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Finding Harmony Podcast Episodes

Nov. 13, 2022

Sunshine Nights with Amy Priya

After 20+ years in any business or doing any practice, it’s easy to become cynical… But try taking the cynical view with our guest today, Amy Priya Santos. Ha! She’s having none of it. Listen and see how yoga is working. Si...
Nov. 6, 2022

Michelle El Khoury and YogaMazia

Michelle El Khoury is not only a wellness entrepreneur with a PhD and over twenty years of healthcare experience, but she’s also a wife and mother to three beautiful daughters. Her journey took her from Trinidad to the U.S, w...
Oct. 30, 2022

Sexual Healing with Sophie Cleere

Today we’re speaking with Sophie Cleere. A vibrant woman who’s paving the way forward to for middle-aged women everywhere. She’s a body-positive coach and conscious sexuality educator. Sophie’s on a mission to end body-shame ...
Oct. 23, 2022

Wellness Near & Far with Tarin Calmeyer

South African born, Tarin Calmeyer, is a Virtual Corporate Wellness Specialist. She’s the founder and chief wellness office of Los Angles-based company: Remote Team Wellness. We catch up with her living her dream life in Puer...
Oct. 16, 2022

Cycle Syncing with Briana Villegas

Do you want to experience the next level of freedom? Then learn to merge your analytical brain with your intuition in a systematic way through syncing your life with your menstrual cycle. Learn to predict your energy so you c...
Oct. 9, 2022

Kerri Kelly: American Detox

The last time Russell saw Kerri Kelly they were getting robbed together on Chamundi Hill outside of Mysore, India. For Russ it was the best trip he ever had to India. Imagine an episode of West Wing where one of the communica...
Sept. 28, 2022

Marie Forleo is A time Genius… How About You?

We’re living in a world full of constant pressure and distractions with a zeitgeist that reinforces “more, more, more!” In this episode of Finding Harmony, I’m talking with author, entrepreneur, business coach and thought lea...
Sept. 25, 2022

Kintsugi with Mae Yoshikawa

Kintsugi means “golden journey.” It’s the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by binding the pieces back together with lacquer mixed with powdered gold. As a philosophy, it treats the breakage and repair of somet...
Sept. 18, 2022

Kayoko Mitsumatsu: Yoga Gives Back

Kayoko was born in Tokyo as the country was rebuilding after WWII. She moved many times with her family to different parts of Japan, as her father was transferred to various jobs within the banking industry. She grew up in a ...
Sept. 11, 2022

Back to the Future with Krista Shirley

We are delighted to introduce you to our dear friend Krista Shirley. Currently residing in Orlando, Florida, Russell met her years ago, while recruiting teachers for the Jois Foundation. Harmony insists she knew her first ( a...
Sept. 4, 2022

Kaitlyn rose: Somatic Alchemy & Healing Trauma

Kaitlyn Rose Holsapple believes that the body is our most sacred guide. Her work now is focused on helping others integrate their past pains so these hidden shadows no longer subconsciously drive the choices in life. As a Som...
Aug. 28, 2022

Miranda Mitchell: Human Design

Miranda Mitchell is an Energetic Alignment Coach and Traditional and Quantum Human Design™ Specialist who helps thought leaders align energetically so that they step into creating more impact with sustainability and ease. Bef...
Aug. 21, 2022

John & Julia Scott: Stand Fast Together in Love

If you thought you knew John and Julia Scott, you’re going to get a whole new look into their personalities here on our podcast today. You’ll hear about John Scott’s roots growing up in New Zealand and the similarities betwee...
Aug. 14, 2022

Sophia French: Sanātana Yoga

Born in India, growing up in Dubai, and then returning to India for college, our guest today might have a name that sounds like she’s from Europe, but she deeply connected in mind, body, and spirit to her native roots as a Ch...
Aug. 7, 2022

Un-Layering with Philippa Asher

Yoga is a journey of un-layering that we embark on again and again, each time we peel back another covering of our inner light the process of transformation takes place. It’s shedding the masks we wear to navigate our way in ...
July 31, 2022

From Norway to Nepal with Ellen Johannesen

Our guest today is a lovely Elvish woman, who could’ve easily descended from a family of Wood Nymphs. Ellen Johannesen was born in Norway but has spent many years living abroad, mainly in India and Nepal. She was first introd...
July 24, 2022

Dominic Corigliano Part 2: The Trance State

PART 2 with Dominic Corigliano A "Trance State" is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli. It is also a state of mind that we can enter into...
July 17, 2022

Dr. Rob: More Than Anatomy

Dreams of becoming a Professional Golfer crushed by debilitating back pain sent Rob Lamport on an epic search in Secret India for the esoteric teachings that could free him from his body pain. He lived in Mysore and practised...
July 10, 2022

Solidarity with Basia Lipska Larsen

Our guest today is a dear friend. She is so delightfully effervescent and youthful in her attitude that she could’ve been sprouted out into the world like an Athena parading out of Zeus’s skull! Basia Lipska Larsen is a passi...
July 3, 2022

Homeward Bound with Michael Schabort

Today our guest is South African born Michael Schabort, an indubitable ‘child of the wind.’ Michael is an interesting person, who ever so naturally goes with the flow. Someone who floats through space and time like a salmon s...
June 26, 2022

Prana For Life with Siobhan Fitzgerald

We are delighted to share with you today a conversation— a chai stall chat, with a dear friend in the pranayama teacher Siobhan Fitzgerald. A woman who is presumptively Scottish, but we soon learn who is from nowhere and eve...
June 19, 2022

Life As Art with Asta Caplan

So.. you woke up this morning and got on your mat and put your earbuds in and said lets do it. Lets do our practice and get it done! You did the best you could. Some days that’s ok, and sometimes it’s wonderful. Most of the ...
June 12, 2022

Yoga Talks on Pirate Radio with J. Brown

We caught up with J Brown, podcast creator, and host of Yoga Talks for the last seven years. With tears shed all around, J shared with us the story of how he lost his mum as a very young man. It's a heart rending story. And, ...
June 5, 2022

Stoking The Inner Fire with Sarah Hatcher

From skiing and horseback riding to fighting fires and then throwing herself fully into her Ashtanga Yoga practice, after being stuck in Marichyasana-D (a difficult twist in the Primary Series) for 4 years, she continued on...