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My name is Alexandra Rutkay, and I currently live in NYC with my husband David. I've been here for 15 years and originally moved here from Savannah where I attended the Savannah college of art and design. I spent 12 years of my Childhood and young adult years in the suburbs of Massachusetts where I attended elementary through high school and  also spent many of my summers in NYC with my grandmother.    I originally moved to NYC in 2004 because I decided that I wanted to become a celebrity makeup artist and work on big productions in the entertainment industry. 15 years later I live that exact dream and work on all of the biggest productions that film in this amazing city!  

Shelbye Schlange Barragan is a professional model that has begun to embrace her authentic self through yoga, meditation and mindfulness. She has struggled in the past with eating disorders and compulsive exercise. She has recently transformed her life from chaotic, stressful and anxiety filled to a more balanced and authentic path. Shelbye grew up in New England and has been a cheerleader her whole life. Body image has been a struggle for her since she was young. Yoga has helped to reconnect her mind and body so that she can focus again on what means most to her in life. She is now on the path to becoming a professional counselor and eating disorder therapist to help others that are in similar situations. LivingOverLosing.com

Karina is an Architect from Moscow who moved to NYC after finishing her master to follow her dream. In nyc she discovered her passion for yoga and meditative practices. She got her yoga teacher certificate to teach Hatha and Yin Yoga from the oldies yoga school in Manhattan.Karina was initially inspired by the precision, depth, and adaptability of the Integral method. It changed her on every level, which was both humbling and exciting.As a teacher, Karina considers herself a student first. She believes in long-­term commitments and deep study. Her career in architecture influences her practice. "Architecture has helped me to understand Yoga. Developing  an asana is like designing a building. You need a strong foundation and the right form to ach

Our resident blogcaster and friend of the show, Erin Ward is back!  Every Wednesday, we discuss a post from her blog on ErinRWard.com.  This week is based off of her blog, "Are You Bored?", which anazlyzes the reasons when and why we sometimes take a dip in our mood.  It isn't that something extremely bad has happened, nor extremely great, so there's a general sense of malaise.  Why is that, and what can we do about it?  We explore in this week's, Excavating With Erin.

Hey, I’m Amanda! I’m the founder here at M.B.Om.  I’m a yoga teacher, business graduate, and a lover of tea, the great outdoors + travel.After completing my 200-hour YTT, I felt confused as to what the next step in my yoga teaching career was. Obviously, it was to start teaching. But beyond that, I wasn’t sure where I was headed.  If I have a business degree from an accredited school and I’m struggling with the business side of yoga, I must not be alone…And then the light bulb went on… and with that, M.B.Om was born. I set out to learn from other successful yoga teachers. I’ve taken my textbook business knowledge and combined it with the real-life experience of other awesome yoga teachers doing badass things, and I want to share that with you M.B.Om, pronounced “M”, “B”, and then “om” is a play on words of an M.B.A. (Master of Business Admi

In this episode, I talk with Josephine Lau and Alyssa Mak, owners of, "Grace and Strength" yoga studio in Sydney and Melbourne Australia.  They are a Christian Yoga Studio, and they explain their perspective on how that is possible.  Both Josephine and Alyssa were trained with Brooke Boone and Holy Yoga, a non-profit that offers Christ centered yoga teacher training.  To learn more about Brooke and Holy Yoga, please check out this interview with Rajiv Malhotra from the Infinity Foundation Here    https://anchor.fm/yogatalkpod/support

Francie, the inspired founder of Pure Flow Yoga, is a passionate and free-spirited yogi, hula hooper, musician, community activator, teacher and joy-spreader  who is dedicated to uplifting and inspiring people from all walks of life to live playful, connected, balanced and magical lives. Francie offers inspiring and playful classes and retreats that weave her love of flow, embodiment, storytelling, music, and dance with her knowledge of mindfulness meditation, pranayama, energy anatomy, and Yogic philosophy and wisdom to facilitate deep openings of the heart, body and mind.  Specialising in Hatha Flow, Vinyasa, and Y

Bridgetta is known worldwide from her career in the entertainment business. She was the 2013 Harley Davidson Cover Model, and was widely known for her late night infomercials as the “Extenze” Spokesgirl. She had a hilarious costarring role on Showtime’s hit show, “Californication.” You can catch her most recently starring in “The Ideal Husband” (GMC), “Walk A Mile In My Pradas,” (won Spirit Award), and in “6 Nonsmokers.”

