Join cohosts Vicente Berdayes and Anamargret Sanchez for a discussion of Yoga for Veterans. Guest Lourdes Sanchez discusses her experiences facilitating a yoga therapy practice for veterans. Topics include the historical connections between yoga and warriorship, special considerations for designing and guiding a yoga practice for veterans, and how a yoga practice can benefit veterans’ physical and mental health.

Thamer Azule joins co-hosts Anamargret Sanchez and Vicente Berdayes for a discussion of the history and basic ideas of Ayurveda. The topics discussed include an introduction to the basic ideas and practices of Ayurvedic science, how a person can apply these ideas in their life, and ways in which Ayurvedic routines can deepen one’s yoga practice.

Join co-hosts Vicente Berdayes and Anamargret Sanchez for an interview with Fred Tan, initiate of the Sri Vidya tradition of the Himalayan Institute, to discuss the uses of meditation in the contemporary workplace. Topics discussed include why companies offer meditation programs to their employees, benefits employees can derive from meditation, and challenges to teaching meditation in workplace settings. Anyone interested in incorporating a meditation practice into their worklife or offering such a practice in work settings will enjoy this discussion.

YOGAMI co-hosts Vicente Berdayes and Anamargret Sanchez introduce YOGAMI and discuss their plans for the show.

Join co-hosts Anamargret Sanchez and Vicente Berdayes for an interview with Vanessa Van Dyne, founder of Enhanced Healing Wellness Center, a drug addiction treatment center in Miami, Florida. Vanessa discusses the uses of yoga as a treatment modality for helping individuals and families affected by substance abuse problems. The topics discussed include how yoga fits in the standard healing paradigms for addiction, how persons seeking treatment can integrate yoga into their daily lives, and the aspects of yoga emphasized in this approach to therapy. Mental health practitioners, people seeking to understand alternative or complementary approaches to mental health issues, and practitioners of yoga generally will find this discussion useful.