Episode 74: Deborah Adele YogaNorth, Duluth, MN

November 26th, 2009

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Episode 74 is an interview, with Deborah Adele, Author of The Yamas & Niyamas, and Co-Owner of Yoga North, in Duluth, Minnesota and Lara Hedin, Founder of Yoga Peeps. In this episode, Deborah and Lara talk about her beginning of yoga at age 48, being the owner of Yoga North for 12 years, the richness of continuing yoga along with her Lutheran faith, what happens on the mat, happens off the mat, harmony with the eight limbs of yoga, all questions are answered in the oneness, samadhi gives new insight, her meditation cd,  her book, The Yamas & Niyamas, learning a language of silence, living moment to moment with god, and Satya – truthfulness and authenticity being inspiring to her.

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ShowNotes

About Deborah

“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver”. – Maya Angelou

November 25th, 2009

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I’d like to express my deepest gratitude to you for supporting Yoga Peeps with your love, energy and donations.  Your listening and feedback means the world to me.  You are all up to wonderful things simply by practicing yoga, and I am honored to be a part of your journey.

I am reaching out to you, because my goal is to continue my work with Yoga Peeps. Presently, I am caring for my 2 year old son, Luca, as a stay at home mom.  Many of you have heard him in the background of the interviews.  I began this Yoga Peeps podcast just before becoming pregnant with him.  Sadly, there is a chance that the interviews you download from Yoga Peeps will end, as I have been unable to financially support myself from this work.

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I invite you to consider how much Yoga Peeps has enhanced your yoga journey.  Are you, like me, incredibly inspired and educated through the stories you hear?  Has your life, like mine, been positively changed as a result of these podcasts?  Are you a better instructor or practitioner as a result of these interviews?

If so, my request, is that you make a donation to show your support.  Consider giving $5 a month, $25 annually, or simply paying $1 for every interview you have listened to.  The truth is, without your financial contributions, I simply can not continue to offer these interviews.

It takes me 10-15 hours from the first email inviting someone to an interview, to the final interview editing and online for you to listen to.

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Know that your donation will allow me to balance both nurturing my son, while continuing to produce meaningful work that is life changing, both for myself and potentially, for you.

Please go to YogaPeeps.com and make your donation today.  Just click on the “Make a Donation” button on the right hand side of the page– it’s very easy.  Share the over 70 Yoga peeps interviews with your friends, and our circumstances will be quickly transformed.

Deepest gratitude for listening, for your financial contribution, and for supporting the yoga community.  May your gift  to us, be returned to you infinitely.

Namaste.

OBeachLuca

Episode 73: Maria Scrivan Dogi the Yogi Shownotes

November 15th, 2009

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Maria Scrivan is an illustrator, painter and designer. Her expressive images combine social commentary with vibrancy and humor.  She is author, and illustrator of Dogi the Yogi, a children’s book of yoga.

Website: www.mariascrivan.com

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Dogi is available at: www.dogiyogi.com

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Dogi The Yogi Reviewed on YogaDork.com

Recommended Books:

Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain
Start Where You Are by Pema Chodron
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds [children’s book]
Ask and it Is Given by Ester and Jerry Hicks

Music she loves:

Soundtrack to (500) Days of Summer

White Stripes, De La Soul, and Roxy Music

Audio Books:

Deepak Chopra’s book, the Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire
Pema Chodron’s True Happiness

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Podcast Music: Highlife no 2, by Ayetoro

Episode 73: Maria Scrivan, Author: Dogi the Yogi

November 15th, 2009

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Episode 73 is an interview, with Maria Scrivan, of Stamford, Connecticut and Lara Hedin, Founder of Yoga Peeps. In this episode, Maria, author of Dogi the Yogi, and Lara talk about avoiding injuries, yoga as a full body massage, relaxing into your breath, let go to go deeper, staying with it, savasana just as important as the asana, meditation on a run, ride or swimming, brain drain through writing, Ahimsa, Svadhyaya ( the study of scriptures & self),The Peace Pilgrim, opening your mind, setting an intention and believing it will come true.

