Shows
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDRabia Meghani on Managing Anxiety and Uncertainty with Ayurveda“Your body is vast consciousness. It’s not just one thing. And if you allow your body to be a container for how you're feeling then you can be like, “ok, there is anxiety in this body of mine, but there is also hope in this body of mine, and there is faith, and joy…. You’re holding space for a lot of things, but you are not one thing.” ~Rabia MeghaniJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Rabia Meghani in a conversation about how to manage anxiet...
2020-04-071h 02
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDRichard Wilkinson on Resourcing Our True Self“In my 20s I felt more comfortable and more confident in myself to just let go of the seemingly needy attachments of having all my friends like me and approve of what I was doing… and just really became myself.” ~Richard WilkinsonJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Richard Wilkinson, RYT200, a yoga and meditation teacher and leader, in a conversation about the paths and possibilities of resourcing your true self. Richard also leads an iRest meditation—iRest yoga Nidra is approved by the U.S. Surgeon G...
2020-01-2759 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDMindful Moment: Sensing the 5 SensesThis quickie episode features a mindful meditation using the 5 senses as a means to connect the body and mind in the present moment nonjudgmentally anytime and anywhere—including out in public!Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Jodi Golda Komitor, MA, E-RYT 500, RCYT, in a quickie mindful meditation practice that touches on each sense as a way to notice without judgement what’s happening in any given moment. This type of mindfulness of the body practice can be a powerful option for people who struggle with breat...
2020-01-1006 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDAlison Cohen on Wholehearted Living: Understanding Implicit Bias and Growing Forward"The challenge is that because we are human beings living in society we’re influenced and conditioned by all kinds of forces that can lead to us developing biases that are particularly destructive… and that cut us off from wholeheartedly connecting to others." ~Alison Cohen, MST and Certified Mindfulness Teacher/School CoachJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Alison Cohen, MST and Certified Mindfulness Teacher / School Coach, in conversation and practice with the critically important and meaningful topic of implicit bias. Alison first leads us throug...
2019-11-2245 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDAlison Cohen on Mindful and Courageous Communication“Courageous communication is one of the ways we can build towards the world we want to see.” ~ Alison CohenJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and mindfulness coach and mentor Alison Cohen in a conversation around mindful communication. Alison shares examples of mindful communication in the contexts of family and in schools. This podcast is the first of 2 conversations Beth and Alison had with the next one being on explicit and implicit bias.“Each of us wants to be able to live in ways that are aligned...
2019-10-1537 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDMindful Moment: Can you hear it now?This quickie episode shares Sound Meditation as a mindful tool to practice paying attention with intention and compassion, and without judgement. It's a great strategy to practice anytime, anywhere!Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Randi Jo Greenberg, in a quickie podcast featuring a mindful tool, sounds meditation. This is a practice that can be used anytime and anywhere, and is great to share with kids, too, as we learn to practice being present through sound. Sound meditation can be a great alternative for people who s...
2019-09-1612 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDAthea Davis on Superhero Love and Mindfulness Education Resources“Sometimes superhero love is about making tough decisions. It’s tuning in to that deep wisdom within ourselves to look at and make sure our intention, our motive, our motivation is coming from a place of, ‘am I being love?” ~Athea Davis
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Athea Davis, M.Ed., E-RYT 500, RCYT, YACEP, in conversations about mindfulness practices with our kids, marriages, divorces, and in education. In the first half Athea discusses what superhero love looks like with her son and while going through a divorce...
2019-09-0545 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDMindful Moment: STOP to Disrupt Habitual Thoughts and ActionsThis quickie episode shares STOP as a mindful tool to disrupt habitual thoughts and verbal outrage.
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Dawn Mauricio, in a quickie podcast featuring a mindful tool, STOP. This is a practice that can be used anytime and anywhere, and is great to share with kids, too, as we learn to disrupt habitual thoughts and actions that could result in outrage. Instead, we can use STOP to pause and curate an intentional response—even with a dash of compassion and kindness!
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2019-08-2710 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDSebene Selassie on Mindfully Mining Cancer, Race and Identity“Our peacefulness should actually be in relationship to things, so everything around us doesn’t have to be in peace all of the time for us to have some peacefulness. And just because there’s disruption in the field because things are being pointed out and things that have been avoided or actually revealed does not mean that our personal peace is being disrupted.”
