Podcasts about ayurvedic yoga specialist

Tried everything and you're STILL bloated? You may be missing this critical aspect of gut healing - mindfulness and the mind-body connection aka nervous system regulation. In this episode, I interview Abbey Morris - an Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist, Meditation Teacher, Mindfulness Educator and Certified Sound Healer. Her passion for helping others heal through holistic modalities derives from her own healing journey from a dangerous eating disorder, severe anxiety and debilitating digestive issues after undergoing surgery on her colon. Abbey sees yoga as a homecoming to the truest most authentic version of herself. She is the proud owner of a boutique style yoga studio where she offers a variety of public classes and unique holistic events, works 1:1 with folks on their own healing journey and is an experienced retreat leader both locally and internationally. It is Abbey's mission to translate the ancient wisdom of yoga and ayurveda in a modern way to guide others home to their true nature and experience swastha, optimal health. Abbey will be joining us inside the Fix Your Gut App as one of your coaches including yoga for digestion, visualizations and affirmations for optimal gut health. The Fix Your Gut App - learn more and join the waitlist Learn more about Abbey's offerings here: https://www.yogabyabbey.com/ Follow Abbey on Instagram ⁠@abbey.yogini⁠ #guthealing #yoga #mindfulness #ibs #digestivehealth #probiotics #heartburn #gerd #sibo #adrenalfatigue #burnout #anxiety #mindbodyhealing #gutbrainconnection #ayurveda #nutrition #constipation #diarrhea #midlifewomen #womenshealth #bloating #foodsensitivities #brainfog

How does Ayurvedic yoga lead you home to yourself? This week, I'll be sitting down with Eliza Coolsma https://www.instagram.com/elizacoolsma/. She has been teaching Vinyasa & Restorative Yoga for 12 years, runs a yoga studio in Madrid and has led yoga teacher training since 2019. Six years ago she completed an Ayurvedic Health Counselor training which led her to teach classes that are in tune with the seasons and cycles of life. She's currently studying to become an Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist. Before she moved to Madrid 10 years ago, she was working as a journalist and part time yoga teacher in the Netherlands. Tune in as we discuss; Ayurveda and Yoga, motherhood, being still, ways to center yourself, communication when triggered. Stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out how you can join the conversation on the Get To Know You Café. 11 Proven Ways to Deepen All your relationships.FREE Masterclass:  https://tiffenyfarag.com/CreditsMusic- Sara Oliveira Support the show

Bonnie Wallace is an Ayurvedic Medicine Counselor, Holistic Chef, Herbalist, Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist and Tantric Hatha yoga teacher of the Sri Vidya lineage. She specializes in disease prevention and holistic trauma treatment for highly sensitive and high performing people through gut health, nervous system regulation and spiritual counseling. She is the author of the Ayurvedic cookbook: Accessible Ayurveda, which connects the dots between our gut health and mental health. You can find her book and other resources on her website at UnidhiAyurvedaYoga.com.   Download Bonnie's Tools for Depression ebook: https://www.unidhiayurvedayoga.com/fightdepression   Here's what you can expect in this episode: How we eat is almost more important than what we eat when it comes to increasing sleep quality How the different dosha's may need different sleep practices Hacks for eating  Melding yoga with ayurveda, sister sciences, the body and mind collide Using yoga practices to favor different directions of energy in the body  The benefits of yoga Nidra (yogic sleep) Using breathing techniques to impact the nervous system and sleep   Connect with Bonnie Wallace: https://www.facebook.com/Bonnie.Gene.Wallace  https://www.instagram.com/bonnie.gene/ https://www.tiktok.com/@bonnie.gene   Did you know Dr. Cain and Hadlee have an online course on Ayurvedic practices to help purpose-driven women align with their passion and values, and start living a more fulfilling life. Check it out here! Find out what your Dosha is with this free quiz!   Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA is a nationally renowned expert in natural mental health, helping people transform their mental health naturally by uncovering the root cause. She has been published by Salon Magazine, Well + Good, Psychology Today, quoted in Forbes and more!    Happy Healthy Hadlee is an ayurvedic expert, academic, healer and her mission is to teach people how to transform their habits, health, bodies, energy, confidence, and all of the other things in order to lead less stressed and more joyful lives.   Resources: Dr. Cain's Free Resources Holistic Wellness Collective - Monthly Membership Work one-on-one with Dr. Nicole Cain Hadlee's Happy Healthy Habits Program   Current On-Demand Courses: The Anxiety Breakthrough Program Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success  Gut Health Course Medication Tapering Course Vagus Nerve Reset Program Natural Solutions for Bipolar Disorder Course Natural Solutions for Depression Course Liver Health Course High Libido Life (For Women)   Follow Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA on: Instagram Facebook  YouTube DrNicoleCain.com   Follow Happy Healthy Hadlee on: Instagram Facebook HappyHealthyHadlee.com     Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and should not be taken as the “definitive opinion” or “absolute medical opinion” on any subject. This podcast is not a substitute for medical, psychological, counseling or any other sort of professional care. Consumption of these materials is for your own education and any medical, psychological, or professional care decisions should be made between you and your primary care doctor or another provider that you are engaged with.

