Michelle Berlin is the founder of Yogishelly and a experienced Wellness Practitioner She utilizes all types of practice from sound therapy to thai yoga.

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03:20 – Michelle’s story to becoming a wellness professional and the pivotal moment that changed the trajectory of her life

Michelle mainly teaches Hatha & Iyengar 

09:00 – Deciding to ultimately share the tools of yoga & healing that helped her with those who suffer from similar pain…back pain anyone?

Quote: “There is a way out (from pain). You can use these daily practices as your “pain killer””

11:15 - Are there any position or opinions over your journey that you’ve changed or shifted substantially or shifted? Keeping things simple…”Keep it Simple Stupid”

13:00 – Michelle teaches everything from yoga, sound therapy, sound healing, thai yoga body work, breath work & meditation. How does she integrate all these modalities or tools into her practice or her students practices?

• Wim Holf Method (https://www.wimhofmethod.com/)
• Miami Ice Club (https://donatohelbling.com/pages/miamiiceclub)

15:00 – Let’s talk how sound healing & sound baths can be integrated into yoga

Quote: “If yoga is stairs to meditation, sound is an elevator”

Do you have trouble meditation? Have you tried a sound bath?

Quote: “It’s (sound therapy) is like a fast track to getting yourself fertile for meditation”

Check out Michaël Bijker’s episodes 14 & 15

19:00 – The classic “Yoga is Not for me”. We speak about how yoga is represented on social media pushing the people that need it most away. 

20:30 - “Yoga is a WORK IN Not a Work Out” is a quote right on the home page of your website yogishelly.com. We talk more about this misconception that yoga is simply “stretching” or “stretching in a hot room”

Quote: “Through yoga we become present not perfect. You will uncover that yoga has many dimensions that activate your energy not only keep the body in shape. It is the ultimate tool for enhancing human potential and functioning at the highest peak of the body and mind” 

Quote: “The whole point of yoga is to sit in contemplation or meditation to realize our highest potential”

21:30 – Yoga has shifted to more of a boot camp style workout. Is this good or bad? What do you think?

Yoga’s not for men?

If your inflexible yoga is not for you?

31:30 – Resources you should check out that Michelle recommends if you want to learn more about what yoga truly is?

Resource:...

Special Meditation to Do WITH your Dog:

What you Need:

1. Your Dog or animal family member
2. 6 foot leash
3. Quite relaxing space free

Stefanie Corbeil is both dog trainer, yoga teacher, founder of TAO DOG® YOGA and the perfect person to cover this topic.

Make sure to check out the previous episode that covers everything from the philosophy of dog yoga, to the roots of animals, to everything you need to know on how to start doing yoga with your dog today!

More on Stefanie Corbeil:

• Website: https://www.behavior-unleashed.com/
• YouTube: Behavior Unleashed
• Instagram: @behaviorunleashed

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Stefanie Corbeil is both dog trainer, yoga teacher, founder of TAO DOG® YOGA and the perfect person to cover this topic.

She has a B.S. in Animal Science, works as a Certified Guide Dog Instructor & Puppy Coordinator. Combining her two passions, yoga & dog training Stef created TAO DOG® YOGA. Designed to teach people how to do yoga while they and their dog gain mental focus. TAO DOG® YOGA classes & programs allow people to enjoy the benefits of yoga while teaching their dog important skills such as relaxation, relationship building and connection.

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08:00 – What is TAO DOG® YOGA? Does your dog know how to settle?

Quote – “She would not settle. She kept being like what are we doing? Standing up. Checking in with me. What I realized what I’ve done is in my relationship with her being so active and being so “on” myself is I activated her”

Quote: “Dogs are a mirror to your behavior”

13:15 – First TAO DOG® YOGA class with a group of people

Quote: “The first class I taught. I was like this works. You could see it in the dogs. I can see it in the people and you could feel that collective energy”

Quote: “We are really training our dogs & conditioning our dogs in this class. And we are really changing ourselves with the yoga”

15:15 - Lets Demystify Dog Yoga a little as NOT just another Marketing Scheme. What is the goal? What does it involve? What has been the outcome?

20:30 – Stef’s dharma fusing her passion to teach yoga & her passion for dogs

Quote: “Yoga is for all of us in how we want it to be and how we want to bring it into our lives”

32:00 – Animals & the roots of yoga

Reference: Shut up & Yoga blog article called What Animals Can Teach You About Yoga by Laura Jaypalan

Quote: “There’s teachers all around us we just have to notice”

Quote: “The postures we do reflect those animals and what they embody”

Nature Meditation written by your Host to you: coming soon

39:55 - What other yogic lessons can we learn from our dogs?

