The Yoga Pro Podcast

There are many ideas about whether or not yoga is a religion and I love having conversations that explore all sides of the topic. In this episode, Troy Hadeed joins to to share his experience as a religious person who practices yoga and how he sees the relationship between them both. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at The Yoga Pro Podcast dot com. Send a DM or email if you want the direct link. Troy is a yoga teacher, author, and social entrepreneur who has taught yoga internationally for over 15 years, and has founded several successful businesses, including a hemp store, a waste oil recycling business and a yoga studio. He has walked coast-to-coast across central America, navigated the world on a ship, spent prolonged periods in silence and darkness, and is continuously seeking to make sense of the human experience. Topics: -How yoga found Troy -He talks about his unlikely yoga mentor -What does practicing yoga really mean? -The embodiment of yoga from a religious standpoint -The difference between being told of God and knowing God -Why divinity isn’t religion -Redefining what God means to a person -Understanding wrongs done in the name of religion -How yoga is spiritual but not religious -Why deepening his relationship to breath felt like praying -The relationship between yoga and religions like Hinduism -Why prayer is something we do with our bodies -How we unconsciously pray for negative things -What is manifestation? -Having your yoga and your religion co-exist -Why improper breathing impacts your relationship to God -Practicing with intention -Finding the yoga space or teacher that aligns with your religious goals -Why Jesus was the embodiment of yoga Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Troy: Website - https://troyhadeed.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/troyhadeed/?hl=en Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

How much do you pay attention to your chakras in your personal life or in your teaching? What do they have to do with your emotional and physical wellbeing? In this lively conversation, Masuda Mohamadi talks all things chakras and shares tips for dealing with imbalances, how you can work with chakra areas to help with emotional struggles, and much more. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at The Yoga Pro Podcast dot com. Send a DM or email if you want the direct link. Masuda Mohamadi is a yoga teacher, teacher trainer, author, and owner of Radiance Yoga studio in Alexandria, Virginia. She has been teaching for over 20 years and he leads classes, workshops, and retreats around the world on yoga, meditation, and the chakras. She is the author of Unlock the Power of Your Chakras, released in August 2022. Topics: -Masuda’s surprising yoga start -How to manage your own energy in a room full of people -Becoming aware of your aura -Why she wrote a book about the chakras -Overview of each chakra -How to notice imbalances and how to decide where you need balance -Masuda shares an exercise for visualizing what is going on in the body -Why self assessment and discernment is so valuable -Issues that can show up when chakras are imbalanced -Getting rid of judgements of your emotions -Why it’s just as hard to resist sitting with discomfort as it is to work through it -How resisting your own emotions affects how you deal with other people’s emotions -The importance of having resources to guide you when working with your chakras -How her need for a workbook for her teachings led to this book -Masuda’s favorite chakra -The importance of love, gratitude, and compassion in her life -Masuda walks us through a situation and what chakra she would focus on for that scenario -Connecting to matter and spirit to find alignment -How posture affects our chakras -Why you don’t need a weeklong retreat to find balance Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Masuda: www.masudamahamohamadi.com https://radiance-yoga.net/ Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

In person yoga is back to stay but that doesn’t mean you should ignore the vast online market. In this episode, Amanda Kingsmith joins us to share the advantages of having an online presence and some tips for doing it successfully. Amanda Kingsmith is an RYT500, a yoga business coach, the host and founder of Mastering the Business of Yoga (M.B.Om), the MBOM podcast and is a world traveler. She blends her background in business with her love of yoga help yoga teachers create careers that they are passionate about and that are sustainable. Amanda is also the co-host of The World Wanderers, a podcast on travel and travel as a lifestyle. Topics: -Amanda’s first yoga experience -Common threads in yoga stories -Why she chose to help yoga pros with their businesses -How she uses her podcast to learn from others and build her business -The fast-changing world of social media and online marketing -Why you might want to still show up online to build a bigger community -The financial advantages of an online business -Living the dream with a remote business -What you learn about your speech habits when you make and edit your own videos -Why teaching yoga online can make it more accessible for certain populations -How studios are using hybrid classes to get ahead -What not to do if you are using a hybrid model for your classes -Why it’s not too late to take your business online and how to find new clients -How showing up in videos helps people get to know you -Having a specific niche to build a worldwide community -There is no such thing as an “all levels” yoga class -Unpacking the fears of niching. -Mistakes you might be making with your online business -Why you should stop devaluing your online offerings -What equipment you need to offer online yoga -Why people will pay more for a boutique yoga experience -Leaving perfectionism behind so you can get out there if you want to -Don’t compare your beginning to someone else’s experienced product Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Amanda: www.mbomyoga.com info@mbomyoga.com https://www.instagram.com/masteringthebusinessofyoga/ Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

