Living Yoga with Darren Main

For many yogis, music is a natural extension of their practice.  Most focus their attention on Indian style chanting.  Lana Mir’s music is deeply inspired by her passion for yoga but rather than focus on Indian music her songs are reminiscent of Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones and Sinead O’Connor.  The merging of these seemingly different worlds has made her one of the one of the most sought-after...

  On February 8, 2011 Amrit Desai (Gurudev) spoke to my class at Grace Cathedral to an audience of hundreds of people.  This is a live recording of the chanting and discourse he offered. Amrit Desai was one of the original gurus to come to the United States from India in the 1960s.  He founded the Kripalu Yoga Ashram in Massachusetts—the largest ashram in the West. He, like most gurus, is not with...

The colon is one of the most important organs in the body and yet it receives a massive amount of abuse from the abundance of processed food we tend to eat as well as from over the counter and prescription medicines.  Colon Hydrotherapy  is a relaxing and technique for gently detoxifying the colon, improving elimination and strengthening  almost every system in the body. In this interview Shayla M...

Kerri was drawn to the grace and compassion of yoga in 1999 after suffering many physical injuries from a lifetime of sports and exercise. Since then, Kerri's personal and professional practice has evolved to embrace yoga as a method of self-regulation and transformation. Kerri has been teaching yoga for six years and continues to explore many styles of yoga to ensure creativity and balance in her...

Janet Gallin and Tresa Eyres are The Love Letter Squad.  These two inspiring women offer workshops on how to write love letters to friends, family members and lovers.  Their work has inspired hundreds of people to walk across burning bridges to heal old wounds, and to express on paper the love and respect that we feel for those closest to us, yet may not be able to articulate.  In addition to thei...

Healing is a powerful profession whether you are a therapist, bodyworker, practice Ayruveda or another modality.  Yet very few healers are also adept at running a business.  In this podcast, personal coach and founder of Ayurveda-Flow,  Matthew Sloane explores ways in which healers can focus their time and energy to become better business men and women so that they can in turn become better healer...

According the the American Chiropractic Association more than 31 Million Americans experience back pain ranging from mild discomfort to debilitation agony.  In this podcast renown physical therapist and yoga teacher Harvey Deutch talks about the various causes of back pain and offers some powerful advice for practicing yoga safely and in many cases alleviating discomfort. Harvey is the founder of...

Grieving the loss of a loved one is a healing process that never really ends, but death is not the only occasion to grieve.  The loss of a job, a relationship ending or even the passing from youth to middle age.  Social Worker and yoga teacher Ken Breniman leads workshops in how to use the grieving process as a profound opportunity for spiritual growth and emotional healing.  By combining his year...

Traditionally most Buddhists have taken a very conservative view of human sexuality.  For the most part, sexuality was reserved for procreation.  Many modern Buddhists have struggled to find ways to take a more liberal approach to sexuality while still being true to the tenets of Buddhism that date back 2,500 years to the Gautama himself. In his new  book,  Sex, Sin and Zen: A Buddhist Exploration...

Karl Erb, one of San Francisco’s senior yoga teachers, learned in May of 2010 that he had cancer.  Rather than retreat from the world, Karl shared his experience; strength and hope via his blog inspiring people the world over. As Karl prepares to return to teaching, he offers his reflections on getting sick, facing his mortality and coming through the other side by turning to his years of yoga pra...

  Modern western psychology is fairly new on the healing stage dating back only as far as Sigmund Freud.   Eastern psychology on the other hand dates back thousands of years.  In this interview psychologist and yoga teacher Jeremi McManus talks about growing up in India as a Christian missionary and then coming back to the United States to study western psychology only to find that his yoga practi...

Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that affects the nervous system by deteriorating the myelin sheath that coats the nerves.  This causes the nerves to short out in much the same way an electrical wire might if the plastic coating surrounding it were damaged.  MS can cause a wide array of challenges ranging from loss of feeling to paralysis and even death. Jane Gould, a San Francisco area yoga teache...

City of Hope is one of the leading treatment and research facilities for Cancer, HIV and diabetes in the world.  Their unique approach to addressing live threatening illnesses by looking at the whole person has resulted many treatments that are being used today around the world and the research they are doing today holds promise for more effective and less invasive treatments in the future. Yoga f...

