Podcasts about desikachar

Aimee Echo, founder of Community Yoga Club/Ashtanga Yoga Long Beach, talks with J about the carrying on of tradition and the evolution of practice. They discuss parallel scenes in 90's LA and NY, sub culture of Mysore rooms, Patabhi Jois touring the US, studying with Sharath and Shruthi, authorization agreements and certification, Jois Yoga, aftermath of Sharath's death, a new "active" series, hands on adjustments, comparing Ashtanga and Desikachar, listening, and casting a shorter net to invite more serious inquiry and practice.   To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM. Say thank you - buy J a coffee. Check out J's other podcast… J. BROWN YOGA THOUGHTS.    

This talk was recorded live at a workshop in the Swiss town of Saanen. A very interesting place for yoga and spiritual history and the transmission from East to West! Among the ‘himalayas of the north', Mark is unravelling the core of modern spiritual systems and the search for enlightenment.  Summarising the teachings of Krishnamacharya, Desikachar, and the radical honesty of U.G. Krishnamurti, this episode presents Yoga as an intimate participation in what is real—life itself. Subjects… J Krishnamurti, UG Krishnamurti, BKS Iyengar, and the history of the Saanen Valley Why the ideal of a “perfect person” has deeply disempowered humanity How Yoga has been distorted by systems of effort, hierarchy, and branding U.G. Krishnamurti's radical realization and the myth of spiritual seeking The social hoax of striving, self-improvement, and enlightenment fantasies How true Yoga arises spontaneously from intimacy with breath, body, and life The feminine principle and restoring our natural intelligence Key Phrases: “The Guru has no followers. The Guru has friends to help.” “Stop looking. Start living. Your Yoga is the living of it.” “No more gymnastics. No more spiritual gymnastics. Yoga is just your participation in life.” Gratitude to Moritz Kuebler who recorded this, and our host in Saanen, Stephanie Iseli. Resources Mentioned: Teachings of T. Krishnamacharya and T.K.V. Desikachar The lives of J. Krishnamurti and U.G. Krishnamurti The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice book History of Theosophy and the Saanen Valley gatherings Timestamps: [00:00:00] Opening invocation: You are the power of the cosmos [00:03:00] Stephanie's story and how Yoga found a home in Saanen [00:08:00] Mark shares the deeper purpose of the gathering [00:11:00] What makes a true Guru: no more than a friend, no less than a friend [00:16:00] The myth of spiritual hierarchy and the problem of “perfection” [00:23:00] Why modern Yoga and meditation have become systems of disempowerment [00:27:00] Reframing the idea of enlightenment as a harmful distraction [00:32:00] U.G. Krishnamurti's “calamity” and the end of seeking [00:39:00] The mind is for relationship—not for searching [00:44:00] Healing trauma through natural breath and spontaneous Yoga [00:49:00] Revisiting the Yoga of Krishnamacharya and the legacy of Desikachar [00:55:00] The Saanen gatherings and spiritual history of the valley [01:02:00] The rejection of modern Yoga branding and spiritual consumerism [01:10:00] A new view: Yoga as participation, not performance [01:17:00] The body is intelligence, the breath is healing [01:25:00] Embracing life without effort: no more spiritual goals [01:32:00] How to practice a Yoga that serves your real life [01:38:00] Preparing to receive a personal, breath-centered practice “You are the beauty. You are the intelligence. You are already in perfect harmony with life. You don't need to seek it—you need only participate in it.” Learn more and stay connected at https://www.heartofyoga.comSupport the Heart of Yoga Foundation — this podcast is sustained by your donations.

Sheela and Ravi Shankar, co-founders of Yoga Nidhi, talk with J about TKV Desikachar and the transformative power of yoga. They discuss the history of their relationship and how Ravi discovered TKV Desikachar, Sheela's religious upbringing, how she got to meet Desikachar and the different contexts she observed his teaching, chanting as meditation or prayer, whether God is fundamental to yoga, defining Ishvara Pranidana, OM, Satva dominance in the mind, characteristics of a yogi, and the greater purpose behind practice.   To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.   Check out J's other podcast… J. BROWN YOGA THOUGHTS.    

In this episode of the Heart of Yoga podcast, Raul Petraglia, a former high-flying corporate executive, shares his incredible journey from the high-stress world of luxury hospitality to finding profound peace through the practice of Yoga. Raul opens up about his past life of excess and stress, the physical and emotional toll it took on him, and how a serious health crisis led him to discover Yoga. This transformative experience not only saved his life but also inspired him to dedicate himself to sharing the healing power of Yoga with others, including the corporate world he once inhabited.     They discuss: Raul's early life in Argentina and his rise in the luxury hotel industry, leading to a lifestyle of excess and eventual burnout. The pivotal moment when Raul realized his lifestyle was unsustainable, leading him to seek a different path through Yoga. How Raul's journey into Yoga began as a necessity for physical rehabilitation and evolved into a profound personal practice. The unique challenges of teaching Yoga within a corporate environment and the impact it has on stressed executives. The importance of adapting Yoga practices to individual needs, as Raul did for his own mother.     Favorite phrases: "I used to party till sunrise. Now I wake up to see the sunrise and do my practice." "There is a special feeling there, Mark. It's like this is my goal, my dharma." "Yoga is participation in reality via the breath."     Resources: Books: The Heart of Yoga by T.K.V. Desikachar  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56303.The_Heart_of_Yoga Websites: Heart of Yoga Studio   https://www.heartofyoga.com/studio     Timestamps: [00:00] Introduction: Raul's background and entry into Yoga. [07:00] Corporate Burnout: Transition from a high-stress career to discovering Yoga. [16:00] Yoga's Impact: How Yoga transformed Raul's life. [26:00] Teaching Yoga: Bringing Yoga into corporate settings. [40:00] Personalizing Yoga: Adapting practices for individual needs. [52:00] Reflection: Raul's ongoing journey and mission with Yoga.  

Gary Kraftsow shares his background and experiences studying with Krishnamacharya and Desikachar. He discusses the teachings he received and the impact they had on his life. He also talks about the relationship between Krishnamacharya and Desikachar and their teaching methods. Kraftsow explains the concepts of Viniyoga and Vinyasa and how they are applied in yoga practice.  www.viniyoga.com | @americanviniyogainstitute Connect

In this spiritually based episode of the Yoga Therapy Hour, Amy Wheeler delves into the profound processes of loss, grieving, and the transformative power of letting go. Through her personal insights and the teachings of T.K.V. Desikachar, Amy explores the journey towards receptivity and the unexpected transformations it can usher into our lives. This solo episode is a deep dive into the essence of Yoga therapy and its application in navigating the ebbs and flows of life with grace and authenticity.Key Points:The Significance of Detachment and Receptivity: Amy shares her observations on how the principles of detachment and receptivity, as taught by T.K.V. Desikachar, can lead to profound personal transformation and spiritual growth.Letting Go of Expectations: She emphasizes the importance of releasing expectations and agendas to fully embrace the present moment and the opportunities it presents.The Journey Towards Authenticity: Amy reflects on the challenges and rewards of living authentically, trusting oneself, and being open to the flow of life.Embracing Loss and Transformation: The episode explores the themes of loss, grief, and the potential for rebirth and new beginnings that lie in the process of letting go.Community and Connection: Amy highlights the role of community and genuine connections in supporting one's journey through change and uncertainty.Living a Yogic Lifestyle: The discussion touches on the practical aspects of incorporating Yoga therapy principles into daily life, aiming for a balance between action and introspection. In this episode of the Yoga Therapy Hour, Amy Wheeler offers a deeply personal and insightful exploration of the transformative potential inherent in the practices of detachment and receptivity. Drawing from the teachings of T.K.V. Desikachar and her own life experiences, Amy presents a compelling case for embracing loss, trusting in the process of life, and finding strength in authenticity. Through stories, reflections, and practical advice, she guides listeners towards a more connected and mindful way of living, underscored by the importance of community, self-trust, and the courage to face the unknown. This episode is a testament to the power of Yoga therapy principles in fostering personal growth and resilience amidst life's challenges. If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF's for download.Topics you can choose from include: Yoga Therapy & Mental HealthYoga Therapy & Physical HealthSocial Justice in yoga & Yoga TherapyYoga/Ayurveda ToolboxYoga & Indian PhilosophyGlobal & Trending Yoga Therapy TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe  Visit Amy's training section and free offerings: Monday Night Yoga Therapy Clinic with Optimal State: www.TheOptimalState.com Optimal State Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour University of Minnesota Therapeutic Yoga Classes: https://csh.umn.edu/for-community/wellbeing-workshops/online-therapeutic-yoga-series Polyvagal Institute App that Amy and Marlysa are the hosts: https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/pviapp

Leslie Kaminoff is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He is recognized internationally as a specialist in the fields of yoga, breath anatomy and bodywork. For over four decades he has led workshops and developed specialized education for many leading yoga associations, schools and training programs in America and throughout the world. His approach to teaching combines intellectual rigor, spontaneity and humor, and is always evolving. Leslie is the founder of The Breathing Project, a New York City based educational non-profit dedicated to advancing educational standards for yoga teachers and other movement professionals. His unique year-long course is available online at yogaanatomy.net. He is the co-author, with Amy Matthews, of the best-selling book “Yoga Anatomy.” You can follow him on Instagram (@leslie.kaminoff), Twitter (@lkaminoff) and on Facebook (LeslieKaminoffYogaAnatomy), on YouTube (YogaAnatomy) and learn more at YogaAnatomy.org. Reverence for Impulse is an unscripted, unplanned and (hopefully) unedited podcast with me, Weena Pauly-Tarr. Together with my guests, we're asking what is alive in this moment?We start each episode with a few minutes of meeting each other head-to-toe, through the language of our bodies, before we press record and bring it to a conversation. We start where we are. This is not a hard hitting agenda or getting to the bottom of things, it's about being in the bottoms of things. Finding each other in the not-knowing. I'm here for the spaciousness, the awkwardness, the silliness, the silence — From the dark insides of our bodies to the brightness of our minds, I'm excited to welcome people who's impulses I'd like to get to know.

Today's conversation is with Leslie Kaminoff Leslie is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He is an internationally recognized specialist with five decades' experience in the fields of yoga and breath anatomy. He leads workshops for many of the leading yoga associations, schools and training programs in the world. Leslie's book Yoga Anatomy, (co-authored with Amy Matthews), sold out its first print run of 19,000 within one month of its June 2007 release, and has been a top-selling yoga book on Amazon ever since. The book went on to sell over a million copies in 23 languages by the time the third edition of Yoga Anatomy was released in the Fall of 2021. Leslie also helped to organize international yoga conferences while serving as Vice-President of Unity in Yoga, and was part of the ad-hoc committee that established national standards for yoga teacher training. Prior to the formation of The Yoga Alliance, Leslie was a strong voice in the ensuing national debate regarding the application of those certification standards. This dialogue resulted in the creation of e-Sutra, pioneering e-mail list and blog with a worldwide readership. Leslie is the founder of The Breathing Project, a New York City based non-profit educational corporation and studio which ran highly respected year-long courses in yoga anatomy from 2003 to 2017.  The courses taught at The Breathing Project in New York City have been available online to a worldwide audience at yogaanatomy.net since 2011, with thousands of students worldwide participating in this growing online community.  Leslie has also partnered with Lauri Nemetz and Lydia Mann as KNMLabs.com to produce week-long human dissection lab experiences for yoga and movement professionals. In our conversation today we had a wide-ranging discussion about our work, life experiences, and shared interests in yoga and bodywork. We discussed the importance of adapting to each individual's needs in teaching yoga, the core principles of yoga, the therapeutic effects, and the mind-body problem. Towards the end, we touched upon the importance of emotional regulation and the role of a yoga teacher. It was a very enjoyable conversation and I wish it could have gone on for hours more. Leslie is a seasoned veteran in both the bodywork and yoga world and his experience, wisdom and compassion help make him a top leader in the field. You can learn more about Leslie at https://yogaanatomy.org If you are enjoying and getting something out of these talks, we'd appreciate it if you would leave a positive review of the podcast and subscribe to it through the platform of your choice. When you do this it really helps other people find us, and we greatly appreciate your support. You can find more about Andrew at http://andrewrosenstock.com and http://RolfingInBoston.com Many thanks to Explorers Society for use of their song " All In" from their majestic album 'Spheres' Please check them out here https://open.spotify.com/album/1plT1lAPWEQ1oTRbWOiXm3?si=eAL08OJdT5-sJ6FwwZD50g

Leslie Kaminoff is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He is an internationally recognized specialist with four decades' experience in the fields of yoga and breath anatomy. He leads workshops for many of the leading yoga associations, schools and training programs in the world. Leslie's book Yoga Anatomy, (co-authored with Amy Matthews), sold out its first print run of 19,000 within one month of its June 2007 release, and has been a top-selling yoga book on Amazon ever since. The book went into 12 printings before the newly-revised third edition of Yoga Anatomy was released on October 31, 2011, now with well over half a million copies in print and translations into 23 languages. Leslie also helped to organize international yoga conferences while serving as Vice-President of Unity in Yoga, and was part of the ad-hoc committee that established national standards for yoga teacher training. Prior to the formation of The Yoga Alliance, Leslie was a strong voice in the ensuing national debate regarding the application of those certification standards. This dialogue resulted in the creation of e-Sutra, an influential e-mail list and blog that has an active worldwide membership. Leslie is the founder of The Breathing Project, a New York City based non-profit educational corporation which ran highly respected year-long courses in yoga anatomy from 2003 to 2017. Leslie Kaminoff founded The Breathing Project in 2001 as a non-profit dedicated to the sharing of educational, community-based programming related to yoga, anatomy and health enrichment. From 2003 until mid-2017 the main vehicle for this mission was the physical studio we ran in New York City. The Breathing Project continues its mission of community service by producing and co-sponsoring workshops, immersions, symposia and publications featuring thought leaders from the fields of yoga, anatomy, somatics and other allied fields. The courses Leslie taught at The Breathing Project in New York City have been available online to a worldwide audience at yogaanatomy.net since 2011, with thousands of students worldwide participating in this growing online community. In this episode, Jacob & Leslie discussed: three tiers of yoga education: instructor, teacher, educator (and therapist?) the yoga teaching landscape post-Covid the historical arc of yoga's popularity the psychology of the classroom & student/teacher dynamics studying the anatomy of the mouth through Sanskrit See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leslie Kaminoff is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He is an internationally recognized specialist with four decades' experience in the fields of yoga and breath anatomy. He leads workshops for many of the leading yoga associations, schools and training programs in the world. Leslie's book Yoga Anatomy, (co-authored with Amy Matthews), sold out its first print run of 19,000 within one month of its June 2007 release, and has been a top-selling yoga book on Amazon ever since. The book went into 12 printings before the newly-revised third edition of Yoga Anatomy was released on October 31, 2011, now with well over half a million copies in print and translations into 23 languages. Leslie also helped to organize international yoga conferences while serving as Vice-President of Unity in Yoga, and was part of the ad-hoc committee that established national standards for yoga teacher training. Prior to the formation of The Yoga Alliance, Leslie was a strong voice in the ensuing national debate regarding the application of those certification standards. This dialogue resulted in the creation of e-Sutra, an influential e-mail list and blog that has an active worldwide membership. Leslie is the founder of The Breathing Project, a New York City based non-profit educational corporation which ran highly respected year-long courses in yoga anatomy from 2003 to 2017. Leslie Kaminoff founded The Breathing Project in 2001 as a non-profit dedicated to the sharing of educational, community-based programming related to yoga, anatomy and health enrichment. From 2003 until mid-2017 the main vehicle for this mission was the physical studio we ran in New York City. The Breathing Project continues its mission of community service by producing and co-sponsoring workshops, immersions, symposia and publications featuring thought leaders from the fields of yoga, anatomy, somatics and other allied fields. The courses Leslie taught at The Breathing Project in New York City have been available online to a worldwide audience at yogaanatomy.net since 2011, with thousands of students worldwide participating in this growing online community. In this episode, Jacob & Leslie discussed: three tiers of yoga education: instructor, teacher, educator (and therapist?) the yoga teaching landscape post-Covid the historical arc of yoga's popularity the psychology of the classroom & student/teacher dynamics studying the anatomy of the mouth through Sanskrit See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary Bue is a songwriter, Nada yogi, traveler, runner, vegan, retreat guide, music + yoga teacher based out of Minneapolis, often roaming this beautiful world. Named Best Songwriter of 2020 by City Pages, her music touches upon archetypal themes of the human condition: love, loss, triumph, dreams, and the natural world. A longtime student of yoga and psychology, Mary weaves sacred subject matter into her songs, seeking of deeper levels of consciousness, and deep concern for the environment mixed into her sometimes crass, real-world hue. Mary Bue is a registered yoga teacher (e-RYT 500), an indie musician, and a teacher in the Viniyoga tradition, a breath-centered, flowing practice that believes in adapting postures to fit the whole person (not forcing a person to fit into a posture!). Mary received her certification at Whole Life Yoga in Seattle, WA by Tracy Weber, (student of Gary Kraftsow, student of T.K.V. Desikachar) and her 300 hour from Yoga Center Retreat (formerly Yoga Center of Minneapolis). In 2020, Mary received an additional 200 hour certificate in Nada Yoga (the Yoga of Sound) from Nada Yoga School in Rishikesh India. Connect with Mary marybue.com instagram.com/MaryBueMusic Patreon.com/marybue Where to connect with Andrea Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea Seasonal Living Collective: https://andreaclaassen.com/seasonal-living-collective Andrea Claassen Bio Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and Wild Woman Circle leader who has been in the wellness space since 2007. Her mission is to help you start to live a cyclical life by living in alignment with the seasons using Ayurveda as your guide. She does this by teaching her Peaceful Power Practices centered around movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com

Are you searching for meaning in a world driven by instant gratification and constant change? Join me in a conversation with Dr. Kausthub Desikachar on the Timeless Teachings podcast. Discover how an ancient lineage, dating back to the 8th century, can provide grounding and purpose in today's fast-paced society. Explore the essence of yoga as a path to connect with your higher purpose and learn how to find balance in the modern world. This discussion uncovers timeless wisdom and offers insights into tradition and spirituality that endure amid the chaos of our times.IN THIS EPISODE(00:00) Introduction and Dr. Kausthub Desikachar's Background(02:48) Challenges and Privileges of a Traditional Yogic Upbringing(05:31) Embracing Challenges as Opportunities and Life Lessons(09:03) Understanding the Concept of Yoga and Connecting with Higher Purpose(11:32) Dr. Kausthub's Role in Transmitting Tradition and Balancing Tradition in the Modern World(15:58) Reflections on Modern Yoga Trends(18:11) The Value of Sustainable Traditions in the Dark Era of Consumers(23:26) Closing RemarksOUR GUEST: Dr. Kausthub DesikacharDr. Kausthub Desikachar is the successor and current lineage holder of the classical Viniyoga tradition of T Krishnamacharya & TKV Desikachar. He is an acclaimed yoga teacher,  yoga therapist, healer and spiritual adviser.  His objectives include the sharing of the authentic teachings of Yoga to the modern era, as well as building bridges between different healing modalities to promote physical, emotional social and spiritual health. For more than twenty years, Kausthub has taught a multitude of students and teachers around the globe and has conducted numerous teacher and therapist training programs. Connect with him: https://www.kausthubdesikachar.com/https://www.viniyoga.com.sg/YANA FRYYana is the founder of the Timeless Teachings Podcast. She is a global speaker, impact coach, wellness retreats facilitator, spiritual teacher, co-author of three books, award-winning poetess, and truth illuminator who inspires, empowers, educates globally.Yana has been interviewing thought leaders and change makers since 2015 . You can find more of her thought-provoking interviews on YanaTV, an online talk show that amplifies the voices of impactful, influential and conscious people of Singapore.  CONNECT with the Host ►Linktree: https://linktr.ee/yanafryLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanafry  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yanafryFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yanafry—-Timeless Teachings by Yana Fry is a top 3 Spirituality podcast in Singapore. We talk about human advancement, self-mastery and achieving your full potential.

Michael Hutchinson, author of Breath for Health, talks with J about the teachings of TKV Desikachar and developing understanding through experience. They discuss Michael's dual life working in both the physics of explosion mechanics and yoga, Desikachar and Iyengar, overcoming challenges with pranayama, hard science and ancient wisdom, Bhavana and accessing subtle internal experiences, building inner organizational capacity, respecting aspects of yoga that can't be measured, and valuing little things that lead to big changes of heart.   To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.   Check out J's other podcast… J. BROWN YOGA THOUGHTS.    

Michael Hutchinson has been studying the breath in the KYM tradition for over 4 decades both experientially and scientifically. He has recently written a new book called Breath for Health, using the main tenants of the teachings from TKV Desikachar, to express how to breathe simply and effectively. Amy interviews Michael and discovers that he offers a rare glimpse into how we can use breath for as little as 10-minutes per day and it will change our lives. Michael knows this because he has felt the impact of simple breath techniques within himself for decades, taught others and observed how different breathing techniques impact the human system, and read the research on respiratory physiology. In the end, he shows us how the simple breathing techniques taught be Desikachar are shown to be effective for health, healing and beyond. ·     Michael is a thoughtful and introspective human being that thinks, feels and speaks with subtle awareness and clarity·     Michael defines what optimal breathing looks like and feels like·     Michael shows how he uses techniques such as bhavana (thinking- feeling and imagining) to help people breath more comfortably and efficiently·     He talks about how we can use breath to create more space in our mind and heart·     He explains how even a short breathing practice every day can change the trajectory of one's life·     He discusses how the unconscious observation of breathing patterns within families can be transferred from parent to child·     Yoga Sutra 2.34 and the importance of ahimsa or non-violenceIf you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF's for download.Topics you can choose from include: Yoga Therapy & Mental HealthYoga Therapy & Physical HealthSocial Justice in yoga & Yoga TherapyYoga/Ayurveda ToolboxYoga & Indian PhilosophyGlobal & Trending Yoga Therapy TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Check out Amy's website Visit Amy's training section on her website to check out the courses belowYoga therapy training courses 865-certified-yoga-therapist-program www.optimalstateyoganidra.com Contact with Michael Hutchinson:www.twobirdsyoga.comwww.breath4health.yoga

Quel privilège que se dire à soi-même: J'ai rencontré, j'ai pris une formation, j'ai suivi les enseignements d'un maître qui a lui-même étudié avec le fils de T. K. V. Desikachar, fils de Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. Voilà la présentation de cette entrevue avec Bernard Bouanchaud, ami de toutes et de tous. Dans cette entrevue, Monsieur Bouanchaud vient de publier un nouvel ouvrage chez les Éditions Agamat. Bonne écoute.

