The Sweet Spot Podcasts

Essence of Tantric Sexuality

Length-24 minutes, 40 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb host of the Sweet Spot Podcast, interviews Mark Michaels (Swami Umeshanand Saraswati) and Patricia Johnson (Devi Veenanand) authors of Essence of Tantric Sexuality published by Llewellyn Publications.

Patricia Johnson and Mark Michaels

Mark Michaels (Swami Umeshanand Saraswati) and Patricia Johnson (Devi Veenanand)a devoted married couple who have been teaching Tantra and Kriya Yoga together since 1999. Their popular workshops have been featured in several publications, including the Village Voice, Now magazine, and Breathe magazine.

The two seek to combine a traditional, lineage-based approach with the best contemporary, Neo-Tantric methods. Their approach includes breath work, meditation, chanting, and puja (a type of Hindu devotional ritual), and their "initiated Kriya yoga" practices aim to lay a spiritual foundation for bringing the heightened awareness and pleasure of sex into everyday life.

The authors are senior students of Dr. John Mumford (Swami Anandakapila Saraswati) and have been named lineage holders of the OM-Kara Kriya® system for the Americas and Sunyata, coauthor of The Jewel in the Lotus, named Michaels his lineage holder in 2001.

Michaels and Johnson have studied Bhakti Yoga with Bhagavan Das and Tantra with Dr. Rudy Ballentine, and they have been featured in Dr. Judy Kuriansky's The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tantric Sex.

Michaels is a graduate of New York University School of Law, is a member of the Bar in New York State, and holds master's degrees in American Studies from NYU and Yale. A playwright and translator, he translated and adapted Goldoni's The Mistress of the Inn, The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of Debate, which premiered at New York's Primary Stages.

Patricia Johnson is a professional operatic soprano who tours extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and South America and has performed with the New York City Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, and the Berlin Komsiche Opera.  Visit their website.

Visit Dr. Honos-Webb's website and blog.

The Gift of Adult ADD

MP3 File

Length-26 minutes, 51 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Mr. Damon Harper.

Mr. Damon Harper is a  physical trainer and life coach who does most of his training on the beach and also in the water. He describes his physical activity and connection to nature as part of his therapy for ADD and how he helps his clients. His passion and purpose reveal the gift of ecological  consciousness in ADD.  Visit his website.

Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and The Sweet Spot blog.

The Woman's Belly Book: Finding Your True Center for More Energy, Confidence, and Pleasure

Length-24 minutes, 27 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of the The Sweet Spot, interviews Ms. Lisa Sarasohn, "Belly Queen" author of The Woman's Belly Book: Finding Your True Center for More Energy, Confidence, and Pleasure published by New World Library.

Ms. LIsa Sarasohn

Lisa Sarasohn is a veteran yoga instructor and bodywork therapist. Her favorite professional designation is Belly Queen. "These are words," she says, "for a woman who owns herself." Having gained and lost more than 2,000 pounds during twenty years of dieting and bingeing, she's discovered how to move beyond this misery into a fulfilling sense of personal power and purpose. In The Woman's Belly Book, she shares this life-affirming information and these life-saving skills with you. Visit her website.