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BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 5 – There, There with Susanne Conrad One of our most honored teachers and an overall amazing human being, founder of Lightyear Leadership, Former Lululemon Director of Possibility, Susanne Conrad joins us on this episode of BYOBlanket! It’s a great listen as Susanne weaves a wonderful conversation with us on “getting there now”. You’ll ponder on where is your “there”? Why will it serve you to create and return to not later, but right now? Susanne the author of Get There Now, out in all major bookstores and on audio! Take it from us: it’s a such a good read! It’s touching, movi...2022-04-1337 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 4 – The Superpower of Language with Nancy Perry Happy holiday season, blanket ninjas! This episode with our teacher, hero, and friend Nancy is all about using your words to create a life and an experience that aligns with what it is you want to see, hear, and believe. No big deal. Just kidding–it’s a huge deal! Language and words are arguably THE most powerful tools we have as humans. There is so much to be said on this topic, so in our 30 minutes, we get right to the point: say what you want to see. We talk about the power of Om / Aum as w...2021-11-2531 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 3 – Cosmic Chin-Wagging with Manorama WOW! We are in awe that Manorama chose to come on the show this week. Manorama (pronounced, by the way, muh-NOR-muh in an American accent) is a world-renowned Sanskrit teacher from New York City and founder of the Luminous Soul Method. She is coming to BIG Power Yoga in Houston, TX this weekend to lead a weekend-long workshop called The Warrior Within Through the Bhagavad Gita. We HIGHLY RECOMMEND registering for and joining this workshop if you live in Houston, as it is a rare treat that we get Manorama in the flesh sharing her wisdom. And...2021-10-0654 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 2 – Why Study Yoga with Sarah Montross What a blessing that we have our great teacher, Sarah Montross, on the show again. This short and sweet episode expounds on the why of studying Yoga–that Yoga is a practical study on fulfilling the “why” of life and that it is for anyone that will open themselves up to the teachings. Plus, Sarah invites you to check out the upcoming opportunity to study Yoga deeply via the BIG Upgrade Module 1 – The Yoga Sutras, Sanskrit, the Bhagavad Gita, and Bhakti Yoga. If not that, then check out The Power of Yoga 8-Week Yoga study community challenge. 2021-09-0728 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 1 – Karma Yoga and Choice with Mallory Littell Thank you for your patience in our releasing of Season 4 — as you all know, it’s been a wild ride in 2020 and 2021. We’re kicking off this season with our good friend and highly-sought-after teacher Mallory Littell to talk about Karma Yoga and it’s principles in Choice-Based Action. Listen up for 30 minutes of discovery and important life lessons that you can take with you for the rest of your day (and dare we say, life). Follow @mallory.littell on Instagram here! Please continue to support our show and these conversations by becoming a Patron...2021-08-2730 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 15 – Like Pepper to a Dish with Nana Baffour Get your soul ready to be touched AND to laugh, for Nana Baffour, yoga teacher and school teacher makes her debut on the show, and it is spicy, hilarious wisdom! The subject of this episode: “Finding Yourself” Nana teaches science at a public school during the pandemic and is a graduate of BIG Power Yoga’s 200-hr yoga teacher training: her experience of life, self-discovery, and deep inner questioning has made for a really rich and entertaining episode we know you will enjoy. We can safely say this is the most cursing we’ve ever had on o...2020-10-0838 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 14 – Levitating Everywhere: Your Questions Answered with Nancy Perry and Jenny NoonanY’all, we’ve got BOTH Nancy and Jenny on the show today, wow! They are both returning guest ninjas and took an hour out of their day to response to questions that YOU provided, listeners! These women are incredible yoga teachers and leaders as they practice what they preach in their own lives and share with you how that’s working for them. Very informative, very funny, very entertaining. Come spend time with Nancy and Jenny on this episode just for you!! Follow them on Instagram here: @mrs.nancyperry and @jennywrenarrives By the wa...2020-08-241h 06BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 13 – African Yoga and Off the Mat with Catherine NjeriCatherine Njeri, yoga teacher and community leader, joins us all the way from Nairobi, Kenya and we are PUMPED to release this episode. Catherine’s stories and words of empowerment are what you need to listen to. She is one of the facilitators of Africa Yoga Project’s annual 200-hour yoga teacher training in Nairobi and a regular instructor at the Shine Center (which is now hosting virtual, global classes!). Not only does she lead this training, she was the first woman on the Sub Saharan African continent to ever lead a yoga training. Her experience is