Practice You with Elena Brower

On building relationships across points of difference, acknowledging the patterns of trauma we've inherited to reshape those relations, and remembering the practice as a way to honour those who've come before.

On locating and refining your intuition, with practices, prompts and new ways of seeing.

On vocalizing the pain of generations, standing up to ensure safe spaces, and crafting the conversations that need to be heard.

On managing reactions, creating structural compassion and walking the middle path.

On the ecology of your business; creating a world of your work that feels like a sanctuary for yourself and others.

On releasing rage, growing up, and the steady vibration of truth.

On being an architect of community, social entrepreneurship and creating businesses straight from your heart. Permission to be creative [3:12] Confidence. Creating products that are taboo [6:28] Miki's experience of being sexually assaulted [9:41] Lessons learned from professional hurdles [18:30] Launching Tushy. Three questions Miki asks herself before starting any business [31:21] Conceiving and...

On resolving victimhood, transforming fear, freedom from resentment, curiosity as hope, and delivering deep love to yourself, no matter what. The listening that is required to help others heal [4:21] Empowerment in the face of life's deepest hardships [8.31] Creating family constitutions [15:35] Forgiving yourself [17:09] Nobody heals in a straight line [20:39] Practicing your low frustration tole...

On recalibrating your nervous system, dancing with fear, and the smallest acts of forgiveness. Sah D'Simone is a spiritual guide, meditation teacher, international transformational speaker, and best-selling author who has dedicated his life to helping others to live in alignment and achieve their highest potential. He is pioneering a Spiritually Sassy, heart-based healing movement rooted in scienc...

On prioritizing our inner world through the practice of Yoga Nidra; the clear benefits of Radiant Rest. Brain waves and Yoga Nidra [2:30] Om, Maya and Turiya [6:56] Yoga Nidra explained simply [16:40] The mind merging in its source [18:05] Awareness and honoring of trauma [21:51] Octavia's story. Remembering our ancestors. The birthright to rest [26:14] Pratyahara [33:03] Pratyahara practice led b...

On resilience through harrowing childhood assault, sharing pain as a service to others and the medicine of the story.

RICHARD   FREEMAN  began studying yoga in 1968, focusing on hatha, contemplative Buddhism, and the Ashtanga and Iyengar methods. He teaches throughout the world, and his video series, Yoga with  Richard   Freeman , set the gold standard for modern Ashtanga Yoga. MARY TAYLOR has studied and practiced yoga since 1972 and teaches throughout the world. She co-founded the Yoga Workshop in Boulder, Colo...

On using neuroscience to raise caring, compassionate, creative humans. Creativity [3:04] Empathy and self-control [7:40] Stages of brain development [20:14] Using brain plasticity to parent better. Experiences as a toolkit [24:03] Offering choices to children [30:42] Parental scaffolding. Offering a framework to kids for any given scenario [33:45] Conflict resolution. Teaching your kids to communi...

On evolving and resolving generational patterns and misunderstandings. On loving ourselves enough to be a safe space for others; on great communication. Inner. U LOVE. Writing dreams for love, relationship to self and body [6:07] Looking to yourself rather than blaming others [7:53] Noticing when we're trying to make our partners more like us [10:32] Identifying the relationship sports you've been...

On Ayurveda as a practice of deep listening, strengthening our ability to be resilient, present, and respectful of the rhythms of Nature. Claire Ragozzino is a certified yoga instructor and Ayurvedic counselor with a background in holistic nutrition and natural cooking. Her work is dedicated to bringing yoga, Ayurveda, and nutrition to a modern lifestyle. She is the author of the popular site, Vid...

On true allyship, the names we need to keep repeating, the necessary healings and breaking through Quddus (Q) is a veteran TV host, acclaimed celebrity interviewer and breakthrough media coach. Q is a former host of MTV's iconic show Total Request Live (TRL), has produced projects with the likes of AOL, Yahoo, and YouTube, and worked in artist development for Interscope Records. Q has spoken for a...

On the subtlety and majesty of the flowers, and their capacity to bring our human bodies back to Nature. Katie Hess is an expert of flower alchemy - using the healing power of flowers to awaken our true potential. She is the author of Flowerevolution and founder of LOTUSWEI, the world's leading flower elixir apothecary. She travels in search of rare flowers with the healing qualities most needed b...

On the harrowing reality from the hospital floor, two actions we can take to stop the spread, and the stories we craft to help us cope. Being open to learning. Basing recommendations on scientific data [06:08] Considering what it feels like to be unable to breathe easily [07:40] There are still no consistently effective treatments for Covid-19 [8:42] Why earlier hospitalization can make a differen...

On a new definition of politics, and caring for ourselves through this. Sustainability vs growth [3:26] Bridging personal transformation and politics [5:22] The origins of CTZNWELL [9:31] White supremacy and the wellness community [12:20] Reckoning. Staying curious. Expanding your practice to include staying informed [14:15] Questions to ask about the governance of wellness [20:45] Considering wel...

On the core of communication, and some myths we can release. Approaching yoga poses with questions rather than rules [1:50] Non-violent communication. Connecting with ourselves. Recognizing mutuality [8:33] Communicating as a parent [17:36] Trust. Telling the truth with empathy. Saying no while staying in connection [22:37] Self-empathy practice [27:24] A common yoga myth about the pelvis in seate...

Justin Michael Williams works at the intersection of music, mindfulness, and social justice. With his groundbreaking book, Stay Woke, and over a decade of teaching experience, Justin has become a pioneering voice for diversity and inclusion in wellness. Ending Racism Manifesto [1:40] The five assumptions we make about why racism persists [8:33] Justin's process of writing the Manifesto [15:40] Rac...

On the vital ways in which we approach practice for mental health. Julie Wald is the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller, Inner Wealth: How Wellness Heals, Nurtures, and Optimizes Ultra-Successful People, and the founder of Namaste Wellness. Julie has over twenty-five years of experience as a clinical social worker, yoga and meditation teacher. She's committed to serving not only Namaste's elite cl...

On womanhood, excellence, Blackness, and our crucial collaborations in parenting, partnership, and creativity. Rebirthing many times throughout life [3:57] Women, Southern culture and power [5:15] Demonstrating Black Excellence [12:10] Seeking out Black culture [18:14] Not letting the dominant culture confuse you [21:52] A different kind of leadership [24:55] Detaching from things that define us....

On homeschooling as reclaiming learning, prioritizing in a busy household and the gifts of boredom. Making the decision to homeschool [2:03] Keeping rhythms with non-attachment [8:57] Being driven by children's interest. Choosing. Focusing [12:31] Reclaiming our learning. Giving ownership to the children [21:48] Interoception. Subtracting and letting kids get bored [23:14] Surviving as a family. C...

On the history of black maternal health, how we can change the story, and parenting our kids as actualized beings. The Black Maternal Health crisis [1:58] Gynecology and its origins in slavery [6:09] The need for a reckoning. Reenvisioning a holistic view and a service model [10:17] Ways to be involved [14:51] Mama Glow Doula professional training program scholarship fund [30:19] Learning and unle...