Yoga Waves: a podcast by Yoga Olas

Rita Jean Flemming is a certified Regenerative Detoxification Specialist, Iridologist, Yoga Instructor of Awareness in the Kundalini tradition, and a lifelong practitioner of Alignment in the Mindful-Movement Lineage of Iyengar Yoga.

She leads Regenerative retreats, workshops, mentorships, seminars, cleanses, and private consultations across the globe.  She works with cutting-edge human and nature technology to achieve greater awareness, freedom, and joy.  Her most loved passion is to assist others in finding their true nature, depths of gratitude, potential, and purpose.

Rita has a really sweet, peaceful and fun loving vibe to her. Today we talk about regenerative everything Health, Agriculture and Business.

Yoga and Mental Health with Julie Anderson - Episode 12

On this episode we chat with Amy Hardwick.  Amy brings a huge wealth of knowledge to her classes at Olas, where she offers slow flow, gentle yoga, yin & reiki.   Amy carries such a presence, allows her students to feel safe and supported.  Her classes are clearly crafted with intelligence and experience.  

We get into a conversation about how simple yet powerful reiki energy is, the different schools of thought around receiving permission to provide reiki and how cool it is that reiki can be offered remotely, and to anything and everything.  

We loved this conversation!  Sign up for Amy's Yin & Chakra Workshop on 2/27 at https://yogaolas.com/events

On episode 10, we connect with local Salida pastry chef and restaurateur Sarah Gartzman. Sarah

In Episode 9 we welcome Orion Ohev.

Level 1 Trained in Human Design, a Wealth Dynamics Flow Consultant, and life coach for the last 8 years, Orion helps his clients stand in the Fire of their Truth long enough for the old to burn away and the Life they desire to rise from the ashes, especially when it's illogical and unreasonable. During these pandemic times, he's passionate about supporting others to remember their inner Truth and let go of society-conditioned beliefs, behaviors, and patterns. 

In this episode, Orion offers a mini-LIVE Human Design reading to Jenn (She's a generator) and offers great advice for how Meg  (a projector) and Jenn can best work together at Olas. 

To connect with Orion about a human design reading, a wealth dynamics reading or to join The Aligned Phoenix School of Unlearning, head to www.orionohev.com

Orion is also offering a workshop at Yoga Olas this March.  Learn more at https://yogaolas.com/events

Enjoy!

Kicking off season 2 is Sean Sewell of Engearment and Colorado Personal Fitness. Sean has truly built a life about living and working from his heart and transforming the loss of his family into a mission to serve in health and fitness.  He has blended his personal fitness career with a love for the outdoors with what we all need on outdoors adventures - gear.  His website Engearment is where he offers gear reviews and he also has a podcast of the same name where he provides fitness talk, adventure recaps and interviews fascinating people.  You can find him at engearment.com and coloradopersonalfintess.com.

Welcome YO guide Abigail Smedly! Today we chat about the art of teaching yoga, leadership and what makes a good yoga teacher. Abigail shares her tips for teaching.  We also chat about how important it is to use positive and empowering language when teaching, yummy arepas, whether we would rather give up yoga or sex, and how exciting it is as a mother to finally be able to run and exercise without peeing. We hope you enjoy this episode!

Today we chat with local Salida lawyer and yogi Sarah Bernlohr. Sarah describes herself as an anxious lawyer who has been saved by yoga, movement and meditation. She moved to Howard in 2019, at which time she started her own law firm and completed Yoga Teacher training at Yoga Olas. She believes that YTT was the best way to deepen her yoga practice and to truly get to know the amazing people in this community! Sarah has been practicing yoga for 15 years, ever since she was required to take a weekly class for ballet training in high school. Over the years she has come to love yoga in its own right and not just as a complement to ballet training. It is now the aspects of yoga which are fundamentally different from ballet that Sarah loves the most. And although yoga holds the most special place in her heart, Sarah is devoted to many different types of movement for their physical, mental and emotional benefits--- from trail running to mountain biking to backpacking and skiing-- the list goes on. Sarah believes that movement and mindfulness allow her to show up as her authentic self in both her personal and professional relationships. She has been practicing law for six years and currently works primarily in the area of Child Welfare, with Dependency & Neglect Cases. Sarah represents children as a Guardian ad litem and indigent parents as Respondent Parent Counsel. 

Chelsea joins us for Episode 5!  Chelsea has attended 4 Vipassana Meditation Retreats and tells us all about that experience and what to expect.  She is also an astrologer and answers all my pressing questions about Astrology.  

To schedule a reading with Chelsea in person or via zoom, you can email her at [email protected]

Clay Sanders, one of our beloved Olas community members, joins us to chat yoga and aging!  Clay began his practice in his 50's, and he shares with us how it all began, and how yoga supports his long distance running practice. We chat about the demystification of yoga, the importance of dropping ego in the yoga room, and how absolutely normal it now feels to do yoga with a mask on!  

Clay and Meg also share their connected bond over the loss of their immediate family members to heroin. Clay shares a profound experience he had on the Sayulita yoga retreat in the temazcal ceremony. Clay is planning a cross country run/hike next year to build awareness about opiod use and the stigma around use and loss.

We hope you enjoy this episode.  Reach out with any comments or feedback!  Thanks for listening!  

Meg & Jenn