Aligned Expressions

This Friday, April 22, is Earth Day—so we thought we’d spotlight how the getting-people-back-to-the-earth trends of farming and gardening are a key focus of not one, but several, of our top wellness trends for 2022. The pandemic has made self-sufficiency and survivalism much bigger values. And the quickening environmental and soil crisis is sparking a new awareness that we must restore the world’s soil (through more regenerative farming practices), while the medical evidence mounts that exposure to soil brings so many eye-opening health benefits.

Sherry interviews, Yasuke Daddy, a yoga teacher, urban farmer, agriculturist and urban forester (Vintage Greenhouse & Vintage Yasuke LC) located in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia metro area. Besides his yoga certification, Yasuke has been serving the most needed communities that he once grew up in.  His clientele is from impoverished and underrepresented communities that have a lack of resources for mental health and physical longevity.  His company has teamed up with an urban farm in a Maryland suburb of Washington, DC to change the nutrition disparity that plagues our communities today.  Since partnering, Yasuke has created community educational gardens, eco system recovery and urban farming.  He has also obtained two acres of farming land in South Hill, Va (near Sherry's ancestral matriarchal lineage) for mass production that will cycle directly to communities in need.

Sherry and Yasuke discuss how to create container gardens and bridging the gap between yoga and farming for overall longevity..

Sherry discusses the role of mindfulness, art, home and Zen with Artist Kurtis Brand.  Kurtis Brand is a multi-disciplinary contemplative artist. Through mindful, transcendent art, he helps seekers achieve a healthy and calm mindset.  This healthy and calm mindset can translate into the home environment.

Kurtis can be found at www.kurtisbrand.com and Instagram @kurtisbrand

Faith Hunter, International yoga teacher, creator and author of her new book Spiritually Fly and her new program Elevate, talks with Sherry Steine about the life events that fueled her commitment to yoga, living by the Spiritually Fly Sutras, her home environment, and the course of her high-profile career.  We also discuss the current state of African American women in the yoga industry. 

Those who publicly rate and review this podcast will receive COMPLIMENTARY ONE MONTH membership to Faith's ELEVATE program. More is explained in this podcast!

It's a new year and February is Heart Month. Certified Fitness Trainer and Sherry's younger sibling Jonathan Burton discusses basic tips for exercising at home.  Also we discuss elevating your heart rate at home with no or little fitness equipment using HITT Training and very little space. Using the space in your bedroom, living room, with little equipment and space in your home with 10-15 minute workouts.  In addition, the benefit with shorter workouts in shorter time, nutritional basics, and creating a motivating home interior environment for staying motivated are also discussed. 

Jonathan is a Certified Trainer with Just Believe Fitness in Nashville, TN. If you're motivated to get healthier and stronger, you've come to the right place. If you have the drive and the desire to change your life, then there's no better time than NOW to get it done!

 Jonathan Burton. I'm a Certified Fitness Coach, television sports journalist, 19 year amateur athlete (rugby), and one time professional wrestler. Fitness has been a big part of my life, and I am dedicated to helping you reach your fitness goals! As a certified fitness professional, I can help you set realistic goal;and transform your health and your life for the better. I can help you look and feel your best. And I can help you enjoy yourself along the way. You can train one-on-one with me at a state of the art facility in Bellevue, TN.  I specialize in weight loss, body shaping, and metabolic training.  All workouts are designed to meet your specific fitness goals.

Also: Coming Soon: Online Fitness Coaching! Keep checking back for details!

Sherry Steine kicks off her brand new podcast Aligned Expressions with guest, Nikki Boyd, Founder and Owner of At Home with Nikki.  Nikki is a professional organizer based in Charleston, South Carolina.  She is an author of two books Beautifully Organized at Home and Beautifully Organized at Work. Ms. Boyd there her organization tips with her fans on her "At Home with Nikki" and "At Work with Nikki" YouTube channels.  Her work has been featured in Martha Stewart Living, Harper's Bazaar, Real Simple, USA Today and many more.

In this episode, Sherry talks with Nikki about clutter and the importance of organization.  Also discussed are decluttering tips, how to emotionally prepare and how to create experiences with the organization process.  

In this episode, Sherry interviews Fine Artist and Healer, Elizabeth Tuckwell about art, healing and the influence of art in space.  Elizabeth discusses how art helped her with own healing and how art not only influences space but provides a mode of awareness for ones personal healing.  Perspectives of art, meditation and awareness for the mind, body, spirit and home are also discussed.

