 I thought what a cool Yeah, all right. We're live. Yeah, what a beautiful testimony. I'd be praise. Hey friends. You're watching behind the scenes divine intimacy radio and in a minute we're gonna be on with the founders co-founders of soul core and it's a it's a ministry connected to the rosary and taking care of The temple that God gave you but before we jump into that you want to tell them about that Yes, that's Stephanie if you didn't know I'm the other I'm the other Burke Okay, so we have coming up something that is free to you. It's amazing We have the etch a omo Prayer and the pascal mystery Linton retreat. This is all online We have very many speakers, right? 50 online Catholic speakers on fire. How's that possible on fire? I think who has time to get all those people agree to talk. We have an amazing rag tag team. Yeah, I love our team They're holy. They're small and they're on but they're not well-known speakers. I'm pretty sure. Yes, they are Oh, we have beautiful beautiful speakers But I'm gonna make everybody go to the website to check it out You got at least bait like they're in Burke speaking. Oh gosh Yeah, who else We have The pope is not speaking. Okay. Can you rattle them off? Father Josh Johnson say it again Are you gonna repeat it? Okay, we've got a lot of awesome speakers. Yes, we do I'm doing a breakout session on spiritual direction Very cool a breakout session. Is that like you're gonna dance? No, it's a break No, no, no, no, none of that. Okay. Anyway, check it out at spiritualdirection.com forward slash events It is free at cha omo and it will broadcast live March 30th through April 1st So check it out. Don't miss it. We also have the upcoming marriage retreat That is in Hansville and that will fill up So if you are considering that at all, you should check it out November of 2024 No, three 2023. Yeah in November and then we'll have another one in February. Okay 2024, but don't miss those because we we limit the size. So okay. Okay. All right Let's go in and start the show your market set go Welcome to divine intimacy radio. This is Dan and Stephanie Burke and you have tuned into your Radio haven of rest your hermitage of the heart the monastery of the mind where we lift our hearts and minds to heaven to draw on the wisdom Of the saints and of the church and today I'm excited To bring you guests that you may not have heard of before if you haven't it's pretty good stuff I'm more excited than you are. How do you know because you have never done these exercises? I actually have I actually have I have watched the video and Done the bit done the exercises really with the rosary something people would pay to see Okay, I love it. Well, tell tell tell folks who's who's with us today. Okay. We are uh, welcoming Colleen Ah Scariano and dianne miller. Did I get that right? Yes? Okay. Okay. Good. Um co-founders of soul core It it's a it's an apostolate that intentionally engages the whole person in the sacred experience of the rosary Integrating the prayers of the rosary with core strengthening stretching and functional movements To nourish body and soul and encourage deeper reflection on the virtues A gentle path to grow in virtue and cultivate interior peace. All of that is so true I love soul core. Yeah. Why do you love soul core? Oh, it it is the peace um The strengthening the just like all of it everything about it brings peace and brings goodness Well, welcome to the show You guys are back. It means that's your first time for us Thank you so much for having us and and stephanie. Thank you for your kind words about your own experience and so far and yours too, dianne Yeah I'm a secret soul core Yeah I do have secrets but they're none of them are Yeah, I was praying the rosary and stretching and you didn't know sorry Well, the reason I wanted to invite you guys back on and it just you came to mind Mainly because we Father Ezra who's written some in-depth articles on spiritualdirection.com about Yoga, I know at some point it's going to come out with a book and he's He's probably going to end up the go-to scholar in the church on the topic of yoga And some of the issue with that we issues with that But the challenge is you know When you when you say hey this this thing that you like to do isn't so healthy for you spiritually and maybe Really problematic It's it's sort of an easy thing to do. I think the harder thing to do is to say, okay Well, then what what are my alternatives? And I wanted to bring you guys back on to talk about A way that we can be thoroughly catholic That we can pray and and not in a In a pretend way but in a real way because you literally go through the rosary during these exercises But I think maybe It would be good to start at the beginning And ask the question. Why did you why did you guys launch on this? Adventure in the first place. What was your motivation? Did it have anything to do with the junk out there? It was just you or you just wanted a catholic way to pursue exercise and well-being Well, thank you for that question Dan you know one thing that we Say when people when we're asked that question is that Soul core was was truly an inspiration of the holy spirit So it was just a gift that we really received from the holy spirit the inspiration to