44:00 - Process for TAO DOG® YOGA

What does it look like to someone who has never taken your classes?

Quote: “I like to laugh during yoga. My dog doesn’t have to be perfect”

46:00 – What you need for class?

Quote: “Because dogs aren’t going to buy it if your not relaxing. I’ve seen in my class were the person wasn’t ready to let go yet so the dog wasn’t ready to let go yet”

54:15 – Stef’s unique training method she calls, “Calm touch”

Quote: “I laugh hysterically when I practice with him (her dog) and I think it’s so good for...

Finding Focus Guided Meditation by Sarah Kadel

Sarah Kadel has been professionally teaching yoga, meditation, and self inquiry since 2011. From international yoga retreats to working as one of the yoga teachers for the Rams NFL football team.

Sarah has an amazing story venturing off to Virgin Islands after studying History & Anthropology. She has overcome sobriety and now shares her lessons to life as a Secret Yogi.

Sit up tall, relax and enjoy the meditation.

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Website: https://www.sarahkadelyoga.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahkadelyoga/

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT EPISODE 24 WHERE Sarah & I talk about overcoming big obstacles and her story to overcoming sobriety through yoga.

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Sarah Kadel has been professionally teaching yoga, meditation, and self inquiry since 2011. From international yoga retreats to working as one of the yoga teachers for the Rams NFL football team.

Sarah has an amazing story venturing off to Virgin Islands after studying History & Anthropology in college. She has overcome sobriety through yoga and now shares her lessons to life as a Secret Yogi.

For more resources to uncover your innate super powers as a Secret Yogi check out www.secretyogisociety.com

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01:07 - Let’s introduce the amazing Sarah Kadel

06:00 – Sarah’s yoga journey brings her to Germany where she meets Crystal Beshears (yes, from Episodes 1 & 2). Mindset of abundance collaborating with professionals in your field.

10:00 – Sarah’s journey to finding yoga takes her into the road less traveled. Journeying to the Virgin Islands immediately after graduating college.

12:30 – Life begins to get away from Sarah influenced by St. Johns party culture combined with her addictive personality. An introduction to yoga when she needs it most in her life.

14:30 - Quote: “In savasana I truly had this profound feeling that things could be different. That I didn’t have to consistently be surviving. There’s an opportunity for that deeper connection for harmony & balance”

Quote: “WTF are you doing with your life? You need to get your shit together” Dropped a bomb in my life, etc

Quote: “Without destruction there is no room for growth. We need to make space to clear out the old stuff to make room for new growth.

17:00 – Let’s talk overcoming big obstacles in life. For Sarah sobriety didn’t come that easily. The power of community, culture & self reflection.

Quote: “The addictive brain is really good at tricking you that you don’t have a problem. You know if I have moderation that’s enough”

Quote: “Your celebrating something…have a drink. Your morning something…have a drink. Your bored…have a drink. It’s a sunny day…have a drink. It’s a rainy day…have a drink. Your constantly bombarded with that culture”

19:30 - I never forget the moment when I realized what I needed to do

Sarah’s biggest fear: “Would they think I wasn’t going to be fun anymore?”

Resource: Yoga for 12 Steps of Recovery with Nikki Myers (https://y12sr.com/)

Quote: “I felt like I was in my own quarantine”

24:00 – Sarah’s advice for someone trying to overcome a large obstacle in life?

Quote: “If you get stuck in that trap in lamenting & beating yourself up & self loathing there’s no forward progress. Your Stuck in that past place. Your stuck in those emotions”

Quote: “Between stimulus & response there’s a pause. In that pause is freedom”

Quote: “If you breath everything changes. So just pause for a second. Take a...

Warriors Breath with Erik Milosevich

Make sure to check out the previous episode in which Erik & I talk all things police, breath work, and balance between yin & yang. It's one you don't want to miss.

More on Erik check out: www.awokenwarriors.com

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Erik Milosevich was a cop for over 25 years, worked in the Special Forces, is a vinyassa & yin teacher, a Wim Holf instructor, teaches cops and special forces courses on breath, meditation & movement, he is a Krav Maga ninja, and a big fan of ecstatic dance. He is a super cool guy with an even cooler perspective on life.

Checkout Erik's website: www.awokenwarriors.com

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03:20 – Erik’ background to finding yoga as a cop for over 25 years and a Special Forces Veteran than eventually finding balance between the Yin & Yang. We dive into taking your yoga practice off the mat and into the real world. Early on Erik’s dharma seemed set as this “Protector” despite a passion for theater. Jumping out of plans and becoming this ninja of sorts was the norm. “Eventually you find balance one way or the other”, Erik says…

First experience Erik had during a SWAT training of taking his Yoga practice off the mat and into the real world. That epiphany moment.

