Yoga, Creativity and Healing

Valeria interviews Ana Forrest and Jose Calarco about Universal Love, ancient wisdom, freedom, the book Fierce Medicine and other thoughts in between.

Ana Forrest is an inspiration and has been changing people's lives for over 45 years. She is an internationally-recognized pioneer in yoga and emotional healing. She is the Creatrix of Forrest Yoga, a mystic, visionary, philanthropist, author, and Medicine Woman. Ana crafted Forrest Yoga while working through healing from her own life's traumas - abuse, addictions, and the ongoing suffering from chronic injuries and illnesses. The process of healing herself inspired her to teach others how to heal themselves physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Forrest Yoga is a powerfully physical, internally focused practice that emphasizes how to integrate the transformative experiences from the mat into purposeful daily life. Ana took her first yoga class at age 14 and became a certified instructor in 1975. Ana used yoga and Native American ceremony to save her own life. It is her intent to pass that lifesaving ability forward. Her study and clinical application of healing modalities is vast, and includes homeopathy, naturopathy, anatomy, reflexology, acupressure, craniosacral treatments, regression therapy, reiki, polarity, hands on healing and Ceremony. All these inform her work and lead to her becoming a wise, intuitive teacher & healer.

Jose Calarco is Ana's co-director of Forrest Yoga. Jose comes from a long history of shamanism, the arts, music and healing, bringing his decades of experience as an artistic prodigy to Forrest Yoga. Jose is also Director of the legendary Australian Indigenous company Descendance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Dance Theatre descendance.com.au. Descendance won the UNESCO (United Nations) competition as the world's best Indigenous live show in a field of over 70 countries in Seoul Korea 2004. Jose's Ceremonies acknowledge the custodians of the land & build a bridge to the Spirit World, calling on the ancestors to participate. Jose creates ceremonies based upon his lifetime of experiences, innovatively weaving creation stories, poetry & music into the yoga practice.

To learn more about Ana Forrest and Jose Calarco please visit their website: https://www.forrest.yoga/

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— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.