~ Sebene Selassie
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Sebene Selassie, a Brooklyn-based teacher & writer who explore the themes of belonging and ident...
2019-08-2049 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDRick Yoder on Adapting Mindfulness and Yoga with Emotionally Challenged Students“The biggest factor [contributing to emotional challenges] that we see right now with all of my kids has been one or more forms of trauma in their lives.” ~ Rick Yoder
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Rick Yoder, a Special Education Teacher in San Antonio, Texas, who works with youth who have been diagnosed as being emotionally challenged or with “Emotional Disturbance” disorder. In this podcast they discuss integrating and adapting mindfulness and yoga into the emotionally challenged classroom—which can also be used in a general cla...
2019-07-3146 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDLa Sarmiento on Embodying Compassion and Patience for Ourselves and Teens“When we pay attention it gives us remembrance of choice to move through life in a different way than we have been accustomed to or habituated by.”
~La Sarmiento
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest La Sarmiento, LMT, CDL4, a non-binary, Filipino-American, body/energyworker and song-spoofing dharma teacher, in a conversation about what mindfulness is, and some of the ways mindfulness meditation and related practices have impacted La’s life including expanding self-acceptance and self-love. La says that as a five year old they felt like Go...
2019-07-2445 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDJodi Smith: Empowering Diversity and Inclusivity through Yoga in Schools, Studios, and Beyond“Some people who need yoga probably don’t have access or information to it, and that was the moment (my second class) when I knew this was my path.”
~ Jodi Smith
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Jodi Smith, MBA, E-RYT in a conversation about how yoga had made a difference in her life—and how she impacts others through the practice. In the first half of the podcast they discuss how she started yoga to improve her health, changing her career path to teach yoga, esp...
2019-07-1749 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDJodi Golda Komitor: Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable“I would like to use this time (of sabbatical) of dismantling this identity that I’ve had for 21 years in a very conscious way and allow my next version of me to come through in a very clear and integrous way.”
~ Jodi Golda Komitor
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Jodi Golda Komitor, MA, E-RYT 500, RCYT, in a conversation about how yoga found her, starting the first kids yoga studio, being a successful entrepreneur, and how she has seen the world of kids yoga change since 1...
2019-07-1159 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDDawn Mauricio: Awakening Presence on Family Vacation, Technology, and in Communication“At first at the end of the day I would ask myself, ‘was I mindful today? And loving and kind?’ And it’s virtually impossible to be either of those two things 100% of the time.”
~Dawn Mauricio
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Dawn Mauricio in a conversation about cultivating mindfulness with family, technology, and within our communications. In the second half Dawn shares a practical tool to help us awaken presence that takes as little as 10 seconds!
“The moments of contraction or of closing is...
2019-07-0332 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDVictoria Reese: From Managing Burnout in High School to Presenting on Healthy Living to Congress in College“I put so much pressure on myself and exerted so much effort in achieving my goals that it kind of came back to bite me.”
~ Victoria Reese
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Victoria Reese, in a conversation about coping with burnout and body image issues in high school, to managing her health—including anxiety—in college. With interest in public health, Victoria also shares her experience presenting her research to Congress about the relationship between fast food and obesity related hospitalizations. Victoria is Beth's "favo...
2019-06-2642 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDDanielle Etter, LPC, on Eating Disorders: Awareness, Preventing, And Shame Shifting“I don’t think enough parents talk to their kids about their own personal struggles with eating and body image and self-esteem.”
~ Danielle Etter, MS, LPC, CEDS
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Danielle Etter, MS, LPC, CEDS, a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, in a conversation about sources and characteristics of eating disorders and body image issues. They also discuss what to do if you or someone you love is experiencing these challenges, as well as ways to prevent the onset. Beth shares her personal journey...
2019-06-2653 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDJamie Demeris on Addiction, Recovery, Yoga and the Power of Intention“Things that they tried to teach me for 10 years, and all of a sudden when I started practicing (yoga) on the mat it’s like, Oh my gosh, you’ve been trying to say this for like 10 years and NOW I’m getting it?”
~ Jamie Demeris
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Jamie Demeris, RYT, in a conversation about addiction, recovery, yoga and the power of intention. In the first half of the podcast, Jamie shares his journey from being an addict to recovery and finding the...
2019-06-1957 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDLee Weinberger: Peaceful People, Peaceful Pets“What I found is that I can’t help animals without helping people—they are so connected.”
