Living Yoga with Darren Main

  While visiting New Orleans in the spring of 2008, documentary filmmaker Patricia Federico became captivated by the Katrina stories still being told on the street by the locals who survived the storm. After overcoming a catastrophic disaster, loss of life, and the separation of their families, residents come front and center to give first-person accounts of what happened to them before, during an...

Do you have particularly strong emotional reactions that you can't seem to control? Do you notice your yoga students adoring you, clinging to you, or avoiding you? In this podcast, psychologist Gail Brenner, Ph. D. discusses transference, in which we see the world through the unresolved emotions and confused beliefs from our childhood experiences. She offers suggestions for how to respond and take...

Shahla Ettefagh and Patrick Riley have committed their lives to assisting underprivileged children in India. They gave up their careers in USA and permanently relocated to India in 2002 and founded the Mother Miracle School.  Located in Rishkesh, India the school provides much need services to more than 400 children. By addressing educational, nutritional and health care needs, the school is suppo...

Although the twelve-Steps began with Alcoholics Anonymous, today there are dozens of twelve-step programs addressing every form of addiction imaginable.   One trait all of these programs share is a focus on spirituality.  While no one dogma is advocated, a regular practice of prayer and meditation is encouraged. In The Twelve Step Buddhist, Darren Littlejohn explores the relationship between each...

In SIGNS: A New Approach to Coincidence, Synchronicity, Guidance, Life Purpose, and God's Plan, well-known author Robert Perry ventures into new territory to explore what he calls a CMPE (Conjunction of Meaningfully Parallel Events).  Although Perry has written and taught almost exclusively on  A Course in Miracles in the past, this new book speaks to a more universal audience. According to Perry,...

All of us have times in our lives when things seem to be falling apart.  In this podcast, yoga teacher and personal coach Peter Chandonnet explores the process by which we can take difficulties and turn them into opportunities.   Sync with iPod • Return to Directory Resources Peter’s Website Peter on Facebook

For more than 30 years Yanni has been entertaining people around the world with his soothing instrumental music.  His new CD, Voices is a departure from his past work, however.  In this new CD he has gathered some of the most talented vocalists from the next generation of musicians to add lyrics to some of his greatest hits. In this interview I join Nathan Pacheco and Chloe on their tour bus to ta...

Early in his life, Nathan Ohm was raised a fundamental Baptist and eventually graduated from Bob Jones University.  As a gay man, Nathan continues to reconcile his past to his present spiritual journey of peace, love, and enlightenment.  He advocates that through all of our challenges, we can ultimately experience satisfaction and wholeness. Nathan  is the founder of Lifestyle Invention, a coachin...

David Plotz is a journalist and writer with Slate as well as the magazine's editor.  He is the co-host of the Slate Political Gabfest podcast with John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. Several years ago, he began blogging about the Bible, which became the foundation for his second book entitled  Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every...

Director and filmmaker Kate Churchill discusses her new documentary on yoga and the transformational effects it had on skeptic Nick Rosen.  Enlighten up is a  funny, charming, and informative tour of modern yoga that will take you around the world in search of the essence of yoga. Sync with iPod • Return to Directory Resources: Enlighten Up Website Watch the Trailer

Have you ever cried while practicing yoga?   This experience is very common and yet it can take a new  yogi by surprise.  In this podcast, psychologist and yoga teacher Darcy Lyon explains that emotional and psychological releases during hatha yoga practice are a natural way for the body and mind to release past traumas that may be stored in the tissues of the body. Sync with iPod • Return to Dire...

John Friend is the founder of Anusara Yoga and a world-renown expert in both hatha yoga and yoga philosophy.   In part two of this two part interview John talks about the principles of Anusara yoga and what distinguishes it from other styles. Listen to Part 1 Sync with iPod • Return to Directory Resources Anusara Yoga Website Find an Anusara Teacher John Friend on YouTube Books Darren Main’s Yoga...

John Friend is the founder of Anusara Yoga and a world-renown expert in both hatha yoga and yoga philosophy.   In part one of this two part interview John talks about his own start on the spiritual path and what lead him to develop Anusara Yoga.  He also discusses his passion for "The Wizard of Oz" as  a spiritual metaphor. Listen to Part 2 Sync with iPod • Return to Directory Resources Anusara Yo...

