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The Happy Sweat LifeThe Happy Sweat LifeFrom Discovery to Liberation: The Transformative Power of Ecstatic and Contact Dance for a Joyful Life with Anneli VirkhausSend us a textEpisode 4.  Anneli Virkhaus is the owner of the High Vibes Healing  in Monteagle, Tennessee.  She is a sound healer, an energy healer,  yoga teacher but she also offers ecstatic dance classes and has recently discovered Contact Dance.  Listen to her amazing journey of discovering the importance of dance in her life for healing and joy and her mission to invite more people to dance freely, particularly in the South.Anneli Virkhaus Contact Information Website: High Vibes HealingFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yogastudiohighvibeshealingTiktok: https://tiktok.com...2023-07-1847 minHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesKombucha's Weird Name (New Age Trends Edition 8)In this week's edition, I cover the weird origins of Kombucha and tie-dye clothing, "ethnic blankets" (like serapes), a new type of yoga called RAGE yoga and magical salamanders called axolotls.  You can also read this blog article at: hippiecritical.org/edition-8 To get your weekly dose of weird, sign up for my newsletter at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter2020-04-2915 minHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesMushrooms Are Magical: New Age Trends Edition 7In this week's edition, I dive deep into the world of mushrooms. Did you know mushrooms are a superfood that now command a $50 billion industry? And that's not even including the psychedelic kind. Oz gets edumacated on the basics of shrooms, and highlights some ridiculous facts about fungi.  Read the visual essay here: hippiecritical.org/edition-7 To get your weekly dose of weird, sign up for my newsletter at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter Deepest thanks to Kayla Gignac. Check out her art on Instagram: @kaylove.creations2020-04-1613 minHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesYou have a limited amount of "weirdness" points to spend (New Age Trends Edition #6)In this week's edition, I cover: Weird points, Birthdays, Sage, Wellness and Church of Satan. You can also read this blog article at: hippiecritical.org/edition-6 To get your weekly dose of weird, sign up for my newsletter at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter2020-04-0721 minHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesDoes your brain release this psychedelic when you die? (New Age Trends Ed. #5)In this week's edition, I cover: DMT, the Third Eye, Facebook Crackdown, Weird EMF Products and my favorite meditation. You can also read this blog article at: hippiecritical.org/edition-5 To get your weekly dose of weird, sign up for my newsletter at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter2020-03-3113 minHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesCan you live off of just sunlight and air? (New Age Newsletter Ed. #4)In this week's edition, I cover: Sungazing, Sunning your butthole, Breatharians, Earthing and Orbit toys. You can also read this blog article at: hippiecritical.org/edition-4 To get your weekly dose of weird, sign up for my newsletter at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter Episode editing and art by Kayla Gignac, IG @creative.kale2020-03-1908 minHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHow do you like your water, raw or well-treated? (New Age Newsletter Edition #3)In this week's edition, I cover: Raw Water, Erowid, New Age Statistics, Legal Psychedelics and Stardust. You can also read this blog article at: hippiecritical.org/edition-3 To get your weekly dose of weird, sign up for my newsletter at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter Episode editing and art by Kayla Gignac, IG @creative.kale2020-03-1009 minHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesOrigin of "Snake Oil Salesmen" - New Age Newsletter Edition #2Welcome  to The Hippiecritical, your weekly dose of weird. This is a roundup of  interesting gems from the world of the weird, new age and esoteric. Sign up for my newsletters at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter - - - - -  This week, I cover: LSD, Snake Oil, Flu Shot Skeptics, Peace Sign Origins, and place called Heligan. You can also read this blog article at: hippiecritical.org/edition-2 Episode editing and art by Kayla Gignac, IG @creative.kale2020-03-0116 minHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesNew Age Newsletter Edition 1: Ecstatic Dance, Bikram Yoga and AstrologyWelcome to The Hippiecritical, your weekly