The words we use when teaching yoga practices matter more than you might realize when you are working with people who struggle with persistent pain. Do you know what nocebic language is? If not, this is a must-hear episode! Lisa Pearson joins us to answer that question and share insight on how seemingly harmless cues could be hurting your students and clients. Lisa Pearson, 'Swami Swarupananda' is an 'ordained yogic priest' in the Kriya Yoga tradition. With nearly three decades of yoga teaching and yoga therapy experience, Lisa is a Certified Yoga Therapist and an Approved Professional Development Provider, through the International Association of Yoga Therapists, She is an E-RYT500 and Yoga Alliance Certified Education Provider. Swami Lisa is faculty and a program mentor for Inner Peace Yoga Therapy School, and is the Director and Lead Trainer for Pain Care Aware; a yoga teaching certification program which educates professionals about the intersection of pain science and yoga. Having lived with Fibromyalgia for over 30 years, Lisa teaches from her deep well of yoga wisdom, and also from her lived experience of pain. Topics: -Lisa’s yoga beginnings -Why we should embrace all of the ways that people can find yoga -What pain care aware language consists of -Why saying “if it hurts, don’t do it” can be harmful -What Nocebic language is -Messaging that helps people self regulate and create awareness -Instilling self-efficacy and agency -How pain can be a message and how to decipher it -Language we should be using in our classes -Inviting agency rather than giving permission -Lisa’s favorite ways to invite discernment Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Neil Pearson episode Managing Pain Through Yoga with Neil Pearson https://www.theyogapropodcast.com/managing-pain-through-yoga-with-neil-pearson/ Connect with Lisa: www.paincareaware.com info@paincareaware.com Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

Having a spiritual journey can take quite a bit of discipline. In today’s episode, Amrit Singh joins us to share some insights on how to have more discipline, and to use compassion and forgiveness as a tool in your journey. Amrit Singh has been studying Kundalini Yoga for over 30 years. He started in Germany in the early 90s. He then decided to move to India and dedicate his life’s work to help build and grow Miri Piri Academy in Amritsar for 20 years, where he served as Director of Residential Life. Topics: -Why discipline is so important to start at a young age -Amrit’s yoga experience -What happens to your old life when you start your spiritual journey -How he got past the resistance to change -The importance of ice bath in the search for spiritual discipline -Embracing resistance -Building discipline with small things -Losing the guilt to vibrate higher -Why your vices aren’t always the worst thing for you -Amrit’s daily practices -Prayer as a meditation tool -Surprising thoughts about cigarette smoking -Amrit shares a practice with us -Having kindness and compassion for where you are today -The importance of a gratitude practice Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Amrit: https://www.instagram.com/amrit_singh_reinsch https://www.tiktok.com/@wholeselfrecovery?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc https://www.tiktok.com/@amritsinghreinsch?_t=8YeKlDkC19p&_r=1 https://www.facebook.com/AmritSinghReinsch Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

