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Creating meaningful bonds through storytelling is what saved us from the collective experience of isolation, disconnection and loneliness during the Pandemic. With a deep sense of purpose, spirituality and creativity, Ann Wellman led the Long Beach Community Theatre and women across the nation in developing a close knit community one “talk” at a time. With storytelling as the crux of her work, she navigated ambiguity, a pandemic, and social unrest while bringing a sense of calm, love and support to those around her. A born encourager, Ann helps others find their voice and nurture their talents. In this podcast Ann describes five different community offerings she created for people to feel seen, heard and loved. She creates a sacred space to be together and lift each other up. As a woman of faith, she pushes the envelop and steps into troubled waters with courage, compassion and conviction. Ann is someone you want in your corner. She is so real. A fierce mother, woman and artist, Ann leads with heart. She creates a raw, real space to build women up to support their families, career and society. Through creative writing, story telling and spiritual groups, Ann brings us together to share our humanity in a way that builds connection, community and healing.

Ann is the founder and Artistic Director of the Long Beach Community Theater, a Spiritual Life Coach, and facilitator of Women's Ministry classes, workshops and retreats. She has a BA in Speech Communications and Theatre Arts and has been directing for thirty years. Her most recent directorial projects include Truth Be Told, The Dream Chest, and Silver Bullet - a Rock Opera. She currently is hosting a monthly storytelling night every last Wednesday of the month on Zoom called Speak. Easy. A lifetime teacher, student and collaborator, she loves working with people and helping others to find their voices and recognize their talents. She is a born encourager and would love to cheer you on!

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Have you explored the magic of baking? Baking has a transportive quality that takes you into the past. As a mindful practice, baking calls us to explore our sense of smell and drop into the present moment. The aroma of citrus, cinnamon, nutmeg, pecans or expresso have a powerful nostalgic quality. Find the secret soothing quality of baking. In this podcast, Community Organizer and Chief Inspiration Officer, Justin Rudd, motivates us to explore baking as an innovative, creative practice that shares joy with those we love. He offers tips using technology to curate recipes and research the ingredients and precise process to this soothing practice. Check out Justin’s photography of these baking creations at JustinRudd.com/baking. These tantalizing delights include a moist, candied pear cake brushed with brandy, a gluten-free, dairy free chocolate-coconut Pavlone cake and homemade chocolate mint peppermint ice-cream. What is so inspirational about Justin’s approach is that he shares these gorgeous delights bringing joy to everyone around him.

Ines Schubi’s work is grounded in her experience with Ayurveda, her world traveling and personal research on the impact of a plant-based diet. She helps women tune into their bodies and nourish themselves through plant-based nutrition and intuitive eating.

Although we may gravitate towards foods that are convenient, Ines shows us how to gradually substitute them with healthy plant-based choices. She shares her personal journey in using food to identify triggers that may cause distress in the body. Ines strikes a balance in understanding what is nutritious and what makes you feel good. Her novel approach invites us to eat with curiosity in a way that helps us understand how our bodies respond to food. She explores the impact of plant-based eating on energy and digestion.

Ines shares Vegan staples and spices to begin the shift towards a plant-based diet. She encourages organic, seasonal eating and small incremental habits that are health conscious.

Innovation and creativity are a staple in Ines’s approach to Plant based nutrition that helps you feel your best.

Vivacious and energetic, Ines is incredibly funny and relational. She is naturally supportive and kind.

She generously offers simple yet inspirational tips and recipes on Instagram @ines_schubi

You can contact her on [email protected] Check out her website at www.inesschubi.com

If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe. For more tips and tools in health, fitness and mindfulness, download the JoyScore App. We appreciate you listening and would love to help you on your personal journey through our app and social media.

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Until next time, may this day bring you wellness and a deep sense of joy.

“You can’t have the glory without the risk,” says Megan Traver, Lover of Life and Master of Joy. In a candid and evocative conversation, Megan pushes our thinking around how to harness our gifts and sense of purpose. If you have ever wondered about what you are doing and questioned if this is what truly fills you with joy, then this is the podcast for you. We explore the existential question that arises at all stages of life as we reflect on the balance between building a life that is secure and living the dream that fills our heart. Check out Megan’s practical tips on finding your sacred obligations and ways to fulfill it. Megan Traver, a middle school principal and outstanding leader, reminds us of her reflections being an adventure trip coordinator in Australia.