Join Angela and guest Kris Quinones in this episode: Addressing Pain with Ayurveda and The Five Elements. Tune into this conversation where Kris shares how to address pain using Ayurveda and The Five elements, as well as all of her wisdom and knowledge around the body, especially when it comes to chronic illness, injuries, and debilitating weaknesses that we have in the body. Kris is so full of light and wisdom! Angela is thrilled to share this conversation with you! In this episode, learn more about: • Kris' journey of healing her chronic pain • Application of The Five Elements in our daily lives • The evolution of Kris' yoga practice • Simple tips for where to start, especially if you don't have many resources • Balancing your healing with staying true to your authentic self Kris Quinones, LMT, AHC, CYT500 is a wellness & massage educator, licensed muscular therapist, Kripalu certified Ayurvedic Health Counselor and 500-hr Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist, with over 25 years of professional experience in orthopedics, competitive sports, and natural healing. She guides & coaches groups of dedicated women through a journey in the anti-aging and anti-inflammation lifestyle habits of the yogis, so they can enjoy pain-free vibrancy & agility into their 80's and beyond! Connect with Kris: Website - https://www.rasa-yana.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RasayanaCOS/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/YoginiQ/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisquinoneslmt/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/KrisQuinonesLMT Request a free conversation w/ Kris to find out if she can help you: https://form.typeform.com/to/u99eEP   Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda and https://www.instagram.com/simpleayurvedapodcast Join The Simple Ayurveda Collective: an affordable ongoing support system that offers Ayurveda broken down into bit-sized pieces so that you are fully able to understand and incorporate this amazing ancient science into your own life. Receive access to video lessons with new content each month, private support group OFF of Facebook, seasonal suggestions, simple recipes, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela and guest Steff Gallante in this episode: Practices for Healing From Trauma, Supporting Your Mental Health, and Fortifying Your Self-Care During the Holiday Season. In this episode, Angela and Steff Gallante discuss practices for healing from trauma, supporting your mental health, and fortifying your self-care during the holiday season. Thank you for listening and for having an open heart and open mind to dive into what may be uncomfortable in looking at your own trauma and how that can make you more compassionate for others. We appreciate you for being here and being part of this discussion. Steff Gallante is a professional wellness coach and instructor who empowers her clients to uplift their day-to-day life by incorporating tools such as yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and Ayurveda self-care practices. Her services provide mental, emotional, energetic, and physical health support through one-on-one and group sessions. Steff holds a Masters of Education in Kinesiology and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She is a a mental health and trauma-informed yoga teacher, certified Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist licensed by the Himalayan Institute in Pennsylvania, E-RYT 200 and Continuing Education Provider with Yoga Alliance, and Zumbaⓡ Instructor for 12+ years. Steff works with clients to enhance their mental, emotional, and physical health. Her services include Mindfulness & Meditation Coaching, Ayurveda Wellness Coaching, Private Yoga Sessions, Livestream Yoga and Zumba classes, and wellness courses and workshops. Steff is a lecturer for Rutgers University's Department of Kinesiology. In this episode, learn more about: • The importance of learning how different experiences have an effect on you • A definition of trauma and how needed it is to normalize what people are going through and the support they need • One of the greatest lessons in becoming more self-aware • Ways to support ourselves during times of stress, overwhelm, and during the holiday season • Simple tools to bring us back to ourselves when we're feeling unbalanced • How powerful it can be to hold space for ourselves and acknowledge our feelings and experiences in the moment • Having boundaries in place to control the energies you're going to allow in and out • and more! Connect with Steff Gallante: Website - www.steffgallante.com Instagram - www.instagram.com/steffgallante Facebook - www.facebook.com/steffgallanteselfcare Healthy Happy Holidays is back for the 3rd year in a row! Included are self-guided video lessons  walking you through real-life interpretations of ayurvedic philosophy and ancient traditions and  how to use them to support us in modern day life, especially through the holidays and pandemic times. Receive a combination of self-paced video lessons and practices that are simple and easy to support you, as well as 2 live video check ins and 2 live yin yoga classes. Join us for Happy Healthy Holidays: https://simpleayurveda.com/happy-healthy-holidays/ ------ Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda and https://www.instagram.com/simpleayurvedapodcast   Join The Simple Ayurveda Collective: an affordable ongoing support system that offers Ayurveda broken down into bit-sized pieces so that you are fully able to understand and incorporate this amazing ancient science into your own life. Receive access to video lessons with new content each month, private support group OFF of Facebook, seasonal suggestions, simple recipes, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Today I am honored to host Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist and Master teacher, Indu Arora, in this amazing study of the mind, body and consciousness 101. Indu’s teaching style is rooted in empowering students to awaken the Inner Guru and “nothing has the greatest power to heal but Self.”

