Bone & Bloom

In this episode we discuss healing and curing, health and healing, spiritual healing, spiritual bypassing, the subjective aspects of healing, and more.

Lissa Rankin, MD, is a mind-body medicine physician, author of 7 books, founder of the Whole Health Medicine Institute, and mystic who researches radical remission, trauma-informed medicine, and spiritual healing. Her TEDx talks have been viewed over 5 million times, and she starred in two National Public Television specials- Heal Yourself: Mind Over Medicine and The Fear Cure. Lissa's interest in the link between loneliness and disease led her to spearhead her latest project, Heal At Last, a non-profit organization which aims to bring effective trauma healing and spiritual healing methods to anyone ready for the deep dive of healing.

 

Cultivating your inner knowing, living your dreams, pursuing your goals, cultivating your inherent talents and gifts. Overcoming "stuckness" and more. Being willing to "open your hood" and have a look inside, putting the 'work' in to live your most present and joyful life. 

Marni Nir is a head coach and co-founder of the Handel Group (HG). Not only did she write the hugely successful book, Maybe It's You, with her sister Lauren Zander, creator of the Method, Marnie also wrote HG's online coaching course, Inner.U. Before her current role as Expert in The Handel Method, Marnie held a number of positions in the Marketing and Life Divisions at HG including as Chief Creative Office, Head of Content, and an Expert Life Coach. 

 

 

In this episode I am joined by auther, speaker, and rest coach Octavia Raheem. This episode is like balm for the soul. Octavia speaks on practicing rest, celebrating the moments we are able to pause, rest as activism, and so much more.  Octavia is a gift to humanity and this talk serious medicine. Grab a cup of tea, light a candle, and rest with us.    Octavia Raheem is a wife, mother, author of two books Pause, Rest, Be and Gather, executive rest coach, yoga educator, and former wellness studio owner. She founded Devoted to Rest + Starshine & Clay Online Yoga and Meditation Studio for Black Women and Women of Color. Within her rest and work she threads poetry, prayer, and time tested practices into a blanket of experience under which individuals can gather and rebuke stress, fatigue, and burnout.   The foundation of Octavia's rest work is Black Church (rooted in the South USA), restorative yoga, Yoga Nidra, and meditation. Her deepest offerings lead driven, ambitious, visionary, and highly impactful women to awaken the fullness of their wisdom, power, and clarity through rest. Octavia has over 20 years of experience and well over 10,000 hours of designing and delivering classes, restshops, workshops, immersions, and trainings that transform, heal, and restore individuals and organizations. In 2021 Yoga Journal magazine recognized Octavia as one of fifteen experienced yoga professionals who have elevated and changed the field on a global scale.   Closer to home and as a beacon in her local community, she was named one of four luminaries who have lit the way and created new avenues to yoga in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Southeast in September 2019 by Natural Awakening Magazine. Additionally her writing, rest, and work have been featured in Mantra, Tricycle, Well + Good, Atlanta Magazine, CNN, and at Essence Festival Wellhouse Atlanta. She has an academic background in English Literature, creative writing,and middle grades education as well as 10+ years of professional experience developing curricula for innovative learning and teaching Language Arts in K-12 settings.   Most recently, she combined her passion for yoga, creativity, language, and community through her four year tenure as co-director for Yoga, Literature, and Art Camp for Teen Girls at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art founded by Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts. Octavia is committed to herself, family, and community being well and rested- in body, mind, heart, and spirit. After a lifetime of overworking, exhaustion, and diminished presence she is devoted to rest and writing as liberatory and generative practices for us all.   What Octavia does not do will be as much a part of her legacy as what she courageously chooses to say yes to and does.   Learn more about Octavia Raheem at   www.octaviaraheem.com   Books: www.pauserestbe.com  & https://octaviaraheem.com/gather/   Octavia in the media:    https://octaviaraheem.com/in-the-media/    Instagram- @octaviaraheem

On self-mastery, mapping the body, using metahpor and esoteric dialogue to build your imagination and your self-understanding. Explorations of Katonah Yoga™. Fluency of language, imagination, body, and mind. Healing your attention in the modern age. Feelings and facts and much more. 

Abbie is the owner of The Studio a Katonah Yoga™ studio in New York City. 

You can study with Abbie by visiting http://www.thestudio.yoga/

In this conversation we discuss stoicism, altruism, self-mastery, navigating scientific literature as a lay-person, embracing process, and living well. 

Jeff Krasno founded Commune Media, an online learning platform for personal and societal well-being. As CEO, Jeff focuses on talent relationships, business development and building a stellar team. He also hosts the Commune podcast, interviewing a wide variety of guests from Deepak Chopra and Marianne Williamson to Brendon Burchard and Russell Brand.

Jeff attended The Hotchkiss School and received his BA in 1993 from Columbia University. In 2008, Jeff created the concept for Wanderlust, a series of large-scale events combining yoga & wellness with the arts. Wanderlust has become a global wellness platform with 65 events in 20 countries. Jeff serves as Chairman.

Jeff serves on the board of Pure Edge, a non-profit organization dedicated to integrating yoga and mindfulness curriculum into the public school system. Jeff is a contributor to the Huffington Post and Fast Company. His first book, eponymously named, Wanderlust, debuted in May 2015 on Rodale and has sold more than 35,000 copies worldwide. His new Wanderlust cookbook, Find Your True Fork came out in July 2017.

In 2016, he was selected by Oprah Winfrey to be part of the SuperSoul100 as one of the nation's leading entrepreneurs.

On our altruism and personal practice. Aging and elderhood. Stoicism. Self-mastery and pragmatism. Forgivness, shame and parenting, and so much more. 

Elena Brower, mother, mentor, artist, teacher, bestselling author and host of the Practice You Podcast, Elena has taught yoga and meditation since 1999. After graduating Cornell University in 1992, she designed textiles and apparel for almost a decade before focusing on yoga, meditation, art and writing. Her first book, Art of Attention, has been translated into seven languages; her second, Practice You, is a bestseller. Both Practice You and Being You are utilized as teaching tools in a variety of settings.

Elena's first collection of poetry, Softening Time arrives in May 2023.

Elena's yoga classes and meditations are featured on Glo. Her virtual Engaged Mentorship is renowned for inviting analog creativity into online coursework, and her Perceptive Parenting audio course is a key resource for parents. Elena's spoken word poetry can be heard on Above & Beyond's Flow State albums. She works to elevate bright futures for girls, women and children through her support for Girls on Fire Leaders, On The Inside and Free Food Kitchen.

Her stunning work invites us to bring artistry and beauty into our everday, to offer our deepest listening, and to hone our attention. 

You can find Elena's work at https://elenabrower.com/ 

You can find out more about Katonah Yoga™ at https://www.katonahyoga.com/

And to connect with The Studio and Abbie Galvin visit http://www.thestudio.yoga/

A note on this episode: Since the recording of this episode I have learned neuroscience no longer speaks of the limbic brain and the frontal cortex as being the "reptilian brain" and they are finding that emotion is far more complex than we once thought. The amygdala is no longer considered to be the "fear center" for example but is only partially and sometimes involved in the emotion of fear. I do however still find the "lizard and wizard" a useful metaphor for the tensions and types of experiences that can arise interoceptively when we're at our best and when we're in states that are not always helpful.