A short and enlivening yoga sequence to awaken your spine and encourage your mindfulness practice.

1. Sitting
2. Neck Rolls
3. Body Circles (seated)
4. Cat/Cow (on all fours)
5. Child's Pose
6. Downward Dog (gentle)
7. Child's Pose

As with all physical exercises, it is best to check with a medical professional before trying these poses for the first time if you have any underlying medical concerns.

A 45 minute body scan meditation for The Natural Yoga.

With over 15 years experience in nutrition, holistic treatments and energy management, Myra Lewin is the owner of Maui Yoga and Ayurveda at Hale Pule in Maui, Hawaii. She teaches Raja Yoga and Ayurveda, as well as meditation, asana, pranayama, mantra, mudra, and daily living practices. Through Maui Yoga and Ayurveda, Myra has assisted many people in moving away from destructive habits to fulfilled living. Her new book, Freedom in Your Relationship with Food: An Everyday Guide (Synergy Books, January 2009, ISBN 978-0-9815462-1-6, $16.95), is designed to help individuals break unhealthy eating cycles
and gain a greater respect for what they put in their bodies.

Yolanda is author of the international best selling book/video/DVD Simply Yoga. Also the book/cd Yolanda Meditation Made Simple. She has recently published her (long awaited) new DVD YogaEasy with Yolanda Pettinato. Also her new CD MeditationEasy. Yolanda has been a practitioner of Yoga & Meditation for more than 20 years. She is a warm, funny, inspiring teacher and presenter. She also conducts private Holistic Counseling and Solution Oriented Hypnotherapy sessions. She is now in her youthful mid-50’s and is truly a living testimony to the positive benefits of her teachings. Yolanda makes a positive contribution to your life. Whether it's teaching Yoga or Meditation or having a Private Sessions with her. Her aim is to guide you to have a better, joyful and more meaningful life. Find out more about Yolanda at: www.yolandapettinato.com

POST SHOW UPDATE: We had technical difficulties with this show and apologize to Yolanda Pettinato and our listeners for the poor audio quality of the interview.


Please click here to listen to 2nd interview.


Yolanda is author of the international best selling book/video/DVD
Simply Yoga.
Also the book/cd
Yolanda Meditation Made Simple.
She has recently published her (long awaited) new DVD YogaEasy with Yolanda Pettinato.
Also her new CD MeditationEasy.
Find out more about Yolanda at: Yolanda Pettinato

SHOW WILL AIR ON 2/28/09 at 4:00pm Pacific Time.
Please join me as I welcome special guest Laurence
"Lonnie" Wiig of Oregon, USA, to a discussion of the benefits and/or challenges of Mindfulness Meditation for people of all cultures and walks of life. Hopefully joining us also, will be special guest Brant Rogers of YogaHillsboro who can give us even more information about Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction or MBSR.

Lonnie is a teacher, writer, translator and public speaker who enjoys traveling and who has visited many countries.

He grew up in Hawai'i and brings the perspective of speaking Japanese and having lived in Japan for eleven years as an adult. Lonnie is currently a student of Mindfulness Meditation and has unique perspectives to share with us in relation to his observations of life, in particular, in Japan, Hawai'i and the mainland
United States. To learn more about the form of Mindfulness Meditation Lonnie is studying please go to this site: Yoga
Hillsboro


Please join the conversation by calling (646) 727-2327 or pressing the Click to Talk button that appears during the show. After you push the Click to Talk button you will be connected to the host as soon as possible. We especially welcome your observations, questions and comments.

Please join me and my cohost Sarah Dinsmore for an interview with Qigong master Brenda Harris to discuss the benefits and methodologies of Qigong in day to day life.


Brenda is a licensed acupuncturist with a Masters degree in Oriental Medicine from National College of Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM) and a Bachelors of Science degree in Scientific Interpretation and Speech Communication from the University of Washington.

Brenda utilizes Qigong, acupuncture, Chinese and western herbs, moxibustion, cupping, tuning forks, craniosacral, massage, and dietetics to harmonize the energy systems of the body to address acute or longstanding conditions as well as adjust imbalances before they manifest as illness. Brenda provides care for acute or chronic conditions including colds/flu, sinusitis/allergy, pain syndromes, arthritis, thyroid imbalances, menstrual irregularities, anxiety/depression and fatigue. Brenda offers individualized massage appointments as well as personalized Qigong healing appointments and Qigong group instruction.
For more information please visit:
Blissbrokers.com

Join me for a short breathing and meditation session to help you release the tension and stress in your body and mind. Letting go is the first step to healing.

Join me for a short conversation with a Yoga student who has just begun a regular practice.

Come learn about a unique form of body-sensing organic yoga with Yogi Simon Menasche.

Simon Menasche has been practicing the healing arts in Portland, Oregon since 1970. He is a Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher at the highest levels of E500 and T500. Simon is also a counselor, massage therapist, meditation teacher, workshop facilitator, and he serves on the faculty at Oregon School of Massage.

Visit him on the web at www.thenaturalyoga.com