Anxiety and stress are so prevalent in our society but the tools of yoga are the perfect adjunct to other care when you or your clients are suffering. In this episode, Dmitria Burby joins us to talk strategy and share her perspectives on dealing with anxiety and stress in today’s times. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at the yoga pro podcast dot com. You can also send me a dm for the link. Dmitria is a bestselling author, transformational yoga teacher, and consciousness coach that helps people reconnect with themselves. She sits at the intersection of the latest in neuroscience, biochemistry, and the ancient wisdom of Yoga. She loves leveraging the specific practices and knowledge to support peoples’ transformation from a life of effort to one of ease. Topics: -Dmitria’s yoga journey -How she realized that anxiety was present in her life -Origins of anxiety in childhood -Building practices ahead of time to alleviate anxiety -Knowing who you are meant to help -Meeting people where they are -Lifestyle management -Client homework as a tool for seeing results -How over scheduling contributes to stress in our life -Getting unstuck from old patterns -Dmitria’s favorite nervous system regulation tools -The relationship between the eyes and the frontal cortex and why face yoga can help -The importance of consistency in practice Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Dmitria: www.findinglumincance.com www.instagram.com/findingluminance Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

What happens when you are too much into your ego, and how can you get out of it? In this episode, Christian de la Huerta joins us to talk about the power of breath work for calming the ego. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, go to the yoga pro podcast dot com, or send me a dm for the link. Christian is a spiritual teacher, personal transformation coach and leading voice in the breathwork community. He has traveled the world offering inspiring and transformational retreats combining psychological and spiritual teachings. An award-winning author, he has spoken at numerous universities and conferences and on the TEDx stage. Topics: -Christian’s yoga journey and his “aha” moment -Why breath work is a great adjunct to psychotherapy -Unpacking what the ego is -How to know when you are in your ego -Listening to your inner voice and doing what it says -Why the breath has so much control over the body -Making a choice to use the breath for anxiety -Transcending the ego through discernment -Looking into our shadows for information -How to get away from taking things personally -Having a cathartic experience through long breath work -Ways people can be triggered with breath work -Christian’s ideas around power and why we give it away Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Christian: www.soulfulpower.com Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com Tags: #breathwork #breathworkfortheego #justbreathe

Staying present and mindful in business can be hard for even the most dedicated yoga professional. In this episode, Anne Muhlethaler joins us to share insight and tips for how she keeps herself tuned into her inner voice in a noisy world. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com Anne is a 250 RYT yoga teacher and a certified mindfulness and meditation teacher who has studied with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield as well as taken many workshops with world-renowned teachers such as Sally Kempton, Pema Chödrön, and Annie Carpenter. She teaches on Zoom and through guided meditations on her website, YouTube, Instagram and via her podcast, Out of the Clouds. Topics: -Anne’s yoga introduction -Letting go of perfection in your business -Mindfulness in the midst of turmoil -Getting clear on who what kind of experience you want to provide -Digging deeply into your intention to find your purpose -Mindful communication in your business -How to stay present when running your business -Listening to your inner voice -Why journaling can help you be more mindful in your business -Where yoga philosophy and ethical principles fit in to running a business -Finding trust in yourself through the Yamas and NIyamas -Reclaiming passion and leaning in to all of your interests -Finding gratitude in troubling situations -How she found her passion -Intergenerational downloads -Non-attachment and finding your authentic self by releasing judgements Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Anne: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-v-muhlethaler/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/annvi/ https://www.instagram.com/_outoftheclouds/ Website: https://annevmuhlethaler.com/ Podcast Out of the Clouds: https://annevmuhlethaler.com/out-of-the-clouds/the-podcast/ Guided meditations: https://insighttimer.com/annevmuhlethaler https://annevmuhlethaler.com/mindfulness-meditation/ Podcast Waking Heart https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/out-of-the-clouds-waking-heart/id1659286036 For one on one meditation sessions: https://calendly.com/out-of-the-clouds Coaching and consulting practice: https://avm.consulting/ Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper interview https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/all-there-is-with-anderson-cooper/episodes/ae2f9ebb-1bc6-4d47-b0f0-af17008dcd0c Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

