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About Julie Lusk

I never thought I’d ever be a writer, national speaker or recording artist. In fact, I had good reasons for those beliefs, but that’s a different story. But here I am, living proof that if you allow the flow of life, intuition, grace, good relationships, synchronicity, inspiration and action to be your guide and foundation, surprising things happen. Somehow, your own true purpose and path will find you and support your efforts (yes, it also takes honing your skills and hard work too).

These days, I’m fortunate to regularly offer weekly yoga classes in-person and virtually. National and international workshops on yoga, meditation, guided imagery and deep relaxation are given. This combo gives me a nice balance of having the joy and comfort of cultivating ongoing relationships and watching people grow in body, mind and spirit, with the stimulation and challenge of designing original workshops and retreats, meeting new people and traveling to interesting places.

Businesses, schools and various organizations often invite me in to offer training in Desktop Yoga (R), stress management, and wellness strategies. It’s so rewarding to watch people begin feeling energized and empowered on the spot!

I love learning. I earned a graduate degree from VA Tech in counseling and have received training in numerous types of yoga ranging from extremely relaxing to quite vigorous. This centered me on the middle path. There have been plenty of courses and retreats in yoga nidra, meditation, guided imagery, deep relaxation, energy work, and music. Of course, living life, and my family and friends, have taught me the most. See more about my education, training, and publications here.

Wholesome Resources is the interesting business I developed over 20 years ago. We believe that stress relief, wellness strategies, and mind-body techniques are essential ingredients for personal and professional happiness. We offer training and workshops for large and small groups at both worksites and retreat centers. Individual mentoring too.

In the past, my work has included being regional director of six hospital-based holistic health and wellness centers (2 yrs), director of a health management center at a large medical clinic (10 yrs), assistant dean of students at a liberal arts college (7 yrs), director of a community college special services program (4 years), volunteer director of the Alive & Well Coalition (5 yrs), an awareness counselor in WV (2 yrs) … and other duties as assigned.

My home, with my husband and dogs, is in the greater Cincinnati area. For fun, I enjoy making friends, hiking, playing music (flute, drums, harmonium, didgeridoo), making art messes, and reading all sorts of stuff. I look forward to meeting you!

Julie Lusk, M.Ed., NCC, RYT-E500

Wholesome Resources ~~ Founder & Chieftess

Wholesome Resources and Services Provided

Julie is available as a business and conference speaker and consultant to groups and individuals. Her books, recordings and other materials are plentiful.

Presenter and Professional Speaker (partial list)

Businesses: Procter & Gamble, Fidelity Investments, General Electric, City of Staunton, Ethicon/J&J, Xpedx, Convergys, Cincinnati Bell, Lewis-Gale Medical Center, Allstate Insurance and more
Yoga and Meditation Centers: Kripalu (19 years), Jesuit Spiritual Center (9 years), Discovery Yoga (4 years), Sivananda / Bahamas, Satchidananda (10 years)– Satchidananda Ashram/Yogaville (7 years) and more
Colleges and Universities: University of Cincinnati, Roanoke College, Virginia Tech, University of Western Australia, Hollins College, and more.
National Conventions: National Wellness Conference (16 years), NICABM ( 10 years), Speaking of Women’s Health (4 years), National Flute Convention (2 years), International Symposium on Community Health (Washington, Hong Kong, Japan) and more.
Non-Profit Groups: American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Jamaican Cancer Society, Council of Community Services, American Red Cross and more.

