In this episode, I interviewed Chinnamasta Stiles, Director of the Yoga Therapy Center and Shiva Shakti Loka in San Francisco. She is a yogini, healer and teacher, weaving  the sacred wisdom traditions of Yoga, Ayurveda and Tantra. We talked about intuition, the subtle skills of a yoga therapist, how to cultivate these skills and the importance of one's own Sadhana. We also discussed her beloved, the late Mukunda Stiles, their auspicious meeting and how she would like to see him remembered in the field of yoga therapy.

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In this episode, I interviewed Dr. Kelly Crace, Associate Vice President for Health & Wellness at the College of William & Mary. We spoke about the definition of Integrative Wellness and the "Eight Dimensions of Wellness" promoted at the College of William & Mary. We shared the crossover between their model and yoga therapy frameworks plus how they are including yoga & other healing modalities into the services they are offering for their student population. And we talked about the term "flourishing" --what it means and what predicts it.

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In this episode, I interviewed Dr. Joseph Morrow, a clinical psychologist practicing on the central coast of California. We spoke about his work as a staff psychologist within a maximum security forensic state hospital in CA., where he also serves at the chair of their Suicide Prevention Committee. In this discussion, we focused on the history of trauma with patients at the hospital, the crossover between trauma and mental illness, and the need to provide trauma-informed care, where yoga has a key role.

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In this episode, I interviewed Antonio Sausys, somatic psychologist and yoga therapist specializing in grief counseling and grief therapy. We talked about definitions of grief, what kind of losses result in grief, why yoga is an ideal modality for dealing with grief and gained some insights on what one might do or not do when someone is grieving.

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In this episode I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, Certified Yoga Therapist and Founding Director of the Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology. We shared a conversation about the early days of her work in Yoga Therapy with those suffering from HIV/AIDS in the midst of the crisis of that disease in the 1980s. We also spoke about the approaches of a Kundalini Yoga Therapist, the language and evolution beyond yoga teacher and what excites us most about the field of yoga therapy today.

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In this episode I enjoyed a conversation with yoga therapist and career and business coach, Laura Kupperman. We talked about her previous professional career which eventually landed her in the yoga profession, her journey through cancer, the work that she does to help yoga therapists and yoga teachers advance their careers and some thoughts about trends and themes in the field of yoga therapy.

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In this episode of This is Yoga Therapy, I had the opportunity to interview yoga teacher, yoga therapist and Ayurvedic Practitioner Indu Arora. We spoke about Yoga as the study of the Self, and her thoughts on the field of Yoga Therapy. She shared perspectives on the role of guru, the meaning of Sankalpa and much more!

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In this episode of This is Yoga Therapy, I had the opportunity to interview yoga therapist and author Jennie Lee. We talked about the Spiritual work of the yoga therapist and shared applications of how her books True Yoga & Breathing Love can assist yoga teachers, yoga therapists and all seekers on the path.

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In this episode of This is Yoga Therapy, I had the opportunity to interview Theresa Conroy. We talked about her previous career as a newspaper reporter and how it serves her in her yoga therapy work, she shared her decision to close her established yoga studio to open her yoga therapy studio instead and we talked about the work she specifically does with individuals who have Parkinson’s disease.

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In this podcast episode, I interviewed M.D. and author Timothy McCall. We discussed how he defines yoga therapy, we reviewed his SNAPS model for client assessment, and we delved into how he used his knowledge of western medicine, yoga therapy and ayurveda to help make the choices he made about his chosen path for cancer treatment.

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