If you are teaching yoga you probably have had people in your spaces that are struggling with an eating disorder. How can you keep them safe? In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Jennifer Kreatsoulas talks about how we can best provide a healing experience for that population, ways we may be unconsciously triggering them, and she busts some myths about what disordered eating looks like. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at The Yoga Pro Podcast dot com. Send a DM or email if you want the direct link. Jennifer Kreatsoulas, PhD, C-IAYT, is a certified yoga therapist specializing in eating disorders and body image. Through her virtual school, Yoga for Eating Disorders, Jennifer offers individual yoga therapy, groups, classes, and continuing education and mentoring for professionals. She is the author of Body Mindful Yoga and The Courageous Path to Healing. Her writing has been featured widely in print, broadcast, and online media. Topics: -Jennifer’s yoga beginnings -How to know if you are exercising too much and how that relates to eating disorder -Shame and guilt in eating disorder -The difference between eating disorder and disordered eating -Anorexia and bulimia defined -Binge eating disorder and why it might not look like what you think it does -Busting myths about what a person with eating disorder loos like -Race, gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic considerations and eating disorders -Why it’s important to design your class with trauma informed perspective -The link between trauma and eating disorders -Words that can be triggering for people with eating disorder -Staying away from diet culture messaging -Reconsidering old ways of teaching that were passed down to you -Why the “invitation” is so important -Giving grace to yourself for the ways you may have caused harm -Honoring your scope of practice -Ways to keep your space safe -Why teaching clients how to feel inside their bodies is important -Jennifer shares some of her favorite practices when working with someone with eating disorder -Easy ways of using the philosophical principles in a class setting Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Jennifer: www.yoga4eatingdisorders.com jennifer@yoga4eatingdisorders.com Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

Do you consider yourself a leader in the field of yoga? What makes a good leader? What is wrong and what is right in the yoga industrial complex? Rebecca Sebastian joins us with some hard facts and gentle truths about how yoga professionals can build a yoga business while staying true to the ethics and values of the practice. Rebecca owns Sunlight Yoga + Apothecary, hosts the podcast Working in Yoga, and mentors for Inner Peace Yoga Therapy. Also co-founder and board president of the nonprofit Quad Cities Yoga Foundation, she has a passion for supporting yoga professionals. Topics: -How to stay true to the ethics and values of yoga while building a business -Why your money mindset might be holding you back -Getting past perfectionism and good girl syndrome -Rebecca’s personal yoga journey -The problem with the lack of business training in yoga teacher trainings -Why you can’t “manifest your taxes” -The business model of yoga teacher training and how it is hurting the profession -Making yoga profession and not a hobby -When Rebecca realized she was a leader in the profession -Why you need to stand up and stand out -The beauty of the people in the yoga industry -Qualities that make a good leader -Embracing all of the sides of the yoga ecosystem -Getting past the need to always be right -How to make yoga a viable profession with a livable wage -Leading with your own internal value -Getting past competitiveness and collaborating to help each other -Why yoga professionals are so lonely -The difference between being for the community and being of the community -What we are doing right in the yoga industry Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Rebecca: www.workinginyoga.com www.instagram.com/rebeccasebastianyoga Shannon Crow and Colin Hall's Instagram links: https://www.instagram.com/theconnectedyogateacher/ https//www.instagram.com/colinyogin/ Shannon's Podcast: https://www.theconnectedyogateacher.com/podcast/ Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

