Podcast appearances and mentions of mark whitwell

Hi friend! This simple breathwork couples a simple arm movement with the breath. It was inspired by guru Mark Whitwell. "Try inhaling a strong, smooth ujjayi breath as you raise your arms and look up at your hands, keeping the shoulders relaxed. Exhale an even breath and bring the arms down again. After the first breath, try another. The first two breaths may be difficult, but the third comes sweetly. Inhale and receive God. Pause and be with God. Exhale and surrender to God. Pause after exhaling. You are surrendered. When you consciously participate in your own breath, you are connecting directly to That which is breathing you — and beating your heart and all the rest. Like sex, breath is a natural function of life that we cannot suppress without damage. The same way that you love to dance, love to love, learn to love to breathe. Breathe to feel your intimacy with your partner and with yourself. Breathe to feel how you love and are loved, heal and are healed. Breathe to embrace the opposites in your body and in your life, and feel the current of all life run through you." - Mark Whitwell Enjoy this meditation. With love, Steph  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode is a recording of a talk Mark Whitwell gave at the Omega Institute in New York in 2008. He speaks of Reality itself as an intelligent nurturing force, like a mother. Yoga is our direct participation in this nurturing reality, not an effort to achieve some future spiritual goal.    This episode is a dharmic reset-reminder of yoga as participation in union, merging strength and receptivity just as we came into being ourselves through the union of our parents. Mark encourages listeners to see that any pain or difficult circumstance in life is ultimately healing and rebalancing when embraced fully. The practice of yoga reconnects us to the fact that we are cared for, no matter what arises.   Quotes:   - "Looking for God implies God is absent." - "The more charming or logical a teacher is, the more they'll delude you into thinking you are less and have to get somewhere."  - "Spiritual language implies you're not already there and have to attain something." - "Relate to the life in people rather than labeling something as evil." - "Mother is here. You are utterly cared for." - "This pain is healing. My pain is nurturing." - "On the mat is my complete intimacy with reality. I can now go off the mat and do it." Timestamps:   4:00 - Discussing reality as nurturing force 8:00 - Pain as healing  15:00 - Promising a daily yoga practice  27:00 - Relating to pain and healing 38:00 - Reality appearing as you  58:00 - Closing discussion

Inspired by Laura Miller, St. Pius X Grade School, the Burns and Maurer Family, Ram Dass, Nina Rao, Krishna Das, Ragu Markus, RamDev, Siddha Ma, Maharaj-ji, Dada Mukerjee, KC Tewari, Bhagwan Dass, Jeffery Cohen, Trace Bonner, Govind Das, East Forest, Jai Uttal, Duncan Trussell, Rameshwar Das, Jack Kornfield, Trudy Goodman, Sharon Salzberg, Mirabai Starr, Mark Whitwell, Jackie Dobrinska and the entire Ram Dass Community.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+)  

In this special Thanksgiving episode, join us as we rediscover unity through the profound teachings of yoga, featuring a thought-provoking conversation with Mark Whitwell, a seasoned yoga teacher with over four decades of experience. He draws inspiration from the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar. This episode guides us through a journey of understanding our interconnectedness and the transformative potential of ancient wisdom in contemporary life. Join us as we explore the relevance of yoga in addressing historical conflicts, envision religious education through yoga practices, and contemplate the power dynamics within ourselves. This Thanksgiving, listen in and immerse yourself in a conversation that delves into the heart of unity, healing, and the timeless wisdom of yoga.In this episode, we cover the following:Living in a traumatized world: How do we navigate to this fact and the importance of lasting solutions in dealing with these challenges?The importance of yoga education for relief and healingWhole body breathingAddressing separation and fearEmpowering individuals locally in a global contextChallenging hierarchies, embracing unity of opposites and non-dualismThe transformative power of yoga practices in shifting the energy within a groupIntimacy with body, breath, and relationshipImportance of yoga as a practice to promote receiving and harmony between genders in daily life.Mark's vision of a global yoga communityHelpful Links:Heart of Yoga Mexico Teacher UnTraining - Main teacher Mark Whitwell teaches the yoga he received since 1973 from T. Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar, with the influence of J. Krishnamurti and UG Krishnamurti. Heart of Yoga Peace Project - an ongoing vision to bring Yoga to conflict zones worldwideFind Rosebud Woman on Instagram as @rosebudwoman, Christine on Instagram as @the.rose.woman, and on Tiktok as @therosewoman108.Find Radiant Farms on Instagram @weareradiantfarms and on Facebook @RadiantFarmsLLCListen, Like, Share & Subscribe on Apple Podcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Youtube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we dive deep into Mark's transformative journey to India. Mark shares his personal experiences and first impressions upon arriving in this vibrant and diverse country. He discusses how The Beatles' presence in Rishikesh influenced his interest in Indian wisdom traditions, making it a global phenomenon. Mark reflects on the powerful impact of rock music from England and the U.S. on his life, particularly highlighting the musical genius of Ray Davies from The Kinks. He opens up about his initial moments in India, painting a vivid picture of the sights, sounds, and emotions that overwhelmed him. We explore the challenges and insights of being a white minority in India, contrasting it with Mark's observations as a part of the white majority in New Zealand. Mark shares his candid thoughts on India's lack of a social welfare system and how survival takes on a unique meaning in this bustling country. Throughout our conversation, Mark takes us on a spiritual journey, recounting his encounters with Bhakti Vedanta Swami and the worldwide temple movement initiated through chanting in Hyde Park. We delve into the essence of India's holy cities, bringing to light the blend of spirituality and commerce that characterizes them. Mark's trip to India serves as the central narrative, intertwining with various topics such as colonialism and the preservation of authenticity in a rapidly changing world. Mark's personal experiences and insights offer a captivating window into his adventure and the profound impact it had on his life. 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.  

