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Moving Meditations with OmpracticeFreedom Within: a Meditation for Energetic Renewal with ClaudiaIn this calming and powerful meditation, Claudia guides you through an energetic diffusion technique to help release stored tension, emotional residue, and internal blockages. Perfect for moments when the world feels overstimulating—like the 4th of July—this practice invites you to pause, breathe, and reconnect with the stillness within. Through gentle observation and mindful presence, you'll create space for healing, clarity, and emotional integration. Return to this meditation anytime you need to reset, restore, and find your own freedom within.
2025-06-1709 minMoving Meditations with OmpracticeNight Owls: Walking Meditation for Night ShiftsFind your footing. Reclaim your calm.Our latest episode of Moving Meditations with Ompractice is here—and it’s a walking meditation designed for those who work through the night.Whether you're making rounds, moving between tasks, or simply stepping away for a moment of calm, this guided Walking Meditation for Night Owls is your invitation to pause, breathe, and reconnect.Our newest meditation supports night shift workers with grounding cues, gentle movement, and mindful observation. As you walk, you’ll tune into your breath, your body, and the world around you—cu...
2025-06-0904 minMoving Meditations with OmpracticeNight Owls: A Seated Meditation for the Night ShiftThis Moving Meditation from Ompractice brings you a powerful seated meditation created especially for the night shift.Whether you’re a healthcare worker, a first responder, or anyone who keeps the world turning while most are asleep, this grounding practice is for you. Olivia guides you through breath, body awareness, and visualization to help you find calm, balance, and resilience in the unique rhythms of overnight work.You’ll explore the image of a strong, flexible tree—rooted, steady, and adaptable—just like you. This meditation is a reminder that your breath can always b...
2025-06-0903 minMoving Meditations with OmpracticeOmpractice Moving Meditations - 10 min Dog Walk with DannikaIn this heartwarming 10 minute Walking Meditation for Dog Lovers, Dannika guides you through a shared moment of mindfulness with your canine companion. Designed for walks with your dog, this gentle practice invites you to slow down, tune in to your senses, and deepen your connection—to your body, your breath, and your furry friend. With a focus on presence, gratitude, and joy, you’ll explore the rhythm of each step, the tug of the leash, and the beauty of walking together. A light, loving meditation to help you and your pup savor the simple act of being side by side.
2025-04-1410 minMoving Meditations with OmpracticeOmpractice Moving Meditation - Walk with Annie (10 min)In this mindful Walking Meditation, Annie invites you to reconnect with your body and breath while exploring the world around you. Blending breathwork, gentle posture adjustments, and sensory awareness, Annie helps you settle into the rhythm of your walk while tuning into the subtleties of your movement and environment. Along the way, you’ll explore how walking supports not only physical health but also emotional balance, digestion, and nervous system regulation. This practice is both grounding and uplifting, leaving you more present, relaxed, and attuned to yourself as you move through your day.
2025-03-1910 min
Moving Meditations with OmpracticeOmpractice Moving Meditation - Get Outside with Reggie (10 min)In this outdoor Walking Meditation, Reggie Hubbard guides you through a practice that blends mindful movement with deep sensory awareness. Recorded amidst the sounds of spring—birds chirping, wind blowing—this meditation invites you to ground yourself in the mechanics of walking, the natural rhythms of breath, and the support of the earth beneath you. As you walk, you'll be prompted to explore your connection to your body, your surroundings, and a sense of something larger than yourself. With moments of reflection and gentle affirmations, this session offers a powerful reminder that you are supported, connected, and never alone.
2025-03-1710 min
Moving Meditations with OmpracticeOmpractice Moving Meditation - 10 minute walk with DominicIn this Walking Meditation, Dominic guides you through a gentle and spacious practice, emphasizing awareness of movement, balance, and breath. With extended moments of silence, this meditation allows you to deepen your connection to each step, noticing the micro-adjustments in your body and the relationship between movement and stillness. As you walk, you’ll cultivate a sense of reverence, gratitude, and presence, using this time to recalibrate and reset. Whether you are walking outside or pacing in a small space, this meditation invites you to slow down, observe, and move with intention.
