Podcast appearances and mentions of chase bossart

Today is a great conversation about linking, meditation, and yoga therapy. Our guest is Amanda Green, who is a Certified Yoga Therapist and expert in teaching and guiding students and teachers in meditation, breath, postures, and chanting to foster healing and balance at Innermost Yoga and Yoga Well Institute. (Scroll down for whole bio and links.) 2:20 Amanda's journey 5:10 What is Yoga Therapy? (vs. private yoga) 7:00 Two ways we develop patterns 8:45 All about the Sixth Chakra: Ajna 10:30 What is linking? 16:00 Four reasons to meditate, according to the Yoga Sutras 20:25 Linking to a sunflower 22:20Like attracts like and the gunas 26:00 Dismantling our own structures: When and why we need help 28:00 How attachment to a meditation object can cause problems 35:20 When it's helpful choose your own object meditation 37:30 For those who can't visualize... 43:24 How to learn from Amanda Want to learn more and experience object meditation? Listen to Episode 89 of Ready, Get Centered, Go! with Jess G Read this BLOG post from October, 2020. Learn more about Yoga Therapy, and how we might start this journey together! Get started or continue on your personal chakra journey: 3 questions to get you started: ⁠Chakra Savvy Quickie Quiz⁠ ⁠⁠ Settle into some journaling questions and a video guide with the ⁠Chakra Check-In Self Assessment⁠  Listen about each chakra and keep it all straight with the ⁠Chakra Savvy Cheat Sheet ⁠ More resources, links, and a form for thoughts and questions are at ⁠Jessgoulding.com/podcast.⁠ Connect with Jess on  ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠Jessgoulding.com⁠ BIOGRAPHY Amanda Green is dedicated to helping individuals recover physical and emotional health and to age well. In the process, students learn to move with the breath and spine and to train the mind. Her teaching style is clear and practical and includes discussion and reflection,  movement, breathing techniques, meditation, yogic philosophy, and vedic chant. Amanda is great at creating an efficient daily routine to meet the needs and interests of each client. Individual support and this evolving home practice is where the life-magic happens. Amanda took her first yoga class in 2001 and has been practicing ever since. After moving from Seattle to Austin in 2010, she took her first yoga training and began teaching yoga full-time. Amanda met her teacher and mentor, Chase Bossart in 2011. At this time, her yoga practice took a turn toward a therapeutic approach and she went on to become a certified yoga therapist, to see clients, and to train other yoga teachers to do the same. Amanda Green is a graduate of the YATNA yoga therapy program and an IAYT-certified yoga therapist. She offers group classes and individual yoga therapy to students online and at her private studio, Innermost Yoga in Austin, TX. Amanda is faculty at Yoga Well Institute and teaches in the 1,500 hour therapist training program. When Amanda isn't teaching, you can find her hanging out with her awesome family, gardening, painting, or singing karaoke, usually out of tune. TAGS awareness,  mindfulness,   self study,   svadyaya,   self awareness,    chakras,    yoga,   yoga therapy, meditation

How relevant are yoga's ancient texts for the modern yoga practitioner? Chase Bossart shares insights on yoga philosophy, ancient texts, and the meaning of practice from his years as a private student of Mr. TKV Desikachar.    EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: The role of philosophy and yoga's ancient texts for a modern practitioner How the traditional meaning and purpose of yoga practice differ from how it's usually practiced today The paths of yoga and how they differ from yoga styles as we think of them today The main thing Chase believes is missing from modern yoga The economics of teaching & taking private yoga Why the Yoga Well Institute offers yoga practitioner training instead of teacher training   EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES: Yoga Well Institute   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Follow YTR on Instagram @yoga.teacher.resource  Join the Yoga Teacher Resource email list Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group Learn more about the Impact Club Leave a review on iTunes Ask a question for the podcast on the Yoga Teacher Resource website or on SpeakPipe

It is a challenge to run a business when you don't have a background in business. Learn about alignment and how aligning with your core can help you to not only run your business but to also show up as your authentic self. Marcel welcomes back his Yoga Teacher, Chase Bossart. Chase talks about his experiences with the Core Resonance process and how it has helped and supported him with running his business, the Yoga Well Institute. This process helped him to focus on what was most important and make decisions about who to hire, how to solve problems, and how to best connect with clients. Chase and Marcel also share tips with listeners about the importance of alignment in our lives and how having a practice that focuses on alignment supports us in a personal and professional manner. 