Published Books

Yoga Nidra Meditations: 24 Scripts for True Relaxation, Llewellyn, Woodbury, MN. 2021
Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation & Stress Relief, New Harbinger Publications, Oakland, CA. 2015
Yoga Meditations: Timeless Mind-Body Practices for Awakening, Whole Person Associates, Duluth, MN. 2005
Desktop Yoga, Penguin Group / Perigee Books, New York, NY. 1998. Translated into Spanish, Dutch and German
30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery and Inner Healing, Vol. 2, Whole Person Associates, Duluth, MN. 1993
30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery and Inner Healing, Vol. 1, Whole Person Associates, Duluth, MN. 1992. Translated into Spanish and Italian

Audio Recordings

Refreshing Journeys and many others (Whole Person Associates, Duluth, MN)
Real Relaxation: Yoga Nidra (Kunaki Publishers / WR)
Guided Mindfulness Meditations (Health Journeys)
Yoga Nidra: Guided Meditations for Relaxation & Renewal (Health Journeys)
Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation (Kunaki Publishers / WR)
Power of Presence CD (Kunaki Publishers / WR)
Wholesome Relaxation CD (Kunaki Publishers / WR)
Wholesome Energizers CD (Kunaki Publishers / WR)
Blue Moon Rising CD (Kunaki Publishers / WR)
Many other

E-Books

Mind Body Mastery: Guided Imagery, Meditation, Real Relaxation
Stress Solutions Now
Power Napper – Guided Relaxation
108 Easy Energy Answers
Yoga on the Go (coming soon)
The Original Desktop Yoga (coming soon)
Desktop Yoga Strategies to Calm Down, Get Energized, Spark Creativity & Reduce Frustration (coming soon)

Clients

Her clients have included Procter & Gamble, Fidelity Investments, University of Cincinnati, General Electric, City of Staunton, Ethicon/J&J, Xpedx, Convergys, Cincinnati Bell, Lewis-Gale Medical Center, Allstate Insurance and more.

Julie has developed stress management materials and wellness programs for such organizations as the City of Staunton, Roanoke College, Medco Health and many others.

Her relaxation, imagery and affirmation CD’s are being used on an ongoing basis at Good Samaritan Hospital, American Heart Association, Hospice of Cincinnati, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, American and Jamaican Cancer Societies, VA Tech and other organizations nationwide.

Media

She has appeared as a guest on numerous radio and television shows for CBS, ABC, FOX, ESPN and NBC affiliates, as well as South China Morning Post and Hong Kong Metro News Radio.

Yoga Journal, New Woman Magazine, Cincinnati Enquirer, Business Courier, Vegetarian Times, Body& Soul Journal for Holistic Living, Cincinnati Woman, IDEA Today, Roanoker, Wellness Management, among other publications, have featured Julie’s work in articles.

Julie’s Professional Awards and Commendations include

National Certified Counselor since 1985. Julie was a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia for 20 years
Registered E-500 Yoga Teacher via the Yoga Alliance since 2001
YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider) since 2015
Award for Excellence in Health Promotion – Wellness Councils of America
Outstanding Community Service Award – Council of Community Services, Roanoke, Virginia
Business Associate of the Year- American Business Women’s Association

Please contact Julie Lusk now.

513-248-9642 (yoga)

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The 12 Best Nights of Yoga Poem

December 19, 2017 by Julie Lusk

On the best night of yoga, my teacher gave to me …

12 Meditations

11 Warrior Poses

10 Oms A-Singing

9 Yogis Sleeping

8 Pigeons Posing

7 Chakras Spinning

6 Standing Stretches

5 Namastes

4 Breaths of Joy

3 Sun Salutes

2 Downward Dogs … and

Balance in a tree pose!

PS. Here’s my rendition of Twas the Night Before Christmas Yoga Poem

Image sources for The 12 Nights of Yoga were compiled by and used with permission from B.L. Barnes : https://tinyurl.com/4hvb9twt, https://tinyurl.com/34vnfcu8, and https://tinyurl.com/5n7fd6xd

Brain Yoga

October 20, 2018 by Julie Lusk

To Improve Your Memory, Concentration & More

Julie Lusk, M.Ed., E-RYT-500

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Certified Yoga Nidra Teachers

Graduates of the Yoga Nidra Professional Training & Certificate Program – Level I

2017 to 2023

Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.