Kundalini Tantra is an ancient art of harnessing inner energy for self-discovery, profound intimacy, and spiritual awakening. In honor of sexual health awareness month, we return to our roots- we talk tantra, love, sex, the root chakra and moolabhanda and the pelvic basin and so much more.We cover some Kundalini basics, including accessing and taming the energy coiled at the base of the spine, and some tantric practices like the three muscle sets in the pelvic basin. Christine also offers a how to on yab yum with a partner, as a beginning exercise.References and links:God and Sex: Now We Get Both by Mark Whitwell and Rosalind AtkinsonThe Encyclopedia of the Subtle Body by Cyndi DaleKundalini Tantra by Swami Satyananda SaraswatiRosebud Woman Intimate Wellness ProductsRadiant Farms GummiesChristine on InstagramChristine's Books and stuff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is our wonderful collaborator in Japan, Minami Takashima. Minami is a yogini and heart of Yôga teacher, teaching in the traditions of the hathayoga non dual Tantra. She has written the introduction to the Japanese second edition of Mark Whitwell's Yôga Heart and teaches throughout Japan and the world.  Born in Sapporo, Japan, she found that early life spiritual awakenings were not really helping with the pain of corporate life and socialization, but were rather making society's misalignment with nature's flow even more obvious and miserable. One day, she came across Mark's book Yoga of Heart, and says “this changed my life completely.” “There's no steps to be taken”. “Everything you are seeking to become, you already are.” “You are the power of the cosmos”— the book was a great statement of your life's actual worth.  Minami has had victory over the oppressive misogyny of society that restricts women, and men, and all of life. In this victory she understands the difficulties of the usual life, so can be extremely helpful to others going through what she has had to go through herself. In Yôga such a person is called the “Acharya”, one who can teach.  Minami found that traditional heart of Yoga, Hathayoga practice bridges spirituality and tangible reality, allowing our masculine and feminine aspects to find their natural harmony. Knowing herself and her students to be Reality itself (“divine existence” itsel.) Minami teaches from the authority of her own experience and power. She lives in Japan and New Zealand with her yogi-musician husband Rey.  Teaching mainly one on one in an intimate, traditional way, Minami serves others to find their innate power, intelligence and beauty.  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.

In our June episode of Kamalaya's ‘Wellness for Life' podcast, we delve into the wonderful world of yoga and explore its multiple benefits for the mind, body and soul. Karina Stewart, Chief Wellness Officer and Founder of Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary on Koh Samui, Thailand talks to Mark Whitwell, who has taught yoga for over four decades throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe, Australia, Fiji and Aotearoa-New Zealand, and is the editor and contributor to TKV Desikachar's book The Heart of Yoga.   Together with Karina, they uncover such topics as: What is yoga History of yoga  The benefits of practising yoga  Their personal journeys into the world of yoga Where to begin if you never practised before and more To find out more about Mark Whitwell, his books and his extensive work in the yoga space, please visit www.markwhitwell.org  For an immersive group yoga retreat at Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary, please mark your calendars from 23 – 30 October 2023.  Simon Low will be returning with his highly popular Yoga for Health & Healing retreat. To find out more about it or about our range of wellness programs and offerings, please visit our website www.kamalaya.com   If there are any topics or anything you would like us to add to our future episodes or have any feedback, please feel free to contact us. We would love to hear more from you. Please send an email to info@kamalaya.com with the subject line ‘Wellness for Life Podcast.'   For daily inspiration and motivation, join us on social media and stay up to date with the latest trends in wellbeing. www.kamalayaconnect.com  https://www.facebook.com/kamalayaconnect  https://www.linkedin.com/company/kamalayaconnect  https://www.instagram.com/kamalayaconnect 

Mantra: Protect Her = Protector.  Inspired by Spring Washam, Nina Rao, Mirabai Starr, Lama Tsultrim Allione, Joan Halifax, Robert Svoboda, Harriet Tubman, the book "King, Warrior, Magician, Lover," Robert Moore, Douglas Gillette, Rizwan, Ram Dass, Duncan Trussell, Swami Satchidananda, Krishna Das, Ragu Markus, Jai Uttal, Bhagavan Das, Jai Dev, Bob Thurman, Govinda Das, Arjun Bruggeman, David Nictern, Joe Rogan, Dave Chappell, Sadguru, Ryan Holiday, George Amoss Jr, Walt Witman, Charles Bukowski, Jane Goodall, Mark Whitwell, and Sokuzan.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).

Part two: The Medicine Bag.  Inspired by Hermes Trismegistus, Mark Whitwell (@markwhitwell), Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Angel Oak Tree, the Bible, and the Quran. Song by East Forest - Prana (@eastforest). Audiobook. Mature listeners only (18+).

