Podcasts by Yoga Is Vegan

133- Rising Mothers' Margaux Khoury from 2022-09-23T09:15:02

As a corporate advisor for ethical start-ups, Margaux finds balance with her daily yoga and meditation practice. She is certified in holistic plant-based nutrition, with a focus on longevity, and ...

132- Presenting a More Accurate Representation of Yoga with Gayatri Sehgal from 2022-09-15T13:41:44

Gayatri Sehgal is currently a graduate student at LMU's Yoga Studies program. They also create online content on Instagram and Youtube around intersectional anti-speciesism, Yoga philosophy, enviro...

131- Vegan Yoga Momma's Lauryn Glass from 2022-09-06T08:25:02

Lauryn Glass is a vegan animal rights activists, licensed mental health therapist and a 200 hour trained yoga teacher. She has a plant-based nutrition certification from ECornell and is raising two...

130- Lancaster Farm Sanctuary's Sarah Salluzzo&Jonina Turzi from 2022-08-23T16:44:30

Sarah Salluzzo cofounded Lancaster Farm Sanctuary in 2017. She holds an MSW and MA in media studies and previously worked in substance abuse rehabilitation. She now works full-time at LFS as the Ex...

129- Christopher Jain Miller, PhD on Why Yoga&Jainism are Inherently Vegan from 2022-08-16T09:10:02

Christopher Jain Miller is the VP of Academic Affairs and Professor of Jain and Yoga Studies at Arihanta Academy. He completed his Ph.D. in the study of Religion at the University of California, Da...

Encore Episode- Dharma Mittra from 2022-08-10T12:19:31

Legendary yoga teacher Sri Dharma Mittra first encountered yoga as a teenager before meeting his guru in 1964 and beginning his training in earnest. Sri Dharma founded one of the early independent ...

128- Plantspiration's Stefanie Ignoffo from 2022-08-02T09:15:01

Stefanie Ignoffo is a Plant Interventionist, Lifestyle Medicine Coach and Food For LIfe Instructor with the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine. She is also the CEO & Founder of Plantspi...

Encore Episode - Stewart Gilchrist from 2022-07-26T09:10:01

Hate something? Change something!

Born at the beginning of the 60s, Stewart experienced the hippy revolution, punk rock, new wave, two tone, reggae and much more in the diverse politicis...

127- Bobbi Paidel: A Curious Yogi from 2022-07-20T09:15:02

Bobbi Paidel is a Hatha Yogi & Sadhak who spends most of her days traveling or living in northern India studying meditation & the wisdom of the vedas. Bobbi grew up on a second generation cattle ra...

126- Alfredo Meschi: In the Blink of An Eye from 2022-07-12T09:00:03

Alfredo Meschi, is a theatre teacher, an author and a contemporary artist. In 2016 he chose to become a total manifesto, a permanent performance, covering his whole body with 40,000 "X" tattoos, re...

125- Danielle Lowy: Teaching with Integrity from 2022-07-01T16:24:59

Danielle’s passion for movement as medicine is firmly grounded in her personal struggle with scoliosis, and the lessons she has learned along the difficult path of living in a warped body. Through ...

124- Spiritual Gap Year with Karo Tak from 2022-06-24T21:17:40

Karo Tak is a vegan chef, food coach, yoga teacher and activist. She has traveled the world to teach yoga, talk about her activism, facilitate vegan cooking classes and compassionately spread the w...

123-Uma Va Shi Devi Lescault on Living at the Sat Manav Yoga Ashram from 2022-04-21T08:20:02

Uma VaShi Devi Lescault devoted her life to Yoga, when she found her Gurus' at age 10.

Sat Manav Yoga Ashram, where Uma resides with her gurus, Sri Bhagavan VaShi Baba and Sri Mirabai I...

122- Ahimsa in Yoga, Vegan Advocacy&Social Justice with nico stubler from 2022-03-04T08:45:02

nico is an activist and a scholar. They completed their M.A. in Animal Studies from New York University, and have led grassroots animal rights and environmental protection campaigns in Colombia, Co...

121-Activism as Atractivism with Andrew-Sealy from 2022-02-01T09:15:02

In this episode Yoga is Vegan's Holly Skodis and Andrew Sealy talk about activism and attractivism and how leading by example works to inspire others to go vegan. We talk about his recent trip to E...

120-Living in Your Values with Lara Heimann from 2022-01-18T09:05:02

In today’s episode, Yoga is Vegan's Holly Skodis and Lara Heimann talk about how common it is that yoga teachers complete Yoga Teacher Trainings without understanding how the body works. We discus...

Episode 119- Dr. Dean Ornish: On Reversing Chronic Disease and Improving Immunity from 2022-01-04T09:30:02

Dean Ornish, M.D., is the founder and president of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute, clinical professor of medicine at the UCSF, and the author of six books, all national bestse...