Gill Lloyd, former teacher trainer for the British Wheel of Yoga and former chair of both Viniyoga Britain and KHYF-UK, talks with J about her life in yoga and the influence of TKV Desikachar. They discuss her first class in the mid eighties, Vinyasa Krama in principle and practice, stories of watching Desikachar teach, the importance of chanting and heart-to-heart connection, watching "Sir's" health decline and the scandal with his son, religiosity, personal practice and educating teachers, and learning the art of living peacefully in this world.   To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.   Check out J's other podcast… J. BROWN YOGA THOUGHTS.    

Boho Beautiful's FIRST Yoga Teacher Training was a Costa Rican yoga jungle initiation lead by teacher trainer and healer Jackie Chiodo.  In this episode, Juliana Spicoluk & Mark Spicoluk reunite with Jackie, and discuss Juliana's experience so many years ago, Jackie's personal story that led her to the mat and to fulfil the important task of running teacher trainings for over a decade, covid's impact on the spiritual community, Carl Jung, Rumi, Albert Einstein, the ultimate path of the rebel, and among other things… what is a yoga teacher.  JOIN THE STARS+DESTRUCT. MOVEMENT:  » https://www.starsanddestruct.com/starwalkers  Show Notes: Books The Heart Of Yoga: Developing A Personal Practice - T.K.V. Desikachar - » https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Heart-of-Yoga/T-K-V-Desikachar/9780892817641 Edwin F. Bryant - The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali » https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5318566-the-yoga-s-tras-of-pata-jali  Other Joseph Campbell - » https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell  First YouTube Video - Me at the Zoo - » https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw&vl=en Project Veritas - » https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9faQkIA6YNU   Anamaya Resort - » www.anamaya.com Guest Links: Jackie Chiodo » ⁠https://www.jackiechiodo.com⁠ Jackie Chiodo Training » ⁠https://www.jackiechiodo.com/training⁠ Team Stardust: Juliana Spicoluk:   » https://www.julianaspicoluk.com/  » https://www.instagram.com/juliana.spicoluk/  Mark Spicoluk:    » https://www.markspicoluk.com/  » https://www.instagram.com/mark.spicoluk/  Heidi Souffriau -producer :   » https://www.heidisouffriau.com/  » https://www.instagram.com/unfold.yoursoul/  stars+destruct. » https://www.starsanddestruct.com/  » https://www.instagram.com/starsanddestruct/  manifesto. We have chosen to construct this apparatus to explore a wild cosmos of minds, to awaken ours & other's hearts, and to expand ourselves. To step off the mat & live the practice of unity. Because each & everyone of us sees the world through our own unique light. And we wish to connect our lights as constellations, beyond opinion. To challenge the false narratives that divide us. To stand strong with one another's truths. To learn to hold different perspectives simultaneously. To free the path to the stars. To not just welcome, but to also enthusiastically embrace the disruption of our reality. And to create cosmos out of chaos. Welcome to stars+destruct.

It's often said that yoga is timeless, but many modern methods are recent inventions. What keeps them anchored in earlier traditions? I recently explored this with Mike De Masi, who runs a discussion group devoted to the yoga of T. Krishnamacharya and his students – from B.K.S. Iyengar and K. Pattabhi Jois to T.K.V. Desikachar and Srivatsa Ramaswami.Among other topics, our conversation covered:* What “tradition” means when so much has changed* Whether stories told by lineages stand up to scrutiny* How one relates to other worldviews as a foreigner* What scholarship on yoga can offer practitioners* Why critique should be balanced with respectRESOURCESWorldwide Krishnamacharya Yoga CommunityBreath of the Gods (a 2012 film about Krishnamacharya)“The Yoga of the Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati” (Birch and Singleton)The Goddess Pose (a book about the life of Indra Devi)Srivatsa Ramaswami's Vinyasa Krama website Get full access to Ancient Futures at ancientfutures.substack.com/subscribe

Traditionally, physical yoga aims to raise vital energy. This is often described as a serpent-like power that dissolves the mind. However, one influential teacher saw Kuṇḍalinī differently. T. Krishnamacharya, who taught B.K.S. Iyengar and K. Pattabhi Jois, said it was a blockage that had to be burned, not a means to liberation. Simon Atkinson's book explains why. Drawing on his experiences as well as his research, this conversation explores implications for modern practitioners. Simon has practised yoga for more than 20 years in the tradition most closely associated with Krishnamacharya's son, T.K.V. Desikachar. Get full access to Ancient Futures at ancientfutures.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Leslie Kaminoff discusses his yoga journey and how philosophy inspires inquiry in asana practice. Leslie discusses his journey, specifically how embodied movement has played a role in his love of anatomy. Leslie shares how his teacher, Desikachar, influenced his life and shaped his teaching pedagogy. Leslie discusses his book, Yoga Anatomy, and how KNM Labs started. KNM Labs will be hosting two labs this year; one in June in Colorado Springs and one in the fall in San Diego.

Colin Dunsmuir, founder of True Yoga and author of How to Find Stillness Within, talks with J about the teachings of TKV Desikachar and the nature of yoga transmission. They discuss Colin's decision to forgo the final stages of authorization in Ashtanga Vinyasa and become a yoga therapist, the training process he went through, distinguishing characteristics of an individualized approach, Desikachar's unique example, principles of personal practice, and understanding the stages that lead to deeper spiritual truths and awareness.   To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.   Check out J's other podcast… J. BROWN YOGA THOUGHTS.  

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/

One of Leslie's oldest Yoga friends, Larry Payne, Ph.D. joins him to talk about some of their shared background, their mutual teacher T.K.V. Desikachar and the history of the individualized work that has become Larry's trademark.Larry is the co-author of Yoga Therapy Rx, Yoga for Dummies and The Business of Teaching Yoga. Larry is founding president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.Larry's website - Samata InternationalVintage Desikachar Yoga Routine for Soccer and Football - with Larry Payne, 1986DVD of Krishnamacharya Tribute, Los Angeles 1987Remembering Rama Vernon - Zoom Tribute December 2020Mara Carrico - YogaLady

"L'incontro con l'oriente non dovrebbe essere un'alibi per evitare di fare i conti con la propria identità".

Leslie chats with one of his oldest yoga friends, Gary Kraftsow about their personal and mutual origins in yoga therapeutics.Gary is one of the key students of T.K.V. Desikachar and has been a true pioneer in the development of yoga education in the West. This free-ranging discussion covers a variety of topics about the origins, methods and history of yoga as a therapeutic practice and profession.American Viniyoga Institute (viniyoga.com), founded by Gary at the behest of his teacher, T.K.V. DesikacharGary's latest, up-to-date offerings via The Shift Network

In today's episode, Amy chats with Ranju Roy and David Charlton. Ranju has been practicing yoga since the mid-1980s. Ranju has taught many yoga classes, retreats, and workshops in the UK. He has taught at the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) Congress, Association for Yoga Studies (aYs) Conventions, and many In-Service Trainings. David has been studying yoga since 1987. He also has an MA in Eastern Philosophy and a particular interest in Sanskrit, Vedic chanting, and yoga philosophy. Both Ranju and David train teachers through the organization Sādhana Mālā Yoga Training.  Amy talks with Ranju Roy and Dave Charlton about yoga tradition, what is yoga vs. yoga therapy, Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, the nature of suffering in the mind and how we can move forward with our yoga communities/ sangha. Ranju and Dave have worked together in the UK for several decades creating workshops, teacher trainings and practicing as yoga therapists. They bring a refreshing viewpoint in that they have been committed to a tradition long-term, but they each remembered the goal of yoga was to become more authentically themselves. The path has lead each of them to understand with clarity what it means to be self-directed, to observe the patterns of their own minds and to continue to show up with an open heart and discriminating mind. They talk about the following:What does it mean to be in a yoga lineage or tradition?What are the benefits of being in the TK Tradition?What does it mean to take personal responsibility for your life?How can we spiritually mature and embody our own life?The difficulties in finding a teacherHow sangha can become our spiritual pathWhat is Yoga Therapy?Is Yoga different than Yoga Therapy?Was Patanjali a yoga therapist?Isn't all yoga therapeutic in nature?What was Desikachar's take on therapy?The guṇa and therapy If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF's for download.Topics you can choose from include: • Yoga Therapy & Mental Health• Yoga Therapy & Physical Health• Social Justice in yoga & Yoga Therapy• Yoga/Ayurveda Toolbox• Yoga & Indian Philosophy• Global & Trending Yoga Therapy TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today's podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month's payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground.Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts!Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhourThe new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd    https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.www.OptimalStateApp.comwww.GoldZoneBook.com Facebook: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler     https://www.facebook.com/OptimalStatebyAmyWheeler Twitter: Optimal State of Living with Dr. Amy TikTok: Dr. Amy@OptimalStateofLiving Instagram: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler    Pinterest: TheOptimalState    https://www.pinterest.com/TheOptimalState To checkout their offeringshttps://www.sadhanamala.com Books mentioned in the podcastEmbodying the Yoga Sutrahttps://www.amazon.com/Embodying-Yoga-Sutra-Support-Direction/dp/1578636884

Become a member of the Inner Circle and gain early access to new episodes, exclusive bonus episodes and podcast archives.https://plus.acast.com/s/medicinepathOriginally published October 2018On this episode, I speak with yoga therapy pioneer Gary Kraftsow. Gary has been instrumental in the development of yoga therapy in America over the past 40 years. He began his study of yoga in India with T.K.V. Desikachar in 1974 and received his Masters Degree in Psychology and Religion from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1983. In 1999, he founded the American Viniyoga Institute. Since then, he has become a renowned speaker and teacher and has authored two books that I highly recommend, Yoga for Wellness and Yoga for Transformation.Gary's Website: https://www.viniyoga.comGary's Books: Yoga for Wellness and Yoga for Transformation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member of the Medicine Path Inner Circle and gain early access to new episodes, exclusive bonus episodes and full podcast archives. https://plus.acast.com/s/medicinepath.

On today's podcast, Amy chats with Maggie Reagh, Maggie has an MA in Teaching/ Education and conducts Yoga classes as well as her own 1000-hour, Yoga Therapy Trianing Program, accredited with the IAYT, all focused on the therapeutic benefits of Yoga. She regularly teaches Wellness focused Yoga classes at Capilano University where, in addition, she teaches and coordinates the English for Academic Purposes Department.  Maggie started her yogic studies in the Krishnamacharya lineage in 1995 in Vancouver before going to Mysore, India in 2000 with BNS Iyengar. She went on to study with the Desikachar in Chennai, India, and the Kraftsows on Maui. She has studied Iyengar-based Yoga since 2003 with senior teachers including Gioia Irwin, Lindsay Whalen, Elise Browning Miller, and Judith Lasater. She continues her studies with DV and Radha Sridhar, and Viji Vasu in Chennai, India. Amy & Maggie talk about Maggie's experiences, their shared experience as college professors who also run yoga therapy schools, Embodied learning and how to use daily practice to become more embodied, Maggie's style of teaching, and a lot more. They touch on the followingMaggie's journey and background as she found yogaMaggie's thesis on embodied learningEmbodied learning, what it means, and how it influenced Maggie's teaching of YogaMaggie's experience with her teachers in IndiaMaggie's teaching combination of Yoga asana and Yoga philosophyWhat it means to experience Isvara Pranidhana or surrender How to use daily practices to become more embodiedMaggie's experience with the co-creative process of learning and how it influenced her If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF's for download.Topics you can choose from include: • Yoga Therapy & Mental Health• Yoga Therapy & Physical Health• Social Justice in yoga & Yoga Therapy• Yoga/Ayurveda Toolbox• Yoga & Indian Philosophy• Global & Trending Yoga Therapy TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today's podcasts is sponsored by: International Association of Yoga Therapistswww.iayt.org We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month's payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground.Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts!Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.comCheck out Maggiehttp://www.yogatherapyinternational.com/maggie_reagh

In this episode I interviewed Libby Hinsley.  Libby lives in Asheville, NC and is a Doctor of Physical Therapy as well as a Certified Yoga Therapist. She draws most of her Yoga inspiration from the tradition of Desikachar, or the viniyoga lineage and she was fortunate to study at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in 2008 and has immersed herself in this tradition ever since.  Her treatment approach is to view the person as a forest. The body is one component of the human experience, and it is impacted by all the others. In the same way, effective treatment of the body requires understanding how all of its parts work together for integrated function. Libby has a new book coming out entitled Yoga for Bendy People. It explores specific approaches to yoga practices to best support people with hypermobility syndromes. Libby herself lives with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, so the topic is a passion of hers. We explored this a bit more on the podcast.To learn more about Libby and her work, visit libbyhinsley.com/Support the show

''How to find a good yoga teacher?  How do you find a teacher that you trust, and can generate a connection with? Not only that, but find a teacher that does not see themselves in a position of power and does not have your monetary value as student in their 'business' as a priority?"  In this episode Mark and Rosalind talk about this most basic of questions, along with the even more basic questions of why we would even want a yoga teacher, and what that is anyway.  Some aspects we cover: - The origins of yoga as a practice of mutual respect and care for others and the community, without authority and power. - the change in student-teacher relationships to power dynamics and business interest as the norm - The three qualifications of a good yoga teacher according to Krishnamacharya. - Cultism in spiritual practice; how to sense someone who is driven by social hierarchy, power and money.  - The use of knowledge as a means to create seniority and power in the modern world of spiritual practice. And the contrasting experience had by Mark with his teachers Krishnamacharya and Desikachar. - “Yoga is not a salvation cult”. A good teacher should not be promising any method or secret knowledge that will get you to where you think you want to go. Any promises of this nature should be treated with caution as the promise is most likely more of a product to be sold than a spiritual practice. - A conversation about the ironic inflexibility of modern yoga, how it pushes people into predefined patterns regardless of the differences between individuals, and how this is a reflection of the patterning seen in modern society. - What to look for: the breath as THE central element of asana practice. The unity of body, mind and breath must be present from the first moment of the yoga lesson, yet is often not given precise or any attention in modern yoga teaching. - “You don't do yoga, yoga does you”. Participating in the flow of life and being in the moment, as opposed to using spiritual practice to try and get somewhere you think you need to go, and how a good teacher can help thwart the latter tendency. - Yoga as a method to release the mind from habitual thought. A symptom of modern living that affects most people in negative ways. Yoga can be a way to free yourself of unnecessary thought and be in the world's beauty. To find out if we know a good teacher near you, please email studio@heartofyoga.com Follow this podcast for new episodes here: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS/XML If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here: https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast You can find more from the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.  

Have you heard of Viniyoga? What about Tirumalai Krishnamacharya or T. K. V. Desikachar? In this fun interview with co-Yoga nerd Kate Plummer of Phoenix Yoga France we talk about teaching, studying, becoming better and Kate's unlikely love affair with this particular lineage. It's a good one!Follow Kate and Marc on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/phoenix.yoga/Learn all about their 60 hour YTT here: https://www.phoenixyogafrance.com/viniyogatrainingSupport this show on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/AmyMcDonaldBook yourself a 90-minute intensive and save $150 using coupon code March22 at www.amymcdonald.com.au/intensives

Tara has been a dedicated practitioner of yoga for over 18 years. She has been blessed to practice with some of the most dedicated ashtanga teachers in the world. Studying with Johnny Smith, Tim Miller (completing both his primary and intermediate series trainings), R. Sharath Jois & R. Saraswathi Jois. She has apprenticed with only certified teachers (6 years) with R. Saraswathi Jois for 4 of those years in her very busy Mysore shala where she assisted up to 200 students a month for nine months of the year. Tara has a special bond with Saraswathiji and is one of the few students authorised by her to teach.  Tara is also a Certified Yoga Therapist in the tradition of T. Krishnamacharya & his son T.K.V. Desikachar in Chennai, India. Her interest in yoga therapy is a focus to help heal others from injury and imbalances within the body. She has helped many students learn to understand their bodies while bringing back health and stability through yoga therapy, diet and lifestyle changes.  She has studied Pranayama with Sri O.P. Tiwari, Philosophy with Prof. Nagaraja Rao and Vedic chanting with Dr. Vigneshwar Bhat and Madhavi Kotha in the lineage of T. Krishnamacharya.  Tara has been studying ritual, chanting and Vedic chanting for the last 7.5 years and is a long time Vipassana Meditator. Both R. Saraswathi Jois, Saraswathi Vasudevan & Vigneshwar Bhat have given her blessings to share the teachings as taught to her through parampara.  Other interests Tara's curiosity for understanding the mind and body led her to study psychology (since 1993) and nutrition (since 1999).  She is a trained Chef, has worked with many healing modalities, and has recently spent 5 years living in Mysore, India in order to seek and learn pure knowledge directly from the source and continues to visits India every 6 months to be with her teachers. Tara has also studied classical Carnatic music with two of Mysore's greatest teachers and she has and continues to study Ayurveda with Dr. R. Padmini. Tara believes that to be a good teacher one needs to be a good student. Therefore, she continually expands her knowledge on the subjects of yoga, health, nutrition and healing through sound and other methods. She teaches in a traditional yet playful manner incorporating the teachings of her teachers. Tara now lives in Sicily with her husband Dr. Rob Lamport of @morethananatomy  You can find Tara on Instagram @taramitrayoga and on her website.

Episode #39: While the practice of yoga in general aims to cultivate the body and mind and can exert therapeutic effects, Yoga Therapy offers personalized yoga practices to improve mental health and alleviate physical ailments. Yoga Therapy is making inroads into places like the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to help soldiers recover from physical and mental traumas. Many people think about yoga as a physical practice, but it's not all about stretching or movement. Yoga Therapy can also help people who can't move at all, as we will learn from our guest Melaney Seacat whose use of yoga therapy helped her recover from a near-death accident that left her unsure whether she'd walk again. Also with us is integrative mental health practitioner, meditation teacher, and certified yoga therapist Dr. Juko Holiday who will help us understand what Yoga Therapy is, how it works, and who could benefit from it. Broadcast: 2/6/22 Special thanks  to Jeanne Baldzikowski for audio production, to Jennifer Young for research and outreach, and to Izzy Weisz for marketing. And thanks to acoustic guitarist Adrian Legg for composing, performing, and donating the use of our theme music. SUBSCRIBE NOW to get past or new episodes delivered to your listening device: Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher JOIN EMAIL LIST Want to know our interesting topic each month? Simply  SIGN UP for our email list! 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SUPPORT OR UNDERWRITE If you like what you're hearing here on KSQD, also affectionately called K– Squid, you can become a “Philanthropod on the Squid Squad” by becoming a supporting member  and help keep KSQD surfing the air waves! Consider underwriting your business or agency and showing our listeners your support for State of Mind. RESOURCES Learn More About Yoga Therapy Yoga Therapy Health – This is a website for people looking to find a certified yoga therapist, read more about what yoga therapy is, and get details about how it can support people living with specific health conditions Yoga Therapy Hour with Amy Wheeler – This podcast and website features interviews with thought leaders and experts in the field of yoga therapy, psychology and neuroscience. It provides information and resources for mind-body professionals and the general public interested in these topics. Also available on Apple and Audible podcasts. Indu Arora, C-IAYT – Indu Arora is a certified yoga therapist, a frequent presenter at professional research and therapeutic conferences, and the author of Yoga: Ancient Heritage, Tomorrow's Vision. This detailed book is an excellent resource, especially for Western practitioners who are most familiar with yoga as fitness, as it demonstrates how truly vast yoga is beyond postural practice, and offers insight into some of the tools yoga therapists use in their work. More Yoga Resources Trauma Informed Yoga and Mindfulness Series by Rebecca Roth in association with Survivors Healing Center - Six Tuesdays at 5:50pm Feb 8 to March 15, 2022 in Santa Cruz.  Connect with yourself and others seeking to heal and restore balance and well-being using ancient wisdom that also is an evidence-based practice.  Each class will include guided visualization/meditation, trauma-informed mindfulness education, breathing practices, gentle and restorative yoga, and an opportunity for self-inquiry and sharing with the group. No previous yoga experience necessary.  This class may be helpful if you feel overwhelmed or exhausted, have difficulty making or maintaining boundaries, are a survivor of abuse or other trauma, feel objectified, are critical of self or others, or find it difficult to step into your power. This series will be a closed group after the first session.  Suggested donation: $75 - $180 for the series (w/ option to make payments).  A portion of the proceeds will go to the Survivors Healing Center.  Yoga For All Movement (YFAM) – Utilizes holistic wellness as a vehicle for social change by bringing trauma-informed yoga, with an emphasis on liberation through breath and movement, directly to underserved communities, such as youth, individuals in substance use recovery, and low-income seniors. Currently, YFAM is forming a first-ever, in-custody, yoga teacher-training program, Reunite with Wellness. Central Nervous System Regulation Ergos Institute, Inc. – Somatic Experiencing –This is the website of Dr. Peter Levine, founder of the Somatic Experiencing Technique for trauma healing. It offers free interviews, webinars, tools, books, exercises for nervous system regulation, videos and other resources for the general public. It also provides a link to a database of Somatic Experiencing Practitioners.  It also provides information about programs and training resources for people wanting to advance their skills professionally. Insight Meditation Society – This website provides information about Insight Meditation (a.k.a. mindfulness; loving kindness meditation), meditation retreats, guided meditations, a book club, and other meditation resources. Books The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice by T. K. V. Desikachar  (1999) – A text that outlines a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice adapted to the needs of the individual. Pause, Rest, Be: Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change by Octavia Raheem (will come out Feb 1, 2022) – A book focused on restoring your body, mind, and spirit amid change is an act of courage, empowerment, and hope. This is a  guide to help you honor the changes and spaces in your life with purposeful rest and reflection. Gather by Octavia Raheem (2020)  – A collection of soulful sayings, poetry, and flashes of insight sewn together into a sacred garment. Each thread was collected with reverence and care. The words here will weave their way into your heart and become a soft cover for you to land on. Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma by Gail Parker, Justine Ross, et al. (2020) – Presenting ways in which Restorative Yoga can contribute to healing emotional wounds, this book invites yoga teachers, therapists and practitioners to consider the psychological impact of ethnic and race-based stress and trauma. It aids in the process of uncovering, examining, and healing one's own emotional wounds and offers insight into avoiding wounding or re-wounding others. Transforming Ethnic and Race-based Traumatic Stress With Yoga  by Gail Parker Ph.D. and illustrator Justine Ross (2021) –  A workbook building on the foundations of Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma  which offers a range of self-care practices that strengthen the psychological immune system, increase resilience, and support post-traumatic growth My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem (2017). In this book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology. For Professionals The International Association of Yoga Therapists – Founded in 1989, IAYT is a professional membership organization that works to advance yoga therapy education, training, and research, the professional development of its members, and to establish yoga as a recognized and respected therapy. The site provides information about certification requirements, accredited training programs, and offers a portal to therapeutic yoga publications. Octavia Raheem – Teacher, mentor & thought leader who has received national attention for her work training yoga teachers and diversifying the yoga and wellness industry. Trained and mentored by exemplary teachers, Dr. Gail Parker, Tracee Stanley, Chanti Tacoronte- Perez, Octavia's work as a yoga professional focuses on practical tools to teach individuals how to manage stress, anxiety, and fatigue through restorative yoga, yoga nidra, and meditation in a way that is accessible to all levels/abilities, and restorative to the nervous system. Laurie Hyland Robertson – Laurie's work includes excellent resources for professionals and therapeutic yoga practitioners: Understanding Yoga Therapy: Applied Philosophy and Science for Health and Well-Being, The Foundations, Tools, and Practice of Yoga Therapy: A Comprehensive Textbook, and Yoga Therapy Today. The first two resources are books that cover the theory and practice of therapeutic yoga, the last is a magazine of clinical practices that is published three times a year. Yoga Therapy Foundations, Tools, and Practice by editors Diane Finlayson &  Laurie Hyland Robertson (2021) – This textbook provides essential support to schools and universities that offer yoga therapy training programs, this comprehensive, edited textbook develops robust curricula, enabling them to prepare yoga therapists to integrate into healthcare settings safely and effectively. The International Journal of Yoga Therapy –  IJYT is an annual peer-reviewed publication that serves yoga therapists, yoga teachers, yoga practitioners, yoga researchers, and healthcare professionals. Black Yoga Teachers Alliance – a collective of yoga teachers who share the peace and power of yoga to inspire conscious living. Organization works to elevate the presence and voices of Black yoga teachers while providing a business and social network with black yoga teachers throughout the U.S. and abroad. It also serves as a catalyst to connect black yoga teachers with opportunities to train, teach and travel and works to Increase the diversity of those who teach and practice yoga. Contact Guests Melaney Seacat Yoga Therapy – Self-Empowered Healing for Body, Breath and Mind. Offering Personalized practices using holistic yogic tools for healing and personal transformation. Melaney Seacat, MA, C-IAYT, SEP Email: melaneyseacat@mac.com Phone: 520-205-1106 Ease Mountain Yoga Therapy Community – In-depth yoga series, classes & workshops, yoga therapy, yoga therapy teacher trainings and more Dr. Juko Holiday, Director Phone: 831-440-6970