Mark Whitwell interviews Rosalind Atkinson about her life with yoga and realisations. In particular, Mark asks about her academic studies of english literature, especially the mystic poet William Blake, and the relevance of these studies to her life in yoga. This episode will be of interest to anyone with a mixed experience in academia or poetry, who is interested in the yogic process of making inspiration relevant to our lives right now. We also discuss the last two years of teaching around the world through zoom, and end with a little teaser about a new project, called "Wardrobe Dharma". In this episode you will hear... ''And I got to the end of this research project ... and I was trying to write a conclusion that summed up what I had learned in the process. And I came across a line by Blake that said something like ... the true faculty of knowledge is experience... And it was a very unsettling phrase to me because I realized in that moment that of everything I'd written about passionately, it wasn't my experience I was writing about Blake's experience.'' ''I fell straight into the spiritual seekers trap of hungrily seeking experience...for myself...'' ''It's like if my mind was the king and the body was the peasants of the kingdom. Even if the king ignores the peasants, they're still there. And they're still feeding him. But he's just not acknowledging them... Abusing them, mistreating them, not appreciating their work. '' "Blake's poetry speaks in and as that force of life that is beyond the mind. And that's why obviously people from different cultures resonate with it. If it was just culturally constructed, then the English would love Blake the best. But they didn't, they thought he belonged in a straight jacket." 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.  

"Authentic yoga is about having the personal means to actually participate in the reality of life in body, breath and relationship. These means are easily learned and applied without any struggle." - Mark Whitwell Mark Whitwell has worked as one of the OG yoga teachers around the world for the last 45 years and is the author of four books on the topic of yoga.  I am so grateful to have caught Mark on a brief layover in Singapore, where our conversation really became a healing vessel for me during a particularly difficult time. He reminds me that I am the cosmos, and that I am ultimately enough. His authentic approach to yoga stems from his teachings under the "Father of Yoga" T. Krishnamacharya, and his son TKV Desikachar, of which he helped write a book called The Heart of Yoga. I was going through a big change during the recording of this episode and became quite emotional in some parts. I am grateful for Mark for offering a safe container to hold my vulnerability. Mark's teachings clarify the profound passion and relevance of ancient wisdom to contemporary life. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON I offer these podcasts freely, and any way you can support makes all the difference. To keep this podcast alive and well, show your support where you can! Get in touch with Stephanie www.stephaniebovis.com | @listeningwellpodcast Thank you for Listening Well! www.listeningwellpodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wendy and I discuss a quote from one of our early teachers, Mark Whitwell. It's about the relationship between our actual experience and all our thoughts about it. We also share thoughts about finding the right practice for yourself, and about the thing to keep in mind when marketing yoga.NEW: You can view this episode as a video: https://www.youtube.com/@peterspodcastYou can catch Wendy's new class and my classes, too online or in person at ISHTA Yoga.Please support Peter's Podcast at Patreon. 

This podcast tells the story of Maja's transition from social activism to Yoga revelation. How Yoga becomes the means to enacting the change we want to see. As Gandhi said.. “be the change you want to see.” In this conversation we hear once again the process to become an actual Yoga teacher in real life and community. From Sloviana Maja's background and society has had its own traumas and horrific trials. Life has been difficult. Maja speaks of her personal victory in the midst of societal patterning, hostility and despair. As a government public health professional working in the struggles of social policy Maja has been conscientious and ambitious to improve the difficult conditions of the world. She speaks of how her Yoga has enabled her to do this, while transcending conflict with society and in herself.  Maja speaks of the various vehicles in which she has learned to teach Yoga effectively. At her work in very large groups of colleagues, in smaller intimate circles of friends, and in one-on-one private tuition.  Maja is the hope of humanity.

The Lie in Life - Chapter 38: The Canticle of the Creatures.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).  Teachings inspired by St. Francis of Assisi.  Quotes from Mark Whitwell (@markwhitwell). Instruments by Arlyn Ruddy (@awaken_spanda).  Cover art by Jenna Faline (@falineave).

Mark Whitwell discusses inspiration from yoga masters and the importance of developing one's own personal practice. Mark Whitwell has taught yoga for over four decades throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe, Australia, Fiji, and Aotearoa-New Zealand, and is the editor and contributor to TKV Desikachar's book The Heart of Yoga: Developing A Personal Practice. He guides an authentic yoga practice for the individual, based on the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar, with whom he enjoyed a relationship for more than twenty years. Mark's teachings clarify the profound passion and relevance of ancient wisdom to contemporary life.https://www.heartofyoga.comHost Bonnie Burkert melds the worlds of media and higher consciousness, sharing tools for transformation to find our highest Truth. www.instagram.com/yogi_bon

Do you believe that eternity is slowly unfolding as us? Is it true that we are reality itself evolving? In this episode of Wisdom of Ages, host Ayn Cates Sullivan and guest Mark Whitwell talk about the actual health crisis right now and how important it is that we must care for ourselves, our families, our culture, and the Earth. They also shared how humanity is going through an inevitable evolution. Tune in and listen to remember the truth of who we are.

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.

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.  