Episode 118- Austin Sanderson: Surviving as a Yoga Studio in the Pandemic Era from 2021-10-21T07:35:03

Austin K. Sanderson moved to NYC in 1998 to attend New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Design and Production Department. After graduating with his Masters degree in set and costume desi...

Episode 117- Karo Tak is In the Pink from 2021-10-14T07:10:13

Karo focuses on 3 things. FOOD, YOGA AND ACTIVISM. She is a vegan chef, Jivamukti Yoga teacher and activist. For years now she has been bringing these elements together, traveling the world to teac...

Episode 116- Homo Ahimsa with Climate Healers' Sailesh Rao from 2021-09-23T07:05:12

Dr. Sailesh Rao has over three decades of professional experience and is the Founder and Executive Director of Climate Healers, a non-profit dedicated towards healing the Earth’s climate. A systems...

Episode 115- Berenice Miles from 2021-09-16T07:55:03

Berenice Miles is a vegan yoga teacher and yoga therapist.
After living eight years abroad, she loves to call south of France home. She discovered yoga several years ago and hated her first y...

Episode 114- The Vegan Aspects of the Yamas&the Niyamas with Swamini Amma Niradhara from 2021-09-08T10:55:01

Swamini Amma Niradhara is a Vedic Vegan, Agnihotri, Sannyasi, Spiritual Mother & Resident Managing Director of SwAr Ashram & its small grass-roots charity NGO located in an ancient heritage hermi...

Episode 114- The Vegan Aspects of the Yamas&the Niyamas with Swamini Amma Niradhara from 2021-09-08T10:55:01

Swamini Amma Niradhara is a Vedic Vegan, Agnihotri, Sannyasi, Spiritual Mother & Resident Managing Director of SwAr Ashram & its small grass-roots charity NGO located in an ancient heritage hermi...

Episode 113- Whitney Pérez-Wright: Ahimsa&COVID from 2021-08-12T16:43:23

Whitney Pérez-Wright (she/her) is cardiovascular/critical care RN who has served in COVID ICU and recently experienced the effects of the virus personally. She strives to employ the principles that...

Episode 112- We Can All Do Better with HEALable Founder Adriane Marie from 2021-07-29T07:40:12

Adriane Marie is an ethical consumerism advocate. She founded HEALabel, a website and app to help spread awareness about how our purchases impact health, the environment, animals and laborers. Adr...

Episode 111- John Smrtic from 2021-07-20T07:55:15

John Smrtic, JD, Advanced Certification Jivamukti Yoga, teaches yoga and meditation internationally and believes in love as the divine reality, holding the power to unify and fully awaken the soul,...

Episode 110- Christina Gdisis on Compassionate Veganism from 2021-07-06T10:05:02

Christina is a Conscious Vegan Lifestyle Coach, Yoga and Meditation teacher, and an Activist. She has been vegan for over 8 years and in that time has explored the depths of compassionate living th...

Episode 109- Cinda Lark- Finding Compassion with Veganism from 2021-06-29T07:25:06

Cinda is a former gymnast, dancer and diver, who easily connected to the physicality of the practice. Very soon after though, she realized that there was so much more to yoga. Cinda studied with An...

Episode 108- Gabrielle Kali Om from 2021-06-22T07:35:10

Gabrielle has been teaching yoga since 2008 and has earned over 1200 hours of teacher training certifications in various styles and lineages including Dharma Yoga where she found her beloved teache...

Episode 107- Erica Nicholson: Having Grace with Yourself&Others from 2021-06-15T07:35:18

Erica Nicholson’s mission is to demystify living a holistic lifestyle for all - by uncovering limiting beliefs, cultivating sustainable healthy eating habits and igniting personal transformations f...

Episode 106- Plant Chics' Jacque Tarlton from 2021-06-03T16:29:26

Jacque Tarlton, Certified Wellcoach® & Wellness Advocate, is passionate about improving health through fabulous, fun, and scientifically proven lifestyle changes. She earned her Bachelor of Science...

Episode 105: Arturo Jose Garcia on Patience&Meeting People Where They Are from 2021-05-27T08:30:10

Arturo Jose (AJ) is passionate about changing our food systems via a just transition to mitigate the climate crisis, health crisis, and the exploitation of human and non-human animals and the plane...

Episode 104- Marianna Azzurro: Being Vulnerable and Letting Go from 2021-05-20T14:44:19

Marianna is the co-founder of Kind Living Yoga, a yoga teacher training school and studio that also works with mental health charities and offers counseling and clinical hypnotherapy.

Bo...

Episode 103- Gopi Om: On Teaching Yoga as a Complete System from 2021-05-13T07:05:03

Gopi Om (Nicole Sopko) first discovered yoga by chance and was instantly intrigued. She attended her first teacher training with the sole intention of learning more about the practice, but, despite...