This episode is brought to you by Care/Of. Take advantage of this month's special New Year offer! For 50 percent off your first month of personalized Care/of vitamins, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter "joyfactor50". Hello and welcome to episode #23 of the Joy Factor Podcast. Today's guest is one of my favorite yoga teachers, Lori Love. Lori loves to incorporate pranayama (breath work), play and alignment into all of her classes.   A prana flow instructor for more 15 years, she is trained in the Shiva Rea lineage and earned her 500-hour yoga certification as an Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist through the New Mexico School of Yoga. Lori also holds certifications in yin and restorative yoga.  Additionally, she is a Power Pilates 600-hour apparatus-trained instructor.  Lori has a personal training designation, too, and has been known to swing a kettlebell (not in yoga classes!). Lori holds a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism and has worked in management, sales, and marketing.  She holds a life coaching certification from Soul Salt Academy. When Lori isn't teaching, she's happiest spending time with her three children and looking for the best hiking trails in the area. Join us as she shares from her wealth of knowledge on all things yoga. Lori quietly shows up and sets the tone for others to put down their mat and develop a relationship with yoga and all that it can offer. Her style of teaching and the warmth, energy, patience, and generosity she brings to her classes make for a truly joyful experience. I found that talking with her was equally joyful and hope you enjoy the show! Things we're talking about: Lori's journey to becoming a yoga teacher What brought her to the mat? Joy role models How yoga helps us strengthen our capacity to trust and make conscious choices? How having a yoga practice enhances our ability to bring more joy into our lives. The importance of showing up Breath practices Ayurvedic practices Resources: Lori's Facebook Page  Maria Garre  A short guide to a happy life- Anna Quinlan Cher slapping Nicholas CageThe right Questions- Debbie Ford Ayurvedic Practices Using a Neti Pots Nasya oil- oil for the nostril        