Ines Schubi’s work is grounded in her experience with Ayurveda, her world traveling and personal research on the impact of a plant-based diet. She helps women tune into their bodies and nourish themselves through plant-based nutrition and intuitive eating.

Although we may gravitate towards foods that are convenient, Ines shows us how to gradually substitute them with healthy plant-based choices. She shares her personal journey in using food to identify triggers that may cause distress in the body. Ines strikes a balance in understanding what is nutritious and what makes you feel good. Her novel approach invites us to eat with curiosity in a way that helps us understand how our bodies respond to food. She explores the impact of plant-based eating on energy and digestion.

Ines shares Vegan staples and spices to begin the shift towards a plant-based diet. She encourages organic, seasonal eating and small incremental habits that are health conscious.

Innovation and creativity are a staple in Ines’s approach to Plant based nutrition that helps you feel your best.

Vivacious and energetic, Ines is incredibly funny and relational. She is naturally supportive and kind.

She generously offers simple yet inspirational tips and recipes on Instagram @ines_schubi

You can contact her on [email protected] Check out her website at www.inesschubi.com

If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe. For more tips and tools in health, fitness and mindfulness, download the JoyScore App. We appreciate you listening and would love to help you on your personal journey through our app and social media.

I invite you to follow us on Instagram @joyscoreinc or on Facebook at JoyScore

Until next time, may this day bring you wellness and a deep sense of joy.

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“Pilates is the complete coordination of body, mind and spirit,” explained Joseph Pilates. To shed light on this quote, Karen Washburn, Classical Pilates teacher trainer and instructor discusses how to use Pilates mat work to condition the body by building strength, length, flexibility and balance. She explains how to recover core strength by using the support of the mat.

Karen illuminates the physics of our bodies in relationship to the mat work and equipment. Pilates is effective because it creates resistance, opposition and contrast in the body. Karen shares deep insights on how abdominal strength improves mobility of other limbs. “You are only as old as your spine is flexible,” she stated quoting Pilates. When clients focus on recovering from childbirth or working on their core, Karen explains how to work from the inside out. She sheds light on the power of imagery to connect with the abs and explains how cognitively complex exercises integrate the mind and body.

With an MA in Dance from UCLA, Karen offers a clear and comprehensive overview of the power of Classical Pilates to engage the core. She supports the inclusivity of Pilates to include younger and older clients, athletes, dancers, cancer survivors, and postpartum clients. You can reach Karen on her website: www.axislbc.com to view her fully equipped @gratz_pilates and @gyrotonic studio. Email her at [email protected]. You can find her on Instagram @axislbc

With over 20 years in the industry, Karen commands a deep understanding of Pilates. Check out the following resources in her podcast.

“Return to Life Through Contrology” by Joseph Pilates

“Your Health: A Corrective System of Exercising That Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education” by Joseph Hubertus Pilates

“Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance” by Eric Franklin

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About Karen Washburn

After a varied dance career which took her to Asia, Latin America, and Europe, she pursued a Masters in Dance at UCLA. During this time, while exploring different ways to help her recover from injuries and balance her body, she encountered the two powerful healing and aligning methods which have become her passion and focus for the past 20 years.

Karen has trained with many international experts in Classical Pilates, and was most recently a participant in the highly selective Masters program “The Work” with Jay Grimes, one of the last people living to have worked with Joseph Pilates directly. Karen has been a teacher trainer for Power Pilates, based in New York, for the past 13 years.. She is committed to the integrity of teaching Pilates as the creator intended.

Karen has also been practicing and teaching the Gyrotonic method since 1999. She is certified in all aspects of the system, and has been an instructor trainer for the past decade. Over the years, Karen has worked directly with Juliu Horvath, the creator, as well as many preeminent experts in the method worldwide.

She is the founder and owner of Axis Classical Pilates | GYROTONIC ® Naples & Belmont Shore, the first and only fully equipped Classical Pilates and Gyrotonic studio in Long Beach. Here she works with a wide range of clients, from people who are severely injured to professional athletes and dancers. Her passions are inspiring her clients, supporting her fellow Pilates instructors.

How do you want to move in the world? What do you want to invite into your life? Or what do you carry in your body that you want to let go?