Thank-full can be a state of being, and gratitude a way of walking in the world. Our minds become habituated to our surroundings and often forget to pay attention- as a result a plethora of ambient blessings fade into the background. Living as Thanksgiving does wonders for your spirit and bodymind: studies show that a gratitude practice can get people off of antidepressants, accelerate healing after surgery, and draw people closer together. Plus it just opens the door to living with more wonder and awe and reverence.We've done a special episode of the pod today, one I hope you will listen to lying down, with a pen and paper nearby. The episode features an original backing track from Mornsong, a dozen short contributions from friends articulating what they are grateful for, and a guided reflection for you to follow along with. Drop down into the Gratitude Zone, the G-Zone, maybe before you get into the F-zone. Um, that's the Family Zone. With all love, we are grateful for you,Christine and TeamWith special thanks to Nico (Mornsong), Adam Bauer, John Shiva Gray. Dream Mullick, Michael Schutzler, Leila Towry, Elizabeth Walsh and Mark Whitwell for offering their thanksgivings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Since psychedelics first escaped the research environment and sparked the counter-culture in the mid twentieth century, they have been aligned with the traditions of the East. But how do Yoga and psychedelics relate to each other? Are they complementary? Or antagonistic? Mark and Andy discuss the original counterculture, the current "psychedelic renaissance" and latest applications to mental health, as well as their own experiences.   In this episode you will hear...   01.32 High school Yoga catching on. The Divine is not located elsewhere. The colonization of spirit based cultures.   08:00 Screwy mainstream cultures, systems and radical Yoga. Capitalism without a product.   12:00 Spiritual change of states and that thing we all wanna hear more about : psychedelic experiences   23:00 Feeling like there's way to get to absent truths. Heroic quests. The problem is the ego. The solution is to destroy the ego.   28:00 You don't have to untie the knot. The knot never happened. Finding your way back. Psychedelics and prescription drugs. Yoga is a tool.   37:00 No more psychedelics, sex or weed until your practice is established. Yoga and Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation. There's a difference.   46:30 Is the a Yogic framework for the use of psychedelics? A call to stop interfering. Higher defilements.   56:00 Current culture doesn't have the capacity to enjoy mystical experiences without it turning into a problem.   1:04:00 The sublime and the ordinary are one. The secrets of the universe are already given. Putting Yoga in the drinking water. 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.  

In 2002 Branden Collinsworth was broke, homeless and a high school dropout. It was then he made a powerful decision to change his life and go boldly after his dreams. Collinsworth is now an international elite performance coach and works exclusively with several of the most impactful people in sports, music, and business. Branden has been endorsed and worked with brand giants, SUMMIT, Lululemon, Redbull, Dr.Oz, MTV and is currently a Master Trainer for Nike. In 2011 he created Real Results Fitness an award-winning chain of high-performance gyms in Las Vegas. In 2015 Real Results Fitness won the Mind-Body Bold Business of the Year award over 45,000 gyms/yoga studios worldwide. Starting in 2015, Collinsworth has become fiercely passionate about yoga and fusing it into the sports performance space. Since he has studied under several Yoga masters including Dharma Mitra and Mark Whitwell. In 2018 he was chosen by the Indian government as a representative of the United States, to spend 10 days in Kerala India, studying and learning about yoga and its origins. Inspired by his travels, in fall 2016 he launched Warrior Retreats: An 8-day immersive retreat experience in the heart of Peru that is designed to help people step into their greatness. Collinsworth is also fiercely passionate about humanitarian work. In 2008 Collinsworth founded The Jump for Joy Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping kids lead healthier lives. He also works as the global director for The Tropical Pathology and Infectious Disease Association, a humanitarian nonprofit based in Peru that is dedicated to helping minority students get into medical school. Branden holds a master's degree in positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and is committed to creating a new global standard for health and wellness built on the fundamentals of mental, spiritual, and physical unity.

How can you find truth in the time of shift and change? We answer this question and more in this episode of Wisdom of the Ages with host Ayn Cates Sullivan and guest Mark Whitwell. As a continuation of a previous episode on Breath, the Yoga of Life, Mark now talks about the stories [...]

Mark sits down again with his friend Andrew Raba to talk about education, cultishness, ambition, choosing a career path, the mess that is our early twenties, psychedelics, and learning Yoga. What is self-understanding? Where do we find it? Is ambition a positive or negative quality? How do we know what to do with our lives? What is Yoga exactly and how can it help? How do I find my natural directions? Mark and Andy discuss these questions and others, under the overarching theme of Yoga and the empowerment of self-responsibility, making the choice to love and to quit blaming others for our emotional state. “Yoga is not information gathering.” 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.

How can yoga assist humanity in the process of awakening? In this episode of Wisdom of the Ages, host Ayn Cates Sullivan is joined by guest Mark Whitwell who has allowed women to become brave enough to discover their own unique expression of life and to open up to true yoga. Mark talks about [...]

In this episode, Mark sits down (over Zoom) with his dear long-time friend Ana Berry: musician, media presenter, actress, Yoga teacher and mother. Ana describes growing up in Oklahoma and the saving influence of jazz and gospel, and the imprint of culture upon her mother as a beauty queen and TV personality. From Hollywood to New York, her search for Yoga that didn't just exacerbate body self-hatred culminated in meeting Mark in a class in LA, followed by initiation into the ancient roots of Yoga with Mark at the Kumbh Mela in India. What does Yoga look like when taken out of these deep usual patterns of “I'm not good enough, I need to be skinnier / fitter / stronger / younger / smoother / more flexible / happier / better”? What is missing from the vast majority of Yoga classes in terms of NOT breaking these social patterns? Ana tells the story of becoming a mother and embracing the unexpected twists and turns of life — how when it doesn't go to plan, sometimes it goes better. Yogis are not made on assembly lines — what does it look like to be a genuine teacher and practitioner in Oklahoma? What does it look like to release the mind's plans, and embrace the unexpected? And the thing that everyone needs to know, how do we communicate Yoga to our partners, and why is that so important? Ana Berry Yoga Teacher, Singer, Mantrika and co-owner of the Bhakti House, Tulsa IG and FB: @wholebodyprayer Video version on YouTube Encounters at the Kumbha Mela with Mark Whitwell: Bali moments 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 the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

These interviews are useful because they describe how many different kinds of people receive Yoga and make use of Yoga, and how Yoga is functioning in their personal and unique lives. “Yogis are not made on assembly lines.” In this episode, Mark speaks with Frederic Ballario, his long-time friend, on his process of discovering the breath and the Yoga of wine and Tea. Frederic describes moving from Champagne, France to California, USA, many years ago and searching for the truth in wine. Frederic is a master of Tea and Wine, and he explains how these ancient arts have been purified and made useful in the context of Yoga understanding and practice. What do our sacred substances look like when we remove the cultural habit of looking for stimulation? What is the role of wine if we already have a quiet mind, and are not looking to calm or subdue ourselves? What does shamanic use of alcohol look like? How does a teacher encourage each person to become themselves, not duplicate the teacher? Do we even need a teacher? What is the role of Yoga in coping with deep grief? How do we relate to these vast beautiful ancient traditions? Are they static? Are we part of them, or consumers of them? Reflections on the ability to receive and how it transforms our lives. And finally Frederic reflects on offering silent Tea ceremonies over Zoom during the pandemic, followed by very human conversations and connections. Join one of these ceremonies inside the Heart of Yoga studio https://www.heartofyoga.com/studio (launching Sunday 31st Jan 2021) or through Frederic's IG: @liquidsungod   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 the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.  

In this episode, Susan Swan and Mark Whitwell talk about Susan's experience as a Yoga teacher, including suffering a stroke and continuing to teach while rehabilitating. Susan speaks about recovering language through breath, swearing and the sound of OM, coming face to face with the reality that we live one breath at a time, and teaching yoga in hospital to help other patients recover. Together, long-time friends Mark and Susan discuss the inevitable decline of the body, finding contentment despite it all, the pain of facing judgement and abandonment, and some possible positive outcomes from the impact of the pandemic on yoga teaching. They also discuss what kept Susan going as a teacher during the most difficult times, and meetings with UG Krishnamurti. We hope you enjoy the bhav of this friendship.   Links More information on aphasia and on Susan's aphasia book club mentioned: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-aphasia-book-club/ Ram Dass on bodily decline - “It's like taking off a tight shoe” Susan on gratitude — “It was a day. A day of my life. I'm fine. I was fine the whole time,” she says. “If you have something that life serves up, you have a choice to say, hey, there is a blessing in here. How is it going to serve me and not impede me?” https://www.latimes.com/health/la-xpm-2012-nov-17-la-he-gratitude-20121117-story.html https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/yoga-teacher-susan-swan-is-photographed-at-her-los-angeles-news-photo/564012471   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 the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

In this Part 2 (you don't need to listen to part 1 first!) of God and Sex discussion, Mark and Rosalind talk about: Why we need both strength and receptivity How we develop receptivity via our asana Why we must address the denial of the feminine and put a spotlight on sex as a topic rather than avoid it How a Yoga practice is the context in which we become receptive in relationship with another How sex and intimate relationships are a direct participation of Mother Nature's grand plan But do you have to be in an intimate relationship to have a good spiritual life? Is polarity the same as attraction or sexual "chemistry"? How yoga helps us develop the discernment of the 3 L-s: who we Like, Love, and Lust What asana does to actually release the drama out of your relationships Beauty as an inherent feature of every person Why you'll suffer if you seek God… or a boyfriend or girlfriend, for that matter The importance of receptivity in the body in order for sexual energy to flow and not just come out as a stress release Why the concept of “the two becoming one” is a degradation of Tantra Actually, do we even need to talk about sex? 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.

“Dear friends, I was born in the spring of ‘54 to a farmer father and school teacher mother. Both of them children of homesteader parents. After grade 12 , in 72/‘73, I backpacked and worked through Europe and Northern Africa for nearly nine months. Returning home I began farming and attending an agricultural college receiving a diploma in Ag Production. I bought my first land when I was 18, and have been making a living raising crops and cattle ever since. I married well in ‘81 and together we have raised three children. I had the opportunity to volunteer in Africa for three winters in the last ten years. Leadership education in Uganda and water filters in Malawi. I became concerned about small aches and tightness due to a lot of physical work. Yoga was mentioned and I first tried it in about 2006 to loosen up. At that time there were no classes up here in the north so when we were visiting Maui I took a stab at it. I loved the feeling I got both physically and surprisingly mentally. I wanted to immerse and continue so I looked up a retreat and found the Feathered Pipe Ranch in Montana. I studied under very good teachers there. It expanded my connections and eventually I ended up in Ojai studying with more teachers, including Mark Whitwell who I returned to three more times, meeting at the Peppertree [J. Krishnamurti's home in Ojai, now a retreat —ed.]. I am happy to now be on the board of directors at the Feathered Pipe foundation. Yoga has definitely helped me and I can't imagine not having a daily morning practice that was initially developed by Mark and I'll weave in something different every day depending what feels right. It allows me to keep farming in a sustainable nature both for myself and for the farm. We have to look after ourselves so we can look after the farm.” More info here.   Highlights What cows have to teach us about health and community Neil and Mark discuss the nature of learning Yoga within the context of real friendship What Neil got from studying yoga with Mark and how profoundly it changed his life Why no hierarchy is the basic condition for the teacher-student relationship What is “furniture disease”? Neil's experience finding Yoga as a farmer in the far north of Canada How Mark ‘tricked' Neil into a daily yoga practice The nurturing principle of life in farming and yoga Bringing Yoga to our own communities in language and ways that are relevant to them Who can teach yoga – and when?   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.  