  Every culture and tribe has a creation myth to explain the origins of life and the human condition in which we find ourselves.  While these myths may have little to do with modern science, they do tell us a lot about ourselves.  In her book, In the Beginning, Creation Myths from Around the World , Carolyn North gathers and retells some of these powerful stories.  In this podcast she explains the...

  Being a vegetarian has never been easier but finding restaurants, especially when traveling can be a challenge.  That is where the “Happy Cow” website can help.  This handy website was started by Eric Brent as a way to find healthy food choices when dining out.    In this podcast Eric share his thoughts on creating a healthy, plant-based diet and finding restaurants menus that offer vegetarians...

Millions of men and woman each year try to lose weight and get back in shape and yet that goal can seem very elusive.  Some are able to take weight of for a time but have difficulty keeping the pounds off while others dread the hunger pains and cravings that seem to accompany so many diets.             Wanda Pierce, a San Francisco based massage therapist shares her struggles and ultimate success...

  In spite of all the scientific evidence to the contrary there are numerous groups that provide so-called ex-gay therapy to help homosexuals overcome their same sex desires and lead “normal” lives.  Not only do these treatment centers fail in their attempts to change sexual orientation, participants in these programs almost always come out the other side psychologically and emotionally traumatize...

  The Rev. Martin Luther King is best known for his work on civil rights and for advocating non-violent resistance.  Few people, however, know about his religious convictions and what he preached from the pulpit. Be Scofield a San Francisco based spiritual activist has done extensive research into King’s theology and has uncovered some surprising information about King’s beliefs beyond that of civ...

  Judith Hanson Lasater is a world famous yoga instructor who has been teaching since 1971.   She has studied directly with B.K.S Iyengar, is a physical therapist and holds a Ph. D. in East-West psychology.    She has taught and lectured the world over and is one of the original founders of the California Yoga Teachers Association. In this podcast, Judith discusses her new book, “Yogabody: Anatomy...

  Jonathan Wolf is a renown flute player who has shared his music in the classes of such well known yoga teachers Saul David Raye and Sean Corn .  His hand made bamboo flutes are quickly becoming a standard instrument in many devotional yoga classes and musicians and novices alike are connecting to his hand crafted instruments in very moving and intimate ways.  His debut CD, Dragon Flutes Rising h...

Jeffrey Small, Jr. is the author of the forthcoming mystical thriller, The Breath of God, the writer of the spirituality blog, OneReality, and a speaker on religious and spirituality topics.  Jeffrey has studied at Yale University and Harvard Law School. More recently, Jeffrey earned a Masters in the Study of Religions from Oxford University in England.   He was raised in a Christian environment,...

Michael Watson is a highly regarded international presenter and certified teacher of Yoga, Pilates and functional anatomy. He currently resides in Bermuda, and is part of The Bermuda Integrative Health Co-op, a company founded upon the ideals of integration and community.  He is also the founder of Mindful Integration, which offers workshops, trainings and classes around the world. In this podcast...

  Judith Hanson Lasater is a world famous yoga instructor who has been teaching since 1971.   She has studied directly with B.K.S Iyengar, is a physical therapist and holds a Ph. D. in East-West psychology.    She has taught and lectured the world over and is one of the original founders of the California Yoga Teachers Association. In this podcast, Judith discusses her new book, “What We Say Matte...

To Westerners, the Indian practice of arranged marriage and the restrictive rolls for women in Indian culture can seem quite foreign and at times misogynistic. In this podcast Sumit Kumar Badola and his wife Navneeta talk about their recent marriage and the changes rolls for both women and men in the worlds largest democracy, India.  They also address the issue of women’s rights and where those ri...

Rachael Evens is the founder of Quantum Martial Arts.  Being a female martial arts master, she brings a unique perspective to the practice.  In this podcast she discusses her groundbreaking work and how it is empowering men and woman alike.    By taking a decidedly spiritual approach to martial arts, she is helping students to strengthen their bodies, minds and souls.   Sync with iPod • Return to...