Show notes:
Welcome to the first edition of our Alpha State podcast.  Today’s show features happenings and musings on: “How to Boost Your Immune System” with RN and Yoga Teacher Ed Dailey.

Enlightened Life Lovers Teleclass:  Join Victoria Vetere and me for our Enlightened Happy Hour Teleclass: “New Year, New You” on January 29 from 8-9 pm. Cost: FREE.

Workshops in January:  Join Lori for a two-hour yoga practice on January 17 from 4-6 PM celebrating the closing of 2009 and moving ahead in 2010.  This class will soothe your mind and open your hips.  Cost: $20.  Join Ed Dailey on January 22-24 learn to boost your immune system through Thai Massage and Yoga. Cost: $175 for the entire weekend.

Featured Yoga Teacher:

Ed began practicing yoga 13 years ago as a result of his search to find relief from physical pain he had been enduring for several years.  His yoga practice began as a lesson in learning to deal with diffculty, but gradually, through the help of teachers, who were compassionate and caring his practice became full of surrender, ease and devotion.  He now has been teaching for 8 years and finds his teachings come from his experience and understanding of his own body and mind, and it continues to unfold and change at every level.

Ed has an amazing ability to guide students through both Thai Massage and Yoga via his tremendous ability to play with props and sense the needs of his students.  He is alinged with the teachings of BKS Iyengar and Rodney Yee.  He is one of the handful of teachers registered at the 500 Level with Yoga Alliance with Rodney.  Each year, Ed assists Rodney with workshops around the country.

I met Ed during the year-long Urban Zen Integrative Yoga Therapy program, in NYC.  Since then, he has become a dear friend and mentor. To learn more about Urban Zen go to: www.urbanzen.org.

Ed lives in Connecticut with his wife Ingrid and their two children, Alexis and Savannah.  To learn more about Ed go to: www.theyogamatrix.com.

Savvy Sources:

TheYogaofBreath A Step-by-Step Guide to Pranayama by: Richard Rosen

Pranyama Beyond the Fundamentals by: Richard Rosen

Breathe CD by Richard Freeman

Moving Toward Balance- 8 Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee