What makes us spiritually awakened and self-aware? What is the difference between awake and woke? Once we’re woke, do we stay up? Or are we susceptible to falling back asleep?

Haley Robertson and Jennifer Martin open the conversation of the great awakening as it pertains to the individual and collective consciousness. They define popular spiritual slang, diving deep into a few terms often heard in Western yoga classes. Both yoga teachers, Haley and Jenny share stories of the start of their spiritual awareness, and how they view spirituality today.

Haley Robertson is a Sound Practitioner and PsychoSynthesis Life Coach. She creates intentional spaces with instrumental sound meditations. Haley’s sessions coax participants into a state of deep relaxation which helps them tap into their soul aliveness. 

The show discusses the theory of oneness, seeing spirit in everything. Haley told Jenny that “everything is medicine” prior to recording, which sparked the spirit of this episode. The hosts comment on commonly used substances which are synonymous with medicine, providing perspective on what is healing, what is addictive, and what is a deadly commodity.

Everything is medicine yet everything comes down to mindfulness with what we consume, call medicine, and say in conversation or in a yoga class. Everything can sometimes seem like it’s happening all at once, which is a wonderful opportunity to sit down, stay still and drop in. What does it mean to drop in? Among other cues in a yoga class, it’s the start of meditation.

Yoga Brain
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Host: Jennifer Martin
 @jenny.eats.the.world

Special Guest: Haley Robertson
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email: haley@thecosmicartichoke.com

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PBS Article: A Social History of America's Most Popular Drugs

NPR Article: How 'Namaste' Flew Away From Us

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Welcome to Yoga Brain
 
A community that’s normalizing meditation and a podcast that’s asking the question:

What is yoga?

Today on the show we have spiritual healer Chris Douglas, a yoga teacher and reiki master with a Pisces placement in his sun and moon. With such empathic, sensitive signs in his astrology, he has been able to navitage his emotions by utilizing the road map of his birth chart.

Chris helps to explain characteristics of being a water sign and a feminine man. He describes how he’s blended the masculine and feminine as a digital creator and entrepreneur, after leaving healthcare as a nurse. 

He also shares traumas of SSRI withdrawals and what he’s learned through extreme stress. Though through meditation, reiki, yoga and stepping into his purpose of showcasing others, Chris has paved a path of healing for himself and his students. 

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Special Guest
Chris Douglas
@big_fish_kc

Host & Producer
Jenny Martin
@jenny.eats.the.world

Executive Editor
Matt Thomas
@matteglossymedia

"Kismet" Song
Connor Yeager
@trippysippycj

Wren Quinn is a mother, an herbalist, a teacher of yoga therapy, and the creator of Trauma Alchemy, a trauma-informed somatic program. Wren’s latest offerings include Herbal Communion, a course exploring the intricacies of the herbal allies that can be used to support your health, helping clients to prepare and grow with their chosen medicine.

So much of our conversation stems from trauma resolution: working through trauma, opposed to working past it. We talk about the importance of seeing and making due with the hardest parts of ourselves and our past, alchemizing awareness into behaviors that are aligned with our highest self.

We ask Wren about narcissists, how to spot them and protect yourself from them. We ask her about herbs and the lessons she's learned as a mother. As Wren has a nurturing heart and a wise soul.

Special Guest
Wren Quinn
@wrennquinn
Website
wrenvquinn.com

Host & Producer
Jenny Martin
@jenny.eats.the.world

Executive Editor
Matt Thomas
@matteglossymedia

"Kismet" Song
Connor Yeager
@trippysippycj

Laura Lockton has been the Director of over 25 extensive events focused on holistic wellness, performing arts, sustainability, art, and yoga. She has also been a  yoga teacher, performer and lead coordinator for programs such as ReKinection, Sacred Circus and Green Earth Village, which are traveling groups that focus on enlightenment, education and entertainment. 

Laura is the co-founder of Rekinection, a conscious event production company and aerial-fire-dance troupe, which offers classes, workshops and shows during their weekend-long festivals.

