...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 pontific...
Mar 13, 2025
19 min
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 sp...
Jan 31, 2023
1 hr 42 min
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 describ...
Mar 30, 2022
1 hr 5 min
Wren Quinn is a mother, an herbalist, a teacher of yoga therapy, and the creator of Trauma Alchemy, a trauma-informed somatic program. Wren’s latest offerings include Herbal Communion, a course exploring the intricacies of the herbal allies that can be used to support your health, helping clients to prepare and grow with their chosen medicine. So much of our conversation stems from trauma resolution: working through trauma, opposed to working past it. We talk about the importance of seeing an...
Feb 8, 2022
1 hr 23 min
Laura Lockton has been the Director of over 25 extensive events focused on holistic wellness, performing arts, sustainability, art, and yoga. She has also been a yoga teacher, performer and lead coordinator for programs such as ReKinection, Sacred Circus and Green Earth Village, which are traveling groups that focus on enlightenment, education and entertainment. Laura is the co-founder of Rekinection, a conscious event production company and aerial-fire-dance troupe, which offers ...
Jan 17, 2022
45 min
Paulina Nordhaus is a yoga teacher, a nature lover, a gluten-free chef and quite simply, a funny gal. Paulina shares her story of being diagnosed with Rhumetoid Arthritis from a young age, and how her relationship with her body shifted after her mom gave her a book about yoga. We chat about the price of authenticity in a world where individualism is praised - and sometimes required. But what we learn is that a big personality doesn't require audacious behavior. That sometimes "being yoursel...
Jan 11, 2022
1 hr
Dr. Paul Berg, is a professor at the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. He guides teachers on accommodating students with PTSD in military classrooms . He notes the effects of trauma and learning as studied in his dissertation and works to provide resources for veterans and first responders to tend to their mental and emotional well-being. By practicing yoga. Breathing techniques and meditation are an imperative asset to Paul's trainings - in calming the mind and...
Jan 4, 2022
1 hr 12 min
Corbin Rowland is a pharmacist, a yoga teacher, a marathon runner, a plant-based vegan and when he's not rock climbing, is likely brewing kombucha or playing on his bass guitar. We sit down with Corbin to talk about his yoga journey and how coming to his mat has helped shape the world he sees today. We chat marathon motivation, self-perception and ask Corbin about his favorite drug (pharmaceuticals, of course). Our conversation covers a few favorite yogi celebrities and the desire to conv...
Nov 1, 2021
47 min
Crystle Lampitt is a former broadcaster and international model, spending her childhood in Indonesia and has since settled into her therapy practice in Kansas City. Jenny and Crystle first met on air during a KC morning show in 2019. As the show's host, Crystle held mental health segments and featured Jenny to ask about her recovery with eating disorders. Today on the podcast, Jenny inquires the former model about the fashion industry and how it takes a toll on body image. Crystle also expl...
Oct 20, 2021
59 min
Kayla Mason is an engineer turned Airbnb host, a teacher, an avid student, and the gal behind the mindfulness brand Breathe KC. After leaving her career as an Engineer, Kayla finds herself processing and integrating into a fresh flow of life; what it means, what it looks like and how it feels. Kayla says that her new baseline has yet to be established, and she is still working through that surrender. Today, she devotes much of her time to sharing Cacao practices that have become a...
Oct 5, 2021
58 min
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