Traumatic brain injury, or TBI can show up in many different ways and yoga professionals need to be familiar with them because we never know which students in our classes or sessions might be suffering. Sometimes even THEY don’t know they have it! Our guest Amy Zellmer is here to share her expertise about what we can do to make our spaces accessible for those who are suffering from TBI and other chronic conditions. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at The Yoga Pro Podcast dot com. Amy is an award-winning author, speaker, TBI survivor, and Editor-in-chief of MN YOGA + Life magazine. She was a professional photographer when she suffered a life-changing traumatic brain injury (TBI) after a slip and fall on black ice. Since then, she has published four books that focus on concussion and TBI, and began publishing The Brain Health Magazine in 2019. She has her 200RYT and is in the process of completing her 500RYT. She is also certified in trauma-informed yoga, LoveYourBrain yoga, and Yoga For All. Amy is also a Reiki Master. Topics: -Amy’s yoga beginnings -What traumatic brain injuries really are -How to find the right doctor who will listen to you -Her journey with TBI and how she lucked into her doctor -Challenges that people who have suffered TBI face -Finding support -Not taking it personally when clients or friends cancel appointments or plans -How she used yoga to heal from her TBI -Finding purpose in the midst of pain and anxiety -The five yoga postures that she used when she started her healing -The importance of breath work in TBI recovery -What yoga teachers and therapists need to know about clients coming in with TBI -How to keep your TBI students safe -Dysautonomia and some of the ways it shows up in yoga class -True accessibility for people with TBI and other conditions -What to avoid with someone who has TBI -Not taking it personally when a student does something different in your class Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Amy: www.mnyogalife.com www.creatingwellnessfromwithin.com https://www.instagram.com/mnyogalifemag/ https://www.instagram.com/amyzellmer/ Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

Have you worked with clients who have suffered acute trauma or violent assault? In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Diana Tokaji shares a very candid and personal conversation about her experience being violently assaulted, among other traumas in her life; and how she has risen above to be able to hold space and help others through yoga therapy. She shares some beautiful practices and challenges ways of thinking around trauma, victimhood, and survivorship. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at The Yoga Pro Podcast dot com. Diana has a Master of Science in Yoga Therapy from Maryland University of Integrative Health and she is a certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist. She is a certified teacher of Pilates Mat, a certified Restorative Yoga trainer with Judith Lasater, an Approved Professional Development Provider with Yoga Alliance and IAYT, a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and she is a writer, performer, and choreographer. Diana is the author of two books, her article on new ways of working with assault and trauma, was published in Yoga Therapy Today, and she is a sought after keynote speaker. Topics: -How Diana started practicing yoga therapy on her own puzzling health issues -Finding her intuition for her own healing path -The traumatic event that left her unable to dance -Why she decided to be a teacher and yoga therapist -The importance of leaning on others to help us with our own practice -How she finds grounding and lightness with heavy subjects to hold space for others -Diana talks candidly about the trauma she endured at the hands of police -She shares a Mudra that can be helpful for those surviving assault -Pamela and Diana discuss the idea of working from a wound or a scar -Diana delves into the terminology of “victim” vs “survivor” and whether you can be both -Traumatic assaults that you might not have thought of that you may have experienced -Gaining power by recognizing and owning our traumas -How she works with people who have suffered a trauma -Borrowing from and dropping into the ancestors or other resources -Connecting to the body’s wisdom -Diana shares practices to draw us to the midline and the healing matrix -Tethering vs grounding -Why asking someone to breathe isn’t always the best protocol -Reading the signals for what the client who is suffering from depression wants -The beauty of play in a yoga class -Diana shares a couple of quotes that resonate with her -Why we shouldn’t try to be so quick to transform Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Diana: dianatokaji@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/diana.tokaji.1/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-tokaji-636a9552/ SIX WOMEN IN A CELL, 2021 Best Indie Book Award, Nonfiction Valuable for all practitioners, particularly those who work with trauma. Resources in the appendix. Available on Amazon or your favorite bookstore. SURVIVING ASSAULT - Words that Rock & Quiet & Tell the Truth / Resource for the Living, 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist Intimate resource book for assault survivors. Four deep conversations with hand mudra. Available on Amazon or your favorite bookstore. Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