From the banks of the holy Ganga to the East Village, Manhattan, Jeremiah Brimlow and Mark's friendship has flourished. Jeremiah is a bridge of the ancient world to the modern times, of east and west, but also of the early days of yoga arriving in New York City to the current situation. Mark and Jeremiah reflect on the shifts they have seen, on the legacy of the US counterculture, and staying in the pure essence of spirituality in a confused world of spiritual business. Jeremiah is the Urban Angel because he does just that.     In this episode you will hear...   03:00 Jeremiah and Mark talk of New York, Lineage and staying pure and true to the vision of truth.   11:00 Giving others opportunity to become greater, and to disappoint. Knowing and following your true path. A Hippie heritage.   21:00 Finding ways to work together, and change the paradigm of living. Getting caught in nonsensical systems, and the systems are down. Hope.   36:00 There was always Yoga, and a culture that could be. Being downwardly mobile, and relating to every human with openness.   50:00 Feeding only one third of the belly. The posture of gluttony. One arm up.   64:00 Teaching, shared energy and finding a new perspective on the practice.   Follow this podcast for new episodes here: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS/XML If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here: https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast You can find more from the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

What does cooking, painting and yoga all have in common? Listen to this week's episode of Finding Harmony with Tara Mitra to find out. Tara is a life long lover of learning, discovering new ideas, people, and places. It seems no accident that her mentor, Guru, and main teacher was named after the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning: Saraswati. Growing up in an abusive situation, she searched for different therapies to help heal from the past trauma. She found herself in cooking. After spending years in the food and beverage industry, becoming a distinguished sommelier, Tara Mitra started searching for a difference kind of solace. She made her way to Mysore, India, where she found immediate resonance with Sri Saraswathi Jois, the daughter of Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois, and mother of Sharath Jois, who soon became her main teacher, and mentor in the art of teaching yoga. Tara is also a dedicated student of traditional Yoga Therapy, studying within the lineage of Krishnamacharya, with his son T. K. V. Desikachar's longest standing students in Chennai, India. Her interest in yoga therapy is a focus to help heal others from injury and imbalances within the body. She has helped many students return back to health and stability through yoga therapy. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT TARA - taramitrayoga.com WEBSITE I INSTAGRAM The Finding Harmony Podcast is hosted, edited and produced by Harmony Slater and co-hosted by Russell Case. A big heart of thanks to our friends, family, and students from around the world, who've generously supported this podcast through your comments, sharing, and financial donations. Your contributions have allowed us to keep our podcast ad and sponsor free. Creating, editing and producing each episode takes a lot of time. It is a labor of love. And would not be possible without your kind support. If you've enjoyed today's podcast, please consider supporting our future episodes by making a donation. Every little bit goes a long way and we are immensely grateful for any and all of your support. Make A Donation - harmonyslater.com

Malika Warda is a mystic Yogini poet currently residing in the land of ancient light, Western Australia, and co-founder of the extraordinary yoga, meditation and sound healing studio Cntrspace in Perth. She is the author of a book of poetry by the same name, a photographer, and a deep explorer of the human experience, drawing on her Yogic, Palestinian and Australian Indigenous heritage. Malika and Mark speak about her journey to find the real depth Yoga offers, the impact of finding it on her relationships with self and others, the unfolding of a profound yogic sexuality, and healing the mass social repression of the feminine. You will hear how relatively quickly when a person receives yoga, transmission into local community can occur. Malika is a wonderful example of a yoga teacher of these recent times.  You can find Malika on IG @malika.abuwarda___ and in person teaching at her studio in north Perth at Cntrespace. In this episode you will hear... 03.30 How, where and why Mark & Malika met. A pivotal time in Malika's life. Finding more to Yoga. 08:00 Actual Yoga happening in and around Malika and her practice. Results and friendships. 12:00 Finding strength, beauty and form as the feminine. A process shown and shared. A feminine force repressed. 17:00 Empowered utterances of Yogic realizations. Sexual intimacy and freedom from patterning. 25:00 Spiritual wisdom was packaged as a mechanism of male authority. Adding value and actualization of a real Yoga practice. Follow this podcast for new episodes here: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS/XML If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here: https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast You can find more from the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

What is the relationship between Yoga and religion? Following on from last week's episode with Janet Marshall talking about Yoga and Catholicism, this week we are honoured to be joined by Devaraj from Chennai, speaking from his perspective about the relationship between religion and Yoga.  Is Yoga Hinduism? How do the two intersect? Devaraj was born and lives in the city where Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar taught for many years, and where they established the Krishanamacharya Yoga Mandiram, there to this day. He holds a fascinating perspective on Yoga and how it has empowered his devotional life. Mark and Devaraj discuss what happened once he started practicing yoga. In Krishnamacharya's scholarly view, the entire Hindu world should be given yoga as the most vital part of their devotional life. They discuss the lineage from Ramanuja Acharya to Krishnamacharya and the temple in Chennai. 04:00 What got a man from Krishnamacharya's home town involved with The Heart of Yoga. Discovering the practice of the unitary movement. In this episode you will hear... 13:00 ''The whole of Hindu India should be given Yoga as the most vital part of devotional life''. From a life of seeking to a life of being present. How subtle changes affected home and work life. 28:00 Mark and Devaraj discuss stories of how aspects of Hindu society combined with Yogic ideas affect life and family relations. 39:00 Devaraj takes Krishnamacharya and Desikachar's book to the ancient temple of Ramanujar for blessing, as a Yoga participant and not a seeker. Follow this podcast for new episodes here: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS/XML If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here: https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast You can find more from the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

Mark Whitwell discusses with Yoga Teacher Janet Marshall of California the process of becoming a Yogini and Transmitter of Yoga. Janet talks about how Yoga helped her to actually understand for herself what was being talked about in the sacred text of her religious culture. They discuss going beyond the restrictions of the usual life, and surviving getting lost in the sea of Yoga knowledge and coming back to the simplicity of the heart.Janet Marshall is a mother of three and Yoga Teacher in Southern California, and is deeply versed in Yoga philosophy and the Yoga therapy traditions that grew from Krishnamacharya and Desikachar's work. She is a full-time teacher of Yoga,  cares deeply for all her students and is a profound force of nurturing in her community. She co-founded the Heart of Yoga non-profit in the US back in the 2000s and has worked tirelessly to help make Yoga accessible to all. Thank you Janet. In this episode you will hear... 04:00 Discovering Yoga from the position of a ''faithful'' person. Conflict with the church. 16:00 Truth is not a point of view. 25:00 No longer being attracted to the promise of salvation. Spirit baptism. 40:00 Innocently born into a very restricted world. Leaving a marriage of 20 years. 55:00 The importance of repetition. ''Pain is healing.'' 60:05 Working with advanced aging people. Be who you are and teach what you know. Yoga therapy. Follow this podcast for new episodes here: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS/XML If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here: https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast You can find more from the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.  

Amy Chats with Shri V Srinivasan, who is one of the senior faculty of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) and the Executive Director. He had the rare blessings of learning under Yogacharya Shri T.K.V. Desikachar as a student of Teacher Training Program at KYM. He holds a Master's Degree in Yoga from Tamilnadu Sports and Physical Education University Chennai. He also learnt Vedic Chanting and functions as a Healing Chant Teacher also. His teaching career includes Consultations and Classes of Yoga for Therapy, teaching of all aspects of Yoga to Indian and International students in India and abroad. They talk about How Yoga Therapy is unfolding in India, the implications of the Bhagavad Gita for Yoga Therapy. They discuss the following:·        How V Srinivasan came to yoga, then yoga teacher training, became a yoga therapist and eventually the Executive Director of KYM.·        What it means to practice our yoga mentally, emotionally, in relationship to one another and ourselves and spiritually.·        How we can stay balanced during these difficult times, by connecting to something deep within our own heart.·        The purpose of yoga, far beyond asana.·        The ancient text of the Bhagavad Gita and how it applies to yoga therapy.·        The therapeutic relationship according to the Bhagavad Gita.·        Karma, Hatha, Jnana and Bhakti Yoga as paths to the same destination.·        How our natural gifts determine which type of yoga we will enjoy most.·        How we can work to do hard things in life, just like Arjuna had to do.·        What is the moral of the story at the very end of the Bhagavad Gita? ·        Why Amy chose to study at the KYM for the past two decades, what attracted her to the KYM and why she continues to study in this tradition.·        Online learning and how it is new the frontier for KYM.·        How yoga therapy is unfolding in India, and the support the field is getting from the Indian Government. ·        How KYM Yoga therapy is joining with healthcare.·        How the KYM is connecting with the field of healthcare.  October's podcasts are sponsored by:  Optimal Statehttps://theoptimalstate.com/  Foundations we supporthttp://www.kym.orgWe have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month's payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground.Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts!Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.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, Melissa shares some therapeutic yoga tools she uses to connect with her body. Melissa mentions Desikachar, who is a teacher and author of the book of The Heart of Yoga- T.K.V. Desikachar Follow Melissa on IG @findyourbreath Go to her website below for more content and how to work with her: www.findyourbreath.net --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bewithyourbody/message

Yoga-sutra Introdução O tratado que apresenta noções preliminares da psicologia do Yoga é o Yoga-sutra escrito por Patañjali, por volta do século III a.C. Nesta temporada realizaremos a leitura dos 195 sutras, divididos em 4 capítulos. Usaremos a tradução feita por Desikachar em seu livro O Coração do Yoga. Ouça este primeiro episódio onde fazemos a leitura da Introdução do livro. Caso deseja adquirir este livro, compre por este link: https://amzn.to/3eKDjgw Para aprofundar seus estudos sobre o Yoga-sutra de Patañjali, adquira o curso Yoga-sutra Como Ele É - o mais completo estudo que há em português. Conheça o VVY School: https://www.vvyschool.com Conheça o VVY Academy: https://plataforma.vvyschool.com Uma análise temática da ciência do Yoga: A qualidade de nossas vidas depende da qualidade de nossos pensamentos. Há mais de cinco mil anos, vários princípios do conhecimento foram apresentados por Krishna na Bhagavad-gita, em meio à uma incalculável batalha com reflexos também no nível psicológico e existencial. Nos dias atuais, o temor tem tomado conta da humanidade, porém podemos compreender o que há por traz desta realidade aparente em que vivemos. O conhecimento é essencial para que possamos superar todas as adversidades advindas na vida moderna. #VVYSchool #YogaSutra #Patañjali #Online --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vvyschool/message

Yoga-sutra Capítulo 1 / Samadhi Pada O tratado que apresenta noções preliminares da psicologia do Yoga é o Yoga-sutra escrito por Patañjali, por volta do século III a.C. Nesta temporada realizaremos a leitura dos 195 sutras, divididos em 4 capítulos. Usaremos a tradução feita por Desikachar em seu livro O Coração do Yoga. Caso deseja adquirir este livro, compre por este link: https://amzn.to/3eKDjgw Para aprofundar seus estudos sobre o Yoga-sutra de Patañjali, adquira o curso Yoga-sutra Como Ele É - o mais completo estudo que há em português. Conheça o VVY School: https://www.vvyschool.com Conheça o VVY Academy: https://plataforma.vvyschool.com Uma análise temática da ciência do Yoga: A qualidade de nossas vidas depende da qualidade de nossos pensamentos. Há mais de cinco mil anos, vários princípios do conhecimento foram apresentados por Krishna na Bhagavad-gita, em meio à uma incalculável batalha com reflexos também no nível psicológico e existencial. Nos dias atuais, o temor tem tomado conta da humanidade, porém podemos compreender o que há por traz desta realidade aparente em que vivemos. O conhecimento é essencial para que possamos superar todas as adversidades advindas na vida moderna. #VVYSchool #YogaSutra #Patañjali #Online --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vvyschool/message

Yoga-sutra Capítulo 2 / Sadhana Pada O tratado que apresenta noções preliminares da psicologia do Yoga é o Yoga-sutra escrito por Patañjali, por volta do século III a.C. Nesta temporada realizaremos a leitura dos 195 sutras, divididos em 4 capítulos. Usaremos a tradução feita por Desikachar em seu livro O Coração do Yoga. Caso deseja adquirir este livro, compre por este link: https://amzn.to/3eKDjgw Para aprofundar seus estudos sobre o Yoga-sutra de Patañjali, adquira o curso Yoga-sutra Como Ele É - o mais completo estudo que há em português. Conheça o VVY School: https://www.vvyschool.com Conheça o VVY Academy: https://plataforma.vvyschool.com Uma análise temática da ciência do Yoga: A qualidade de nossas vidas depende da qualidade de nossos pensamentos. Há mais de cinco mil anos, vários princípios do conhecimento foram apresentados por Krishna na Bhagavad-gita, em meio à uma incalculável batalha com reflexos também no nível psicológico e existencial. Nos dias atuais, o temor tem tomado conta da humanidade, porém podemos compreender o que há por traz desta realidade aparente em que vivemos. O conhecimento é essencial para que possamos superar todas as adversidades advindas na vida moderna. #VVYSchool #YogaSutra #Patañjali #Online --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vvyschool/message

Yoga-sutra Capítulo 3 / Vibhuti Pada O tratado que apresenta noções preliminares da psicologia do Yoga é o Yoga-sutra escrito por Patañjali, por volta do século III a.C. Nesta temporada realizaremos a leitura dos 195 sutras, divididos em 4 capítulos. Usaremos a tradução feita por Desikachar em seu livro O Coração do Yoga. Caso deseja adquirir este livro, compre por este link: https://amzn.to/3eKDjgw Para aprofundar seus estudos sobre o Yoga-sutra de Patañjali, adquira o curso Yoga-sutra Como Ele É - o mais completo estudo que há em português. Conheça o VVY School: https://www.vvyschool.com Conheça o VVY Academy: https://plataforma.vvyschool.com Uma análise temática da ciência do Yoga: A qualidade de nossas vidas depende da qualidade de nossos pensamentos. Há mais de cinco mil anos, vários princípios do conhecimento foram apresentados por Krishna na Bhagavad-gita, em meio à uma incalculável batalha com reflexos também no nível psicológico e existencial. Nos dias atuais, o temor tem tomado conta da humanidade, porém podemos compreender o que há por traz desta realidade aparente em que vivemos. O conhecimento é essencial para que possamos superar todas as adversidades advindas na vida moderna. #VVYSchool #YogaSutra #Patañjali #Online --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vvyschool/message

Yoga-sutra Capítulo 4 / Kaivalya Pada O tratado que apresenta noções preliminares da psicologia do Yoga é o Yoga-sutra escrito por Patañjali, por volta do século III a.C. Nesta temporada realizaremos a leitura dos 195 sutras, divididos em 4 capítulos. Usaremos a tradução feita por Desikachar em seu livro O Coração do Yoga. Caso deseja adquirir este livro, compre por este link: https://amzn.to/3eKDjgw Para aprofundar seus estudos sobre o Yoga-sutra de Patañjali, adquira o curso Yoga-sutra Como Ele É - o mais completo estudo que há em português. Conheça o VVY School: https://www.vvyschool.com Conheça o VVY Academy: https://plataforma.vvyschool.com Uma análise temática da ciência do Yoga: A qualidade de nossas vidas depende da qualidade de nossos pensamentos. Há mais de cinco mil anos, vários princípios do conhecimento foram apresentados por Krishna na Bhagavad-gita, em meio à uma incalculável batalha com reflexos também no nível psicológico e existencial. Nos dias atuais, o temor tem tomado conta da humanidade, porém podemos compreender o que há por traz desta realidade aparente em que vivemos. O conhecimento é essencial para que possamos superar todas as adversidades advindas na vida moderna. #VVYSchool #YogaSutra #Patañjali #Online --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vvyschool/message

I'm overjoyed to chat with the owner, Kimberly Gomez of The Aum Abode in NY. The Aum Abode is an online yoga studio that offers affordable in person and live streamed yoga classes, guided meditations, cooperate yoga, holistic workshops and so much more! Transform your yoga journey and gift your yoga practice an abode at The Aum Abode. We will chat on how yoga can help relieve not just mental, but physical and spiritual stress, it is whole body and mind experience. Yoga is another tool for our stress management tool box that helps to keep us balanced. As always the goal is to be HAPPY, HEALTHY & WHOLE (and yoga will help you achieve that goal)!! You'll love her drive for the art of yoga and the sense of calm she brings to the practice of yoga. Make sure y'all book her in person and/or online classes before they fill up, she is amazing!! Below, are the books she referenced during our chat as well as her contact info. *The Heart of Yoga by T.K.V. Desikachar and The Chakra Bible by Patricia Mercier. The Aum Abode, Owner Kimberly Gomez, www.theAumAbode.com, email:info@theaumabode.com, Twitter:theaumabode, IG:aumabodeyoga and FB:theaumabode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uahc/message

I spoke with the Erotic Muse herself, Nikka Karli, all about: Unleashing our raw, authentic, full expression Allowing effortless flow instead of forcing and pushing Remembering your own essence/truth/expression Sacred sexuality and eroticism What is sexual energy and how our disconnection from it impacts us Turn-on as a portal for creativity and vitality Working with movement, embodiment, and sensuality for integrating our spiritual practices Wholeness vs fragmentation of self Descending into the dark, murky depths of our being to rediscover the answers we seek and come home to ourselves   ABOUT NIKKA: Nikka Karli is a Writer, Multidisciplinary Storyteller, Body Poet, Moon Stalker, Ceremonial Activist + Abolitionist, and Yoga Teacher who helps Soul Refugees and Multidimensional Messengers {Artists, Healers, Athletes, Entrepreneurs, Thought Leaders…} access and unleash the remembrance of their Erotic Genius and scale their soul's work into preeminent platforms of social change through Primal Self Re-Integration™. Her work also evokes and provokes the somatic decolonization of systemic racialized and sexualized trauma in the bodies of Melanated/BIWOC creators {and white co-conspirators of the antiracism revolution at hand}.   She has over 20 years of experience coaching in the fields of yoga, fitness, mindset, strength and conditioning, rehabilitation, wellness, creativity, and leadership, and has dedicated the last few years to the liberation work of dismantling and decolonizing the intersection of systemic sexualized and racialized trauma in the bodies of Creators of Color.   She holds a Bachelors degree in Athletic Training/Kinesiology from The University of Connecticut, a 500-hour yoga teacher certification from The Breathing Space (in the Krishnamacharya lineage, under the tutelage of Robert Birnberg who studied under the late T.K.V. Desikachar), an Expressive Yoga Dance certification (with Jada Fire of Barefoot Sanctuary), a holistic health coach certification from IIN, and multiple fitness certifications.   Nikka has also completed her 600-hour VITA™ Sex Coach certification, with a focus in Tantra and Women's Sexuality {through The Tantric Institute of Integrated Sexuality with Layla Martin, where she is now a Senior Teacher and Antiracist Speaker + Teacher}. Nikka is devoted to helping raise the vibration of Universal consciousness and assisting in mending the hoop of the world's many peoples through her writing, speaking, private mentoring, online programs and intensives, and retreats. She is the go-to mentor for multidimensional messengers, creators, activists, and healers who are ready to create epic fulfillment, impact, mastery, and freedom through the primordial ecstasy of their erotic soul.     CONNECT WITH NIKKA: Website Instagram YouTube Podcast: The {Re}Wilding Experience   CONNECT WITH NADINE: Website Instagram YouTube   If you like what you hear, please rank and review the show, forward it to your frien

