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Upcoming: Tony Horton Fitness Trainer

admin — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:45:05 +0000

Tony Horton, Fitness Expert For the past 20 years, Tony Horton has established himself among the elite in the world of personal fitness training. From Hollywood celebrities and recording artists such as Tom Petty, Shirley MacLaine, Billy Idol, Sean Connery, Annie Lennox, and Rob Lowe to the average person looking to lead a healthier lifestyle, Horton’s conditioning skills and motivational abilities are consistently in high demand. His training techniques have appeared in top fitness magazines. Horton’s expertise includes circuit, cross, and interval training; weight and resistance training; cardiovascular/aerobic training; post-rehabilitation; advanced stretching; yoga; and kickboxing. The East Coast native incorporates his fitness expertise and engaging personality in Beachbody’s Power 90® Fat Burning System, Power Half Hour®, and P90X®, and Power 90® Master Series.

Check out his blog at: http://tonyhorton.blogspot.com/

Upcoming: James Bailey Sevanti Ayurveda

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:49:44 +0000

James Bailey, LAc, MATCM, MPH, Dipl Ayu
James is a third generation physician and health educator who has been living yoga and ayurveda for 20 years with his wife, yoga teacher Shiva Rea. He practices Oriental Medicine, acupuncture, Ayurveda and Yoga Tantra, aiding patients via acupuncture, clinical Ayurvedic techniques of Pancha Karma detoxification, Chinese and ayurvedic medical herbology, nutrition, marma therapies, pranayama, and meditation. His training includes 5 years (4000+ hours) of formal clinical studies in Oriental Medicine (Yo San University) and training in Ayurveda under such luminary teachers as Dr. Vaijayanti Apte (Dipl Ayu from the Ayurveda Institute of America), Dr. Subash Ranade, Dr. Avinash Lele, Dr. Vasant Lad, Dr. Robert Svoboda, and many Ayurvedic doctors and therapists in Kerala, south India where he spends time teaching and studying while on retreat each year. James teaches Ayurveda and Yoga Tantra meditation workshops worldwide. He is a contributing editor and former columnist for Yoga Journal, Light on Ayurveda, LA Yoga magazine and other wellness magazines. He served as an active Board member of the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine (CAAM), and is founder of Sevanti Oriental Medicine and Ayurveda in Santa Monica, CA.

Visit James online: www.sevanti.com

Upcoming: Beth Filla YogaWood

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:43:38 +0000

Beth Filla, MSW, E-RYT, Co-Founder YogaWood
Beth met yoga at a gym in 1997. The classes were intense, and required a different kind of focus than anything she had previously encountered. Over the years, dabbling in different styles and types of yoga, Beth has come to recognize the effects of consciously quieting the mind and intentionally facing the physical challenges of yoga practice. The effects have included moving beyond the boundaries of what she thought was possible on her yoga mat and in the rest of her life. Having worked as a social worker with various community based programs in Philadelphia and as a high school English teacher right here in Collingswood, Beth has always been most inspired by helping people work toward finding their greatest potential. Since completing her Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training with Corina Benner and Jill Manning at Wake Up Yoga in Philadelphia and her Pilates Mat certification with Sylvia Byrd-Leitner at Pilates Core Center she has been encouraging her students to see the power of placing their intentions and the wonder of each breath.

Visit Beth online: www.yogawood.com

Upcoming: Shannon Schneider OmTime Boulder

admin — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:10:45 +0000

Shan, as she is known to her students and friends, is the founder and muse of om time. She is an activist, an eternal optimist, and a lover of the flow of grace within everyone. She is truly here to be part of the collective flow that is “changing the world one downward dog at a time.”

Shannon founded and teaches Anjali Restorative Yoga, a deeply restful and healing yoga practice. The practitioner is guided through meditations and thoughtful visualizations, while the body is held and supported by bolsters, pillows, and blankets. By resting deeply, the body engages its natural ability to heal and reset. The effect is profoundly nurturing, thoughtful, and balancing.