Episode 102- Rishi Chidananda on Finding Happiness from 2021-05-06T07:40:17

In this episode Yoga is Vegan's Holly Skodis and Rishi Chidananda discuss the following:

Bhagavad Gita
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananada and the Self Realization Fe...

Episode 101- Rowdy Girl Sanctuary's Renee King-Sonnen from 2021-04-29T07:25:12

In this episode Yoga is Vegan's Holly Skodis and Rowdy Girl Sanctuary's Renee King-Sonnen discuss the following:

Renee's journey from former cattle ranger's wife to a vegan powerhouse Listen

Episode 100- Eating Animals Causes Pandemics with Ray Ippolito from 2021-04-22T07:10:12

What is our COVID Karma? Ray Ippolito, a long time Yoga practitioner, Kirtan wallah and Animal Liberation Activist has created an initiative that is committed to educate, inspire and remove our rol...

Episode 99- Breaking Conditioning with Achāryā Samitā Rāthor from 2021-04-15T07:10:05

In this episode Yoga is Vegan's Holly Skodis and Achāryā Samitā Rāthor discuss the following:

Samita's experience studying with Yogi Sir Desikachar
Yoga as therapy
Vibrational...

Episode 98- Going the Distance with Lili and Dr. Alex Charmoz from 2021-04-08T07:05:15

In this episode, Yoga is Vegan's Holly Skodis, Lili & Dr. Alex Charmoz discuss the following:

Optimal Performance with Yoga, nutrition and running
yoga
pottery
long distan...

Episode 97- Body on Fire with Dr. Jyothi Rao from 2021-04-01T07:05:03

Dr. Jyothi Rao, MD, ABAAHP, FAARFM, has been practicing medicine for over 20 years. She received her Doctorate of Medicine (MD) from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and compl...

Episode 96- Zen&Juice Yoga: A Hip Hop Yoga Tribe with Exavier Pope from 2021-03-25T07:10:20

Exavier Pope is a media personality, serial entrepreneur, lawyer and owner of The Pope Law Firm. He's a certified yoga instructor, owner of Zen & Juice Yoga Studio and vegan chef and owner of Pope'...

Episode 95- Kiko Ellsworth: Balancing the Masculine&Feminine Energies Within from 2021-03-18T07:30:22

Kiko Ellsworth is an Emmy award winning actor, producer and director who took a hiatus from the entertainment industry to work on his spiritual path. He’s now a Kundalini Yoga teacher and men’s evo...

Episode 94- Yoga Goes Vegan with Main Street Vegan's Victoria Moran&Integral Yoga Institute NY's Chandra from 2021-03-11T08:30:11

Victoria Moran has been a Main Street Vegan® for 37 years and she held the title of Peta’s Sexiest Vegan Over 50, alongside the male winner, Joel Kahn, MD, in 2016/17. She is the bestselling author...

Episode 93- YogiTriathlete's Jess Gumkowski from 2021-03-04T08:15:08

Jess Gumkowski is a mindset coach, podcast host, Vegan Lifestyle Coach, and Educator, and co-founder of YogiTriathlete. She is a long-time endurance athlete, ultrarunner, and triathlete. In her ess...

Episode 92- John Caldwell On Surfing, Yoga,&Veganism from 2021-02-25T12:38:48

John Caldwell manages the Beran Island Resort. He organizing retreats and plays the role of a surf guide around the various spots in the atoll (atalwl)in the Marshall Islands. He is has been vegan ...

Episode 91- Dr. Sumeet Bahl from 2021-02-18T20:21:42

Dr. Sumeet Bahl is an Interventional Radiologist at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY. He completed his internship in General Surgery at Rutgers University-New Jersey Medical School and ...

Episode 90- Dharma Yogi and Jacinthe Natural Skin Care founder Andry Sophocleous from 2021-02-10T14:06:44

Andry Sophocleous is a 500hr Dharma Yoga teacher who teaches in her studio Dharma Yoga in Cyprus. Andry is also the founder of Jacinthe Natural Skincare an indie brand that strives for purity and t...

Episode 89- CT Lifestyle Medicine with Dr. Dipak Patel and Catherine O'Rourke from 2021-02-03T23:10:28

Dr. Dipak Patel is a board certified family medicine physician and has practiced full spectrum family medicine, including pediatrics and women’s health. For the past 10 years, he has worked at the ...

Episode 88- Elevate Your Grind with Alabama State Rep. Jeremy Gray from 2021-01-28T21:58:34

Jeremy Gray, better known in the community as Mr. EYG for continuous service to elevate his community and those around him, is an African American politician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
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Episode 87- Whitney Pérez-Wright: When the Pressure is On, Start! from 2021-01-21T20:33:44

Whitney discovered yoga in 2008 while in nursing school. A lifelong athlete, she was looking for increased flexibility and strength to supplement her triathlon training. As her high-stress career a...