Chase Bossart is a Yoga teacher and a yoga therapist, and has been studying yoga for over three decades. And for the majority of that time he has studied with Guru TKV Desikachar, son of T. Krishnamacharya — who is often referred to as the Father of Modern Yoga. Altogether, he has spent more than 4 years in Chennai, India studying a wide range of yoga and yoga therapy topics with Mr. Desikachar and the teachers at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in the Viniyoga tradition. Chase spent six years at the Healing Yoga Foundation in San Francisco as Director of Education & Yoga Therapy. In 2013, he founded the Yoga Well Institute in Mill Valley, California, where he continues his mission of teaching yoga philosophy, yoga therapy and his insights on Eastern vs.Western models of health and disease. In this episode, Chase discusses Yogic Anatomy and the approach of yoga for therapy. We especially loved his commentary on the Koshas. To learn more about the Yoga Well institute, please visit their website: https://www.yogawell.com Also if you are looking to deepen your practice, then look up their program - 'Deepen Your Yoga Program: A 300 hour Practitioner's Training' on the website. They can also be found on Instagram at: @yogawellinstitute This audio and video podcast is brought to you by Eka Meditation. Eka is a yoga and meditation app from India. We also organise daily meditation and yoga classes on zoom. Learn more on our website: www.ekameditation.com You can download the eka app from www.ekameditation.com and use the code 'RADIO' for a week's free access to the app. Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ekameditation&hl=en_IN&gl=US IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/eka-yoga-for-mental-health/id1490547025 You can register here for free trial to our live zoom classes: https://eka.practicenow.us/ Follow us - https://www.instagram.com/ekameditation/

It's been an amazing year and 59 episodes of The Yoga Pro Podcast.  In this final new episode of the year, Pamela Crane expresses her gratitude to her listeners and shares the top ten most listened to podcasts, and what she loved about each of them.  Since there are no new episodes until January, this is a great time to check out this list or any of the episodes you may have missed.  She also gives a sneak peek into her new offering coming in January. Pamela helps heart-centered entrepreneurs overcome fears and imposter syndrome to create online content; and provides evidence-based continuing education and mentoring for yoga professionals.  She is a former broadcast journalist and film and commercial actress; and has presented nationally and internationally at symposia and conferences for yoga and integrative medicine. Topics: Thank you for being a part of The Yoga Pro Podcast this past year!  I'm so grateful for you and excited about next year. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! I'm taking off the month of December so there will be no new episodes.  Please check out the top ten episodes from our first season: Top ten list (check them out over the next few weeks) 10-The Business of Yoga Therapy in Healthcare with Matthew Taylor 10-Yoga For Healthy Aging with Dr. Baxter Bell 9-How to Strengthen Your Online Presence with Kim Castro 8-The Importance of Yoga Philosophy with Dr. Shyam Ranganathan 7-Breathwork for Wellbeing with Jackie Rosenheim 6-Should You Record Yoga Classes for Studios? 5-Yoga for Covid Recovery with Dr. Ingrid Yang 4-Meditation and the Application of Yoga with Chase Bossart 3-Understanding Yoga Therapy with Marlysa Sullivan 2-Therapeutic Yin Yoga with Nyk Danu 1-What is Advanced Yoga with Kaya Mindlin   Please fill out this survey that would really help me decide what type of content and improvements I can make for you for next year. I will send you a FREE I'm a yoga pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey   Link to the website to find past episodes: https://www.podpage.com/the-yoga-pro-podcast/   Check out my Confidence and Connection on Camera-1 day intensive transformation! It is January 15th and it is a full day of learning and practicing skills to get you comfortable taking your business online. You will uncover your fears & reframe them, learn real skills and techniques that on-camera pros use, understand body language, and learn prep skills.  We will also have action steps and feedback as well as some bonuses!  Use coupon code EARLYBIRD until November 30th, 2021 for a FREE on one one session and $50 off your registration https://lynxshort.com/confidencetransformation   Connect with Pamela: www.instagram.com/interoceptiveperformance Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com Clubhouse and Greenroom:  @pamelacrane   Music:  The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.  www.renawren.com