unpa...2020-07-2045 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 12 – Why Handstands? with Regie AhmadWe finally got him! Regie Ahmad! Some of you listeners may know Regie well from his transformational yoga classes he teaches at BIG Power Yoga in Houston. If you have not yet been acquainted with Regie, you’re in for a treat because Regie is one of the kindest, most humble, and therefore more empowering yoga teacher we’ve ever met. He really teaches from a place where the practice is 100% about the student and 0% about himself. AND. He’s amazing–AMAZING–at doing handstands and inversions. It’s an interesting thing to talk handstands on a non-vis...2020-06-2535 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 11 – The Black Experience with CashWe’re honored and thrilled to have Cash on the show with the topic he brought to the blanket fort: the black experience. We stand for black lives and the disestablishment of institutions and systems that undermine the well-being and success of black individuals and the black community. In just one little way of using our podcast as a platform for this movement, we are glad to host humans like Cash to deliver on what we are all moving toward. And ESPECIALLY Cash because this guy is a thoughtful, influential, and great speaker! Cash is a social me...2020-06-1236 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 10 – Coloring In Yoga with Raven BrownAt a time when many of us have collectively “come out” as actively anti-racist and strive to listen to the black community, we are more than happy to offer up our platform as another access to hearing black voices. This episode comes to you from Raven Brown, a POC from Denver, also queer, and also a yoga teacher. While those identities lend perspective to her teachings and her learnings, the soul within speaks directly to you, listeners, with the important message of utilizing the practice and teaching of yoga in our lives. And especially in the presence of the Blac...2020-06-0637 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket Guided Meditation – 6 minutes with JananA short meditation is the way to go if you’re feeling pressed for time and tempted not to sit in meditation at all today. Janan makes the daunting task of meditation easy, simple, and effective as she has trained extensively in Baptiste Yoga meditation techniques! Tune in for 6 minutes and be with yourself in a way that’ll effect the rest of your day in a great way. By the way, if you want season 3 swag including coasters, stickers, and more, do something very easy (easier than most yoga poses, in our opinion): become an official #blan...2020-05-3106 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket Guided Meditation – 15 minutes with Maria (Spanish)Spend 15 minutes of your day quieting down and tuning in deeply as Maria guides you through a mental practice of Love and Kindness — in Spanish! So many guided meditations exist in English, so now if you or someone else is a Spanish speaker, you can save this meditation to listen to again and again. If you like the ability to meditate using the Spanish language, tell us and we’ll make some more! Maria is a 500-hr trained yoga instructor with extensive training in meditation. You’ll be left in a peaceful experience after practice with her for 15...2020-05-3015 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 9 – Yoga for All and All for Yoga with Sean SilveraMany of you know this beautiful, wonderful human being: Sean Silvera @seantsilvera of Baptiste Power Yoga San Francisco! If you don’t, you’re about to! Sean is a Tier 3 1200-hr certified Baptiste Yoga Influencer and co-owner of @baptistepoweryogasf. Years ago, he served as a Marine and eventually made his way into teaching yoga in his studio, to incarcerated veterans for Prison Yoga Project @prisonyogaproject , and is on the board for Veterans Yoga Project @veteransyogaproject . Together with Dan Nevins @dannevins, Sean runs a program called Unbreakable through the Baptiste Foundation @baptiste_foundation He is our guest on season 3 e...2020-05-1432 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 8 – Yoga Bod with Mona HeepHow do you get a yoga bod? Do yoga! Mona Heep, fellow yoga teacher and first international BYOBlanket guest ninja, spends some time chatting about the importance of body movement and spending time in physical sensations to shift the mind and emotions. This is a great episode to reaffirm what us current yogis love about the practice and a perfect episode to share with someone whom has not yet experienced the empowerment of yogic body movement! Mona teaches out to Cologne, Germany and nowadays, world-wide via Zoom. Follow her on Instagram here: @monaheep and get...2020-05-0138 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 7 – The Distilled Sauce of Baptiste Yoga with Laura RustBIG Power Yoga co-owner, Out Here Yoga co-owner, and LIVE ALIVE Adventures co-owner Laura Rust blesses the mic with her sage words on utilizing the methodology of Baptiste Yoga. She is a leader in the Baptiste community and has facilitated we-don’t-know-how-many Baptiste programs, including both of our assisting courses back in the day! Laura is so clear in her explanation of how you can use Baptiste methodology powerfully during these