How do we reconcile our yearning for God and sex? According to this week's guest, we no longer have to. In this episode of Sex, Love and SuperPowers, host Tatiana Berindei interviews author and yogi Mark Whitwell about how the hierarchy required to get to God that was established by organized religion took us [...]

How do we reconcile our yearning for God and sex? According to this week's guest, we no longer have to. In this episode of Sex, Love and SuperPowers, host Tatiana Berindei interviews author and yogi Mark Whitwell about how the hierarchy required to get to God that was established by organized religion took us [...]

Litiana returns to the podcast for part two of this conversation on how yoga helped her throw out colonial and religious legacies from her body and embrace her own indigeneity, and truly feel at home in her body. Mark and her discuss her experiences, her vision for teaching dissociated world leaders, and their shared relationship with the Indian High commissioner and her poetry honouring Fiji. “You can't change anybody until you love them first.” Her conflict between feeling at home, but never fully belonging to her own self Yoga as a process of belonging to yourself Stepping into your power amidst traditional indigenous and religious society How people reacted to her process of freedom — the labels, the family expectations, and the struggle Is it possible to be at peace with societal patterning? The undeveloped mind of humanity that assumes separation Feeling at home in the world and in our bodies wherever we go An indigenous perspective on healing the dysfunctional inheritance of colonialism Rethinking the meaning of “poverty” and “wealth”, and how we use this language Litiana's blend of yoga and activism and vision for teaching dissociated world leaders How Yoga transformed her Christian faith Meeting the Indian High Commissioner Padmaja on her last day of her diplomatic career in Fiji and translating her poem into Fijian Connect with Litiana @yoganesian on Instagram or Facebook, or practice with her and Mark inside our “Yoga for Activists” online course. 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.

From dark times in Europe through to personal victory. Croatian yoga teacher Domagoj Orlić joins Mark and Rosalind to speak about his twenty-year friendship with Mark, his evolution from a gymnast to a yogi, the influence of J Krishnamurti, and the confluence of Sri Vidya and yoga in his life. What a precious conversation with a dear friend and holder of yoga. “Powerful peace and peaceful power of a life lived straight from the Heart, for the Heart.” - Domagoj Orlić Domagoj Orlić first met Mark Whitwell in about 2000, following an interest in yoga since his teenage years. He is a yoga teacher in the traditional mode of “no more than a friend, no less than a friend,” the author of multiple books on yoga and philosophy in Croatian and English, the translator into Croatian of ‘Yoga of Heart', and ‘The Promise', an artist of yantra, and an accomplished martial artist. Teaching yoga as experienced by yourself and adapting it to individual needs of students How Domagoj came to discover the book, The Heart of Yoga, and how it completely changed his yoga experiments The development of a beautiful friendship across the world in the early days of Internet Why Desikachar was upset when "The Heart of Yoga" book was published What does it mean for a student to be "inexpensive" to a teacher Can teaching really be without hierarchy, just as friendship? How the intervention of yoga into Domagoj's life lifted off the karmas of Europe and hardships in his life Discovering J Krishnamurti and re-discovering freedom Why he gave up the idea of pursuing his spiritual life in isolation Cleansing the doors of perception... The process of yoga really entering into the body and how patience is required His release from the fixation on the form and softening of his yoga practice The realization of how life supports yoga and vice versa and the role of breath in this How Domagoj taught his Catholic mother to embrace and practice yoga Why being a yoga teacher is the highest - and possibly the hardest - occupation in the world You can learn more about Domagoj on his Facebook. 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.

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.

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.

Bridging is a Podcast, hosted and produced by Özlem Özkan. She is author of the book "The Student", an entrepreneur, freelancer and teacher. You can find out more about Özlem via her book "The Student", Instagram, Linkedin, Website, and Youtube ChannelBringing you Bridging Podcast takes us hundreds of hours each month. If you find any joy and inspiration in what we create, please consider supporting us on Patreon with a recurring monthly donation of your choosing.

Wenn wir erkennen können, dass wir über Meditation und Yoga in der Lage sind grundlegende physiologische, biologische, chemische und physikalische Prozesse zu beeinflussen bzw. zu initiieren, dürfen wir feststellen, dass wir mittels unseres Geistes über Materie bestimmen können. Hier deutet sich die von Mark Whitwell angesprochene Kraft des Universums an. Im Einklang dazu steht die Feststellung von Max Planck (1858–1947), Physiker und Nobel-preisträger: „[...] Da es aber im ganzen Weltall weder eine intelligente noch eine ewige Kraft gibt, so müssen wir hinter dieser Kraft einen bewussten, intelligenten Geist annehmen. Dieser Geist ist der Urgrund aller Materie! Nicht die sichtbare, aber vergängliche Materie ist das Reale, Wahre, Wirkliche, sondern der unsichtbare, unsterbliche Geist ist das Wahre!“ Sowohl die Meditation als auch das Yoga bieten uns eine unschätzbare Gelegenheit neben all den Möglichkeiten auf körperlicher und seelischer Ebene, den spirituellen Zugang zu dem Bereich des elektromagnetischen Feldes bzw. des Meeres der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten zu bekommen.

