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What makes us spiritually awakened and self-aware? What is the difference between awake and woke? Once we’re woke, do we stay up? Or are we susceptible to falling back asleep?Haley Robertson and Jennifer Martin open the conversation of the great awakening as it pertains to the individual and collective consciousness. They define popular spiritual slang, diving deep into a few terms often heard in Western yoga classes. Both yoga teachers, Haley and Jenny share stories of the start of their spi...

Welcome to Yoga Brain A community that’s normalizing meditation and a podcast that’s asking the question:What is yoga?Today on the show we have spiritual healer Chris Douglas, a yoga teacher and reiki master with a Pisces placement in his sun and moon. With such empathic, sensitive signs in his astrology, he has been able to navitage his emotions by utilizing the road map of his birth chart.Chris helps to explain characteristics of being a water sign and a feminine man. He describes how ...

Wren Quinn is a mother, an herbalist, a teacher of yoga therapy, and the creator of Trauma Alchemy, a trauma-informed somatic program. Wren’s latest offerings include Herbal Communion, a course exploring the intricacies of the herbal allies that can be used to support your health, helping clients to prepare and grow with their chosen medicine.So much of our conversation stems from trauma resolution: working through trauma, opposed to working past it. We talk about the importance of seeing and...

Laura Lockton has been the Director of over 25 extensive events focused on holistic wellness, performing arts, sustainability, art, and yoga. She has also been a yoga teacher, performer and lead coordinator for programs such as ReKinection, Sacred Circus and Green Earth Village, which are traveling groups that focus on enlightenment, education and entertainment. Laura is the co-founder of Rekinection, a conscious event production company and aerial-fire-dance troupe, which offers c...

Paulina Nordhaus is a yoga teacher, a nature lover, a gluten-free chef and quite simply, a funny gal.Paulina shares her story of being diagnosed with Rhumetoid Arthritis from a young age, and how her relationship with her body shifted after her mom gave her a book about yoga.We chat about the price of authenticity in a world where individualism is praised - and sometimes required. But what we learn is that a big personality doesn't require audacious behavior. That sometimes "being yourself" s...

Dr. Paul Berg, is a professor at the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. He guides teachers on accommodating students with PTSD in military classrooms . He notes the effects of trauma and learning as studied in his dissertation and works to provide resources for veterans and first responders to tend to their mental and emotional well-being.By practicing yoga.Breathing techniques and meditation are an imperative asset to Paul's trainings - in calming the mind and soo...