quarantine times–and really, anytime! This is #whybaptisteyoga makes a difference for us and why we teach it and practice it. Follow her on Instagram here, alon...2020-04-2723 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 6 – Flow & Form with Sarah Montross and Gioconda ParkerWow, BOTH Sarah Montross and Gioconda Parker, each returning guests, are together on this episode about the complementary practices of “form” and “flow” yoga. This conversation is incredibly insightful and will leave you wanting more–we sure did! They have almost half a century of combined yoga teaching experience, so please enjoy this absolute gift of an episode about the differences+similarities between a form-based and flow-based practice and what that means for yoga in general. They are two parts of the three part core faculty that will lead BIG Power Yoga’s 300-hour yoga teacher training program star...2020-04-1540 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 5 – How to Get Inspired: START with Melinda LukschOne of our favorite people on this planet came on the show in this episode all about getting inspired. Melinda Luksch is a yoga teacher extraordinaire: she travels the world teaching, leading teacher trainings, and has founded multiple successful yoga centers! Boom! She is a pro at doing the work of inspiration and creation to accomplish helpful and empowering things in life and she shares with us inspiration on inspiration! Ha. Follow her on Instagram at @mluksch By the way, if you want season 3 swag including coasters, stickers, and more, do something very easy (easier...2020-04-0739 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 4 – Life and Death with Janan and MariaWe made this episode out of some inquiry work we’ve each been doing in this strange time called the “global pandemic.” Fear seemed to parade all about, including under our skin at times. We were inspired to create a different episode format to talk about things that aren’t that comfortable to talk about. You better believe we did it in a blanket fort though, making it the most comfy convo about life and death! By the way, if you want season 3 swag including coasters, stickers, and more, do something very easy (easier than most yoga poses in...2020-03-3117 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 3 – Let Your Soul Get Swole with Jenny NoonanJenny’s back, hooray! In this episode, we give you a behind-the-scenes look at the journey to being a yoga teacher as a profession, what goes into being a yoga teacher, and how yoga is way more than just the poses! It is a v funny episode with three funny ladies, so sit back, relax and get inspired. Follow Jenny on her Instagram: @choosing.motherhood By the way, if you want season 3 swag including coasters, stickers, and more, do something very easy (easier than most yoga poses in our opinion): become an official #blanketninja. How? Go...2020-03-1948 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 2 – Yoga Trivia with Janan and MariaWe thought it would be fun and educational (yes, they go together, and yes we both were A students) to do a yoga trivia episode! In this episode, we quiz each other on the world of yoga via questions we wrote for each other. Play along with us and keep your own score! By the way, if you want season 3 swag including coasters, stickers, and more, do something very easy (easier than most yoga poses in our opinion): become an official #blanketninja. How? Go here: Patreon You’ll support the show, ge...2020-03-1138 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 1 – On the List! with Nancy PerryWELCOME TO SEASON 3 OF BYOBLANKET! #blanketninjas goin’ strong! What an amazing first guest of this season we got: Nancy Perry, co-owner of BIG Power Yoga! She was on the list. *dramatic music* In this episode, Nancy responds to listener-submitted questions about pretty much anything–and most of the questions are on empowerment, leadership, and goal-setting. Therefore: it is good. Very good. We had a LOT of fun with Nancy and bonus: if you are a patron, YOU get access to the bonus episode where we get even sillier and in-depth with Nancy! You may...2020-03-0436 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 12 – She Loves Me, Svadyaya! (Zeal, Study, and Surrender)This is episode 12 of our second season! She is the bookends of this season: Sarah Montross joins us again to continue with yoga philosophy. We discuss the last three niyamas of the eight limbed path: tapas (zeal, heat, or rigor), svadyaya (self-study or study of the texts), and isvara pranidhana (surrender to god/source). This is an incredibly deep discussion that you know we are going to listen to more than once to get all the goodies! Make sure you’re following Sarah on Instagram @sarah_montross_yoga to see when she’s teaching and to learn more about her...2019-12-2941 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 11 – Saaaaantosha! (The Inner Peace of Santosha)This is episode 11 of our second season! We had so, so, so much fun with Eliza Ogasawara, fellow yoga teacher and very warm, wise human being. This is an episode where you will definitely laugh and also relate to our journeys, stories, and insights on the subject of santosha. Santosha was many translations so we explore many of those in the 30 minute hang out in the blanket fort. Be sure to follow Eliza’s Instagram account @yogi_liza–she does a wonderful job creating great yoga content that we personally love to follow! Please check us out at P...2019-11-2333 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 10 – The Physical Science of Woo-Woo (Energetic Anatomy)This is episode 10 of our second season! We’re giving you a short and sweet episode that overviews our interpretation of what the energetic anatomy system is. Janan chose this topic because she is a huge proponent of utilizing what humans know about science and physics to describe and even find proof in the things that we tend to categorize as “spiritual,” which can seem as unreal or unimportant. Please check us out at Patreon–support the show, get cool stuff!