The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast  243: What Yoga Texts Should I Read? with Chase Bossart   Description: Many yoga teachers are eager learners and always seeking to expand their knowledge about yoga. However the multitude of texts (and their various translations) available can feel overwhelming and daunting to approach. In this episode, Chase Bossart shares his recommendations and expertise around some of the must-read yoga texts.   Chase Bossart is the Director of the Yoga Well Institute, an organization dedicated to yoga, meditation, and holistic health in the tradition of Viniyoga. Chase studied under the tutelage of TKV Desikachar, son of Krishnamacharya who is often described as the father of modern yoga.   Chase shares his insights on how to take the yoga sutras into challenging times, the three fundamental texts he suggests yoga teachers read, and why these are so important for yoga teachers as a foundation in their practice and their teaching. Chase also explains why having a teacher to guide you in your study of the texts can be helpful, and whether yoga teachers need to know Sanskrit and all of the texts to practice or teach yoga. Shannon and Chase also discuss cultural appropriation, how and why yoga has changed so much in its practice in the East vs. West, and much more.   If you have ever wondered what texts you should read to deepen your knowledge of yoga and yoga philosophy, or how the teachings of yoga apply to our daily lives, this episode is for you.   Key Takeaways: [4:25] Shannon introduces her guest for this episode - Chase Bossart. [6:37] Shannon gives a shoutout to Schedulicity. [7:47] Shannon reads a review from a listener. [11:25] This interview was recorded on the 20th of January, Inauguration Day in the US. Shannon and Chase discuss the state of things in the US at the moment. [13:03] How have the yoga sutras held Chase through the challenges we have faced recently? [19:20] What are the main texts that Chase recommends that yoga teachers read? [22:14] Chase explains a little more about the Yogasūtra, and Haṭhayoga Pradīpika. [25:26] These texts are not easy to read or understand. Chase talks about the traditional way that people would go about learning these texts. [28:40] Not everyone can live with and learn these texts under the tutelage of a teacher. What can they do instead? [34:12] Chase shares his recommendations on how yoga teachers can approach these texts. [37:37] Does studying with one teacher mean that we are automatically limiting ourselves to just one person's ideas? [39:08] Chase shares more about the three texts he recommends for yoga teachers. [46:09] Context is not well understood in yoga. [47:33] What is Chase's reaction to someone who just wants to practice yoga and believes that yoga's teachings will come through to them in their practice, without reading the texts? [53:53] What are Chase's thoughts on bringing yoga from the East to the West? Shannon and Chase discuss the topic of cultural appropriation in yoga. [60:27] Where should yoga teachers who want to study yoga texts start?   Links: Chase Bossart, Yoga Well Institute The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 053: Yoga Mentors and Lineage with Chase Bossart The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 242: Mantra & Chanting with Melissa Shah The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 232: Five Steps to Effective Content with Shannon Crow [Part 1] Schedulicity (Coupon Code: CYT2MONTHS) Yoga Bodies, Yoga Minds by Chase Bossart The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice, by T. K. V. Desikachar Religiousness in Yoga: Lectures on Theory and Practice, by T. K. V. Desikachar, John Ross Carter, and Mary Louise Skelton What are We Seeking?, by Martyn Neal and T. K. V. Desikachar In Search of Mind, by T. K. V. Desikachar The Connected Yoga Teacher Facebook Group   Gratitude to our Sponsors, Schedulicity, and Pelvic Health Professionals.   Quotes from this episode: "The yoga sutras are very clear that you don't have a lot of influence over what happens."   “Do what you need to do to maintain your equanimity because that is the determining factor in how you respond, and how you respond is going to determine what happens to you next.”   "I think it's so important that people take time to become familiar with yoga as a path, yoga as a way of interacting with the world."   "Yoga, like cooking, is experiential knowledge. Like music or dance. It's not just something that you know, it's something you do."   "It's important to build a foundation before we add lots of stories."   "Another part of difficulty in yoga is that context is not well understood."   "We should be, at least, having a fundamental idea of what is yoga as a practice and as a life philosophy, rather than just what is yoga as an exercise class or some huff and puff."

