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51% Show #1368

On this week’s 51%, taking a breath and the time to regroup. First, a yoga therapist addresses food addictions.Then, does yoga have to go om-less? And a writer looks at yoga and storytelling. I’m Allison Dunne and this is 51%.

By now, school is in full swing, the summer season is a memory, and life is b-u-s-y. Before we allow the holiday season to take hold, now could be a good time to focus and center and breathe, and rewire our brains. First, we turn to Portland, Oregon yoga therapist and educator Sarahjoy Marsh, who has penned Hunger, Hope & Healing, a guidebook to recovery from disordered eating, food addiction, and body image issues. It’s a synthesis of yoga, psychology, and neuroscience. 

Sarahjoy Marsh is a Portland, Oregon yoga scholar, recovered food addict, and advocate for using yoga for social justice. She also recently penned Hunger, Hope & Healing, a guidebook to recovery from disordered eating, food addiction, and body image issues. 

Earlier this year, a California Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that teaching yoga in school neither violates the constitution nor promotes Eastern religions. Sandip Roy reports for KALW.

And now writer Dr. Jeri Burns draws a connection between yoga and storytelling. 

Dr. Jeri Burns is a storyteller, writer, and educator living in New York's Hudson Valley. You can find her at www.storycrafters.com. 

And that's our storytelling for this week.

And that's our show this week. Thanks to Katie Britton for production assistance. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock. Our theme music is Glow in the Dark by Kevin Bartlett. This show is a national production of Northeast Public Radio. 

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