Peaceful Power Podcast

Why Your Daily Life Is Already Sacred Peaceful Power Podcast  What if the most powerful spiritual practice you could have isn't something you find it's something you're already living? In this episode, I sit down with Tracee Stanley yoga nidra teacher, author, and one of the most grounding voices in the modern wellness space for a conversation that felt less like an interview and more like a permi...

Pitta Season Is Here: How to Cool Down Without Checking Out Summer is Pitta season in Ayurveda — and as a fellow Pitta, host Andrea knows exactly how provoking it can be. Solo parenting, work, meltdowns, errands, bedtime: it's all go-go-go energy that heats up both Pitta and Vata. In this episode, Andrea shares the real (not aspirational) practices keeping her grounded this summer: afternoon yoga...

I Hated Part of My Own Program — And I Did It Anyway On consistency, the meditation cushion, a 40-day sadhana, and why showing up matters more than feeling like it. Trainers aren't supposed to say this — but Andrea hated the last three weeks of her own Seasonal Strength spring program. In this episode she gets honest about what it really means to do hard things, why she decided to run her own prog...

The Monkey, the Coconut, and What You Won't Let Go Of On aparigraha, a three-year-old in the hallway, and the art of loosening your grip. There's an old story about a monkey and a coconut — and it might be one of the most honest teachings yoga has ever offered us. In this episode, Andrea shares the full Hanuman story and explores the yogic principle of aparigraha (non-attachment): what it really m...

The Right Pairing | Hallmark Mysteries & More Have you ever had a song hit you at exactly the right moment and completely undo you? That's where this episode starts — with a beautiful, tear-worthy moment in Season 4 of The Way Home — and it takes us somewhere much deeper. In this episode Andrea explores the Ayurvedic concept of the gunas — the three fundamental qualities of tamas, rajas, and sattv...

I'll be honest — I don't use AI a lot. But this summer I did something unexpected with it, and I genuinely loved the result. In this episode I'm sharing how I used AI to build a personal Yoga Sutras morning devotional practice — something I searched for everywhere and couldn't find. I walk you through what I asked for, what it's given me, and why I've been showing up for it every single morning si...

Episode Summary: Andrea shares her love of reading — from a lifelong passion to her current goal of 50 pages a day — along with her favorite books from the last few months. She also opens up about her intentional Instagram break starting May 19th, her heartwarming daily reading ritual with her boys, and gives a sneak peek at an upcoming Ayurvedic Book Club launching at Green Lotus this fall. Books...

Episode Description If you've been feeling edgy, overheated, or like you just can't slow down this episode is your sign. Pitta season is here, and the practice that carried you through winter may be the very thing throwing you off balance now. In this episode, we're diving into the Ayurvedic wisdom of Pitta season: what it is, how summer changes your body and your yoga practice, and exactly what t...

In this episode, we sit down with Annie Au- trauma-informed somatic Yin yoga educator, nervous system guide, and creator of the 50-Hour Trauma-Informed Somatic Yin Yoga Online Teacher Training. Annie shares her deeply personal journey from panic attacks and a decade of professional dance, to heartbreak and burnout, and how the sacred sound of Om led her to a practice that would change everything....

If you've ever cycled through meditation apps, techniques, and challenges without feeling like anything is actually sticking, this episode is for you. We're talking about what it really means to go deep in your practice, and why your nervous system craves repetition and return far more than variety. You'll learn why boredom in meditation is usually a sign you're right at the edge of a breakthrough...

I'm delighted to share a fellow local Minneapolis teacher and someone I respect deeply, Pam Grosman. I took a mini training with Pam all about Acu Meridi-Yin Yoga training and fell in love with this practice. I look forward to taking her next full weekend training coming October 16-18th, 2026 at her studio in Two Rivers in Inver Grove Heights, MN.    About Pamela Grosam: Pamela is an intuitive hea...

The last few weeks I've taught a one day retreat and an Ayurvedic spring workshop. The theme I really tried to nail down for both groups. Gunas or qualities of the season. Noticing what is happening outside the body is happening within. If you understand the gunas it makes Ayurveda much easier to understand why we make the decisions to avoid salads in the winter, avoid overly heavy foods in the sp...