In this episode of Doing Differently, I have a conversation with Chase Bossart. Chase is the executive director of Yoga Well Institute. He's also a teacher of Yoga teachers. In this episode, we discuss why it I important to  have someone guide us in our healing and personal development.  We talk about why it makes much more sense to have someone work with you and support you in your transformation and healing.

What does the application of yoga mean to you?  In this episode, Chase Bossart discusses meditation, individualizing yoga for the person in front of you, the purpose of meditation in your life, appreciating yoga's roots, and much more.   Chase is the Executive Director of the Yoga Well Institute, and a long-time personal student of Mr. TKV Deśikachar. He has been teaching a broad range of Yoga topics for more than 20 years including: word by word textual studies, prāṇāyāma, meditation, and therapeutic application.   Topics: -The dumb luck that brought Chase to yoga -Chase describes his time studying with TKV Desikachar -The humor in the term “viniyoga”. -Individualizing yoga for the person in front of you -Chase explains different characteristics of meditation -Why preparing the body to meditate is important -Choosing your object of meditation for optimal experience -Tapas and Svadhyaya as tools for awareness of your practice -Potential triggers in guided meditation -Yoga as relationship -Shraddha and confidence in the teacher -Holistic health through applying yoga in the pancamaya model -Maintaining the history and tradition of the teachings of yoga -Chase's thoughts about yoga and allopathic applications -What Chase thinks yoga teachers in the west are doing well these days and what we can improve upon -Why yoga professionals should be studying the texts -Chase describes his practice -Purpose of yoga in your life   Connect with Chase: www.yogawell.com/free-month https://www.facebook.com/yogawellinstitute https://www.instagram.com/yogawellinstitute/   Connect with Pamela: Clubhouse:  @pamelacrane www.instagram.com/interoceptiveperformance   Work with Pamela https://interoceptiveperformance.vipmembervault.com   info@interoceptiveperformance.com   Music:  The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.  www.renawren.com    

In this episode I had the opportunity to interview Chase Bossart. Chase is a Yoga Therapist and Director of the Yoga Well Institute. We spoke about his background and experience in yoga and yoga therapy, we delved into what is Viniyoga and some of the tenets or values of the Viniyoga lineage, and we discussed the role of breathing and meditation in Yoga Therapy.Explore meditation and breathing with the Yoga Well Institute. Go to www.yogawell.com/free-month and sign up for free, today!Support the show (https://innerpeaceyogatherapy.com)

In Episode 25 of the Wisdom of Yoga Podcast, Chase Bossart shares his journey to India to study healing practices of yoga. Chase shares with us : • The deeper promise and practice of yoga • Practices to heal the subtle body • The power of pranayama

Chase Bossart is a teacher and practitioner of Viniyoga, a holistic approach to yoga, and the founder of Yoga Well Institute, at Yogawell.com. We speak about balancing your system (mental and physical), coming alive, and Chase shares a breathing technique for calming your system and reducing anxiety.

For over 20 years, Bossart was the private student of T.K.V. Desikachar studying Viniyoga. Bossart is a certified International Association of Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) and E-RYT 500 yoga teacher. Bossart is also the Director of the Yoga Well Institute and Co-Director of Yoga as Therapy North America (YATNA). Today, Bossart travels around the world to present workshops and trainings on yoga and yoga therapy. Bossart also regularly develops yoga interventions for scientific research, and he formerly served as the Director of Therapy and Education at the Healing Yoga Foundation in San Francisco. In this episode, we talk with Bossart about how yoga influences our physical bodies and what the true meaning of yoga really is. Listen in as we discuss how yoga was brought to the west and how it influences our prana.

