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Join Lauren and Kristin for a walk in the woods as they share the inspiration they gather from being in nature (and how they get quite distracted by all the beauty along the way) along with discussing the themes of the month for September which are loyalty and admiration. They also discuss the inspiration and details for their upcoming retreat, Slow & Steady: A Fall Retreat at the Himalayan Institute, this November. Listen in while you are take a walk of your own and ponder the question "what are you loyal to?"
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Join us for an enchanting conversation with Bernadette Price, hospice professional and recent graduate of Nourishing Storm's Teacher Training Program about her experience moving through personal grief, how she gathers what she calls "snacks" along the way as well as how she brings love, laughter and magic into her everyday life and all her wellness offerings.
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In this insightful May Podcast, Host Kristin Ritter is on the other side of the mic as co-host Lauren Verbilla interviews her about the changes in Nourishing Storm and this month’s theme of renewal and confidence. Kristin discusses the evolving nature of her business from its inception 12 years ago to the addition of a café, the building of a community, the struggles during COVID and recently in her own life, and the re-imagining of what happens next. Kristin details the transition at the end of June from the existing studio to Stormy 2 where she will continue classes, trainings, workshops, and more in a simpler platform but with the same roots and community feeling that has been thriving for over a decade.
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Tune into our Spiraling to Wellness April Podcast for an insightful look into how emotional and physical wellness gives us the grace to live life to the fullest. Hosts Kristin Ritter and Lauren Verbilla welcome a couple of our favorite “stormies”, Terri Clime Palaccio and Donna Montrose, both certified holistic health coaches and yoga instructors. Follow along with their beautiful journeys and their commitment to helping others over the big (or little) obstacles in order to awaken, breathe into change, and heal.
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Tune into our newest podcast that focuses on our March theme of purity and innocence. Joining hosts Kristin Ritter and Lauren Verbilla are John and Melissa Twersky, founders of Quieting Mind, John teaches meditation at the Storm and also is a ceramics and art instructor. Melissa is a clinical social worker and teaches yoga and Reiki. Together they provide some thoughts about healing and staying in the moment. The couple talks about the childish innocence and purity we all start out with that gets tainted by the world. They share the belief that everything we need to heal us is within us if we stop trying to fix it and lean into the simplicity of beginning anew with each breath.
You can learn more about Quieting Mind here and follow Melissa & Jon’s journey here.
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Deep love and affection—the perfect February topic honoring our theme and the flower of the month, cyclamen. Our podcast this month brings together host, Kristin Ritter, co-host Lauren Verbilla and special guest Victoria Oliver, a behavioral health professional and founder of Reach the Crown, dedicated to helping women and others achieve self-love. The discussion revolves around finding deep love within yourself and others in a world that is moving fast and is full of distractions and how really listening and being totally present are the most loving and healing ways we can show up for ourselves and each other and model that behavior for future generations. Victoria shares her passion for lifelong learning in the wellness field through self-care workshops.
Victoria is a servant leader who has worked in the behavioral health and healthcare space for over 25 years. She currently serves as the Wellness at Work Ambassador at her Health System and is a key stakeholder and clinical advisor to behavioral health and employee well-being efforts. She leads workshops at Nourishing Storm and also through her company Reach the Crown. Read more about Victoria and follow her journey here.
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Change is in the wind for 2024 as Spiraling to Wellness Podcasts expand to include a co-host and an additional perspective on wellness. Licensed Professional Counselor and Storm Yoga Teacher Lauren Verbilla will join Host Kristin Ritter and a monthly guest to go deeper into all aspects of healing, movement, and nutrition as it relates to this year’s Flower-based themes.
For January, tune in for a discussion about protection and new beginnings. Topics include how feeling safe in your body and understanding where your mind is at can give you the ability to make clearer choices. Lauren also talks about early attachments and how they impact our coping skills and the choices we make later in life.
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Prioritizing REST is a central theme in our August Spiraling to Wellness podcast as Nourishing Storm (NS) owner, Kristin Ritter, interviews NS Yoga teacher & trainer as well as a professional dog groomer. Mindy’s Restore, Bliss, Yin, and Yoga Nidra classes include meditation, breath work, and releasing poses that bring rest to the body, mind and spirit. She encourages the practice of finding stillness each day and says we need to train our bodies to rest so when the opportunity arises, we know how to do it. Tune in for more of Mindy’s suggestions for bringing REST into your life.