Episode 86- Mindful Living With Katie Rose from 2021-01-15T14:00:38

Katie Rose (formerly Manitsas) is an inspirational powerhouse, making ancient yogic and ayurvedic wisdom accessible for busy modern-day women. Her solid grounding in mindfulness and spirituality, a...

Episode 85- Best of the Yoga Is Vegan Podcast 2020 from 2021-01-05T19:15

The greatest changes in my life have always come out of the darkest moments. It feels awful going through it but with time and reflection, life’s adversities are necessary for personal growth. Listen

Episode 84- Biking Across America Alone with Zero-Waste Yogi, Elsa Lagache from 2020-12-22T16:10:11

Elsa Lagache is kind of a New Yorker. She has been living in the city for 7 years, biking every day no matter the weather conditions and practicing yoga as much as needed.


Elsa’s o...

Episode 83- Jay Mac from 2020-12-14T20:34:25

Jay Mac, the founder and chef of the Kind Kitchen in Cape Town has proudly lived a vegan lifestyle since 2010. His yoga journey and the understanding that change in the world can only happen from w...

Episode 82- Jake Conroy :On Staying Grounded with Yoga&Veganism in Federal Prison from 2020-12-03T19:47:19

Jake Conroy is a long-time activist, designer, and writer currently residing in Seattle, WA USA. He helped organize and participated in successful local, regional, national and international press...

Episode 81- Helen Wilson from 2020-11-26T14:43:58

Helen Wilson turned to yoga in her mid-twenties, towards the end of a high-pressure career in the news media, as a way to help cope with stress, anxiety and depression. What followed was a 12 year ...

Episode 80- Paul Rodney Turner: Feeding the World with Plant-Based Food from 2020-11-19T15:04:10

Paul Rodney Turner, the “Food Yogi” is the international director of Food for Life and the co-founder of Food for Life Global, the world headquarters for the charity. Food for Life is the largest p...

Episode 79: Delikate Rayne's Meg&Komie Vora from 2020-11-11T20:08:25

Meg and Komie Vora- are ecopreneurs, the co-founders and designers behind Delikate Rayne (DR)- an award-winning, ethical, eco-friendly, cruelty-free women's label that produces in made to order/lim...

Episode 78: Mary Farrell from 2020-10-28T06:00:17

Mary Farrell was one of the first Candians certified in the Jivamukti Yoga lineage in 2003. Jivamukti Yoga, rooted in ethical vegetarianism, veganism, has inspired every aspect of Mary's life. She ...

Episode 77- Austin Sanderson: Yoga as Politics and Capitalism from 2020-10-21T20:45:01

Austin K. Sanderson moved to NYC in 1998 to attend New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Design and Production Department. After graduating with his Masters degree in set and costume desi...

Episode 76- Plant Power Boot Camp's Erika Mitchener from 2020-10-14T06:05:08

Erika Mitchener is a personal trainer and founder of Plant Power Boot Camp. She coaches both men and women, from beginners to seasoned athletes with a focus on following a plant-based diet. Erika ...

Episode 75: The Power of Storytelling with Alan Twigg from 2020-10-07T05:50:09

Alan Twigg is the author of “Why Go Vegan” and the creator of the recently finished “Plant-Based Heroes” online course.

He was born and raised in the former industrial city of Sheffield ...

Episode 74: The Power of Sprouted Foods with Foodnerd's Sharon Cryan from 2020-09-30T07:05:10

As the Founder and CEO of Foodnerd, Sharon Cryan’s personal mission is to shape the future of food by harnessing the power of sprouting and plant-based ingredients. She is committed to crafting pro...

Episode 73: Stewart Gilchrist from 2020-09-23T07:05:04

Hate something? Change something!

Born at the beginning of the 60s, Stewart experienced the hippy revolution, punk rock, new wave, two tone, reggae and much more in the diverse politici...

Episode 72: Vegan Health&Fitness&Kindness Magazines' Brenda Carey from 2020-09-16T07:05:11

Brenda Carey is the host of Kindness Magazine, which is a new YouTube and podcast show. This project is the latest incarnation of what was just formerly Vegan Health & Fitness magazine, which was ...

Episode 71: John Joseph from 2020-09-09T08:50:07

John Joseph is a musician, author, triathlete, and Bhakti Yogi. He was the lead singer of the punk band, Cro-Mags, and later authored the book, Evolution of a Cro-Magnon. Since 2010, Joseph has com...

Episode 70: Barefood&Barefoot's Michaela Kascak from 2020-09-01T07:05:13

Michaela Kascak is a Certified Culinary Nutrition Expert, hatha/vinyasa/ecstatic yoga teacher, and holistic health coach with a focus on nutrition for the mind, mental health, and kids' health educ...

Episode 69- Prem Dass Rohan: On Veganizing the Ancient Vedic Fire Ceremonies from 2020-08-25T07:05:18

Prem Dass Rohan (aka PD), MA (Secondary Science Education), BA (Mathematics), CA Clear Teaching Credential K-8, CA Clear Teaching Credential HS (Mathematics); Montessori EarlyChildhood Education Cr...