Right now I am ESPECIALLY glad to have the practice of yoga in my life. There is now a large body of scientific evidence stacked in favor of yoga's claims of boosting the immune system, which is very empowering at a time like this. In this week's podcast, I take the class through some pranayama (breath work) that is helpful in fortifying the lungs and supporting good digestion, both of which help keep us healthy and strong. You can do the practice anywhere, anytime! Go to jessgyoga.com to claim your FREE downloadable PDF of 5 Practices to Boost Your Immune System now! Learn more about my yoga therapy teacher, Chase Bossart, at www.yogawell.com. Join the Jess G Yoga Facebook group and be the first to hear about new episodes, learning opportunities, and expanded content: www.facebook.com/jessgyoga. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jessica-goulding/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jessica-goulding/support

Seth Powell and Chase Bossart come together with J for an in-depth debate into the nature and substance of Patañjali’s Yogasūtras. They discuss whether the sutras and the commentary are written by the same person, differing views on what the text says yoga is, whether it involves stilling the mind to reach a liberation beyond this world or a means of finding clarity and purpose in having this existence, distinguishing between mind and consciousness, and the power of deep yogic inquiry. This episode is sponsored by Karmasoft.   Learn more about J’s upcoming tour… GENTLE IS THE NEW ADVANCED: EASING THE PAIN 2020.   To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.  

We recently had the pleasure of hosting Chase Bossart for a workshop at Miami Life Center on the teachings of The Bhagavad Gita, part of our month long course Ashtanga Practitioner's Intensive. This text along with The Yoga Sutras are crucial in guiding the path of a yogi. Held side by side, they compliment as well as contrast each other and we thought it would be interesting to dive into the concept of God in this regard. Listen in as Chase so skillfully presents the structures of The Yoga Sutras and The Bhagavad Gita and how and why God or Isvara fits in. Is it necessary to turn to 'God' on the path of the yogi? What is the role of a God in the yogi's mind? Tune in to scratch the surface of what these spiritual texts have to say. Chase is a personal student of TKV Desikachar since in 1991 with a B.A. in Eastern philosophy from Colgate University (1992) and a M.A. in Religious Studies & Indian Philosophy (1996) from University of California (thesis on Patañjali’s Yogasūtra). He lived and studied at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai/India 2003-2004. Yoga teaching has been Chase's sole occupation since 2003. He is a former Director of Therapy & Education at Healing Yoga Foundation with a private practice and an internationally traveling yoga therapist. Today, Chase directs The Yoga Well Institute, offering training programs and online classes. If your interested in learning more from Chase and joining his online classes visit https://www.yogawell.com  

Chase Bossart, founder of Yoga Well Institute, is a longtime student of TKV Desikachar and friend of J’s who returns to the show to shed some light on the essence of yoga with an unconventional view of Patañjali’s Yogasūtras, Samkhya, and Bhagavad Gita. They discuss whether Patanjali wrote the commentary of his sutras, Chase’s reasoning for looking at the sutras alone, misconceptions about the definition of nirodhah and other terms, and a universal picture of yoga based on perception and knowing. This episode is sponsored by Karmasoft.  

In this episode of Chat & Chai, we have a very special guest. Chase Bossart coming from San Francisco, was in Miami this summer to teach our Ashtanga Practitioner’s Intensive students the Bhagavad Gita and an introduction to Sanskrit and Vedic Chanting. Chase has been teaching in our past 4 month-long intensive courses and each time we learn something new, each time gaining a fresh perspective on these ancient teachings. This time he also shared with us his understanding of the Yoga Sutras in his talk on Pratyahara or ‘withdrawal of the senses’ and the 5th limb along the 8 limb path of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Taking us into the ‘internal’ limbs, he breaks down the traditional interpretations and explains them to us in a way we can relate to our modern day world. As always, our MLC students chime in, sharing their ideas and finding ways to understand what pratyahara actually looks like in practice. These last four limbs especially, are difficult concepts to grasp for their intangibility and experiential qualities, but with guidance from experienced and knowledgeable teachers like Chase, it becomes a bit more familiar. Listen in to keep going down this 8 limb journey with us, to become more intimate with the teachings of yoga and gain insight into why we get on the mat. To learn more about Chase and Yoga Well Institute visit www.yogawell.com