call it It was never in response to any other practice But as the lord and our lady have kind of guided our our ministry mission and has evolved into An authentically catholic and christian alternative to yoga. Yeah, now if I remember right one of neither of you Were involved in yoga before but one of you or both of you Pilates. Was that something you had done before? where so I have a background yeah, I have a background and in the Pilates certifications and and that was for me honestly really the the really first type of exercise that that body I felt that interior strengthening that body and soul connection You know just with the core strengthening and Christ at our core, you know the combination But yeah, so that I have a background in that But there's no spiritual element to that if I as yeah, no now whatsoever So I'm sorry Colleen. You were on a roll. I think there and I jumped in No, no I mean I just I just shared Dan that really the inspiration came from Personal tragedy in my life when in a short period of time within two months I lost my mom and then my dad and my brother together in an accident and so it was a time of deep grief And really in my own, you know time of grief and suffering Really turned to our lady As a mother to help me through that time and through that became more devoted to the rosary And as a busy mom, I began praying the rosary while I was running And it was more of a choice to or a time saver to fit both of the Both those into my life and then those be ended up becoming really beautiful times of prayer for me And and through the encouragement of a friend to to add core strengthening into my own physical Care, that's really when the holy spirit sort of, you know Unleashed this inspiration for combining the prayers of the rosary with core strengthening So that's sort of what you know where the inception of of soul 4 came from That's that's beautiful. Yeah, that's great So have y'all always been friends like where did the connection between the two of you come because I think you're very Powerful together. I mean I've watched your things and I've I've participated in them. I've exercised through them So I think there's something special going on between the two of you you feel like, you know, truly spiritual sisters Can you tell us about that connection? Thank you for saying that Stephanie and And seeing that we so people often asked if we're sisters And we always respond. We are soul sisters for sure We have known each other for many many years One of collin's brothers was one of my best friends in high school. She was good friends with my brother You know different were few few years apart And so we've known each other for many years but really it was through the tragedies in collin's family that we reconnected And cultivated just this deeper connection and friendship really through our lady through a rosary group that we were coming praying together and And we know that our lady loved to unite hearts and And we always say one of her specialties is weaving lives together and you know, she's done that so beautifully for us and And the friendship continues just to deepen with with her with our lady and and with each other It's been a tremendous tremendous gift in in my life. I'll speak for myself. I don't know what collin would say but It's a tremendous gift her friendship perfectly We always kid that we always say that really this is such an apostle of joy as You know one of the virtues of course of the rosary that we reflect on and that and we and we pinch ourselves We say this is the best gig ever and and I always say being the best partner ever Because the fact that we get to pray the rosary With people and help them nourish and body mind and soul and grow in virtue and cope into your peace ourselves It's just an amazing. It's been an amazing journey So we're kind of hinting all around what this thing is for those who've not never heard of it Of course, they hear the rosary, which is good It's not yoga, which is good. Well, you know, what why don't you describe exactly what soul core is and how it works We're like dear in headlights. Do you want to go? For a moment, I thought you froze We just don't want to talk over each other. Yeah, well, I'll just I'll begin with soul core really is prayer At its core soul core is prayer and it's and it's rooted prayers the rosary And really the virtues, you know, bringing out the virtues the the practical You know what you can expect in a soul core rosary We invite you to to engage the body in prayer And it is because we're we create a body and soul and we are called to Nurture and care, you know for all parts of our Being I love st. John Paul the second says that the body and only the body is capable of making visible the invisible the divine And so our movement helps that, you know through the prayers of the rosary through soul core so, you know The classes vary in terms of the the movements We do invite through our fathers we offer, you know, invite people into a push-up series But again invitation, you know always on to your body do it feels right for you on that given day Through the Hail Mary's we do a series. It might be stretches or core strengthening functional movements things that will carry us through our day And help