J. Brown Yoga Talks

J takes a moment to break from his usual format to reflect on the challenges of the last year and share some of his biggest take-aways. He talks about his daughters mental health struggles and the medical care she has received, conclusions on the results of his MRI and persistent hip pain, scientific lenses in the alternative health sphere, knowing when to follow and when to part ways from existin...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Richard Rosen , author of Yoga by the Numbers: The Sacred and Symbolic in Yoga Philosophy and Practice , talks with J about keeping yoga vibrant despite life's challenges. They discuss Richard's long-time friendship with...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Elisa Malinverni , author of Yoga for Recovering Addicts: Stories of Hope and Ways of Self-Healing , returns to talk about overcoming addictions. They discuss the ways media and society distort information about addiction...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Adam Bucko , author of Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation , talks with J about prayer and divine grace. They discuss Adam's childhood in Poland during the totalitarian regime, a life-defin...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Bernie Clark, author of the Your Body Your Yoga Trilogy, talks with J about the completion of the third and final volume on the upper body and the larger picture of biomechanics and yoga. They discuss functional vs asceti...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Rick Olderman , author and creator of the Fixing You® Method at Home Course and for Health Professionals , talks with J about his systems thinking approach to addressing pain. They discuss the limitations of traditional p...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Esther Gokhale , founder of the Gokhale Method , talks with J about alleviating pain through anthropologically informed postural work. They discuss the imprints of her childhood in India, how her studies in biochemistry l...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Jonni Pollard , cofounder of 1 Giant Mind and author of The Golden Sequence , talks with J about Vedic Meditation and the universal nature of our existence. They discuss going from punk kid to spiritual lover, Bija mantra...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Tanis Fishman , founder of the School of Sankulpa , talks with J about experiencing unity consciousness. They discuss surrender and awakening moments including a bad car accident Tanis was in at age 19, her travels and ti...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   James Swanwick , co-founder of Swanwick Sleep , talks with J about wearing blue light blockers and eliminating alcohol consumption for better health. They discuss the positive effects James observed when he stopped drinki...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Sam Wilde , founder of The Sacred Order of the Great Mother and host of the Fertile Feminist Podcast , talks with J about a connection they made years ago and nurturing a felt sense of The Great Mother. They discuss a for...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Laurel Beversdorf , creator of Yoga with Resistance Bands Teacher Training and host of the Movement Logic Podcast , talks with J about the integration of resistance bands and other implements into the deeper aspects of yo...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Eric Shaw , author of Sacred Thread: A Comprehensive Yoga Timeline: 2000 Events that Shaped Yoga History , talks with J about the arc of yoga and its relationship to culture from ancient times to modern day. They discuss...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Catherine Annis , core teacher for Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training , talks with J about Scaravelli-inspired yoga and the evolution of yoga teacher training. They discuss her start as a dancer and early inspirations, dis...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Libby Hinsley , author of Yoga for Bendy People , talks with J about the prevalence and education gap regarding hypermobility syndromes. They discuss the lack of understanding and confusion around diagnosing Hypermibility...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Nikki Costello talks with J about the changing dynamics between yoga teachers, students, and institutions. They discuss their parallel trajectory of practice over the last thirty years, Nikki's evolution and identity as a...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Sukadev Bretz , founder of Yoga Vidya , talks with J about going from being a disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda to founding a democratically run non-profit spiritual Yoga organization. They discuss what it was like to bec...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Jeff Carreira , author of The Path of Spiritual Breakthrough: From Awakening to Cosmic Awareness , talks with J about the process of awakening into deeper awareness of our spiritual existence. They discuss the realization...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Robin Rose Bennett , author of Healing Magic: A Green Witch Guidebook to Conscious Living and The Gift of Healing Herbs , talks with J about the language of plants and the need for radical revitalization. They discuss the...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Glenn Murphy , author and Founder of NC Systema , talks with J about the Russian martial art of Systema and the intersection of self-defense and self-development. They discuss the origins and history of Systema, Glenn's b...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Linda Cassidy , old-school teacher and listener of the show, talks with J about yoga being founded on a exploration and realization of the divine. They discuss her religious background and early studies in eastern philoso...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Alma Duran, PhD , is a cultural anthropologist, yoga teacher, and friend of J's who joins the show to talk about the migration of yoga over time and the cultivation of discernment. They discuss the early days of yoga in t...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Lauren Walker , founder of Energy Medicine Yoga and author of The Energy To Heal , returns again to further convince J that we are electromagnetic beings with the capacity to heal. They discuss ways to feel your own energ...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Monica Voss , co-owner and director of Esther Myers Yoga Studio , talks with J about her studies with Vanda Scaravelli and Esther Myers. They discuss her discovery of yoga through Esther and their transition from traditio...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Bari Gratton , coauthor of an Open Letter To Yoga Alliance along with collaborators Meghan Maris, Courtney Ng, Gayatri Sehgal, and Shuo Wang, talks with J about the possibility for change in the yoga profession. They disc...