In this episode, Cate coaches Kelly Gardner through designing an annual pass that capitalizes on the wealth of knowledge and skills she already possesses. Kelly Gardner is "certifiable." She's a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Yoga Therapist, a yoga teacher trainer, and a Yoga Health Coach. Kelly excels in building, analyzing, and refining systems, and she wants to learn how to build and offer signature courses. She's currently coaching the third round of her 12-week yoga health coaching course and is getting ready to launch her annual pass. For a Yoga Health Coach, the annual pass is the ticket to a good lifestyle. Offering multiple courses means more work for the coach. More is not better. In fact, more is worse. The key is to roll what you already know into your annual pass that so you only need to market and enroll for one course - your signature annual pass. To simplify things even more, you only need to design first next quarter. Let your course members help you design your next quarter and you can be sure you're providing them with the experience they want.   What you'll get out of tuning in: Why one annual pass is better than multiple shorter courses. How to design your annual pass based on your particular knowledge and skills. Why you only need to design the first quarter of your annual pass.   Links Mentioned in  Episode: Kelly's website Kelly's Facebook page Discover more about Body Thrive  Body Thrive Book Show Highlights: 0:00 - Kelly is "certifiable." She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Yoga Therapist, a yoga teacher trainer, and a Yoga Health Coach. She's currently coaching the third round of her 12-week yoga health coaching course and is getting ready to launch her annual pass. Kelly excels in building, analyzing, and refining systems, and she wants to learn how to build and offer signature courses. 6:12 - For a Yoga Health Coach, the annual pass is the ticket to a good lifestyle. Offering more courses means more work for the coach. More is not better. More is worse. For Kelly, the answer is rolling everything she already has into her annual pass. 13:00 - By figuring out your market differentiator, you can figure out your marketing strategy. If you're still struggling to figure out what your annual pass should look like, go back and listen to "What Should Be In My Annual Pass?" in the YHC course hub. Each quarter of the annual pass goes deeper into your differentiator. 22:00 - After mapping out the annual pass, the next logical step is to organize retreats or live events. For Kelly, the idea of organizing a retreat is overwhelming. She offers her course online and her course members are scattered around the Eastern US. Cate suggests that Kelly have her course members come to her, build the retreat into the annual pass, and invite members to bring a friend who might enroll in the next round. 25:50 - When things get hard, get excited for your future members, for their transformation. Kelly's next step is to detail her A to B transformation and refine her messaging around that. It's important to speak in the language of the "A"s. 31:10 - You only have to design your next quarter. If you let your members help you design it, then they really are getting what they need from it, and you're not overbuilding it. We're selling connection, not information. We're building a container for transformation.   Favorite Quotes: "Having more to offer means having more to market. . . . More is not better." --- Cate Stillman "It's really important when things get hard to be excited for your future members." --- Cate Stillman "A lot of what people actually want is access. They don't want more information." --- Cate Stillman "I just figured out that the habit course I'm teaching isn't about the habits. . . . It's about building the container for them to go be who they want to be." --- Kelly Gardner   Guest BIO: Hi, I'm Kelly Gardner.  I'm a Memphis girl. I was born and raised in Memphis and my family has a strong history of working to make this city great.  So, I am doing my part as a Licensed Professional Counselor in both Tennessee and North Mississippi. I also serve as a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT and 500 E-RYT) in clinical mental health settings.  When I am on the road, I am leading yoga teacher trainings as a Senior Master Trainer for YogaFit Training Systems or I am leading personal development workshops. I am currently in the thick of my Yoga Health Coaching certification which builds on my previous Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist training.  And if you need a personal trainer, I've got that covered too. I believe that yoga is great for EVERYONE and I love introducing people to how yoga can change their lives.  (Yes, it can work for you too.)I am a guide for others to learn how to make strides toward the kind of life they really want to live.  I do not believe that anyone was born to be unhappy and it's my dharma to help others help themselves. Connect with Kelly on her website and facebook page.

Suzy Adra is a talented yoga teacher, artist, a teacher of transformation and a pioneer in the somatic release of trauma through yoga. She is a certified Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist through Kripalu, and a certified trauma release practitioner. Suzy is here to serve humanity by assisting in the healing of trauma to access your infinite creative Self.  Join us in Argentina 2019! Grab your tea. Get comfortable and meditate while you learn.  Like this episode and our meditations? Donate on InsightTimer Align your self and define your success for 2019 ahead of time with the Map Your Future 2019 planner.    Live a life filled with bliss, abundance and joy. Not sure how to manifest all of these? Download the Abundance Mindset.      Resources from the Podcast:  Do you want to become an RYT-200 Teacher? Invitation to our RYT-200 (Yoga Alliance Registered) Course We have training in Costa Rica Mar 2-9 2019 / Spain July28- Aug 4 2019.  Belize April 20-27, 2019 / Goa, India October 19-26, 2019. And Belize April27- May 4, 2019. Goa, India October 26- November 2, 2019.  Send inquiries to: info@thebrightphoenix.com if you want more deets and we can schedule you ahead of time.  Chromotherapy and IFR with Sunlighten. Use code referral "BrightPhoenix"  Get Discounted products with the Earthing Movement Receive $40 when you sign up with AirBnb Learn more about the Cosmic Hologram here   About Us:   We are a podcast for conversations that bring forth radical ideas that disrupt the normal conversation on where we are heading into the future.  Your patreon support & donation will help us continue to provide you access to the future leaders of the future of humanity by making their mark in business, education, social change and spirituality.  Keep this podcast going by supporting us so we can continue to provide you episodes every week.    YOU ARE AMAZING!!! xoxo Share the love  Rate the podcast, send in your ratings and comments!  YOU ARE AMAZING!!!   Support the podcast via Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/thebrightphoenix Follow Instagram: TheBrightPhoenix #unfenceyourself Subscribe to our Facebook Group Page Thank you for supporting our Podcast!       *BECOME A BRAND AMBASSADOR: Send us your interest Continue this podcast stream by donating cryptocurrency or via PayPal You can also donate and subscribe to be a Patron on Patreon here to get free ebooks, guides, & retreat rewards.  

