Now By Creative Yoga: Recent Episodes
Cara Meade
Welcome to Now, a podcast from Creative Yoga that will explore ideas and practices gained from yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and common situations to be in the Now.
In this episode, enjoy a guided meditation using visualization of a relaxing beach getaway.
In this episode, enjoy a guided mediation using visualization for a relaxing beach getaway.
Artist, Ciara LeRoy joins us to discuss working as an artist and cultivating creativity. We include a meditation to invite creativity.
In this episode, we introduce guided meditation as a way to focus your meditation practice.
In this episode, we discuss breathing or pranayama, the benefits, and why it’s integral to your yoga practice and overall wellness.
In this episode, you are guided through a short chair yoga session to shake off the afternoon sluggishness and feel renewed for the rest of your day. No prior yoga experience necessary. Warning: Yoga tends to make people feel really good.
In this episode, we consider the effects of positive affirmations, as well as pessimism, on our brains.
In this episode, Cara recounts her time with Deepak Chopra and shares takeaways from the Master and his daughter, Chopra Global's Chief Executive Officer, Mallika.
We begin 2023 with Coach Joel Justus and a conversation about how to cultivate and maintain a positive mental attitude, which has mental and physical health benefits. We debunk the myth that self improvement is overrated.
In this episode, Tina Kauffmann shares her journey with organ donation and talks about living her best life as an organ recipient.
In this episode we speak with Angela Poe about bringing your mindful practice to your trash can and ways to recycle, reuse and repurpose for a healthier life and community.
In this multipart series, we follow a meditation student as he learns how to meditate and use different meditation techniques. In this episode, we review a mantra meditation and introduce a walking meditation.
In this episode, you are guided through the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 grounding technique to create a calm and centered presence of mind in even the toughest situation.
Understanding the Blue Mind Theory of how being near, in, under, or on water can bring relaxation. This episode includes a guided meditation.
In this multipart series, we learn how to meditate and use different meditation techniques. In this episode, we start at the beginning and reflect on someone's first week of meditation.
In this episode we combine mindfulness and gratitude journaling for a yogi's take on the classic summer essay.
Kevin Russell joins the podcast and shares his experiences from consistently journaling for more than 30 years. We explore the process and the benefits of long-term journaling as a mindful exercise.
Dr. Beth Connors-Manke joins us to discuss the art of journaling to explore and enhance your mind-body experience.
Psychotherapist David Meade discusses emotional health as one of the keys to holistic wellness. The conversation explores methods from clinical therapy to DIY techniques to ensure your emotional health.
Tuck yourself in and listen to this episode for a Yoga Nidra that will allow you to easily fall asleep and have improved sleep tonight.
Explore the endless benefits of gratitude some may surprise you, all of them will make you happier and healthier.
Use this 10 minute gentle yoga sequence as part of your bedtime routine and enjoy your best sleep yet.
In this episode, Meredith Bookless, creator of Verdant Home, walks us through the mindful art of creating the best "shelfie." Using a mindful approach to decorating your shelves will reduce stress, create focus, and help with interpersonal relationships. Find Meredith at theverdanthomect.com or @theverdanthomect.
Guest appearance by @itsdennisthepug.
In this episode, we welcome stillness to cultivate a much healthier and stress-free new year.
In this episode, we practice a loving kindness meditation to wish that all beings are well, safe, and at ease as we end the year.
In this episode, we practice a visualization meditation. Tune in to a technique that has helped athletes, executives, and the like to actualize their goals and enhance performance.
In this episode, Dr. Elizabeth Armstrong of Lexington Medical Acupuncture takes us through a primer on acupuncture and how this ancient therapy can bring us into balance and relief.
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In this episode, craniosacral therapist Jessie Hancock
shares with us the modality of CST and how it benefits the mind, body, and spirit and connects us to the "river of life." Get in touch with Jessie at jessiewilder@gmail.com
In this episode, we review the breathing technique, Standing Deep Breathing, a great pick-me-up and likely what you need to fix your stressed neck and calm your mind.
In this episode, we discuss the concept of non-attachment and include a meditation to help you let go.
In this episode, we explore how to use the clouds to find your own state of bliss and enlightenment.
A conversation with Matt White discussing what it means to be a guru and how families benefit from yoga.
Routine is great but change is better. Learn how simply trying something new can rewire your brain.
Learn how to do box breathing, a simple breathing technique that brings calm and focus.
Fill your water bottle and tune into this episode with Dr. Cady Brown from Downtown Drs. Brown as we discuss the challenges and benefits of hydration.
In this episode, Kim Ellington, owner of Blooming Valley Flower Farm, joins us to talk about gardening. Find Blooming Valley Flower Farm on Instagram.
In response to listeners' requests, we continue the conversation on the benefits of good posture and offer tips to cultivate a healthy spine.
In this episode, we explore Lion's Breath, a breathing technique to bust anxiety and leave you as calm as a lamb.
In this episode, Tori Justice, a physical therapist from Kort Physical Therapy, talks about how our posture is key to many health functions, including breathing, digestion, and sleep.
What do yoga buzz words mean in real lIfe? In this episode, we look at the yoga value Satya, or truthfulness, and the radical notion of being your authentic self.
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Tammy Stephenson and learn how labeling food as "good" or "bad" prevents us from having a healthy, enjoyable relationship with food and ourselves.
Health coach and owner of Life Abundant Health Coaching, Michelle Williams, joins the show to discuss how to turn your resolutions into achievements, fight inflammation, slay zombies, and stay in "the now." What a way to kick off the year! www.lifeabundanthc.com
In this episode, we discuss the antidote to a chaotic or angry mindset: loving kindness. We include a loving kindness guided meditation.
Kate Hancock plays the singing bowls, and we discuss how to use singing bowls to relax, heal, and meditate.
In this episode we discuss the health benefits of giving with Lauren Parsons, director of communications for the Bluegrass Community Foundation. Check out the Day of Giving, gift card ideas, and ways to support your Kula at www.bggives.org.
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Tammy Stephenson, a professor of dietetics and human nutrition at the University of Kentucky, about food sustainability. We learn how a mindful approach to food can make resources more accessible for others now and in the future.
In this episode, Zack Beavin, a running specialist from John’s Run Walk Shop shares how running (or walking) can lead to mindfulness. Join us as we explore running and walking with mindfulness and meditation.
www.johnsrunwalkshop.com
In this episode, members of the Creative Yoga team and community debunk common myths and misinformation about yoga. Hear what you really need to know about the practice of yoga. Spoiler alert: it's for everyone.
Creative Yoga instructors discuss the personal benefits of yoga and what brought them to the mat.
At the request of listeners, we revisit mindfulness at work and offer five tips and a simple meditation to incorporate mindfulness in the workplace.
Nishaan Sandhu, Creative Yoga Yogi and a clinical herbalist and mind, body and eating coach, joins the show to discuss how to create digital hygiene to mindfully connect virtually and in reality.
www.nishaan-sandhu.com
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A talk with Joe Marshall illustrates how a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company included mindfulness, meditation, and yoga into the workplace.
Ally Hanna, buyer from the Corner Wine guides us through mindful wine tasting. We tasted a Finca os Cobatos, Mencía. You can find Ally at cornerwinelex.com and on IG @corner_wine_lex.
In this episode we discuss intuitive eating with Laura Brooks, a yogi, and Integrated Nutrition Health Coach. Laura shares foods that combat inflammation to how to adopt an eating lifestyle that matches your bioindividuality. Find Laura at www.laurathechef.com and on IG @Laurathechef