Shannon has been a dedicated assistant to Shiva Rea and the Global Vinyasa Collective since 2005. She teaches and mentors Prana Vinyasa Flow, an energetic, creative full-spectrum approach to embodying the flow of yoga. This style was founded and cultivated by Shiva Rea and the Global Vinyasa Collective of Teachers. Students of all levels are empowered to experience prana (the universal source of breath, life energy and conscious intelligence) as the navigating source of yoga practice and vital living. Practitioners learn classical and innovative approaches to vinyasa yoga and the state of flow drawn from Krishnamacharya’s teachings, Tantra, Ayurveda, and Bhakti.

As proof of yoga’s healing power, Shannon believes in and practices all that she teaches. Her smile, her laughter, and her enthusiasm for living is happily contagious. Her courage and compassion breathe energy, as well as being an inspiration for potential to all her students. Shannon began yoga in 1993. A traumatic illness led her in a search to regain her health and uplift her spirits.

Many different teachers and styles have influenced her over the past decade: Shiva Rea, John Friend, Judith Lasater, Dr. Douglas Brooks, Sianna Sherman, Amy Ippoliti, Jaime Allison and Cindy Lusk. Shannon has been featured in Alternative Health Magazine and Yoga International. She presents for Yoga Journal Conferences and leads weekly classes in Boulder and Denver, as well as workshops, intensives, teacher trainings and retreats nationally and internationally. For more information or direct inquiries, please email, shannon@omtime.com. www.omtime.com

Episode 49: Jonny Kest Midwest Yoga Conference

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:53:41 +0000

Episode 49 is an interview with Yogi, Jonny Kest, of Center for Yoga, in Detroit, Michigan and Lara Hedin, Founder of YogaPeeps.com. In this episode, Lara and Jonny have a very informal chat about his practice, the MidWest Yoga Conference, kids and family, his favorite books, and moments of silence.

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Episode 49: Jonny Kest Shownotes

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:17:43 +0000

Jonny’s Influential Teachers:

David Williams

Brad Ramsey

Pattabhi Jois

His Students

Books he loves:

Waking, Matthew Sanford

Skinny Bitch, Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin

Studio:

www.centerforyoga.net

Yoga Conferences:

www.midwestyoga.com

www.artofvinyasa.com

Podcast Music:

Indian SciFi, by Joshua Dranoel

Episode 48: Chrissy Carter Shownotes

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:14:38 +0000

Chrissy’s Influential Teachers:

Mark Whitwell, “You can stop looking for what is not lost”

Genny Kapuler, Senior Iyengar teacher

Desikachar

Krishnamacharya

Allison Green, first dance teacher who started lessons with yoga

Favorite Books:

Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert

Yoga Sutras, translation by Chip Hartreneft

Light on Yoga, Light on Life, B.K.S. Iyengar

Website: www.yogachrissy.com

Podcast Music:

Eeeze Now, Afronaut

Episode 48: Chrissy Carter YogaWorks NYC

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:14:18 +0000

Episode 48 is an interview with Yogini, Chrissy Carter, of New York City and Lara Hedin, Founder of YogaPeeps.com. In this episode, Lara and Chrissy talk about beginner’s mind, asana as tupperwares for awareness, loving teaching, yoga in Whole Foods and the NYC subway, and having no agenda in meditation.

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Episode 47: John Evans ShowNotes

admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:22:07 +0000

John’s Teachers:

Zhander Remete: www.shadowyoga.com
Richard Hiddleman
Japanese Swordsman Sensei of Fudokan

Recommended Reading:

Shadow Yoga

Zen and the Art of Archery

Yoga Yajnacalkya Song: Krishnamacharya’s son, or Mohan’s translation

Hatha Kamaudri

Hatha Pradipicka

Website: www.islingtonyoga.com, www.battodo-fudokan.co.uk

Podcast Music:

Mystic Chants, Anne Young

Episode 47: John Evans Islington Yoga London

admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:21:46 +0000

Episode 47 is an interview with Yogi, John Evans of Islington Yoga, London and Lara Hedin, Founder of YogaPeeps.com. In this episode, Lara and John talk about his master swordsmanship, and how it relates to yoga, and about Shadow Yoga.
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Episode 46: Tilak Pyle Podshow Notes

admin — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:23:24 +0000

Tilak’s Most Influential Teachers:

