How yoga literally saved my life by brad willis aka bhava ram laura plumb dr. In 2004, willis took on the spiritual name bhava ram, and under this name has produced several books on yoga and ayurveda, plus cds of yoga instruction and original music. A war correspondents memoir, chronicles his journey from the most remote, dangerous places in the world through an agonizing broken back, drug detox. This is an epic story and i am happy to report that it is quite well told, as one might expect from a worldclass journalist. Bhava ram brad willis kripalu to honor the wellbeing and health of our community, kripalu. Before he was bhava ram, long before i knew him, he was nbc news correspondent brad willis.
Bhava ram, is a former nbc news war correspondent who selfhealed through mindbodyspirit medicine and yoga. It was written in an engaging way and i really did feel that it was wrtitten from the heart as if bhava ram brad willis had been in the room with me and we were talking over a nice cup of green tea. Follow bhava ram and explore their bibliography from. As a symbol of his journey, he took the spiritual name bhava ram, which stands for living from the heart. Warrior pose, how yoga literally saved my life, book by. If that is what you are looking for this book may not be for you. Warriors for healing founder brad willis aka bhava ram.
Bhava, born brad willis, has written the most exciting, original, and vividly relevant book yet on this topic. How yoga literally saved my life with bhava ram the. Ram ignores his progressive physical collapse, stuffing his feelings and. The founder of deep yoga, based in san diego, he teaches workshops and leads retreats throughout the us and india. Warrior pose is willis s journey of transformation from a foreign correspondent to bhava ram, a spiritual guide. Thank you so much for sharing your story with the world and enabling us the opportunity to learn from your journey. Share brad willis quotations about yoga, healing and grace. But running in a jagged line behind all of those gripping tales is a story thats far more frightening and full of dread. Warrior pose is williss journey of transformation from a foreign correspondent to bhava ram, a spiritual guide. And i had worked my way up to the network through a variety of small, medium, and large market television stations across the country as they have investigative reporting. Dave interviews brad willis transcribed from by eric hanley introduction. He and his wife ran a yoga training and healing arts school called deep yoga. It is a book in which brad willis explains how he really owned his body mind and spirit through yoga and the deeper understanding of nonduality and in so doing reclaimed his life on a deeper level, so it is a book for anyone whos interested in waking up.
My guest today is brad willis, also known as bhava ram, author of the new. Warrior pose how yoga literally saved my life by brad willis aka bhava ram in the last sixteen years, ive read almost all the books in the yoga section of each of my local libraries, and ive finally had to begin looking further afield for my yogarelated reading fix. Warrior pose is an adventure chronicling some of the most momentous events of our time through a journalists eyes, an unforgettable story about the power of love between father and son, and a transformational journey of selfhealing, inner peace, and wholeness. Bhava ram is a former nbc news war correspondent who reported from the middle east, asia, africa, latin america, and beyond. Warrior pose, how yoga literally saved my life, book by brad willis aka bhava ram product id. How yoga literally saved my life is not your typical how to book demonstrating yoga poses which are designed to make you live a healthier, stronger, and more centered life. The man on the cover is my yoga teacher, bhava ram.
When i met brad willis now bhava ram, i was still shocked by motherhood and by my very challenging 15month old son, who regularly bit me hard enough to break the skin, threw. Brad willis aka bhava ram is the author of the highly acclaimed new memoir on the healing powers of yoga and mindbody medicine. How yoga literally saved my life, is a memoir about his descent into what he calls a dark place of pain, overmedication and despair, and how his 2year. As you said in your introduction, i was a war correspondent for nbc news. A former nbc network news war correspondent, bhava selfhealed from stage four cancer and a broken back through yoga. Its concise, hardhitting prose makes a page turner about the shockingly grim world behind the nightly news as revealed to a top television reporter. Bhava ram, aka brad willis before i can talk about the book warrior pose. Bhava ram war correspondent brad willis was accustomed to risk.
Warrior pose from covering the front lines of the gulf war to investigating colombian drug lords to living with freedom fighters in the mountains of afghanistan, war correspondent brad willis was accustomed to risk. As a journalist, willis was the recipient of the alfred i. War reporter finds peace, recovery the san diego union. Brad willis, aka bhava ram, is a former nbc news foreign correspondent who overcame a broken back, failed surgery and stage four cancer through mindbody medicine, yoga and ayurveda. Saved my life brad willis warrior pose how yoga literally saved my life brad willis. From covering the front lines of the gulf war to investigating colombian drug lords to living with freedom fighters in the mountains of afghanistan, war. Inspiring change through yoga natural knowledge 247. Brad willis biography, age, family, wife, books and net worth. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read deep yoga. Warriors for healing founder brad willis aka bhava ram warriors for healing. Brad willis also known as bhava ram born august 27, 1949 is a former nbc news foreign correspondent, author, musician and teacher. For awardwinning nbc war correspondent brad willis, rock bottom. Bryant your book now become an author in 8 easy lessons thank you so much for listening to this episode. Bhava ram will speak and sign his book at the joan kroc institute for peace and justice on the university of san diego campus.
Warrior pose book premier with bhava ram the premier of bhava ram s memoir, warrior posehow yoga literally saved my life, my 5, 20 at the institute for pace and. During the peak of his career, ram broke his back in a freak accident unrelated to his work, and that moment of falling from a 12foot ledge changed his life. Warrior pose by brad willisbhava ram yoga teacher magazine. Its a simple, familiar arc, from top of the world, to fallen hero, to regeneration, but the story is in the details and those details in brad willis aka bhava rams warrior pose are truly extraordinary. A war correspondents memoir, i must first tell you about the writer, who was one of my first yoga teachers. Warrior pose how yoga literally saved my life brad willis. Bhava ram which is scarier being blindfolded and smuggled into afghanistan by mujaheddin with ak47s during the soviet invasion to land an.
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