~Lee Weinberger
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, and guest Lee Weinberger, founder of Canine Counselor, in a conversation about creating a foundation of positive communication and empathy to create an amazing relationship with your pet. In the first half, Lee shares her story about how rescuing a dog which she could not keep revealed her path to switch from using psychology in counseling only people, to using her studies to impact hu...
2019-06-1250 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDAlan Steelman, Former Congressman, on Managing The Monkey Mind“My youngest son is the one who got me into yoga and meditation about 10 years ago, and I wish I had discovered it much earlier.“
~ Alan Steelman, Former US Congressman
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, and guest former US Congressman, Alan Steelman, MLA, RYT, in a conversation about learning how to follow your own “Yellow Brick Road” and cultivate your own “Emerald City” through mindfulness of meditation and yoga. In the first half Alan shares how he used mindfulness to “Exit the ASAP Lane,” with ASAP standing for Anxiety, Stre...
2019-06-0542 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDBeth Reese, PhD: Finding Love and Action on a Silent RetreatWhy do you stay in prison
When the door is wide open?
~Rumi
What is a silent retreat? What do you actually do on a 7-day silent retreat other than, well, be silent? Join our host Beth Reese, PhD, as she shares her experience and insight into her first Insight (Vipassana) Silent Meditation Retreat and how she discovered the “prison door” to love and action was open all along. Beth attended this retreat as part of her course work for the Mindful Meditation Teacher Certification Program led by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield that she’s part...
2019-05-3154 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDMelissa Smith-Wilkinson on Embodied Parenting, Mindful Communication, and the Yoga of Self Study“Going forward I’ve got to start with me, and what I want to see in my kiddos as healthy functioning adults, (I need to) see in myself. Period.” ~Melissa Smith-Wilkinson, E-RYT
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, and guest Melissa Smith-Wilkinson, 500 E-RYT, in a conversation about choosing to have an intervention with one of her sons, embodied parenting that includes empathy, modeling behavior, and mindful communication. In the first half, Beth shares a brief mindfulness practice for getting grounded. Next, Melissa authentically shares her journey as a parent with he...
2019-05-2245 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDEve Margol, MEd: Transforming Special Needs and Disabilities into Personal and Professional Inspiration“Understanding that this (diagnosis of special needs) is hard for all parents, and saying ‘I want to help kids, but I want to help parents, too’.”
~ Eve Margol, MEd
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, and Eve Margol, MEd, in a conversation about not just accepting, supporting, and loving her first son who was born with cerebral palsy, but also how the journey transformed her career and strengthened her marriage and family.
“I want to help you because somebody helped me. That was the beginning of my journey...
2019-05-1537 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDMeredith Paterson: Lost and Not Quite Found“What it’s like right now… and right now it kinda sucks.”
~Meredith Blanks Paterson
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, and Meredith Blanks Paterson, MA, RYT, RCYT, in a conversation about experiencing and working with deep and often difficult emotions with herself while also supporting those of her 4 year old daughter, Ruby. In the first half of the podcast, Meredith shares how years of profound changes, like the birth of her daughter, and huge losses—her mom passing away and two miscarriages—have her connecting with and moving her body in a variety...
2019-05-0850 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDDan Houston and the Dharma of Healing, Happiness, and Mastering Your Wildly Important Goals“This work is a commitment to developing yourself and being better everyday, and being more of a contribution to other people…” ~ Dan Houston
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, in conversation with Dan Houston, M.Ed, E-RYT. In this podcast Dan shares about loss and light with family members experiencing cancer, including how his father kicked it to the curb. He shares how living life intentionally, generating your path or dharma, empowers us to deliver on our wildly important goals. In the second half he teaches a graceful breathing practic...
2019-05-0144 min
The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhDFrom Loss to Light: Being a Mindful Mom, Educator and Leader with Randi Jo GreenbergJoin Beth Reese, PhD, and Randi Jo Greenberg in Park City, Utah, June 22-23, for the OHMazing® research-informed Yoginos: Yoga for Youth® training, Yoga in Schools: Mindfulness and Movement Across the Curriculum. FMI and to register: www.yoginos.com
“I think back to those times now, and I was so disconnected. I was living according to what I 'should' be doing. …but there was no beginner’s mind, there was no allowing myself to live in the moment.” ~Randi Jo Greenberg
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast host, Beth Reese, PhD, and single mom, yogi, and educator Ra...
2019-04-2445 min