Inspire Health Podcast

In today's episode, world-renowned yoga and meditation teacher, Rod Stryker, shares with us the vast experience and wisdom that he has accumulated over the past 40 years. Join us today as Rod helps us to better understand the value in suffering, the importance of connecting to breath and body sensation, and some sage advice on how we can use uncertainty and challenge as a catalyst for self discovery. Highlights: Understand how challenge and suffering is part of the path to self discovery Discover the 4 Desires and how they can assist us in finding our Dharma. Learn how to deal with suffering more skilfully through the parable of the well-known Buddhist story about the second arrow. Gain insight into the overlap between thoughts, experiences, desires and Samskara. Learn how to recognize and break unsupportive habits.

In today's episode one of the most influential thinkers, writers, and teachers on the current American yoga scene shares with us his decades of wisdom. Join best selling author, Stephen Cope, as we break down what it means to live your true calling, the 4 pillars of Dharma, the 5 different paths to deepening your spirituality and so much more! Highlights: Discover the 3 ways to know if you are following your lives true calling. Understand how heartbreak can be a catalyst for profound growth. Learn what it means to claim your idiosyncratic gifts. Uncover the 4 pillars of Dharma. Gain insight into the importance of spiritual community.

In today's episode Sarah Powers, co-founder of the Insight Yoga Institute and author of Insight Yoga, shares her decades of wisdom in interweaving yoga, Buddhism, Taoism, and Transpersonal psychology. Join us today as we gain a deeper appreciation for the subtleties of Chi and Prana, breakdown the 3 key benefits to mindfulness, and learn how we can begin the process of moving from uncertainty and fear to a place of calm and clarity. Show Highlights Understand how insight yoga incorporates the energetic effects of Traditional Chinese medicine. Discover a deeper appreciation for the concepts of Chi and Prana. Learn how yoga postures can affects our emotions our thoughts and overall health. Discover the 3 benefits of mindfulness in Yin yoga. Learn how insight yoga allows for mini opportunities for mindfulness. How the practice of Insight yoga can assist everyone at this time, in moving us from a place chaos and fear to more calm and clarity.

In today's episode I break down the concept of health resilience. We explore why this is so essential in not only preventing illness and avoiding infections but absolutely necessary to live a full and joyous life. Join me today as we uncover the hidden causes of chronic disease, learn practical tools to reconnect with our body, and discover how we can build physical, mental and emotional resilience so we are not at the mercy of what our environment throws at us. Highlights: Learn the hidden causes to most chronic disease. Discover the 5 different "bodies" of health and how they are essential to total wellness and resilience. Understand how strengthening our "inner world" allows us to manage our "outer world". Learn how stress can stimulate the body to get stronger rather then weaken it. Familiarize yourself with the hidden messages that your body is so desperately trying to communicate with you.

Today's guest is a master sound healer, ceremonial musician and spiritual teacher. Join us in this episode as Darren Austin Hall helps us to understand the healing power of sound vibration and shares with us perspectives from the indigenous wisdom keepers as to how we can best direct our energies during this global crisis. Show Highlights: Understand how sound vibration can be used to heal your body and emotions. Learn about sacred sound journeys and sound baths. Gain a broader perspective in to the lessons that humanity is currently going through. Discover insights from the indigenous wisdom keepers as to how we can best utilize this time during our global crisis.

Whether we like it or not we as a global community are going through an unprecedented time. In order to keep one another safe we are in many ways putting our lives on pause. We are staying in doors, many of us are not working, our routines and our lives have been turned upside down. Yet is there a place within this pause where we can find value and meaning. In a world that never seems to have enough time…we now find ourselves with an abundance of it. The question is whether we use it to reflect on our lives and cultivate clarity or give way to the fear and panic of uncertainty. This is our choice. Join us today as Don Christensen helps us navigate our way through this challenging time. Highlights: How to find meaning in uncertainty. Exercises to help you focus and cultivate clarity in times of challenge and fear. Understanding the purpose and importance of pausing in ones life.

In this episode I break down the most relevant information around COVID-19 in question and answer format. Join me as we discuss your most pressing questions and discover a host of natural medicine strategies for strengthening your innate immune system. Highlights – Answers to these questions and more How infectious and how fatal is COVID-19? What are the 4 ways to manage Pandemics? What are the universal precautions that we should all take to prevent the spread of COVID-19? What are the most effective ways to build and support your immune system? Contact: https://adventuresinjoy.org/ https://www.dayofpause.org/ https://drjasonloken.com/ www.inspirehealthpodcast.com

Have you noticed that when you're in a state of joy you have a seemingly endless supply of energy? Your eagerness and excitement for life fills you up and your days seem easier and sweeter. Your taste buds are somehow satiated with this fuller version of life. What were once perceived as challenges, now seem much more manageable, even fun; like a puzzle that can be pieced together and understood. Within this state of joy, even your most perplexing relationships and interactions no longer weigh you down. You may even notice that they simply begin to move out of your life. In this final episode Jason and Téa break down their strategy for uncovering and living a life with joy as your compass and what it means to live your TRUE potential….in Mind, Body, and Spirit. Here are some highlights: Understand what it means to live your "True Potential." Learn how to live your life with joy as your compass. Discover the top 2 questions that will sabotage your momentum and inspiration. Uncover the top 2 questions that will ignite your inspiration and momentum. Identify the 4 roadblocks to living your "True Potential." Learn how you can turn these roadblocks into gateways guiding you to your "True Potential." Discover the 3 part magic formula to manifesting a life of your dreams. The top 2 ways for you to make significant changes in your life and stay on course in living a joyful life. Contact: https://adventuresinjoy.org/ www.teashahbazi.com https://drjasonloken.com/ www.inspirehealthpodcast.com

In this episode, breathing and movement specialist, Betsy Polatin, explains how unprocessed trauma can habitually play out in our lives both physically and emotionally. She shows us a gateway to accessing and changing our habitual patterns and emphasizes self-awareness as a cornerstone to healing. Here are some highlights: What are the 3 key components to the "Actor's Secret"? Understand how we "use" or "misuse" our bodies. How patterns and habits are developed in our bodies and minds and how to become aware of them on a conscious level. The importance of being self-aware. How ones physical posture can be a mirror for a feeling or emotional pattern. How to breathe properly and understand the 3 dimensional breathe. Understand the biological process of trauma and the stages that are necessary to move through. The importance of body sensation.

Joining us today is Frederic Lowen, son of the late Alexander Lowen who was the founder of Bioenergetic Therapy. In this episode Frederic breaks down the concept of 'energy', explains the necessity of recognizing body sensation for healing to occur and enlightens us with a unique way to heal the widespread mind-body split that has become an epidemic in today's society. Here are some highlights: Understand the concept of energy from a Bioenergetics perspective. Learn about the Mind/Body split that has become epidemic in our society. How the "Mind/Body split is affecting us as individuals and the world at large. Discover the solution to the Mind/Body split The importance of feeling body sensation How our breath can restrict or accentuate our ability to feel and heal. The role that fear plays in restricting our lives and our health. Contact: https://www.lowenfoundation.org/