In this Changemaker Challenge episode, Carly Banks "gets naked" with newly certified yoga health coach, Kelly Gardner. Before Yoga Health Coaching, Kelly Gardner was teaching A LOT of yoga. She is also a licensed professional counselor offering mental health counseling and yoga therapy. She is gradually replacing time spent in those pursuits with Yoga Health Coaching, including offering her course both online and in clinical settings, working with people who are ready to move forward. Through the habits of vedic tradition, she's offering her groups fundamental techniques for self healing when they need it most, emphasizing how healing the body can help heal the mind. Kelly describes how many people move throughout their days as "having an out-of-body experience" where we get caught up in "shoulds" and other negative self talk. She believes that if we can learn to stop "shoulding" on ourselves, we would understand that we can always start over. Pulsation is part of the healing process and it's part of habit evolution. Are you ready to bare it all, and show up as your awesome, supportive, community building self? Time to talk to Grace Edison. https://yogahealer.wufoo.com.mx/forms/zg2nt9y19mkqk5/ What you'll get out of tuning in: How Yoga Health Coaching can help you stop shoulding on yourself and start enjoying the pulsation of healing body and mind. How Yoga Health Coaches show up "naked" for their course members and for each other. Why we need to heal the body before we can heal the mind.   Links Mentioned in Episode: Kelly's website Kelly's Facebook page YHC Have a conversation Monetize your wellness business with Free 4-video series Show Highlights: 0:00 - In Yoga Health Coaching, members show up as their true selves: we're vulnerable; we're supportive; we're real. 1:55 - Before Yoga Health Coaching, Kelly Gardner was teaching A LOT of yoga. She is also a licensed professional counselor offering mental health counseling and yoga therapy. She is gradually replacing time spent in those pursuits with Yoga Health Coaching, including offering her course in a clinical setting, working with people who are ready to move forward. 3:48 - Kelly ran two pilot groups before becoming fully certified as a Yoga Health Coach: one online group with 9 members and one in-person group in an outpatient mental health counseling setting. She has enjoyed running two groups at once and witnessing the transformation of her group members. In her mental health group, she emphasizes how healing the body can help heal the mind. 8:00 - Kelly describes how many people move throughout their days as "having an out-of-body experience" where we get caught up in "shoulds" and other negative self talk. 10:47 - We've all experience some sort of trauma. Pulsation is part of the healing process and it's part of habit evolution. We need to be able to go into and come out of it as many times as we need to until the process is complete or the habits are automated.   Favorite Quotes: "The mind follows the body. So we've got to get the body feeling best before we can have the mind feeling best." --- Kelly Gardner "If we can stop having this all-in-our-minds experience and actually get into the body, we can let go of some of those stories or at least take a time out from them." --- Kelly Gardner "Pulsation is a big piece in anything. The reason we can't take all 10 habits and immediately have it is because we can't change all that much at once. So we have to be able to go into it and come out of it and go into it and come out of it." --- Kelly Gardner "The course, the habits are forgiving. The body is forgiving. We can always start over, but we've got to be able to open our minds to that." --- Kelly Gardner     Guest BIO: Hi, I'm Kelly Gardner.  I'm a Memphis girl. I was born and raised in Memphis and my family has a strong history of working to make this city great.  So, I am doing my part as a Licensed Professional Counselor in both Tennessee and North Mississippi. I also serve as a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT and 500 E-RYT) in clinical mental health settings.  When I am on the road, I am leading yoga teacher trainings as a Senior Master Trainer for YogaFit Training Systems or I am leading personal development workshops. I am currently in the thick of my Yoga Health Coaching certification which builds on my previous Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist training.  And if you need a personal trainer, I've got that covered too. I believe that yoga is great for EVERYONE and I love introducing people to how yoga can change their lives.  (Yes, it can work for you too.) I am a guide for others to learn how to make strides toward the kind of life they really want to live.  I do not believe that anyone was born to be unhappy and it's my dharma to help others help themselves. Connect with Kelly on her website and facebook page.

