Sacred Balance

Alida's story…

Juie Rami, host of Sacred Balance Podcast gets interviewed by a fellow podcaster Kush Bhatt from the "R U Familiar with this" Podcast. I love talking about Inner Engineering and I can do it till it reaches to everyone around the world with a sweetness of one drop spirituality that Sadhguru's vision holds. Let's unite together to make it happen!

Julia is a cancer survivor whose deep quest around her own death led her to Sadhguru and began a healing journey filled with experience of grace beyond her wildest imagination. Now, she nurtures people with her nutritious Pranic recipes and lives a life filled with gratitude and joy.

Erik Solheim is a well known global leader on Environment and development as well as an experienced peace negotiator.  Currently he is a senior advisor at world resources institute. He also serves as the CEO of the plastic revolution foundation. Eric also is the chief mentor of the global alliance for sustainable planet, Chairman of the Board of Afroz Shah Foundation in Mumbai. His accomplishments and his service to humanity and environment are exemplary and above all his passion and foresight to recharge and rejuvenate India with an environmental movement while inspiring India's youth wins your heart as you listen to this conversation. Hope you join our green dream movement and together we will work to create a planet that will help sustain and thrive our future generations to come.

Karmayatra is a journey unfolding of 6 amazing isha meditators who have traveled 6000 miles across 12 states in America sharing Sadhguru’s most awaited book karma through their road trip. Their journey is very much about intensity of involvement while breaking down their own limitations and to bring tools of inner well being across United States. Let’s join them in sharing their enthusiasm for this beautiful endeavor and to help make karma book a staple source of wisdom for every home in the world.

Curtis Key is a longtime meditator, traveler and publisher who has had an incredible opportunity to experience what it is like to live life to the fullest through Sadhguru's grace and teachings. Curtis is a Vice President of a large publishing company and a president of his own publishing house Global Collective. Curtis is a very dear friend of mine, and we had an enlightening conversation in early February as he was avidly working on the Karma book coming out this week by sadhguru. We can’t wait for you to listen to this delightful conversation and to read Sadhguru’s most awaited book on karma.

Missy Crutchfield is an american activist passionate about the environment and human rights. Missy has worked with Arun Gandhi on many projects to bring more awareness for peace and nonviolence in the world. Her work with education, government, politics and media tells an inspiring tale of true commitment to be the change you want to see in the world. After traveling all across the world, Missy has made a home in Isha with Sadhguru and this story is a mystical one to tell.

The seeds of yoga were planted early for Olivia Haun. Growing up in a loving home with two yoga teachers, her curiosity and desire for expansion was encouraged. However, it took her meeting her husband Taylor to find Isha and Sadhguru, and she has never looked back. As an ecologist, conservation filmmaker, and gardener, Olivia is devoted to nature in all it’s forms. Driven by a desire to save our planet, her mission is to reignite the deep relationship between humans and nature that has been severed. She sees the potential that spirituality has to help people reconnect, and is eager to assist, in whatever way she can, the healing of both humanity and the earth. How to grow a permaculture food forest garden: https://www.freepermaculture.com/food-forest/ , Food forest gardens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_m_0UPOzuI&ab_channel=NationalGeographic, Garden for wildlife: https://www.nwf.org/Garden-for-Wildlife/Certify, Find your native plants: https://www.audubon.org/native-plants, How (and why) to use native plants: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/realestate/how-and-why-to-use-native-plants.html, How to start a no-till garden: https://donotdisturbgardening.com/how-to-start-a-no-till-garden-a-complete-step-by-step-guide/

The beauty of motherhood is in inclusion. It is not because your mother reproduced you, bore you and let you out. That is not why a mother is precious. She is precious because, in many ways, she saw you as a part of herself. Evgneyia Strutz, our guest this week is a mother who very effortlessly imbibes this essence in letting her children’s creativity come alive while incorporating tools of yoga playfully in a most fun-filled natural environment.

