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Finding Harmony Podcast Episodes

Sept. 16, 2025

Quantum Healing in Action: What the Science of Energy Reveals

What does it really mean to live in alignment? In this radiant conversation, Harmony and Russell welcome Shalane Carter, an energetic healer and embodiment guide, to explore the power of living in tune with your body’s freque...
Sept. 9, 2025

How to Finally Step Into the Strongest Version of Yourself

In this solo episode of the Finding Harmony Podcast , Harmony Slater opens the door on coaching—what it is, why it matters, and how it can change the way you live, work, and relate to yourself. Drawing from her own journey as...
Sept. 2, 2025

From Intuition to Energy Healing: Exploring the Psychic Path

What does it mean to be psychic—and how do we learn to trust our intuition without feeling overwhelmed? In this episode of the Finding Harmony Podcast , Harmony Slater sits down with Lisa Campion, a master psychic, medium, an...
Aug. 26, 2025

Quitting, Evolving, or Adapting: What It Really Means to Stay With Yoga

What happens when the center of your practice—the teacher, the lineage, the external validation—suddenly disappears? In this deeply engaging conversation, hosts Harmony Slater and Russell Case sit down with Meghan Marshall, l...
Aug. 19, 2025

Parampara, Paper, and Power: The Politics of Ashtanga Certification After Sharath

In this deeply reflective solo episode, host Harmony Slater addresses a heated debate currently circling the global Ashtanga yoga community: certifications and their legitimacy. Drawing from her own decades of practice and pe...
Aug. 12, 2025

Yoga Beyond Performance: Identity, Access, And Ashtanga

This conversation explores the lived experience of practicing and teaching Ashtanga as a visible minority, and what it takes to evolve a lineage without losing its heart. We examine how unspoken norms, lack of clear standards...
Aug. 5, 2025

Three Simple Rituals That Transform Stress into Calm

This week’s episode is a special replay of a 2021 conversation between Harmony Slater and Kelsey Murphy, originally aired on the Whiskey & Work podcast. At the height of pandemic-era stress and life juggling, Harmony joined K...
July 29, 2025

Rewriting the Story: From Trauma to Truth

Have you ever felt like your story wasn’t really yours? In today’s powerful conversation, Harmony speaks with transformational coach and Akashic Records teacher Bhavya Gaur about the process of reclaiming your story—and your ...
July 22, 2025

Spiritual Science: How Mantras Work Like Code for the Soul

What happens when you chant a mantra 900,000 times in solitude? Dr. Vigneshwar Bhat knows. This week on the Finding Harmony Podcast , Harmony sits down with one of her beloved teachers to explore the deep wisdom of the Vedas,...
July 15, 2025

What If Nothing Is Wrong With You? Understanding Threat, Ease, and the Nervous System

What if your biggest problem… isn’t actually a problem at all? In this enlightening conversation, Harmony and Russell welcome back longtime friend, acupuncturist, and author Dr. Jagdeep Johal. Together, they explore how unres...
July 8, 2025

Why You’re More Intuitive Than You Think (and How to Tap In)

In this multidimensional episode, Harmony Slater sits down with long-time friend and deeply intuitive healer, Angelika Anagnostou. From clearing the evil eye in childhood to becoming a certified Ashtanga yoga teacher and prac...
July 1, 2025

How Somatic Awareness Can Alter Your Approach to Ashtanga Yoga

What does it take to hold space for both structure and sensitivity in modern yoga practice? In this warm and wide-ranging episode, Harmony and Russell talk with Leo Castro and Samira Eidi, co-founders of Coletivo Mysore, a th...
June 24, 2025

How Your Enneagram Type Affects Your Bank Account: A New Approach to Abundance

What happens when a Benedictine monk becomes a money manager? In this rich and engaging conversation, Harmony talks with Doug Lynam about his extraordinary journey from the Marine Corps to monastic life, and ultimately into t...
Guest: Douglas Lynam
June 17, 2025

Yoga, Suffering, and the Search for Meaning in a Changing World

Harmony and Russell sit down with Paul Bramadat — professor, anthropologist, and longtime yoga practitioner — to explore the spiritual, cultural, and deeply human dimensions of modern yoga. Paul, who began his yoga journey in...
June 10, 2025

From Hyperfocus to Chaos: Real Talk About Neurodivergence

In this episode of the Finding Harmony Podcast , Harmony Slater and Russell Case sit down with Raquel Devillé, a skilled therapist specializing in neurodiversity. They explore the complexities of living with ADHD, autism, and...
June 3, 2025

Moving Beyond Grief: The Spiritual Practice of Letting Go

Join Harmony Slater for a deeply transformative conversation with author and mentor Sara Avant Stover. In this heartfelt episode, they explore Sara’s powerful book, Handbook for the Heartbroken: A Woman’s Path from Devastatio...
May 27, 2025

Energetic Shifts That Change Your Relationship With Money

Your relationship with money runs deeper than spreadsheets or strategy—it’s stored in your body. In this insightful and energizing episode, Harmony Slater shares an excerpt from a powerful conversation with business coach Dan...
May 20, 2025

Living Your Yoga: Integrating Breath, Shiatsu and Energy Healing

In this powerful episode of the Finding Harmony Podcast, Harmony Slater sits down with Ramona Rouhdoust, a healer, teacher, and founder of Let’s Yoga Shiatsu. Ramona shares her incredible journey from her early life in Iran t...
May 13, 2025

Only Dead Fish Go with the Flow: A Guide to Authentic Living

In this episode of the Finding Harmony Podcast, Harmony Slater and Russell Case are joined by David Swenson, one of the most respected and beloved Ashtanga Yoga teachers in the world. With over four decades of practice and te...
Guest: David Swenson
May 6, 2025

Look Again: The Practice That Changes Everything

In this deeply resonant episode of the Finding Harmony Podcast, hosts Harmony Slater and Russell Case are joined once again by two of the most beloved teachers in the world of yoga and Buddhist philosophy—Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor. Together, they explore the eternal question: What does it mea…
April 29, 2025

Carrying Ashtanga Yoga Forward: Navigating Grief, Legacy, and Lineage

When a beloved teacher passes, what remains? In this poignant conversation, Harmony and Russell sit down with fellow Canadian Ashtanga teachers David Robson and Jelena Vesic to explore how a community carries the torch of tra...
April 22, 2025

When Yoga Gets Scientific: The Real Effects on Stress and Aging

Harmony Slater reconnects with longtime friend and fellow teacher Paul Dallaghan to explore his journey from Ireland to India, from business school to biology, and from asana to advanced Pranayama. Paul shares the inner curre...
April 15, 2025

How to use Pranayama to Balance Hormones and Regulate Your Nervous System

Harmony sits down with Siobhan Fitzgerald, a dedicated yoga teacher and breathwork practitioner whose work explores the ancient wisdom of Pranayama and its profound relevance to modern life—especially for women in midlife. Si...
April 8, 2025

The Wild Woman’s Path to Yoga and Vitality

This week, Harmony and Russell sit down with the dynamic and deeply grounded Amy Kokoszka—a Polish-Canadian Ashtanga Yoga teacher living in Ireland—whose journey weaves through Sivananda, Hatha, and eventually, Ashtanga yoga....
Guest: Amy Kokoszka