Elizabeth Tuckwell developed her own self-taught painting style while traveling the globe before the days of cell phones.

As she faced personal challenges she realized that painting could soothe her. She also discovered a path that gave her power over her anxiety and overwhelm; it was meditation and energy work.

She also holds in-person guided meditation sessions as well as mediation and art workshops for groups and team building events.

At Elizabeth Tuckwell.com, you can view her work, sign up for one of her art classes or take part in some of her free mental health and inspiration gifts, such as weekly discussion groups to shift perspectives, creative jumpstart challenges or free writing tools to clear your mind.

Sherry interviews Dawn Browning of Holsol Wellness (https://www.holsolwellness.com) in honor of Diabetes Awareness Month about ways to integrate breath, essential oils and yoga therapy for emotional and health management of those who are experiencing Diabetes.  Various techniques as well as discussions around creating aromatherapy and memories in the home are discussed.

Dawn is an ecologist, yoga therapist and entrepreneur. She sees her 35 years living with Type 1 diabetes as a powerful lens for understanding how what we think, eat, and move affects all aspects of our bodies and lives. She supports others using yoga therapy, essential oils, and personal leadership tools to help you find the perfect tools to discover and recalibrate your grounded innately peaceful state.

In this episode, Sherry Steine discusses integrating wellness by interior design with Jamie Gold, CKD, CAPS, MCCWC is a Wellness Design Consultant, Certified Kitchen Designer, Certified Aging in Place Specialist and Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach. Jamieis also the author of three books on design and remodeling, including her latest, Wellness by Design: A Room-by-Room Guide to Optimizing Your Home for Health, Fitness and Happiness, (Simon & Schuster/Tiller Press, September 2020).

Sherry and Jamie discuss the link between healthy living and healthy home spaces. Tips and strategies are discussed based on Jamie's book Wellness by Design.  Jamie Gold: Instagram: @JGWellnessDesign | Website jamiegold.net

In this episode, Sherry interviews her colleague Leslie Nesbitt of Rhythmic Walls about the powerful use of color in the home and how it affects us all.  Color is a powerful tool that should be respected within our environments.

As a former executive of a nationally recognized women’s organization, Leslie discovered her latent artistic talent while engaging in home decorating projects as a respite from the hectic demands of her fulltime career. As she set about transforming her family’s home into an individual bastion of color, texture and style, she became instantly hooked and fascinated with decorative finishing and how it can dramatically transform interior spaces. Her passion led her to start taking decorative painting classes and to become professionally trained and certified in the application of exquisite surface design. However, it was the response from others that pushed her to stretch beyond the canvas of her home to expand outward, and soon she began painting for family and friends. Unable to focus on anything else and uninspired by her day job, with the help and encouragement of her husband, Leslie set up shop in the sunroom of her home, launching Rhythmic Walls (RW) Decorative Painting and Design Studio in 2003. 

In the years since the launch of RW, Leslie has created a thriving business and established a loyal and solid clientele. She has worked on scores of commercial and residential projects. Her work has been featured on HGTV and in local and national publications. Leslie’s achievements as a successful businesswoman have gained her national acclaim and in 2005, she received the coveted National Women’s Business Center’s Capital Award, from Wachovia Bank. The receipt of the award positioned her to expand her company’s capabilities. In 2009, her artistic accomplishments were acknowledged by fellow artisans and she was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the International Decorative Painting Artisans League (IDAL), the professional trade association for decorative painter, surface artists and designers. Leslie is the first African American to have held this position.As the owner and creative director, Leslie’s focus is on creating cutting edge designs, techniques and products, while overseeing and managing sales and quality control.vLeslie’s rhythm and flow for putting together the unexpected is poetic.

In this episode Sherry interviews Elena Brower.  Elena is a Mama, teacher, artist, poet, best selling author, and Podcast Host of Practice You, Elena has taught yoga and meditation since 1999.  Her first book, Art of Intention, has been translated seven languages, her Essential Membership is beloved for bringing analog creativity to online coursework, her third book, Being You, will be released in early 2021. Elena and Sherry speak with each other about yoga, art, design, her new home in the southwest and of course her Doterra Essential Oils for each space in her home.  Enjoy this special podcast originally broadcasted for National Yoga Awareness Month.