The Lucas Rockwood Show

Peggy Kwisuk Hong has been teaching Iyengar Yoga since 2001 and is certified as an Intermediate Junior II teacher by the Iyengar Yoga National Association. She lives in Detroit where she founded, taught, and directed a nonprofit Iyengar Yoga center, Riverwest Yogashala, from 2003-2012.

Peggy has done very interesting work with Karma yoga, or yoga of service, and with my company, we're always trying to find new and effective ways to donate our time and funds, so this is why I've invited Peggy on the show today.  


In this Show, You'll learn:

How Peggy is democratizing yoga so it’s available to everyone.

What makes Iyengar Yoga special and why you should practice it.

What “Community Gift Yoga” is and how it’ll change the world.


Direct download: 109_SHOW_FINAL.mp3
Category:yoga -- posted at: 6:07pm CET

Paul Rodney Turner, the “Food Yogi” is the international director of Food for Life and the co-founder of Food for Life Global, the world headquarters for the charity.

Food for Life is the largest plant-based food relief project in the world with helping people in over 50 countries and serving up to 2 million meals daily.


In this Show, You'll learn:

Why Paul is called the “food yogi” and what it means to him.

How Food for Life is serving millions of meals to people in need.

The easy and hard things of having been a monk for 14 years.

How food can be meditative and spiritual.

Direct download: 108_SHOW_FINAL.mp3
Category:yoga -- posted at: 1:08pm CET

Gary and Valerie are the cofounders of the Grow Your Own Food Summit. Gary Heine is the co-founder of Heine Brothers’ Coffee an importer and roaster of organic, fair-trade coffee with distribution in nine Louisville, Kentucky cafes. Valerie is the co-founder of the not-for-profit 15Thousand Farmers which teaches people how to grow food simply at home. She has also served as Executive Director for Eco Soul for many years supporting sustainable energy projects.  

In this Show, You'll learn:

What fair trade means and why is it so important particularly on coffee, chocolate, and cotton.

Why they're so passionate about teaching people to growth their own foods.

How to get started planting and growing your own food at home.

Direct download: 107_SHOW_FINAL.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 4:59pm CET

Daniel Vitalis is a Health, Nutrition, and Personal Development Strategist. He encourages people to “ReWild Themselves”.

He is the creator of FindASpring.com, a great resource to help people find fresh, clean, wild water wherever they live, and the founder of Surthrival, a lifestyle, health and adventure brand.  Daniel was recently featured in the documentary film, “Hungry For Change”.  You can find him at Surthrival.com or DanielVitalis.com.

In this Show, You'll learn:

What “rewild” means and why it’s more important than ever.

How to blend food and exercise into a more holistic plan. 

Why eating locally grown superfoods beats the imported stuff.  

Direct download: 106_SHOW_FINAL.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 1:45pm CET

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