Welcome to the new balanced bites podcast. I'm your host Liz a nutritional therapy

practitioner and best-selling author bringing you candid, myth-busting and

thought-provoking conversations about food, fitness, and life.

Remember, the information in this podcast should not be considered personal, individual, or medical

advice. Hi friends before I introduce you to my guest today I want to

apologize quickly for the state of my voice we're all a little croaky in my house right now. It's just that time of the year,

but luckily I don't think it interfered too much with this interview. I'm talking today to Anne Swanson. She's the author of The Science of Yoga, which is a book I have

had on my shelf for a very long time. It's been translated into 15 languages.

It's one of the like foundational texts of yoga and it's one of the foundational texts of yoga and it's one of my favorites and now she has a new book

Meditation for the real world and this is all about the science behind meditation but also-by-step practices that you can fit into your day.

She collaborated with a Harvard neuroscientist for this book, and it really is just brilliant

and the way it takes things down to really ground level

and it enables you to really conceptualize how this can actually fit into your life.

And I think it's important to note that Anne was not like a naturally chill person in her life and we talk about this a little bit.

Meditation didn't come easy to her but she utilized it to overcome chronic pain and anxiety

and her story is just really really fascinating. So go to this

episode of the podcast to learn more about Anne's bio but rather than launch

too much into it I want to bring you directly to this interview with

Anne where we talk about all of the things that you need to know about her

book and of course where to find it. Ann Swanson, welcome to the show.

Thanks so much Liz. I'm so glad to the show. Thanks so much, Liz.

I'm so glad to be here.

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