This week, our special guest is Lauren Ash, creative director of Black Girl in Om. We discuss how she created a community of spiritual goddesses using yoga, defending ourselves from technology anxiety, and finding inner peace through close friendships and self-care. In the aftershow, we discuss new music from Stephen Bruner aka Thundercat, the writings of Laura Helen Winn, and a mouth-watering quinoa breakfast dish.

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Intro

• Janelle Monae - Yoga; 2015

Conversation Notes

• The Studio of James T. Green
• Karaoke at Cafe Mustache
• Lauren Ash
• Yoga
• West Lafayette, IN
• Anxiety Triggers
• Black Girl in Om

  • Instagram
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
• Social Media Anxiety
• Coach.me
• Plus Size Yoga
• Yoga Stretches
• Airplane Mask Instructions

Open Call: The Aftershow

• Lauren

  • Quinoa Scramble
• Cher

  • Thundercat’s new EP: The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam - “Them Changes”
• James

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