Get In with Debbie Rosas

The Way of Harmony: Living Aikido On and Off the Mat with David Nemeroff

What if the way you handle conflict could transform your entire life? In this episode of the GET IN Podcast, I am joined by master martial artist David Nemeroff to explore Aikido, not just as a practice, but as a way of being. Often called "the art of peace," Aikido teaches us how to blend with energy rather than resist it, offering a powerful framework for navigating stress, conflict, and everyday challenges with awareness and grace. With over 50 years of experience and black belts in 13 martial arts, David shares how Aikido principles extend far beyond the dojo, into relationships, healing, leadership, and personal growth. From working with law enforcement and corporations to supporting children with cancer through his Kids Karate Project, his work reflects a deep commitment to service, discipline, and compassion. In this episode, you'll discover: • What Aikido really is—and why it's called the art of peace • How to transform conflict by blending instead of resisting • The role of centering, awareness, and body intelligence • How martial arts can support healing and resilience • What it means to live with 100% of your spirit This is more than a conversation about martial arts. It's an invitation to move through life with greater harmony, presence, and power. Learn more about David Nemeroff: www.karatelehighvalley.com [https://www.karatelehighvalley.com] Read David's book: Aikido's Hidden Ground Techniques [https://www.amazon.com/Aikidos-Hidden-Ground-Techniques-Andrade/dp/0692199861/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ML3RD7DPO46G&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5yW4KCEUg1hrckgM4VDnivnrEw_yO854xX7AcyWi58BL0Yh2LCxrO0ax4rFc1-tWkAllj6opx6068Gutxp6u0L9r38fwb8BdSmO2DbdcEFwofRHGCTOIC3j4skaRFTzow2gY3QLJt2Xm4U0YEQSui6NbU3MGnwlr0pjeGDUixhjfe4WONa7Yz2hI5iDH2kST.1dDZd1eZB5guIPtw5nm9c5njA3qVc-Oov3VE6pF3FDQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=Aikido%27s+Hidden+Ground+Techniques&qid=1777932485&sprefix=aikido%27s+hidden+ground+techniques%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-1] Learn more about Debbie Rosas: www.debbierosas.com [https://www.debbierosas.com/] www.nianow.com [https://www.nianow.com/] www.niaondemand.com [https://www.niaondemand.com/]

Your Brain and Body on Life: What It Means with Caroline Kohles

The Brain, the Body, and What It Means to Feel Well What if understanding your brain could change the way you live, move, and relate to yourself, and to others? In this rich and insightful conversation, I am joined by Caroline Kohles, Senior Director of Health and Wellness at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, a longtime Nia teacher and trainer, and a leader in integrative wellness. Together, we explore the brain not just as an organ, but as a dynamic, living system deeply connected to the body, emotions, and our experience of life. Drawing from decades of work with both healthy and challenged populations, Caroline shares how movement, awareness, and an understanding of the brain's design can support healing, resilience, and meaningful living. Influenced by her studies with Elaine de Beauport and Aura Sofía Díaz, this conversation opens the door to a more expansive view of intelligence, one that includes mental, emotional, and behavioral dimensions. In this episode, you'll discover: • The difference between the brain and the mind—and why it matters • How emotions can "hijack" the brain—and how to regain choice • The role of imagination, intuition, and neurodiversity in whole-brain living • Why meaning, love, and connection are essential to brain–mind health • How movement can reshape the brain through neuroplasticity This is more than a conversation about the brain. It's an invitation to understand yourself more deeply—and to engage with your life in a more conscious, connected way. Learn more about Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan: www.mmjccm.org [https://www.mmjccm.org/] Learn more about Debbie Rosas: www.debbierosas.com [https://www.debbierosas.com/] www.nianow.com [https://www.nianow.com/] www.niaondemand.com [https://www.niaondemand.com/]

When Food Is Not the Hunger: Eating in the Light of Consciousness with Anita Johnston