2025-03-1710 min
Moving Meditations with OmpracticeMoving Meditation - 10 min walk with MichaelIn this guided walking meditation, Ompractice teacher Michael Lee invites you to use movement as a vehicle for mindfulness, seamlessly integrating breath, body awareness, and presence into each step. Through gentle guidance, he helps you tune into the sensations of walking, the rhythm of your breath, and the connection between movement and awareness. With an emphasis on finding your natural pace, this practice encourages you to come home to yourself—grounded, present, and at ease. Whether you're seeking calm, clarity, or a simple way to reconnect with your body, this walking meditation offers a path to mindfulness in motion.
2025-02-2812 min
Moving Meditations with OmpracticeMoving Meditation - 10 min walk with ReggieIn this guided Walking Meditation, Reggie Hubbard from Ompractice invites you to slow down and cultivate gratitude for the simple yet miraculous act of walking. Drawing from his personal journey of relearning to walk after a stroke, Reggie leads you through mindful breathing, focused awareness, and appreciation for the body’s movement. This meditation encourages deep presence, gratitude for the support beneath your feet, and a renewed connection with each step. Close with the grounding resonance of a sound bowl, carrying mindfulness into the rest of your day.
2025-02-2311 min
Notes on Resilience97: Technology and Well-Being: Nurturing Resilience and Inclusivity, with Chris LucasSend us a textCan technology truly unite us, or does it just add to the noise in our tech-heavy lives?Listen in to the next episode in our technology and well-being series as I talk with Chris Lucas, co-founder and CEO of Ompractice. He joined us for an enlightening discussion about technology, mindfulness, and the all-important human connection. He draws from his unique journey in public health and yoga instruction to reveal how digital tools can enrich rather than undermine our relationships. We unravel the complexities of building digital health initiatives with i...
2024-11-0628 min
Notes on Resilience96: Technology and Well-Being: Transforming Digital Health, with Ameeta SoniSend us a textHow is technology reshaping our well-being?In the next episode of our technology and well-being series, Ameeta Soni a leader in digital health, enlightens us about the transformative role of digital tools in healthcare, especially in the mental health landscape and remote work environments. We explore how platforms like Microsoft Teams and AI note-takers are enhancing productivity and balancing work-life demands while underscoring the need for mindful engagement with technology.She discusses the necessity of inclusivity in digital health initiatives, ensuring they serve everyone, regardless of their abilities or...
2024-10-3025 min
The Healthcare Theory PodcastStretching Yoga's Impact to Healthcare | Ompractice CEO Chris LucasIn this episode of The Healthcare Theory, we sit down with Chris Lucas, co-founder of Ompractice, a platform offering innovative mental health and at-home yoga solutions. Chris shares his journey from working in public policy to launching a wellness company that uses AI and machine learning to make yoga and movement therapy accessible to everyone. We discuss the importance of population health, the challenges of scaling wellness solutions, and how Ompractice is breaking down barriers to better health for all. Tune in to learn how technology is reshaping the future of mental and physical health!
2024-10-1531 min
The Teacher’s Guide to Accessible YogaBeyond the Eight Limbs of Yoga with Shanna Small“Yoga is a destruction process. It's taking away all that stuff that we've picked up, and we thought is us and that we've just hung on to, and it's dismantling that.” – Shanna Small
Society teaches us to seek external validation to feel complete. Yoga teaches us that we are already whole, full and complete. Through yoga, we can dismantle false beliefs and recognize the connection between suffering and the stories we create in our minds.
Join Jivana and podcast guest, Shanna Small, as they reflect on overcoming societal conditioning and trusting one's innate wholeness through yoga phi...
2024-02-2726 min
Unstoppable Grit with Danielle Cobo | Career Advancement & Burnout PreventionChoices That Build Resilience with Yasmene MumbyAre you feeling like life's treadmill has you sprinting toward burnout? In this episode, we delve into topics that are often ignored, yet are integral to achieving not just success, but a well-rounded, fulfilling life. We'll explore how physical and mental health are closely linked, and why ignoring one can spell disaster for the other. We’ll dissect the importance of pacing yourself, even when ambition courses through your veins. We'll talk about why it's crucial to interrogate your choices and how a sudden jolt—changing your environment or habits—can propel you out of unhealthy patterns.