Episode #19 Kathryn Templeton combines her 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist with the sister sciences of Yoga and Ayurveda. She explains Ayurvedic Psychology and how we are not our dosha tendencies i.e. we are not our stress or our trauma. We discuss the following: Kathryn's introduction to Ayurveda was a byproduct of her own bereavement issues. The importance of the simple but effective practice of pranayama or breath work. How Ayurveda impacts Kathryn's life personally and professionally and how she uses her direct personal experience in her professional practice. Combining the sister sciences of Yoga and Ayurveda with western psychology. An explanation of manas prakriti or mental constitution and an insight into the mental qualities of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. How each dosha reacts differently to a stress response. Self-care practices to manage stress. Kathryn's new Yoga International 3WT Core Concepts program which includes the 3 Wisdom Traditions of Yoga, Ayurveda and Psychology. Click the link below for more info on Kathryn's 3WT program with Yoga International. YogaInternational.com/3-Wisdom-Traditions For more info on the Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist course and the Ayurvedic Health Counselor course, click on the link below. HimalayanInstitute.org Here's the link to Kathryn's own website KathrynTempleton.com Are you interested in learning more about dinacharya or daily self-care practices? Check out my online 4 week self guided course... Daily Habits for Holistic Health Course Join the Podcast Facebook group to connect, share, ask questions and receive support Elements of Ayurveda Podcast Facebook Group Thank you for listening!

This podcast is an audio companion to the book "The Drummer and the Great Mountain - A Guidebook to Transforming Adult ADD / ADHD." In this episode we interview Sarah Hutchinson, an R.N. of 35 years, Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist, and co-founder of Yoga Wisdom and Wellness. We discuss how hunter-types can re-balance their nervous system through yoga and the ancient practice of Ayurveda. Don't see a player? Click this link to download the MP3 file.Closing song: "Ganesha" by Sequoia Neptune. If you have an Apple device (iPhone/iPad), you can download the podcast (and subscribe) for free at this link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/adult-adhd-add-tips-support/id988935339 Visit the podcast web page to listen to all 25 episodes: http://www.drummerandthegreatmountain.com/adult-adhd-add-podcast For more info, visit: http://www.DrummerAndTheGreatMountain.com  

Awake 2 Oneness Radio with guest Lara Rubin Alexiou Friday September 25, 2015 Live at 7:00 PM EDT.  I began practicing Hot Yoga two months ago and met an incredible women, Lara Rubin Alexiou.  She is the owner of Steamtown Hot Yoga in Scranton, PA.  What is so amazing about Lara is she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2003 at the age of 25 and at that time she could barely walk up a flight of stairs.  The reason Lara's story resonates so deeply with me is because my daughter was also diagnosed with MS the exact same year when she was only 23 years old. Lara Rubin Alexiou has been teaching yoga for almost 15 years and has no symptoms of MS. She has trained and has been certified with Bikram, Jimmy Barkan and Zen Wellness in Yoga and Qigong.  She is currently completing certification as an Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist through the Himalayan Institute and NAMA.  She personally trains and certifies each teacher at Steamtown Yoga through a 200 hour program that meets or exceeds the standards at set out by Yoga Alliance. In 2007, Lara opened the doors to Steamtown Yoga bringing the healing transformation of Hot Yoga to NEPA. Steamtown Yoga is the first Hot Studio to open in NEPA and one of the first Yoga studios to open in the greater Scranton area. Lara travels the country and the world with her husband John, studying Yoga, Qigong and the Eastern Healing Arts.  Lara is excited to address the broader perspectives of space and architecture, space within the body and the mind, the architecture of the body, and how someone's outer world and what someone creates on the physical level is a reflection of their inner world. To learn more about Lara and Steamtown Yoga visit: http://www.steamtownyoga.com/