Bestselling author and wellness expert Tara Stiles shares her yogic journey and a lifestyle based on caring for ourselves and each other. A vegan, and a former dancer and model, Tara is founder of Strala Yoga, supporting ease and well-being. 

Tara's website: https://www.stralayoga.com

Instagram: @TaraStiles

Select books: 

• Yoga Cures: Simple Routines to Conquer More Than 50 Common Ailments and Live Pain-Free
• Clean Mind, Clean Body: A 28-Day Plan for Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Self-Care

Find the Strala Yoga app at the App Store.

Tara provided an endorsement for Victoria's latest book, Age Like a Yogi: A Heavenly Path to a Dazzling Third Act

And sponsor this episode is Om Botanical, super-natural vegan and ayurvedic skin care: https://www.ombotanical.com. Use MAINSTREET in discount box for 10% off.

Hear why yoga is innately vegan, how yoga asanas work on each chakra to clear karma and prompt spiritual growth, and all about the magical formation of Jivamukti Yoga in 1980s NYC with honored yogini and animal advocate Sharon Gannon. 

Website:

JivamuktiYoga.com

Books: 

Yoga & Veganism: The Diet of Enlightenment

Simple Recipes for Joy

Instagram:

@SharonGannon

@JivamuktiYoga

Victoria's newest book: 

Age Like a Yogi - send your receipt to [email protected] by January 11 to be invited to an exclusive, day-long Age Like a Yogi Zoom retreat, live and interactive (recorded if you're not available 1/12); pre-order peeps also receive the Age Like a Yogi e-cookbook.

In the era of Ozempic, Frank Sabatino, DC, PhD, offers another path: love for self and others (animal "others" included), a lifestyle that nurtures and uplifts, and powerful foods from the plant kingdom to support physical and emotional health, fat loss, and steady energy. 

In today's episode, Dr. Frank shares secrets from his new book, Weightless, including the revolutionary bit of information that "High-fiber plant food causes the release of the chemical that drugs like Ozempic and Welgovy are trying to mimic." In other words, tasty, low-cost food can do, without side effects, what the pharmaceuticals du jour do -- only better.


Our wonderful sponsor for this episode: Om Botanical, glorious ayurvedic, vegan skin and hair care products. Put MAINSTREET (no space, all caps) in the discount box for 10% off.

A brand new show as the MSV podcast relaunches. The guest is Kate Galli, health coach, personal trainer, NLP practitioner, author, and podcaster. Kate and I get real and talk about life, loss, health (including health challenges), and replacing an "angry vegan" persona with one that exemplifies inner peace, while still taking every action to make the world kinder and saner. 


Find Kate Galli here:

Website. https:www.strongbodygreenplanet.com/

Book: Plant Positive Journal––order from website [and just a note: it's gorgeous, I love it, and I know you will too]

IG: @strongbodygreenplanet

FB: @strongbodygreenplanet

Twitter: @strongbodygreenplanet

Podcast: Healthification

Also mentioned in the episode:

Age Like a Yogi: A Heavenly Path to a Dazzling Third Act, coming January 14, 2025: If you pre-order and send your receipt to [email protected], you'll be invited to an exclusive, day-long January 12 Age Like a Yogi seminar. You'll also receive the Age Like a Yogi e-cookbook, and be offered a major discount on the Age Like a Yogi Membership Group, starting in late January.

After a hiatus, the podcast is coming back in an independent format, but I do want to give a huge shout out of love and appreciation to Diane and Tina, founders of the network I left, MindBodySpirit.FM. They have a splendid programming and I strongly urge you to explore their uplifting offerings. It was a tough call: I loved being part of MindBodySpirit and the other dedicated podcasters there. However, I wanted a freer format: not having to break in the middle for a generic commercial, but rather being able to share instead about some vegan products that I use and champion. So, wishing MindBodySpirit.FM tremendous success going forward, I'm out on my own with Main Street Vegan and hope you'll appreciate the new format and approach. I'm always eager for your feedback: you can leave a message on either of my websites, https://mainstreetvegan.com or https://victoriamoran.com or post in the Main Street Vegan Podcast Listeners group on Facebook.