13:30 – Erik’s yoga teacher calls Erik by saying, “You’re a Bridge”. A “bridge” between the Yin and the Yang.

Are there times you don’t feel you fit in?

Erik felt at times he didn’t really fit in with the police department. How does he learn to “Bridge” the peace, love, and happiness into the world of law enforcement. Bringing Yin into a majority Yang community.

Erik find’s his new dharma and gives his point of view on how we can all find our dharma?

Quote: “What am I driven to do? What is it that I can do to help others? To help myself? To help the Universe?

Quote: “If you want to feel enlightened go help someone else”

Quote: “You see some horrific stuff as a police office. Like seeing dead bodies is your new normal”

24:00 - Designing a course, “Mindful Breathing & the Art of Keeping the Peace” specifically for Police Academies. Talking his learnings as a yoga teacher and a Wim Holf Instructor. Introduction to cold exposure and breath work to cops.

Resource: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/

Book: The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown

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34:00 – "Just beginning to teach these classes and I hit this deer at 60mph on my motorcycle…” A lesson about shock. Taking his lessons to teach cops about staying control of your breath in order to gain control of your mind in real life or death situations.

Quote: “I learned if I can breath through my nose in a stressful situation. It tells your mind that everything is going to be okay.”

Quote: “Breath brings us into the moment than we can control our emotions and control ourselves”

38:00 – Biggest hurdles Erik faced when bringing his...

Handpan Sound bath by Mark Garner of Saraz Handpans

Make sure to check out the previous episode in which we discuss all things Handpans.

Sit up tall, relax and enjoy the meditation.

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Saraz Handpans: https://www.sarazhandpans.com/

04:38- Mark’s story to finding and creating purpose through yoga, meditation, qi gong and how he has integrated that into his work in creating handpans (from discovering the handpan, to starting Saraz) 

Mark’s Friend Rusty James (https://www.hangout-usa.com/rusty-james/)

07:57 – Mental, emotional, and self realization through building handpans. Integrating mindfulness into the physical practice of building handpans.

Quote: “What is your muscles doing in that action”

Quote: “Being forced to see my limits both mentally, physically, & emotionally.”

10:15 – Overcoming serious injury from manually building handpans through yoga and qi gong. Switching his mind set from yang to yin. Find that balance between yin & yang.

Quote: “Learn to stretch & elasticate my muscles & not be bent up in tension all the time”

Quote: “I can probably work 1500% more now than I could 3 years ago because of simply doing yoga”

11:37 - Finding that balance between yin & yang mindset.

Quote: “To be present in what we are doing. Whether we are having a conversation like you & I are. Or hanging out in the forest watching the leaves blow in the breeze. Or listening to our love ones and the things they really want to share with us and our friends. Or whatever it may be in life”

Quote: “Find that balance in being a witness & putting forth what we want to express in the world” Yin & Yang

16:38 - Power of integrating Handpan music into a spiritual practice. Exploring sound therapy for healing in ways you’d never expect.

“More than Music” Rob Jacoby Interview: https://www.sarazhandpans.com/news/more-than-music-episode-2-rob-jacoby-handpans-equine-therapy-and-emdr-in-psychology-and-counseling/

Quote: “I love the instrument. I’m taking it into hospitals & playing for people. I’m taking it into hospice & playing for people. I’m taking into my school & playing for people.”

19:00 – Handpan is an unique instrument like no other

24:52 - The Saraz Foundation was founded to promote and sponsor music education, environmental sustainability, and most importantly, a healthy, happy, and balanced seventh generation of life on planet Earth.

27:45 – Handpan 101!

• 28:00 - History
• 31:48 – Terminology…is it a Hang, Handpan?
• 35:54 - What variations are there out there and what are the differences? Hang, Hangpan, Tank drum, space drum Tongue drum, rav drum..how do you tell them all apart?
• How handpan exactly work? 
• Why are handpans so expensive?
• 42:42 - How does one learn to play the handpan? 
• Is it hard to learn?
• Quote: “It’s about one of the easiest instruments I’ve ever tried to learn”
• “Gateway Instrument”
• 45:43 - Are there types of Handpans for different music? 
• Stainless Steel vs traditional steel...

Finding Your Happy Place Guided Meditation by Devyn Davis

Follow Devyn Davis, a long time 500RYT & Reiki Healer, on Instagram at @yogawithdevyn

Sit up tall, relax and enjoy the meditation.

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