Honor Yoga Triple Cast

Episode 17: Black Superwoman Chronicles w/ DeLisha Tascott

Black Superwoman Chronicles was birthed as a sanctuary to create dialogue that supports black women and gives them a space where they can freely do that. Maria Turco sits down with DeLisha Tapscot where they discuss how the impact of the change of times inspired her to rebirth her dream and serve the community with intentional messaging. Help to support our mission of bringing yoga-related programming to under-served populations. Learn more at honoryoga.org. If you would like to support our mission, click on the “Donate” tab, where you can set up a one-time or reoccurring donation. Thank you for your support.
 
Podcast editing by Eva Eig ( evadeig88@gmail.com )

Episode 16: Honor Yoga Teacher Spotlight w/ Josh Ansley

HY Teacher Showcase: Josh Ansley
Join Honor Yoga Program Director Julia Mellk as she interviews Honor Yoga teacher and trainer Josh Ansley.
Help to support our mission of bringing yoga-related programming to under-served populations. Learn more at honoryoga.org. If you would like to support our mission, click on the "Donate" tab, where you can set up a one-time or reoccurring donation. Thank you for your support.
 
Podcast editing by Eva Eig ( evadeig88@gmail.com )

Episode 15: Intersection of Yoga and Vegan Lifestyles w/ Vincent Gulino

Join Honor Yoga Founder Maria Turco and Try Vegan Founder Vincent Gulino for an amazing podcast session exploring the intersections of a vegan and yoga lifestyles. Together Maria and Vincent explore both the benefits of yoga and vegan living and the compelling exploration of the intersection between the spiritual practice of yoga, physical health, care for the planet, and peaceful coexistence with other animals and nature.
 
Podcast editing by Eva Eig ( evadeig88@gmail.com )

Episode 14: Making Yoga Accessible To All w/ Liz Alvarez

In this episode, Amy has the pleasure of sitting with Liz Alvarez. Liz is a Physical Therapist of 28 years, a yoga teacher and the Director of
Education for Honor Yoga. Listen as we dive into why Honor Yoga is so passionate about making yoga accessible to all by offering classes, workshops and programs for everyone.
Liz has 4 two hour Anatomy Tune Ups for Yoga Teachers workshops in May via livestream. Liz is also the creator of Honor Yoga therapeutics series, which is geared towards those dealing with injury, illness, pre/post surgery or health conditions that want to explore yoga in a safe way, while obtaining the full therapeutic benefit of yoga.
Monday, May 18 6-8pm Creating a Base: The Hands and Feet
Saturday, May 2. 12-2pm The Spine and Core
Sunday, May 3. 12-2pm The Shoulder Complex
Monday, May 11. 6-8pm The Hips and Pelvis
Email Liz directly at liz@honoryoga.com for more information or visit honoryoga.com/continuing-training to register.
Be sure to check out honoryoga.com to keep up with everything Honor
Yoga, trends in yoga and much more!

Episode 13: Finding A Way With Yoga w/ Leslie Hadley

In this episode, Amy had the pleasure to sit with Leslie Hadley. Leslie is a yoga teacher of over 20 years, a life coach/health coach and now an author.
Listen as we talk about her impressive career, as well as her inspirational story of overcoming physical and emotional hardship. Leslie's new book "Awaken From Illness, Reclaim your life” goes into detail of how she cleaned up her past and now teaches people how to do the same.
Please visit Honoryoga.com to keep up on everything Honor Yoga and to see Leslie’s up to date teaching schedule.
For a copy for her new book please visit Lesliehadley.com or the digital copy can be found on Amazon.

Episode 12: Building a Home Practice w/ Sarah Nickelson

In this episode, Amy had the pleasure to sit with Sarah Nickelson to discuss her new workshop “Building a Home Practice.” In this workshop, Sarah explains each of the 8 limbs of Yoga, Sequencing, Meditation, Pranayama and goes through some suggested reading material. All of this prepares the student to create a home practice that integrates seamlessly with their lifestyle. Yoga can be found on and off of the mat in so many ways and Sarah makes all of this very accessible in her workshop.
Sarah is a driven Yoga teacher with a passion for philosophy and strength-building which she sprinkles throughout each and every one of her classes. Her classes, titled Roots, Strong & Calm, Yin and Restore, touch on anything from the fundamentals of Yoga, to stamina, stillness, and overall wellbeing. Each of her studio classes could serve as a foundation for “Building a Home Practice.”
Sarah currently teaches at Honor Yoga Princeton and Honor Yoga Flemington. Check out our website Honoryoga.com to get her teaching schedule or check out her brand new website sarahelizabethnickelson.com to connect with her

Episode 11: From The Wall Street Journal To Honor Yoga w/ Michelle Gerdes

In this episode Amy had the pleasure to sit with Michelle Gerdes, Michelle is a postpartum doula and yoga instructor, teaching at Honor Yoga Hamilton, located in Hamilton (Mercer County) NJ. After graduating from Rutgers with a degree in Journalism, Michelle’s first career took off in big New York City newsrooms including WNBC and The Wall Street Journal. Working on the front lines of journalism came with high stakes, constant deadlines, and enormous stress—all things she thrived on, until she didn’t.
As I got to know Michelle, I became intrigued by her journey, which brought her from the overtaxed life of a news editor to her current profession, where she a lifeline to parents. I was also touched by her willingness open up about her struggles with work-life balance and postpartum depression.
Michelle is the founder of Princeton Doula Center (princetondulacenter.com), which helps families adjust after baby comes home; and teaches Roots, Gentle and Baby & Me classes. Michelle also holds a certification in perinatal mood disorders.
Be sure to check out Honoryoga.com to keep up on everything Honor, trends in yoga and much more.

Episode 10: Self Care w/Chrissy Kohut

In this episode Amy had the pleasure to sit with Chrissy Kohut to discuss her self-care workshop. We dive into what self care is and how the smallest things can make the biggest difference .With the start of the new year maybe we can make an intention to implement more self-care in your daily routine as Chrissy says self-care is not a once in a while thing it’s an every day thing. Hope you enjoy our first episode of the new year.

Episode 9: Setting Our Intentions For The New Year w/ Maria Turco

In this episode , Amy sat down with Honors own chief yogini Maria Turco to recap so many goals met for 2019 from the opening of new studio in 4 new states to making your personal intention for 2020. Please join us during this holiday season to spread the gift of yoga.
Certainly, the warmest wishes go out to you and your families this holiday season.
Please visit www.honoryoga.com to keep up on everything Honor Yoga, your closest studio location, trends in yoga and much much more.

Episode 8: 75 hour Apprenticeship Program w/ Julie Mellk

In this episode, Amy sat down with Julie Mellk, Senior Lead Teacher Trainer and Director of Programming and Teacher Training for Honor Yoga.
Our topic today is a brand new 75 hour Apprenticeship Program Honor is offering to teachers seeking to elevate their teaching skills through personal and first hand guidance with a seasoned Honor Yoga Teacher Trainer.
The focus of the program will be on clarifying and advancing teaching skills, having an improved grasp on teaching methods, as well as learning ethical student/teacher relationships that exemplify equanimity, understanding and compassion.
For more information, please refer to the following link,
www.honoryoga.com, or reach out to Julie directly at Julie@honoryoga.com.