Joshua Bell is a Grammy award-winning violinist who has performed worldwide including the prestigious Carnegie Hall.  Joshua's music is featured in the motion picture Defiance and his 11th CD, Vivaldi: The Four Seasons was recently released. In this podcast, Joshua discusses his childhood, his son and a fascinating social experiment in which he participated in a Washington, DC Subway station.  Syn...

Nick Margerrison, host of The Night Before on the United Kingdom's radio station Kerrang talks to Darren about homosexuality and the Bible and Darren's controversial interview with Shirley Phelps. Sync With iPod - Return to Directory Resources Nick Margerrison's on Kerrang Nick's Blog Listen to the Shirley Phelps Interview BUY: Hearts & Minds: Talking to Christians about Homosexuality

Matt Miller is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress; a contributing editor at Fortune; and the host of Left, Right & Center, public radio's popular week-in-review program  Miller's first book, The Two Percent Solution: Fixing America's Problems In Ways Liberals And Conservatives Can Love, was published in 2003.  Now his much anticipated book The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting Go...

Joshua Radin is a folk singer who’s music has been featured on TV shows such as Scrubs, Brothers and Sisters, Grey's Anatomy, American Idol and One Tree Hill.  His Second Album, Simple Times was recently released and in this interview,  he talks about the healing power of music and all the well-deserved attention he is receiving. Sync with iPod • Return to Directory Resources Joshua's Website Josh...

In this interview with "Queer Ear Radio" Darren discusses his book, Hearts and Minds: Talking to Christians about Homosexuality and the basic human need for both spirituality and sexuality. Sync With iPod - Return to Directory Resources Queer Ear Radio

The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas has made a name for themselves by protesting at funerals around the United States.  At first they reserved their hate-filled protests for prominent members of the gay community, but in recent years have turned their attention toward the  troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan as well. In this podcast, Darren sits down to talk with Shirley Phelps, the sp...

Erin Lambert and Caley Joyner of hOM Yoga in San Francisco discuss the practice of yoga a means to bring the whole family closer together.  Their studio is dedicated to offering yoga for every member of the family in every stage of life from pre natal to yoga for seniors. Sync with iPod • Return to Directory Resources: hOM Yoga Email Erin Email Caley

Francisco LePort is a graduate student at Stanford University working toward a Ph. D in experimental particle physics. His work deals primarily with the mass of neutrinos. In his spare time, he is an avid student of philosophy, psychology, and yoga.  In this two-part podcast we discuss the relationship between modern physics and mystical traditions such as yoga. Listen to Part 1 Return to Director...

Francisco LePort is a graduate student at Stanford University working toward a Ph. D in experimental particle physics. His work deals primarily with the mass of neutrinos. In his spare time, he is an avid student of philosophy, psychology, and yoga.  In this two-part podcast we discuss the relationship between modern physics and mystical traditions such as yoga. Listen to Part 2 Return to Director...

Take a listen to my interview with Kimberly Wilson for her podcast The Hip Tranquil Chick .  Kimberly is a well-known author, the creative director of Tranquil Space Yoga Center in Washington, DC and has designed her own line of clothes.  She is also the founder of The Tranquil Space Foundation, a non profit that helps girls and women develop creativity and leadership skills through yoga. Sync Wit...

Research suggests that nearly 25% of children will be the victims of sexual abuse before they graduate from high school leaving psychological and emotional scars that can affect the rest of a persons life. In this emotional and deeply moving interview, Stephen Bertram, a sexual abuse survivor, shares his story and talks about  using yoga and massage therapy in conjunction with psychotherapy with a...

To live a fully satisfying, there are certain universal spiritual principles. According to Debbie Barnett, author of The Deeper the Roots, The Jucier the Fruits: 8 Spiritual Practices for a Juicy Life, there are eight simple daily things that we can do to celebrate life to the fullest. Her book is filled with simple, common sense wisdom and playful and fun artwork.  In this interview Debbie explai...