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Finding Harmony Podcast Episodes

April 30, 2023

Kyra Weinberger: The Burlesque Queen of Kansas City

Kyra tells us, “All good things in my life are because of my parents.” Her parents were dancers, they’re liberal, kind-hearted humans, who found Ashtanga yoga first. They brought Kyra to her first class. However, at that tim…
April 23, 2023

Life after Death with Nadia Stinga Rihani

Nadia Stinga Rihani is a mother of two, a yoga teacher (ashtanga level 2 authorised in 2014), a former gymnast, and a qualified strategic psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist. In 2019 Nadia was hit by a car, which lef…
April 16, 2023

Spiral Journey of Spirit

What is the spiritual path and how does it change us? This is a solo episode with some thoughts and reflections on what it means to have a spiritual practice and discipline. I offer a reading from the book: "Ritual As Remedy…
April 9, 2023

Paloma: No Woman, No Cry

“I am my own muse, I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better.”— Frida Kahlo Youthfulness. What a beautiful blessing. Here we are met today by such openness to life, and all that her future has to offer,…
April 2, 2023

Anita Cunha: Vegan Chef Extraordinaire!

May the universe never abuse food. Breath is food; the body eats food, this body rests on breath. Breath rests on the body; Food is resting on food. The one who knows this becomes rich in food and great in fame." - Taittiriy…
March 26, 2023

Life and Death with Ty Landrum

Eros is the drive of life, love, creativity, and sexuality, self-satisfaction, and species preservation. Thanatos, from the Greek word for "death" is the drive of aggression, sadism, destruction, violence, and death.” - Sigm…
March 19, 2023

Rachel White’s Tapestry Of Creation

What a fun episode we have today! As many already know, I loooooove astrology, both Western and Vedic, as well as some of the more “woo-woo” esoteric studies, like Human Design. That said, my favorite personality typing tool…
March 12, 2023

Erik Jacobsen: Yoga, Philosophy, and Art

Mind–body dualism is a philosophical view which holds that mental phenomena are, at least in certain respects, not physical phenomena, meaning that the mind and the body are distinct and separable from one another. Of course…
March 11, 2023

Turning It All Upside Down with Lotta Sebzda

We have such a joyous person to share with you today! We have the Handstanding Grandma!! Surprised to find out she’s almost the same age as us tho. Weird. Seeing a lot of guys out there OUR AGE just dying off. Having hear…
Feb. 26, 2023

Honouring The Wisdom of The Divine Feminine with Mariela Cruz

It is with great pleasure that I got to sit down and connect with my dear friend Mariela Cruz. Mariela is one of those phenomenal human who’s devotion and dedication is palpable. She’s heart-centered and gifted with supreme …
Feb. 19, 2023

Connect & Protect with Marque Garaux

Halfway through this episode Russell exclaims, “Goodness, you are just a really nice, wholesome person, Marque!” And, our guest today well and truly is! You’ll find him somewhere in the woods, far away from the hustle of cit…
Feb. 12, 2023

How To Become Trauma Informed with Lara Land

Today, we’re talking about how we can best serve and hold space within our classrooms, yoga spaces, and with our clients. It’s with great joy that we welcome back our dearest friend Lara Land. Lara speaks today about some of…
Feb. 5, 2023

A Helluva Lotta Fun with Ellie Smith

Right in the middle of this episode Harmony said to Russell “We need to get to the yoga part!” He said “Everybody does the yoga part! Ellie is a Cultural Studies professor. Lets ask about that! Deconstruct Orientalism or Jap…
Jan. 29, 2023

Bella’s Little Sanctuary, Come Find Refuge

A meta critique came up in our conversation about the mythic “Hero’s Journey.” The Hero, which so often gendered male, is larger than life ( think Brad Pitt—super cut with deliciously sumptuous lips .) The Hero symbolizes an…
Jan. 22, 2023

Mara Branscombe: Ritual as Remedy

We had the sense today that we were speaking with a soul who has a transcendent sense of confidence in herself. Not in any way an arrogant sense of entitlement, nor in a narcissistic way. But, someone who has the confidence…
Jan. 15, 2023

Designing Humans with Adriana Keefe

We’ve signed up for something special today! Harmony’s had us get our human design charts done by a specialist, and guess what? We’re really compatible! Hell, we already knew that! But it sure was cool to hear how a Manifest…
Jan. 8, 2023

Katie Silcox: Southern Shakti to Keep You Healthy, Happy & Sexy

Katie told us that ours was the “single most fun podcast she’d ever been on. Bar none!” High praise to be sure. We were SO delighted! Getting to know Katie Silcox is like unwrapping a beautiful gift that keeps revealing more…
Jan. 1, 2023

Escape the Meatrix with Stuart Waldner

Happy New Year! Our guest Stuart, was born and bred in Kentucky. He mentioned that he had met Babita Shrestha , our guest from episode #141 , who’s a Nepalese vegan chef, back in Kentucky, years ago. This made us smile, thin…