2023-09-1319 minUnstoppable Grit with Danielle Cobo | Career Advancement & Burnout PreventionChoices That Build Resilience with Yasmene MumbyAre you feeling like life's treadmill has you sprinting toward burnout? In this episode, we delve into topics that are often ignored, yet are integral to achieving not just success, but a well-rounded, fulfilling life. We'll explore how physical and mental health are closely linked, and why ignoring one can spell disaster for the other. We’ll dissect the importance of pacing yourself, even when ambition courses through your veins. We'll talk about why it's crucial to interrogate your choices and how a sudden jolt—changing your environment or habits—can propel you out of unhealthy patterns.
2023-09-1319 min
Beyond Yoga Teacher TrainingBringing Self-compassion to Your Life with Special Guest Yely StaleyWelcome to Episode 92: Bringing Self-compassion to Your Life with Special Guest Yely Staley.
In this episode of the BEYOND YOGA TEACHER TRAINING Podcast, Host Sandy Raper shares a conversation with special guest, Yely Staley. Yely is a yoga and meditation teacher, as well as, a mentorship client of Sandy's within her Beyond Yoga Teacher Training Mentorship Program. In this episode, Sandy and Yely discuss how to bring self-compassion into your life and as a yoga teacher with a willingness to adapt and adjust along the way to make the service of teaching yoga viable and feasible.
2022-08-3036 min
Refine Your Health PodcastEpisode #28 - Do You Need Some Om In Your Life?Do You Need Some Om In Your Life? Check out this episode to learn about yoga and some of its health benefits from my exciting interview with an expert, Deverell Austin. Deverell Austin is a Yoga Teacher and Speaker, passionate about integrating yoga into schools, households, corporations and the healthcare system as a preventative and restorative medicine. Mr. Austin has been teaching Yoga for over a decade, and he has journeyed throughout Asia, Africa, South America, and the continental U.S. discovering and immersing himself in local healing practices, eventually innovating his unique self-care / self-love style.
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2022-01-141h 03
The Modern RevolutionThe Modern Revolutionary: Yely Rivas-StaleyMy name is Yely Rivas-Staley, I am a Venezuelan born American citizen, who speaks fluently in English and Spanish and enjoy learning and studying. Before I became a Yoga Teacher, I was a Venezuelan Attorney with a master’s degree at Law from the University of Illinois. I lived in Chicago, Illinois for several years, and then moved to Silicon Valley California, where I was a yoga studio owner. With more than a decade of experience in yoga and meditation, I am now a certified yoga teacher, registered with Yoga Alliance with E-RYT 500 and YACEP certifications in Vinyasa Yoga, Fu...
2021-12-1622 min
Ompractice Presents: Practice Makes PurposePractice Makes Purpose: Yogi J MilesIn the final episode of this summer series, we talk with master teacher Yogi J Miles @yogijmiles about the ways we can level up and serve one another in these interesting times. Yogi J and host Reggie Hubbard (@oreggieglobal) share thoughts on the ways we all can do better, what the pandemic has shown us and that if we don’t start doing better - as practitioners and humans - things will only get worse. It is up to us to change ourselves and serve one another.
2021-09-2039 min
Ompractice Presents: Practice Makes PurposePractice Makes Purpose: Marc SettembrinoIn this episode we discuss notions of fat liberation, body consciousness and complete inclusivity with teacher Marc Settembrino (@fatkidyogaclub). Marc freely shares ideas on how we can make spaces more welcome not only for people in bigger bodies, but also for trans yogis (check out @transyogaproject )
Of the many amazing nuggets of wisdom shared in this conversation, the quote that stands out the most in the context of the continued work of inclusion is: “Who am I leaving out? Who can I better include?”
Marc also discussed the situation in Louisiana in light of the recent landfall of Hurricane Ida. For...
