Anxiety & Healing Human Disconnection

In this candid conversation, Kathryn shares her journey with anxiety and the importance of human connection on the healing path. She cautions us of the pervasiveness of spiritual bullying, and shares why seeking a cure is not always the most helpful approach when it comes to our healing.

About Kathryn Budig

​​Kathryn Budig is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher, author, and co-host of the podcast, Free Cookies. Kathryn is known for her accessibility, humor, and ability to empower her students and readers through her message, “aim true.” The Kansas native graduated from the University of Virginia with a double degree in English and Drama before moving to Los Angeles, where she trained at Yogaworks under the tutelage of her mentors, Maty Ezraty and Chuck Miller.

With over a decade of experience in her field, Budig served as the yoga editor to Women’s Health magazine for five years, contributed recipes and sat on the Yahoo Health Advisory Board, and regularly contributes to Yoga Journal and MindBodyGreen. She was a featured athlete in Under Armour’s “I WILL WHAT I WANT” campaign, and is the founder of her animal project, Poses for Paws. Kathryn is also a budding designer, creating a capsule collection for KiraGrace, Asha Patel Designs and Vapour Beauty. She is the creator of the Aim True Yoga DVD, author of The Women’s Health Big Book of Yoga, and best-selling Aim True. You can practice with her regularly on Yogaglo.com.

Ceremonial Earth Activism

In this beautiful interview, Kat shares stories of sacred ceremony in the tradition of the indigenous peoples of North American and the Yucatan that have the power to heal not only ourselves, but the earth. Tune in to hear her recent victory in a Supreme Court case that has set a precedent for our rights as citizens for a clean environment.

About Kat Tudor

Kat Tudor is the visionary behind SunWater Spa, Sun Mountain Center, and the Smokebush Foundation for the Arts in Manitou Springs, Co. Her gift is bringing the arts and the healing arts together in inspiring classes, unexpected collaborations, and community projects. She’s been teaching art, dance, yoga, aqua yoga, and improvisational arts since 1979 in Colorado and around the world ranging from local happenings and installations (The Uncle Wilber Fountain: an interactive and whimsical fountain in Colorado Springs co-created with husband Bob, The Tesla Toaster), to international ceremonies (Aqua Luz: a planetary project for healing Earth’s water with crystals, Yogic Spirals for Peace). Most recently, she’s been collaborating with Miguel Angel Vergera, Mayan Wisdom Keeper and Scholar on Halach Uinik Yoga - Transmutation, Transformation, Realization - which comes from the teachings, glyphs, and secret practices of the Mayan.

Yoga for the Modern Body, Mind & Lifestyle

In this potent conversation, Francisco shares the origins of yoga as a practice of returning to nature, where healing happens effortlessly. Founder of Kaiut Yoga, he speaks of the need to embrace rather than resist our modern lifestyle and adapt yoga to meet the needs of healing and health we have today.

About Francisco Kaiut

​​Francisco Kaiut is the creator of The Kaiut Method and CEO of Kaiut Yoga Ltd. He lives in Curitiba Brazil.

Francisco was inspired to develop his yoga method driven by his need to manage his pain from a shooting accident when he was five years old. He is a certified chiropractor and yoga master and has studied Cranial Sacral Therapy, Deep Tissue Massage Therapy as well as Polarity Theory in the UK. Over time, through extensive research & development, Francisco has integrated the principles of all these health and wellness modalities to create a biomechanical yoga method designed to work with the modern body & mind.

In 2005 he opened his main Kaiut Yoga Studio in Curitiba Brazil. Today there are various studios in Brazil and a growing number of studios in the US as well. There are approximately 500 teachers teaching Kaiut Yoga worldwide. The word is spreading with Francisco and his work featured in the likes of Yoga Journal and Huffington Post.

Francisco spends much of his time traveling the world with a singular focus to introduce the benefits of a regular Kaiut Method practice to as many people as possible. Kaiut Yoga teacher training programs are now held in the US, Brazil and Europe. Retreats and workshops with Francisco are offered across North America, Europe, and South America.

The Art of Authentic Relating

Ryel is on a mission to ignite human connection for all people. In this vibrant interview, Ryel shares how the practices of authentic relating are changing lives from the prisons to the boardroom and everywhere in between. 

About Ryel Kestano

Ryel is the Co-Founder and Senior Course Leader at ART International. ART designs and facilitates programs for both companies and the general public that train participants in the practice of authentic relating, a profoundly transformational and groundbreaking interpersonal means of relating and communicating. Ryel also co-founded ART's nonprofit sister organization, Authentic Relating International, dedicated to bringing authentic relating to prisons, schools, and other institutions. Prior to co-founding ART International, Ryel oversaw all training operations at the Integral Center in Boulder, a world-renowned leader in transformational workshops. He has been a course leader, course supervisor, facilitator and coach since his own transformation several years ago. Ryel is also the co-founder and visionary behind Virtuance, one of the largest providers of real estate photography in the world, and the co-founder and visionary behind Pink Mammoth, one of the Bay Area's largest and most successful creative arts collectives. Ryel has four very authentic kids and lives in Boulder, CO.