This week we discuss Erin's blog about holding on to patterns that don't serve us.  We know they may be bad for us, but they are what we know.  We dig deeper into her blog which can be found at ErinRWard.com  Below, is a slice of the blog: “There’s comfort in the known, even the sour and sickly feelings of anxiety or the heavy footed pounding of depression. We are adaptable humans, to the point where our resilience, our motivation to survive, will turn any practiced state into something we can use - namely a false sense of security.  It’s an old friend that you should have broken up with years ago. There’s no enhancement happening by the two of you feeding the connection. And yet, you know her habits and thus there is some

Bridgetta is known worldwide from her career in the entertainment business. She was the 2013 Harley Davidson Cover Model, and was widely known for her late night infomercials as the “Extenze” Spokesgirl. She had a hilarious costarring role on Showtime’s hit show, “Californication.” You can catch her most recently starring in “The Ideal Husband” (GMC), “Walk A Mile In My Pradas,” (won Spirit Award), and in “6 Nonsmokers.”

BA Health Sciences, RYT 500, Transformational Life Coach, Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner, Shamanic Practitioner A yoga teacher and student of different energy modalities for 10 years, Carol thrives on continuous education from a variety of yoga disciplines and healing modalities. Her yoga technique is rooted in the Vinyasa tradition with influence from studies with Baron Baptiste, Kia Miller,  Shiva Rea and Seane Corn. Carol was left the corporate world where she thrived in business, but foundered in her own well-being. Listen to the story of this brave woman, who saw the changes she needed, and battled her way to sobriety and the light of helping others through yoga. www.carolbaxter.ca

Every Wednesday, we welcome back Erin Ward to the show!  We will be focusing on a selected post from blog at ErinRWard.com.  This week, we dig deeper into her blog entitled, "Thank You HeartBreak".  The written words are below, and you can read all of her posts and connect with Erin at Here.   Thanks for listening to our chat, and we will be back again with another, "Excavating with Erin" next Wednesday!   Written Content Below Courtesy of Erin Ward Thank you, Heartbreak

Born and raised in Boston - the youngest of 8 siblings. Graduated from Norhteastern University with a degree in English. Spent my post college years in education working for a non profit organization that provided academic and social support to inner city middle schools in Boston. Spent 8 years in that job and left to pursue a career in fitness. Moved from Boston to New Jersey due to my husbands job. Got certified by NASM as a personal trainer in 2011 and spent the last 7 years as a trainer, group instructor, PT manager and group ex. manager. Also taught sports conditioning classes for kids and then got involved working in medical fitness working with cancer patients and Alzheimers patients for a private club in New Jersey. Moved to New York in 2015 and worked for a big gym teaching senior fitness classes as well as kids classes. Last year got involved with Plank and the rest is history! I also currently write and teach a spo

I really enjoyed speaking with James Marsh aka @yogi_firefighter on Instagram.  He is very down to earth, and a family man.  James sent me over the following notes.  I am not editing them, because they show the sentiment in which he brings.  He has humiity and is someone living his yoga and making it work in all areas of his life.  And, now...hereeeeeeeeee's James!!!! Hi, not sure what's needed or relevant but here goes. My name is James Marsh, I live in the North West of England in a town called Wigan, situated several miles between Liverpool & Manchester.

Carlos Sanchez a.k.a Carlos Tao, wastes no time.  He has had a very diverse life which has taken him from childhood alterboy, to worldwide yogi.  Carlos considers himself and empath, and is prone and cool with crying(I am too).  He feels more than the average person, and that is something that some people misunderstand.  He went through different ways to cope with it throughout his childhood, all the way up into his twenties.  Finally, he has arrived in true love for himself and others.  Carlos had a quick entry into yoga.  He moved so fast, that his second yoga class ever was a teacher training!  He started teaching pretty quickly but wasn’t sure what the heck he was doing.  Carlos completed his teacher training with one of the nicest, most committed p