@Sunsplashrodgers on InstagramDr. Sunny RodgersSex Toy ConciergeGuest Bio:Dr. Sunny Rodgers is the Founder of Sunsplash Media Group, a consultant firm that helps people and companies expand into wellness lifestyle brands via product development, marketing, and as a spokesperson. She has worked in the wellness product industry since 2000. Rodgers founded The Institute of Intimate Health in 2019. She received her PhD in Human Sexuality in 2020, her masters degree as a Clinical Sexologist in 2017, and her certification as an accredited Sexual Health Educator in early 2018. She is an Ambassador for the American Sexual Health Association, lecturer for the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Sexual Confidence Coach for the Marigold App, and (S)expert for The Sex Ed. Rodgers served as host for the 2017 & 2018 SE Award shows, hosted a popular weekly show on Playboy Radio, has been an expert guest on several TV and radio programs, and is a regular contributor to HuffPost, Men's Health, Cosmo, Bustle, and many more publications. Highlights:Why Truth Telling and Authenticity are SexyBeing PlayfulFeng Shui and Your Sex LifeReligion and Anti-Pleasure ProgrammingMen Age Sexually, tooUseful Links:Science of SmilingThe Inner SmileLove Cards by the Gottmann InstituteOne Taste/Nicole Daedone- Slow SexFeng Shui Your Sex Life by Dr. Sunny RodgersGod and Sex by Mark Whitwell and Rosalind AtkinsonPheromone Party See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Can oneness, God & sex come together? Yes, they can. Intimacy and physical contact is sacred and you need the mutual exchange of love with your partner. In this episode of Wisdom of the Ages, host Ayn Cates Sullivan is joined by Mark Whitwell. Mark is the founder of The Heart of Yoga Foundation, [...]

Dance With Mweyne Talks shares passions and stories of experiences in developing countries to inspire you to serve a cause bigger than yourself. We will be joined by community supporters of disability awareness, both leaders and philanthropists to discuss topics such as what sparked their transition into a service based life, what it's like living with or caring for a disability and what we can all do to create a lasting positive impact.  Learn more about how to get involved at DanceWithMweyne.org  Donate : DanceWithMweyne.org/Donate More About Branden Collinsworth: In 2002 Branden Collinsworth was broke, homeless and a high school dropout. It was then he made a powerful decision to change his life and go boldly after his dreams. Collinsworth is now an international elite performance coach and works exclusively with several of the most impactful people in sports, music, and business. Branden has been endorsed and worked with brand giants, SUMMIT, Lululemon, Redbull, Dr.Oz, MTV and is currently a Master Trainer for Nike. In 2011 he created Real Results Fitness an award-winning chain of high-performance gyms in Las Vegas. In 2015 Real Results Fitness won the Mind-Body Bold Business of the Year award over 45,000 gyms/yoga studios worldwide.   Starting in 2015, Collinsworth has become fiercely passionate about yoga and fusing it into the sports performance space. Since he has studied under several Yoga masters including Dharma Mitra and Mark Whitwell. In 2018 he was chosen by the Indian government as a representative of the United States, to spend 10 days in Kerala India, studying and learning about yoga and its origins. Inspired by his travels, in fall 2016 he launched Warrior Retreats: An 8-day immersive retreat experience in the heart of Peru that is designed to help people step into their greatness. Collinsworth is also fiercely passionate about humanitarian work.  In 2008 Collinsworth founded The Jump for Joy Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping kids lead healthier lives. He also works as the global director for The Tropical Pathology and Infectious Disease Association, a humanitarian nonprofit based in Peru that is dedicated to helping minority students get into medical school. Branden holds a Master’s Degree in positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and is committed to creating a new global standard for health and wellness built on the fundamentals of mental, spiritual, and physical unity.

There is no self, it's all a construct. Feeling into that tonight... When all patterns, defences and constructs fall away, what remains?If there is no "you" left once those patterns, defences and constructs fall away, then who the fuck is wanting something, desiring and seeking?I also dive into:- Tantra as just another vehicle to awakening - an access point to liberation, but not the thing itself.- Going beyond identity and self constructs with Tantrik Yoga.- How waking up and orientating to truth no matter what is fucking fierce.- We are infinitely programmable beings: taking back the programming.- Mark Whitwell and the unfolding conversation around power dynamics: What is my place in this story? How can I stand in truth?• Patreon•If you love the podcast and want to donate, or if you want to connect with me and access exclusive teachings and resources, join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/karaleah• Credits •Audio • Marilyn VaccaroMusic • Matiu Te Huki • https://bit.ly/2y32khxPhoto • Pete Longworth • http://petelongworth.com/

"The only reason we choose to do yoga is for the pleasure — the literal pleasure — of our systems relaxing and filling with energy. It is not some struggle to enjoy a future result." — Mark Whitwell Mark is a master Yoga teacher and has taught yoga for over three decades internationally. He was the editor and contributor to TKV Desikachar's book "The Heart of Yoga." and is the author of "God and Sex: Now We Get Both", a book that clarifies the old cultural division of the sacred and the profane and how it has affected all of our lives. Mark shares the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar, with whom he enjoyed a relationship for more than twenty years. Mark's teachings clarify the profound passion and relevance of ancient wisdom to contemporary life.  Thanks to this week's sponsors: Small Changes. Wholefoods, organic and eco-friendly household products, and fresh juice and smoothie bar with a zero-waste ethos, in Drumcondra, Dublin 9. Smallchanges.ie No promo code... just pop in, eat organic and support sustainability! :-) The Nature of Things. Award-winning producer of beautifully crafted essential oils and other natural products. Shop online for our essential oils and diffusers. Visit Thenatureofthings.ie, fill your basket and use the promo code YOGALIFE for 10% off all products. If you find this podcast of value, you can support it directly by visiting kevinboyleyoga.ie/support-the-yoga-life-podcast Support this podcast

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

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.   Mark Whitwell sits down with J to discuss T. Krishnamacharya and the power of the cosmos. They have a long history together and in this rare meeting they discuss the paradox between abuse and blessings in guru lineages, what Mark means when he says “The Great Tradition,” the Krishnamurti's and why striving for a future possibility is a dysfunction, and bringing forth a new renaissance of ancient wisdom in mainstream yoga and beyond. This episode is sponsored by Moonclerk and Ropana CBD.  

