In this episode Sherry features Kyle Freeman, an international Yoga Teacher, Feng Shui consultant, and Intuitive counselor based in Lisbon, Portugal. For National Yoga Awareness Month, both Kyle and Sherry discuss the linkages between Yoga, Body, Feng Shui and the interior environment. In addition, a brief discussion on "Katonah Yoga is defined and discussed which incorporates classical Hatha yoga with Taoist theory, sacred geometry, magic, mythology, metaphor and imagination in a practical framework designed to potentiate personal and communal well-being." 

Kyle has over fifteen years of experience refining her intuitive skills and developing an in-depth understanding of both the built environment and the individual's physical and psychological relationship to their body and their environment. Kyle attended architecture school at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana and Cooper Union in New York City.  After four years working in the field of Architecture she left in search of a deeper felt-send and metaphysical understanding of space and its capacity for healing.  Through that exploration Kyle was introduced to the ancient Chinese practice of Feng Shui.  She studied Classical, BTB, and Form school Feng Shui in New York, London and China.  She practices a combination of methods.

Her social media info is as follows

www.nathaliekylefreeman.com

Instagram: @nkylefreeman

Host Sherry Steine is an Author, Home Wellness Designer, Feng Shui Consultant, DoTerra Wellness Advocate and RYT 200 Yoga Teacher can be found at:

www.sbwaligned.com

Instagram: @sbwaligned

Sherry hosts her twin sister, Sharon J. Burton, Creativity Coach of Spark Your Creative.  Sharon J. Burton is an artist, art curator, and creative life advisor and Founder of Spark Your Creative based in the Washington, DC area. She is a visual artist whose preferred medium is collage and mixed media and has exhibited her art in galleries, art venues and other settings across the country since 2007.

This episode focuses on how being creative is part of our nature and is essential to us as humans.  The creation process helps to calm your state of mind and is a considered self care.  In addition, finding a suitable space for creative expression and memories in the home are discussed.  

For Mental Heath Month, Sherry interviews CEO and Author Robin Wilson of Robin Wilson Home about hypoallegenic design choices, her new home lifestyle brand Clean Design Home and her book by the same name.  Robin believes that "eco-friendly can be beautiful."  Sherry also discusses the how making your bed can be a ritualistic activity.

Did you know:

-The average homeowner has not replaced or washed their sleeping pillow in six years?

-There is a free and simple solution to improve indoor air quality and prevent toxins from entering your home?

-The one place in the home that most people do not think to look for mold could cause unnecessary "wheezing and sneezing" symptoms of allergies.  

Find out more in this amazing episode!

In this episode Maureen and Sherry discuss the basics of Feng Shui Gardens as well as understanding Biophilic Design.  In addition, the benefits of integrating plant life and nature into our spaces both inside and out.

Maureen Calamia inspires clients to connect with their True Nature, restore greater harmony and balance in their homes and lives, through the Five Elements of feng shui. She has taught feng shui since 2009 and her Luminous Spaces Feng Shui School, using my unique Re-Nature philosophy, has achieved the highest standards set by the International Feng Shui Guild. Maureen has been practicing since 2005, but she has worked with energy all of her life.  

Maureen is the author of Creating Luminous Spaces.

Tiffany C. Hammer of Hammer Designs is interviewed by host Sherry Steine about what to look for in crystals and how to use them in different rooms in the home.  Tiffany C. Hammer, is a certified coach and crystal healer, a purveyor of ethically sourced, exquisite minerals. Tiffany works with people who have tried it all, who've read it all, and logically understand where they're at or even how they've gotten here, and are adjusting to new perspectives and experiences. What she offers coaching for change for more peaceful -- and magical living.

This episode discusses specific crystals and how to use them for emotional balance, EMF stimulation, and for enhancing personal energy.  Sherry also discusses a chapter in her book Landing on Your Feet and Putting Down Roots that provides additional support for using crystals in the home.

Najah Dowdie CEO and Founder of Confection Decor, discusses her passion for design and home accessories.  Najah tell us the meaning of her mantra "EVERY ONE DESERVES A SAFE, BEAUTIFUL SPACE, NO MATTER THE SIZE, WHERE THEY CAN FEEL AT PEACE."

She also shares some tips for someone who is interested in popping color and interest with accents in their home. Sherry also discusses how you can feel inspired in your home during COVID-19 and how to reenergize and replace furnishings and feel your space with energetic accessorizing.

Sherry interviews Robin Bell of Robin Bell of Robin Bell Yoga and Wellness. Robin Bell is a Yoga instructor (E-RYT 200), Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider, Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Animal Reiki practitioner, and Thai Foot Reflexology Massage practitioner, who is certified in Chakra Therapeutics. She completed the Level 1 Yoga Teacher Certification, the 200 hour Jiivana Yoga Teacher Training, and the Usui Reiki Level 1, 2 and Master Certifications at the Spiritual Essence Yoga and Wellness Center, in Upper Marlboro, MD.  Robin received her Thai Foot Reflexology Massage training at the Thai Institute of Healing Arts, formerly located in Arlington, VA, and her Chakra Therapeutics certification with Alanna Kaivalya, Ph.D.

In this episode, Robin discusses her own sacred self care rituals that promote balance and healing.  

Robin's info:

https://www.robinbellyoga.com

Instagram: @robinbellyogawellness 

Since COVID-19 we are at home.  What can we do to inspire our homes yet honor our culture and our heritage?  Sherry interviews long time friend and colleague Lisa Shepard Stewart of Cultured Expressions in Rahway, NJ who works with her clients how to create accessories and furnishings to decorate their homes.  Tips and ideas for using fabrics, the meaning of them, and how to inspire yourself and your home in the spirit of culture. You can make something even if you think you are not creative! 

Sherry Steine discusses the importance of organization and decluttering with Brittini Schafer of B. Organized a organization and lifestyle business located in Philadelphia, PA.  January is National Get Organized Month and with the current COVID-19 crisis it is now more important than ever to organize your home and space.  Brittni shares how she works with clients who are overwhelmed with other responsibilities to organize and how to overcome procrastination.  Sherry reads passages from her award winning book Feel Good Spaces:  A Guide to Decorating Your Home for the Mind, Body and Spirit (2012) about the importance of decluttering and organizing your space.  

If you feel sluggish, moody and like you're functioning slower in the fall and winter months, you're not alone. Roughly five percent of the population suffers severely and is diagnosed with light-related depression appropriately known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, as a result of short days with reduced sunlight and long hours of darkness. But many more of us experience a general malaise especially in light of COVID-19 and stay at home orders this fall and winter.

In this brand new episode, podcast host, Sherry Burton Steine formerly Sherry Burton Ways of SBW Aligned Expressions, speaks with two healing experts Kari Roos and Jenna Gallagher of Nurturing You Wellness Center in Toronto, Canada about the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder, how to identify it, and healing tips.  Based on an interview Sherry was featured in about SAD, she discusses how to manage SAD through a few interior decorating tips .