In this episode, we ask Laura about her start into the events world and how she's continued finding work throughout the pandemic. She shares with us how she's lead her team through the toughest year of her career, and provides insight behind her role as mother.

Special Guest
Laura Lockton
@lauralockton

Host & Producer
Jenny Martin
@jenny.eats.the.world

Executive Editor
Matt Thomas
@matteglossymedia

"Kismet" Song
Connor Yeager
@trippysippycj

Paulina Nordhaus is a yoga teacher, a nature lover, a gluten-free chef and quite simply, a funny gal.

Paulina shares her story of being diagnosed with Rhumetoid Arthritis from a young age, and how her relationship with her body shifted after her mom gave her a book about yoga.

We chat about the price of authenticity in a world where individualism is praised - and sometimes required. But what we learn is that a big personality doesn't require audacious behavior. That sometimes "being yourself" simply means to fit in while still keeping your own unique charm.

Thank you Paulina for sharing your story on the show.

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Paulina Nordhaus

Host & Producer
Jenny Martin
@jenny.eats.the.world

Executive Editor
Matt Thomas
@mattyboytomtom

"Kismet" Song
Connor Yeager
@trippysippycj


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Dr. Paul Berg, is a professor at the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. He guides teachers on accommodating students with PTSD in military classrooms . He notes the effects of trauma and learning as studied in his dissertation and works to provide resources for veterans and first responders to tend to their mental and emotional well-being.

By practicing yoga.

Breathing techniques and meditation are an imperative asset to Paul's trainings - in calming the mind and soothing impeding anxieties. 

Paul served for the military as a helicopter pilot for over twenty years, including four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. We chat over Paul's military history and what all changed within the organization during his terms. Stress and war trauma impacted Paul’s sense of safety and caused great strain on his neck, turning him to consider surgery after retirement. When Paul’s doctor recommended yoga, Paul called his local studio and tried his first restorative class. It was after that moment that Paul started studying meditation and yoga as tool to center, move energy through the body and calm the central nervous system.

Paul emphasizes how veterans don’t want the label, they want to be treated like everyone else, and to see PTSD as very real and something to tend to for your students, employees, family and friends.

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Dr. Paul Berg
@ptcberg

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Jenny Martin
@jenny.eats.the.world

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Matt Thomas
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"Kismet" Song
Connor Yeager
@trippysippycj


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Corbin Rowland is a pharmacist, a yoga teacher, a marathon runner, a plant-based vegan and when he's not rock climbing, is likely brewing kombucha or playing on his bass guitar.

We sit down with Corbin to talk about his yoga journey and how coming to his mat has helped shape the world he sees today.

We chat marathon motivation, self-perception and ask Corbin about his favorite drug (pharmaceuticals, of course). Our conversation covers a few favorite yogi celebrities and the desire to convert our friends and family into habitual meditators, hoping to influence others to explore this transformative practice.


Special Guest
Corbin Rowland
@cdr.93

Host & Producer
Jenny Martin
@jenny.eats.the.world

Executive Assistant
Matt Thomas
@mattyboytomtom

"Kismet" Song
Connor Yeager
@trippysippycj

Crystle Lampitt is a former broadcaster and international model, spending her childhood in Indonesia and has since settled into her therapy practice in Kansas City.

Jenny and Crystle first met on air during a KC morning show in 2019. As the show's host, Crystle held mental health segments and featured Jenny to ask about her recovery with eating disorders. Today on the podcast, Jenny inquires the former model about the fashion industry and how it takes a toll on body image.

Crystle also explains the neurological responses our bodies go through under stress and complex trauma. We dip into childhood experiences and how we can make amends with our past by cognitively embracing our younger selves in the present day.

You can follow Crystle on Instagram for mental health content and book a session with her through her website.


Special Guest
Crystle Lampitt
@crystlelamptt

Host & Producer
Jenny Martin
@jenny.eats.the.world

Executive Assistant
Matt Thomas
@mattyboytomtom

"Kismet" Song
Connor Yeager
@trippysippycj