Yoga Unplugged Conversations

Welcome to our very first episode of Yoga Unplugged Conversations! A show dedicated to helping you grow, thrive and make tough life decisions, so you can lead a happier, healthier life.Yoga Unplugged Team member Sarah Burchard is your host for this podcast. Sarah is a freelance writer, natural foods chef and certified health coach who is passionate about promoting local businesses and food through her writing, farmers market tours and farm-to-table events under the name The Healthy Locavore. When she is not knee deep in food she's marketing events for Yoga Unplugged and supporting the yoga community here on Oahu.In this episode Sarah interviews our very own Jennifer Reuter. Jennifer is a teacher of yoga, level 2 iRest yoga nidra and Neelakantha meditation. She is also a sound healer and the founder of Yoga Unplugged. She has been practicing and teaching for over a decade and studies several philosophies and religions, as well as the science behind meditation in order to give her students a well-rounded and advanced spiritual education.Jennifer leads meditation workshops, sound baths, yoga teacher trainings and retreats all over Hawaii. You can also find her teaching weekly public yoga classes at Aloha Yoga Kula in Kailua.In this episode, Sarah and Jennifer discuss how to follow your intuition and why it is so important when it comes to important decision making. They also address acting on internal messages, signs from the universe, taking advice from others and what to do when your gut lets you down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Yoga Unplugged ConversationsA podcast dedicated to helping you grow, thrive and gracefully make tough life decisions, so you can lead a happier, healthier life.Host Sarah Burchard invites special guests on the show to deep dive into real life issues, providing tools and philosophies to help you navigate them with greater ease.Sarah is a yogi, freelance writer, natural foods chef and certified health coach passionate about self-development, yoga and promoting local businesses and food through her writing, farmers market tours and farm-to-table events under the name, The Healthy Locavore.In today’s final episode of Yoga Unplugged Conversations I’m talking to Darity Wesley.Darity is the author of “How To Be The Real You,” “You Can Transform Your Life,” and the eBook “Tame That Monkey Mind.”As a self-proclaimed “Death Diva” she helps her clients put death into perspective, so they can make peace with it in their lives, and has mastered the art of caring for loved ones in their final days. Darity has dedicated her life to helping others navigate tough life challenges, so that they can live a more peaceful life, full of faith, confidence and acceptance.  Today Darity and I are discussing Death.We talk about…●      How she has helped loved ones prepare to die●      Why she doesn’t fear death●      The 5 stages of grieving●      The way she copes with loss●      The bright side of deathWhat if instead of trying to avoid death we allowed ourselves to grieve it fully and get comfortable with the inevitable, so that we can welcome it into our lives with grace?What if death became not scary at all?We explore this and more in today's final episode of Yoga Unplugged Conversations. It has been a joy, an honor and a dream come true to host this show for you. I hope it has helped bring clarity and comfort to your life. I know it has for me. Thank you so much for listening to the show this past year. Best of luck with every life challenge you will encounter.- Follow Darity:●      Website●      Twitter●      Instagram●      Facebook●      Sign up for the Wisdom for the New Reality monthly love letter●      Email Darity for a FREE copy of her eBook “Tame That Monkey Mind” Links discussed on the show: www.spiritualityandgrief.com – Grief as a Mystical JourneyThe Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-RossOn Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (Includes the five stages of Grief)Death Makes Life Possible: Revolutionary Insights on Living, Dying and the Continuation of Consciousness by Marilyn Schlitz and Deepak Chopra The film: Death Makes Life PossibleDeathing: An Intelligent Alternative for the Final Moment of Life by Anya Foos-Graber Advice on Dying and Living a Better Life by The 14th Dalai LamaThe Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal RinpocheSurviving Death: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for an Afterlife by Leslie KeanEmbraced by the Light by Betty J. EadieProof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander, M.D.Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying by Derek HumphryFollow Sarah:WebsiteBlogNewsletterInstagramFacebookTwitterFollow Yoga Unplugged:WebsiteNewsletterInstagramFacebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Yoga Unplugged ConversationsA podcast dedicated to helping you grow, thrive and gracefully make tough life decisions, so you can lead a happier, healthier life.Host Sarah Burchard invites special guests on the show to deep dive into real life issues, providing tools and philosophies to help you navigate them with greater ease.Sarah is a yogi, freelance writer, natural foods chef and certified health coach passionate about self-development, yoga and promoting local businesses and food through her writing, farmers market tours and farm-to-table events under the name, The Healthy Locavore.In today’s episode I’m talking to Jessica Rohr.Jess is the owner of Forage Hawaii.As a distributer of local wild, invasive, and naturally raised meats, she provides her customers with a responsible protein source; is an advocate for Hawaiʻi’s local meat industry; and supports a more sustainable food system that is healthier for us and the environment and is more accessible to everyone.Jess has a powerful story when it comes to her life’s journey with food. Beyond her personal experiences, she also majored in dietetics at the University of Hawaiʻi and has spent countless years studying numerous diets, nutrients, and eating disorders as well as industrial farming versus natural farming and the politics of food, so that she could establish a healthier relationship to food and help others do the same.Today Jess and I are discussing the many ways food affects our behavior and how we can have a healthier relationship to it. We talk about…●      Our life struggles with food ●      Why she developed an eating disorder in college●      How she went from being a vegetarian to becoming a meat distributer●      The theory behind Mindful Eating●      The way she approaches her diet now●      Why we shop at the Farmers Market instead of the grocery store●      What she suggests for anyone struggling with food related issues If you’ve ever had an eating disorder, were raised to finish everything on your plate, eat too fast, overeat, moralize your food, have a sugar addiction, persist in yo-yo dieting, obsess over calories, restrict your food, think carbs are evil, or have any other number of food related issues, please give this show a listen. You don’t need another diet. You need a healthier relationship to your food.