The recent New York Times article on Anusara Yoga and John Friend has caused many in the blogging world to ask: Is there an inherent conflict between making money and being a a yoga instructor? This begs the larger question: Where does money fit into a life based in spirit? Join Own It, Sister! for an interview with Amy Ippoliti on this far-reaching topic. Amy enjoys bridging the gap between ancient yoga wisdom and modern life. She has been studying yoga since 1986, and in 2000 became one of the first certified Anusara yoga teachers after being to drawn to it for its artistic and heart-and community-centered teachings. Amy apprenticed closely for many years with John Friend on his national tours and currently chairs the Anusara Yoga Curriculum Committee. She is widely recognized for her down-to-earth teaching approach and lucid instruction, and for assisting her students in achieving personal breakthroughs on and off the mat.

How can one person make a difference in the turbulence of the Middle East or create conditions to change gang violence in inner cities? Instead of giving into apathy and despair, David Sye, founder of an unconventional style of yoga called YogaBeats, tackles both head-on (or should we say “on the head”) using yoga. In the West Bank, he’s brought together Palestinian and Israeli women to do yoga with transformational results. He’s also bringing yoga to at-risk youths, addicts and gang members in Glasgow and London. Called the “Bad Boy of Yoga”, David is both highly irreverent and thoroughly reverent. His deepest hope is that “in his lifetime, yoga will be seen as a transformational tool and not just a middle class indulgence.”

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Greg Mooers, Inspirational speaker, Author & Former Monk – Have you ever felt like you are meant to do something extraordinary with your life but you aren’t sure what that is?? Have you tried countless ways to figure it out and still have no answer? ?You are meant to be someone extraordinary in the world and your answer has been inside of you all along.? Your Heart Virtue is the truest essence of who you are. It is the place where all of the answers to your greatest joy, fulfillment and abundance lie! Greg Mooers, inspirational speaker, author & former monk, is the creator of the Heart Virtues process, which he believes is the essence of your soul. Greg has trained entrepreneurs, psychologists, ministers, Olympic Gold Medalists, and Academy & Emmy award-winning celebrities.

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Jeanie Manchester & Whitney Wogan, Cofounders of Own It, Sister! – Imagine having a thought about money and feeling expansive and excited in your body. Picture yourself in a magnetic, exciting relationship with money. Yeah, it may seem strange to talk about money like this but…just try it on for a minute. How would you move differently in your life? … Yeah, baby! That’s what we’re talkin’ about. Jeanie and Whitney will unveil the first Own It, Sister! online offering specifically for our listeners. It’s been in the gestation period for several months and we don’t want to give too much away but the title of our show will give you a hint of what’s to come. Instead of a revolution, we’re talkin’ about an evolution!

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Kim Rosen, MFA, is the author of Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Word and the co-creator of four CDs of spoken poetry and music. Kim will be talking with us about the power of poetry to pierce the most difficult situations and cross the most formidable cultural boundaries. Combining her devotion to poetry with her background as a spiritual teacher and therapist, she gives performances, lectures, and workshops in the U.S. and abroad. Kim is a beautiful example of a women who is owning it. She’ll share her challenges, breakthroughs and insights from taking risks, living large and allowing poems to resonate deep in her being.

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Jeanie Manchester – Celebrate the Solstice with Own It, Sister! co-founder, Jeanie Manchester. The Solstice, the earth’s “still-point”, is a perfect opportunity for creating ritual in your life. This inward pulsation toward the darkest time of the year is a potent time to listen to your intuition and plant seeds for the New Year. Jeanie will offer valuable insights and ritual to help you align with this transcendent time. A certified Anusara instructor, she’s been a yoga practitioner for over 20 years. She leads classes, workshops and trainings in Boulder, CO and around the world.