Awake Modern Families with Child Mindfulness Expert Ian Hoge
In this episode I chat with Ian Hoge, a successful therapist, mindfulness teacher and author, about navigating our own personal journeys of transformation. We discuss the benefits of radical acceptance, and the importance of opening to difficult emotions in times of suffering with the knowledge that the suffering will pass. We talk about grief and […]
Evolving Ethics in Yoga Communities with Noah Maze
Noah Maze and I talk about the evolving ethics of yoga communities and how being a leader is both a vulnerable place and an opportunity to grow. Listen to how both of these community leaders have navigated their group evolution. I rap with Noah Maze about: Ethical considerations for yoga communities Exploring complexities of […]
Ayurvedic Healing Drinks + Charismatic Plants with Amadea Morningstar
Amadea Morningstar is a seminal figure in the world of Ayurveda. Anyone looking to studying ayurveda would benefit from getting to know her work, which includes two cookbooks and an upcoming book on healing drinks. Cate and Amadea discuss how beverages made consciously with seeds and other natural ingredients can have specific healing actions. They […]
Always Be eXperimenting. (ABX)
The body experiments. The body loves experiments. The body evolves via experimentation, feedback, learning, integration, experimentation feedback, learning, integration… ad infinitum. ABX – Always be Experimenting – is a principal of nature, a basic premise of Ayurvedic philosophy (see prajna paradha – or failure to ABX – as a root cause of disease). Lately, Silicon Valley’s biz […]
Yogahealer Internships with Hadlee Garrison
On today’s show, we talk all about internships. How do you develop an internship program? How do you become an intern in someone else’s program? How can you encourage someone who you think would be great at it to start an internship program? You’ll learn the answer to these questions and more in this chat […]
Ayurveda for Health and Disease
I just put it out through email: what do you want to learn next? I love doing webinars, and I love talking about Ayurveda. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Cate Stillman. I started yogahealer.webfissure.com/ in 2001 as a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist — basically as an Ayurvedic Practitioner and Yoga […]
Ask Cate: Existential Opportunities with Carrie Seitz
On today’s show, I talk with a long-term course member and friend, Carrie Seitz. She messaged me and said she was going to be in the Tetons and asked if I wanted to go for a mountain bike ride. Of course I said yes, because she’s so much fun to hang out with. So the […]
Why I Use the Word Piehole
I have a pile of responses from the last time I wrote you: subject line: [Autumn=Rejuve] Why Fat Metabolism Matters. Most are provocative reflections and questions. But first I happen to open some fascinating criticism from Casey.(For positive feedback, scroll to the end.) Casey writes: “Oh my gosh! What is your issue or shadow with using the […]
[Autumn=Rejuve] Why Fat Metabolism Matters
Many of you know I’m into intermittent fasting. Many of you also know the basic teachings of worshiping your agni – your digestive fire – your power of digestion. When we eat too frequently we generate more surface-level thinking. The Yogis of yore were never interested in surface level thinking. They craved depth with their […]
Peira Moinester – Brooklyn Music Factory + Creating Musicians for Life
On today’s podcast, we have Peira Moinester of Brooklyn Music Factory. I’ve tried to get her on the show for about eight months, or as long as I’ve known her. She helps kids learn music, helps families get into music, and runs all sorts of lessons and camps. She is based in Brooklyn, and is […]