-  Follow Jessica Rohr:●      Website●      Instagram●      Facebook●      NewsletterLinks discussed on the show:●      Foodist: Using Real Food and Real Science to Lose Weight Without Dieting by Darya Rose PhD●      The Foodist Podcast●      Foodist Kitchen●      The Mindful Meal Challenge●      Bruce Lipton●      Darity Wesley●      Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser●      Know Your Fats: The Complete Primer for Understand the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol by Mary G. Enig●      Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price●      Maui Nui Venison Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Yoga Unplugged ConversationsA podcast dedicated to helping you grow, thrive and gracefully make tough life decisions, so you can lead a happier, healthier life.Host Sarah Burchard invites special guests on the show to deep dive into real life issues, providing tools and philosophies to help you navigate them with greater ease.Sarah is a yogi, freelance writer, natural foods chef and certified health coach passionate about self-development, yoga and promoting local businesses and food through her writing, farmers market tours and farm-to-table events under the name, The Healthy Locavore. In today’s episode I’m talking to Jennie Lee.Jennie is a Yoga therapist, author and an expert on spiritual living.As a yoga therapist she helps her clients develop practices that integrate mind, body and soul. Her writing is featured regularly in national magazines such as Light of Consciousness and Yoga Therapy Today, and online at Yogapedia, Yoga Digest, mindbodygreen, and many more. She has also taught yoga and meditation for more than 20 years.Today Jennie and I are discussing how to find your way when you are feeling lost or stuck. Her new book, Spark Change: 108 Provocative Questions for Spiritual Evolution, teaches us how.  We talk about…●      How she became a yoga therapist●      Why she believes that the ability to solve a problem lies in the questions you ask●      The basic requirements one needs in order to change●      What to do if you have the questions, but don’t know the answers●      The question she continues to ask herself everydayIf you have found yourself on a path you didn’t intend to be on or feel incapable of making your next move forward this episode is for you. Asking yourself the right questions facilitates change in a conscious, productive way, so that you can grow in alignment with who you really are and what you really want. - Follow Jennie Lee:●      Website●      Instagram●      Facebook●      SPARK CHANGE: 108 Provocative Questions for Spiritual EvolutionOther books written by Jennie Lee:TRUE YOGA: Practicing with the Yoga Sutras for Happiness & Spiritual FulfillmentBREATHING LOVE: Meditation in Action Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Yoga Unplugged ConversationsA podcast dedicated to helping you grow, thrive and gracefully make tough life decisions, so you can lead a happier, healthier life.Yoga Unplugged Team member Sarah Burchard is your host. She invites special guests on the show to deep dive into real life issues, providing tools and philosophies to help you navigate them with greater ease.Sarah is a freelance writer, natural foods chef and certified health coach who is passionate about promoting local businesses and food through her writing, farmers market tours and farm-to-table events under the name, The Healthy Locavore. When she is not talking food she's supporting the yoga community on Oʻahu.In today’s episode Sarah is talking to Maura Bogue.Maura is a writer, writing coach, former managing editor and senior training strategist for Global Press Institute and the creator of All-Khemi, a conscious company that offers coaching and creative services to enlightened entrepreneursAs a writing coach she helps her clients tap into their creativity and inner wisdom, improve their writing skills and discover their purpose. Above all she aims to unite using an ancient, universal self-realization system inspired by the integration of opposites: light and dark, masculine and feminine, divine and mortal. She also graduated summa cum laude as the female valedictorian from the University of Richmond and wields multiple 500-hour certifications in yoga, which she seamlessly incorporates into her writing coaching services.Sarah discusses creativity with Maura on this show.They talk about…●      Clearing blocks in order to channel creativity●      Why Maura thinks “writer’s block” is a myth●      Her 4-step system for ultimate creativity●      How she balances professionalism with spirituality●      Her favorite tools for creativity If you are a professional writer, or simply just enjoy writing, then this show is definitely for you. But the tools and practices we talk about will be universal to all forms of creativity whether you are painting or designing a business plan. It doesn’t matter if you’re looking to be more creative in a hobby space, at work or just in general you will benefit from this conversation. -  Follow Maura Bogue:●      Website●      InstagramBooks discussed on the show:●      The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron●      Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and LIfe by Anne Lamott●      Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert●      The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life. by Robin Sharma●      Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue by Neale Walsch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.