September 2017 – Yoga Nidra Level I

Ilona Pisarek is a hatha yoga teacher, RYT 200 trained in the Sivananda style. She also completed 100 hours of training in Yoga of Recovery to help those overcoming addictive and self-destructive behaviors. Her passion for helping others led her to discover Yoga Nidra as a powerful tool for a stress relief and finding peace. She completed the training of Yoga Nidra Level 1. Ilona also holds academic degrees in Nutrition and Food Sciences. She offers private and small groups classes in English and Polish. Ilona lives in Lawrenceville, NJ. Contact her by email

Kathryn Weirick – Coming soon.

Nancy McMahon BA, MPA loves sharing her love of yoga with others. Nancy earned Yoga Alliance’s RYT 200 certification after completing studies with Denise Moore’s Open Dimension Yoga Teachers Training Program, an Integral Yoga based program. Further studies with Julie Lusk/Wholesome Resources garnered her Yoga Nidra Professional Training certification: Level I. Nancy is also certified by the American Heart Association in Heartsaver CPR/AED. Nancy teaches in the Middleburg, Delaplane and The Plains areas in Virginia. Learn more at yogaworkz.com. Like her Facebook page

Natalie Kahn, MA, RYT, loves her life on Hatteras Island, NC, working with others in-person & online, as a guide to empower oneself through the tools of yoga. She combines her training in the Himalayan tradition and yoga nidra with her degrees and experience in education to offer 1-on-1 sessions, personalized sadhana (daily practice), group classes and Unplug & Empower Yoga Retreats. Visit yogardenshine.com for more and follow her at Yogardenshine on Instagram and Facebook.

Neli Ramirez is a Certified Yoga Nidra Teacher. She has a BS in Nursing and is a Certified Diabetes Educator. Neli is enrolled in the University of Texas online course, Science & Practice of Yoga and intends to complete the Integral Yoga Teacher Training course to have the tools needed to guide herself and others to a space to help create a healthier world. She is enrolled in the tension/trauma release exercise program (TRE) and a CMT massage therapy program (CMT). She says, “During my Yoga Nidra training, I reached a space of peaceful realization that opened a door for me. Behind that door I could see myself (really SEE myself) and accept all good and petty things that make me human. I could also SEE the people around me in just the same way. I accepted all of it: the good and the bad, the past, present, and future.” Neli lives and works in Charlottesville, VA. Email Neli

Polly Behringer a lifelong practitioner of different modalities of healing through yoga. She is a studio owner, The WhereHouse Okc in Oklahoma, a RYT-200 Yoga Teacher certified by Becca Hewes, E-RYT500, C-IAYT, owner of YogaLife. She is certified in Yoga Nidra – Level I by Julie Lusk, MEd, E-RYT. Polly has studied Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) with the founder & creator of TRE, David Berceli, PhD & Paul Darby, LPC, CACIII and Board of Directors TRE for all of U.S. Future plans include attending the Integral Yoga Teachers Training 200 hour program, a month long immersion / onsite program of Satchidanada Ashram – Yogaville.”

Tosh Patterson is known as the simplicity expert who helps busy professional women break up with burnout and overwhelm. Her expertise has been featured on the Dr Oz Show, U.S. News & World Report and various media outlets. Tosh has earned certifications in Yoga Nidra, Bikram Yoga, Meditation and uses these modalities to teach women how to simplify life. Women rave about Tosh’s annual event, RECHARGE Retreat. Visit toshpatterson.com to learn more about retreats, classes, and programs.

Viviana Collazo – coming soon

November 2018 – Yoga Nidra Level I

Cynthia (Cinmayi) Moore fell in love with the yoga nidra part of Integral Yoga so chose that path for teacher training. Meditation, and cultivating peace are lifelong pursuits. Cynthia is a healthcare provider (registered dietitian, diabetes educator and integrative coach) and believes in the power of Yoga Nidra to heal. Contact her by email.

