Yoga Story Express

Join Lynn as she interviews Carolyn Diggins, Yoga Story member and owner of Full Moon Elixirs. Carolyn is a community herbalist and master gardener. Hear her story as she went from product development for a corporate company to running her own herbal apothecary. Listeners will receive 10% off of Personal Wellness Consultations. Use the code YOGASTORY26 at checkout. Consultations are available no m...

Today, we spoke with Gita Chakrabarti, a 15 year yoga practitioner.  Gita is the CEO and founder of Gutbff, a different kind of granola with 20 different plant ingredients to help nourish your gut biome.  Gita is a graduate of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a former VP of merchandising at both Walmart and Sam's Club. Gita started her yoga practice after a rafting injury and...

In this season, Lynn interviews different people from all walks where yoga has impacted their life.  Each person will tell their "yoga story" and what parts of yoga is present in their daily practice.  On our 100th episode, Lynn interviews Lee Williams.  Lee started yoga when he was 65 years old and turns 80 this year!  He is a Marine, Vietnam Veteran, world traveler and member of the RazorVets. ...

Today, Lynn interviews Mandy Ryle, (ERYT500, CSCS, Certified Nutrition Coach, Certified Pain Care Aware)!  We hear about Mandy's "yoga story" and how she ended up specializing in yin and pain care. We'll talk about why this practice of yin is so important and why a teacher would need this knowledge in their teaching toolbox, regardless of the style they teach.   Mandy will be hosting a yin & s...

Hear from one of our "OG Members" - Lisa Lockwood!  A long term Yoga Story member and small business owner, Lisa recounts her years as a yogi, what got her started and why she continues to incorporate yoga into her life.      

Join Lynn as she interviews Yogi Cynthia Hawes, a local practitioner who mainly practices with Yoga Story virtually.  Cynthia has been practicing for over 25 years, lives with a disability and is an amazing ceramic artist.  Listen to her story and how, when you make people feel seen and important, they in turn, will make others feel seen and important.  Also, if you practice with us virtually, you...

Join Lynn as she interviews guest teacher Chelsea Dygert.  Chelsea is an ERYT 500, y12sr (trauma informed yoga) and studied cacao in Costa Rica and in Mexico. Chelsea hosts cacao ceremonies across the Missouri and now NWA region!  Chelsea talks about how she started hosting them, what experience she wants others to take away from her events and how cacao works as a heart opener.   Join Chelsea at...

Join Lynn & Rachel as they discuss sobriety and celebrate Rachel hitting 1000 days sober!  Rachel is a regular at Yoga Story and kicked off her sobriety journey by reading The Alcohol Experiment by Annie Grace.  We talk about coping, giving back and connection without alcohol.  Sober curious?  Join us in our 30 day book club hosted by Gabby & Lynn!  Virtual participation is welcome - just...

Are we limiting our ability to create resiliency in our lives by depending on alcohol when times are stressful?  Can we create deeper connection in our relationships and to ourselves by examining our relationship with alcohol? Yoga Story owner Lynn, and Yoga Story teacher Gabby, discuss their journey of eliminating alcohol and their upcoming program Dry January, using The Alcohol Experiment by Ann...

Join Lynn as she interviews Joel Manning, HR consultant, wellness counselor, mindfulness coach and more!  Today, we tackle the concept of discipline and exercise and why the way we approach moving our bodies matters.  We redefine what discipline can mean in the framework of self love and how moving our bodies out of love vs. shame and guilt will reap different outcomes mentally and physically.   J...

Welcome back to the Yoga Story podcast for 2024!   Today, Lynn interviewed Casey, one of our yoga teachers with almost a decade of teaching under her belt.  Casey loves kids yoga and yoga for beginners but recently dove into the world of a brand new topic, and one that is rapidly growing in popularity - menopause!   Listen as we discuss why she choose this area of study, the wild ride menopause ca...

Meet our teacher who will be heading up the prenatal programs at both Yoga Story and our new studio in downtown Rogers, Yoga Story DTR!  Melissa is a 200 hr RYT, pre and post partum doula, certified indigenous lactation consultant and has a Bachelor's in public health.  She is passionate about teaching others about their options when it comes to birth and about reaching marginalized communities to...

Yoga Teacher and Sound Healer Stephanie Kelly joins Lynn today on the podcast to discuss what sound healing is and why it's beneficial not only to the body but the brain as well.  We discuss noise pollution, sound frequencies, binaural beats, vibrations and how they all work together to help our cells return to their natural state.  Additionally, we announce Yoga Story's newest tool in sound heali...

Last meditation in our series on duality - life and death

Meditation 4 in our duality series - light & shadow

Meditation 3 in our duality series. Masculine & feminine energy

Meditation on solar and lunar energy. Meditation 2 of our duality series

Meditation on the energy of yin & yang

Join us for our next meditation series launching on World Meditation Day, May 20th. This series will be on duality or opposites. We will meditate on five different pairs of opposites: yin and yang, lunar and solar, feminine and masculine, shadow and light, and death and life.

Lynn & Milo continue their conversation on Trauma and how yoga helps us process.  In today's episode, we cover the difference between regulating resources & coping mechanisms, and examples of each.  We discuss feeling our feelings as a practice and that it's not scary to feel those uncomfortable feelings when we are safe and regulated!  We discuss toxic masculinity & creating safe spaces for men t...

Listen as Lynn is joined by guest Milo Fish!  Milo is a trained trauma informed yoga teacher and we discuss what trauma is, how yoga can help, what drew Milo to her different training courses and what the difference is between coping mechanisms and regulating resources.  More coming in part 2! Milo is trained in the following: Healing toolkit -Sarah Baldwin Trauma Informed REWIRING Abundance -Sori...

Lynn interviews yogi & artist Kim Moore on today's podcast!  They explore mental health including anxiety and major depressive disorder.  Kim opens up about her struggles, how she hacks her own brain & using her pain as a source of creativity for her art.   The piece discussed in the podcast can be viewed and purchased at Yoga Story in Bentonville or through Kim's Instagram @KindnessMattersStudio

In this episode, Lynn interviews Rachel Wagner - our meditation teacher, hiking leader & book club organizer extraordinaire!  Rachel's company, Wagner Wellbeing, is hosting an online journey to your soul's purpose - Unlocking You in 2022.  Lynn & Rachel discuss how they both left the corporate world for the yoga world and why.  Rachel covers her program, what it entails and how you can use her met...

Listen in as Lynn interviews Julie about her passion for kid's yoga!  She'll review some stats on depression in kids and how she has seen it impact the children she teaches.  Next, Julie will interview our youngest yogi - Stella!  Stella is 14 years old and has already hit 100 classes in one year!  Stella will tell us how yoga has helped her physically and mentally plus which ones are her favorite...

Lynn, Julie & Beth tackle the topic of Body Image, the fitness & yoga industry and how we can help change the landscape with the words that we say.