Zain Zahid is a transformational coach who has set out on a journey to help people breakthrough to new levels of success that they could only dream possible. He wants to show people what they are really made of and help them break the boundaries created by their mind. By profession an engineer in the real world, and yet his inner engineering journey has been a truly remarkable one to note along with his commitment to share the tools of wellbeing are undoubtedly one of his long list of many impressive achievements.

Jahi Jabari and Imani are brothers who are on a mission together to make sadhguru’s vision come fully alive. Their mission is simple. to be a vessel for which Sadhguru can work through! They say in ONE voice boldly together: His vision is my vision, his mission is my mission because there’s nothing more important right now in the world than bringing inner wellbeing, compassion, inclusiveness & consciousness to everyone on this planet. This week at sacred Balance, we are super excited to bring these two beautiful brothers bond and their story to filled with so much passion and energy that it’s bound uplift your spirits during these challenging times..

Coming from a small town in Ireland, Ronan had always desired to be an actor and at the age of 20 decided to leave everything behind and pursue it. In 2014 he then moved to New York City to become a full-time student at the renowned Herbert Berghof Acting Studios in Manhattan. Some accomplishments since moving to New York include winning best short play at the 2017 New York Theatre Festival and also performing in the feature movie ‘Whelm’ which won best picture at the Burbank International Film Festival this year. It was in 2017 that Ronan first came across Sadhguru online and from then on Sadhguru’s teachings and wisdom have been a constant companion. He completed Inner Engineering in January 2019 and since then has only evolved his connection to Sadhguru. He volunteers regularly with Isha New York and would love for Sadhguru to become a mainstream figure like the biggest of celebrities in the world today.

Taylor is a music teacher and musician living in Austin, TX using music as a way to connect, heal, and grow. Taylor comes from a rich musical background, having played in bands, orchestras, Afro-Cuban groups, and world-fusion groups. Taylor blends all these influences along with his spiritual journey with sadhguru on his hypnotic handpan and synths to create a truly unique musical and mystical experience. Taylor’s celestial sound will gently sooth and entrance you into a meditative state then finally electrify you with blissful vibrations. We had a pleasure to chat with Taylor and listen to his music to get a glimpse of his journey playing with life like he plays his music.

This week on our Sacred Balance Podcast, we have a mother/son duo celebrating their beautiful bond and their love for Sadhguru.  Shelley Thomas is a French Professor at the Middle Tennessee State University, she is also the founder & director of the Center for Aceelerated Language Acquisition.  CALA also offers Isha Hatha Yoga classes as a part of its stress management program for teacher training which is open to the community.  Rishi Purcell, Shelley's son after being a troubled youth in his early teens has been deeply inspired by his mother's footsteps and blossomed into a yogi with a certified Isha Hatha Yoga Teacher Training.  This dynamic mother son team sets a fire not only during our conversation but creates magic on many levels in their community by offering tools for well-being and making the world a better place.

Trained as a lawyer, Henry Yampolsky, our guest this week is also a mediator, facilitator, trainer, conflict coach, author and TEDx speaker. Currently Henry serves as a senior leader at Virginia Tech’s Office for Equity and Accessibility where he leads university-wide conflict resolution and conflict coaching programs. We had an opportunity this week to sit down with Henry and talk about his adventure of crossing the Himalayas on a motorcycle and what his adventure taught him about connection and dialogue along with conflict resolution during these challenging times using science and technology of inner wellbeing.

Christine Perakis is a Business Growth Architect, Executive Coach and a transformation expert. For more than two decades, Christine has navigated through negotiation tables, board rooms, classrooms, and the tempestuous open seas. As a lawyer, investor, trainer, and boat captain, Christine discovered an essential truth applicable to both life and business. Christine shares her story so beautifully in this week’s episode how "Weathering the storm requires the partnership of a talented Captain and an experienced Navigator along with smart use of science and technology of inner engineering to thrive through tough times.

