Yoga Unplugged Conversations

Welcome to Yoga Unplugged ConversationsA podcast dedicated to helping you grow, thrive and gracefully make tough life decisions, so you can lead a happier, healthier life.Host Sarah Burchard invites special guests on the show to deep dive into real life issues, providing tools and philosophies to help you navigate them with greater ease.Sarah is a yogi, freelance writer, natural foods chef and certified health coach passionate about self-development, yoga and promoting local businesses and food through her writing, farmers market tours and farm-to-table events under the name, The Healthy Locavore.In today’s episode I’m talking to Jessica Rohr.Jess is the owner of Forage Hawaii.As a distributer of local wild, invasive, and naturally raised meats, she provides her customers with a responsible protein source; is an advocate for Hawaiʻi’s local meat industry; and supports a more sustainable food system that is healthier for us and the environment and is more accessible to everyone.Jess has a powerful story when it comes to her life’s journey with food. Beyond her personal experiences, she also majored in dietetics at the University of Hawaiʻi and has spent countless years studying numerous diets, nutrients, and eating disorders as well as industrial farming versus natural farming and the politics of food, so that she could establish a healthier relationship to food and help others do the same.Today Jess and I are discussing the many ways food affects our behavior and how we can have a healthier relationship to it. We talk about…●      Our life struggles with food ●      Why she developed an eating disorder in college●      How she went from being a vegetarian to becoming a meat distributer●      The theory behind Mindful Eating●      The way she approaches her diet now●      Why we shop at the Farmers Market instead of the grocery store●      What she suggests for anyone struggling with food related issues If you’ve ever had an eating disorder, were raised to finish everything on your plate, eat too fast, overeat, moralize your food, have a sugar addiction, persist in yo-yo dieting, obsess over calories, restrict your food, think carbs are evil, or have any other number of food related issues, please give this show a listen. You don’t need another diet. You need a healthier relationship to your food.-  Follow Jessica Rohr:●      Website●      Instagram●      Facebook●      NewsletterLinks discussed on the show:●      Foodist: Using Real Food and Real Science to Lose Weight Without Dieting by Darya Rose PhD●      The Foodist Podcast●      Foodist Kitchen●      The Mindful Meal Challenge●      Bruce Lipton●      Darity Wesley●      Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser●      Know Your Fats: The Complete Primer for Understand the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol by Mary G. Enig●      Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price●      Maui Nui Venison

Welcome to Yoga Unplugged ConversationsA podcast dedicated to helping you grow, thrive and gracefully make tough life decisions, so you can lead a happier, healthier life.Host Sarah Burchard invites special guests on the show to deep dive into real life issues, providing tools and philosophies to help you navigate them with greater ease.Sarah is a yogi, freelance writer, natural foods chef and certified health coach passionate about self-development, yoga and promoting local businesses and food through her writing, farmers market tours and farm-to-table events under the name, The Healthy Locavore. In today’s episode I’m talking to Jennie Lee.Jennie is a Yoga therapist, author and an expert on spiritual living.As a yoga therapist she helps her clients develop practices that integrate mind, body and soul. Her writing is featured regularly in national magazines such as Light of Consciousness and Yoga Therapy Today, and online at Yogapedia, Yoga Digest, mindbodygreen, and many more. She has also taught yoga and meditation for more than 20 years.Today Jennie and I are discussing how to find your way when you are feeling lost or stuck. Her new book, Spark Change: 108 Provocative Questions for Spiritual Evolution, teaches us how.  We talk about…●      How she became a yoga therapist●      Why she believes that the ability to solve a problem lies in the questions you ask●      The basic requirements one needs in order to change●      What to do if you have the questions, but don’t know the answers●      The question she continues to ask herself everydayIf you have found yourself on a path you didn’t intend to be on or feel incapable of making your next move forward this episode is for you. Asking yourself the right questions facilitates change in a conscious, productive way, so that you can grow in alignment with who you really are and what you really want. - Follow Jennie Lee:●      Website●      Instagram●      Facebook●      SPARK CHANGE: 108 Provocative Questions for Spiritual EvolutionOther books written by Jennie Lee:TRUE YOGA: Practicing with the Yoga Sutras for Happiness & Spiritual FulfillmentBREATHING LOVE: Meditation in Action

Welcome to Yoga Unplugged ConversationsA podcast dedicated to helping you grow, thrive and gracefully make tough life decisions, so you can lead a happier, healthier life.Yoga Unplugged Team member Sarah Burchard is your host. She invites special guests on the show to deep dive into real life issues, providing tools and philosophies to help you navigate them with greater ease.Sarah is a freelance writer, natural foods chef and certified health coach who is passionate about promoting local businesses and food through her writing, farmers market tours and farm-to-table events under the name, The Healthy Locavore. When she is not talking food she's supporting the yoga community on Oʻahu.In today’s episode Sarah is talking to Maura Bogue.Maura is a writer, writing coach, former managing editor and senior training strategist for Global Press Institute and the creator of All-Khemi, a conscious company that offers coaching and creative services to enlightened entrepreneursAs a writing coach she helps her clients tap into their creativity and inner wisdom, improve their writing skills and discover their purpose. Above all she aims to unite using an ancient, universal self-realization system inspired by the integration of opposites: light and dark, masculine and feminine, divine and mortal. She also graduated summa cum laude as the female valedictorian from the University of Richmond and wields multiple 500-hour certifications in yoga, which she seamlessly incorporates into her writing coaching services.Sarah discusses creativity with Maura on this show.They talk about…●      Clearing blocks in order to channel creativity●      Why Maura thinks “writer’s block” is a myth●      Her 4-step system for ultimate creativity●      How she balances professionalism with spirituality●      Her favorite tools for creativity If you are a professional writer, or simply just enjoy writing, then this show is definitely for you. But the tools and practices we talk about will be universal to all forms of creativity whether you are painting or designing a business plan. It doesn’t matter if you’re looking to be more creative in a hobby space, at work or just in general you will benefit from this conversation. -  Follow Maura Bogue:●      Website●      InstagramBooks discussed on the show:●      The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron●      Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and LIfe by Anne Lamott●      Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert●      The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life. by Robin Sharma●      Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue by Neale Walsch