In this episode Yoga is Vegan's Holly Skodis and Achāryā Samitā Rāthor discuss the following: Samita's experience studying with Yogi Sir DesikacharYoga as therapyVibrational energies as childrenOne on one versus group trainingsTraditional YogaAsana and the meaning of YogaAlkaline diet and sattvic dietPranaThe importance of contolilng your tongue in YogaTapasAchāryā Samitā Rāthor is the founder of Yogarpanam which translated in English literally means Yoga Surrender. She is an advisory consultant, life mentor, Yoga & Vedic Scholar, Yoga Therapist, Traditional Diet Specialist & Guide. Samita's life journey is dedicated to share these infinite teachings of her spiritual experiences with simplicity and love. Having had diversified exposure from a very young age, she is able to connect and understand the needs of people almost instantly. Samita is guided and has studied with her Yoga Teacher and spiritual masters since the age of 20. She uses her inner awakening experiences to help and inspire people who come to her. She teaches, applies and shares the principles of traditional Yoga and Vedic wisdom. She is a teacher and mentor to Yoga Teachers, Life Coaches and genuinely dedicated students who would like to go deeper into educating themselves about the subtler aspects of Yoga and its principles. Her Unique Humane Approach has transformed the minds of many struggling. Her aim is to resolve the inner & outer struggles in the human mind-life, with compassion, empathy, intelligence and strength. She uses her profound knowledge with scientific psyche principles integrated with universal wisdom, to help people manage, streamline and overcome life challenges, worldwide.With the fortune of Grace, Achāryā Samitā Rāthor came in contact with Yoga teachings through Yogi Sir Desikachar and her father at an early age, who hailed from a Yogic lineage. She studied one to one with Sir Desikachar and began teaching on his instructions only. In the traditional formal Yogic system, a student does not teach unless instructed by their teacher.She also has Multiple Post Graduate Teachers Training Diploma/Degree Certifications. She has personally studied Yoga and its therapeutic benefits from Sir Desikachar and is also formally trained in Yoga Therapy. She has also done a formal study of Vedanta under strict Monastic Traditions in the abode of Himalayas. She has had the Blessings of studying and coming in contact with beautiful Spiritual Living Masters like the Dalai Lama, to continue further her quest for learning constantly. "Coming in contact with my inner experiences was like a new birth suddenly. The purpose of existence of life took a turn into another space and direction altogether. From a glamorous and eminent existence at a young age, I got drawn towards things that I never ever thought I would be immersed in so much. Nothing about me remained the same except my sense of humor. My family and friends noticed the transformation in me. What exactly happened I don’t know, but a major shift took place in my mind. All things that I was inclined towards totally disintegrated. This happened after I came in contact with my Teacher. Outer and Inner. The important thing is to live consciously. Whether it is through what I teach (yogasanas/yoga postures, pranayama, philosophy, meditation & breath-work), what I eat (ethical vegan) or how I spend every moment of my life. Deeply grateful for the teachings and wisdom received from evolved masters who never forgot to see beauty, love & humor in all." Achāryā Samitā Rāthor.Connect with Achāryā Samitā Rāthor:Instagram: @yogarpanam Website: yogarpanam.comEmail: yogarpanam@gmail.com

In this episode, in conversation with Beth Spindler, Yoga Therapist, Teacher and Writer, we discuss Beth's incredible work treating trauma and fear through yoga and the Vagus nerve.   World recognised Yoga Therapist, Beth Spindler began teaching yoga in 1976 and has been utilising yoga as a healing modality since then.  Holding the highest certification in the field she is a fountain of knowledge and wisdom. Her book, Yoga Therapy for Fear, Treating Anxiety, Depression and Rage with the Vagus nerve along with other techniques is recognised in the Yoga therapy community as an important text for those studying in the field. She is a frequently featured writer and presenter for Yoga International and leads retreats worldwide.   She has practiced yoga since childhood in the Sivananda tradition and had the honour of living with her teacher in Eknath Easwaran's community in the early 80s, she then studied with Senior Iyengar teachers for many years.  It was here that her love of yoga therapy began. Later she discovered the joy of fluid movement in Anusara, Ashtanga, and Prana Flow as well as Kundalini Yoga. Her background in yoga therapy also involved training in Phoenix Rising and Viniyoga of Desikachar lineage. She lived and practiced yoga therapy at the Himalayan Institute where her studies were in Sri Vidya Tantra,   She has trained hundreds of teachers, practiced yoga therapy in hospitals, universities, ashrams, retreat centers, clinics and schools. She currently lives in Springfield, Missouri.   About Beth Spindler C-IAYT, ERYT500 Yoga Therapist, Teacher, Writer Author of Yoga Therapy for Fear, Treating Anxiety, Depression and Rage with the Vagus Nerve and Other Techniques www.TeachtoInspire.com Instagram: beth.spindler https://www.facebook.com/Beth-Spindler-Yoga-Therapy-189154434442388/?fref=ts https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-spindler-eryt-c-iayt-a2ab1014?trk=hp-identity-name https://twitter.com/SpindlerBeth   We are delighted to are a discount code for you: FROMTHEHEART20, valid on all products on the Singing Dragon website (www.singingdragon.com). This discount has no expiry date.   ***   From The Heart is a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, healing and wellbeing from Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom, founders of Anahata Yoga Centre, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK. Conversations in this light hearted, kind and honest podcast series brings together people who have found ways to practise self-care in their lives, by sharing their knowledge, experiences and insights. Anahata is a heart centred and nurturing Wellbeing Studio in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Specialising in Yoga, Pilates, Yoga Therapy and mindful meditation. They offer expert tuition in small groups run by qualified and specialist professionals, who are experts in their field. Many of their teachers offer skills which support members of the public affected by long term health conditions, which may affect them physically, mentally and or emotionally. www.anahatayogacentre.com Follow Anahata Yoga Centre on Instagram and Facebook at @anahatayogacentre.

What is the role of yoga in times like these? Who must we be as practitioners to experience its full potential and ours as well? How can we characterize the dance that yoga and modern science are currently engaged in, and what are the potential pitfalls and windfalls of this pairing? What does the world need from yoga teachers right now? These are just a few of the inquiries that shaped our conversation with Dr. Michael de Manincor - Director and senior lecturer at the Yoga Institute in Sydney Australia. It was a delightful connection with a few interesting surprises along the way!References & Resources:The Yoga Institute: https://yogainstitute.com.au/michael-de-manincor/The Yoga Foundation: https://www.theyogafoundation.org.au/Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram: https://www.kym.org/Michael de Manicoor on J Brown Yoga Podcast: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/yoga-talks-podcast/2018/12/michael-de-manincorAyurveda for Yoga Teachers with Chara Caruthers

Welcome to Yoga Files. This is part of my Expert Events Podcast with a focus on Yoga Teachers and Yoga practitioners with at least 30 years of yoga experience. Leslie Kaminoff is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He is an internationally recognised specialist with four decades' experience in the fields of yoga and breath anatomy. He leads workshops for many of the leading yoga associations, schools and training programs in the world. Leslie and I have known each other since the late 1980s in downtown New York's gritty arts and Yoga community. Although I have only seen Leslie once since 1994 - he is that rare person with a great memory and feeling for people who can easily pick up a relationship as though no time at all has passed. Yes, we did speak for 2 hours (actually longer before I hit record and after I powered off). I was going to turn this into 2 Parts but did not want to disrupt the flow, as I listened I just couldn't bring myself to chop it up. I hope you'll take the time to watch in stages and do listen to the whole thing! Leslie has so many insights as to how people and events from LA and NYC converged to shape our modern yoga. He has been involved in so much of the momentum; which you will hear all about in this podcast. Leslie's vision and breadth of knowledge and commitment to his quest to study and to share Yoga are enormous. Find out more about Leslie, and how to study with him - click here. For his great interview with Desikachar and other writing he references click here. Add his seminal book on Yoga Anatomy to your library, find it by clicking here. Welcome to my new podcast with Expert Events and Yoga Files. I am sharing this from KikiTV.LIFE - where you can meet me all week long *10 LIVE ZOOM wellbeing, yoga, mindset classes and events a month Tired of hearing the same old crap? Go Beyond with KikiTV.Life **FREE 3-Day Trial (easy to subscribe, easy to unsubscribe) *** Only $29.99 a month (less than $1 a day) https://kikitv.life Are you a Yoga Teacher or Wellness Coach struggling to earn a real living from your passion and profession? Work with me on for your Balanced Yoga Business. Learn more by clicking here. Please SUBSCRIBE.

Yoga is a practice that nearly everyone buys into. It’s promise of flexibility and adaptability are a powerful and enticing invitation to engage in the uncomfortable for a greater good. But what does it mean to LIVE your yoga? And how can yoga be a tool for changing not just our bodies but our world? Maria and Chara explore these ideas with Kristine Weber and Kiesha Battles, two courageous yoga teachers who have created a project aimed at offering yoga’s ancient principles for ethical living as a lens, and tools for transforming racism and the landscape of social justice from the inside out!Kristine and Keisha’s course: Yoga Ethics For Transforming Racism: https://go.subtleyoga.com/transformation-1Keisha Battles: https://www.kieshabattles.com/Kristine Weber: https://subtleyoga.com/kristine-kaoverii-weber/Mentions:Maya Breuer: http://www.mayabreuer.com/Course: https://kripalu.org/resources/finding-my-seat-circle-yoga-retreat-women-colorKriya Yoga: https://yogainternational.com/article/view/yoga-sutra-2-1-translation-and-commentaryDave Charlton and Ranju Roy: Embodying the Yoga Sutra: https://embodyingtheyogasutra.com/Yoga Alliance session on Ahimsa: https://www.yogaalliance.org/Get_Involved/COVID-19_Resources/Archived_COVID-19_Workshops_and_Events/CE_Workshop_Yoga_as_a_Living_Practice_AhimsaWhite Ally: by Sonia Roberts: https://www.awakenedlovewarrior.com/products/white-ally-a-guide-to-cultivating-a-deeply-spiritual-antiracism-practice-signed-copy-by-sonia-robertsKelley Palmer: “one of Keisha’s teachers of the yamas and niyamasWebsite: https://peacefilledmama.com/about/Course on Accessible yoga training site: https://www.accessibleyogatraining.com/race-equityBlack Teacher’s Yoga Alliance: https://blackyogateachersalliance.org/Desikachar’s book “The Heart of Yoga” :https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Yoga-Developing-Personal-Practice/dp/089281764X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+heart+of+yoga&qid=1602275216&sr=8-1Debra Adele’s book: The Yamas and Niyamas https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/7057515-the-yamas-niyamas-exploring-yoga-s-ethical-practiceAmplify and Activate: Jasmine Hines. https://www.amplifyandactivate.com/about-usGeorge Floyd: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/george-floydBreonna Taylor: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/breonna-taylorState of the Union:https://stateofunionyoga.com/Race in America: https://otmtraining.offthematintotheworld.org/p/race-in-america-2020Georg Feurstein: https://www.traditionalyogastudies.com/Michelle Cassandra Johnson: https://www.michellecjohnson.com/

Sriram is my Gurubhai – brothers of the same teacher. He is particularly interesting to me in that he is indigenous to South India, born into the society and language of Krishnamacharya and Desikachar. Whereas I migrated into that culture and knew nothing of it in my early life. As a modern man in the West, Sriram is an extremely informed Yoga teacher who is able to communicate the nuance of the culture of our teachers in modern and useful ways. Sriram speaks of growing up in South India as a radical young explorer of life and his journey into Yoga — a riveting and a brilliant window into how radical Desikachar himself was, absolutely not a traditionally religious or conservative yoga school. And the inspiring story of his relationship with his German wife Anjali and move to Germany. R. Sriram has been working as a yoga teacher in Germany since 1988. In 1977 he began to systematically learn yoga with Śri TKV Desikachar in Chennai, his hometown - he received private and group lessons from him. Sriram also took private Ayurveda lessons with Dr. V. Narayanaswami and attended group lessons with Śri T. Krishnamacharya. For several years, Sriram taught under the guidance of Śri TKV Desikachar at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai Yoga and contributed to the development of the then young institute. The philosophical source texts of yoga, therapy with yoga, mantra yoga and yoga with children from mainstream and special schools were and are his focus. Thanks to his language skills and the support of his German wife, the Indian dancer Anjali, he has become an important link between east and west for many yoga practitioners. Since the nineties he has taught at many yoga training centers and universities and has brought many people closer to yoga in all its aspects in private lessons. With his therapeutic knowledge he was able to give many people the opportunity to find a new, healthy way of dealing with their complaints and illnesses. In this way, R. Sriram has been able to train many students to become well-founded yoga teachers over the years. These teachers offer yoga all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Sriram's childhood in South India and his introduction into spiritual life through music His involvement with radical Chennai theatre communities in the 1970s On meeting his wife, famous German-born Indian classical dancer Anjali Sriram, and the meeting of East and West Memories of J. Krishnamurti and TKV Desikachar and why Desikachar ignored his questions about spirituality Breaking out of cultural expectations and how Yoga helped resolve conflicts Reflections on the culture of the Mandiram community and those teaching and studying there Vedic chanting and the relationship with music Desikachar as “no more than a friend, no less than a friend” and his radical acceptance Dealing with the dreaded question – “What type of yoga do you teach?” Dealing with religious fears and prejudice over 30 years of working as a Yoga teacher in Germany, and how it has changed in that time. You can learn more and connect with Sriram on his: Website Facebook Instagram ________________________________ Subscribe to this podcast for new episodes here: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS/XML If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here: https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast You can find more from Mark and the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

Yoga and anatomy teacher Leslie joins me to discuss yoga philosophy, fitness, The Olympics, Bodywork, Desikachar, yoga clinics, Yoga Alliance, cancel culture, “self made soul”, Indian nationalism, agency and of course the conference! A pleasantly cantankerous one. Yogaanatomy.net

In the 1990s, yoga becomes powerful and hot. The birth of "Power Yoga", and everyone ties their teaching back to the Yoga Sutras. AG Mohan stimulates a conversation about the paradox of belief.

T.K.V. Desikachar left us a vast wealth of practical knowledge about life and yoga by passing the precious jewels of wisdom from his father, Krishnamacharya. We continue to receive the gifts of Desikachar's dedication to his father Krishnamacharya's teachings and their friendships with Jiddu and UG Krishnamurti. Mark Whitwell first met Desikachar and his father in 1973, following extensive travels in India. He had met many gurus and yogis, but was struck by the fact that Desikachar and his family had no pomp and ceremony, no business agenda, and no need for name or fame around their scholarship. Desikachar became Mark's yoga teacher, a friend, a true pioneer — a caring human being who attained ordinariness. Mark reflects on Desikachar as a very human friend and his relationships with the Krishnamurti in India, Saanen, and New Zealand. In this episode, Rosalind interviews Mark on T.K.V. Desikachar and his influential friendships: Desikachar's relationship with Krishnamacharya and why Desikachar was at first a reluctant student of yoga How J Krishnamurti escaped the path of a “chosen world leader” and how he became Desikachar's most famous student, and why he stopped studying with Iyengar The importance in Desikachar's life of both Krishnamurtis and how these friendships clarified Yoga for Mark Attaining ordinariness — why ordinary is actually extraordinary Remembering Desikachar's attitude of respect, humility, and learning attitude to life Memories of Mark organising Desikachar's visit to Aotearoa New Zealand and hosting a workshop on a marae on the North Shore Desikachar's deep love for UG Krishnamurti, and how human affection, love, and friendship are primary ingredients to any Yoga learning relationship The importance of Saanen, Switzerland as a hub for Yoga to enter the West UG Krishnamurti's Yoga studies with Krishnamacharya What is "the nostril-holding arrogance of the yogis”? If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here: https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast You can find more from Mark and the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

Mark Whitwell has been teaching yoga around the world ever since he first met his yoga teachers, T.K.V. Desikachar and his father T. Krishnamacharya, in Chennai in 1973. He realised straight away that our body loves its breath, the inhale loves the exhale and vice versa, and that yoga is an immensely practical and useful tool for everyone to respond to inspiration and grace. The Heart of Yoga is the result of these precious meetings. In this opening podcast episode, Rosalind Atkinson interviews Mark about the origins and purpose of the heart of yoga: What is the heart and the philosophy behind the Heart of Yoga? What is Yoga all about? What is the purpose and background of yoga? Why Yoga is all about relationship, a practice of intimacy and love Mark's relationship with his teachers and the story of Desikachar's book, ‘The Heart of Yoga.' What went wrong in the translation of yoga to the west The benefits of Yoga practice and the risks of becoming a "bliss junkie" Krishnamacharya and what makes Yoga practice ‘Tantric' How Yoga helped one nun "stop arguing with the Pope" The Yoga teacher-student relationship as an intimate friendship, act of grace, and gift of life If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here: https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast You can find more from Mark and the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

Acompañas tu práctica de Asanas con lecturas de Yoga? Julia Napier es una mujer llena de dulzura y sabiduría que se dio la tarea de traducir al español a Desikachar, Pattabhi Jois, Richard Freeman, Mary Taylor entre otros. Escritora, traductora, madre, astanguini, maestra: Para Julia es injusto que el idioma sea una barrera para quienes desean navegar las profundidades de la filosofía del Yoga, por eso decidió traducir al español una lista de libros que sigue creciendo, incluyendo uno de su propia autoría. Bienvenid@ al 3er episodio de Yoga Entrepreneurs

The last of the Introduction of the book, which is the end of the Q&A with Desikachar, Krishnamacharya's son. We cover mainly topics of who can practice Yoga (everyone!), and a big chunk of this idea of guru-dom. What makes a guru? Who is a guru? And some personal insights and things to share with you and perhaps for us all to ponder upon what the heart of yoga is, and does guru-dom even have a place in it. (Answer: no) :D Hope you enjoy listening, these are big chunks of gems in this one, as personally it means so much to us to talk about this topic and it is great to see it so simply put and written about by Desikachar.

We continue on this Pt 2 of Q and A's from the book, the A's answered by Desikachar. Today its about Krishnamacharya's history, how yoga was integrated in the family, and how Desikachar learnt from his dad! Pt 3 next week is the last of the Q and A before the chapters begin! :)

Liam Browne author of ‘Dealer Healer- A Modern Tale of a Fucked up Male’ finds gritty, honest and true stories of real people and how they have turned their lives around in a positive and inspiring way. Todays guest is French Yogi Charlotte Kelberine who after years in the corporate world took the huge leap to leave her high paying job to find a path that really fed her soul. Charlotte is originally from France and recently settled down in Barcelona after 5 years in NYC and a year traveling Africa.I will let Charlotte explain the rest. Enjoy listening to the show guys. Once upon a time, I was a ballet dancer, a strategy management consultant, a writer, and a social entrepreneur. In another life, I’d be an anthropologist. I have reinvented myself many times and I can say there has been one constant throughout these changes: my unflappable enthusiasm for knowledge & empowerment.My yoga mat is where I find energy and mind space no matter where life takes me. Half leopard, half humminbird, I want to spread joy & ignite passion. I’m a creature of habit when I’m not out trying new things. I love electronic music. I love books. I love tattoos. I don’t eat meat. I always look forward to connecting with other people and forming new relationships.You can listen to the show where ever you listen to your podcasts or here- Charlotte PodcastYou can get my book DEALER TO HEALER here- DEALER TO HEALERThe DEALER TO HEALER podcast focuses on those who have found solace from a destructive past to step into a more spiritual and love-driven life. Letting go of their old ways we see how each individual has overcome their adversity and demons to step into the light. Yoga Teachers, Healers, Breath Workers, Vegans, Holistic Therapists, Acupuncturists, Psychic’s and Musicians all share their unique stories. Sharing the events and synchronicities that led to the positive changes in their lives. Discover how you can find more joy in your own life, step into your own unique power and see how you can make positive changes to your life and relationships. Become empowered to step into your true self and do all the things you have always dreamed of.You can listen to the show where ever you listen to your podcasts or here- Charlotte Podcast “Yoga is not about your ability to do a posture but how it positively changes your life and relationships” T.K.V. Desikachar

Liam Browne author of ‘Dealer Healer- A Modern Tale of a Fucked up Male’ finds gritty, honest and true stories of real people and how they have turned their lives around in a positive and inspiring way. Todays guest is Australian author Katie Valentine who in 2016 had a mental breakdown, sold everything she owned and moved to Spain. Since then Katie has been on a long and turbulent journey back home to herself. Today I get to sit and discover how she did it and how she deals with life differently now.She writes of her experiences with love, growth and all of the stupid shenanigans that come with moving to a foreign country. But most importantly, she tells us of her greatest love story of all Her relationship with herself.Three years ago she rented a rusty boat on air bnb in the middle of Spain and sat down to write a collection of the love stories, having no idea what the actual f*ck you are doing, but doing it anyway.So from her extremely messy soul to yours, here it is…. buy her debut book Growth (and other stories) here - BUY BOOK!!!!!You can listen to the show where ever you listen to your podcasts or here- Katie PodcastYou can get my book DEALER TO HEALER here- DEALER TO HEALERThe DEALER TO HEALER podcast focuses on those who have found solace from a destructive past to step into a more spiritual and love-driven life. Letting go of their old ways we see how each individual has overcome their adversity and demons to step into the light. Yoga Teachers, Healers, Breath Workers, Vegans, Holistic Therapists, Acupuncturists, Psychic’s and Musicians all share their unique stories. Sharing the events and synchronicities that led to the positive changes in their lives. Discover how you can find more joy in your own life, step into your own unique power and see how you can make positive changes to your life and relationships. Become empowered to step into your true self and do all the things you have always dreamed of.You can listen to the show where ever you listen to your podcasts or here- Katie Podcast “Yoga is not about your ability to do a posture but how it positively changes your life and relationships” T.K.V. Desikachar

Arpita is certified Yoga teacher in the Tradition of T. Krishnamacharya. She is also trained in Pelvic health and she is passionate about exploring ways to help with anxiety and other mental health issues with Yoga philosophy and Breathe centered mindful approach. She is providing free Yoga and mindfulness sessions to all the healthcare professionals to help them find peace of mind and relieve their body pain while they are working hard during this uncertain times. She likes providing short and useful practices which can be done anytime and anywhere which can fit in with busy life. She also helps people to start simple and slowly build up to find more time for self-care. The book by A.G. Mohan: https://amzn.to/2AOXV63 The book by T.K.V. Desikachar: https://amzn.to/2yur0D3 Her website: https://neomyoga.com.au/ Facebook Page: http://fb.me/neomyoga Yoga for Healthcare Professionals group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/yogaforhealthcareprofessionals/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/appyyoga/yogacises Monthly Newsletter: https://bit.ly/2rWPUaZ Linkedin: https://bit.ly/2YlgYMU Join yogacises free group for yoga, meditation, fitness and nutrition tips :https://bit.ly/2rkm2Fg Twitter: https://bit.ly/2E00v7T Pinterest www.pinterest.com/yogacises

Castillo has been teaching yoga in NYC and San Francisco for over 20 years. She has studied with many renowned master teachers and had the honor of studying Vedic chanting and yoga philosophy with T.K.V. Desikachar. These days she spreads her love and knowledge of Bhakti yoga to aspiring teachers around the Bay Area. Since 2012, Castillo has been leading her band the Cosmic Caravan locally, nationally and internationally. She passionately guides communities in the ancient art of kirtan - singing the names of the divine through call-and-response chanting. In this episode we talk with Castillo about the heritage of Bhakti yoga and the power of mantra. Listen in as we discuss why chanting can be such a powerful tool and what Bhakti means to her.