Are you rolling into the new year trying to figure out how you can grow your yoga sangha? It can be hard to know where to build your community. Our guest today says Facebook is still where it’s at for groups and she is here to tell us why and how to do it. Hailey Rowe is a Marketing/Sales Coach & Strategist who helps wellness business owners & health coaches to grow their income & impact. She hosts the Health Coach Nation Podcast runs the Health Coach Nation Facebook Group. Hailey is a certified behavioral change specialist and human potential coach. Topics: -Hailey’s unusual meditation practice -The benefits of having a Facebook group over a business page -Repurposing content to save time and energy -How to pick the perfect name for your Facebook group -Why Hailey works with wellpreneurs -Best keywords to use when naming and promoting your group -Hailey talks about why it’s not to late to start a Facebook group -How you can use Facebook groups to grow your email list -Using your Facebook group for market research and generating content -Hailey shares a hot tip about how she saves that information -What you need to know about algorithms -Tips for setting up your group -How to keep people in your group engaged -What to do if you have a dead group -Keeping your content fresh and fun -How scarcity mindset may be holding you back -Surprising things you need to know about hosting challenges in your group Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Hailey www.instagram.com/hailey_rowe www.haileyrowe.com/fast Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

Have you found yourself leaving a class or session and feeling like you have taken on the energy of the person or people you were working with? In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Lisann Valentin joins us to talk about how we can protect our energies when we are working with clients or just living out in this world where we may be subject to the energies of random people we come in contact with. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. find it in my bio, or dm me for the direct link. Lisann Valentin is an Actor, Author and Amplifier who has taken her meditation mat from Wall Street to the red-carpet. A fifth generation intuitive healer, she amplifies the gifts of the world's empathic creatives, leaders, and healers by combining the rational with the mystical. Topics: -Protecting your energy without being guarded or closed for new and positive energies -How to know when you are around an energy vampire -Lisann’s meditation beginnings and what it looks like now -Meditating with water -Using the elements that are calling you to manage energies -Lisann shares her tools for how she manages tethering with other people -Determining if the feelings you are feeling are yours or someone else’s -Lisann shares a practice -Setting boundaries around whether or not to address energies that are coming up around you -Cord cutting vs dissipating when severing tethers to people -Embracing yourself as a sovereign being -Energetic hygiene -Simple practices to protect our energies when we are showing up for other people -Keeping your practices fresh -How to know if you are an empath -The importance of a clear mental and emotional space to keep ourselves safe -Preparing your physical space for good energetic hygiene Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Lisann: www.lgvalentine.com www.instagram.com/lisannvalentin Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

In this episode, Host Pamela Crane offers encouragement to look back at your successes and open up to new possibilities as you plan for the new year. She gets vulnerable about how her year has gone and opens up about why she is ditching niching for the coming year. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com Pamela Crane (MS, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500) helps heart-centered entrepreneurs overcome fears and imposter syndrome to create online content; and provides evidence-based continuing education and mentoring for yoga professionals. She is a former broadcast journalist and film and commercial actress who hosts The Yoga Pro Podcast; and has presented nationally and internationally at symposia and conferences for yoga and integrative medicine. Topics: -Pamela thanks you for listening and being a part of the podcast for the past year -She gets vulnerable about her struggles over the past year and how she continues to overcome hardship -How she uses her calendar to remind herself of all of her accomplishments for the year and some encouragement for you to do the same -Pamela shares why she is proud of herself and asks you to consider what success means for you -Why it is important to find joy when you are healing -She talks about getting featured in the media and why that is helpful -She talks about her upcoming projects that she is excited about -Her realization that niching was holding her back -Pamela asks you to reassess 2022 and dig deep to trust yourself for 2023 -Why you need to celebrate yourself and your accomplishments -How her gratitude practice brought about abundance Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