strengthen us throughout our day, you know different movements might be lunges or Squatting, you know, we say like if we're doing a squat during soul core So that later in the day when, you know, a young child is running to you you can your body knows what to do It squats down and it you know receives that child So functional movements and then you know the core strengthening and again, it's an interior strengthening Everything about soul core. We always say it's never a competition or a comparison or there's never any judgment It's really let's come together in prayer and community Really, you know, the the rosary is such a prayer of peace. We're meditating on the Prince of Peace. So it's a it's You know time of peace And silence there's built-in times of rest and and effort and surrender effort and surrender And so always we will pray the full rosary how you choose to move throughout Is personal that's you know, yeah, that's that's up to you each time Yeah, and and I want to say that the peace is extraordinary I mean between the music the selection of music is very beautiful. It's super well done Everything's a a plus quality There's nothing Everything visually is beautiful Dian your voice You know, it is soothing to me when I listen to you and you're going through the prayers All of that. It's just really extraordinary. I always kind of you know, I have this healthy Holy envy of the wall with the candles on it. I love that we need to do that I want to do that somewhere on this property every time I see it So everything about it is going to lead you to to a sense of peace and well-being as you rise from that last prayer Usually, I think it's the surrender poses. We finish that up or no, we come back and sit up but you're going to have this sense of wellness of peace of goodness of A true integration of soul and body not like this body's working against me, but rather They're they're working together To support and love one another and nurture one another as we go out into our day And I just think it's really extraordinary You know, one of the things I like about it too is it's not a vanity play Not that you know, there's that the kind of exercise that People like to stand in front of mirrors do and do is bad. I'm not speaking negatively about that but it's really just about I mean at the most basic level The most foundational level being healthy With you know, with your body we get back from the break what I want to check in with you guys on so I saw your first release Of your first videos now. I don't even know in a dvd player anymore But do you uh, tell me it'd be interesting to hear if you've had any new it sounds like there's some new developments that you've had and um And probably it'd be good to talk to our audience about who can participate in this So we get back from the break. We'll be talking again with kaleen And dianne about sole core. They're the co-founders of a catholic rosary based Exercise program that is only good for you spiritually and so we'll be right back Okay, so 1245 we'll probably do um another So my brain is not working very good So if we do that, we're right there with you then So we do 1245 Maybe you know what i'm doing here. That's eight and nine Oh gosh My brain is not working. So let's just do another 1245. I think that'll work um, yeah, because that's what's the The difference, okay And stephanie, thank you for all those kind words like I I think you're a new spokesperson Let me tell you all the ways, right? All right. Let's go ahead and head back in and your markets that go This is danis stephanie berke. Welcome back to divine intimacy radio. We're talking to kaleen and dianne founders co-founders of sole core And before the break I mentioned that um, I got your first addition of sole core, which is years ago. How long how long ago did sole core start? What year was it? Well the inspiration came through Kaleen in 2012 We formalized in 2014 Okay, and I bet I think I met you really shortly thereafter at like a catholic marketing Network thing or something like that when I was at e to be dm. Yeah, that's very early on dianne in person I don't know. Did I meet you kaleen? I know I met dianne I don't think we have met in person. I still have the the pullover that I love with the Um, I still have it So you've been you've been working at this for a while. I imagine you've done more than just that first dvd that I We have done a few things Yeah, what else are you offering the folks? Well, dianne we've come a long way since the the first dvd. Um, thanks. Thanks. We got um, but really what we have now is we have Still dvds on offer for people that that's still just them, but we also have you know, digital downloads, which is either much for Compatible now with the digital that we're in and we have an online studio membership where people can That we're continually adding new content New offerings for people and then people can join and become monthly members or they have, you know, unlimited access to all the different Soulcore offerings and other offerings that we have on there as well And then we'd have live classes across the country, you know, currently we're at over 200 leaders Oh, very cool across the country. Yes, and even across, you know outside of the u.s. Now