Suniti Ramanujam, In another life was a globetrotting advertising executive, previously working for top media companies like National Geographic, Fox and CBS networks. In this one she is a committed ecowarrior as well as a COVID survivor who views business as an effective method of spreading the message of no toxic no plastic living. She takes inspiration from the yogic sciences and technology of Inner wellbeing along with ancient philosophies of Ayurveda and holistic wellness. She invites you to join her on this exciting journey in creating a green and sustainable life in this madcap world. And Together building a community of earth-loving human beings committed to living eco-friendly lives. Are you game?

If you look at the world as various reverberations, then silence is the basis of everything. If you look at the world as various forms, then the formless is the basis. If you look at the world in terms of measurements, then the limitless is the basis. If you look at the world as something or everything, then nothing is the basis. This formless basis of creation is the formless divinity. Our guest this week is Robert Talarico, his journey as youth struggling with paralysing anxiety to fit in with peers and transformation towards tasting the magic of freedom within is one truly worth sharing...

When it comes to using intoxicants, you’re not trying to enjoy a substance, but to enjoy your life. But when you don’t even know the full possibility of being human, is there a possibility to become blissful and fully intoxicated, at the same time, fully alert, without using any substance? Our Guest this week, Steven ko shares his story of tasting this bliss beyond intoxication and how at such an early age, he is becoming fully focused on exploring deeper dimensions of life with a new level of involvement and intensity.

Yoga is not a religion, a belief system or a philosophy. It is a technology for inner evolution, to hasten human evolution to its ultimate possibility. ... It is the science of inner well-being. In this week’s episode, our guest Gangesh Pedreros shares his journey of yoga from Colombia to India and how this rhythm through Yoga, has created powerful possibilities in his life beyond his wildest dreams.

In search of safety and self-preservation, we identify ourselves with many things. However, once our mind becomes identified, it tends to become prejudiced – unable to see reality the way it is.  In today's episode, we are joined by Elisa Mosley,  an artist living in Philadelphia, a world traveler, an aspiring nurse and a Hatha Yoga Instructor who has been teaching yoga for the past 7 years.  Elisa will provide details of her life experiences in how she has remained untangled from all her titles to allow the spiritual process to unfold naturally.

The essential nature of life is all-inclusive. This is the nature of truth, and with absolute inclusiveness there can be no suffering. In today's climate of uncertainty, Sam Choi shares his story of providing a platform to advance the practice of Yoga to his generation.

When a spiritual process is given, it is generally towards a sense of inclusiveness. However, in labeling ourselves with any terminology, it often loses its integrity.  In this week's episode, Lisa Roy explores her sense of #authenticity and expands on her view of how a sense of integrity impacts her world.

How do we know if grace is upon us?  Some may say that grace is ever-present, and we simply need to make ourselves available to its exuberance.  As an artist, musician, and meditator, Christian Underwood is consistently tuning his instruments for both external and internal balance.  In this episode, he provides clarity on his life’s journey while walking in the grace of a mystic and yogi.

Is the aspect of exploration ingrained into every person? Do we need to cultivate seeking, or do we need a reason to begin our quest? In stillness, do we gain insight and clarity to what is organic in human life? In this week’s episode, Trent Navran gives us a detailed account of his search for personal truth and how his quest has taken him on an adventure through the scientific and mystical dimensions. Instagram: shorturl.at/o0378 Soundcloud: shorturl.at/tNV79

Racial inequality and its systemic impact on the ecology of American society have erupted into a global awakening for change.  In this episode, our guest is Peter Lucas.  He shares details of his personal experiences with racial discrimination and how his spiritual practice, discipline, and introspection, has helped to overcome obstacles while sustaining a sense of balance and tranquility during his period of quarantine.

The spiritual path can be a confusing journey, and whether one is going forwards, backwards, or totally off-track may not be obvious to all. In this episode, we will be guided by Justin, a seasoned meditator, who will share a story of his early introduction to Yoga, and how he has followed the footprints of a great master.

During the first episode, our host Juie describes the Scared Balance Podcast and tells the story of her blossoming with the technology for inner wellbeing.