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Explore the healing arts of Western Mass! The Northampton-area is home to some of the most diverse populations of energy workers, herbalists, body workers, cosmic warriors, yogis, and meditaters. Caroline Ruderman, a Reiki professional, sits down every week with a new guest! Original broadcasts aired on Valley Free Radio 103.3FM Northampton. For more about Caroline, visit https://ReikiNorthampton.com
Episodes
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
On today’s show, Caroline sits down with Ruth Anne Lundenberg of Nirvana Yoga in Easthampton, MA. Ruth Anne talks about her vision for an eco-friendly yoga studio, her evolution of teaching yoga since the 90s, media fasting, how yoga, art, and nature influence her life. Tune in for a great show!
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
On today’s show, Caroline sits down with Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo, doctor of Tibetan Medicine, professor, and international director of the Shang Shung School of Tibetan Medicine in Conway, MA. We discuss her dual roles as a teacher and a doctor, how her role working with patients improves her experience with teaching, and how teaching continues the Tibetan medicine lineage. Phuntsog discusses what goes into the bachelor degree at Shang Shung School as well as the approach and strengths of Tibetan Medicine with mental health and chronic illness. Tune in for a great show!
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Caroline welcomes Dan Winter of Toward Harmony Tai Chi and Qigong back to Energy Matters! We sit down and talk about anxiety from the lens of an energetic perspective, different techniques to balance that upward force, and Dan also talks about his recent Qigong intensive training and deepening his study among like-minded folks. Tune in for a great show!
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Caroline sits down with Therese Jornlin, a public speaker, teacher, and transformational coach, to talk about her program “Women Awake.” Therese discusses how women can connect with our natural cycles to deepen our connection with our power, telling the story of our first menstruation as a tool for understanding our sacred biography, and reclaiming the high intelligence of the body. Tune in for a great show!
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
On today’s show, Caroline sits down with Rajeshwari of The Yoga Space in Keene, NH to talk about her new Mantra Teacher Training. They discuss how Raji got into yoga early on, the influences of her early spiritual teachers and how they encouraged her to share and develop mantra as a tool for spiritual practice. Raji talks about the accredited 200-hour Mantra Teacher Training, how it came to be and how this energetic practice can be used to improve our everyday lives. Tune in for a great show!
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
On today’s show, Caroline sits down with Jen Parmentier and Steve Fleury of Sacred Roots Healing in Easthampton, MA. Together, they discuss how Sacred Roots got started, how the variety of events and workshops facilitate different ways people heal, Jen’s work with trauma and recovery, and Steve’s development of intuition around the birth of their son. Stay tuned for a great show!
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
On today’s show, Caroline sits down with Chris Marano, a clinical herbalist, medicine maker, and teacher behind Clearpath Herbals. Chris talks about keeping his many passions balanced, the way his 3 year herbal school is set up, getting to know plants intuitively and intellectually, and growing community gardens. Tune in for an excellent show!
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
On today’s show, we sit down with herbalist Hannah Jacobson-Hardy to talk about Lyme Disease prevention. Hannah discusses the stages of Lyme through a lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine, simple prevention tips and her herbal prevention formula, dealing with the fear reaction, as well as Hannah’s experience sitting with a tick and listening deeply to its messages. Tune in for an informative show!
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
On today’s show, Caroline sits down with Rowan St. John to discuss his work with sound healing and Family Constellations. Rowan chats about using sound as meditation and purification, demonstrates how to vibrate the sound seeds in your body, the traditional Zulu practice working with family dynamics turned modern practice, and how this work impacted his immediate family. Tune in for a great show!
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
On today’s show, Caroline chats with yoga therapist Arden Sundari Pierce. Arden discusses how her unique style of yoga developed alongside her work with pregnant women, how the psoas impacts low back pain, and the newer yoga therapy class series around incontinence and the pelvic floor. Tune in for an informative and interesting show!