Japan, Jan and Emma hiked Mt Fuji on their recent trip to Japan.  In this episode we sit down and discuss why climbing this mountain was so important and exciting, the preparation that went into it, and how things ended up even better than we expected.  Remember, it's not a race, and all you have to do is just put one...

Kundalini Yoga is a technology used to bring healing, love and ownership to those who practice. These teachings empower us to step into the depths of our awareness and help us to see, heal and unite all parts of ourselves. In all the Hidden Pearls Studio classes where I reference "my teacher," I am referring to Kirn Khalsa. It has been 7 years since our Kundalini Yoga teacher training, a...

Nothing says welcome to the 2024 NFL season like a sit down with George Kittle as he is in week two of the Niners training camp. Join us for a lively and fun discussion of where things are at. George and I review a bit of the summer from OTA’s through TE University, Kittle fest, and then him wrapping up his off-season training.  We get into a little bit of his core surgery and the recovery he has...

Welcome to August!  We're one month closer to football season and the family is getting READY. Feeling so excited and grateful for another year, the Receiver show coming out, everyone feeling healthy, and time together in Santa Fe.  This week Emma and Bruce sit down to talk football, Yogic Numerology, how to use your breath for courage and energy, Bruce's YTT journey, and Jan's upco...

Happy Thursday Hidden Pearls Podcast!! ​As you know, movement, meditation and mindfulness are huge parts of our lives. It weaves through the work we do, the relationships we build, and if you've watched Receiver on Netflix, you’ll see how it weaves through the football we play and love.  ​The yoga journey for the Kittle crew began in Iowa City Iowa, at what we still view as our home yoga stud...

John Bosa - Welcome to the Hidden Pearls Podcast!  This week Bruce continues his Mindful Parenting series with one of our favorite 49ers fathers, John Bosa.  As a former first round draft pick for the Miami Dolphins, John shares the highs and lows of his own career and the many lessons he has learned in raising Nick and Joey Bosa. Both of his boys were also first round draft picks and have been tw...

In June we celebrated Pride Month. To keep the party going, we touched base with a group we are so proud and appreciative of, 49ers Pride.  Pride is celebrated in June for a number of reasons. (1) to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, (2) to honor those members of the LGBTQ community who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/ AIDS, and (3) to recognize all the ways that lesbian,...

Welcome to July! Join Emma and Bruce as they break down year 4 of Tight End University, going through Yoga Teacher Training as a 65 year old, and Emma’s move to Tennessee. For the 7th month, Hidden Pearls Studio explores all things 7th Chakra, the 10th Gate / Crown of the Head, and the 7th Yogic Body, the Aura.  Learn yogic practices and philosophy about how to handle feeling scattered, how to sto...

This week we bring you another podcast in our series on the women of yoga. This time it is Denise Gonzales, longtime teacher and instructor with Blissful Spirits Hot Yoga. She is the right hand woman to Melanie St. George’s who we had on the podcast just recently in episode 220.  This is a story which tells of Denise's own personal progression through the birth of 3 children, surviving COVID,...

We're kicking off Bruce's Mindful Parenting series with Adam Skolnick. Adam was on the podcast last year in episode 126 and is a Lonely Planet and New York Times author, co-author of two books with David Goggins, and co-host with Rich Roll in their “Roll On” podcast series. He is also a free diver and open water swimmer who loves the oceans as well as butterflies.  In this series of Mind...

In 2019, the year before we started Hidden Pearls Podcast, I (Emma) was living in Albuquerque, NM. Being so far away from home, I started looking for connections in yoga studios. After my first class at Blissful Spirits, I was hooked and knew I wanted to be part of it. I was only in ABQ a few months after I started teaching but enjoyed every opportunity to teach at practice at their beautiful stud...

As we quickly approach the halfway point of 2024, let's take a deep breath and pause. The 6th month of a 6-year cycle invites us to take inventory of where our focus has been and whether or not it is on track with where we want to end 2024. This month on HPS, we are exploring all things focus and intention. We're excited to share movement, meditation, and mindfulness practices to help yo...