Always willing to be vulnerable, what you see is what you get with Rima who confidently and unabashedly wears her heart on her sleeve. Her innate ability to relate, engage and inspire while holding space for anyone entering the teachings and practices of yoga, allows her to create an opening for each student to connect with her, themselves and the class community in a very authentic way.

In her classes, Rima effortlessly yet deliberately blends ancient wisdom, alignment cues, humor, exceptionally curated music and a unique interest in her students’ progress and transformation. As an Advanced Certified Jivamukti Teacher, she has been entrusted with carrying on the method’s lineage by facilitating the Jivamukti Teacher Trainings, leading immersions & retreats around the world and mentoring apprentices at the New York School.

Rima has been a long time lululemon ambassador and she is also the co-founder of Yoga Souk Beirut (http://yogasouk.com/), which opened its doors in her hometown in October 2016.

As a student of yoga, she practices daily and continues to deepen her understanding of the various aspects of yoga.

Here is What You Will Learn Today:

• What is Spiritual Bypassing
• What Happens when we come to a point in our practice when we can no longer con/fraud ourselves.
• What is asana?
• How is Yoga Spiritual

Topics Include

• Understanding your Dharma
• What is Flow State
• How Karma affects our Life
• How to Live your truth

Pandit Dasa is a Mindful Leadership Expert. He has spoken on Mindful Leadership and conducted workshops at Google, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, Citi, State Farm, Bank of America, Nationwide, Intel, Novartis, The World Bank, UBS, Royal Bank of Canada, AMC Theatres, UNICEF, Bank of Montreal, Harvard, Columbia University, and many other institutions.

He has also presented at the World Government Summit in Dubai, the national SHRM convention, SHRM Arkansas, Oracle HCM conference, ATD2018, LEAD2017 and the WorkHuman Conferences.

At these workshops, Pandit presents the research on Mindfulness and explains the importance of leading by example, appreciation, communicating mindfully and managing one’s emotions.

He also engages the audiences in various breathing and focusing exercises that individuals will be able to implement at work and at home.

On Today’s Here is what you will learn

• What is Mindfulness Leadership
• What Life is like as a monk
• How do we find true lasting happiness
• What is Mindfulness and how mindfulness can help us manage stress

More Information on Pandit dasa

• Website. www.panditdasa.com
• Youtube Channel https://youtu.be/pH0Q_bMURr8
• Book: http://amzn.to/1eoDrdY

On this week episode of the Living on Purpose Podcast, I Interview Ghanashyam das. Ghanashyam das lived for 11 years in Brahmachari ashram in New York City at the Bhakti Center as a celibate monk. Presently he is working as a Hindu Chaplain at both New York Presbyterian Hospital and NYU University Hospital.

Ghanshyam das is a priest and a spiritual teacher at the Bhakti Center. He is the co-founder of The End of Life Matters Program at The Bhakti Center, an end of life care initiative.

End of Life Matters is a gathering providing support and connection for those caring for others in their final stage of life. People are invited to share their own discoveries and challenges with an experienced and supportive group. At times, being a caregiver can be challenging, isolating, or overwhelming.

If you or someone you know is dealing with the challenge of caring-giving, time with these devoted professionals can be invaluable. In these conversations we will also explore & encourage how community members may get involved in developing the Inspirit Initiative.

End of Life Matters is offered and produced by InSpirit, a Bhakti Center Social Initiative. To learn more about InSpirit, please click here

On Today’s Podcast You will learn

• What is a Spiritual caregiver
• The Experience of death and dying
• Karma and Incarnation

Episode 124 with Leslie Karen Hammond

Leslie Karen Hammond is Spiritual Master, International Speaker, 3x Author, Leslie’s specialty is using a ground-breaking technique to help health coaches and healers get clear on what they will no longer tolerate and trust themselves, so they immediately start living their soul’s mission from a higher vibration.