I think we're I think we're actually up to six countries Now we're in so that's really just amazing I mean just honestly, we're just amazed at what what guy can do with our little Yes, you know that we give him and how he takes it so far beyond our our imagination So those are some of the offerings that we have obviously our website is a great resource Soulcore.com is just a great resource for people to Even get a visual sense of what Soulcore is about. We have a free online trial to our online studio So that's a great way for people to Just to begin to explore Soulcore and see if it's something that you know that they would like to Become more of a part of them become more of a longer term participant That's great. Mr. Producer. Can you put up soulcore.com for those who are on live stream? Yeah, one of the Cool things that I thought was was just fantastic because one day I didn't have enough time to get through the full Rosary my my morning time had gotten gotten crunched and I noticed on the online you had the divine mercy Chaplet and That was awesome to just be able to jump on just a little bit of time to move my body Pray the divine mercy chaplet and then get running with my day So for all those moms who their alarm goes off on their phone like it does for me And if you can break away and even with your kids your little ones Um for those mommies that get to stay home with their babies and stuff you could pray that together Wait, I thought this was all just for elite athletes. No It's just so good. I could just which is why you do it All right. Yeah Yeah, no, I'm using there's a variety of There's there's classes truly for um, you know families for kids For pregnancy they're all stressed. There's chair options Um cardio, you know the variety trying to they're truly Hopefully something for everybody because the rosary is for everybody. So You know, we pray that the offerings on there certainly Will will appeal to everybody in some way, but in addition like you said Stephanie the divine mercy chaplet We have, you know seven sorrows rosary Um stations at the cross a lot of chaplets various, you know, st. Michael chaplet a lot of various offerings on there Um even single decade, you know, if you only have time to pray one decade and focus on that mystery and that virtue throughout the day Um, you know, we through lent we're offering live daily decades Um Starting our you know mornings with our community Whoever is available and obviously can pray later on the recording, but you know a single decade a day and really really Asking for the grace to go on that particular virtue and meditating on that mystery through the day sometimes that's just a beautiful way to to Encounter it as well Some people over complicate exercise to you know, and I think the the latest research I was just reading something Uh, you know, there's all these opinions about what's the minimum necessity? And really it's it's getting simpler and simpler as time goes on and research You know just 20 minutes of activity Rather than being sedentary Can be have a huge impact. I that's what I do every day I walk about 8 000 steps, which is a mile or two And and I wouldn't call myself fit, but just by doing that My all of my vitals, you know, my blood work and all of that is I'm younger than I than my then your beard My chronological age I'm younger than my chronological age My fitness age is younger than my chronological age And I I'm not a big fan of working out by the way at all Well, and Dan, you know, that is such a great point that really what we our body we need is Movements and that that movement can vary and really gentle movements and walking is really one of the most amazing Movements that we can do for our body and and Jesus was a walker. You know what I mean? So I think we imitate him Um in that way by doing that But I knew and you had said before you know Who is so core for kind of joked about being fertile athletes But that's what we love that we say that so for there's no fitness level required to do so for at all You will always pray the full rosary But the movements can be modified to to suit any physical limitation or any physical capabilities And so even if it's just something simple like you know, we even have so for that some that offer so for at nursing homes And you know, we do simple things like just raising arms in the air just that simple movement of getting the body moving getting the joints You know loosening the joints those things are so important to our health and and and then bringing along with the rosary You know that combination is amazing to nourish both body mind and soul. Yeah, and and for any of those that are you know, really Are along the lines of super athletes if you go full out with sole core, there is nothing fluff about it You can modify it. You can't you you can modify it for those that need to really modify it That's a beautiful option there But if you go full out you are going to hurt you're going to get out I have moved I have been exercise Well, here, you know body and soul and then I go, you know Jump in the shower because you know, it's been a nice workout and one of the things To folks our age and above so I'm 57. I won't tell how old Stephanie is the one of the things that You