Episode 68: Katie Rose- On Ayurveda, Veganism&Yoga from 2020-08-18T07:00:07

Katie Rose (formerly Manitsas) is an inspirational powerhouse, making ancient yogic and ayurvedic wisdom accessible for busy modern-day women. Her solid grounding in mindfulness and spirituality, a...

Episode 67- Banka: On Living a Life of Activism as a Liberated Yogi from 2020-08-11T07:05:07

Banka learned meditation from her mother, Sheila, teaching her white light meditation when she was 13.

She came to yoga through Buddhism. She lived at Tassajara Monastery and Green Drag...

Episode 66- Joy Stone: If I'm So Spiritual, Why Am I Still So Anxious? from 2020-08-04T07:05:07

Joy Stone is a professional speaker, a mindset and spiritual life coach, a best-selling author, and a positive psychology and yoga therapy practitioner educated in yoga psychology. Known for her ab...

Episode 65- Dr. Alex Charmoz: Strengthening Our Immune System During Covid-19 from 2020-07-28T07:05:10

Alex Charmoz is an Emergency Medicine Doctor in Southern California. Finding yoga as a way to heal from an injury sustained while rock climbing, he has found guidance through the 8 limb path of Ash...

Episode 64- Doug Evans On Sprouting, Yoga,&Living Off the Grid from 2020-07-21T07:05:17

Doug Evans is an early pioneer in the health food movement. After losing his mother to cancer and his father to heart disease and watching his brother suffer through diabetes and three strokes, he ...

Episode 63- Mercy For Animals Founder&Yogi, Milo Runkle from 2020-07-14T07:05:09

Milo Runkle is the founder, former president, and board chair of Mercy For Animals—the world’s largest organization dedicated to protecting farm animals and promoting plant-based eating. MFA’s prog...

Episode 62-.Boho Beautiful's Juliana&Mark Spicoluk: Creating a Better World Through Our Actions from 2020-07-07T07:05:02

Boho Beautiful is a yoga lifestyle brand created by Juliana Spicoluk and Mark Spicoluk that focuses on bringing forward positive content for your body, mind, and the Earth. Their content is centere...

Episode 61- Beth Crivelli: Living Consciously from 2020-06-30T07:05:15

In 2011, disenchanted by her fashion career, Beth Crivelli decided to swap luxury rags for sweaty shorts to become a Bikram yoga teacher. Throughout her years of teaching and practicing different s...

Episode 60- James Aspey from 2020-06-23T07:05:14

Motivated to raise greater awareness for the planet’s forgotten victims, in 2014 this passionate, Australian animal rights activist took a 365-day vow of silence.

After an entire year ...

Episode 59- Mary Barletta: Finding a Home at Skylands Animal Sanctuary&Rescue from 2020-06-16T07:05:20

At a very young age, Mary learned that the food on her plate was actually the body of a dead animal. She refused to eat it and declared herself a vegetarian. She grew up never knowing another veget...

Episode 58- Raise the Barn with Vanessa Van Noy&Holly Skodis from 2020-06-09T07:10:10

Raise the Barn's Virtual Yogafest was New Jersey Yoga Collective's virtual yoga event in May that was offered to help Goats of Anarchy build a new barn. Goats of Anarchy is an award-winning, vegan ...

Episode 57- Pablo Narayana from 2020-06-02T07:05:05

Pablo Narayana was born in Mexico City in 1985. He studied International Business at Universidad Panamericana, as he was afraid to follow his heart and study a humanistic career which was what he r...

Episode 56- Sina-Shalbaf from 2020-05-26T07:05:07

Sina is a senior Dharma Yoga teacher and a direct disciple of the Yoga master Sri Dharma Mittra. Although he does pull from many lineages and teachers, his goal is One. He is dedicated to explorati...

Episode 55- Tabay Atkins&Sahel Anvarinejad: Finding Your Dharma at Any Age from 2020-05-19T07:05:19

Tabay is the youngest certified yoga teacher in America and a vegan chef. He has been in the kitchen with his mom helping her cook since he was 5 years old. He has graduated from High School (3.5 ...

Episode 54: Dharma Yoga Center's Pam&Andrew Jones Part 2 from 2020-05-12T09:00:02

Pam was born and raised in London. In the midst of completing an MA at The Royal College of Art and feeling very lost in the crazy world of fashion was the beginning of a journey, the search for me...

Episode 53: Dharma Yoga Center's Andrew&Pam Jones from 2020-05-06T18:11:50

Pam was born and raised in London. In the midst of completing an MA at The Royal College of Art and feeling very lost in the crazy world of fashion was the beginning of a journey, the search for me...

Episode 52- Patrick DeNicola on Optimizing Sleep from 2020-04-28T07:05:06

Patrick DeNicola is a sleep efficiency, functional movement and breathwork coach. He works with his clients in a four-fold method using awareness, intention, internalization, and connection.
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Episode 51- Dolly Vyas Ahuja: The Land of Ahimsa from 2020-04-21T07:00:17

Dolly Vyas-Ahuja is an Ahimsa animal activist and a voice for the voiceless. Her mission is to spread awareness and education about the cruelty of the Dairy Industry. She comes from a Gandhian fami...

Episode 50- Steve Fazzari from 2020-04-14T06:25:02

Steve's practices of Yoga started much before he knew anything about, or had even ever seen any examples of Yoga poses. As a young teen with an extremely busy (and difficult to manage) mind, he was...

Episode 49- Obi-Ndefo: Building Immunity During Coronavirus from 2020-04-07T06:00:15

Obi Ndefo is an actor, writer, and yoga teacher. You may recognize him from his recurring roles in Dawson’s creek as Bodie Wells or Rak’ror in the science fiction series “Stargate” among many othe...

Episode 48- Stacie Dooreck from 2020-03-31T11:25:42

Stacie Dooreck is the author of Sunlight Chair Yoga: Yoga for Everyone! and Yoga for Everyone! She's been a certified Sivananda Yoga instructor since 1995. She was born into a vegetarian family an...

Episode 47- Ray Ippolito from 2020-03-24T06:05:10

Ray Ippolito has been working in the Animal Liberation movement since 2004 and, as an educator for the past 25 years, has found a powerful way to connect, educate and inspire people of all ages. Ra...

Episode 46- Jamie Surya from 2020-03-17T13:56:10

Jamie Surya (she/her/hers) began her journey of Yoga as a teenager looking for a way to ease the pain that inevitably comes with life. Initially drawn to meditation and yogic philosophy, her asana ...

Episode 45- Special Midweek Episode: Yoga Nidra Meditation with Holly Skodis from 2020-03-13T22:57:35

Due to the expanding outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19 fear, anxiety and stress is at an all-time high. Yoga Is Vegan Founder Holly Skodis takes you through a guided active relaxation meditation...

Episode 44: World Vegan Travel from 2020-03-10T06:00:13

This week's episode is a slightly different format than some of our others. Brighde Reed and I were talking prior to the coming on the podcast about her vegan travel company. I had asked her if the...

Episode 43- Doug Swenson: Making Yoga Your Own from 2020-03-03T07:15:07

Doug Swenson is a world-renowned yoga teacher, philosopher, and dedicated health advocate. He is revered as a true trail-blazing pioneer of yoga practice in the United States, and around the world....

Episode 42: Lyndsay Meiklem Dean, The Vegan Potter from 2020-02-25T07:00:21

Lyndsay became a vegetarian at age 16 after researching the meat industry for a high school assignment. Shortly after completing her first year in College she read “ Diet for a New America” and als...

Episode 41- Seane Corn from 2020-02-18T07:00:09

SEANE CORN is an internationally acclaimed yoga teacher and public speaker known for her social activism, impassioned style of teaching, and raw, honest and inspired self-expression. Over her 25-ye...

Episode 40- Danielle Lowy: Aligning With Your Dharma from 2020-02-11T17:49:54

Danielle started her career as a prosecuting attorney in Southern California (Riverside County) where she headed up the animal cruelty division. During this time she was practicing yoga regularly t...

Episode 39- Mathieu Boldron from 2020-02-04T13:08:16

Mathieu is an international yoga teacher born and raised in Paris, France. He discovered yoga while singing and acting in the Broadway musical, The Lion King. His practice became a way to root down...

Episode 38 - Kriti Sachdeva: Yogific -Blending Yoga&Veganism from 2020-01-28T11:24:24

Kriti Sachdeva is the founder of Yogific, a community organization headquartered in London, UK, that organizes vegan-themed Yoga festivals across the UK and other cities in Europe.

Born ...

Episode-37 Alex Charmoz: The Vegan Yogi Doctor from 2020-01-21T22:46:37

Alex Charmoz is an Emergency Medicine Doctor in Southern California. Finding yoga as a way to heal from an injury sustained while rock climbing, he has found guidance through the 8 limb path of Ash...

Episode 36: Ana Forrest&Jose Calarco from 2020-01-15T01:10:41

Ana Forrest is an inspiration and has been changing people's lives for over 45 years. She is an internationally-recognized pioneer in yoga and emotional healing. She is the Creatrix of Forrest Yoga...

Episode 35- Best of 2019 Part II from 2020-01-08T07:05:19

This is the second half of the Best of 2019. In this episode, the compilation of excerpts focus on personal development, healing, spiritual growth and being effective vegan activists and teachers. ...