Many yoga professionals struggle finding their place in this world with juggling the business side and the spirituality, not to mention tackling social media and all of the judgement that comes with it. Jerry Justizia joins us today with an inspiring interview where she shares her “why” for sharing her yoga practice on social media and how she used her need to find leggings for curvy girls to inspire her to create her own. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com Jerry is a certified Yoga teacher who uses her social media account to uplift curvy black women by sharing her yoga practice and specially designed leggings. Originally from Benin in West-Africa, Justizia moved to Virginia where she created a brand to serve the conscious tribe with everything from a sustainable clothing line to all metaphysical products. Topics: -Jerry’s yoga beginnings -How she got comfortable sharing her practice on social media -Overcoming body image and racial issues on social media -Dealing with negative comments on your social media -Why she presses forward on social media as a black woman -How she deals with criticism about her yoga and religion, and how she meshes the two together -She talks about spirituality and yoga in her life -Balancing making money and sharing her spirituality -How she founded a complementary business selling yoga and metaphysical products -Why she designed yoga leggings for curvy people and how she incorporated her culture into them -The process of designing and manufacturing your own products -Why she has a never ending amount of content to share and how you can too Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Jerry: www.femmeyogipreneuroutlet.com www.instagram.com/femmeyogaipreneur Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

Yoga is one of the premier tools for helping people recover from addiction but are you ready to work with that population? In this Episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Dr. Rebecca Williams joins us to talk about how to work with those in recovery, what you need to know about what they are going through, how to reach out to substance abuse centers to provide yoga, and so much more. Rebecca is an award-winning author, psychologist, and wellness expert specializing in healthy recovery from mental illness, addiction, and life’s challenges. For the past 25 years, her work has focused on building resilience and embracing emotional well-being. She has been a program director at the VA San Diego Healthcare System and an associate clinical professor at The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. A life-long yoga enthusiast, Rebecca has also been a yoga teacher. She combines the ancient wisdom of yoga and mindfulness with compassionate recovery from addiction in her books. Topics: -How Rebecca found yoga and meditation -Rebecca’s personal and professional background in psychology, addiction, and recovery -What inspired Rebecca to write a book about yoga and addiction recovery -Taking addiction recovery one moment at a time -Rebecca shares some statistics about substance abuse in America and why you will encounter them in your classes and sessions -Why yoga is a premier tool for addiction recovery -What people who are healing from addiction might be going through in your class and how you can help them -Setting the tone for addiction recovery -Why restorative yoga is a great option for helping those in recovery to feel their feelings -Normalizing feelings and cravings and then holding space for them -Providing tools for clients to take home for when the triggers come outside of class -The power of grounding as a safe space -Writing a goodbye letter to your addiction -Practicing forgiveness and gratitude in recovery -The difference between pain and suffering -Self-compassion as an intervention -Self love and holding space for our wounded child -Yoga as an inside job -Tips for reaching out to addiction recovery centers to provide yoga as an intervention Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Rebecca: mindfulnessworkbook.com Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

Having a great idea for a book and actually getting it written and published are two different things. In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, I chat with Claire Wilson and Katelynn Bartleson from Singing Dragon and Handspring Publishing about what it takes to get your book published. They spill the tea on first steps to take (it might not be what you think!), how to submit your query, whether or not you need an agent, and so much more. This episode is packed full of everything you need to know if you are wanting to write that first yoga book. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com Katelynn Bartleson is the Senior Marketing Manager and she is in charge of author management, direct marketing, social media marketing, market research, and publicity in North America. She has worked at Jessica Kingsley Publishers since 2009. She is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, PA with a degree in English, concentration in American Literature, and a certificate in Creative Writing. Claire Wilson is the Editorial Director for Singing Dragon and Handspring, with responsibility for editorial strategy and the commissioning team. She also actively commissions books in the areas of yoga therapy, acupuncture and Chinese medicine, graphic medicine and manual therapy. She has a degree in English and a postgraduate degree in Publishing. Topics: -First steps you should take if you have a book idea -Tuning in to your core community as research -A surprising fact about how much you need to have written when you pitch your book -Why collaboration and having a team is important for writing development -How to decide whether you should self-publish or work with a publishing house -What you need to know about submitting your query with Singing Dragon and Handspring Publishing -Why finding the right niche is important -Establishing your authority to write the book -How to know if you need a literary agent -The nurturing experience of writing a book with Singing Dragon/Handspring -Why marketing and promoting your book looks different than a fiction bestseller -Putting your idea out there to get attention -An unexpected benefit of publishing your book through a publishing house -Why building up your social media community is important -Mistakes that first-time authors make -The journey from proposal to marketing -Managing expectations about your publishing release day -Claire and Katelynn pull back the curtain on the behind the scenes workings of marketing your book -Researching publishing houses to make sure you are the right fit -Red flags to look out for when you are looking for a publisher -Being realistic with how much time you have to commit to writing a book -Why your marketing efforts are important too -Topics that Singing Dragon and Handspring Publishing are looking for writers to submit -Surprising facts about titles, illustration, and other aspects of your book -Why your idea might be of interest even if you aren’t ready to write a book -Where you can find books published by Singing Dragon, Handspring, Jessica Kingsley publishing -How you can sell their books in your studio Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Claire and Katelynn: claire.wilson@singingdragon.com us.singingdragon.com uk.singingdragon.com Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

