Radiant Rest Podcast with Tracee Stanley Tracee Stanley

Artist, writer, and yogini Elena Brower and host Tracee Stanley invite you to join them for a candid and personal talk on the creative processes and connection to Spirit. They discuss Elena’s newest book Being You and her methods of writing and painting for the book. Elena and Tracee delve into the impacts of yoga on their creative practices, and the ways in which creativity,yoga
, and meditation are intertwined. Elena stresses the importance of her morning meditations, as well as the ways in which she reminds herself of who she is every day. In a very special
conclusion to their discussion, Elena leads listeners in an immersive and moving meditation.

In a moving conversation between friends, Tracee Stanley sits down with ChantiTacoronte-Perez to consider the pressing topic of transitions and the ways in which change encourages creativity. They speak to the power of dream space and sleep as a mode and place of creation. Chanti discusses non-dominant handwriting and journaling after resting as a tool of connecting to a community of ancestors, and the beauty of surrender. Learn some tools of inspiration from this episode of the Radiant Rest Podcast.

Activist, author, teacher and healer Michelle Cassandra Johnson joins Tracee Stanley for a pertinent and poignant conversation on grief and healing. Michelle discusses her upcoming book Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief and her definition of collective grief. Michelle and Tracee talk through the presence of exhaustion in activist spaces in this past year following immense trauma. They also consider how to be in community to imagine hope and what is possible, and the radical gift of dreaming. They explore losing the illusion of control, and rituals for grief. Join them for a discussion on liberation in a time of deep mourning, making room for optimism and hope.

In this episode of the Radiant Rest Podcast host, Tracee Stanley sits down with writer, teacher, and speaker Shannon Algeo. They discuss his highly anticipated upcoming book Trust Your Truth on how to reclaim your power and confidence, as well as tools to develop a deeper sense of
self-worth. As inspiration and a catalyst for the book, Shannon speaks to the ways bullying has shaped his abilities to set firm boundaries and commit to a practice. Shannon shares his liberation and insight alongside his experiences of profound heartbreak and his own dark night of the soul. Shannon speaks about the role of rest in yoga nidra in his awakening and sustaining balance. 

In this bonus episode of the Radiant Rest Podcast, host Tracee Stanley sits down with Crystal McCreary. Crystal is the author of the upcoming Little Yogi Deck, and she discusses her background in education and her new deck to teach mindfulness and yoga practices to children. She speaks to the tools and wisdom she learned and now teaches about internal peace and groundedness. Crystal and Tracee ultimately discuss the things we learn from children’s emotions about ourselves, as well. www.radiantrest.com 

In this episode of the Radiant Rest Podcast, Tracee Stanley speaks with author and teacher Indu Arora. They speak to a range of experiences within yoga, including the role of true self-care as an act of responsibility, how comparison has no place in a yoga practice, and the importance of the motivations behind practicing yoga. Indu Arora also discusses her upcoming book SOMA: 100 Heritage Recipes for Self-Care. Tracee and Indu also discover the power of paying special attention to circadian rhythms and personal rituals for healing.