Leanne Woehlke  Well, let's just dive right in. I'd love for you. Leslie. Tell us a little bit about your journey. What was life like for you before yoga? How did you find yoga? Leslie Kaminoff  Um, well, I was quite young. So life was like a lot of 19 year olds just trying to live independently, but still with some help from parents. So, we'd have to go back to like 1978 when I was 20, and took my first yoga class I was living in in Manhattan in the East Village at the time. Before it was fashionable when it was actually kind of dangerous. And my father was taking yoga at the Sivananda Center here in New York City on 24th Street. And he invited me to class and I went, and I went somewhere else during final relaxation, some place I'd never been before. And that intrigued me. And so I signed up for beginners course. And by the summer of 1979 40 years ago, I was up in Canada. In at the main ashram, the headquarters of the Sivananda organization is in the back north of Montreal, and I was doing my teacher training there, and it's just been pretty much what I've been doing. Ever since it's pretty much the only career I've ever had, Leanne Woehlke  Wow. What would you say? It's, it's funny is this week I actually went and I taught at the middle school, they asked me to come teach. So I taught six classes for them. And as you know, and would expect in Savasana, they get so still. And so you know, Leslie Kaminoff  If you do your job, right, and the rest of the class they get still. Leanne Woehlke  Right, that's true. But what do you think it is about Savasana and that takes people to that place? Leslie Kaminoff  Well, I can speak personally and you know, it might resonate with others, because I don't think I was I was that unusual as a, you know, a 19 year old. I had never laid down before, on a floor or a bed or otherwise with the intention of doing anything other than sleeping or whatever else you do in bed and so the idea of just lying down and intentionally consciously relaxing every part of my body was a brand new experience. So I could say that was the first time I experienced intentional relaxation as opposed to just being tired and lying down and sleeping. So that is life changing was for me. Leanne Woehlke  Yeah, I agree. I think it's just a sense of as our lifes get busier and busier, that intentionality drops away, the relaxation is, you know, gone completely for most of society. So it's interesting, this practice of yoga, and I'm in this personal questioning myself, like, what is the future of yoga? What is going to happen and what are your thoughts on that? Leslie Kaminoff  Well, something can have a future if it's if it's a thing and yoga is not thing. So, you know, when when a question like that is is posed, it has to be contextualized. To a great extent. I mean, I asked a similar question to my teacher, Desikachar, way back in would have been 1992 when I was visiting India and studying with him. And it was in a very specific context, though, because at the time I was working with a group called unity and yoga, which some people know is actually what turned into the Yoga Alliance. And we were doing a big international conference and inviting all of these teachers and gurus, you know, back then there were still many active gurus running yoga organizations. And we had extended an invitation to Desikachar to attend and maybe even keynote, this event. And well, we shouldn't have called it a keynote because they were There were some fairly big egos there, and it wouldn't have been good to make one person, the keynote and not the others. But anyway, he he politely declined the invitation but offered instead to do an interview with me.Which has been posted on my blog forever. And so at the end of the interview, I asked him this question, you know, I said, since you're not going to be with us, you know, next year when we do this conference, if you know this, I was recording it. And so I said, if this microphone were somehow magically linked to that, you know, event and this gathering of 500 plus people and you wanted to say something to them about the future of yoga, what would you say? And basically, he said, You know, I don't have the right to say anything about the future of yoga, at least for Westerners, and particularly for Americans because I'm not American. I'm an Indian. I'm living here in Madras. I have my own context, I have my own religion, I have my own history and context basically, is what he was saying. And, you know, the, he said, when you're talking about the future of yoga, you're what you're really talking about is the future of mankind. And he said, it was best for Americans to handle the future of yoga in America, and best be handled by people who care about the future of mankind. And that was the most I could get him to commit to say, because, you know, he was very much about the individual and, and, and entering into a connection with the person in front of him and saying and doing whatever was appropriate in that context. So the idea of him saying something that could be appropriate for 500 people he didn't know was not really the best way for him to Give a response. But what he did say was very interesting. Number one, he's not gonna, you know, be pontificating from Madras about what Americans shouldn't shouldn't be doing in the name of yoga. That wasn't his nature. You know, he probably would react the same way I do when I see all these permutations of, you know, goat yoga and pig yoga and rage yoga and beer yoga. And I think I saw your yoga and stripping the other day like burlesque yoga. You know, so all of these things that attach the word yoga, he would, you would have had a reaction, but he also would have had the perspective that, you know, in the context of the time and place where these are being offered, this is, this is what it takes to get certain people on a mat. And if that's what it takes, you know, and if once you're on that map, somebody asks you maybe for the very first time in your life to do what I did when I was 19 years old, which is to lie down at the end of all of this, and intentionally relax your body or at least be conscious of your breathing. You know, if you're doing something like that, for the first time in your life, it has the possibility to absolutely transform you as it did for me. So, while at the same time I can maintain my standards of what you know, I consider to be yoga for me, and how I teach and the people I teach. I can be very conscious of the fact that that's not everyone's context. And some people wouldn't get onto the mat unless there was the prospect of going to class with their dog or having a goat climb on them or being buzzed with beer or weed or being able to curse or whatever. So, you know, I'm pretty open minded about that. Even though I do have my reactions every time I see one of these new things come up. So that's the future of yoga. I think it's As long as we can keep the field free from people who have that reaction and then have the additional reaction of they have no right to do that, and someone should stop them. As long as we can keep the world safe from the yoga police. I think we're okay. And I've been working hard to do that for several decades now. Leanne Woehlke  Right it you know, I agree, I think if somebody can go to goat yoga and take a picture with a goat dressed in a Santa or an elf costume, and then they get the idea like, Hey, this is kind of fun. And then they come great. Is that going to be my regular practice? No, because goats pee and I don't really want to goat peeing on me or my yoga mat or my child or any of it. Leslie Kaminoff  Well, humans fart and they do that constantly. So you know, where do you draw the line? That's up of someone's body. Leanne Woehlke  That's true. Leslie Kaminoff  Yes, true. Leanne Woehlke  Now talk a little bit you alluded to it about how you have He works diligently to try to avoid yoga becoming regulated. Leslie Kaminoff  Hmm. Yeah, um, Well, I think we have to clarify terms. Because people use the word regulation, they throw it around a lot without really understanding what it means. Because I see people out there doing stuff that perhaps they shouldn't be doing. And they point to the fact that Yoga is an unregulated, multi billion dollar field at this point. And it should be regulated to prevent people from, you know, abusing their position and all of that. So, regulation is something that government does. And the power that's wielded by the government, it's very simple to understand the kind of power that the government feels it's a gun period. They wield force. And when they start wielding that force in What up to that point has been a free market, free for quality to rise to the surface and free for ship to sink to the bottom. You know, that's the nature of the market. And the fact that some people don't like the shit doesn't mean that they have the right to use the government's guns to stop them from doing it. There's other things that can help prevent some of the abuses that go on mostly better education, and better peer to peer relationships, better community communication, better feedback mechanisms that could be built into some of the things for example, that the Yoga Alliance is doing. But when, I'm not exaggerating, when I say government is a gun, you know, think of it this way. What's the worst thing that your country club can do to you if you break their rules? You know, you out there kick you up, what's the worst thing the government can do to you? If they, if you break their rules, Leanne Woehlke  they put you in jail? Leslie Kaminoff  hat if you don't want to go to jail? What if you resist going to jail, and they want you to go? They will, they will send someone with a gun to take you to jail. And that's regulation, period. And, you know, the Alliance is is an example of that. It's the Country Club. You know, you don't have to join. You may complain about who they let in or who they don't let it in or who they keep in. But the strongest penalty they can impose is to kick you out of their club. And they have done that. People have been delisted people have been deprived of using their designation. It's not a huge number with lots of digits in it, but it's not zero. It's probably not 100 it's somewhere between zero and 100. But, you know, but the point is they they're not equipped to be an investigative kind of organization where they can launch, you know, tribunals, about the teachers behavior. You know, people see the Alliance is the first court of appeal for misbehavior in the classroom. They are being very misperceived as to their role. You know, that represents a severe breakdown in community level communication and peer mentorship. And, and a lot of times it happens because of the very human tendency for people to want to avoid conflict. You know, if a teacher is doing something in the classroom, or saying something that you don't like, or if you get hurt you, you have to remember I've worked for a body as a body worker for many, many years treating yoga injury. So I hear these stories. No, so if whatever bad happens in the classroom, it is very unlikely that the student will confront the teacher about it. They may confront management you The studio owner or if it's a club or whatever, you know, they could leave a bad review or whatever, but very seldom directly to the teacher. So we don't have good mechanisms for teachers getting critical feedback or not good enough mechanisms, or enough mechanisms at all, you know, what students are very willing to share with teachers His praise, how much you're changing my life, how great I feel, how much you love your class, how much I love you, you know, the projection that goes on all of that. So there's probably nothing more psychologically damaging for a person then to be exposed only to praise and never exposed to critical feedback. And so that's something we need to acknowledge and and address I do it in my workshops by you know, we've created an online forum that all the students have access to, they can respond anonymously if they want or leave their name and email if they want us to get back to them. And I've gotten some devastating critical feedback on those forums. Stuff that it's really hard for me to hear because it just, you know, puts a knot in my stomach. But that's exactly what I need to hear in order to grow as a teacher and as a human being and to find my blind spots. Right. So, you know, all of that is a conversation worth having. But the important thing to remember is that kind of communication, it's from the bottom up, it's, it's, you know, community based. It's it's ground level, peer to peer mentorship, all of those things. When people look at the Alliance wanting to impose discipline or standards from the top down. They're really, really missing the point the lions can't do that. Even if it's decided to do that. It would be really, really bad at doing that. They're bad at returning emails. You know, they can't even return a goddamn email, how are they going to become, you know, this kangaroo court of yoga justice. It's just it's a gross misperception you know of what their role is. Leanne Woehlke  I think that there's a sense of I've heard, you know, from teachers, I've heard from students that they graduate from teacher training, and they ask, well, do I need to get certified with Yoga Alliance? And the first thing I say is, wait a minute, it's not a certifying body. Let's clarify what it is and what it isn't. And that conversation, but I think this concept you raise about community based feedback is really interesting. Leslie Kaminoff  Yeah. It was part of my recommendations as one of the advisors on the standards review. You know, my, my recommendations went far beyond the scope of the one committee I was on, which was scope of practice. I just, you know, I basically just did a brain dump on everything I've been working on the last 30 years since before the Alliance existed. You know, I was in the room when we came up with the standard. So I was on the ad hoc committee. So I've been involved in this conversation before there was an Alliance. So I've seen the art of how this has gone, you know? So yeah, Unknown Speaker  If people need a little bit of context for this conversation, not just a knee jerk reaction like, Oh, you know, the Alliance should be doing more to prevent this this sort of thing. What they do well, the thing the Alliance has done well is the advocacy work, which is keeping the government out of the business of regulating yoga, they have been successful in every state in which they have gone in, to fight whatever stupid measures were being proposed by these, you know, second post secondary or vocational training boards that each state has to, to pull yoga into their, into their control. They've been very successful and the reason they have resources in order to do that very necessary work as well as they do, because of the registry is the registry is not as you pointed out, it's not a certification. You know, the only one who can this person who can certify Teachers, whoever trained them, and that's important to remember. Leanne Woehlke  Right? And you know, and I think that it's, it's a good point to even for, for students to understand. What does that mean? Obviously different schools have different credentials, different experience, different history, etc. Let's switch gears a little bit. And let's talk about, you know, you mentioned obviously, you've worked with bodies for years and trained so many teachers. Leslie Kaminoff  There's one hanging on the wall behind me. Can Leanne Woehlke  I see it? I love it. Leslie Kaminoff  Yeah, sometimes it doesn't work out well for the clients and just Leanne Woehlke  at least there's not multiple bodies. Leslie Kaminoff  Yeah, well, you haven't seen the closet. Have you? Leanne Woehlke  That's true. That's true. Um, talk a little bit about your you're known for the breath and the practice. What do you feel is the purpose of the breath and the practice? Leslie Kaminoff  Is that what I've known for most people Just think I'm the guy that wrote the book. Leanne Woehlke  Well for anatomy, I mean, but but really, I think I know when I had you talk with my teachers and training last year that you really clarified so much for them about the breath and the importance of it and so say a little bit about how did you come to that understanding? Leslie Kaminoff  Oh, um, well, I can I can point to certain milestones along the way. And certainly, just teaching yoga At first, the Sivananda system of yoga, you know, in the late 70s, early 80s, I was on staff with you and and I was directing the Los Angeles Community for them for a while in the early 80s. And teaching many, many classes and then many bodies in the class many different bodies in the classes. And I developed my interest in anatomy just from that from observing all the differences and similarities that exhibited in terms of them being able to do or not do or to what extent they could do or not do this, this basic 12 postures I was teaching them. So having the format be the same for all the classes was a great way to get started, because all the differences showed up because I was teaching the same postures all the time. And of course, you know, my curiosity started just in my own body with my own practicing before I was teaching, like why can I do this? Why can't I do that? You know, how can I do something tomorrow that I'm not able to do today? And then just extending that into that same question into the students I was working with so but the the the turning point for the breath part of it and because you know, breathing is part of the Sivananda sequence, there's breathing it's taught you know, you teach Kapalabhati you teach abdominal breathing, you teach alternate nostril breathing. You teach people to coordinate their breathing with the sun salutation. The Surya Namaskar and the beginning of class. But the turning point really came. It had to have in 1981, shortly after I went to Los Angeles to run that community for Sivananda. And I met someone who was to become a lifelong friend, who was just sort of starting out himself, Larry Payne, who I'm sure you know, who's one of the founders along with Richard Miller of IAYT, the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and he was just getting his center started in Marina Del Rey, I was in West Hollywood at the time it but we, we met had a visit and he had just gotten back from traveling around India visiting all of the famous yoga teachers that he could he tells very colorful stories about that trip. And it seemed like the person who was most impressed with was was the one name he mentioned that I had never heard before, and that was Desikachar. And I said, Well, what makes this guy so special? And all he would tell me was "it's all in the breath." That's all he would say. I think that's all he could say at that point. I don't know how much more than that he understood even after having met him. But it stuck in my mind. I forgot the name Desikachar. I didn't hear the name again until around 1987 you know, like maybe six years later. But this thing that is all in the breath really stuck with me. So I started paying more careful attention not just to how I was breathing in my practice, but how all the students were breathing. And that just led me into that particular focus when I was learning about anatomy to learn more about the diaphragm and the ribcage and so by the time I met Desikachar in 1988, I had all of these observations and sort of tricks that I had learned about different ways to coordinate the breath with movement. So I had a lot of questions. But in between that I did start working in the field of Sports Medicine and bodywork and dance medicine. When I moved back to New York after living in LA, I worked for an osteopath, who treated dancers in LA, I was working for a chiropractor treated athletes. And one of the, this osteopath I work for was quite well known and he attracted some very, very good people to work with him and, and one of them was a woman named Irene Dowd is very well known in movement circles here in New York and internationally, really. And she used to work there couple days a week, and I remember and she doesn't remember saying this to me. I asked her years later, and she not only didn't remember saying it to me, she didn't remember ever having said anything like this. She said it didn't sound like her, but I know, I know who it was her, I have a good memory. And I was asking her some questions about the diaphragm about, you know, what's the right way to breathe in this movement and that was later breathing that movement and in a That. And she just she said this word. Well, if you do it that way, you're going to lose the postural support of a diaphragm. And I was like, What? diaphragm postural support. It's a breathing muscle. But it made total sense was it just something clicked when she said that was like, Wow, there, this is a muscle of postural support, not just something that gets air in and out of your body. And and so that was in my mind. You know, just a couple years later, I met Desikachar. And so all of this stuff just was just in this brew, this mix of trying to figure things out and that's the guitar. I didn't really have any anatomical answers for me. The practice the philosophy, everything else, yes. And in spite of the fact that he was trained as a structural engineer, before he took up the serious study yoga with his father Krishnamacharya. He did not in western anatomical terms really have a lot to offer me by way of explanation when I was asking all these questions, so I just kind of kept limping along and figuring it out on my own. And, you know, here we are, you know. And what I did learn about the anatomy, though, did reinforce everything I learned from Desikachar, in terms of the brilliance of the system and the brilliance of what his father came up with, by recognizing the intimate connection between the movements of the spine and the movements of the breath, and how you can play with that to produce different effects in different people for therapeutic purposes. So that all went into the mix with the fact that, along with all this, I should mention them in the context of this whole period of my life, from then until now really, is that I've had my hands on thousands of people, feeling their bodies, feeling their breath, helping them with their breath, you know, working on deep muscles like the psoas and the diaphragm. And all of that. So there's a lot of kinesthetic learning that's come through my hands about this as well. So everything's influencing everything else. Leanne Woehlke  So why do you think we're seeing more injuries in yoga? Leslie Kaminoff  Just more people are doing yoga. I mean, just quantity of injuries or percentage of people practicing who are injured. So how did you mean the question? Leanne Woehlke  You know, I don't have hard numbers, it seems as if, and I don't know if it's with ramped up frequency or as the population of people practicing increase, we're getting people who maybe have some predisposition, or prior underlying injuries or, issues going on. It seems you know, a lot of shoulder issues, even in my own studio, and I'm pretty careful about anatomy and not pushing it too hard. I, you know, I tell them, there's nothing enlightened about putting your foot behind your head. So unless you really feel you need to do that this other poses probably gonna do the same thing Leslie Kaminoff  It's more about getting your head out of your ass instead of putting it up there. So, go go with that one if, you know, feel free to use that one, Leanne Woehlke  Right, that's that's much more useful. But it seems like I've had a couple of students who were, you know, sound bodies end up with back issues with a bulging disc, and, you know, I could look at it and say, okay, it's a mom who's had a new baby, so maybe she's holding her body in a certain way. She's pretty hyper mobile in some areas, too. Leslie Kaminoff  Yeah, well, first of all, I don't know that there are more yoga injuries as a percentage of numbers of people practicing. We can speculate we, you know, I don't know who has those numbers or if they even exist. Because and it's true with just about anything. You know, is it better reporting? Is it the fact that Social media amplifies things. Who knows? I do know, though, that if you look at the arc of the last 30 years or so, the styles of yoga that have become more prominent, that have really played a key role in popularizing it, in our culture, and in particular in fitness culture are the more intense forms of yoga. You know, the more athletic vinyasa, hot vinyasa styles, all of it really comes from Ashtanga. The influence of Pattabhi Jois's Ashtanga vinyasa style of teaching can't be overestimated. Because that's what made the gyms want teachers. You know, that's what made people want to make money training teachers. You know, back in the mid 90s, when we first started turning our attention to like the standards that might go into training and teacher, there was a lot going going on right then but the main thing in the market and by the way, nobody up to that point had attached the word industry to yoga. You know, 10 years prior to that, you know, in the early to mid 80s nobody attached the word industry to fitness either. Fitness became an industry in the 80s thanks to Jane Fonda in the in the VHS and you know the development of things like Nautilus and you know, the Olympics being in Los Angeles and the running craze that already been going on. There's a lot of things that came together in that place in time where I happen to be in LA in the 80s, working in sports medicine with Olympic athletes. And Jane Fonda students who were getting injured down the road because we were just down the road from her studio, right. So you know, I saw that coming together in the fitness world. Then 10 years later, I saw the fitness world start swallowing the yoga world. But there was a tremendous demand for teachers for yoga teachers at that time and not enough supply. And it's hard to imagine that now 30 years later when actually the opposite is the case. Right? So we kind of created a monster with these standards. Because we handed people the recipe for Look, here's how you teach a teacher training. Here's the subjects, here's the hours and boom, you know, but there was a definite need in the marketplace at that time. And it was being filled by people like Beth Shaw. You know, who, who you know who Beth is, right? Okay. Yeah, yeah, she created yoga fit. And, and so, you know, it was brilliant. I mean, she's a brilliant businesswoman. You know, she's going to the clubs and saying, hey, look, you want yoga in your clubs, I can give it to you next week. Just give me your aerobics teachers for the weekend. Because they already know how to teach group fitness, they're already on your payroll. You don't need to hire new people. Just give them to me. In a weekend, they'll know how to teach yoga class. That's how yoga fit was born. And it was brilliant. You know, but it made people like me and colleagues of mine and folks who had been coming to unity in yoga conferences and who would start to go to Yoga Journal conferences. And when they started doing that, it's like, you know, we're looking at this and going, you know, I don't know off the top of my head how many hours it takes to, you know, reasonably train a yoga teacher, I'm pretty damn sure a weekend isn't enough. And that's that's the, you know, one of the questions we sat down with and we came up with the 200 and the 500 things, you know, so and so this this boom has just been happening it's it's definitely showing signs of leveling off. There's all indicators right now that, you know, the unlimited growth model that a lot of studios and the bigger yoga businesses, you know, we're, you know, basing their growth model on this expected increase year over  year demand for what they're offering. You know, it's it's been pretty saturated right now and businesses are dropping like flies. I mean, Yoga Works delisted its stock a couple of months ago and, you know, they're there and in trouble closing studios left and right. And, you know, there's just a lot of market saturation right now. And the last thing that business needs, by the way is dealing with a unionized labor force, do you really want to put the final nail in your coffin just unionize the teachers that'll do it in a heartbeat. It's a whole other conversation. But it's back to the injuries. You know? We like we were not comfortable as humans, I think, not having a story that explains things, you know. I mean, that's, that's what religion is for, you know, it's not always the best explanation or an accurate one, but it's a story and it explains things, you know. And, and, and so, you know, we see all of this happening, and it shows up on social media. And it's all these conversations. And, frankly, some people have found a way to make a living being scaremongers about all of this. You know, I won't mention any names William J. Broad, but um, you know, there's others I can mention who you know, with probably all good intentions are really decontextualized what's actually happening in in yoga, you know, because here's one factor, right? Yoga makes you more sensitive to what's going on in your body, you start paying attention. Right? It's a double edged sword. I always tell people Yoga is this double edged sword. The good news is that it makes you more sensitive to what's going on in your body. The bad news is it makes you more sensitive to what's going on in your body. Right? It's the same thing. You know what what can be a tremendous benefit can also be a problem, you start noticing things. Plus, yes, you do have some more intense, forceful styles of yoga being taught, and you have people doing adjustments on people they shouldn't be doing. I can't tell you how many stories I've heard of people, clients who have come in to get bodywork and the stories of how they got injured in class by a teacher shoving or pulling or yanking or cranking on them and you know, it does happen and because We are more aware of all of these issues now they're being discussed. They're being incorporated into the way we train teachers, the way we educate teachers and the public, you know about these classes. But again, that's sort of the leveling, balancing nature of a free market. You know, when we come up with problems, as an industry or as individuals in the industry, there's no one thing is called the industry. It's just people working in the same field. But they're, they're individuals, but the ones who are responsible and want to offer good instruction, good training for teachers, the one the ones who want to have good information will seek it out and, you know, eventually, you know, things will get better. And, and, look, it's human nature to just push and find your limits by pushing and learn how to respect them by pushing too far. You know, I have been that I have been that person in class, I've been that person in my own practice, I didn't need it, I didn't need another teacher in the room pushing me at a certain point in my yoga career, to just want more and more and more, you know, more awesome as more range of motion, more variations, more intensity, whatever. And I was young and my body was young, and it was able to withstand it without too many negative long term consequences other than some arthritic knees, which, frankly, it probably gotten started even before I started yoga by you know, playing basketball on concrete when I was younger, right? So, you know, we we live and we learn to sometimes we learn by by hurting ourselves, it's unfortunate, you know, if we have to learn by letting other people hurt us. And I think that's, that's something that, you know, I've been working really hard in my workshops and, you know, whatever I whenever I write things or do interviews to you know, say look, we need to need to have this conversation. Because it is a it is a problem. But I don't know that as a percentage of people practicing, it is that much higher than it used to be. I know people back in the old days in, you know, the old classical hatha yoga days before the Ashtanga stuff before the athletic stuff who really mess themselves up just by doing really long headstands plows, shoulder stands, you know, real problem like real problems with their spine and their spinal cord and their spinal nerves from the way they've damaged their necks and their spines from you know, the classic kind of intense, hatha yoga things that we were doing back in the day. So each each style has its own risks. Leanne Woehlke  So if if we're looking at it, what is the the right way then to have individualized treatment or individualized treatment but practice and instruction so that you're getting what's right for your body or Leslie Kaminoff  Well, yeah, when you say individualize, it's not necessarily one on one. I can individualize a practice, in a group of any size. All I have to do is make sure that each student is being offered the agency an opportunity to conduct their practice as an inquiry into what's working for them. And there's a very simple formula for that, you know, and it's not proprietary, you know, I share it all the time in my workshops, and I teach using this method is very simple. It's called, try this. Now, try that and see what you notice. Right? And so, in order to use this, though, you have to not be attached to the idea that there's only one right way to do things and there's only one right result that you'll get when you do that thing, right? Because that's certainly not true. So Turning the practice into an inquiry is far more powerful, and ultimately safe than just administering cues and corrections. And comes from the standpoint that if you do it the correct way that I'm teaching you, you will not get hurt, because that's that's utter bullshit. That does not, that's not true, even a little bit. Leanne Woehlke  Yeah, I think there's also no way to know what's going on inside someone's body or what their joint actually looks like, unless you have an X ray. Somebody could have really, you know, shallow hip sockets or really open hip sockets and the pose is gonna look entirely different and feel very different. Leslie Kaminoff  Absolutely, absolutely. The main thing is to get the student to be a little more attentive to what's going on inside their own bodies, you know, and not rely on the teachers eye or experience or knowledge to keep them safe. You know, there's this there's this whole, you know, conversation about well, the teachers gonna come in and they're because they're a good teacher, and they have this experience or they or they wrote an anatomy book, you know, they're going to know more about what's going on in your body than you do now, from a certain perspective, that's true because I can see your body in a way you can never see it. Because not because I'm smart, because I'm not you, you know, that's a given. So, on the one hand, yes, I have access to information about you that you don't have. It doesn't mean I know what's going on inside or what's healthy or safe for you. I just know what I just know what I'm seeing. And what I'm seeing is something you can't see. So we have to balance that reality with the equally true reality that the only person who can ever know ever has a shot at knowing what's going on inside someone's body is themselves. And a lot of people don't want that agency. They don't want that responsibility. They want someone else to do it for them. And, you know, you know, I saw this happening with Desikachar all the time where, you know, he was very skillful at deflecting that and handing the conversation back to the student and not letting any of that stuff stick to him. And for that reason some people found him infuriating. They found him evasive, secretive, they would think, or just plain annoying. But what he was really doing was not accepting that responsibility for someone else's experience. And, not be willing to inject his answers into someone else's context. Because, you know, it may not be for them, it may not be right for them. And that's how he that's how he handled me. 100% Leanne Woehlke  And that's how you handle your students. That sounds like Unknown Speaker  Well, I do my best. I mean, I'm not Desikachar, but it's good to have a good role model. Leanne Woehlke  Tell me about what is a situation where you've just been so inspired by the practice, Unknown Speaker  by the practice by, like something that happened on my mat or in the In working with Desikachar, or Leanne Woehlke  Either one, it could either be on your mat as a personal experience, or that you've seen, you know, as a witness of a student. Leslie Kaminoff  I think some of those inspiring moments, literally inspiring moments are when I'm working with someone else. And sometimes it's in a group situation in a clinic or workshop where I'm demonstrating on one person and people are watching. Because then, well, let me talk about that. Because, you know, this happens all the time in the private one on one work, but when it's especially inspiring, when there's a group of students observing me work, to illustrate something we're learning about breathing with with someone's body. And usually I'll ask for the person who has the you know, worst breathing in the room, asthma or, you know, tendency toward panic attack or whatever it is who you know who's got a breathing issue, so I want them And almost always, there's this moment when I can figure out how to get them to relax and stop trying to breathe. Get out of their own way and just let the body take a natural breath on its own. Once all the effort and you know trying to breathe goes away, here's this breath that comes in. In those moments, I like to think of myself as a breath midwife, you know? Or doula breath doula, perhaps I don't know. And it's very moving. It's very moving. It's always a very emotional moment, not just for the, for me and the person I'm working with, but sometimes even more so. For the people that are watching. It's very, very evocative. It moves something that's like, there's this. Sometimes it's a simultaneous... again, good news, bad news thing that happens the moment like that. And the good news is, of course I, you know, this, this breath comes in, it's like wow, this, this can move, you know, I'm feeling space where the breath has just moved, that I have not felt for who knows how long that's the good news. And then right on the heels of it sometimes not always, but sometimes is, Oh, now I can remember why I stopped breathing that way in the first place. Right? Because there's something there's something that arises in the context of our development that has to do with what we call affect regulation, how we learn how not to be overwhelmed by our internal emotional body states that we do with our breathing, we learn to regulate our affect with how we modulate our breathing spaces. And sometimes we can go through an entire lifetime without ever knowing that it's missing or knowing that we can recover. But when it does happen in these moments, it's incredibly inspiring. Moving for everyone who's present. So those are some of the best moments. And that happens all the time in private one on one work, but when it's sort of kind of amplified in a room of people who are just willing to be present and supportive of that happening, those are those are special moments and maybe some people who'll be watching us have been in one of my workshops, when we've done that and can definitely, you know, relate to to what I'm saying. Leanne Woehlke  It reminds me of this year, I did a session with someone that does some of Donnie Epstein's work. And he says, Leslie Kaminoff  Yeah, I know I know Donnie Epstein is Yeah, Network. He invented Network Chiropractic. I spoke to him on the phone once back in the old days when he's first getting started. Yeah, Leanne Woehlke  and it's now it's a lot of it. They just, it's done with breath. So to me is I thought like, okay, I'll experience it and you're on a table and moving the body in certain ways, with the breath. And you hear these stories about people that had long holding patterns and releasing it. So it's, you know, I was like, well, we kind of do this in yoga. Leslie Kaminoff  Well also talk to Michael Lee, because that's the whole basis of Phoenix Rising. Mm hmm. You know, and to to be involved in a skillful dialogue process with someone, as you're supporting them in these poses and positions. And, yeah, the, the tremendous breakthroughs people can have in this context is very inspiring. So yeah, if you ever get to talk to Michael about it, you'll you'll, you'll hear a lot of stories like that. Leanne Woehlke  Right? How do you think we do we need to emphasize the breath more in yoga. Leslie Kaminoff  I don't know who's we? Leanne Woehlke  Teachers in general, I mean, I think it's, it's there. But in this inquiry, it's almost as if there's, ah... again, as I'm kind of looking globally at the industry and thinking like, Okay, we've got this huge push for Asana. Hmm. But if we go back into looking at, you know, an Asana without breath really isn't yoga? Leslie Kaminoff  Well, Desikachar would say something like that, for sure. That was definitely his take on it is that, you know, well, he would be very practical. He'd say, you know, because we look, we'd be in the room, we'd be working at whatever practice he gave, and very simple practices, but you know, you're amongst your fellow yoga teachers or yoga therapists or whatever, and you're, he's there, and you want to impress them. So you start working a little too hard, you know, and he'll bust you on that. And so he would say things like, "If what you're doing in your asana practice is so physically demanding that you're losing a connection with your breath. You have ceased to do yoga." Yeah, and it's not that it's necessarily a bad thing that you're doing because you could be working out, you could be working on your strength, you could be working on your flexibility you could be, you know, learning some gymnastic trick. And you know, that's, that can be nice. And you know, it's not like it's bad. But if you want it to be yoga, according to this view, you have to select what you're doing and how you're doing it in such a way so as to be able to stay connected with this process of inhaling and exhaling. So if you're asking me if I think there should be more of that, well, yes, please. I mean, you know, I make my living teaching that. So I'd be stupid to say no. But again, I'm I have to also say, well, it's a free market out there. And just because someone wants to attach the word yoga to something, which by that definition, perhaps isn't, because the breath is who knows where, you know, they still may have a transformational experience because of whatever they're doing because, look whatever you're doing, whether you're focusing missing it on not, you're going to be breathing. You know, and, and breathing tends to want to find more space in your body, whether that's your intention in the practice or not. There is an intelligence which I don't think is too strong a word to use, about how your breath will help you find space for your breath eventually. And so even if it's not an explicit part of the practice, if what you're doing is called yoga, and it even slightly resembles asana practice, and it even has a little bit of this idea that you can bring your mind and your body and your breath together and you can relax a little bit. You know, because the word Yoga is attached to it that can lead you it can lead you into other experiences, it can lead you maybe to look it up on Wikipedia, you know, and you know, you're going to get An idea of the history and the philosophy and all of that, you know, it's not like this information is in hiding. It's, it's pretty available. You know, at least I've done my best to make it available and a lot of other people have and, you know, it's not it's not a Secret Doctrine. No One No One there's no secret super secret breath practice out there, that you know, you have to go to a cave to learn or, or, or sign an NDA before taking well actually there that does exist. But anyway, you know, some people know what I'm referring to. But it's these aren't huge secrets, really. It's the science is there, we're starting to understand things about, you know, polyvagal theory and vagal tone as it relates to breathing cycles. And, you know, the tako method is out there. There's just, there's a lot of available information and it's not that hard to find and if you have one of these experiences, and one of these classes and, and and the word Yoga is attached to it. It's like okay, maybe I can do it without the goat now, you know, and and find someone that that is going to explore it a little more depth perhaps if I'm willing to go to a little more depth. So yeah, more breath please. And you know, we people who care about as long as we keep doing our jobs, you know people find us Leanne Woehlke  what's next for you as a teacher? Leslie Kaminoff  Well not blowing the deadline we're working on for the third edition of yoga anatomy. That would be nice. You know, we've made the deal with our publishers Human Kinetics to come out with the third edition by around this time next year just in time for holiday gift giving in 2020. So Amy Matthews and I just had a meeting this morning we have you know, we were just regularly scheduled to keep tabs on each other as we work on the new material. For this third edition, which is really going to be much, it's going to be a lot more different from the second edition. And the second one was from the first and there's a lot of improvement in the second edition. But we said this this morning, the second edition was really what we wanted the first edition to be. But we ran out of time and budget and just patience from our publishers because we blew so many deadlines, getting the first edition out. So the second edition is really what we wanted the first edition to be, if we had had those resources. The third edition, we're reimagining a lot. And it's based on 10 years of experience. You know, from the last time we really worked on the book, and there's gonna be new illustrations and expanded chapters, new chapters, lots more information within the awesomeness so that's what's next after that is a book I've been meaning to write for since before yoga anatomy. So that's like 14 years. And it's more about yoga and my personal story. What I learned with Desikachar and my other teachers weaving in some of the things from the yoga sutras that I learned from Desikachar, and from my years as a body worker, and it also includes some of the stories I told her about, you know, the sweep of like the industry that I've been able to witness in the last 40 plus years. So hopefully, people will find it interesting, at least, I find it interesting to tell the stories, and it'll be interesting to get them, you know, out of my mouth, in my head and onto this computer here. So we'll that'll be the next thing. And I think also, upgrading my online material is a big priority for me. And that'll have to happen in the next couple of years too, because the stuff that we put up has been up for a while and I'm not teaching all those things the same way anymore, and I want to make sure that we're putting the best quality stuff out there. The fundamentals course actually is I don't think we need to mess around with that. That's the one that people use to provide the anatomy hours for the teachers. courses, and that's doing pretty well. It's the other ones principles and practices that I think are in need of some, some fresh perspective. So that's enough and travel, you know, you got all this travel happening or got a big tour to Australia coming up next year or we're headed off to Europe in a week. So, you know, I'll keep going where the gigs are squeeze it all in? Leanne Woehlke  Right? You know, I think that you've got such I'm excited for your books. I think I have the first version of Leslie Kaminoff  yoga, green or purple, Leanne Woehlke  purple. Leslie Kaminoff  That's the second. That's the second edition. Leanne Woehlke  So I look forward to the third and then your story about your own personal story. You've got such a rich history. And I love kind of getting to the people that have been practicing for four decades and have a broader history as opposed to just Instagram followers. Leslie Kaminoff  Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's something you know, I mean, who could have anticipated social media and all of that back in the day, but, you know, it's just the evolution of things and people get information any way they can and, you know, build careers any way they can. But the one thing that's inevitable is everyone is going to age. You know, the people who are lucky enough to age, right? People complain about aging, I always remind them it really it beats the alternative. And so eventually, these more therapeutic ways of working the gentler ways of working, you know, as my friend Jay Brown says, gentle is a new advanced, that's his big thing, right? And there's a real truth to that. So, you know, however you got started, whether it's on Instagram or you know, with a dog or a pig or a mug of beer, or you know, joint too, Whatever, you know, if you if you stick with it, you're going to be doing it in an ageing body that's going to need to you need to adapt what you're doing to accommodate that. And, you know, hopefully I'll stick around long enough to get the next couple of generations to start looking at these things and just keep the conversation going. I mean, no, right now, I mean, for me, I always say this, you know, I said, how when I was younger, it was more and more and more and more, you know, how much can I do? In my practice? Now at age 61. Now, it's pretty much how little can I get away with? Leanne Woehlke  I hear you I turned 50 next month, and so looking at how my practice has changed over time. It's definitely very different than when I was in my 20s Leslie Kaminoff  Sure, yeah. And you know, you're busy now. I mean, you know, I don't have the free time I had in my 20s I'm living in an ashram anymore. I got shit to do The Yoga is for maintaining my ability to do my shit. You know, I, do my yoga to live my life not the other way around. And that's the perspective you get when you know if you stick with it long enough and your body ages and I hope my body will continue to age because that means you know, I'll still be here Leanne Woehlke  if you could put on like one billboard or one web page, your message for the entire world summed up happy Leslie Kaminoff  Don't be an asshole. I don't know. Wait a yoga message? Leanne Woehlke  Whatever your messages, Leslie Kaminoff  whatever my message is. Leanne Woehlke  Yeah. Leslie Kaminoff  Well, I would I would say something like I think one of my favorite quotes that I came up with, which ties a lot of different things together. But it uses Asana as a model for that, because that's what, that's the most accessible entry point. For the vast majority of people into my world, you know, I would just stick with the thing I say, which is that "Yoga is not about doing the asanaa. It's about undoing what's in the way of the asanas". And that's a deep statement and there's some deep teachings there. And that's a perspective I got from from my teacher. And it's really profound if you think about it that way. Because it's not like what we're looking for is somehow in the asana and we'll get it once we perfect it and unlock the benefit and there it is for us. It happens along the way every step along the way. When this thing that you weren't able to do yesterday, you're able to do a little bit better today because it showed you whatever was in your system that was in the way. So Yoga is fundamentally about uncovering and dealing with obstructions, you know? And the practices help us do that. Because like, when we learn a new way to breathe, what it's really doing is helping us unlearn our old way of breathing. So these these subtle little understandings, I think that sort of shift the perspective and allow us to get a lot more done with a lot simpler, a lot simpler practice. Yeah, the simpler the practice is the more profound relationship you can have to it. And that's something he forces you to recognize. Because the complicated shit is not available so much anymore. Leanne Woehlke  That's true. Leslie Kaminoff  Yeah, I've been cursing a little bit. I hope you're not gonna bleep me. Leanne Woehlke  No, you're totally fine. Right. Leslie, how can people catch up with you? Leslie Kaminoff  Oh, um, my personal website is Yogaanatomy.org. And that's two A's yoga anatomy, yoganatomy is someone else with the one A. So, yoga anatomy.org. And there's links to everything I do there my schedule and you know, things I write and blogs and online courses and what not. So that's the easiest way to find me. So thank you for asking. Leanne Woehlke  Absolutely. And then I think you're also or you were, I think you're taking a little break while you're traveling, but you're also on ompractice. Leslie Kaminoff  I was where were we evaluating how and when to reengage with live teaching on the internet. It was a really fun experiment. I really enjoyed doing it. But it when these tours started happening with the timezone difference and the changes and just scheduling wise, there were definitely times where I would have been up in an airplane. Or you know, be have it be three in the morning somewhere. For the regularly scheduled time that we that we started in the summer, when I was taking a break on Cape Cod for a month, and you know it, we kind of got it going, they're able to maintain a regular schedule. So it was it was fun. It was great. I love what they're doing with ompractice. And just, for me, to be fair to the regular students who would want to keep showing up. I just wasn't able to maintain the regularity of it because of all the traveling to the other side of the world and time zones and stuff. So we'll see. Just stay tuned. You know, if anyone's interested in that, it'll certainly be announced on in a blog post or on my web page or whatever. If we do the live teaching on the internet, the courses have been on the internet, those are on demand those those have always been there. Leanne Woehlke  Well, wonderful. Thank you so much. I so appreciate you taking time I know you're so busy. But I hope that this conversation reaches those who will benefit And you're an amazing teacher. So thank you for your contribution to the world of yoga. And to me personally, I really appreciate it. Leslie Kaminoff  Thank you. That's very kind. It's lovely to hear you say that and happy to have had the conversation. Thanks for inviting me. And yeah, just send me the link when it's out and I'll circulate it in my circles and, you know, get it out there. Leanne Woehlke  Awesome. Thanks so much, Leslie. I appreciate it.  