Elizabeth Norqual M.A., R.N., N.E.T.A.-C.G.E.I., Certified Yoga Nidra instructor and Holistic Practitioner. With more than 35 years experience as a Registered Nurse and Psychotherapist, Elizabeth (Betty) is passionate about preventing stress related illness by teaching clients how to live a healthy mind, body, spirit life style including yoga practice and yoga nidra (yogic sleep, deep relaxation). She is the founder of Beautiful as You Are, B.A.Y.A., she leads a weekly support group based on the six principles of Simple Abundance. As an educator, she present workshops on stress management and other Holistic topics for personal and professional growth. She is available to teach Yoga Nidra, Stress Relief, and Deep Relaxation privately 1:1 or in a group setting. To arrange a session or to inquire on workshop topics contact her here.

Anna Vasudevan

Cathrine Nelson

Christina Maniccia

DeAnn Stanley

Florence Ambika Cristelli

Gigi Jones

Irma Rosario

Jori Andler

LeeAnne Gfroerer

Lisa Caunitis

Marilyn Perry

Mary Jane Palmigiano

Pauline Gianoplus

Raama Das

Rachel Martinez

Ricardo Chiaradia

Sheila Lapeyrouse

Sherry Hanover

Victoria Jaya Eubanks

Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.

September 2019 – Yoga Nidra Level I

Barbara Germershausen

Brian Fouche teaches Yoga Nidra and Meditation classes. He has completed 100 hours of teacher training in advanced Yoga sequencing and Yin Yoga through Bhakti Yoga DC. Brian seeks to guide his students by serving as a voice which they can make their own and incorporate into their everyday life as they come back into contact with their true inner self. Brian lives in Washington, D.C. Contact him by email.

Chuck Rounds

Colleen Dwyer

Diana Kelly

Ivanna Kokriatskaia

Joe Duquette

Linda Murray

Lori Burckart

LuAnn Oliver

Nelda Eserin

Patty Strawderman

Irmina Ulysse

Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.

February 2022 – Yoga Nidra Level I

Angelica Lakshmi Gutierrez

Annalisa Derryberry is a licensed massage therapist (FL MA43061), certified hand & foot reflexologist, and certified yoga teacher. For more than 17 years, she has assisted people in experiencing deep relaxation, pain relief, and an improved sense of well-being. She also offers weekly Yoga Nidra sessions online as another way to help people to be kind to their bodies and minds. Learn more at DerryberryMassage.com or email her here.

Georgia F. LaCroix, Level I Yoga Nidra Certified Teacher, Empowerment Coach, combines Yoga Nidra, integrative healing skills, and coaching to offer her clients and students avenues through which they can come into awareness of their Wholeness, become empowered, and move forward to experience practical, full, productive, creative and joy-filled lives. Georgia teaches and facilitates Reiki, Yoga Nidra, and workshops designed to help individuals break through their blocks and move forward! A Board Certified Massage Therapist, Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Hypnotherapist, and practitioner in several other modalities, Georgia has 25 years of extensive study and experience in the fields of bodywork, energy healing and coaching. GeorgiaLaCroix.com // Contact her by email here.

Gina Alderman

Jeffrey Dharma Hollar

Joan Pleasants

JoAnn Bonifacio

Julie M. Haines

Lisa Ann Sheehy

Margaret Ralph

June Zimmerman

Nana Smith

Nikki Wesen has combined her love of yoga, sound meditation, and Reiki to help with the healing of herself and others. She believes we are all capable of healing ourselves, and sometimes we need the help of others to do it. Through her dedication to herself and to those she is fortunate enough to help, she would like to serve as a steppingstone to cross the bridge into a healing mindset. Nikki is RYT-200 Yoga Instructor certified from Honor Yoga, NJ. She is an Atma Buti certified sound healing practitioner under Suren Shrethra as well as being certified in yin yoga with Corina Benner. She is certified in Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Meditation, IY Stress Management TT, and Yoga Nidra Level 1 with Julie Lusk, MEd, E-RYT. Most of all, she believes that these healing modalities, should be accessible to everyone. KumamaEnergyHealing.com

