Lorena Saavedra Smith shares her insights on yoga and mindfulness for mental health to address trauma in the Latinx community. In this conversation, Lorena and Unity in Yoga host Maya Breuer talk about what is meant by “immigration and migration trauma” and how it is experienced in many communities.

Fazilah Bazari shares teachings and perspectives on neuro-linguistic programming–the importance of self-care and body movement..

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Active City Ports Moresby: https://www.activecityportmoresby.com/

Pathways to the Spirit; 100 Ways to Bring Sacred into Daily Life

Unpack yoga and self-care in this conversation. Here, Dr. Solmaz Behtash shares how she found yoga, and explores insights on her daily yoga and meditation practices. Listen in as she shares how they support her as a physician and parent.

Denise Alston and Eduardo Guedez discuss how yogic practices can be embraced as a path of inquiry to uncovering one’s passion for activism and action. Listen in as they share how deep listening, presence, and holding the space during times of uncertainty can make a huge difference.

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https://www.parayoga.com/teacher/denise-a-alston-ph-d/

Maya Breuer and Rev. angel Kyodo Williams share perspectives on igniting communities for more awake conversations. Listen to Rev. angel Kyoto Williams, referred to as "the most intriguing African-American Buddhist” by Library Journal, and learn more about Zen Buddhism, The Four Noble Truths, and transformation in these changing times.

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Links:   https://angelkyodowilliams.com/

Audio Course - Belonging. August 31st  - https://www.soundstrue.com/products/belongingMindfulness Course - https://www.mndflcertification.com/Publications:   Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace

Spouses Fawn and Matt Anderson share on the art of friendship and their podcast, Our Friendly World. Hear about their awakening to the value of friendship and the importance of making and sustaining real-time connections with others. Their podcast helps cure loneliness and disconnection by creating personal connection through good old-fashioned conversations and personal stories with awesome guests.

Tennessee Valley Healthcare System members Charles V. Noel, Stephen D. Graham, and Hailie Cochran share the history and experience of creating and offering a whole health program. Hear how this program offers complementary care and free yoga teacher training programs for veterans, their families, caregivers, and the community. 

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Tennessee Valley Healthcare System

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Pathways to the Spirit; 100 Ways to Bring Sacred into Daily Life

The Path of the Yoga Sutras: A Practical Guide to the Core of Yoga with Nicolai Bachman

Ava Wolf is back to explore the value of night-time dreams, liminal waking experiences, and even “ordinary” waking experiences to solve problems and discover allies. This community sangha reveals how mediation and active dreaming can help us recognize future challenges and opportunities, maintain health, reveal life patterns and themes, communicate with the departed, inspire creativity, unlock mysteries of relationships, and ultimately, reveal a larger Purpose.

Unity in Yoga host Maya Breuer comes together with Give Back Yoga’s Chelsea Roff and well-known US-based yoga studio YogaWorks’ Justin Temple. Learn how Chelsea and have teamed up to increase access to yoga teacher training. 

Unity in Yoga host Maya Breuer comes together with Kate Herrera Jenkins (on her Pueblo Feast Day) to discuss Native Strength Revolution and their teacher trainings within indigenous communities. Native Strength Revolution’s mission is “healing indigenous communities one yoga class at a time!”