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To listen click: YogaPeeps_111509_MariaScrivan

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ShowNotes

About Maria

Episode 72: Elena Brower ShowNotes

October 15th, 2009

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Elena’s Influential Teachers:

John Friend: Anusara Yoga

Douglas Brooks: Rajanaka Tantra

Hugo Cory: Self Mastery

Cornell University – First Yoga Class

Yogaworks/YogaZone Midtown -  3rd and Lexington

Om Yoga:Cindy Lee - using people’s names, encouraging people in a way that was so exciting

Rodney Yee
Erich Schiffman
Shiva Rea
Seane Corn

Mark Whitwell

Jay Brown, Abhyasa Yoga, Brooklyn

Books She Loves:

The Biology of Trancendence, A Blueprint of the Human Spirit, by Joseph Chilton Pearce
Heart Map Solution
Magical Parent, Magical Child, The Art of Joyful Parenting, Joseph Chilton Pearce
Sat Nam Rasayan, Guru Dev Singh
The Road to Inner Light, by Manly P. Hall
Awakening the Spine, Vanda Scravelli

Music she Loves:

David Willocks, Guitar Meditations
Lama’s Chant
AJ Block and Tyler Sussman, www.didgeproject.com
John De Kadt, Gateway

Yama:Santosha
Limb: Asana

Wanderlust Festival: Lake Tahoe, July24th-26th

Huffington Post Blog:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elena-brower

People Interviewed on YogaPeeps:

John Friend
Mark Whitwell
Erich Schiffman

Podcast Music:

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Tyler Sussman & AJ Block
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Episode 72: Elena Brower Audio Interview

October 15th, 2009

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Episode 72 is an interview, with Elena Brower, of New York City, and Lara Hedin, Founder of Yoga Peeps. In this episode, Elena and Lara talk about the height of hope, responsibility as a yoga teacher, teachers who care, helping to find the abundance that is already within you, being as authentic as possible, speaking from your notebook, preserving the purity of the Anusara tradition, meditation as the presence you cultivate in your everyday life, and the teachers, books and music she loves.

To listen click: YogaPeeps_101509_ElenaBrower

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ShowNotes

About Elena

Episode 71: Faith Hunter Audio

September 20th, 2009

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Episode 71 is an interview, with Faith Hunter, of Washington, D.C. and Lara Hedin, Founder of Yoga Peeps. In this episode, Faith and Lara talk about working through pain to make us who we are and become stronger, teaching from your own practice, connection being the best thing about teaching, finding the time to practice, keeping the connection with the divine, sharing LOVE with everyone.

To listen click: YogaPeeps_092009_Faith Hunter

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ShowNotes

About Faith

Episode 71: Faith Hunter Shownotes

September 15th, 2009

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Influential Teachers:

Faith’s Mother, Father, and Brothers
Hamsan Newman, Iyengar teacher, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Dana Flynn
Jasmine Tarkeshi
Rodney Yee

Books:
Rumi
Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit, Queen Afua

Music:
Fertile Ground, Be Natural
Sean Johnson, Wild Lotus
Nina Simone

Yamas/Niyamas:
Ishvara Pranidhana: Surrender to God

Website:
www.faithhunteryoga.com

Twitter:
faithunteryoga

Peeps she wants to hear:

Sean Johnson
Durga Das, (David Newman)

Podcast Music:

Taos Dance, Emily Jones

Episode 70: Arthur Klein YYoga Movie

August 31st, 2009

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Episode 70 is an interview with Arthur Klein, creator of YYoga Movie, and Lara Hedin, Founder of Yoga Peeps. In this episode, Arthur and Lara talk about how the yoga teacher is your guide – the yoga is your yoga, yoga as a personal experience, to keep coming back, as we age the practice is more meditative, life as a meditation, karmic bhakti style of yoga, YYoga movie, soldiers doing yoga in Iraq, and Pursuit of Happiness Yoga.

To listen click: YogaPeeps_082909_ArthurKlein

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ShowNotes

About Arthur

Episode 70: Arthur Klein YYoga Movie ShowNotes

August 31st, 2009

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Arthur’s Influential Teachers

Parmahansa Yogananda
Mahatma Ghandi
Ramana Maharshi
Neem Karoli Baba
Bryan Kest Power Yoga
Erich Schiffman
Ashley Turner
Govindas

Movie:

Y Yoga

Website:

www.arthurklein.com

www.yyogamovie.com

Podcast Music:

Show Me How it Feels, Etrangers