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.

Dans cet épisode, je reçois Greg. Greg est la plume derrière la très belle page Facebook “Des Yogis et des Lunes”.  Sa page est née d’un projet humaniste et artistique, pour y rassembler avec bienveillance, des personnes en quête de connaissance de soi et de l’Univers. Les thèmes abordés créent une poétique toile lunaire dont les fils de trame sont tissés par une quenouille qui se promène dans les fibres du yoga, de l’astrologie ou de la méditation.  En toute simplicité, avec des images parlantes et marquantes, Greg nous parle de son parcours. Celui-ci a débuté par la méditation. Cette pratique s’est ancrée dans ses habitudes, comme une douche quotidienne, pour nettoyer son âme.  Il y a ensuite ajouté une dimension corporelle en se tournant vers le yoga, en suivant le yoga de Madras, dans la lignée de Desikachar. Quant à l’astrologie, c’est une astrologie de transformation, qui fait la connexion entre l’homme et l’Univers, qui l’accompagne sur sa voie.  La Lune est l’astre qui rassemble autour de ses rayons intimes toutes ces disciplines. Greg nous inviterait ainsi à écouter le dialogue imaginaire entre des yogis, chercheurs d’absolus, et des Lunes, changeantes par nature.   Et il en résulte de magnifiques leçons ! Sur la connaissance de soi et de l’humanité.  Une question qu’un de ces yogis pourrait poser à la Lune - et que Greg nous propose d’ailleurs sur son site web - est :  Qui es tu quand personne ne te regarde ?  La Lune, fière et sûre d’elle, saurait lui répondre. Ou bien peut-être changerait-elle de réponse à  chaque fois qu’on lui pose la question. Si Einstein se consolait par cette réflexion “J’aime penser que la Lune est là, même si je ne la regarde pas.” C’est à nous qu’il appartient de tendre l’oreille vers ses rayons argentés. Pour y faire résonner notre propre essence. Un épisode tout en poésie autour de la Lune et du Yoga.