really run into big problems with this balance because you stop doing a lot of physical things And this is the sole core is great for balance and I will say That Colleen has caused me to fall over and disgrace a number of times By a certain movement, you know And stretches where you have to balance, but it's really good for that. I don't know if you guys want to talk about that Well, the Again, I love what you said earlier Dan about that. This is not an exterior. This is not a vanity you know Soul core is really meant to help us truly honor this sacred temple, you know, this gift that we've been given For the purpose of being When we say a fit instrument that doesn't mean six pack abs and you know, like But to be an instrument a vessel to do what god is calling us to do and that's going to be different for all of us You know and soul core is an instrument to really Help foster that strength that interior strength to do what he's calling us to do And and again the movements that's going to be a wide variety of movements For everybody balance is a very important element, you know as we age and but for all ages mobility You know strengthening again For the purpose not to look a certain way but so that we can Be be ready be ready for whatever god is calling us to on any given day Um And that's what we love about it We have many people that come for the spiritual and then they're they're delightfully surprised Of the benefit of the of the physical or some that come for the physical They want it, you know a really good workout and then they're really pleased that Ah the spiritual element really really penetrated, you know them and their soul and so it really is It's you know the term whole person wellness gets thrown around a lot, but it really is Whole person wellness and it's the things that we we need We don't maybe even know that we need them until we've experienced it and they're like wow. I really needed that Yeah, yeah, and when you talk about it really is whole person You know for all those that are are seeking that outside of of say soul core and they end up in areas that are problematic Um that that is dangerous for their spiritual life and and all of those things This is truly the counter cultural true whole person healing movement exercise um Just that they're seeking and I would just love for soul core to just go viral for everybody to Start to lean into it because usually people are looking outside of That which is holy and good and right because they're seeking god They're seeking And they don't even realize it So if if we can help them find it through this as they're taking care of their bodies Um, it's just going to be a win-win. So just to get to a real practical How can you describe a soul core class like exactly what would happen in just one version of it? I'm sure and in in our in our very Typical soul core class what will happen is we do have some movements that we we tend to repeat Um for certain movements during be our fathers be typically do-do push-ups Will we offer several modifications for that so people don't have to be even on their knees They can they can be standing upright and just simply even you know extending hand arms forward and then drawing them back to the body Um, so there's a lot of ways we can modify that by the push-ups We come to a rest you come down fully to the mat and we come to a rest for the reflections on the the Mysteries announced the spiritual fruit or virtue that's tied to that mystery is announced The leader will read a scripture verse And then often after that offer a short reflection on the virtue So people love that time of rest and that is built into this You know Lady and mention the effort and serenity or what's it's the balance between effort and surrender And then we also come through all the glory of these we come to a position of surrender Just fully surrendering ourselves to God being open to receive all the graces from the rosary And then also fully offering ourselves back to him We do that you know through a physical movement called surrender and we're there for the glory be So those are repeated movements that happen through a soul core class But each decade of the rosary the Hail Marys the movements can vary and can be different Um, and so you know often what we will try and do is in the first decade of the rosary We will do some stretching just to kind of open the body Loosen up the joints warm up the body and then we may move to Decade two we kind of do some more focus on some core work We often on the mat will do that and then the third decade often will move to arms And then a lower body focus for the fourth decade and then on the fifth decade We will typically do more core work and kind of be on the mat and then finish in an interesting position Again to You know we're running out of time But I think you did a great job in a very short period of describing it So you can find out more at soul core dot com. Don't miss it. It's a wonderful wonderful Way to integrate that whole wellness the body and soul the early catholic And so until next time until we see you next time May the god of peace make you perfect in holiness may he preserve you whole and entire Spirit soul and body irreproachable at the coming of our lord jesus christ amen