Pamela Adami

Rasamayi Victori, RCRT, RRPr, CAP is a lifelong student, practitioner and educator of the healing arts. She has always felt a deep connection with all living things. A near death experience at a young age gave her a deeper understanding of this connection. Her passion for natural healing and helping others led her on a wonderful journey of learning and sharing that continues today. Rasamayi has been teaching Yoga, Meditation and Deep Relaxation for over 25 years in the US and Canada. She is a Certified Yoga Nidra Teacher, Board Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, Certified Reflexologist, Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Yoga Stress Management Teacher, Certified Yoga Teacher, iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation Teacher Level 1. Learn more at victorinaturalhealth.com. Contact her by email here.

Sanjana Patel

Sylvia Villarreal

Tami Musumeci-Szabo

Tinuola Bello

Vimukti Aslan

Vyasa Smith

January 2023 – Yoga Nidra Level I

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Anne Hurley

Bhudevi (Melissa Anne) McClain

Jennifer McKeen-Rodrigues

Jivapriya (Jessica) Colette

June Zimmerman

Lauren Curtis

LJ Laura Kontos

Malati (Maria) Gelabert

Margaret Ramos

Maureen Gilmartin

Mercy Mungwadzi AUDIT

Nadia (Nadezhda) Vladgina

Nandini (Nonhlanhla) Shembe-Williams

Rasamayi Victori

Rebecca Cooley

Nathalie Rukmini Ando is certified in Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Integral Yoga, Raja Yoga, Adaptive, Stress Management, Yoga of Recovery, Yin Yoga, Neuroscience and Yoga, and Yoga Nidra Level 1. She has been practicing Yoga since 2004 and has been teaching since 2010. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering and is a fine artist specializing in oil-on-canvas. You can take her online classes at iytv.online and see her artwork at natiando.art and nathalie-ando.pixels.com.

Sharanya (Nancy) Debruler

Sonya Phillips

Tomoko Nakamura

Veronica Escobar is an elder and special needs law and trusts and estates attorney by day and, at other times, is continuing her studies as an aspiring end of life doula. Due to her professional and personal experiences, she has developed an interest in end of life, palliative and hospice care and its impact on the individual and their family and loved ones. As part of her commitment to this work, she completed her Yoga Nidra Level 1 teacher training with Julie Lusk. Her hope is to incorporate Yoga Nidra and Restorative Yoga in her work as a doula and to further companion the dying and their families with these true gifts. She can be reached at veronica@thewaterbearer.com

Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.

Yoga Nidra and Sleep

Who couldn’t use some extra shut-eye? Sleep is vital to our health and sleep experts tell us we need an average of eight hours at a shot. Even if there’s time for sleep, many of us have trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep. Let’s take a look yoga nidra and sleep. Yoga nidra can help in replenishing ourselves, can be used as a natural sleep aid, and more.

Yoga nidra means “yogic sleep” and has many documented benefits for your body, mind, and spirit. It is when your bodymind is actually in deep sleep but with one big difference – you remain consciously aware. This is done by going through a series of techniques to systematically get physically, energetically, mentally, emotionally relaxed. In addition, yoga nidra sparks intuition, unconditional joy, and a timeless, spacious sense of being. Witness consciousness is experienced and even surpassed. Due to the fertile brainwave states experienced, it’s also entirely possible to make positive behavior and personality changes. See the yoga nidra FAQ on setting intentions and sankalpas here.

In fact, while not a substitute for actual sleep, one hour of yoga nidra practice is equivalent to four hours of sleep. This is due to the series of brain waves experienced along the way. (Saraswati 1998, Kumar 2008) With practice, you’ll eventually be able to enter the delta brainwave state but remain aware. It resembles what it feels like to be on the verge of being awake and asleep. The conscious experience of deep sleep is what makes it so restorative and unique.