Leslie Kaminoff (@leslie.kaminoff), co-author of the bestselling book “Yoga Anatomy” and creator of YogaAnatomy.net, is a yoga educator and internationally recognized specialist with over four decades’ experience in the fields of yoga, breath anatomy and bodywork. His approach to teaching combines intellectual rigor, spontaneity and humor, and is always evolving. In this episode, you’ll hear from Leslie on:  [31.52] The influence of T.K.V Desikachar. Leslie reveals how his outlook on life was transformed when he swapped the spiritual and esoteric teachings of the Sivananda Yoga tradition for the more pragmatic and worldly approach adopted by Desikachar.   [43.13] Leslie’s attitude to enlightenment. He expresses his doubts about the concept of enlightenment and admits to regarding the longed-for dissolution of the self as a  somewhat dubious goal.    [48.33] The significance of suffering. Leslie refers to a conversation with Desikachar which made him realize that awareness of the inevitability of suffering provides a powerful motivation for the practice of yoga.    [52.05] Breathing into the body. Following Desikachar’s advice, Leslie helps people to heal physically and emotionally by teaching them how to breathe energy and prana into every part of their bodies.    [59.36] Respect for the individual. Leslie adapts his teaching to suit the individual because he recognizes that each person’s body is different and that their ability to perform yoga asanas will be affected by their unique anatomy.    Announcements:  Visit henryyoga.com to learn how to level up your yoga practice in just 40 days. Use code “HOMEPRACTICE” to get lifetime access to the Henry Yoga App for just $20. Follow @henryyoga.app on Instagram  Go to www.warriorbridge.com/teachertraining to learn more about their upcoming teacher trainings Check out Rainbo to view their collection of medicinal mushrooms that can elevate your body, mind and spirit. Use code “HENRYWINS” at checkout to claim 15% off your purchase.    Links from this episode:  Grab a copy of Leslie’s recommended book - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff Looking for your next book to read? Check out the list of every book recommended on Dharma Talk Leslie Kaminoff’s Interview with T.K.V. Desikachar   Get in touch with Leslie: Follow @leslie.kaminoff on Instagram Visit Leslie’s website: www.yogaanatomy.org   Support the Podcast: If you find this podcast valuable you can support it directly by visiting: henrywins.com/donate   Credits: Music by Momentology (@momentologymusic) Production and audio engineering by Ease of Mind

Nicky Knoff has an incredible life story and a yoga journey that stretches over more than 50 years. Being 82 at the time when we recorded this interview, she is vibrant, full of life and excited about teaching yoga to her students. Nicky shares the story of her life with us - from growing up in a prisoner's camp in Indonesia, discovering yoga and meeting many inspirational teachers to her philosophy and approach to teaching that aims to integrate higher limbs of yoga in a holistic and balanced practice.Show notesBe here now - Nicky's childhood memories of prisoner's camp in Indonesia Discovering yoga by observing its fruits in a close friend Bikram Choudhury, BKS Iyengar, Desikachar and S. N. Goenka Why students are discouraged from doing yoga during Goenka retreats?a How Vipassana and Yoga help us confront the same issues in a synergistic way Nicky's Pranayama practice Pranayama as integral part of asana practice and how Ujayi can help during labor Ashtanga sequencing and lack of attention to Pranayama in traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa way of teaching What is to consider when designing your own asana and pranayama routine Difference in breathing patterns and their effects as taught by Desikachar, BKS Iyengar and Pathabi Jois Teaching main objective to focus on when teaching people with PTSD Nicky's approach to integration of higher limbs in her teaching to offer balanced yoga practiceYou can learn more about Nicky's teaching and access many valuable materials at https://www.knoffyoga.com/---Check our website for more content: http://escaping-samsara.com/Enjoyed this podcast? Please, leave a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunesFeel grateful and would like to support us? Thank you! Here is our Patreon account for contributions.

Liam Browne author of ‘Dealer Healer- A Modern Tale of a Fucked up Male’ finds gritty, honest and true stories of real people and how they have turned their lives around in a positive and inspiring way. Today's guest is Hungarian-born, Barcelona-based DJ/Producer, Reelow. In the dance music scene, he has a knack for churning prowling bass lines and indelible riffs into heavy hitting dance floor records. I ask some hard-hitting questions about his past and his rise to fame. It was great to get down and dirty with the man, discovering his backstory, what drives him and what keeps him grounded in the world of late nights, drugs and parties. As an evolving power house producer, Reelow owns a host of impressive releases on labels such as Time Has Changed, Moan, Serkal, Inmotion Music, CellaaMusic, Kosmophono, Yoruba Grooves and Hopeless just to name a few. Since 2011, Reelow has gained traction with support from the likes of Marco Carola, Adam Beyer, Joseph Capriati, Leon, Shomi Aber, Oxia, Anja Schneider, Robert Dietz, Hector, Monika Kruse, DJ Sneak and many more. Reelow first showcased his DJ talents in Budapest, leveraging his popularity into some of dance music's most respected parties and clubs such as: Ministry of Sound, Egg, Studio 338 in London, Privilege, Sankeys, Pacha, Bora Bora in Ibiza and many more around Europe.In 2015 Reelow made his U.S debut in major cities like New York, Toronto and Miami further augmenting his international success.Find out more about Reelow here - REELOWYou can listen to the show where ever you listen to your podcasts or here- Reelow PodcastYou can get my book DEALER TO HEALER here- DEALER TO HEALERThe DEALER TO HEALER podcast focuses on those who have found solace from a destructive past to step into a more spiritual and love-driven life. Letting go of their old ways we see how each individual has overcome their adversity and demons to step into the light. Yoga Teachers, Healers, Breath Workers, Vegans, Holistic Therapists, Acupuncturists, Psychic’s and Musicians all share their unique stories. Sharing the events and synchronicities that led to the positive changes in their lives. Discover how you can find more joy in your own life, step into your own unique power and see how you can make positive changes to your life and relationships. Become empowered to step into your true self and do all the things you have always dreamed of.You can listen to the show where ever you listen to your podcasts or here- Reelow Podcast“Yoga is not about your ability to do a posture but how it positively changes your life and relationships” T.K.V. Desikachar

Liam Browne author of ‘Dealer Healer- A Modern Tale of a Fucked up Male’ finds gritty, honest and true stories of real people and how they have turned their lives around in a positive and inspiring way. You can listen to the show where ever you listen to your podcasts or here- Andrea PodcastYou can get my book DEALER TO HEALER here- DEALER TO HEALERThe DEALER TO HEALER podcast focuses on those who have found solace from a destructive past to step into a more spiritual and love-driven life. Letting go of their old ways we see how each individual has overcome their adversity and demons to step into the light. Yoga Teachers, Healers, Breath Workers, Vegans, Holistic Therapists, Acupuncturists, Psychic’s and Musicians all share their unique stories. Sharing the events and synchronicities that led to the positive changes in their lives. Discover how you can find more joy in your own life, step into your own unique power and see how you can make positive changes to your life and relationships. Become empowered to step into your true self and do all the things you have always dreamed of.You can listen to the show where ever you listen to your podcasts or here- Andrea Podcast“Yoga is not about your ability to do a posture but how it positively changes your life and relationships” T.K.V. Desikachar

Liam Browne author of ‘Dealer Healer- A Modern Tale of a Fucked up Male’ finds gritty, honest and true stories of real people and how they have turned their lives around in a positive and inspiring way. Today's guest is Bodhi previously know as John Mclnroy. We get down on dirty on the often uncomfortable subject of erectile dysfunction. Bodhi is helping millions of men come out about their problem and get to the bottom of what can only be described as a man's worsts nightmare!!! Bodhi is a “….change-agent, social entrepreneur, ultra-endurance athlete, philanthropist”, social activist, international field hockey player, model, actor, public speaker and author of searingly honest, harrowing, almost cataclysmic” book Butterfly Man. He founded two social movements, Red Socks Friday, a movement that is connecting people all over the world, and the Unogwaja Charitable Trust with its very own Unogwaja Challenge, the legendary annual 1,650km, 10−day bike ride from Cape Town to Pietermaritzburg (which John has done on foot) followed by the 89km Comrades Marathon on day 11. He is also known as “Prem Bodhi” (or just “Bodhi”), a Sanskrit name meaning Love Awareness given to him and accepted in Pune, India, and “Sipho” a name meaning “gift” in Xhosa, given to him in Langa, his home when he is in Cape Town. Larry Claassen of the Financial Times said after an interview with John that, “you don’t meet John McInroy, you experience him.“Bodhi is a certified Jivamukti yoga teacher. The study and practice of yoga and tantra is having a great influence on his life and ever-evolving life view and approach to activism for which he is deeply grateful. Bodhi's LinksWebsites- johnmcinroy.com & barefootbeing.earthBuy his book on- AMAZONYou can listen to the show where ever you listen to your podcasts or here- Bodhi PodcastYou can get my book DEALER TO HEALER here- DEALER TO HEALERThe DEALER TO HEALER podcast focuses on those who have found solace from a destructive past to step into a more spiritual and love-driven life. Letting go of their old ways we see how each individual has overcome their adversity and demons to step into the light. Yoga Teachers, Healers, Breath Workers, Vegans, Holistic Therapists, Acupuncturists, Psychic’s and Musicians all share their unique stories. Sharing the events and synchronicities that led to the positive changes in their lives. Discover how you can find more joy in your own life, step into your own unique power and see how you can make positive changes to your life and relationships. Become empowered to step into your true self and do all the things you have always dreamed of.You can listen to the show where ever you listen to your podcasts or here- Bodhi Podcast“Yoga is not about your ability to do a posture but how it positively changes your life and relationships” T.K.V. Desikachar

This is the second in a series of short episodes that celebrate the beloved yoga teacher TKV Desikachar who died in 2016.Desikachar was the son of legendary yoga master T Krishnamacharya and teacher to the philosopher J Krishnamurti. He was a pioneer in the field of yoga therapy and author of the influential book The Heart of Yoga, published in 1995.This episode features highlights from an interview I recorded with Larry Payne, back in September 2018. In these excerpts Larry tells us of his first meeting with Desikachar and his father Krishnamacharya, and how his studies with Desikachar served as the foundation for his groundbreaking work in developing yoga therapy in the United States.Larry is the author of many books on yoga including the bestselling Yoga for Dummies book. In 1989, along with Dr. Richard Miller who I featured on the last episode of the podcast, he founded the International Association for Yoga Therapy. Larry went on to create the popular Yoga Rx program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles where he continues to serve as coordinator and primary instructor.Musical interludes: DJ Drez, Forever For NowNeed support on your medicine path?1-to-1 yoga, plant medicine integration and transformative coaching with Brian Jameshttp://brianjames.caSupport the Podcast!1. Leave a review on iTunes, or share with your friends on social media2. Become a Patreon supporter at http://patreon.com/medicinepath and gain access to podcast extras and hours of yoga practice resources including vinyasa sequences, breathwork, chanting and guided meditations.3. Leave a one-time donation at http://paypal.me/medicinepathyoga4. Purchase a print or Kindle version of my new book, Yoga & Plant Medicine: https://amzn.to/2mv3i36About Brian JamesBrian James is a yoga teacher, transformational coach and psychedelic integration counselor currently living in Montréal, Canada with his wife, astrologer Debbie Stapleton and their Boston Terrier Kingston. He has been exploring the intersection of yoga and shamanism for over 25 years.medicinepathpodcast.cominstagram.com/brianjames.medicinepathtags: brian james, heart of yoga, yoga, desikachar, richard miller

This is the first in a series of short episodes that celebrate the beloved yoga teacher TKV Desikachar who died in 2016.Desikachar was the son of legendary yoga master T Krishnamacharya and teacher to the philosopher J Krishnamurti. He was a pioneer in the field of yoga therapy and author of the influential book The Heart of Yoga, published in 1995.This episode features highlights from an interview I recorded with Richard Miller, back in September 2018.Musical interludes: DJ Drez, Forever For NowNeed support on your medicine path?1-to-1 yoga, plant medicine integration and transformative coaching with Brian Jameshttp://brianjames.caSupport the Podcast!1. Leave a review on iTunes, or share with your friends on social media2. Become a Patreon supporter at http://patreon.com/medicinepath and gain access to podcast extras and hours of yoga practice resources including vinyasa sequences, breathwork, chanting and guided meditations.3. Leave a one-time donation at http://paypal.me/medicinepathyoga4. Purchase a print or Kindle version of my new book, Yoga & Plant Medicine: https://amzn.to/2mv3i36About Brian JamesBrian James is a yoga teacher, transformational coach and psychedelic integration counselor currently living in Montréal, Canada with his wife, astrologer Debbie Stapleton and their Boston Terrier Kingston. He has been exploring the intersection of yoga and shamanism for over 25 years.medicinepathpodcast.cominstagram.com/brianjames.medicinepathtags: brian james, heart of yoga, yoga, desikachar, richard miller

Das heutige Interview mit dem international bekannten Yogalehrer Mark Whitwell wird in englischer Sprache sein. ** Wanda is very honoured and excited to introduce you to this weeks guest: Mark Whitwell. He is one of the most renowned yoga teachers around the world, and has studied with the great teacher Sri T. Krishnamacharya, and his son Desikachar. Mark has truly studied yoga in his origin and his teachings are a great inspiration to Wanda and thousands of yogis around the globe. He was born in New Zealand, began his yoga journey in the 70's and spent many years studying and teaching the tradition of yoga in India and Fiji. He also has a non profit organization called “The Heart of Yoga“. Mark teaches a path of yoga that is beyond any style and that is open to everyone who can breathe. He teaches a simple and yet profound yoga which is accessible to everyone without dogmatism, meeting the needs of the individual with compassion and a loving, open heart. Wanda is honoured to introduce you to the great Mark Whitwell. Enjoy. More information to his trainings, retreats and workshops of Mark: www.heartofyoga.com

In today's episode, we're talking with a try gold mine of knowledge in regards to the biological aspects of yoga. Dr. Timothy McCall is a medical doctor, yoga therapist and author of Yoga as Medicine and Saving My Neck: A Doctor's East/West Journey Through Cancer.  Dr. McCall practiced medicine for more than 10 years in the Boston area before devoting himself full-time to investigating and teaching yoga therapy. He has travelled around the world to study with some of the top yoga teachers and therapists, including B.K.S. Iyengar and T.K.V. Desikachar. Through personal anecdote, Dr. McCall shares his perspective on the changing landscape of yoga as medicine. He talks about research studies and the shift in awareness in the United States. Dr. McCall shares his recent road to recovery from throat cancer – an inspiring testimony to the power of practice during challenging times. He also explains how yoga and preventative medicine of Ayurveda supported him in his recovery.

YogaWorks teachers and teacher trainers have come together to form the first-ever yoga union. In this episode, Sarah interviews Markella, Jodie, and Laurel; three of the New York City YogaWorks teachers; about why they are unionizing and what forming a union would mean for yoga teachers and the yoga industry as a whole. To find out more about the unionization efforts, visit them on Facebook or Instagram. You can also learn more about yoga teacher unionization and find resources at Shut Up & Yoga.Want to connect with Sarah? Reach out to her on Instagram, Facebook. or directly via email at sarahdittmore@gmail.com.The Beginner's Mind is created in partnership with Shut Up & Yoga. Check out their new books at www.shutupandyoga.com/books or join the conversation via the new facebook group, Shut Up & Yoga Forum for Modern Yogis. Laurel Beversdorf, YACEP, E-RYT 500, is an international yoga educator, the creator of Yoga with Resistance Bands classes and trainings and Body of Knowledge anatomy and biomechanics workshops, and a Yoga Tune Up® and Roll Model® trainer. Laurel regularly presents trainings and workshops at locations like Kripalu, YogaWorks, and studios around the world. Her classes blend strength training, rehabilitation practices, myofascial release, and yoga. Laurel has written for Yoga Journal, Shut Up & Yoga, and the Tune Up Fitness blog. A Wisconsin native, she lives in NYC with her husband, baby girl, and two cats. You can connect with her at laurelbeversdorf.com.Jodie Rufty is a Senior Trainer and East Coast Director of Trainer Development for YogaWorks in NYC. She has been teaching Yoga since 1995 and is registered to teach through Yoga Alliance at the EYT 500 hour level and has been certified to teach both by Alan Finger in the ISHTA lineage as well as Alison West of Yoga Union and YogaWorks. Jodie co-founded Amrita Yoga Center NYC in September of 2002 and helped launch Nava Yoga Center in Zagreb Croatia in June 2004. She is also the author of “The Art of Yoga Sequencing” published in 2008. Jodie has continued her education with many teachers including Rodney Yee, Genny Kapuler, Desikachar, and Ana Forrest, completing several Training Intensives in 1998, 2000 & 2003. Jodie now resides in NYC where she continues to study, practice and teach Yoga at YogaWorks as well as privately. You can connect with her at jodieruftyyoga.com.Markella Los started practicing yoga in 2008. After years of faster-paced sports and martial arts, she thought she would find yoga slow and boring. Obviously, she was wrong. In 2015, she completed her first teacher training through YogaWorks under the mentorship of Chrissy Carter and has been teaching full time since. After almost ten years practicing yoga, and only yoga, she developed pain in her hips. More yoga and passive stretching didn't help. Instead, she had to completely rethink her practice, and therefore her teaching, to give her body more strength and stability. This led Markella on a path of discovery, advanced education in anatomy, kinesiology, and biomechanics, and further training. Now she helps people move and feel better while doing the practice they love and in their daily lives. Her teaching style is grounded, light-hearted, and rooted in resilience and exploration. You can connect with her at markellalos.com or on Instagram.

Yoga Master T.K.V. Desikachar said “Whenever you are in doubt, it is best to pause. Few things are so pressing that they cannot wait for a moment of breath.” Today, notice doubt. Don’t be scared of it. Indecision holds potential for change — because if you don’t already know what to do, you can learn. Become consciously aware of those moments when you experience a sense of doubt; whether you’re doubtful about something big, or just not sure which sandwich you want for lunch. And when you notice doubt, pause. Don’t rush to get beyond it. Allow it to exist and focus your awareness on it. A brief pause a few steady breaths are often all you need in order to access the deeper wisdom within. You might discover answers you’d never considered before.

Visit www.thejenmavrosshow.com for more show and guest information on every podcast episode. Grab your free gift on www.jenmavros.com - A four track divinely guided meditation album. Dig this episode? Drop a 5-star rating + review! Connect with me online… IG: @jenmavros FB: www.facebook.com/thejenmavrosshow Meet our next guest, Nikka Karli. Nikka Karli is a Multidisciplinary Storyteller, Erotic Muse, Movement Artist, Soul Medicine Woman, Moon Stalker, and Yoga Teacher who helps Creative Visionaries {Artists, Activists, Healers, Athletes, Entrepreneurs, Thought Leaders…} unlock their Erotic Genius and scale their soul's work into preeminent platforms of social change through her sacred method of Primal Self Re-Integration™. She is the Founder of Primal Provocateur™, a {Re}Wilding Quest in the heart of the jungle for Creators who are 100% committed to scaling their message by untaming the wild magic of their souls. She has over 20 years of experience coaching in the fields of yoga, fitness, mindset, strength and conditioning, rehabilitation, wellness, creativity, and leadership. She holds a Bachelors degree in Athletic Training/Kinesiology from The University of Connecticut, a 500-hour yoga teacher certification from The Breathing Space (in the Krishnamacharya lineage, under the tutelage of Robert Birnberg who studied under the late T.K.V. Desikachar), an Expressive Yoga Dance certification (with Jada Fire of Barefoot Sanctuary), a holistic health coach certification from IIN, and multiple fitness certifications. Nikka is currently completing her 600-hour certification in Sex, Love, and Relationships, with a focus in Tantra and Women's Sexuality {through The Tantric Institute of Integrated Sexuality with Layla Martin}. Nikka is devoted to helping raise the vibration of Universal consciousness and assisting in mending the hoop of the world's many peoples through her writing, speaking, private coaching, online courses, and retreats. She is the go-to mentor for healers, thought leaders, and visionaries who are ready to create epic fulfillment, impact, mastery, and freedom through the ecstasy of their soul.

Hello People!! Girls will be girls Talking and DOING a lot! We are giving a shout out to the film "No Choice" by Bill Moyers, it is screening here in NY at Upstate Films followed by a panel talk with these amazing humans: Ruth-Ellen Blodgett, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley; Robin Marty, author of Handbook for a Post-Roe America; and Susan Wong of the NYCLU. Lea Garnier is our first guest today. Lea has worked in the healing arts for over 20 years and is an accomplished practitioner in this field. She began her healing journey by making paintings that have been displayed, sold and published in Europe and New York State. Lea found Craniosacral Therapy in NYC after suffering neck and back injuries sustained in an auto accident. The relief she found from this work was so profound she put down her painting brushes to pursue training. She is trained as an Upledger Craniosacral Therapist and has a private practice at Sage Academy of Sound Energy / Sage Center for the Healing Arts in Woodstock, NY, a center she co-founded in 2007, and now directs. In 2008 she became a certified yoga instructor trained in the Desikachar linage, and specializes in teaching the integration of sound healing and sound awareness (nada) in a yoga class setting. Lea shares her thoughts on the feminine, how she was exposed to the strength of the feminine via her mom and sisters. Her deep wisdom of sound and how the body heals comes through in all that she shares. She hosts monthly sound baths in Woodstock, NY at Sage as well as her annual retreats at Menla and Ananda. She is like the legit embodiment of the Goddess, for reals. Dee Solin is our second guest today. Dee is An award winning American Abstract Color Painter. She is known for her highly charged chromatic oil paintings. Her work is in collections in Europe, Australia and the US. After living and painting in the South of France for 20 years, she returned home to New York to pursue her art and to become more involved in the New York art world. When she first arrived, she painted at the Art Students League. After leaving the league she opened a studio space in midtown Manhattan. Presently, she divides her time between her New York City and her new ‘barn' home in Rhinebeck. She is also the creator of several fine art Colour Guides that are distributed through artist material stores world wide under the name of “MAGIC PALLETTE.” Dee talked about the importance of staying in the place of positivity versus anger or frustration, and how that helps her to keep moving forward. Self care!!! It's astrology time...in honor of Monday's New Moon, Theresa shares this month's astrology from Astrology King...ready for it? "The New February 2019 astrology is the best of any moon phase for over a year. Sun, Moon and Mercury sextile Jupiter bring good luck, good news, optimism, generosity and happiness...and spiritual wisdom and help make your dreams come. This is a generous, charitable and philosophical new moon of hope and goodwill." Woo hoo! Enjoy it folks...embrace the love that surrounds! Today's show was engineered by Manuel Blas of Radio Kingston, www.radiokingston.org. We heard music from Shana Falana, http://www.shanafalana.com/, and audio from the film, RBG, https://www.rbgmovie.com Feel free to email us, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.org ** Please: SUBSCRIBE to our pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND US :) Follow Us: INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/ FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast TWITTER * https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas

Leitura completa e sem comentários da escritura sagrada aos yogues, o Yoga-Sutras de Patanjali, traduzida por T.K.V. Desikachar, no livro O Coração do Yoga, Ed.Jaboticaba, p.215-327. Locução: Profa. Miila Derzett, idealizadora do Método de Yoga Restaurativa/BR.