Dr. Calvin Mercer

Swami Satchidananda

Eric Schiffmann

Angela Farmer

Victor Van Kooten

Recommended Books:

Be Here Now - Ram Dass
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Sri Swami Satchidananda
Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness - Erich Schiffmann
Aghora, at the Left Hand of God - Robert Svoboda

Website: www.tilakpyle.com; www.ihanuman.com
DVD: Yoga: Altar of the Heart
Podcast Music: Salala featuring Peter Gabriel; Angelique Kidjo

Episode 46: Tilak Pyle

admin — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:22:56 +0000

Episode 46 is an interview with Yogi, Tilak Pyle of the Shenandoah Valley, at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Virginia, and Lara Hedin, Founder of YogaPeeps.com. In this episode, Lara and Tilak talk about his websites www.ihanuman.com, and www.tilakpyle.com, about his teachers, and his yoga practice.
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Episode 45: Erika Faith Hattingh

admin — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:07:55 +0000

Episode 45 is an interview with Yogini Erika Faith Hattingh, of Redondo Beach, California and Lara Hedin, Founder of YogaPeeps.com. Erika teaches at www.YogaWorks.com, in Costa Mesa, but visit www.cloudnineyoga.com, and www.beinyoga.com for more. In this episode, Lara and Erika talk about the yoga teacher as a spiritual guide, transformation process, being in stillness, 7 spiritual laws, and the yoga of surfing.

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Upcoming: Chrissy Carter YogaWorks NYC

admin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:08:51 +0000

Chrissy is a senior teacher and teacher trainer at Yoga Works in New York. Her combination of intelligent sequencing with a breath- centered practice encourages her students to explore their own personal edge with consciousness and purpose. Known for her sense of humor and her light-hearted approach, Chrissy’s classes reveal how yoga can infuse the everyday. Her teaching style blends precision and alignment with the teachings of Krishnamacharya, guiding the practice inward towards the divine. Chrissy worked on Wall Street as an equities sales trader before making her part-time passion for teaching yoga a full-time career in 2004. A writer, singer, self-proclaimed domestic Goddess and gastronome, she strives to find yoga in all aspects of her life and invites her students to do the same!

www.yogachrissy.com

An update from yoga peep yogini mom

admin — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:04:11 +0000

I am so grateful for this life, and for the ability to facilitate this beautiful life-force (Luca) into the world. I am very grateful to be getting a little more time these days as well, (while Luca naps) to work on edit and upload interviews. Thank you awesome listeners for hangin’ around, contributing through PayPal, and for sending me all of your encouragement and feedback. I am deeply grateful for you. I send all of you Love and Energy to all the wonderful things you’ve birthed this year. My intention is to have a new interview a month, with all the interviews from 2007 uploaded by the end of the year. Send me an email with new yogi and yoginis you’d love to hear!

Happiest Holidays, to you, the Peeps. Power to the Peaceful! Love and Namaste.

Episode 45: Erika Faith Hattingh

admin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:47:37 +0000

Erika’s Most Influential Teachers/Books:

Eric Schiffman: Moving Into Stillness

Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements

Deepak Chopra: The Seven Spiritual Laws

Website: www.cloudnineyoga.com; www.beinyoga.com

Teaching: www.yogaworks.com , Costa Mesa

Photographer: www.jameswvivvner.com

Podcast Music: The New Song of the Gypsy, by Jim Fidler

Upcoming: John Evans Islington Yoga

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:53:18 +0000

John Evans is the director of Islington Yoga and has been practising yoga for 35 years and teaching for 25 years. He has been studying with Shandor Remete since 1995 and teaches Shadow Yoga. John completed an English degree at Oxford University and went on to study the Yoga Sutras intensively at the Anchorhold Monastery in Sussex for five years. He lived in Japan for 12 years where he studied Martial arts and holds a 6th dan black belt in Batto-do, Japanese swordsmanship. He is the Head Teacher of Fudokan Japanese sword school in London .