dose of weird. This is a roundup of interesting gems from the world of the weird, new age and esoteric. Sign up for my newsletters at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter - - - - -  This week, I cover: a new guide to Ecstatic Dance, the Bikram yoga scandal and why one woman quit astrology. You can also read this blog article at: hippiecritical.org/edition-1 Episode editing and art by Kayla Gignac, IG @creative.kale2020-02-2711 minHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesCan you stand 10 days of silent meditation?Before talking to Elize Todd, I've never met anyone who's attended a 10 day silent meditation retreat. So many surprises and delights in Elize's colorful storytelling of her first silent Vipassana meditation retreat in Burma.  We dive into what is silent meditation, the specific benefits of vipassana meditation, and recommendations for those looking to experience a very different type of meditation.  Resources mentioned... Satya Narayan ("SN") Goenka, who helped popularize Vipassana meditation through centers around the world. More background on him here in a post-humous write up. He died at age 90 in 2013.  Her...2019-12-1142 minHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesBenefits of Barefoot Movement with Shoe Entrepreneur, Mountain ChangThis episode is packed with interesting nuggets about the benefits and misconceptions about barefoot movement and barefoot shoes. I chat with Mountain Chang, a CPA turned founder of the barefoot shoe company, Carets. Carets makes classy high end dress shoes - think Allen Edmonds - but with barefoot features like a zero drop design and wider toe box.   (I don't receive a commission for this: you can use the coupon code 2019hippiecritical for $30 off if you shop at Carets.)  In this episode, we talk about... The interesting origins of barefoot movement  Benefits of barefoot mov...2019-11-191h 01Hippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesTantra is Not Just Sex - Interview with Liv Pavlov, Tantra CoachWhat is tantra, anyway? Is it just a fancy way of saying slow, meditative sex, or is it something much deeper?  We answer these questions and more with Liv Pavlov, a sex, intimacy and tantra coach. In this episode, learn... The origins of tantra What a tantra session looks like with a tantra sex coach  Beginner recommendations for trying out tantra practices Tantra Resources: Liv Pavlov's tantra coach website Tantra definition on Wikipedia, which explains tantra meaning "loom, weave, system." The connotation of it being a practice or religious ritualism is a colonial-era European in...2019-11-0528 minHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesSound Healing for Beginners with Cassie JaravataCassie Jaravata is a registered nurse, blossoming sound healer, and the force behind The Naturalistic Nurse. In this episode we discuss... What is sound healing? The experience of a sound bath Does sound or vibrations actually "heal?" Cassie's experience healing from eczema, with the help of sound How much does it cost to attend a sound bath? Resources mentioned: The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing Revised Edition by Jonathan Goldman - sound healing book for beginnres recommended by Cassie Masaru Emoto -  Japanese author who wrote The Hidden Messages in Water. He hypothesized that the m...2019-10-2545 minHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesWhat is Reiki? Chat with Reiki Master and Skeptic, Julia AlbainOz asks Julia Albain, Reiki Master, all sorts of newbie questions about reiki, including... What is reiki and what exactly goes on in a reiki session? How much does reiki cost? What is energy healing and what does energy "work" entail?  What, exactly is an aura? Energy field?   Reiki's therapeutic effects (placebo or otherwise)  This conversation was so refreshing because Julia's both a Reiki master and yet, lives in the space between curiosity and skepticism about reiki.  Check out JuliaAlbain.com for more info about her energy work and reiki sessions.  Transcript at: Hippi...2019-10-1458 minHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie LifestylesHippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie Lifestyles[TRAILER] The Story Behind Hippiecritical's NameOz monologues about the inspiration for Hippiecritical, which includes... Two reasons for the podcast name How looking into "hippie" topics made him think of hippies in a different way The possibility of this podcast to spread curiosity, open-mindedness and community Music credits: Intro music: "Good Tone" by Nordgroove from Fugue  Outro music: "Sincerely" by Kevin Macleod 2019-10-1308 min