The Yoga Hour

How can we live a life of optimum health and lifelong healing? Join Yogacharya O’Brian and Rachel Abrams, M.D., integrative medicine physician and author of BodyWise, as they discuss how getting in touch with our body’s innate wisdom supports our physical and emotional well-being.

We can experience well-being, vitality, and abiding happiness. Join Yogacharya O’Brian and Acharya Shunya, a world-renowned Vedic scholar and Ayurvedic teacher, as they discuss how the practices of yoga and Ayurveda can support true health and an awakened consciousness.

An esteemed lineage of teachers made the transformative teachings of kriya yoga available to us today. Join Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian and Giovanni Formisano, a kriya yoga teacher from Italy, as they discuss the gifts these teachers brought to help us with today’s challenges.

The soul has profound strengths that we can draw upon, including love, courage, and creativity. Join Yogacharya O’Brian as she discusses the seven soul qualities that we can access to build our inner peace, fearlessness, and resilience.

What are the keys to living a more meaningful life? Join Dr. Laurel Trujillo and neurotherapist and yogacharya A. Martin Wuttke as they discuss how the connection of our mind, brain, and consciousness influence each other and how that understanding can change the way we live.

How can our imagination be a spiritual practice? Join Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian and author and Zen priest Norman Fischer as they discuss how the development of our creative imagination is a necessity for thriving in troubled times.

Yoga helps us build compassion and resilience, two important qualities for our rapidly changing times. Yogacharya O’Brian joins Dr. Laurel Trujillo to discuss yoga practices that allow us to draw deeply from our inner strengths to meet any challenge.

Join Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian and her guest, Anastasia Shevchenko, as they discuss how the practices of yoga, including meditation, pranayama, asana, and study, connect us to the Truth within and deepen our relationships with others and the world around us.

How can we deepen our connection to God and to the world even in difficult times? Join cohost Dr. Laurel Trujillo and Rev. Charles Taylor, senior minister at the Universal Truth Center in Miami Gardens, Florida, as they discuss how prayer and meditation can help us draw on our inner peace and strength.

How can we successfully change our behavior to fight the coronavirus? BJ Fogg, Ph. D., behavioral scientist and author of Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything, joins Dr. Laurel Trujillo to discuss how we can make the changes we need to protect ourselves, our loved ones, and our community during this pandemic.

How can we break through the old patterns of stress, worry, and fear to find a new perception of our true self? Join cohost Dr. Laurel Trujillo and her guest, psychotherapist and yoga teacher, Rev. Connie L. Habash as they discuss how overcoming anxiety can allow us to flourish.

Join Carrie Demers, M.D., and cohost Laurel Trujillo, M.D., as they discuss facts and tips from modern research and the ancient wisdom of yoga and Ayurveda that support us in aging with vibrancy and grace.

How does yoga work? Join Yogacharya O’Brian and yoga teacher, lecturer, and author Eddie Stern as they discuss—from both a yogic and scientific perspective—how the practices of yoga can transform our brain function, our bodies, our emotions, and our experience of life.

Does the Divine have form, or is the Divine beyond all form? How do we realize the truth of God? Vedic scholar Swamini Svatmavidyananda joins Yogacharya O’Brian to explore the nature of our relationship with God and the role that ritual can play to uncover the deepest truth of our being.

Clinical psychologist Dr. Radhule Weininger joins Dr. Laurel Trujillo to discuss the healing power of self-compassion. Learn simple practices that allow us to respond skillfully to our own suffering and that of the world.

Teacher and author Gunilla Norris joins Dr. Laurel Trujillo as they explore how the daily practice of silence nurtures a deeper awareness of kindness as a path to self-realization.

Jivana Heyman, author of Accessible Yoga, joins Dr. Laurel Trujillo to discuss how yoga’s physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits really are for every body, mind, and spirit, regardless of age or physical ability.

At this busy time of year, how can mindfulness help us to reduce stress?  Gina Biegel, author of Be Mindful and Stress Less, joins Dr. Laurel Trujillo to discuss simple actions we can take to cultivate ease, decrease anxiety, and improve our self-care.

How can the ancient teachings of yoga radically enlighten every aspect of our daily lives? Join Yogacharya O’Brian and teacher Stephen Cope, author of The Wisdom of Yoga, as they discuss how we can be fully human as well as spiritually mature in this modern world.

The spiritual path is rich with paradox. Take, for example, the assertion that we are already enlightened and the instruction that spiritual practice is necessary. Is it possible to contain seemingly contradictory viewpoints within a larger context? Join Yogacharya O’Brian and her guest Rick Archer, host of Buddha at the Gas Pump, as they discuss these and other spiritual questions.

How can we live a kinder, more loving life? Join Robyn Spizman, author of Loving Out Loud: The Power of a Kind Word, and cohost Dr. Laurel Trujillo as they discuss practical ways that we can be joyful, stay positive, and set a little love in motion.

We can all know why we are here, how to fulfill our divine destiny, and how to experience lasting happiness. Join Yogacharya O’Brian and cohost Dr. Laurel Trujillo as they discuss how we can awaken to our divine potential and live our lives in the highest way.

How can we live our lives in the highest way? Join Yogacharya O’Brian and her guest Yogi Cameron as they discuss the universal spiritual laws taught in the ancient wisdom of Yoga. Living by these principles, we can create lives of abundant wholeness, purpose, and wisdom. 

How can self-nurturing help us to improve our diets and our health? Julie Simon, author of When Food Is Comfort, joins Dr. Laurel Trujillo to discuss the benefits of applying loving kindness to ourselves, improve our stress response, and bring more mindfulness to our eating.  

Our spiritual intelligence is a part of Universal Intelligence, guiding and supporting our lives in all ways. Join Yogacharya O’Brian and Kabir Helminski as they discuss deepening our relationship with the Infinite, purifying our consciousness, and trusting in the unfolding of life.