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...And we're back!

After a two year hiatus, The Yoga Brain Podcast is bringing you a dose of ancient philosophy to your modern day.

In this solo episode, Jennifer shares a short anecdote of a night out in New York City, where she realizes how ambitious people often perceive themselves as lacking such qualities.

We discuss lessons from "Think Again" by Adam Grant, a psychology book on "knowing what you don't know" and why overly confident people tend to fall short of such skills their pontificating about.

While Yoga Brain events have paused for the moment, we are bringing you insight to your ears with the podcast once again. You can follow along with our host and founder, Jennifer Martin to learn more about how to develop a yoga practice outside the studio and into your every day.

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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.

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

Special Guest: Haley Robertson
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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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We speak with Kyra Weinberger Hall, a yoga teacher in Kansas City. Being raised by dancers, Kyra's upbringing was far from "traditional", and involved multiple moves across country during her formative years.

As Kyra hit her teens, she started manipulating her food and dove into a variety of eating disorders. By 25, Kyra spent two months inpatient at a treatment center, and shares with us the transitions and internal shifts she has taken since.

Kyra shares with us her journey from hardly holding a plank to regularly expressing Pincha Mayurasana, or forearm stand. She explains Ashtanga yoga - the eight limbed path - and how her practice has transformed her life.

Featured Guest
Kyra Weinberger Hall
@kyralyn

Currently teaching at Maya and True Love

Host
Jenny Martin
@jenny.eats.the.world

Song: Kismet
Connor Yeager
@trippysippycj

Josh Solar is an Energy Guide, leading clients through breath work, reiki, and cold plunges. His latest favorite healing modality has been dipping into icy ponds during the depths of winter, allowing the power of the sun to warm him up and calm him down.

Josh and Jenny talk about Josh's meditation music, teenage angst and how meditation is everything.

We also speak with Jason Belz, the owner of AGY athletic center where we record the interview and utilize the ice bath. Josh leads Jenny through a plunge, describing sensations and benefits of sinking into the freezing water.

Featured Guest
Josh Solar
joshsolar.co
@joshsolarlovesyou

Host
Jenny Martin
@jenny.eats.the.world

Song: Kismet
Connor Yeager
@trippysippycj

Like many of us, Emma Brown walked into a yoga class as a means to exercise, and did so for many years. That was until she injured herself as an aerial performer, forced to slow down.  Emma shares with us how she utilized movement for shifting stored energy and her yoga practice for building trust and awareness.

Today, Emma is a licensed massage therapist, a DJ, and a dancer as well as a yoga teacher in training. We ask Emma about her path from playing sports and staring in shows to a more feminine, fluid way of life.

Featured Guest
Emma Brown
@emmabrownlmt
@lazuli555
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Host
Jenny Martin
@jenny.eats.the.world

Song: "Kismet"
Connor Yeager
@tripysippycj

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Join us as we speak with Nicole Leth, an artist, teacher, and writer whose messages are casted for thousands to see every day.

Affirmation Billboards is a project Nicole started to bring hope to the city by casting her inspirational artwork onto high trafficited billboards. In part with this mission, Nicole also sends out thousands of affirmation postcards each month, anonymously to anyone who signs up for the program.

Nicole is such a gem of a person and a delight to talk with. We ask Nicole about her artistic upbringing, her path towards psychology, and the beauties of being human.

Featured Guest
Nicole Leth
@affirmationbillboards
affirmation project  website

Host
Jenny Martin
@jenny.eats.the.world

Music
Conner Yeager
@tripysippycj

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Holistic health coach Emily Cox is our second guest on the show, but was our first to record for an interview. We visited Emily in her lovely home (with plenty of plants, mind you) to talk about intuitive and disordered eating, body love and love itself, and the progression of Emily's career as a yoga teacher.

Emily teaches, facilitates, and speaks all over Kansas City, including spots such as Crossroads Hotel, Paradise Garden Club, Woodside and Maya Yoga.

Stay updated with Emily's class schedule via her website or Instagram.

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Emily Cox
Featured Guest
@emilycoxwellness

Jenny Martin
Host + Director
@jenny.eats.the.world

Connor Yeager
Song: 'Kismet'
@trippysippycj

Philosopher Ojas Patel joins us on our first interview to talk all things culture and leadership. We tap into the various ways one can lead, and what it means to pave a path towards your highest self.

Jenny and Ojas take it back to high school, comparing perceptions and paradigms between the two. We explore how language shapes culture, and how thoughts change culture.

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Ojas Patel
Featured Guest
@ojas711
@lyfewithoj

Jenny Martin
Host + Director
@jenny.eats.the.world

Connor Yeager
Music
@trippysippycj

Introducing Yoga Brain, a platform exploring the ancient practice of oneness, beyond what is done on the mat.

Join Jenny Martin and Ojas Patel in this inaugural episode which helps to answer the loaded question: What is yoga?

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