In today's episode I sit down with my personal yoga therapy mentor and primary teacher, Amanda Green. Amanda candidly discusses her journey with faith and challenges she faced in her marriage. She also shares how engaging with her yoga practice and undergoing the process of yoga therapy helped her to see both her faith journey and her relationship with her husband with fresh eyes. Amanda took her first yoga class in 2001 and has been practicing ever since. After moving from Seattle to Austin in 2010, she enrolled in a hatha yoga teacher-training program and soon after completion, she began teaching yoga full-time. Amanda met her teacher and mentor, Chase Bossart in 2011 and her yoga practice took a turn toward a more gentle and therapeutic approach and her yoga study expanded to embrace the broader teachings of yoga. Yogic philosophy and texts, practices including āsana (postures), prāṇāyāma (breathing techniques), meditation, vedic chanting and the practical application of the tools of yoga for therapy are all a part of Amanda’s ongoing practice and study. Amanda has over 15 years of personal yoga practice, 2,000+ teaching hours and more than 1,200 hours of yoga training. She is a graduate of the  YATNA yoga therapy training program, and a certified IAYT yoga therapist. Amanda lives in Austin, TX with her two daughters, husband, and extended family. She paints, dances, reads, writes and gardens. Amanda offers yoga therapy, small group instruction, workshops and mentoring for yoga teachers and yoga therapists in the Austin area and online. To find out more about Amanda, check out her website: www.amandagreenyoga.com If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website here: www.abirobinsyoga.com   And if you want to be the first to know what's up with me and when new episodes drop, sign up for my email list here: https://www.abirobinsyoga.com/email-signup 

Today on the podcast, I sit down with Yoga Therapist Chase Bossart to discuss what yoga is, how it's used, and what can be achieved through the art and science of yoga therapy. IMPORTANT LINKS! If you want to learn more about what chase does, check out  www.yogawell.com And if you want to take the dive into becoming a certified yoga therapist, check out Yoga Well's next info session! Let them know Abi sent you! ;) And be sure to follow Chase and Yoga Well on all the social medias! Yoga Well on Facebook Yoga Well on Twitter Yoga Well on Instagram   And here's a little more about Chase:    Chase was introduced to Mr. TVK Desikachar in 1991 during a college study abroad program in Chennai, India.  As part of the program, Mr Desikachar taught a semester-long course on the Theory of Yoga.  Needless to say, it was life changing. Chase was hooked & has devoted his life to living & teaching the therapeutic yoga taught by Mr. Desikachar.       Chase is the Director of the Yoga Well Institute and Co-Founder of YATNA (Yoga as Therapy North America). Previously he was the Director of Therapy & Education at the Healing Yoga Foundation for 6 & 1/2 years.  He speaks fluent (though slightly rusty) Mandarin and lives happily in the Bay Area with his wife Elizabeth.     Currently, Chase teaches the full application of yoga through advanced yoga & yoga therapy training programs & workshops across the US. He also offers continuing education online courses on the philosophies of yoga & meditation. Students find Chase to be an exceptionally clear communicator, presenting these teachings in a way that is easy to integrate into daily life.      If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website here: www.abirobinsyoga.com     And if you want to be the first to know what's up with me and when new episodes drop, sign up for my email list here: https://www.abirobinsyoga.com/email-signup 

