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Brain Shaman
Brain Shaman is a philosophical and scientific journey towards better brain health. Michael Waite discusses how you can change your brain state and overall nervous system via behavior, nutrition, nature, and technology. Mental illness, addiction, and low brain function are destroying so many people and societies. By becoming increasingly disconnected from our natural mind-body-world and plugged into the artificial ones, we are getting sicker, weaker, and less free. We must become more conscious of how the information that we consume (in the form of action, food, drugs, sensory input, media, etc.) affects our brain. This podcast teaches you how to reconnect with your primordial nature, reprogram your brain, regain your freedom, and redirect your life.
Brain Shaman
Susi Amendola: Yoga Practices for Stress Management and a Healthy Heart | Episode 93
In this episode, Susi Amendola — yoga therapist, meditation teacher, and author — shares insights from over four decades of experience in stress management and yoga. We explore practical tools from yoga that can help you manage stress, enhance presence, and nurture your heart and well-being.
Susi delves into key yogic practices for stress management, including meditation, breathwork, connection with nature, gentle movement, compassion, relaxation, and imagery.
She reflects on how yoga has evolved since the late 1970s, emphasizing the importance of listening — not only to your body but also to the natural world and the rhythms impacting our mind-body health.
We also examine how breath and movement influence the nervous system, with Susi explaining the connection between our breath patterns and the cycles of the sun and moon. She introduces techniques such as right and left nostril breathing to balance energy and calm both heart and mind.
Other key topics include the role of imagery and meditation in stress reduction, the effects of technology on memory and presence, the benefits of yoga nidra and slow gentle movement, and strategies for managing anger and emotional outbursts.
Reconnect with your inner wisdom, return to a calm and spacious heart, and embrace your full, loving self through these Yogic tools that have guided people in navigating stress for millennia.
RESOURCES
BOOKS
- The Centered Heart by Susi Amendola
- Radical Healing by Rudolph Ballentine
- You Are the Placebo by Joe Dispenza
ORGANIZATIONS
- Menninger Foundation
- Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
- Mutual of Omaha
- Ornish Lifestyle Medicine
- Yoga Now
PEOPLE
- Andrew Huberman
- Dainin Katagiri
- Dalai Lama
- Dean Ornish
- Immanuel Kant
- Joe Dispenza
- Rudolph Ballentine
- Swami Satchidananda
PLACES
- Kuala Lumpur
- Chicago
- Omaha
- Pocono Mountains
VOCAB
- Agni
- Ashram
- Asana
- Ayurveda
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Drishti
- Electroshock therapy
- Homeopathy
- Leukemia
- Mad studies
- Pratipaksha Bhavana
- PTSD
- Sanitarium
- Simon Says
- Swami
- Yogi
- Yoga nidra
- Yoga sutras of Patanjali
**Connect and Learn More**
website: yourcenteredheart.com
Facebook: /SusiAmendolaYoga
Instagram: @thecenteredheart
Yoga studio: doyoganow.com