In an eye-opening, candid conversation, certified Open Floor dance instructor, Courtney Stammler, explores how dance can be a transformative experience of wholeness by healing the body, mind and spirit. Courtney holds a safe space for people to be in their body; to listen and respond to their body in a way that helps them get “unstuck.”

Courtney paints vivid images of experiences dancing on the beach to the sounds of tribal drums or dancing in pools of water in Costa Rica as part of her international retreats.

“The movement informs us and when we are open to the possibilities, the healing can occur,” she says. Courtney speaks with integrity and pulls from a deep pool of wisdom not only as a haler, but as a dancer of life. Her experience as a professor and teacher holds space for each client to find themselves in their unique rhythms to experience infinite possibilities joy in their playfulness, creativity and self exploration. “Dance is a constant inquiry where the answers reveal themselves.”

“Whether it’s the beat of your heart or the pulse of your bloodstream, it will play out for you.”

Courtney has been offering healing movement and dance instruction in Long Beach, California and around the world since 2004 in weekly classes and both domestic and international retreats. She is certified as a Nia Black Belt instructor, an Open Floor Teacher, a Level II Reiki practitioner, and an Earth Magic Practitioner and Meditation Instructor. As with the versatility of dance and healing movement, Courtney also teaches for a variety of groups for specific healing needs or purposes: this ranges from middle and high school groups to private groups, health institutions, and corporate groups. Her greatest JOY is providing a safe space for people to move freely and experience joy in their whole being in any class whether it is a more guided classic Nia experience, a freer Open-Floor experience, or a blended “Dance Journey” class.

For additional information about her classes and workshops please contact her directly: 562-715-3297/ [email protected]

Affiliations:

www.openfloor.org

www.Nianow.com

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Dedicated to families and friends who have lost a loved one, pet, relationship or job, this podcast offers hope through the words and experiences of an angel, a Hospice and Grief Angel. Grounded in the present moment and holding a compassionate space, Kathy Brook-Wong shares how to transition through grief with grace, ease and light. She shares therapeutic tools to lean into grief, release stress from the body, honor your feelings and emotions and recognizing that grief is a state. She illustrates how she comforts the dying by creating a space for compassion and dignity. As we collectively grieve the loss of our “normal” life as a result of COVID, Kathy offers tools to check in with ourselves, adapt and thrive. Kathy’s website is www.onwingsofjoy.com You can email her at [email protected] or join her FB Group On Wings of Joy. Follow her on Instagram at kathy_brookwong

Reiki Master and intuitive healer, Kathy Brook-Wong, shares her insights on Reiki, an intelligent and harmonizing energy that heals on physical, emotional and spiritual levels. Kathy believes that we are all healers who can send love to ourselves. She discusses the power of heartfelt intentions, the three main energy centers according to the Reiki tradition and the Reiki Principles. Kathy’s loving and joyful energy permeates the podcast. She illustrates how she holds a space for loving energy to release fear, pain, stress and anger. This informative and practical podcast reveals the energetic symbols in Reiki. Here, you will find how to balance the mind and body through Reiki as a way to feel more radiant, compassionate and loving. Kathy’s website is www.onwingsofjoy.com You can email her at [email protected] or join her FB Group On Wings of Joy. Follow her on Instagram at kathy_brookwong

Grounded in the understanding of the body, mind and energy, Christi Dysart shares a Warrior’s Wisdom. Christi offers a personal story of overcoming cancer and how it informed her yoga practice. She shares vital breathing techniques and explores energy flow through an inspiring account of chakras. Having earned a BFA in dance before she embarked upon her adventures in motherhood, Christi was searching for something that moved her body, mind and spirit. After pursuing her 200 RYT Certification, she began teaching private and public yoga classes. In 2014, Christi was diagnosed with breast cancer. During her treatment, surgery and recovery, she utilized her yoga practices in a way she never had before. As a result, Christi is particularly interested in helping people who face health issues recover a sense of peace and joy and power within their bodies. You can find Christi Dysart at lulu-yoga.com. She offers gentle yoga classes based in the Hatha style focusing on bringing the body, mind and breath into harmony. A zoom link is included in the website with a suggested donation. Additionally, you can subscribe to her newsletter on the website. Namaste.