053: Yoga Mentors and Lineage with Chase Bossart   On today's episode, Shannon invites Chase Bossart who with great warmth and humour shares with us some of his experiences with his mentor T.K.V. Desikachar. Chase discusses the hallmark of Desikachar's teachings that he's very much taken to heart, the importance of mentorship and the sometimes necessary end of this relationship.   Chase was introduced to yoga in 1991 when he took a semester abroad in India as a philosophy major. He was interested in learning more about Eastern philosophy and took a class in yoga theory. This is where he met his mentor T.K.V. Desikachar, one of the class' regular instructors and become immersed in yoga and Desikachar's teachings.   Chase has spent over 4 years in India and several years in China (becoming fluent in Mandarin).  Expanding on his knowledge of Eastern philosophy, Chase earned a Masters degree in Religious Studies with an emphasis in Indian Philosophy in 1996.   Now living North of San Francisco, Chase has travelled frequently to give workshops and training on a wide array of yoga and yoga therapy topics since 2003. Chase teaches courses and workshops in person and provides an online meditation session and online study session of Yoga Sutras and Bhagavad Gita once a week. He is also passionate about pranayama, meditation, chanting and the therapeutic application of yoga therapy. He loves to lead experiential workshops that demonstrate yoga philosophy's practical applications in daily life. 5:25 Studying with his mentor T.K.V Desikachar in India   8:35 Hallmark of Desikachar's teachings is individualized, one-on-one sessions where you participate in your own healing   10:05 The feeling Chase has when teaching to online students and in-person students   12:00 Online Thursday night study of Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita with Chase- study of Sanskrit and most importantly how does that apply to one's life by pausing, responding and sharing with each other   13:10 Incorporating Sanskrit and yoga philosophy in our practice and the importance of finding context for why we do the techniques we do, recognizing that yoga is an intentionally engineered practice with the science behind understanding how the human system functions   18:00 Chase's appreciation for Desikachar's ability to break teachings down and applying them in a practical sense to everyday life   19:05 Importance of taking time to take teachings in- not rushing through training and philosophical texts so a sustainable transformation is possible   20:20 Differentiating between yoga as information and yoga as being (understanding why your life is unfolding as it is, seeing yoga play out in your life, allowing for feedback and study with a mentor)   22:10 The benefit of having a mentor- difficult to digest studies without a reliable outside reference, help you stay on your path, cue you to reflect and the importance of having an established relationship with someone you have faith in and trust   25:20 Chase details some of the more difficult experiences as Desikachar's mentee and how moving through them helped him establish different patterns and the refinement of his person and behaviour   32:30 Chase's belief that teachings should be the main focus- not so much the lineage and T.K.V. Desikachar's hesitancy to give a name to his yoga teachings (named Viniyoga for a period of time) when he very much believed that yoga should flow through someone in an individualized way   36:10 The problem with lineage and putting yoga into groups- divisiveness, can overemphasize form over function   37:45 Desikachar's taught the importance of relinquishing rather than looking at the effort and asanas   39:20 An example of relinquishing- being attached to how things are such as groups you are in, your home, your job and seeing that as primary importance   42:55 When and why a mentorship relationship may end   47:55 The importance of honesty and communication in mentor-mentee bond and when there may be a shift in the relationship   51:00 What mentorship should provide such as understanding how the mentee's  process works and helping to hold space for that process   53:35 Yoga Wells Institute Therapeutic Yoga Trainings   53:20 Importance of teachers undergoing process themselves, doing their own practice with an open, malleable fashion   57:00 Upcoming Yoga Therapy Teacher Certification Course with Chase in Nashville, Tennessee   58:55 Chase's work with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and its importance in legitimizing the practice via accreditation and guidelines   1:02:19 Chase shares what his own practice looks like while gently reminding teachers to find their own way   1:04:20 If you struggle with your own practice- “When you need it the most it's harder to do.”   1:08:40 Shannon's closing thoughts and key takeaways Links   Yoga Well Institute Website   Yoga Well on Facebook   Twitter: The Well Bucket   Yoga Well Institute on Instagram   Email: thewell@yogawell.com- send an email to set up a 30-minute interview process to help find you a mentor   Yoga Therapy Teacher Certification Course   Chase Bossart on J. Brown Yoga Podcast   International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT)   Gratitude to our Sponsor Schedulicity  

Chase Bossart is J’s go-to-guy for all things Sanskrit and ancient texts. In this rare conversation, Chase shares insights into the translation of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, and opens up about his long-time relationship with the Desikachar family and the tragedy that has befallen the lineage. As they trace Chase’s trajectory from the late 80’s till today, the conversation touches on the difference between Yoga and Yoga Therapy, illuminates some trends and downfalls in the current industry, and points to potential alternatives going forward.  This episode is part of our premium podcast subscription. To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.