–and on IG at @byoblanket and be in the conversation with us. Happy listening! https://by...2019-11-0426 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 9 – Kumbaya Mother Lover (Carrying on the Legacy of Yoga) with Angie CurrellThis is episode 9 of our second season! The one, the only, THE Angie Currell joins us for an amazing episode all about carrying on the legacy of yoga. Whether you take yoga, teach yoga, or you’re looking to get into yoga, we’ve all got some great ruminations about the longevity of this practice in terms of shifting the world to a place we’d like to continue living in. Angie is wise beyond her years and such a hoot. Prepare to be entertained. Check out Angie’s company Yoga & Hops — you’ll want to find one of her events a...2019-09-261h 03BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 8 – A Place Full of Ladders (Vinyasa Yoga) with Gioconda ParkerThis is episode 8 of our second season and someone flew all the way from Kenya to be on our podcast: Gioconda Parker! Ok, well, maybe she flew from Kenya to just come home, though she did make time to be on the show! What a special episode with such a wise, kind teacher. Gia is a master of vinyasa yoga, which is more than it’s over-simplified definition of “flow” or “movement.” Get inspired and have some fun with us: listen to the episode Follow Gioconda on IG at @giocondayoga or visit her website. Please check us out at Pat...2019-08-1341 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 7 – Wife Brains (The Business of Yoga) with Nancy PerryThis is episode 7 of our second season and WE FINALLY GOT HER: co-owner of BIG Power Yoga, Nancy Perry! She’s an inspiration to us as a leader, yoga teacher, and powerful badass woman overall. We also know her as a small business guru for growing her companies from idea seedlings to bustling, big, flourishing businesses, including the one we always talk about, BIG Power Yoga. Listen to this great episode with Nancy as we discuss various aspects of running a yoga-based business. Please check us out at Patreon–support the show, get cool stuff!–and on IG at...2019-07-281h 09BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 6 – Not World Pieces; World Peace (The Illusion of Separation) with Janan and MariaThis is episode 6 of our second season and you get the opportunity to hear a wife-to-wife conversation! We discuss a topic Maria chose: the illusion of separation. It’s a pertinent topic in the era of Twitter wars (and real wars). We lay out our opinions on the table in the hopes of continuing to generate the conversation rather than say we are right and others are wrong. Check the episode out! Please check us out at Patreon–support the show, get cool stuff!–and on IG at @byoblanket and be in the conversation with us. Happy listen...2019-07-1334 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 5 – That Was God’s Work Right There (Religion and Yoga) with Jenny NoonanThis is episode 5 of our second season with our good friend and guest, Jenny Noonan aka @choosing.motherhood (you can read a great article she wrote this year about “mom guilt” here!). We talk all about how we reconcile religion with the practice of yoga and Jenny’s perspective is really powerful. This is a great listen for everyone and especially those who have questions about “yoga” in terms of religion and/or spirituality. Please check us out at Patreon–support the show, get cool stuff!–and on IG at @byoblanket and be in the conversation with us. Happy list...2019-06-2755 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 4 – I Wipe My Tears with My Blanket (Anthropology of Yoga)Welcome to BYOBlanket’s second season! This is episode 4 of our second season, and we have someone who is a BIG DEAL! Marlon Hall, everyone. He’s an anthropologist, yoga teacher, author, professor, father, and more–spending any amount of time with him is such a big upgrade to ours (and your) lives. Check out this episode in which we dive into the world of anthropology, how yoga relates to that, and the excavation work that it is studying humanity from the inside. Follow him on IG at @marlonfhall, buy his book Unearthing You, and check out his website at www...2019-06-0648 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 3 – Swans are Awful (Impermanence and Non-Attachment)Welcome to BYOBlanket’s second season! In episode 3 of season 2, we are #blessed with guest Kelsey Konsen (@yogabalancehtx), corporate and private yoga instructor and ex-religion and philosophy university