Inspirational Podcasts from alternatives.org.uk

Satish Kumar is a former jain monk and long-term peace and environment activist who has been setting the global agenda for change for over 50 years. In 1973, he settled in the UK, taking up the post of editor of Resurgence Magazine. He has been the guiding spirit behind Schumacher College in South Devon. His autobiography, No Destination, first published by Green Books in 1978 has sold over 50,000 copies. He is also the author of You Are, Therefore I am; A Declaration of Dependence, The Buddha and The Terrorist and Earth Pilgrim.

Jan Day is a relationship expert and coach who works with her clients on intimacy, sexuality and healing. Central themes of Jan’s work are self-acceptance and self-forgiveness. She trained for 15 years with Art of Being founder, Alan Lowen in Europe and Hawaii, as well as being a CTA certified coach. At the core of her work is her past experience. “I have been divorced and married,” she says. “I have known the darkness of depression, the despair of great loss and the joy of finding my way home again. Sexual healing, self-acceptance, forgiveness and the all-embracing life acceptance of Tantra have been and continue to be powerful tools in her life. Jan is happily married and lives with her husband in Kent.

Timothy Freke is a philosopher or ‘lover of wisdom’ who is pioneering a simple new way to experience a profound spiritual awakening, which fully embraces our everyday humanity. He has spent his life exploring the awakened state he often simply calls ‘The Mystery Experience’. He is best known for his groundbreaking work on Christian Gnosticism with his close friend Peter Gandy. Tim is the founder of The Alliance for Lucid Living, (The ALL), an organization dedicated to our collective awakening. He is the author of The Mystery Experience.

Nicola Phoenix - Nicola is an experienced Meditator, Psychologist, Yoga Teacher, Radio show host and Writer. Her work integrates Western psychology with Eastern yogic principles. Nicola is known as the Spiritual Psychologist. She is the author of ‘Reclaiming Happiness: 8 Strategies to an Authentic and Peaceful Life’, her message is that great peace, happiness and fulfilment is possible - Now.

Rod Stryker has taught yoga for more than thirty years, and is the founder of ParaYoga. He is the author of The Four Desires which is written from the ancient Yogic point of view that your soul has four distinct desires.

Amoda Maa Jeevan is an author and spiritual teacher. She is the author of "How to Find God in Everything" and her latest, soon to be released "Change Your Life, Change Your World: Ten Spiritual Lessons for a New Way of Being and Living". Her mission is to bring the illumination of love to the darkness we perceive within ourselves and in the world.

Swami Saradananda has been teaching for more than thirty-five years. She worked with the Sivananda Yoga Centres for almost thirty years. She served as director and main teacher of their facilities in New York, London (Putney) and Delhi. Swami Saradananda is the author of a number of books, including The Power of Breath, Chakra Meditation, Teach Yourself Yoga, Yoga Mind and Body and The Essential Guide to Chakras. After returning from an extended period of personal practice in the Himalayas, she is now based in London and teaches world-wide.

Julian Russell has been on a path of personal exploration for 40 years. He helped to introduce NLP into the UK. He co-authored Alpha Leadership -Tools for Business Leaders Who Want More Out of Life and also co-authored The Business leader. He founded the Life Talent programme and runs workshops, on-going groups and coach leaders in global organisations in Europe and USA. He is a UKCP psychotherapist, a former Trustee of Re-Vision, a 2nd Dan in Aikido, a 5 Rhythms dancer and long-term student of Buddhism.

Anaiya Sophia is the author of Pilgrimage to Love, and Sacred Union: The Alchemy of love. She is also a qualified Kundalini Yoga Teacher, public speaker and the co-author of Womb Wisdom: Awakening the Forgotten and Creative Powers of the Feminine and Open your Heart with Kundalini Yoga. Now writing Sacred Union. Ready for Valentines Day 2013 (Inner Traditions)

Stewart Pearce is a world renowned Voice Coach with a career spanning three decades. Stewart was Head of Voice at the Webber Douglas Academy from 1980-1997, and Master of Voice at Shakespeare’s Globe from 1997-2008. Stewart is also an inveterate Sound Healer, Seer, Angel Medium, and is the author of three books, The Alchemy of Voice, The Heart’s Note, The Angels of Atlantis. He is also the creator of the Angels of Atlantis Oracle.

Barbara J. Winter is a California-based self-employment advocate, writer, gypsy teacher and entrepreneur. She is the author of the best-selling book, Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways for Creating Work That You Love. Her most recent book is called Seminar in a Sentence, is a collection of favourite quotes on creativity, success and entrepreneurship. She has worked for herself for over thirty years. She says she has never had a better boss.

Vena Ramphal is the Passion Coach specialising in romance and erotic pleasure. Her work is rooted in classical Indian philosophy, yoga-tantra and the kama sutra. Vena's did a PhD [SOAS)which involved an exploration of the original Sanskrit erotic texts alongside contemporary gender theory. She is currently featured as an expert on the UK’s first televised version of the world renowned “Lovers’ Guide” on Body In Balance TV – a channel dedicated to health and well-being. She teaches people how to create love lives that are fulfilling, authentic and pleasure-filled.