Episode 34- Best-of-2019 Part ! from 2020-01-01T13:08:26

May 2019 marked the beginning year of the Yoga Is Vegan Podcast. In The Best Of: Part 1, Holly Skodis features excerpts from some of her favorite interviews this year. This is a great episode to l...

Episode 33 - A Prayer For Compassion's Thomas Wade Jackson from 2019-12-24T14:53:16

In this episode, Yoga Is Vegan's Holly Skodis and Thomas Wade Jackson discuss:

Finding Your Dharma
Cowspiracy The Sustainability Secret
Raising a vegan child
Sailesh Rao t...

Episode 32- Madi-Moon: Psychedelic Artist, Yogi,&Activist from 2019-12-18T07:05:18

Yoga Is Vegan's Holly Skodis interviews psychedelic artist & yoga teacher, Madi Moon.

Topics discussed in this episode:

Ahimsa

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Episode 31- Talia Sutra: Finding Love Through Yoga&Veganism from 2019-12-11T07:00:09

Born in Israel, Talia, along with her family relocated to New York early in her life. Curious by both nature and nurture, Talia was brought up by soulful, caring parents. She was first introduced t...

Episode 30- Henry Winslow: On Yoga, Teaching&Veganism from 2019-12-03T11:08:24

Henry Winslow is a dedicated yoga practitioner of nine years, whose teaching is rooted in the Ghosh, Ashtanga, and Dharma Yoga traditions. In 2018, Henry took first place in the International Yoga ...

Episode 29- Jonina Turzi: Social Transformation Through Yoga, Ahimsa&Veganism from 2019-11-26T07:00:02

In this episode YIV's Holly Skodis and Jonina Turzi discuss:
Ahimsa
The concept of herdism as coined by Dr. Will Tuttle in his book The World Peace Diet. For more on Dr. Tuttle listen to ...

Episode 28- Sri Dharma Mittra: Finding True Yoga from 2019-11-19T07:00:18

In this episode YIV's Holly Skodis interviews Sri Dharma Mittra about the role of the teacher, yogic practices and veganism for spiritual development.

Topics discussed in this episode:...

Episode-27- Switch4Good&The Game Changers, Dotsie Bausch from 2019-11-12T07:00:11

YIV's Holly Skodis interviews Dotsie Bausch about her road to becoming vegan and self discovery along the way.

After concluding a prolific professional cycling career that produced a me...

Episode 26- Obi Ndefo: Triumph Through Tragedy from 2019-11-05T07:00:04

In this episode YIV's Holly Skodis & Obi Ndefo discuss:

The hit & run accident that left Obi an above-the-knee double amputee and his road to recovery
Healing with an organic, raw ...

Episode 25- Karo Tak: Food, Yoga&Activism from 2019-10-29T10:32:22

In this episode Holly Skodis interviews Karo Tak about her life as a vegan activist, yoga teacher and chef.

Karo focuses on 3 main components in her life: FOOD, YOGA & ACTIVISM. She is...

Episode 24- Julia Butterfly Hill: Making a Difference from 2019-10-22T06:00:09

In this episode YIV's Holly Skodis interviews Julia Butterfly Hill about how living in a tree for 2 years inspired her to teach others that each and every one of us makes a difference.

...

Episode 23- Melissa-Eliyahoo on Positivity, Healing with Food&Manifesting your Destiny from 2019-10-15T06:00:17

Melissa Eliyahoo is a conscious momma of two little girl, and on a mission to spread positivity out into the world. She is co-founder of H2life a company that creates positive intention products. ...

Episode 22- Julia Planine-Troiani from 2019-10-08T06:00:07

In this episode Holly Skodis interviews Julia about how she found Veganism through yoga.

Julia has studied deeply with dance, yoga, meditation, movement practices, and integral anatomy f...

Episode 21-Sande Nosonowitz: Finding Veganism After Yoga from 2019-10-01T20:21:41

In this episode YIV's Holly Skodis interviews Sande Nosonowitz about how her yoga journey led her to becoming a vegan activist.

Sande is a master-certified vegan coach, writer and educa...

Episode 20 - Ayurvedic Yoga with Danae Bocabarteille from 2019-09-24T18:06:56

YIV's Holly Skodis interviews yoga teacher Danae Bocabarteille about her journey to veganism through Ayurvedic yoga.

Danae is a french designer who specializes in sustainable design in ...

Episode 19- Tiffany Paltauf: Rescuing Animals and Starting an Animal Farm Sanctuary from 2019-09-17T18:52:04

In this episode YIV's Holly Skodis and Tiffany Paultauf talk about how rescuing a pig started her journey to veganism, yoga and eventually starting her own farm animal sanctuary.

Tiffan...

Episode 18- Robin Singh: Karma Yoga, Suffering Footprint&Veganism in India from 2019-09-10T20:09:06

In this episode YIV's Holly Skodis & Robin Singh discuss:
• The Peepalfarm, a stray animal rescue, vegan organic farm, low impact farmstead and a small scale social enterprise in India
• ...