You can find out more about Mindy's weekly classes and monthly Yoga Nidra + Sound Baths here.
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For the July theme of REWILD, Spiraling to Wellness Host, Kristin Ritter and guest, Nancy Pickwell start from seed to share interesting insights and meaningful practices for connecting with the wilder side of life. Nancy is a Wellness Coordinator and Mentor at Carousel Connections, the founder of Love Bulbs (lovebulbsco.com), a Nourishing Storm yoga teacher, and “garden guru” bringing color, beauty, and life to the patch of land next to swiig Café. She talks about how wild it is to plant seeds and watch them grow into flowers and food and how that “wild turns into magic.” Tune in to hear more about rewilding and importance of “living in” all that life brings you.
You can catch Nancy's Bliss class at Nourishing Storm each Thursday at 6:15pm at Hatboro Memorial Park, just steps from our studio.
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Get inspired to RE-ENERGIZE as you listen to our June podcast with host Kristin Ritter and special guest, Stephanie Vasta, a dance teacher, choreographer and Nourishing Storm instructor for Move Your Asana, every Monday at noon. Hear about Stephanie’s lifelong love of dance and how she finds energy in all types of movement from ballet and jazz to tap and hip-hop. Her classes combine free flowing movement to release anxiety and choreographed movement to create energy and synergy with the mind and the body.
Follow Stephanie's Journey here and join here for an upcoming dance class and/or workshop at the Storm.
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Tune into our May Spiraling to Wellness Podcast for an in depth look at this month’s theme of Reconnection. Host, Kristin Ritter, interviews Psychic Medium & Spiritual Life Coach Julie Kraus about how to reconnect to your intuition and re-establish joy in your life. Julie talks about how we are all born with a large intuitive sense that often gets eroded by life situations. She says that imagination can be a bridge to that intuition and a highway to your higher self.
Julie, along with her sister, Jess, host a Podcast called Cut the Karma. You can also visit Julie’s website at Spiroibreathe.com for information on her services.
You can also connect with Julie here:
Energetic Upgrades: https://www.spiroibreathe.com/personalized-energetic-upgrade
Sacred Space: https://www.spiroibreathe.com/oursacredspace
Instagram: @spiro.i.breathe
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On a mission to REDISCOVER, the April Spiraling to Wellness Podcast highlights Reiki Practitioner and newly certified Nourishing Storm Yoga Instructor, Jamie Zanzano, and her goal of bringing back the “wonder and awe” in all of life’s moments. Following some significant career and personal changes, Jamie discusses how she evolved from a narrow viewpoint of life to one of openness and authenticity by choosing to change her perspective, let go of the past, and focus on the here and now. She encourages anyone to look at a hard time in their life and see what blessings may have come out of it and how this can make the struggles ahead easier to face. When Reiki called to her and she let the rest go, Jamie said she opened herself up to life’s surprises.
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Falling in love all over again with your passion—the thing that always brings you peace and a sense of accomplishment—is just part of the insightful dialogue in our March Podcast on the theme of RE-EMERGE. Musician and teacher, Anthony Viscounte of Peacetime Guitar speaks with host, Kristin Ritter, about his organic path to music, how he turned an obstacle into an opportunity to create music in a new way, and what he learns from his students every day.
You can listen to Anthony’s music on Spotify at Peacetime Guitar or see him in person at Open Mic Night hosted by Nourishing Storm on the second Saturday of the month at swiig Café (next to the studio).
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The February Theme of RE-IGNITE is put into perspective by Nourishing Storm Wellness Company owner and Spiraling to Wellness podcast host, Kristin Ritter. Based on recent changes she’s made in her life, Kristin talks about how she felt a shift that motivated her to leave some things behind and re-ignite parts of herself she had forgotten. She encourages anyone feeling this shift to allow themselves to be patient with the unfolding and to also “let life surprise you.” Kristin emphasizes the importance of self-love as a source of energy in this process and is working towards creating more programs on this topic for the Storm.