Subscribe: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher Following the death of his mother when he was 16 years old, J Brown moved to New York and eventually, in 1995, began to reconcile her death through yoga. Having practised Jivamukti, Ashtanga and Iyengar yoga, he settled on a therapeutic orientation inspired by Desikachar and Krishnamacharya. He went … read more The post triyoga talks episode 13: J Brown on 2018 – a year in review appeared first on triyoga.

On this episode, I speak with yoga therapy pioneer Gary Kraftsow. Gary has been instrumental in the development of yoga therapy in America over the past 40 years. He began his study of yoga in India with T.K.V. Desikachar in 1974 and received his Masters Degree in Psychology and Religion from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1983. In 1999, he founded the American Viniyoga Institute. Since then, he has become a renowned speaker and teacher and has authored two books that I highly recommend, Yoga for Wellness and Yoga for Transformation.Gary’s Website: https://www.viniyoga.comSupport the Podcast!1. Leave a review on iTunes, or share with your friends on social media2. Become a Patreon supporter at http://patreon.com/brianjamesteaching and gain access to podcast extras and hours of yoga practice resources including vinyasa sequences, breathwork, chanting and guided meditations.3. Leave a one-time donation at http://paypal.me/medicinepathyogaAbout Brian JamesBrian James is a yoga teacher, integrative coach, musician and artist currently living in Montréal, Canada with his wife, astrologer Debbie Stapleton and their Boston Terrier, Kingston (RIP Sweetie). He has been exploring the intersection of music, yoga and shamanism for over 20 years.medicinepathpodcast.combrianjamesyoga.cominstagram.com/brianjames_medicinepathtags: gary kraftsow, yoga, viniyoga, tantra, tkv desikachar, krishnamacharya, death, dying

Richard Miller is a clinical psychologist, author, researcher, yogic scholar, spiritual teacher and founder of the iRest Yoga Nidra protocol for healing trauma. For over 40 years, he has devoted his life and work to integrating the nondual wisdom teachings of Yoga, Tantra, Advaita, Taoism, and Buddhism with Western psychology and neuroscience. Among his mentors were Jean Klein, T.K.V. Desikachar, and Stephen Chang.Richard is the co-founder of The International Association of Yoga Therapy and founding editor of the professional Journal of IAYT. Richard is also a founding member and past president of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology​. He is the ​​​​Author of Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga, and The iRest Program for Healing PTSD​.Integrative Restoration Institute: iRest.orgIntro Music: All Alone by Bhagavan DasSupport the Podcast!1. Leave a review on iTunes, or share with your friends on social media2. Become a Patreon supporter at http://patreon.com/brianjamesteaching and gain access to many hours of yoga practice resources including vinyasa sequences, breathwork, chanting and guided meditations.3. Leave a one-time donation at http://paypal.me/medicinepathyogaAbout Brian JamesBrian James is a yoga teacher, integrative coach, musician and artist currently living in Montréal, Canada with his wife, astrologer Debbie Stapleton and their two Boston Terriers, Kingston and Sweetie. He has been exploring the intersection of music, yoga and shamanism for over 20 years.medicinepathyoga.combrianjamesyoga.cominstagram.com/brianjamesyogaSupport the Medicine Path PodcastSubscribe! RSS / iTunes / Google Playtags: richard miller, trauma, ptsd, yoga, tkv desikachar, jean klein, j krishnamurti, meditation, irest

Mirka Scalco Kraftsow, cofounder of the American Viniyoga Institute, brings her special brand of shakti to the podcast and talks with J about the spirit that guided her to her teachers Gary Kraftsow and TKV Desikachar, and her ongoing journey to bring the teachings of yoga to light. They discuss her childhood in Italy, her time with Rajneesh/Osho, how she met Gary and her relationship with Desikachar, the progression of Viniyoga, and the simple sadana of ordinary life. This episode is sponsored by Yogalifestyle.com and Karmasoft.   This episode is part of our premium podcast subscription. To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.  

R. Sriram comes to the Unites States of America for the first time to attend a celebration of his longtime teacher T. K. V. Desikachar and sits down with J for this conversation about the man and the legacy he left the world. They discuss Sriram’s early studies in Madras, T Krishnamacharya, moving from India to Germany, his views on cultural appropriation and the popularity of yoga in the west, the scandal around T.K.V.’s son Kausthub, and the simplicity and authenticity at the heart of the tradition. This episode is brought to you by YogaAnatomy.net.   This episode is part of our premium podcast subscription. To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.  

Benjamin Sears is an international teacher cited as “a master” by Yoga Journal (Feb, 2017). In 2007 he opened LUXYOGA, a legendary retreat center in the South of France, and now leads Sacred Geometry Vinyasa teacher trainings worldwide. Forever a student, Benjamin is a former athlete who used yoga to heal from a litany of injuries and surgeries and is committed to orienting students towards a healing path. He draws upon empathy, experience, and his studies of Forrest, Katonah, Dharma Mittra, Astanga and Bikram Yoga as well as meditation and movement modalities including the Ido Portal Method to teach what works. In this episode, you’ll hear from Benjamin on: How to find (and constantly recalibrate) your path through action and avoid paralysis through analysis Leaving room for improvisation in your life and routine, so that you have a complete arsenal of experiences to draw from, when your circumstances and challenges change Rumi in era of Instagram, and how to honor and respect a master of his craft How he developed his signature Sacred Geometry framework, and what compelled him to empower other teachers to share it Announcements: Sign up for 300-hour Advanced Jared McCann Yoga teacher training this July at Lighthouse Yoga School. Get 10% OFF your tuition with code HENRYWINS: henrywins.com/events Looking to deepen your practice without the teacher training? Sign up for the 30-hour Yoga Immersion over Labor Day weekend at Lighthouse Yoga School with Jared McCann, Aviad Sasi, and Henry Winslow. Get 10% OFF your tuition with code HENRYWINS: henrywins.com/events Take a WAYcation this July to Chicago! Join Henry for a fun-filled 4-day weekend of yoga and excursions through Chi-town. Enter code HenryWAYChi (case sensitive) for 10% OFF your 4-day pass: henrywins.com/events Links from this episode: This is Water by David Foster Wallace — Benjamin’s recommended reading The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice byT. K. V. Desikachar — Benjamin’s recommended book Get in touch with Benjamin! BenjaminSears.Yoga Benjamin on Instagram Benjamin Sears Yoga on Facebook LUXYOGA.com LUXYOGA on Instagram

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. 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Founder, Executive Director and President of the Board of Directors Integrative Restoration Institute Richard Miller, PhD is a clinical psychologist, author, researcher, yogic scholar and spiritual teacher. For over 40 years, Richard Miller has devoted his life and work to integrating the nondual wisdom teachings of Yoga, Tantra, Advaita, Taoism and Buddhism with Western psychology. Among his mentors were Jean Klein, T.K.V. Desikachar and Stephen Chang. Richard is the founding president and CEO of the Integrative Restoration Institute, co-founder of The International Association of Yoga Therapy and founding editor of the professional Journal of IAYT. He is also a founding member and past president of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology and a senior advisor for the Baumann Foundation for the study of Awareness and its impact on well-being. Author of Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga, Richard serves as a research consultant studying the iRest Yoga Nidra protocol that he has developed (Integrative Restoration ~ iRest, a modern adaptation of the ancient nondual meditation practice of Yoga Nidra) researching its efficacy on health, healing and well-being with diverse populations including active-duty soldiers, veterans, college students, children, seniors, the homeless, the incarcerated, and people experiencing issues such as sleep disorders, PTSD, chemical dependency, chronic pain, and related disorders. In addition to his research and writing projects, Richard lectures and leads trainings and retreats internationally.

Our guest in this episode is Leslie Kaminoff. Leslie is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He is an internationally recognized specialist with thirty seven years’ experience in the fields of yoga and breath anatomy. He leads anatomy and yoga methodology workshops for many of the leading yoga associations, schools and training programs in the world. Leslie’s book Yoga Anatomy, (co-authored with Amy Matthews), has been printed more than 12 times and has sold over 500,000 copies.

Many people hear that yoga can be very healing – and it can, but when it comes to RSI you have to be extremely careful in your practice. Leslie Kaminoff, a yoga educator with over three decades' experience in the fields of yoga, breath and anatomy, talks about why the hand is vulnerable in many yoga poses.  Leslie teaches in the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar, and is the founder of The Breathing Project, a New York City-based educational non-profit dedicated to teaching individualized, breath-centered yoga. He is the co-author, with Amy Matthews, of the best-selling book “Yoga Anatomy.”    

Jennifer has helped those in chronic pain experience relief through breath work techniques!  She has even helped those who suffer from MS pain by teaching them these techniques. Jennifer Houghton specializes in yoga for people over 50 years old. Many of her clients are coming to yoga for the first time at midlife seeking ways to deal with pain from arthritis, fibromyalgia, surgery, injury, sciatica, and degenerative conditions. "As a yoga teacher, I specialize in helping people find relief from pain using a unique breathing technique. I put the technique to the test myself last year when I broke a rib and managed to become so relaxed that I fell asleep within minutes!" Because of their chronic pain they are no longer able to enjoy life - they can't be active anymore, their sleep is affected, they suffer from the side-effects of pain medication, their relationships are affected, they worry about who will take care of them as they get older. Breath work is a tool that anyone can use to take control of pain, even if their mobility is limited. Jennifer shares that she loves being able to help people take control of their lives again. • Most people do not breathe to their full capacity and don't realize this can add to stress and pain levels. Simply learning to breathe the way we were meant to reduce stress and pain levels. • When people suffer from chronic pain, the 'stress response' aka the fight-or-flight response persists in the body. This causes the nervous system to stay wound up. The nervous system becomes hypersensitive and creates more pain sensations than are necessary. We can take control of the fight-or-flight response by moving from doing shallow, chest breathing into deep slow breathing. The breath is the one aspect of the fight-or-flight response we have control over. Deep slow breathing sends this message to the nervous system: • slow the heart rate • stop producing pain and stress hormones • start producing relaxation hormones (which block pain hormones) • relax the muscles • start digesting • divert blood and resources back to the immune system, reproductive system, internal organs Breath work can have a powerful effect not only on stress levels but on pain levels. When chronic pain is present, the nervous system learns to detect smaller problems and send more than normal pain signals back to the brain. With persistent pain, the nerves can act as if normal sensations, like touch, are dangerous. Deep breathing counteracts these responses. So, although it is not a cure for chronic pain, deep breathing impacts the nervous system and can take the edge off the pain and make life livable again. Deep breathing also strengthens the diaphragm muscle. Studies have found that people with weak diaphragm muscles are at greater risk of developing back pain and may develop neck and shoulder pain too. 1) the breath is a tool we can use to reduce stress and pain levels - when we recognize the ways we are not breathing to our full capacity, e.g. shallow chest breathing, mouth breathing, fast breathing, only using limited parts of our torsos - we can re-establish our natural ability to breathe deeply 2) strengthening the diaphragm through deep breathing can help reduce back, neck, and shoulder pain 3) doing a 10-minute breathing practice daily is all it takes to make deep breathing a habit and can make a significant impact over time to stress and pain levels Jennifer leads listeners through a 6-minute breath practice. You will become instantly relaxed and may experience less pain as a result. Resources: To order high-quality supplements: http://takeyoursupplements.com/ Website: http://www.bountifulyogaandwellness.com/ Jennifer's Online Courses: 1) The Release Method: Breathe Your Way to Pain Relief - http://www.bountifulyogaandwellness.com/the-release-method-pain-relief/ 2) The Posture Project: Build a Better Back - http://www.bountifulyogaandwellness.com/the-posture-project/ BOOK: The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice by T.K.V. Desikachar: http://amzn.to/24I43Q9

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium.   J finally has the guts to bring Mark Whitwell, his most influential teacher, on the podcast. They trace Mark's life in yoga, from his early years before teaching to his experience meeting Krishnamacharya, Desikachar, and the Krishnamurti's, and his travels around the world. The discussion is wide ranging as they reminisce about their shared past, changes in the yoga industry, and the directions they see things going in the future.  

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.  

You know that episode where you introduce your guest and you do it all wrong? And then he has to stop you -very politely- to make corrections?  Well, this is one of those episodes...   But the good thing is Matthew Sweeney is a really cool guy, he was not disappointed and he wanted to correct things because he has two partners on the beautiful yoga place they share in Ubud, in paradise Bali, and so he told me.   And I left it on the podcast because I think it is good that you hear the spontaneity of how it all went. I met Matthew through a photograph.  And it is not as woo-woo as it sounds...  We were in Mysore, it was 2008, and one night, during one of those frequent electric cuts, my friend Martina and I started looking at his book "Ashtanga Yoga As It Is". We looked specifically at the advanced postures, like, pick any of the photos in the sample page below... like really, ANY... Then we would look at each other, Martina and I, over the flickering candle light and go:   "Noooooo... That is impossible!"   What I love about Matthew is that he works very hard at the practice, at teaching it and at keeping it real. He has "beef" with the usual teacher trainings when they are impersonal and the teacher does not get to know the students (think those courses that teach more than a hundred at the time). He also does not believe that one system can be good for "everyone", because he has seen the results... People leave the practice when it is too rigid, when it won't adjust to the issues and the lifestyles and DNA of each individual person. And that is sad. He is also adamant about getting to know personally the people who will go in the world and teach what he teaches.   His teacher trainings have many levels, but they are not there to annoy anyone, but rather to build a solid relationship, to do it right. And, because his practice is so extensive and has happened over such a long period of time, he has created his own sequences, which you can download (see about Matthew section at the bottom of the email)   WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT   The restaurant he is opening in Bali, at the yoga retreat, and what they will serve (hint: I love dosas) His experience with Pattabhi Jois (who received him before he even got out of the taxi cab) Matthew's teaching space in Bali The differences between the approaches of Iyengar and Jois What happens we you practice yoga and you want to be "honest" about it Matthew's personal definition of yoga today...  which has to do with what is happening to you now How the issues of food and sex need to be resolved for a proper asana and yoga practice in full to work The different levels of kindness How he has become "uncool" (in certain areas) in front of his 16 year-old daughter How we was inspired to create the posters that eventually became books by Darma Mitra Matthew's big beef with most yoga teacher trainings How the "moon sequence" that he developed, helps bring some balance (satvic energy) to the extreme (rajasic) practices some of us do How he teaches pranayama and when What is the one thing that took him a long time to understand     ABOUT MATHEW    Website TheYogaTemple.com Workshops and Retreats 2015 and 2016 Newsletter sign-up for updates from Matthew DVDs books and posters (available for instant download as well) Facebook     TRANSCRIPT     Claudia Altucher:        Hello and welcome to the Yoga Podcast.  I am thrilled today to have Matthew Sweeney with me.  Matthew is the director of the Yoga Shala Bali in Ubud.  He is a yoga teacher, a Star Wars fan, and a twice black belt in martial arts.  Matthew has explored and practiced four, or even five I think, of the Ashtanga Yoga series of Sri Jois, who is the founder of Ashtanga Yoga, as well as the teachings of Krishnamacharya, Desikachar, BKS Iyengar, among many other teachers and trains of thoughts.                                        He started teaching yoga in 1996; at first Ashtanga Yoga, but as he went on he received thousands of students with unique challenges and he developed his own sequences.  He is the author of two books, Ashtanga Yoga As It Is, and Vinyasa Krama, in which he explores the sequences –   Matthew Sweeney:       I'm sorry.  We might need to interrupt that because I think a couple of things are incorrect there.  I might need to revisit.   Claudia Altucher:        Oh, please, please correct.  Tell me.   Matthew Sweeney:       Okay, just the start because I'm not the director of the Shala Bali here.  There are three shareholders, so if the other shareholders heard that they would probably be a bit upset with me.  So maybe we restart that one.  And the other one is – I remember this, I've just got to think about it – the year that I started.  I started teaching in 1992.   Claudia Altucher:        In 1992.  Would you mind if we leave this like this because I think it's spontaneous and it's good and then your partners hear how loyal you are, which is a great thing.  I'm sorry about this, that I didn't have it right.   Matthew Sweeney:       No, no.  It's not a problem, it's just I don't want to get in trouble.    Claudia Altucher:        Of course.  I understand.  And it's good to know you started in 1992, then.  I had that – I didn't get that right so I'm glad you told me.  But I do know, and this perhaps you also have some DVD's that can be downloaded with two sequences, Vinyasa Unlocked and the Moon Sequence.  Is that right?   Matthew Sweeney:       Yes, that's correct.   Claudia Altucher:        Yes, and many posters of sequences that are quite impressive.   Matthew Sweeney:       Yes.   Claudia Altucher:        So I didn't quite get the bio right, but Matthew is here to help which is a great thing.  So Matthew, welcome to the show.  Thank you for coming in.   Matthew Sweeney:       No, thanks for having me.    Claudia Altucher:        So it's 6:00 p.m. there in Bali?   Matthew Sweeney:       Yes, that's right.   Claudia Altucher:        What did you do today?   Matthew Sweeney:       Oh, today we rode around looking for furniture and bits of – tables and chairs for a little Indian Dosa restaurant that we're starting to create.   Claudia Altucher:        Nice.  Is that together with –   Matthew Sweeney:       A little Indian restaurant called Dosa Corner.   Claudia Altucher:        Very nice.  I love Dosa's.   Matthew Sweeney:       Yes, I know.  So do I.  I love South Indian food, so yeah we thought we'd – there's not good South Indian so much here in Bali so we thought we'd make a good little sort of, yeah, chi shop and Tiffin.    Claudia Altucher:        Oh, how nice.  So this is in – this retreat where you're teaching, which you share with other partners, and it looks amazing in the photographs.  It looks really nice overlooking rice fields and –   Matthew Sweeney:       Yeah.   Claudia Altucher:        That looks really, really nice.   Matthew Sweeney:       Yeah, it's lovely.   Claudia Altucher:        And let me ask you, so what's the weather like there?   Matthew Sweeney:       Ah, well hot and – hot and humid pretty much all year around, though at the moment it's nice because it's raining almost every afternoon so it cools off.   Claudia Altucher:        That's good.  When was the last time you saw the snow?   Matthew Sweeney:       [Laughs]  That's an odd question.  Oh, a long time ago.  I think the last time I really saw snow was probably in Germany in 1993 or '94.   Claudia Altucher:        Yeah, because in all your pictures you look like there's always sunshine around you and you inspire me because I thought if I follow Matthew's teaching I'll probably never see snow again, which –   Matthew Sweeney:       I mean I have to say, I've actually been talking to my partner, Lauren, about this.  She really wants to have a white Christmas somewhere so we'll probably go and do the snow in one or two – well, not this Christmas but maybe the Christmas after that.   Claudia Altucher:        Oh, okay.  Well, you know –   Matthew Sweeney:       It's not that I'm against the snow, it's just that I love _____ -   Claudia Altucher:        Warm weather.   Matthew Sweeney:       And warm weather.    Claudia Altucher:        Yeah, me too.    Matthew Sweeney:       I like the snow.  I like the snow for one week of the year, but that's all.   Claudia Altucher:        We're exactly the same.  We have a nor'easter coming in here in New York, so it's going to start snowing any time, so it's a lot of fun.  And I have some good news for you.  You're a big Star Wars fan and I understand this weekend the first trailer or the new movie is coming out.   Matthew Sweeney:       Oh, yeah.  I heard some rumors of this, so yeah, I'm very curious.  I loved the first three movies and the following three, they were okay.  They just scratched the Star Wars funny bone.  So yeah, we'll see what the next are load are like.   Claudia Altucher:        That's how you started into yoga, right, martial arts and Star Wars?  What was it about martial arts that got you thinking along these lines?   Matthew Sweeney:       Oh well, I love – I guess I love Bruce Lee and all of that kind of stuff.  I grew up wanting to be, I don't know –     Claudia Altucher:        A Jedi master.   READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE

TKV Desikachar and Kate Holcombe Healing Yoga Join Michael Lerner in a conversation with TKV Desikachar and his senior student Kate Holcombe about his teaching healing yoga method, based on T Krishnamacharya’s fundamental principle that yoga must always be adapted to an individual’s changing needs in order to derive the maximum therapeutic and personal benefit. TKV Desikachar TKV Desikachar is the son and foremost student of the legendary yoga master T Krishnamacharya—teacher of Patthabi Jois, BKS Iyengar, and Indra Devi. Find out more on his website. For more than 45 years, TKV Desikachar has devoted himself to teaching yoga and making it relevant to people from all walks of life and with all kinds of abilities. In addition to the three decades of yoga training he received from his father, TKV Desikachar holds a degree in structural engineering. He is one of the world’s foremost teachers of yoga and a renowned authority on the therapeutic use of yoga. Kate Holcombe Kate is a senior student of Mr. Desikachar and founder of the Healing Yoga Foundation in San Francisco. Find out more about The New School at tns.commonweal.org.