Visit John online at: www.islingtonyoga.com

Or in London: Islington Yoga is located at 357 City Rd EC1V 1LR
Tel: 020 7704 6796 email: info@islingtonyoga.com

Episode 44: Karendayal BlissLifeYoga

admin — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:56:59 +0000

Episode 44 is an interview with Yogini Karendayal, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and Lara Hedin, Founder of YogaPeeps.com. Karen teaches yoga at her studio, visit www.blisslifeyoga.com. In this episode, Lara and Karen talk about the Shakti energy, her brother’s healing, strength from softening, navigating life/death/birth, yoga as a mom, fun and play.

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Episode 44: Karendayal BlissLifeYoga

admin — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:43:27 +0000

Karen’s Most Influential teachers:

Shiva Rea

Gurmukh

Karen’s Boys: Aiden and Colin- 5yrs and 3 and a half yrs

Books She Loves:

The Little Soul And The Sun, by Neale Donald Walsch and Frank Riccio

The Sevenfold Journey, by Anodea Judith and Selene Vega

Excuse me Your Life Is Waiting, by Lynn Grabhorn

The Way Of The Peaceful Warrior, by Dan Millman

Website: www.blisslifeyoga.com

Podcast Music:

Jungle Beat, by Maido Project

Upcoming: Tilak Pyle

admin — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:31:12 +0000

Tilak’s love and fascination with yoga has led him to study with many teachers throughout the U.S. and India, but most importantly it continues to take him to his mat everyday.

His unique teaching style is creative, passionate, and is influenced most by his work with Yoga Master Sri Swami Satchidananda, and renowned teachers, Erich Schiffmann, Angela Farmer, and Victor van Kooten. He holds degrees in Religious Studies, Literature & Religion, and has studied Sanskrit at the American Sanskrit Institute and the University of Virginia.

In 2005 he released his first DVD, Yoga: Altar of the Heart, and is the author of The Online Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide.

Websites:

www.tilakpyle.com

www.ihanuman.com

A Baby is Born, Luca Bjorn

admin — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:55:59 +0000

Typing with one hand, while holding your 2 week old is the best….no, I won’t turn this into a baby blog! We did want to share with you our awesome news! Erik and I welcomed, Luca, our first baby, on July 18, 2007. He was 6lbs 13 ounces, and in great health. We are so grateful for all the love and support, from our friends, family and listeners. Thank you! Lara will be taking 1 month off from podcasting, to help Luca grow, learn what he needs, be present for him, nurse, and hopefully eat and sleep in-between! Please listen to all of our past interviews in the meantime, you always hear something new, with each new listen. And, as always, practice, and enjoy!

Episode 43: Tao Porchon-Lynch

admin — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:59:02 +0000

Episode 43 is an interview with Yogini Tao Porchon-Lynch, of Westchester, New York, and Lara Hedin, Founder of Yogapeeps.com. Tao teaches yoga at Equinox, around Westchester, and at retreats worldwide. In this episode, Lara and Tao talk about the breath’s infinite energy, being ageless, her life, and the love for her students.

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Episode 43: Tao Porchon-Lynch

admin — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:55:50 +0000

Tao’s Influential Teachers

Books she recommends:

Writings of Vivekananda

Aurobindo

The Life of Gandhi

Her CD:

The Rhythm of Stillness

Podcast Music:

Band: Blk Sonshine Song: Bahlalefi

Episode 42: Jasmine Tarkeshi Laughing Lotus

admin — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:17:33 +0000

Episode 42 is an interview with Yogini Jasmine Tarkeshi, of Laughing Lotus Yoga NYC, and Lara Hedin, Founder of Yogapeeps.com. Jasmine teaches yoga at Laughing Lotus, and at retreats worldwide. She can be found at www.laughinglotus.com. In this episode, Lara and Jasmine talk about the addictive personality, connection to source, listening for your yoga, and the divine dance.

