In this episode, I interviewed Jivana Heyman. Jivana  (he/him), C-IAYT, E-RYT500, is the founder and director of Accessible Yoga, an organization dedicated to increasing access to the yoga teachings and supporting yoga teachers. He’s the author of Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body; Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion; and The Teacher's Guide to Accessible Yoga: Best Practices for Sharing Yoga with Every Body.

Over the past 30 years of teaching yoga, Jivana has focused on welcoming all people to practice and celebrating our individuality and our differences. His work has focused on dismantling ableism in the yoga world, as well as emphasizing the intersection of yoga and social justice. His books, classes, and trainings support yoga teachers and yoga therapists in finding ways to bring creativity and collaboration into their teaching while still respecting the ancient yoga tradition.

I’ve wanted to have Jivana on for a long time — our worlds overlap in a variety of ways — students who take our trainings often also train with Accessible Yoga. Many of our faculty also colllaborate in both realms. It was great to finally have Jivana on the podcast.

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In today’s episode, I was delighted to speak with Dr. Katy Jane. Dr. Katy is a Vedic scholar, Sanskrit expert, and spiritual facilitator who teaches yoga teachers and offers online Vedic astrology immersions. She earned her doctorate in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2001. She also studied Sanskrit, Hindi, and Bengali in Calcutta, India.  Dr. Katy taught at the University of Colorado and Naropa University in Boulder. She created Sanskrit for Yogis, a traditional method for learning the sacred language of yoga and is the author of Awakening with Sanskrit. She also writes for Embodied Philosophy. Dr. Katy lives in Dunagiri Retreat in the Himalayan foothills of India with her husband and Tibetan mastiffs. 

This is the first time I’ve had Katy or anyone else on the podcast to talk about Jyotisha, including the current transits or happenings taking place right now according to Vedic Astrology. 

Links:

• Free 2025 Vedic Astrology Planetary Transits Report
• Free Dec 8, 2025 Webinar 2025 Vedic Astrology Predictions & Insights with Dr. Katy Jane

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In this episode, I interviewed Susi Hately. Susi is a yoga teacher, C-IAYT yoga therapist, teacher trainer, speaker, and author with a B.Sc. in Kinesiology. As the founder of Functional Synergy, she is transforming, inspiring, and setting a new standard in the global community of health through yoga therapy and functional movement therapy. Her 4-day online program, Power of Pure Movement: Strong and Supple Feet, has proven to improve the mobility and stability of her clients.

We spoke about her work and insights related to training the body for optimal health.

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In this episode, I interviewed Susi Amendola, author of “The Centered Heart: Evidence-Based Mind Body Practices to Stress Less and Improve Cardiac Health.” She an Internationally Certified Yoga Therapist who brings over 40 years of experience utilizing Yoga and lifestyle practices to help others heal. In 1983 she founded Yoga Now in Omaha, Nebraska where she currently teaches classes and directs the annual 200-Hour Yoga Certification program. Susi has developed yoga-based stress management programs for schools, businesses, and hospitals throughout the country.

Presently, Susi is a National Senior Trainer of Stress Management for the prestigious Ornish Lifestyle Medicine program for reversing heart disease. The program includes Yoga as part of a multi-dimensional approach to healing, and is covered by Medicare under the guidelines of Intensive Cardiac Rehab. Susi has contributed over 150 articles to Ornish Living Magazine, an online publication to support those who are making lifestyle changes to improve their health and well-being, with an audience of over a million subscribers.

With her expertise in both the ancient practices of Yoga and the medical world, Susi’s teachings and classes are unlike anything else you will find. Her teaching style is heart-centered, nurturing, practical, and empowering. She continues to practice, teach and inspire others to listen deeply to the healer within.

We spoke about her work, her Centered Heart book and more on the podcast.

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In this episode, I spoke with Natalie Buster. Natalie is a yoga therapist, an end of life navigator, a certified death doula, a grief reliever, an actor, a podcaster, a writer, and a mentor with a deep desire to help people.

She is the resident yoga therapist at Abode, a contemplative home for the dying in San Antonio, Texas.  Earlier this year, at Abode, she launched an End of Life Yoga Training Program, she also helps lead the Death Doula training program there which incorporates contemplative practices.

We spoke about her work, as well as what brought her to yoga and end of life care. 

Links:  

• Before You Go Podcast
• ABODE End of Life Yoga Training Certification

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In this episode, I interviewed Joseph Le Page.  Joseph founded Integrative Yoga and Integrative Yoga Therapy in 1993 and is a pioneer in the field of Yoga therapy training programs. He began teaching yoga therapy in hospital settings in 1995 and continues up to the present as Director of The Healthy Heart Program, which conducts Yoga Therapy group programs in public health settings throughout Brazil.

During the podcast, we spoke more about the Healthy Heart Program and Joseph’s work teaching yoga therapy in hospital settings and healthcare systems. 

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In this episode I interviewed Rebecca Weisman. Rebecca is a devoted student and teacher of Iyengar Yoga, her classes are a dynamic mix of anatomical exploration and energetic experience, with a focus on bringing the mind to a deep and quiet state of absorption.   

Rebecca is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (Level III) a Certified Yoga Therapist, and the Director at the Iyengar Yoga Center of Vermont.  Rebecca also teaches prenatal and postpartum yoga and has a particular interest in therapeutic and medical applications of yogasana (postures) and pranayama (breathing exercises). She has worked successfully with individuals in private and group classes on many issues including fatigue, depression, chronic illness, chronic pain, lower back pain and sciatica, hip/knee/shoulder problems, recovery from injury, anxiety, blood pressure and immune system disorders. She has a new book, Yoga for Pelvic Floor and Postpartum Health, that she co-authored with Meagen Satinsky, we spoke about that and more on the podcast.

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In this episode I interviewed Dr. Lauren Tober. Lauren is a Clinical Psychologist and Yoga and Meditation Teacher with a passion for health, healing, happiness and awakening.  She is the founder of the Yoga Psychology Institute, dedicated to navigating the challenges of being human through the lens of yoga and western psychology, offering trainings for mental health professionals interested in bringing yoga into their therapy work, and for yoga teachers who want to support their students experiencing mental health challenges through the global Mental Health Aware Yoga training. She also runs the Centre for Mind Body Wellness in Mullumbimby (Australia) and her new book — Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers — was just published. We spoke about this and more!

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In this episode, I interviewed 3 current or former Inner Peace Yoga Therapy students: Whitney Pasch, Jordan Smith, and Lisa Haake. They each shared experiences during their yoga therapy training and gave insights about how they are working as yoga therapists today.

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In this episode, I had a conversation with one of my beloved teachers, Indu Arora. It had been a while since we had Indu on the podcast and we took the time to catch up.
We spoke about..

• How do  we find the perfect balance, harmony and simplicity in our complex life?
• What she sees most alive for  students and  seekers she encounters  on the path.
• The milestone anniversary of her 25 years teaching Yoga  and what it means to her personally and professionally.
• How her teaching has evolved, particularly over the last 4 years, since the start of the pandemic.
• Our upcoming in-person Applied Ayurveda training in Colorado in September 2024. Details and registration here.

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