professor! Wow! In this episode, get ready to gain so many golden nuggets of wisdom from Kelsey as we discuss the topics of impermanence and non-attachment and how those practices can elevate our experience life — on and off the mat. Plus, being a philosophical-inquiry conversation, you may finish the episode with even more questions than you began! (Which is our favorite way to ponder this crazy life we somehow all...2019-05-1854 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 2 – Hashtag Namaslay (Yoga in the West)Welcome to BYOBlanket’s second season! Episode 2 of season 2 we have mystery guest… Who is this mystery guest?! You’ll have to listen to find out! We talk about the stigma surrounding doing an ancient Eastern practice in a place like the United States. Side note: neither of us are white (Janan is half) so we think we’ve got an interesting perspective on this whole “cultural misappropriation” thing. Check it out! https://byoblanket.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/episode-2-season-2.mp3 2019-04-2650 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 1 – Spiritual Frisbee (Yamas and Niyamas)Welcome to BYOBlanket’s second season! This season, we are focusing our blanket fort conversations around something we are very passionate about: anything and everything yoga. Now listen, if you are currently “not into yoga” or “don’t like yoga,” we recommend giving these episodes a chance. Our intention is to delve into what yoga really is rather than what we all get on Instagram or at a gym. Not that either of those things are bad! They are simply a glimpse into a giant realm of really beautiful philosophy and discussion. On the first episode of season two...2019-04-131h 05BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 12 – To Be or Not To Be College EducatedAh, the great college debate. Should you go to college and probably incur a lifetime of debt for a piece of paper, or should you persevere, find a way, and gain intellect, a degree, and patience? Join Janan and Maria along with Ana, Frank, Annalisa, and John as they reminisce over their glory days. Their discussion and debate gets heated in a lovely way, like when you come inside from a winter day and stand in front of the crackling fireplace. Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in a blanket...2018-11-141h 14BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 11 – They Story and the MMA KidIt’s not his story or her story — it’s they story. Despite this kinda terrible play on words, this episode is excellent because of our guest, Joshua Stokes. He’s a sociologist, comedian, and amateur historian who enlightens us all on the history of Haiti. Janan and Maria talk about their own historical interests. And we end with asking: why talk about the past at all? Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in a blanket. Or do whatever you want while you listen to an episode all about history. ht...2018-09-161h 11BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 10 -We Are All CreaTORs!What a perfect guest we had in Dr. Lisa Borik Vickers, professional opera singer and doctorate of the arts, to discuss all things creativity. Creativity serves a vital purpose in our lives and we believe everyone is creative in some way–and that cultivating creativity is a practiced skill in and of itself! We also interview some folk from our local community about their creative outlets. Please also enjoy the special BYOBlanket jingle in this episode. Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in a blanket. Or do whatever you want wh...2018-09-021h 01BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 9 – Honor Your Commitments, IdiotIn this episode with guest ninjas, Ashley and Matt, we talk commitment. What are you committed to? Why is it important to talk about it? How do you honor those commitments?! What is also great is Ashley and Matt are equally as weird (aka fun) as we are. We end the conversation with talking about the weirdest things we each do. (Preview: Matt eats puts something weird in his yogurt and eats it as a snack… ) Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in a blanket. Or do whatever you want wh...2018-08-201h 06BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 8 – Evil… Discuss!What is evil? Does it exist? Are you evil?! Let’s discuss! Join Maria and Janan with their incredibly eloquent guest ninja, Rachael, as they discuss the ins and outs of the concept of evil. Often when living in a world of yoga, leadership, and empowerment, we find ourselves ignoring the extremes of our reality and this episode aims to shed light on the dark. We also gathered some field interviews from our peers and teachers. It’s a great listen! Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in a blanket. Or d...2018-08-071h 04BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 7 – Me as a Long Snake: Down the Rabbit Hole of Consciousness, Space, and More PART 2We’ve got a great show for you with guest ninjas Joe Down and Chris Herber. All four of us are self-proclaimed nerds about outer space, quantum mechanics, the philosophy of science/physics, and consciousness. In fact, we nerded out so hard, we talked for two hours, leading to another two part episode. Look out for patron-submitted questions, too: they’re great inquiries! Prepare to get your brain wrinkled! Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in a blanket. Or do whatever you want while you listen to an episode all abou...2018-07-1152 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 7 – Me as a Long Snake: Down the Rabbit Hole of Consciousness, Space, and More PART 1We’ve got a great show for you with guest ninjas Joe Down and Chris Herber. All four of us are self-proclaimed nerds about outer space, quantum mechanics, the philosophy of science/physics, and consciousness. In fact, we nerded out so hard, we talked for two hours, leading to another two part episode. Look out for patron-submitted questions, too: they’re great inquiries! Prepare to get your brain wrinkled! Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in a blanket. Or do whatever you want while you listen to an episode all abou...2018-07-111h 12BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 6 – Money, Cheese, O-pinions, and a Colombian CartelJoin Janan and Maria as they talk MONAAAYYYY (money) with Brett Harmeling on Episode 6 of BYOBlanket. Brett is a very successful financial advisor with a great way of doing things, so we loved having him on the show. Not only do we talk about smart ways to be with money, we also discussed the challenges of “money” as a concept (i.e. is money inherently evil?). Plus, Brett brought us a giant amount of cheese. Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in a blanket. Or do whatever you want while you...2018-07-0458 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 5 – Pride Month Special Show… and Frank, PART 2Janan and Maria are joined by a panel of gays in their biggest blanket fort yet! Meet Russell, Caroline, Brittanie, and Haley as they discuss their coming out stories, their various challenges they face as non-straight folk living in the south, and how they powerfully and humorously overcome whatever gets in their way of being themselves. And Russell professes his obsession with Frank. This is a TWO PART episode because we had a lot to stay! Yay! CLICK HERE FOR PART 1! Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in...2018-06-2745 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 5 – Pride Month Special Show… and Frank, PART 1Janan and Maria are joined by a panel of gays in their biggest blanket fort yet! Meet Russell, Caroline, Brittanie, and Haley as they discuss their coming out stories, their various challenges they face as non-straight folk living in the south, and how they powerfully and humorously overcome whatever gets in their way of being themselves. And Russell professes his obsession with Frank. This is a TWO PART episode because we had a lot to stay! Yay! CLICK HERE FOR PART 2! Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in...2018-06-2758 minBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 4 – Motherhood, the Inaugural Clamp ShowJanan and Maria interview Jenny Noonan this week on an episode all about the mother of all subjects: motherhood! Jenny is qualified to lead this episode’s discussion because she is a mom and therefore practices motherhood on the reg. Also, we know her as an extremely knowledgeable source of advice and levelheadedness, so we gained a lot from chillin’ in a blanket fort and listening to this wise woman PREACH! Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in a blanket. Or do whatever you want while you listen to an epis...2018-06-141h 11BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 3 – Creating the Future; Clim-bing to Our GoalsJoin Janan and Maria and on their third episode with Janan’s younger sisters, Anisa and Dalya, as they discuss creating the future! It’s a great show because Anisa and Dalya are so young with their futures wide open. They go over what it means to “create” the future, when it get challenging, and powerful tools to overcome said challenges! Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in a blanket. Or do whatever you want while you listen to an episode all about creating the future. https://byoblanket.files.wo...2018-06-061h 04BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 2 – Happiness = Human FlourishingJoin Janan and Maria and their second guest, Caitlin Weekly, as they discuss happiness and everything around it–what does it mean to be happy, how to do it, what it is philosophically and practically. We also interviewed some Cubans during our last trip there to gain their perspective on happiness. We love their authentic responses! Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in a blanket. Or do whatever you want while you listen to an episode all about happiness. https://byoblanket.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/episode-2-happiness-with-caitlin.mp3 2018-05-261h 13BYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsBYOBlanket: Bring Your Own Blanket » PodcastsEpisode 1 – Purpose, Persons, Porpoise, and PursesJoin Janan and Maria and their first guest, Jess Z, in the first blanket fort of the podcast! Build your blanket fort, crawl in, and enjoy the show. Or cuddle up in a blanket. Or do whatever you want while you listen to an episode all about purpose. https://byoblanket.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/byob-first-episode.mp3 2018-05-081h 10