2021-09-2037 min
Ompractice Presents: Practice Makes PurposePractice Makes Purpose: Oneika MaysThis week we sit with Oneika Mays (@oneikamays) to discuss her path from the beginnings of her practice nearly a decade ago and how it now allows her the chance to serve inmates on Rikers Island. Oneika candidly discusses many of the frustrations she feels and how her practices prepare her to hold space for and sit with darkness and complexity rather than avoid it. When asked about those who think yoga/mindfulness and social justice do not mix, Oneika pointedly and compassionately said, “Well then they aren’t practicing.”
The episode closes with a centering practice and some sound to sea...
2021-08-3040 min
Ompractice Presents: Practice Makes PurposePractice Makes Purpose: Leslie RangelThis episode features Leslie Rangel (@thenewsyogi ) and host Reggie Hubbard (@oreggieglobal ) talking about Leslie’s beautiful story of how she merges yogic practice with the rigors of journalism in service to others in the profession. They share similar stories on how their practices were born of the pandemic and a commitment to serve others giving them healing tools to thrive, not just survive, in these interesting times. Tune in and be both entertained and inspired by Leslie’s words, work and wisdom.
2021-08-2442 min
Ompractice Presents: Practice Makes PurposePractice Makes Purpose: Yely StaleyI am honored to welcome the amazing Yely Staley for this episode. We will be discussing her work as a bilingual teacher, her amazing usage of props in her videos/classes and anything else she wants to talk about, honestly…..
As we enter the final third of the summer series, I am looking forward to continuing to highlight how we all can do better to make wellness, yoga and mindfulness more accessible in all the ways. We can, must and will do better. Asé.
2021-08-1730 min
Ompractice Presents: Practice Makes PurposePractice Makes Purpose: Accessibility with Jivana HeymanJoin host Reggie Hubbard as h connects with Jivana Heyman (@jivanaheyman) to learn more about how yoga teachers and practitioners can embody accessibility philosophically and in our actions. Jivana shares from his background as an HIV/AIDS activist wanting to share yoga with his community to alleviate suffering and how that led to the formation of the @accessibleyoga. Tune in and be blessed by this compassionate exchange.
2021-08-0630 min
Ompractice Presents: Practice Makes PurposePractice Makes Purpose: Janessa MondestinA discussion with Janessa Mondestin talking about the Brave Conversations (@brave.conversations) origin story and what’s missing in the diversity and inclusion talk in Yoga and the surge of antiracism performative PR spin in wellness.
2021-07-2931 min
Ompractice Presents: Practice Makes PurposePractice Makes Purpose: Kristi TrujilloToday we meet Kristi Trujillo and learn about her yoga journey and how she combines both her Native American heritage and lived experience into her offerings. Another heartfelt, conscious conversation about how we hold space for everyBODY - both as teachers and practitioners.
2021-07-2237 min
Ompractice Presents: Practice Makes PurposePractice Makes Purpose: Danny Fluker of Black Boys OMDanny Fluker is the founder and director of Black Boys OM, a collective of over 300 black male yogis dedicated to our healing and well being as well as sharing these practices with our communities. It’s a soul re-evolution that is doing great work and I am looking forward to sharing it with a broader audience.
2021-07-1530 min
Ompractice Presents: Practice Makes PurposePractice Makes Purpose: Mike HugginsJoin Host Reggie Hubbard as he speaks with Mike Huggins of Transformation Yoga Project, a non-profit organization teaching yoga and mindfulness as a tool for personal change in the lives of people within drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities, the criminal justice system, community transitional centers and VA hospitals.
2021-07-0933 min
Ompractice Presents: Practice Makes PurposePractice Makes Purpose: Nicolas de AlejoMeet Nicolas de Alejo, founder and CEO (Compassionate Executive Officer) of Men Care Now @mencarenow. I had the blessing of crossing paths with Nicolas while hosting the Men Care Now Compassion series at Yoga Alliance this Spring. We both share a passion for making yogic/meditative practices more welcoming and accessible to men and men of color specifically. Tune in for what will be a passionate conversation about inclusion, re-imagining the way we offer these practices to all communities, and how we can powerfully institute these ancient practices in modern times.