Diet and Wellness culture are multi million dollar industries and the intersection with the yoga world is pervasive. In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Jessica Grosman and Elyssa Toomey join me to talk about what diet culture is, break some misconceptions about what health looks like, and so much more. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com Jessica and Elyssa are both anti-diet registered dietitians who are on a mission to dismantle diet culture and helping clients find and maintain a healthy relationship with food. Topics: -Alyssa and Jessica explain diet culture -Why thinness doesn’t necessarily equal health -Capitalist underpinnings of diet culture -Harmful terms we use describing people in larger bodies and what to say instead -How diet culture shows up in the yoga world -Moving past asana in yoga What is Advanced Yoga with Kaya Mindlin episode https://www.theyogapropodcast.com/what-is-advanced-yoga-with-kaya-mindlin/ -The relationship between perfectionism and diet culture -Reframing asana cues -The trouble with wellness culture and the harm it causes -Getting into the body and slowing down instead of listening to rules of wellness -The marketing of yoga, wellness, and diet culture -The difference between eating disorder and disordered eating -How focusing on clean eating can be harmful -Changing our perceptions of “good” food and “bad” food and the moral value of food -Scope of practice for yoga professionals regarding food and nutrition talk -Making your yoga space safe for ALL bodies -The blessing of online yoga for feeling safe -Why the names of your classes matter -Taking back yoga from diet culture -Their inspiration to do this work Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Jessica and Elyssa: www.antidietcultureyoga.com Sign up for their November 2022 workshop https://www.theconnectedyogateacher.com/antidiet/ Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com

Research has shown yoga to be an effective adjunct treatment for those suffering cancer as a way to alleviate suffering. In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Maryam Ovissi joins us to share her experience as a yoga therapist who works in oncology and how it makes a difference in people’s lives. She talks about environmental and lifestyle factors, what the research says and so much more. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com Maryam is a C-IAYT and E-RYT 500 and owner of Beloved Yoga in Reston, Virginia where she is a teacher and teacher trainer offering 200 and 300 hour trainings. She has been working with individuals on the journey with cancer for over 15 years and she offers bedside yoga therapy at INOVA/Life with Cancer Topics: -Maryam’s first experience with yoga -Practicing yoga in an open and clean space -Her first private client experience and what she learned about cancer -Maryam shares some cancer statistics -How environment and lifestyle contribute to cancer risks -The connection between inflammation and cancer -What the research says about yoga for cancer care -How yoga increases quality of life for those suffering from cancer -The importance of sangha in care for cancer -Trauma around the cancer diagnosis -Why you should look for therapists and doctors who look at cancer healing holistically -Yoga as a means of alleviating suffering -Polyvagal theory as it pertains to cancer care and yoga -The violence our body suffers in medical procedures and how we are responsible for the healing -Offering bedside yoga in the hospital setting -Why keeping it simple is key -How powerful just holding space can be in cancer care -Embodying the Yamas and Niyamas -Maryam talks about befriending the journey while battling cancer -How you can offer yoga therapy in cancer care spaces Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Society for Integrative Oncology https://integrativeonc.org/ Connect with Maryam: www.belovedyoga.com www.maryamovissi.com Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawrenmusic.com