Yoga nidra can also be practiced at bedtime as a sleep aid. Layer after layer of stress is cleared out so it doesn’t follow you to bed and disturb sleeping. Using yoga nidra techniques as a sleep aid should not be confused with the yoga nidra experience itself. Be careful or you will find it difficult to practice yoga nidra itself and will fall into deep sleep instead.

Yogic sleep is also a play on words of sorts. It refers to how most of us are walking around “asleep” and unaware of our True Self, the indestructible aspect in each of us that is already peaceful, joyful, wise, soulful, luminous, and loving. Whereas, the yogi is awake to one’s True Self no matter what the state of consciousness – waking, dreaming, deep sleep. Realizing this enables us to recognize the true nature of oneself and reality so we are not swayed by the changeability and unpredictability of thoughts, feelings, beliefs and such. Yoga nidra helps us experience and realize this.

In short, yoga nidra is super sleep!

How to Experience Yoga Nidra

Like all worthwhile things, regular practice yields the best results.

Listen to Yoga Nidra Meditations: 24 Scripts for True Relaxation | Audible – iTunes – Amazon
Read about it and get free audio downloads in Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief (New Harbinger, 2015).
Experience yoga nidra on video/audio.
Attend a virtual yoga nidra class held weekly on Zoom.
Take a yoga nidra teacher training course and earn a certificate.
Get a book or audio below.

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Sleep Solutions: Yoga-Style

Resources: Books, Recordings & More

Get yoga nidra downloads here.

Sleep Well | Yoga Nidra CD

Use deep relaxation, soothing flute music & ocean waves to go to sleep. "I slept like a log." Downloads available. By Julie Lusk, Yoga Nidra Meditations author.

Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation & Stress Relief - Print Book & Audio download

Yoga Nidra can stop tension in its tracks with a wonderfully, powerful & unique state of deep relaxation, mental clarity & insightful awareness. These practical, empowering relaxation exercises, meditations that soothe and visualizations that renew are based on classic yoga and backed by modern science. They’ll help you unwind, replenish, and feel refreshed with durable peace and unconditional joy. CLICK the blue title link above to find out more...

NEW! Yoga Nidra Meditations: 24 Scripts for True Relaxation

Experience peace and deeply restorative rest that heals your body, mind & spirit. Features 24 Yoga Nidra scripts written by author Julie Lusk and 12 of the world's master teachers. Enjoy 6 levels of relaxation for a joyful meditative experience. Learn to use yogic sleep to revitalize your inner reservoir of intuitive understanding and unconditional joy. Audiobook available. CLICK the blue title link above to find out more...

Yoga Nidra Essentials CD

Find your calm spot. Brighten your energy. Enjoy a more meaningful life. Experience 6 levels of relaxation. Reclaim optimal health for your body, mind & heart. Laura says "My focused mind easily. I was 100% worry-free. It's wonderful." By Julie Lusk, 6-time author. Digital downloads available.

Julie Lusk, MEd, E-RYT 500, has over 35 years of expertise in stress relief, yoga, relaxation training, guided imagery, and meditation as an international author, recording artist, and workshop leader. Julie is the author of Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief, Yoga Meditations, two volumes of 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery and Inner Healing, and Desktop Yoga®. Her CDs include Wholesome Relaxation, Power of Presence, Blue Moon Rising, and many others. Learn more at WholesomeResources.com

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About Julie Lusk

Wholesome Resources and Services Provided

Presenter and Professional Speaker (partial list)

Published Books

Audio Recordings

E-Books

Clients

Media

Julie’s Professional Awards and Commendations include

Please contact Julie Lusk now.

The 12 Best Nights of Yoga Poem

Brain Yoga

Certified Yoga Nidra Teachers

Yoga Nidra and Sleep

How to Experience Yoga Nidra

Resources: Books, Recordings & More

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