On Today’s Podcast Here is What You Will Learn

• What it takes to live a fully expressed life
• What Is Sacred reciprocity
• How to trust what you know

Topics Include

• When people have things come up that are in the way of their true selves – it is usually not what is actually the problem, but a message from the source showing us a the way to the root of the problem through a series of conversation
• What is NLP Programming and how is it based on our past experience
• How you can find happiness through Pain as your teacher
• What it takes to live a fully expressed life by connecting to the infinite source and moving away from the ego and we need to be in a energetic space to be able to explore the root of our problems

Episode 118

with Naomi P Fox: Spirituality and Yin Yoga

As the granddaughter of a Hawaiian shaman from Hana Hawaii and a 41st generation Hawaiian of Samoan, Tonga, and Maori descent, Naomi evolved into a seeker of knowledge, cultivating divine moments of truth and pure love. She searches for meaning, symbols, and secrets hidden from worldly eyes in the natural world. This led her to become an Usui Komyo Reiki Kai Master and a third degree black belt Martial Artist in Tae Kwon Do and Hun Gar Kung Fu.

Under the guidance of her skillful teachers and the lens of her own curiosity, her practice continues to evolve. Not only is she a Registered Nurse, but also a certified Clinical Nutritionist and Massage Body Worker focusing on sacral cranial work, myofascial release, reflexology and has an extensive rehabilitation background in neurology, kinesiology and orthopedics.

Always excited and inspired to learn more, she recently completed her 200-hour Vinyasa flow. Iyengar and Baptist inspired teacher training from Hot Yoga Revolution, under Danille Mojo and Toni Reino. She went on to completed her level I and II Yin Yoga Yoga teacher training, under Corina Benner of Wake Up Yoga at the Integrated Yoga Institute in NY, and continued with Paul Grilley, Bernie Clark and Sarah Powers.

Topic Covered:

• What is yin?
• What is Ho’oponopono?

Here is What you will Learn:

• How to Apply K.I.S.S to Your Life (Keep It Simple Stupid)
• What is the Difference between Yin and Yang Energy
• What is Myofascia
• Why we Injure ourselves

Episode 115 with Beau Adams:

How People Can Change their Lives and Live and Live their wildest Dreams

Dr. Beau Adams received his bachelor of arts in communications from the Georgia State University before earning a master’s of divinity at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Additionally, he has also achieved a Ph.D. in organizational leadership at the University of Phoenix.

Adams is the pastor of the Community Bible Church in Stockbridge, Georgia. The church—which currently has a membership of six thousand Christians—reaches an audience of thousands more both locally and internationally through its online campuses and satellite locations. It has been mentioned in Outreach magazine’s list of the hundred fastest-growing churches in America several times.

Adams has long been associated with Dr. John Maxwell’s EQUIP Ministries; he regularly assists in the training of pastors and church leaders, as well as speaking [DW1] in various countries, such as Brazil, India, the United Kingdom, and Portugal.

Beau is married to Kim, and they now have two adult children. According to Beau, he is the owner of “the greatest dog in the world.” Beau is also the Atlanta Falcons #2 fan (Kim is #1).

Here’s what you will learn during today’s conversation:

• How People Can Change their Lives and Live out their wildest dreams.
• Why do we move away from God – and strive for material pleasures that never actually brings us happiness instead of finding happiness with God.
• 7 Stupid Things People Do to Mess Up Their Lives: Referring to the book of Proverbs, Adams interprets Solomon’s insights for a modern audience. You’ll discover seven of the stupid ways people [DW2] mess up their lives. You’ll also learn how to avoid those traps and make a better life for yourself, which is equally important.
• Stones of Gratitude: This little book is a series of stepping stones down that[DW3] path. In Stones of Gratitude, Dr. Beau Adams explains how a single act of gratitude changed the course of history for an entire nation.

Topics covered:

• Seven Stupid Things People Do To Mess Up Their Lives (And How Not To Do Them).
• How Choosing Gratitude, Even During The Most Challenging Times, Can Change Your Life.
• Restoration and healing for your soul and how to discover your life.