2021-06-3030 min
Ompractice Presents: Practice Makes PurposePractice Makes Purpose: Chanel SledgeHost Reggie Hubbard sits down with fellow Ompractice teacher Chanel Sledge to have an open conversation about wellness, yoga, inclusivity, and her incredible background and experience.
2021-06-2537 min
The Finke TankThe Finke Tank: with Ruby RamsayOn our third episode, we talk with the powerful Ruby Ramsay! Ruby is the executive director of TEDxAmherst, junior product manager at OmPractice, and a student of Computer Science at Umass Amherst. In this episode, she shares her fascinating experiences working with TED, being a woman in STEM, and how she leads and organizes effectively.
2020-12-121h 31
Leanne WoehlkeChris Lucas- Creating The Future Of Online YogaIn this episode we talk about the future of online yoga and Chris's vision for ompractice.com. We dive into the danger of giving away yoga for free, advice for new teachers, and the importance of being a steward of your own dream. Make sure you listen to the end for a special gift from Chris and Ompractice!
2020-02-2555 min
Reclaim The Planet PodcastHow being authentic and Vunerable will shape your biz with Dannika RossThis week are talking about being authentic even when peer pressure is strong. Dannika Ross is the owner of Blue Harmony Yoga and lover of the ocean. She combines being spiritual with sustainability while standing out in a crowded yoga space while being authentic. You can find Dannika on Instagram and Facebook under Blue Harmony Yoga. Want more information on the amazing Dannika, check her site at blueharmonyyoga.org and on Ompractice.com
2019-07-1542 min
The Ali Damron ShowInterview with Sam Tackeff on How To Actually Incorporate Mindfulness Into All Aspects of Your Life - 119Sam Tackeff is the co-founder of an online live yoga and meditation company Ompractice. In this episode, we talk about how we both incorporate mindfulness into our lives, what is truly means to be mindful and how you can start on this lifelong journey. www.ompractice.com twitter: @alphaprep and IG: @alphaprep http://www.thesecondlunch.com/ Free Facebook Group www.facebook.com/groups/alidamron
2019-06-1145 min
Claim the Stage: A Podcast About Public Speaking and Speaking UpEp 92 Tales from the Road: #SpeakUpTour2018 Part 5As I was thinking about this week's episode, it occurred to me that there was one major piece missing from the series so far: the speech I've been giving on the tour! Monday night, I setup my podcast mic in the event space and recorded the speech I've been giving on the road. The title it goes by is The Secret Life of Speaking Up or Discover Your Power Voice and the content is the same for both. This talk breaks down how to see public speaking differently, how to reframe fear, how to use your body, mind, and...
2018-05-021h 17
Claim the Stage: A Podcast About Public Speaking and Speaking UpEp 91 Tales from the Road #SpeakUpTour2018: Part 4On today's episode of Claim the Stage, you'll hear an impromptu conversation between some serious public speakers! We put together a little roundtable to share stories, tips, and what still surprises us. Featured on the episode: Bobbie Carlton, founder of Innovation Women Kit Pang, founder of BostonSpeaks Brenda Loan Baker, Speaker Sisterhood club leader in Boston, Brockton, and Lowell Emily Canina, Speaker Sisterhood club leader in Boston Kathy Lamphier, marketing professional Addison, a really cut dog You'll hear about how to reframe fear, h...
2018-04-2741 min
Claim the Stage: A Podcast About Public Speaking and Speaking UpEp 89 Tales from the Road: #SpeakUpTour2018 Part 2Howdy! It's day 11 of the #SpeakUpTour2018 and I'm sharing what I've learned so far on the road. I feel like a band on tour now that I'm constantly traveling in the van and living out of a suitcase. It's been fun and my schedule has allowed me some downtime to think about what I'm learning. I'm sharing my top six reflections with you on today's episode. They are: Everything is more real now We are all the same Being present is more important than being perfect, but it's good to have a plan Life is a...
2018-04-1119 min