Inspire Health Podcast

Stress, burnout and overwhelm are pandemics in and of themselves and they are often a root cause to a weakened immune system.Join me today as I go over the four, not so well known but all so common, factors pushing your body into fight or flight. We break down what is required to correct these imbalances and get your body back on the road to health and resilience. Highlights for this episode: Discover the four key factors causing your body to feel stress. Learn an exercise strategy to calm the nervous system and get your body into a fat burning metabolism. Uncover key strategies to balance your blood sugar. Learn an age old Buddhist practice that can help you dissolve emotional build up.

In this episode, I explain the essentials that you need in order to build a robust and healthy immune system. We look at the interplay between the physical, emotional and mental aspects of your health and how they can make or break your immunity. Join me today as we discuss Germ theory versus Terrain theory of disease, the 5 pillars of health and how to know exactly where you are on the health spectrum. Stay tunes as you do not want to miss this essential information. Show Highlights: Learn about the 5 bodies of health. Breakdown the 5 key pillars to health. Understand how the 7 Chakras relate to our emotions and can be at the root of many health conditions. Discover where you are on the path to health or susceptibility to illness. www.drjasonloken.com www.adventuresinjoy.org

If you've been wondering how to supercharge your immune system and ward off virus's, illness and chronic disease then tune in to this episode. Dr Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD goes over the top 8 tests you need to check in order to know just how susceptible you are to falling ill from pathogens and disease. Today you will Learn how to switch your cells from survival mode to elective protective mode, why Dr Jaffee went from trying to debunk integrative medicine to becoming one of its strongest advocates and the most important steps to living a life filled with joy and fulfillment. Show Highlights: Learn the top 8 predictive biomarkersusedto assess how healthy and resilient you actually are. Learn the 4 self-assessments everyone should be checking in order to improve your quality of life. Discoverif you are taking enough ascorbate to neutralize free radical stress. How to maintain alkalinity in the body Why it is so important to get your cell's out of survival mode and into elective protective mode. How to minimizes your toxic burden in order to build resilience against disease and optimize your health.

Join us today as Jules Mitchell, author of "Yoga Biomechanics: Stretching Redefined", explains how the understanding of biomechanics transformed the way that she teaches yoga asana. She breaks downs the importance of thinking more critically around yoga asana, movement, stretching, and strengthening and the importance of bearing load on connective tissues when it comes to injury prevention. Here are some Highlights: Learn the pros and cons of doing a physical yoga practice (yoga postures). Understand how being flexible may be less advantageous than being stiff. Passive vs. active stretching: learn when one more appropriate than the other. For yoga teachers, how does understanding load make you a better informed teacher. Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1479402048

In todays episode, Trina Altman, creator of Yoga Deconstructed® and Pilates Deconstructed® explains what may be missing in the yoga scene today. She elaborates on how cross training and a multi-faceted approach to movement may decrease your risk for injury and why improving your proprioception and your interoception is so vital for both body and brain. Here are some Highlights: Learn why yoga postures may aggravate rather than help some bodies. Discover how forcing your body into the perfect posture in yoga can result in an injury. Strengthening and Push vs Pull. Where can yoga be beneficial and where does it lack? Listen on iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1479402048

Join us as today as we learn the 3 most important pillars to health, the importance of deep rest, and why retreats can be so profoundly transformational. For over 20 years Scott Davis has integrated a variety of therapeutic traditions, contemporary approaches to health and the latest research in biomechanics and human movement in ways that are clear, accessible and results-based. His multi-faceted approach helps you identify what is deficient so that you can fill in the gaps to give yourself better functionality overall. Here are some Highlights: Learn if this practice is only meant for the physically fit and flexible. Find out why a retreat can help revamp your perspective and your life. Recognize how seasons affect our bodies and alter our emotions. Discover what the 3 pillars of health are and how they are an integral part of your longevity. Listen on iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1479402048

In a rare interview today's guest, Paulie Zink, the founder of "Yin Yoga" elaborates on the origins of his yoga style. He shares the influences that both nature and the animals have had on its development, how Yin yoga relates to healing and the 5-element theory of Chinese Medicine and how the embodiment of this experiential practice could well be the fountain of youth and health that we have all been looking for. Here are some Highlights: Understand the intention of yin yoga and how it's different from other styles of yoga. Learn why yin yoga is relevant, especially to modern Westerners and our lifestyle. Discover how yin yoga relates to healing and the 5 elements of Chinese Medicine. Learn how Paulie Zink's Art of Yin Yoga is different from the yin yoga that is practiced at most studios throughout North America.

In this episode Josh Cohen, 20-year veteran in the practice and teaching of meditation, enlightens us to the benefits and nuances of meditation and mindfulness. He shows us practical ways to integrate these skills into our daily life and explains how regular meditation can literally change our brains. He breaks down how this practice can build up our tolerance and capacity to deal with difficult emotions and challenging life circumstances. Join us today as Josh speaks of the vital benefits of meditation in modern life. Here are some Highlights: Learn the difference between mindfulness and meditation. Recognize how yoga can help build mental and emotional resilience. Understand how meditation can actually increase your threshold for physical and emotional pain. Learn how advice such as: 'Get over it,' 'Stop crying like a baby,' 'Boys don't cry,' have been a detriment to our health and well-being. Discover ways to incorporate mindfulness in your everyday.

Join Hali Schwartz, a seasoned yoga philosophy educator as we dive deep into questions such as: What is yoga? Why do we as humans experience roadblocks to understanding and knowing our true reality? And how can we use yogic teachings to help us with the stresses and challenges of our everyday lives? Hali has decades of wisdom and has been immersed in the world of yoga since she was 8 years old. If you want to understand the true practice of yoga, then you don't want to miss this episode. Here are some Highlights: Discover the purpose of yoga: Why practice? Learn of the appeal of yoga and how it spread from wise seers in India to modern world technology driven householders in 2020. Understand how our senses can create roadblocks for understanding reality. Learn of the 5 koshas, and how then can obscure as well as benefit our life. Understand the relevance of yoga for a modern Westerner in dealing with real life challenges. Learn why yogis chant and the meaning of 'OM'.

In this episode YuMee Chung, a former securities lawyer turned yoga and meditation instructor shares with us her thoughts on where yoga may be going in this new era of on-line teaching. Listen in as we explore the changes that have taken place in the yoga community since COVID19, What happens when yoga goes virtual and learn how yoga may be the best strategy for your life at this most needed time. Here are some Highlights: What happens when yoga goes virtual Understand how this practice brings awareness to how you show up for your own life – right now. Discover the opportunities for yoga teachers in this new era of on line teaching and how to monetize your service.