Episode 17 - Julie Kirkpatrick, Jivamukti Yoga&Veganism from 2019-09-03T18:03:36

In this episode YIV's Holly Skodis & Julie Kirkpatrick discuss:
• Jivamukti Yoga and it's inclusion of veganism
• Insights that Julie has learned from Sharon Gannon & David Life
• Ho...

Episode 16 - Victoria Moran from 2019-08-27T20:27:54

Victoria Moran is a vegan of over three decades, a yoga practitioner of half a century, and was voted “Peta’s Sexiest Vegan Over 50” in 2016. Listed by VegNews among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Au...

Episode 15- Dr. Gabriel Cousens Veganism&Liberation from 2019-08-14T00:09:49

Episode 14- Vegan Warrior Academy Founders Christopher August&Sara Oakley from 2019-08-06T22:37:31

In this episode Holly Skodis interviews Christopher & Sara about how vegans can find their unique gifts and talents so they can effectively contribute to the vegan movement . They explore how pain ...

Episode 13- Adam Sobel, Yogi, Chef&Owner of The Cinnamon Snail from 2019-07-31T01:34:46

In this episode, Holly Skodis interviews Adam Sobel about the Cinnamon Snail, spirituality and the connection to food. Adam Sobel (aka Acutyananda Das) is a student of Mahayogi Gokulacandra Das. A...

Episode 12- Kathleen Kastner Becoming a Vegan Yogi Activist from 2019-07-23T22:49:22

In Episode 12 Holly Skodis interviews Astanga Yoga Teacher and Vegan Activist Kathleen Kastner about how yogis can become effective vegan activists.

Kathleen Kastner has a master’s degr...

Episode 11- Manu Dawson Exploring the World of Nutrition Yoga Therapy from 2019-07-16T14:10:09

In Episode 11, Holly Skodis interviews Certified Yoga Nutrition Therapist and 36 year vegan Manu Dawson about his wisdom in his field.

Episode 10 - Vanessa Van Noy: Planting Vegan Seeds from 2019-07-09T23:51:07

In episode 10 Holly Skodis and Vanessa Van Noy talk about approaches to becoming vegan and understanding the connection through yoga. Vanessa shares what has worked for her in the past and tips for...

Episode 9- Dakota Mays: Increasing Strength&Flexibility with Yoga on a Vegan Diet from 2019-07-02T10:22:47

In this episode, Holly Skodis interviews Dakota Mays about his journey to yoga and veganism. This episode covers a lot of topics including:
Increasing strength and flexibility in your yoga pra...

Episode 8- Pablo-Herrerias Healing with Yoga&Veganism from 2019-06-25T15:15:38

While studying at University in Mexico, Pablo Herrerias was in a car accident that changed his life as he knew it. After losing a substantial portion of his foot and spending a year in bed unable t...

Episode 7- Dr. Will Tuttle from 2019-06-18T23:19:32

In this episode, Holly Skodis interview's Will Tuttle about how being vegan plays a role in the spiritual realm of yoga. Will Tuttle explains how we can all live in a more conscious society based o...

Episode-6 Beryl Bender Birch on Yoga and Her Vegan Journey from 2019-06-12T00:58:05

In this Episode Yoga Is Vegan's Founder Holly Skodis interviews Beryl about all things yoga and her vegan journey. They discuss her experiences with Yogi Bhajan and Yogi Pattabhi Jois. Beryl sh...

Episode-5: Fabio Filippi on Photography, World Travel&the Teachings of Sri Dharma Mittra from 2019-06-05T10:18:42

Fabio's curiosity drove him to travel extensively to remote regions of the world, to find inspiration from people and cultures, while continuously maturing his inner awareness and enriching him wit...

Episode-4: Anna Ferguson Author of World Peace Yoga: Yoga for People Who Breathe from 2019-05-28T21:30:02

Anna Ferguson is this week's guest. Anna and Holly talk about all things yoga and vegan with an emphasis on building a vegan community.

Anna Ferguson is the author of World Peace Yoga: ...

Episode 3: Lizz Defeo Marketing&Communications Manager at Woodstock Farm Sanctuary from 2019-05-11T02:48:58

In this episode Holly Skodis interviews Lizz Defeo about the connection between yoga and veganism. Lizz is a Yoga Teacher and Marketing & Communications Manager at Woodstock Farm Sanctuary in High ...

Episode 2: Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Stan Woodman from 2019-05-11T02:48:52

In this episode Holly Skodis interviews Stan Woodman, Level 2 Authorized Ashtanga Yoga teacher for the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI), about his journey with yoga and why he beca...

Episode 1: Introduction to Yoga Is Vegan with Holly Skodis from 2019-05-11T02:48:45

Episode 1 is an introduction to the podcast. Holly Skodis talks about the connection between yoga and veganism and her path towards this discovery.