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Stop repeating, start REIMAGINING. That is just part of the impactful dialogue featured in our January Podcast honoring our theme of REIMAGINE with guest Lauren Verbilla, Lauren is a licensed therapist in private practice and a Storm yoga Instructor. She emphasizes the importance of both releasing emotions through conversation and physical discord through movement. She encourages anyone who is automatically following the same tracks in their path to “visualize new destinations” and give themselves “permission to go to that place where anything is possible”.
Though she admits it is scary, Lauren’s advice is to “make a choice, take a
small step, make another choice”…and so on. Tune in and enjoy more of Lauren’s insight and experience.
You can connect with Lauren through email or by seeing her in one of her classes at Nourishing Storm.
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How do we RECEIVE? As it turns out, in unique and interesting ways every single day. December’s Spiraling to Wellness Podcast is focused on the theme of RECEIVE. Guest, Marisa DiMarcantino, hair stylist at Blue Hair Salon in Huntington Valley, says that the deep conversations and connections she makes with clients are among the gifts that foster love and learning within herself. She says she is very sensitive to making people feel comfortable and creating space to receive and give. Marisa expresses herself in artistry and the social aspect of her job and says that she is not just in the service industry, but the people industry, as well.
Listen in for this uplifting and delightful conversation.
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Our August S2W Podcast discussion invites you to SURRENDER to the possibilities before you. Talking with Emily Walker, yoga teacher, artist, and Social Media Director/Community Planner for swiig Juice Bar & Café, we delved into what it really means to surrender, to find strength in vulnerability, and to hold onto something without “clenching it.” She points out that if we hold on too tightly, it becomes a source of tension, so we need to “surrender with an open palm.”
Emily holds an MA in Religious Studies from Emory University and incorporates times of prayer and quiet into her day, as well as the practices of yoga and Ayurveda, as ways of letting go and making space to live life more fully. Like her last name, she claims to be a “walker” through life, letting go of what doesn’t serve her in order to find her true path.
You can follow Emily's journey here.
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Welcome to our June Podcast where we focus on the themes of SEEK & FIND. Listen and be inspired by special guest, Lori Felt, Founder of Lori Diamond Arts. Lori’s passion and talent for art led to a lifetime of creativity. But it wasn’t until this passion intersected with another one that she was able to find her true path. Lori speaks with us about her collaboration with organizations that address health and human rights issues and how her unique brand of art has benefitted these causes and given her life new meaning. The focus of much of her art is on self-love and empowerment for girls and women and being a changemaker both locally and globally.
You can meet Lori at our upcoming Summer Open House at Nourishing Storm in Hatboro, PA Saturday, June 18th 12-3pm. Learn more about Lori's work on her website, visit her etsy shop "LoriDiamondArt" and follow her journey on instagram. -
As human beings, a concept we all can agree upon is that breath is something we literally can’t live without. But using that breath as a centering and healing tool can boost our quality of life. Our April theme of Breathe sparked this insightful S2W conversation with Colin Kirts owner of Koru Real Wellness in Doylestown. Colin points out that “the things we most need to cherish are simple and obvious” like breath. But often those things can be elusive as we try and reach perfection or gain mastery of them. He emphasizes that learning never stops and there is always an “unpredictable adventure” awaiting us. Moving out of our own way and breathing into any situation, helps us regain our center, and focus on what is important at the moment.
You can learn more about Colin's offerings here.
Follow Koru Real Wellness on Instagram.
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Our final podcast of 2021 focuses on the theme of Transcend, the concept of going beyond, rising above, and leaving behind what no longer serves us. I am so excited to welcome, as our guest, Margo Langlotz, owner of Sycamore House: Integrated Healing Energy, massage therapist, Reiki master, dog obedience trainer, and awesome Nourishing Storm Yoga Instructor – not to mention a wife and mom. Margo talks about the challenges of the past year and how it led her to guide others on their healing journey. She emphasizes how important it is for people – and even animals - to transcend their fears, to not be crippled by them or enabled by others to stay in a limiting place. She emphasizes the need to “hold ourselves gently”, create spiritual grounding, and not be afraid to ask others to hold space for us on our journey. She points out that teachers are all around us and describes one of her first teachers, a pony named Pierre, who showed her how exciting it was to gallop and jump.
Learn more about Margo's offerings here and follow her here. - Visa fler