Welcome to GET IN with Debbie Rosas, a podcast dedicated to exploring what it means to truly live life in a body. In this episode, I sit down with Anita Johnston, PhD—clinical psychologist, certified eating disorder specialist, and internationally recognized author—to explore how struggles with eating and body image can serve as gateways to higher consciousness, deeper nourishment, and authentic self-connection. Together, we explore the symbolic language of food and the body, revealing how disordered eating is often an expression of unmet emotional, relational, and soulful needs longing to be heard. Through the lenses of psychology, mythology, archetypal wisdom, spirituality, and lived experience, Anita and I weave story, insight, and compassion into a conversation that invites listeners to sense the body not as a problem to be fixed, but as a teacher, guide, and source of deep inner intelligence. This episode invites listeners to reflect, reconnect, and reimagine their relationship with nourishment—beyond food alone—while discovering how listening to the body's messages can restore trust in one's inner guidance system: instincts, emotions, and intuition. More than information, this conversation is an invitation to experience healing as a return to balance, meaning, and wholeness. Whether you are a mover, therapist, teacher, healer, or simply a human being living in a body, this episode offers inspiration and insight for cultivating greater awareness, nourishment, and fulfillment—from the inside out. Learn more about Anita Johnston: www.dranitajohnston.com [https://dranitajohnston.com/] www.lightofthemooncafe.com [https://www.myofascialmagic.com/] Read Anita's book: Eating in the Light of the Moon [https://a.co/d/bCp8cRh] Learn more about Debbie Rosas: www.debbierosas.com [https://www.debbierosas.com/] www.nianow.com [https://www.nianow.com/] www.niaondemand.com [https://www.niaondemand.com/]

Breath: The First Relationship with Laurie Bass

Welcome to GET IN: Breath, the first conversation of the 2026 Year of Rebirth—a year devoted to living from the inside out. This episode opens a new format for the GET IN podcast, designed not as interviews, but as threshold conversations, spaces where listening becomes sensing, sensing becomes choice, and knowledge becomes lived change. Breath is where rebirth begins. In this conversation, breath is explored not as a technique to master, but as a relationship to cultivate. Breath as fitness for the brain–body connection. Breath as health through regulation and adaptability. Breath as presence, pleasure, and a sensuous way of inhabiting life. My guest, Laurie Bass, brings a deeply human and embodied approach to breath, bridging science, lived experience, and sensory intelligence. Together, we explore how breath supports resilience without force, agency without striving, and well-being without disconnecting from the body's natural rhythms. This conversation weaves: · Breath as a bridge between brain, body, and nervous system · Breath as a daily ally through change, stress, and aging · Breath as a doorway into presence, timing, and trust · Breath as a democratic resource—available to every human body, at every age More than a discussion, this episode is an invitation to pause, sense, and cross a threshold into a new way of relating to yourself and your life. This is not about doing breath "right." It is about remembering how to listen. GET IN: Breath marks the beginning of a year-long exploration of embodied wisdom where movement, sensation, and awareness guide how we live, heal, and evolve. Learn more about Laurie Bass: www.lauriebass.com [https://www.lauriebass.com] Learn more about Debbie Rosas: www.debbierosas.com [https://www.debbierosas.com/] www.nianow.com [https://www.nianow.com/] www.niaondemand.com [https://www.niaondemand.com/]

Trusting the Body with Bobbie Ellis

In this episode of Get In, I sit down with Bobbie Ellis — Continuum teacher, somatic yoga guide, movement therapist, and embodiment coach — for a deep dive into the art of trusting the body. With over four decades of experience guiding people into deeper awareness, Bobbie invites us to explore trust as more than an idea — as a felt, lived experience. From her transformative encounter with Continuum after a life-changing skiing accident, to her fusion of yoga, movement, and fluid body awareness, Bobbie reveals how the body's innate intelligence can become our most faithful guide. Together, we explore how sensing precedes alignment, why creativity and self-agency are essential to embodiment, and how gravity and space can become playful partners in movement. Whether you're new to somatic practice or seeking to deepen your connection, this conversation will inspire you to return to the quiet, knowing voice within — and trust it. Listen in and rediscover your body as an unshakable source of truth, meaning, and home. Learn more about Bobbie Ellis: www.somayogatraining.com [https://www.somayogatraining.com] www.somactr.com [https://www.somactr.com] Learn more about Debbie Rosas: www.debbierosas.com [https://www.debbierosas.com/] www.nianow.com [https://www.nianow.com/] www.niaondemand.com [https://www.niaondemand.com/]