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On this week’s Yoga Talk Show, you’ll meet biohacker, Ben Greenfield, who teaches you how functional exercise, nutrition, and the balance between performance and health can help you improve your yoga practice, achieve your fitness goals, and improve your quality of life. In 2008, Ben was nominated by the NSCA as America's top personal trainer, and in 2013 and 2014, Ben was voted as one of the top 100 most influential individuals in health and fitness. Ben writes for numerous health and wellness publications and is a highly sought-after speaker. Ben is the author of the NY Times best-seller, Beyond Training, and his goal is to make healthy living inspiring, entertaining and educational. In this Show, You'll Learn: How to get your poop tested for yeast, bacteria and parasites Why it might not be a great idea to have Bluetooth and Wifi signals around you all the time How non-psychoactive cannabis oil (CBD) might be one of the least-known supplements to reduce inflammation, improve sleep and relax Tips for hacking your work station Nutritional Tip of the Week: Are eggs a yoga-friendly food? Links & References from the Show: www.YogaBody.com Got questions? Write to us: podcast@yogabody.com Thanks to our sponsor: YOGABODY Naturals

When we practice yogic breathing, we can either up-regulate, down-regulate or balance our nervous system. In different situations, all three can be valuable, but for whatever reason, balanced breathing practices are not taught or practiced as often as they should be—and they are extremely useful. In this mini-bonus class, you'll learn the simple practice of 4x4 breathing as Lucas leads you through a shorted, seated practice. You'll Learn: How to use a 1-to-1 ratio for balancing your nervous system How to reduce your breathing rate by 1/2 or even 1/4 to find balance How to reduce your heart rate and increate your heart rate variability in a matter of minutes How to dramatically shift your outlook on the day with 10 rounds of breath   NOTE: this practice is 100% safe and accessible to people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds at any time of the day—except while driving. Nutritional Tip: The power of ginger Sponsored by: YOGABODY Naturals

“ The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for your soul to reside in.” - B. K. S. Iyengar Your gut health is vitally important for your immune system, digestion, and even your mood. On this week’s Yoga Talk Show, gastroenterologist and wellness expert, Dr Robynne Chutkan, teaches the importance of a cultivating a balanced microbiome; and she warns against the severe impact digestive distress can have on your body and your life. Dr Chutkan founded the Digestive Center for Women (DCW) in 2004, an integrative gastroenterology practice that includes nutritional therapy, meditation, biofeedback and counseling, as well as gastrointestinal procedures like endoscopy, colonoscopy, and video capsule endoscopy. Dr Chutkan makes regular appearances on The Doctor Oz show, and has been a featured expert on The Today Show, The Early Show, The Doctors, and local news programs. She has been featured in numerous articles on GI diseases in The Washington Post, Self, Shape, Healthy, Yoga Journal, Ladies Home Journal, Fitness, Women’s Health, and the Huffington Post among others. What You'll Learn: Why you should aim for "clean wipe" bowel movements Why your colon is not blocked—but it might not be so healthy Why probiotics cannot replace dietary healthy bacteria Why inulin fiber is crucial for feeding good bacteria How a plant-based diet can shift your microbiome (for the better) in as little as 30 hrs Why sweat when stressed out smells bad Nutritional Tip of the Week: Why Kombu (seaweed ) is so good for you! Links & References from the Show: Gut Bliss Got questions? Write to us: podcast@yogabody.com Thanks to our sponsor!  YOGABODY Business   Are You a Yoga Teacher or Studio Owner? YOGABODY Business is excited to announce their first-ever Facebook Marketing for Yoga Teachers course to begin on 2 November. This online course can be attended from anywhere in the world and guarantees to double your impact, audience and sales through Facebook. The course starts Monday. To learn more, visit: http://www.yogabodybusiness.com

You’ve probably measured your heart rate while exercising with a chest strap or a wrist device - but have you ever measured your heart rate variability (HRV)? It’s fascinating stuff for yoga students. Ronda Collier joins Lucas Rockwood on this week’s Yoga Talk Show to explain why HRV is a crucial health metric, the importance of "coherent breathing", and how all of this ties in with your yoga practice. Ronda has more than 25 years of experience in high technology product development with a proven track record of delivering leading-edge consumer electronic products within both privately held startups and Fortune 500 corporations. She spent years as an independent scholar researching non-invasive health monitoring techniques to improve overall personal well being, research that led to the founding of SweetWater Health in 2010. SweetWater is a leading tech company provided heart rate variability monitoring software you can use on your smart phone. What You'll Learn: How your breathing and state-of-mind dramatically impact your heart rate How your heart rate variability can act like a sneak peek into what’s going on with your central nervous system Why high frequency heart (HF) rates are associated with parasympathetic nervous system response Why low frequencies (LF) are associated with sympathetic nervous system response Why elevated heart rate + reduced high freq waves + increased low frequency waves = stress response Nutritional Tip of the Week: Why you should be drinking turmeric tea Links & References from the Show:SweetWater Health  Got questions?Write to us: podcast@yogabody.com Thanks to our sponsor! Magic Carpet Yoga MatsMagic Carpet Yoga Mats are hand-painted by Sophie Leininger and printed in California. Magic Carpet Yoga Mats are made in the USA.They are non-toxic, phthalate, latex, and lead free as well as certified child safe. They also just launched a new line for kids and babies!

