In Episode 65 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we feature a Yin-style yoga session with Jillian Ricks. You might remember her from Episode 57 of our podcast. Jillian is a visually impaired certified yoga instructor from Tennessee, and she was generous enough to record this fully described yoga session for our listeners.

Learn more about her health and wellness business, Jillian’s Healing Arts Center, at http://www.jillianshealingartscenter.com. Contact her at [email protected].

In Episode 64 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, our guests are Kyle and Sean Borah, two visually impaired athletic brothers from the St. Louis, Missouri area. Both have been very involved in the adaptive sports of blind hockey and beep baseball over the past few years. During the conversation, they talked about:

• The same retinal condition they both have

Follow Sean Borah on Twitter at http://twitter.com/real_parmesean. Email him at [email protected].

Follow Kyle Borah on Twitter at http://twitter.com/kyleborah.

Learn more about the St. Louis Blues Blind Hockey Club at https://www.stlbbhc.com/.

Learn more about the Gateway Archers beep baseball team at https://mindseyeradio.org/programs/beepball-program/gateway-archers/.

In Episode 63 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we visit with Michael Stone, a highly accomplished visually impaired endurance athlete who has competed in over 200 races in his life. He has also gotten into skiing and the biathlon in recent years. This is Part 2 of our conversation. During this segment, Stone spoke about:

• His perspectives on using different types of tethers and other methods of running and swimming with guides

In Episode 62 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we visit with Michael Stone, a highly accomplished visually impaired endurance athlete who has competed in over 200 races in his life. He has also gotten into skiing and the biathlon in recent years. This is Part 1 of our conversation. During this segment, Stone spoke about:

• His early years growing up in the Midwest

Check out Stone’s book, Eye Envy: Perspectives into Vision Loss, on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Eye-Envy-Perspectives-into-Vision/dp/1427646740.

In Episode 61 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, our guest is Justin Holland, a blind bodybuilder, beep baseball player, and YouTuber. During the conversation, Holland chatted about:

• His early years, family, etc.

Follow Justin Holland on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/justinnhollandd/.

Check out his YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/justinhollandfitness.

Contact him via email at [email protected].

In Episode 60 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we meet Dan Berlin, a highly accomplished endurance athlete and entrepreneur. Berlin talked about:

• His early years and diagnosis of a visual impairment

Learn more about Berlin’s organization, Team See Possibilities, as well as an overview of his many adaptive endurance adventures at http://www.teamseepossibilities.com/.

In Episode 59 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, our guest is Dominick Petrillo, a fantasy football writer and expert who happens to be blind. During the conversation, Petrillo discussed:

• - His early years

Follow Dominick Petrillo on Twitter at http://twitter.com/envisionff.

Check out his perspective on watching the Super Bowl as a blind fan in the following article on The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/3113053/2022/02/09/watching-the-super-bowl-as-a-blind-guy-whats-different-whats-the-same-my-favorite-announcers-and-more/.

In Episode 58 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we chat with Tyson Ready, founder of the Braille Mountain Initiative in western Canada along with Donovan Tildesley, an accomplished Canadian Paralympic swimmer who took a trip with Ready and other blind athletes for an exclusive back-country skiing adventure in January of 2022. Ready and Tildesley spoke about:

• Tildesley’s eye condition and early years competing in sports

Learn more about the Braille Mountain Initiative at https://www.braillemountaininitiative.com. Follow the organization on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BrailleMountainInitiative/. Contact Tyson Ready and BMI via email at [email protected].

Follow Donovan Tildesley on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/theblindguy_/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/donovanspeaks. Check out a video called “The Winter Within” featuring him at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0NT4-6f49k.

In Episode 57 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, our guest is Jillian Ricks, a legally blind certified yoga instructor, massage therapist, dance instructor and enthusiast, and wellness advocate from Tennessee. Ricks discussed:

• Her early life and learning of her visual impairment at a young age

Learn more about her center and how to get involved in her virtual yoga classes for the blind and visually impaired at http://jillianshealingartscenter.com. Contact Jillian directly at [email protected].

In Episode 56 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we chat with Dan Guard, the founder and program director of the El Paso Mooses Blind Inline Hockey Club based in El Paso, TX. Guard spoke about:

• How he got into providing adaptive sports programs for kids

Learn more about the El Paso Mooses Blind Inline Hockey Club at www.blindhockeymooses.com. Follow the team on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SonicHockeyMooses/.