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Episode 42: Jasmine Tarkeshi Laughing Lotus

admin — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:15:08 +0000

Jasmine’s Influential Teachers:

Alice Tarkeshi (Her Mom), Dana Flynn, Rumi, Hafiz, Amma

Influential Schools:

Alvin Ailey School of Dance

Integral Yoga

Jivamukti Yoga

Wild Lotus, New Orleans

www.laughinglotus.com

Jasmine’s Audio CD:

Sun Celebrations

Podcast Music:

Incidental Fusion - Afghan Sands

Upcoming: Erika Faith CloudNineYoga

admin — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:53:33 +0000

Erika is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Instructor Trainer (E-R.Y.T. 500), and a certified advanced practitioner through the White Lotus Foundation. She currently teaches Ashtanga-based vinyasa yoga classes at YogaWorks Costa Mesa and online at www.beinyoga.com. She leads international and local retreats, and holds teacher trainings through Cloud Nine Yoga Studio & School.

Cloud Nine Yoga, offers Basic and Advanced Yoga Teacher Certifications, approved by Yoga Alliance at both the 200 and 500 levels. Erika also teaches Thai Yoga Massage, Core Sequencing Bodywork, and Prenatal Yoga. Erika is a Reiki Master-Teacher, and is trained in the Yaki and Lakota ways of holding ceremony - specifically sweat lodge. She teaches at YogaWorks Costa Mesa, and is on the cover of YogaTimes this month.

Visit her online at: www.cloudnineyoga.com, and www.beinyoga.com.

Upcoming: Karendayal BlissLifeYoga

admin — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:34:49 +0000

Karendayal is the founder and owner of Bliss Life Yoga. She is a 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance and has earned additional certificates of training in Prana Vinyasa Flow™ Yoga trained by Shiva Rea. Karendayal holds other specialized certificates of training in Pre-Natal Yoga, Kundalini Yoga for Children, and studies Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan and Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa.

Karendayal is honored and inspired to live by her spiritual name Dayal Kaur, given to her by the late Yogi Bhajan (PhD, Master of Kundalini Yoga). Her name means “the princess who gives with kindness.” Karen teaches Prana Vinyasa Flow™ Yoga, an eclectic style of Hatha Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Meditation, and The Art of Deliberate Creating.

Karendayal is also Licensed and Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, an Independent Reiki Master and Teacher, an Integrated Energy Therapy Teacher, a Trained Hypnotherapist, and has a Bachelor of Divinity in Ministerial Counseling. Karendayal is a popular therapist, bringing great relief, inspiration, and empowerment through her wisdom, skill, intuition, and precision of body and energy work.

Visit her online at: www.blisslifeyoga.com

Episode 41: Matthew Sweeney Australia

admin — Fri, 25 May 2007 16:25:22 +0000

Episode 41 is an interview with Yogi Matthew Sweeney, of Byron Bay Australia, and Lara, Founder of Yogapeeps.com. Matthew teaches yoga in Byron Bay, in his books, and tours worldwide. He can be found at www.yogatemple.com. In this episode, Lara and Matthew talk about humbleness, giving unconditionally, presence without judgment, kids & yoga, and the importance of self-practice.

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Episode 41: Matthew Sweeney Australia

admin — Fri, 25 May 2007 16:22:24 +0000

Most Influential Teachers:

Shri K. Pattabhi Jois

Sharath Jois

Brendan Healey

Ken Wilber

Master Yoda

Recommended Reading:

Ashtanga Yoga, David Swenson

Sivananda Books

Cosmic Consciousness, Ken Wilber

Ramesh Balsekar, Vedanta & Vipassana

Website:

www.yogatemple.com

Podcast Music: Kaipirinya No Moto E, by 4 in the Moonlight

Episode 40: Kelly Morris

admin — Sun, 13 May 2007 03:30:12 +0000

Episode 40 is an interview with Yoga Instructor, Kelly Morris, of NYC and Lara Hedin of YogaPeeps.com. Kelly teaches at www.theshala.com, and is on the faculty of Omega Institute. She can be found at www.kellymorrisyoga.com. In this episode, Lara and Kelly talk about finding your teacher, santosha - contentment, prana loss/gain, nonviolent intentions, shining up your own heart like a diamond, maintaining the highest vision of yourself.

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