If you’re excited about inversions, and handstands in particular, than you’re going to love this week’s Yoga Talk Show. Ryan Hurst, Program Director and co-founder of GMB Fitness, shares his tips for how you can get started with handstand and what kind of training program you should follow if you want to advance.Hurst holds black belts in Kendo, Judo, and Shorinji Kempo and practiced 10 years as a competitive gymnast. He has extensive experience and a personal passion for arm balancing. What you'll learn: How a "Cuban Rotation" can help strengthen and stabilize your shoulders for inversions Why "wall facing" handstand can be superior to kicking up with your back to the wall Why "hollow body" can be very helpful for building your core strength in handstands How much and how often to practice Nutritional Tip of the Week: The medicinal power of mushrooms! Links & References from the Show:GMB Fitness Got questions?Write to us: podcast@yogabody.com Thanks to our sponsor! YOGABODY Business Results-Driven Business Education for Yoga Professionals  

In an attempt to lead the healthiest life possible, food and movement often become the main focus - but you must also address your mental and emotional health, particularly as you age. More and more research links physical health problems to root emotional problems meaning stress, worry, and anxiety left unchecked can have horrendous long-term implications on your health. On this week’s Yoga Talk Show, clinical psychologist, David Carbonell, decodes anxiety: why we worry, how anxiety sets in, and what can be done to address it and regain control.   He's the author of Panic Attacks Workbook: A Guided Program for Beating the Panic Trick and the soon-to-be released, The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It   What You'll Learn: Why talk therapy is probably not the best choice for anxiety How generalized anxiety vs. panic attacks differ Practical tips for dealing with anxiety-inducing situations   Nutritional Tip of the Week: Glorious, glorious water!   Links & References from the Show: Anxiety Coach Website David’s Books on Amazon   Got questions? Write to us: podcast@yogabody.com   Thanks to our sponsor! Lems Shoes Lems Shoes is a 100% family-run company that bases its decisions on "doing what is right", not "doing what is most profitable". Lems shoes are made with less. The Lems shoes team spend their time getting the important things right and eliminate the rest; no added material, no gimmicks, and no fluff.  From the beginning, their goal was to design a shoe that considers the foot above all else, a shoe that is flat, flexible and fits the natural shape of the foot, and that will never change.

Yoga is unique and powerful as a mind-body fitness modality in that it can restore balance to the body's electrical system (aka your nervous system) - and breathing is the secret key that makes it all possible. In the same way that our breath changes very predictably during times of fear, sorrow, love, or rest, we can flip that equation around and change our breathing patterns in order to change our mood. Why then do psychiatrists prescribe drugs before using this age-old practice of balancing breath to treat mental health issues? To answer that question, Lucas is joined by Patricia Gerbarg MD who shares her years of research and on-the-ground training using breathing as therapy. Dr. Gerbarg reveals some of the current challenges in our modern world and in psychiatric medicine - and she’ll share with you how she uses breath in her practice, often in lieu of traditional treatments like prescription drugs - and it’s working! Dr. Patricia Gerbarg is a Harvard Medical School trained psychiatrist who practices Integrative Psychiatry, combining standard and complementary treatments. Her research focuses on mind-body practices for reducing the effects of stress and trauma, particularly in survivors of mass disasters. Along with Dr. Richard P. Brown, she has co-authored over 40 scientific articles, book chapters, and health books on complementary and integrative treatments. Her books include: The Rhodiola Revolution, How to use Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental Health Care, Non-Drug Treatments for ADHD, and The Healing Power of the Breath. Listen & Learn: Why some breathing might cause manic reactions How the body-mind is more accurate than mind-body since 80% of the vagus nerve fibers are carrying signals from the body to brain, and just 20% brain to body Why most people breathe at 12-15 breaths/min but should aim for “coherent breath” at around 5 per min Why some breathing can make you zoned-out and spacey while others can amp you up How balance is usually the most useful aim and type of response to strive for Nutritional Tip of the Week: Chickpeas: friend or foe? Links & References from the Show:www.breath-body-mind.com Got questions?Write to us: podcast@yogabody.com Thanks to our sponsor! Absolute Yoga Academy  Absolute Yoga Academy is one of the most-respected and rigorous teacher training schools in the world. It’s a place where students go to become teachers, and where teachers go to become industry transformers. Join the movement!

