Speak The Movement

Libby shares the mic with her amazing mother, Jean Caputo, to explore her experiences as a yoga teacher, dedicated practitioner, and mother. Throughout the episode we grow with Jean from gymnasium yoga class to full breath, body, and mind integration. We also learn how yoga can change the lives of those suffering with mental health issues and how it was an integral part of Libby's victory in her battle against bipolar.

Libby shares the mic with yoga teacher, speech pathologist, and aspiring chef Liana Martinez. Throughout this episode we experience Liana's journey into health and wellness and discover how times of hardship bring about introspection and evolution. Liana explains the rush of emotions that inspired her to become a teacher and outlines the steps we can take to create true connection with our students. A few simple questions lead Liana to dedicating her life to chasing connection and meaning: Who are we? What are we looking for in life? How will dropping our preconceived notions allow us to grow into our fullest selves?

Libby shares the mic with experienced yoga teacher and doula, Brett Haginas. After discovering yoga in her college years, Brett participated in many years of training which broadened her vision of yoga and allowed her to find the aspects of yoga she was called to share: vinyasa, lunar arts, and prenatal yoga. After discovering her love for prenatal yoga, Brett took the next step in her journey to empowering the pregnant experience: becoming a doula. This episode follows Brett as she grows from student, to teacher, to teacher of teachers and sheds light on just how multifaceted the yoga journey can become.

Libby shares the mic with fitness consultant, software engineer, and CEO of Fitz Fitness LLC, Meg Fitzgerald. In this episode, the two former college roommates reunite and discuss the female experience in male dominated industries, fitness as a method of physical and mental transformation, entrepreneurship, and the power of community in the wellness space. Listen and experience how the connection between these two nerdy software engineers was deepened by the unlikely commonality of health and wellness.⁣

Libby shares the mic with registered, experienced yoga teacher and Chinese medicine student, Camila Matos. Throughout the episode, we follow Camila across the world, eventually settling into life in America where her experiences with anxiety and panic attacks led her to take the first steps of her yoga journey. After practicing and teaching power yoga, Camila surprised herself with her passion for the more restorative aspects of yoga - uncovering an entirely new world as she dove into Chinese medicine and explored 5 Element Theory and yoga nidra. Now, Camila shares these tools with her students and formulates her ultimate dream of creating a space where modern medicine, holistic medicine, and yoga meet as one.

Libby shares the mic with Jessica Long to explore her vast experiences as a vegan chef, registered yoga teacher, tarot reader, and social media manager. Throughout the episode we follow Jessica on her journey from teary eyes over a pile of chopped chicken to self empowerment though the art of yoga, food, and tarot.

Libby shares the mic with registered yoga teacher, Ayurvedic health counselor, and justice advocate Maria Powell. In this episode, Maria guides us through her journey into the world of yoga, turns the basics of ayurveda from mystery into meaning, and speaks on what it means to be an ally in the world of health and wellness.

Libby shares the mic with 500 hour registered yoga teacher, integrative nutritionist, and wellness activist Carrigan Whiteley. Throughout the episode we follow Carrigan's journey as she discovers meditation and asana, finds her teaching voice, and confounds a company that combines her passions for yoga and travel.

Libby shares the mic with Jessica Valentine Patterson, an entrepreneur bringing health and wellness from the yoga studio all the way to the tech industry. Jessica has a passion for mentoring students to self-empower, be well with work, and manifest their vision.

Libby shares the mic with Wynter Taylor, a registered yoga teacher with a passion for astrology and psychology. As Wynter explains her journey, we learn about her shift from absence to presence through learning about herself, yoga, and the planets.

Libby shares the mic with Alvin Cheung: a 200 (soon to be 500) hour registered yoga teacher and meditation leader. Throughout the episode we learn how dinner and meditation with a friend turned into an entire self-care community.

Susan Pendergrass interviews Libby Smetak about her yoga experience and the beginnings of The Yoga Movement - an online studio founded by yoga teachers Libby, Wynter Taylor, Jessica Chester, Adam DiMarco, marketing specialist Kaitlin Quinton, and photographer and up-coming yoga teacher Jade Wright.