In this episode, we challenge the popular notion that more weight equals more progress. With nearly two decades of coaching experience, I explore why "lifting heavy every workout" can leave you stiff, sore, and spread thin across the activities you love, things like tennis, yoga, and daily life. I'm sharing a practical, seasonally aware approach to strength that combines science with lived experie...

Have you been told your iron is low and handed a supplement? Before you reach for that pill, this episode might just change everything you thought you knew about iron and your body. Today on the Peaceful Power Podcast, I'm sitting down with Samantha Chandler — also known as Wellness & Womb — a Women's Wellness Coach who is flipping the script on iron and women's health. Samantha coaches women, hea...

Are you training the same way in January as you are in July? In this episode, we explore why 30 minutes of intentional strength training is enough and how ancient Ayurvedic wisdom can completely transform the way you move through the year. Get ready to train smarter, feel better, and finally work with your body, not against it.   💪 Ready to have it all mapped out for you? Join the Seasonal Streng...

What if your hormones weren't a problem to fix but a language to learn? In this deeply nourishing conversation, I sit down again with Osi Mizrahi, founder of OSI Oils, Ayurvedic educator, medical intuitive, and guide for women returning home to themselves. This episode is one of those rare conversations that doesn't just inform it lands somewhere in the body. We explore how Ayurveda approaches wom...

Two years ago Andrea started teaching the Vayus in her yoga classes and has not stopped since. Not because she ran out of things to teach but because she kept finding new layers. Every time she thought she had fully digested the material something new would reveal itself. In this episode Andrea breaks down the five Vayus, the subtle movements of Prana or life force energy that are happening inside...

In this episode, Andrea is joined by Brett Aldrich for a timely and nourishing conversation about caring for ourselves as we move from late winter into early spring—both physically and emotionally. Together, they explore Ayurvedic wisdom for this seasonal threshold, a time when heaviness lingers in the body while the urge to move, cleanse, and begin again quietly emerges. This is a season that ask...

I just watched My Octopus Teacher on Netflix, yes I'm a little late to the party as it came out in 2020 has won several awards and it's easy to see why. It's beautifully filmed, and deeply moving. You might need Kleenex.   It follows a man who keeps returning to the same kelp forest, and the more he revisits, the more he discovers about life, patience, and connection.   That same pattern shows up...

Fertility conversations are often framed in extremes urgency or avoidance, hope or fear, "do everything now" or "don't worry about it yet." But what if there was a more grounded, human-centered way to approach fertility especially in your late 30s and 40s? In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Jaime Knopman, known as the "Queen of Egg Freezing" and author of the forthcoming book Own Your Fertility ....

In today's wellness culture, everything is about efficiency combining workouts, stacking habits, and optimizing every minute of the day. Strength training blended with yoga. Meditation layered into movement. Rest squeezed in wherever possible. But what if that constant blending is part of the problem? In this solo episode of the Peaceful Power Podcast , I share why I choose to keep my strength tra...

In this episode of the Peaceful Power Podcast , Andrea sits down with Jennifer Raye , author of Wisdom of the Earth, Wisdom of the Body , to explore how seasonal living, somatic awareness, and Chinese Medicine help us reconnect with the body's innate wisdom. They discuss how living in alignment with natural rhythms supports emotional regulation, nervous system health, and midlife transitions — esp...

In this episode, Andrea reflects on a tiredness she's sensing in the collective one that sits deep in the body, the nervous system, and the heart. Rather than rushing to fix, reframe, or push through it, this conversation is an invitation to pause and remember:  the basics are enough right now . This is a gentle reminder that we don't need more optimization, more effort, or more self-improvement t...

  In this episode, we're joined by  Shivani Gupta , an Ayurvedic practitioner and expert in fusing Eastern wisdom with Western science to help the body return to balance. With a Master's in Ayurvedic Sciences and a PhD focused on turmeric, Dr. Shivani shares how inflammation sits at the root of many modern health challenges and how simple, daily rituals can powerfully reduce it. This conversation...

What happens when choice feels harder than being told what to do? In this reflective solo episode, Andrea Claassen yoga teacher of 19 years shares a moment from a recent yoga class that opened a deeper conversation about autonomy, embodiment, and why so many of us feel uneasy when invited to listen to our own bodies. A student's comment about "too much jargon" revealed something more profound: a d...