When most people think about world hunger and poverty, they often think of Vitamin A deficiency impacting vision or distended abdomens from protein deficiency in developing countries. Oddly, a much bigger problem affects people across the globe: iron deficiency. Low iron can lead to weakness, impaired cognitive ability, increased risk of illness, and even death - and as many as 50% of the population are at risk. To solve this problem, please meet, Gavin Armstrong, the purpose-driven entrepreneur behind the Lucky Iron Fish. As the name suggests, this solution is quite literally “luck fish” made of iron and used in cooking to add iron into your diet. It’s elegantly simple, scientifically proven, and the compliance rate is off the charts. Every iron fish can provide an entire family with up to 75% of their daily iron intake for up to 5 years. All you have to do is cook with it! Gavin is a PhD Candidate in biomedical science at the University of Guelph [golf] and is a Fulbright Scholar. He has received the William J. Clinton Hunger Leadership Award and the Michaëlle Jean Humanitarian Award. He has also received the Mayor’s Award of Excellence, has been named one of the Top 40 under 40 in the Guelph community, and has been named a fellow emeritus of both the Hunger Solutions Institute and the Kirchner Food Fellowship. What You'll Learn: Why iron deficiency can cause up to 20% loss of work ability How low iron makes you more susceptible to malaria and HIV 3.5 billion people have deficiency The complexity of iron supplementation Since 2000, deficiency is up 10% globally Why tannins blocks iron absorption Why those with hemochromatosis must be wary of iron $70 billion in lost productivity Nutritional Tip of the Week:Echinacea Links & References from the Show:www.luckyironfish.com Got questions?Write to us: podcast@yogabody.com Thanks to our sponsors! Wear Panda Panda sunglasses are eco-friendly eyewear handcrafted from sustainably sourced bamboo. They have also partnered up with Optometry Giving Sight so that every pair of sunglasses purchased gives the gift of vision to someone in need. And their new product, the Panda Bamboo Watch, provides the gift of education for developing communities around the world with every purchase, via their partnership with Pencils of Promise. By wearing Panda sunglasses you are creating a positive social and environmental impact all around the world. You're making a statement to the world that you support fashion with a purpose. Get 25% off you first order: YOGABODY

Negative lifestyle habits and poor food choices can impact the neural messengers that keep you energized, calm, focused, optimistic, and inspired. In many ways, our modern world undermines our brain health and can lead to imbalances with very serious repercussions. On this week’s talk show episode, Dr. Mike Dow introduces “The Brain Fog Fix”, a program designed to balance serotonin, dopamine, and cortisol, three essential chemical messengers for fog-free living. By naturally healing your brain health, you can find clarity, focus, inner peace while staving off future health problems.  Dr. Mike Dow is an author, psychotherapist, and the host of shows on E!, TLC, VH1, Investigation Discovery, and Logo. He makes regular appearances on Dr. Oz, Dr. Drew On Call, The Talk, Wendy Williams, Rachael Ray, Nightline, Good Morning America, The Doctors, The Talk, and Today. His latest book, The Brain Fog Fix, is available on Amazon.com.    Listen & Learn: Why farm-raised rainbow trout might be the best fish source for your brain How algae oils can be used as a plant-based (vegetarian) alternative for EPA and DHA How EPA can be more effective than prescription drugs for treating depression How 12 minutes of meditation daily can clear your mind, increase focus, and defog the brain Why spirituality is important for mental clarity    Nutritional Tip of the Week: Sesame seeds   Links & References from the Show: Dr Mike Dow’s Website   Got questions? Write to us: podcast@yogabody.com   Thanks to our sponsors! Yoga Design Lab  The innovative yoga brand Yoga Design Lab has been shaking up the industry with uber colorful yoga mats described by Refinery29 and Fitness Magazine as 'stunning works of art’. Designed in Bali by a Canadian surfer/yogi named Chad, who sold all his stuff and moved there to launch the idea in 2014. The young brand produces visually stunning, fashion-forward, eco-friendly yoga products designed to inspire. "I was seated in the back of a packed yoga class while on vacation in Ubud, Bali. Looking around, all I saw was a sea of unoriginal, massed produced, solid colored mats. My thinking was, there must be a way of creating a highly functional product that was also aesthetically beautiful. So the journey began. Long story short, I sold my stuff, packed up a couple bags and moved to Bali with the goal of creating a stunning line of yoga products that inspire more people to get excited about yoga.” - Chad, YDL Founder Blending fashion-forward design elements with innovative functionality and bio-renewable consciousness is key to the Yoga Design Lab approach. From insulated stainless steel water bottles, to yoga mats comprised of biodegradable natural tree rubber, to the water based inks used in the printed designs, we can all make a difference with the products we buy. Discount code: 15FRIEND    

Jackson MacKenzie is the co-founder of PsychopathFree.com, an online support community that reaches millions of abuse survivors each month. Driven by personal experience, his mission is to spread awareness and give survivors a safe place to validate their experiences, so that every empathetic person can find happiness and love after abuse. The expanded edition of his book, Psychopath Free, is now available on Amazon or his website.   You can learn more about his work at PsychopathFree.com ---------------------------------------- In this Show, You´ll learn:   What are the "Cluster B" disorders, and how to look out for them   As must a 4% of the population doesn't feel empathy, remorse, or have a conscious in the way you do How to deal with family members, intimate partners and co-workers who are psychopaths or sociopaths   Nutritional Tip of the Week: Buy Dirty Salt!   Links & References from the Show: https://www.psychopathfree.com/   Got questions? Write to us podcast@yogabody.com    Thanks to our sponsors!   www.yogabodynetwork.com   If you need recommendations on books, nutritional products, and even techy stuff like websites and design services, YOGABODY Network is there to help. Check out the different resources and helpful information available!