We have the great privilege of chatting with long time member, Dr. Lisa Koers about her practice as a Direct Primary Care Physician and grab some quick tips on how to stay healthy through the holidays.

TLDR: Direct Primary Care is a way to be a more active participant in your own health, and the management of it. Dr. Koers focuses on integrative health techniques that suit each individual patient and family.

Some tips shared in this episode:

1. Honor the celebratory rhythm of this season and don't guilt yourself about celebrating. Enjoy this time!

2. Goal set for your health.

3. Prioritize sleep!

4. Manage relationships (positive and negative) through this time. Notice which ones bring you joy and which ones you avoid. Now is a great time to work with both ends of the spectrum. 

Check out Dr. Koer's practice at www.fountainsquaremd.com

We loved this conversation and hope you enjoy it too! Stay safe, mask up, wash your hands and keep on keepin' on!

We have the privilege of hosting Danni Schaust and Aubrey Kearney, the new creators of a second hand online shop called @thrift.atlas on our podcast this week.

We chat about why second hand shopping is important for the environment and overall loads of fun! They share tips and tricks on getting into it + the social, economical, environmental and spiritual benefits of it. Enjoy this week's episode with these two goddesses, and check them out on instagram @thrift.atlas

A few spots to check out:

Wowowowow. This week is so dreamy as this episode features the one and only Purvi Lippincott. We chat about her love for Gandhi, social justice, her history in the criminal justice/legal field + working for the Indiana State Senate, upholding truth and so much more.

Fun fact: Purvi has a tattoo of Gandhi's signature on the back of her neck! Did you know she has a major in criminal justice AND psychology? Learn more about her lived experience as an Asian American, as someone who admires and has studied Gandhi and how we might implement the concept of satyagraha into our daily lives.

If you love Purvi, this is worth a listen just to peer into what makes this powerful teacher the dynamic goddess that she is. If you're curious about how we go on from the news of Biden and Harris moving into the whitehouse, and how we might carry the torch of truth with them- listen in!

We had the pleasure of speaking with professor, political scientist and all around class act, Amanda Friesen. We discuss why voting matters, why it is the bare minimum requirement as a citizen, and how you can engage beyond voting to live your values and your vow as a citizen day in and day out. Make your vote your vow to stay engaged in the process of democracy!

Follow Amanda's work here: https://amandafriesen.com/

Ways to stay engaged as a citzen:

Some resources to go along with this conversation:

are you an IUPUI student? Here's a great resource to stay engaged: https://engage.iupui.edu/service-opportunities/political-engagement.html

Indianapolis Recorder

Indy Star

The Washington Post

http://indianacourts.us/legislative/

https://www.facebook.com/Indy10People/

https://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision

Indy.gov

https://www.indianawildlife.org/

https://www.sierraclub.org/indiana

It's unfair to open every podcast with- GAH this one's sooooo good... because they all are. BUT SERIOUSLY STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE IT IS SO DAMN GOOD (run-on sentence intentional, you need to hear this!). Has your sex life been struggling (or, non-existent) in 2020? 

We host the brilliant Mary-Margaret Sweeney this week who is a sex therapist, social worker, yoga teacher and all around good-time-gal to discuss SEX. We define sex, we talk about how we can all re-define sex, how we can make pleasure a more positive outlet in our lives, and more more more. It's so good and so necessary- get into it.

Like this? Join us in November for this important Yoga Nerd Out session (11/16-11/19). This is a member's only event, but don't worry- you can join for as low as $68 which is more than a steal to join this program alone!

You learn more about and contact Mary-Margaret via her website, email ([email protected]) or follow her on instagram @seekandsummon

We had the privilege of speaking with Chemist and overall badass, Hannah Bowman this week. We chat through what energy is and how it relates to our weekly focus: prana (life force energy). This is a super interesting and fun conversation, we hope you enjoy! Many thanks to Hannah for lending your brilliance for this episode!

Follow her personal IG account @deltaenthalpy26

This week we had the pleasure of chatting with educator and yogini, Katy Sonsken. She shares her joys, challenges, fears and insights in what the 2020 school year has been like and what her hopes for schools starting to reintegrate to in person learning again are. We talk about tequity (equity within technical resources and opportunities for kids), the importance of connection on a small and large scale and more. This is such a wonderful conversation and we hope you enjoy. Many thanks to Katy for her energy on this episode!

Connect with her on instagram: @katysonksen

Feeling the call to fall? Ayurveda has a lot of beautiful wisdom for optimal health through the season changes and Staraya shares all this brilliance with us on this week's podcast episode.

Want to learn more? Check out our upcoming Yoga Nerd Out session with Staraya on October.

This week we are focusing on surya, the sun god as well as the sun's energy and image. We have the privilege of Isabella Solari's presence this week to discuss solar energy, why it's important (and cool!) and things to consider as solar becomes a more popular source of renewable energy utilized in the modern world.

Website for where Isabella works: https://psgenergygroup.com/, and the contact email: [email protected].

To learn more about solar, check out Energy Sage (https://www.energysage.com/solar/) . It is a website with a lot of information, including Google's Project Sunroof's estimator of savings (direct link: https://www.google.com/get/sunroof). With that tool you can see how much solar exposure your roof has and get a rough estimate of how much you can save in electricity costs. Finally, the U.S. Department of Energy has a "Homeowner's guide to going solar" : https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowner-s-guide-going-solar

This week we are looking at shunya or the Buddhist concept of empty or void space. This is a space that we receive after deep work and not equal to zero, but true unadulterated emptiness. This is not a space to refill, but to exist from. What 2020 has taught us is that there is a BIG space to make for inclusion and diversity. One space of inclusion that often gets overlooked is disability awareness. 

We were blessed to have Alie B. Gorrie- artist, activist and goddess on the podcast this week to discuss opportunities to open up the space (void) for a truly more inclusive world- specifically when we look at it through the lens of yoga.  Alie B. is originally from Birmingham, AL and a child hood friend of Shannon's. 

Usually residing in New York (in non-COVID times) she is a powerful performer (one example : Bastard Jones, a producer and activist (see Songs for Sight and Able Series on Amazon, and a badass.  

Love this discussion? Follow her on instagram or send her an email @aliebg or [email protected]  

Some key things to consider from this episode: 

Let's keep the void that's been created in 2020 to have open space for ALL to occupy- not just able bodied, white, cis-gender, heteronormative, etc. etc. etc. folks!