Mark Whitwell is a master Yoga teacher and has taught yoga for over three decades internationally and is the editor and contributor to TKV Desikachar's book The Heart of Yoga. Mark is interested in developing an authentic yoga practice for the individual, based on the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar, with whom he enjoyed a relationship for more than twenty years. Mark's teachings clarify the profound passion and relevance of ancient wisdom to contemporary life.Mark teaches Ha-Tha Yoga, which against common understanding means all physical forms of Yoga practice, not a specific "style". Hatha means the merging of the sun and moon, the male and female, prana and apana (two energies), and is a purificating and re-balancing practice where breath and body movement are one. The practice includes Asana (postures), Pranayama (breathing exercises which move, activate and increase Prana, vital energy), Bandha (energy locks), Meditation, Relaxation and Chanting.He is the author of 6 profound books including his latest book 'God and Sex: Now We Get Both.' Join us as we discuss this book among other things. I truly feel that this book is a vital piece to assist humanity in awakening to a more harmonious balance. I highly encourage you get a copy for yourself and dive into the wisdom.This is the second time Mark has been on the podcast. Click here to listen to and/or view our first podcast together.Follow Mark on Instagram and Facebook.Support the show (https://stuartwatkins.org/podcast/)

Today’s guest, Branden Collinsworth is an open book. He is passionate about individual metamorphosis and how in order to grow a part of us has to die. In 2002 he was broke, homeless and a high school dropout. It was then he made a powerful decision to change his life and go boldly after his dreams.  Now an internationally recognized performance coach and yoga teacher he works exclusively with several of the most impactful people in sports, music, and business. Branden has been endorsed and worked with brand giants, such as Zappos, SUMMIT, Lululemon, Redbull, Dr.Oz, MTV and is currently a Master Trainer for Nike.In 2011 he created Real Results Fitness an award-winning chain of high-performance gyms in Las Vegas.  In 2015 Real Results Fitness won the Mind-Body Bold Business of the Year award over 45,000 gyms/yoga studios worldwide.Starting in 2015, Collinsworth has become fiercely passionate about yoga and fusing it into the sports performance space. Since he has studied under several Yoga masters including Sri Dharma Mitra, Mark Whitwell, Bryan Kest, Dudi Malka, Carlos Romero and Daniela Garza Rios.In 2018 he was chosen by the Indian government as a representative of the United States, to spend 10 days in Kerala India, studying and learning about yoga and its origins. Inspired by his travels, in fall 2016 he launched Warrior Retreats: An 8-day immersive retreat experience in the heart of Peru that is designed to help people step into their greatness.Branden holds a master’s degree in positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and is committed to creating a new global standard for health and wellness that is built on the fundamentals of mental, spiritual, and physical unity.Listen up to find out how to make that SHIFT to a Harmonious Hustle!Connect with Branden:IG: @BrandenCollinsworthWebsite: warriorretreats.org An Article He Wrote For Success: https://www.success.com/6-success-lessons-i-learned-from-the-streets/ A Talk in Vancouver:https://youtu.be/5esrTvHA1C4 Most Recent International Nike Commercial:https://youtu.be/VZTJi9bMW4kNichole Sylvester is the bestselling author of “OH SHIFT: A Journey from Chaos to Consciousness” and a renowned life coach and motivational speaker. A survivor of domestic abuse and addiction, Nichole shares her inspirational personal story of healing the unthinkable and creating a thriving business in helping others. Nichole is a global voice helping people remember what they’re made of. Huffington Post, Fox News, Good Morning LaLa Land and Elephant Journal have covered Nichole and her teachings. In her podcast, The Harmonious Hustle, Nichole interviews impactful leaders changing the world. Her message is to redefine the hustle by choosing harmony first. She has studied in India, Bali, Peru and with various teachers in the US to gain the tools to support her community in transformation. To inquire about coaching or retreats email nichole@nicholesylvester.comDownload  your free:  Awaken  your Abundance  Activation Series  Watch  transformation  videos by Nichole  on Youtube  Follow  Nichole on  Social Media:  Facebook  | Youtube   https://nicholesyl.clickfunnels.com/awaken-your-abundance-opt-in19635608Thanks for listening!  Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have any feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a note in the comment section below!Subscribe to the podcast  If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. You can also subscribe to the podcast app on your mobile device.Leave us an iTunes ReviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on iTunes, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on iTunes.

Today’s guest, Branden Collinsworth is an open book. He is passionate about individual metamorphosis and how in order to grow a part of us has to die. In 2002 he was broke, homeless and a high school dropout. It was then he made a powerful decision to change his life and go boldly after his dreams.  Now an internationally recognized performance coach and yoga teacher he works exclusively with several of the most impactful people in sports, music, and business. Branden has been endorsed and worked with brand giants, such as Zappos, SUMMIT, Lululemon, Redbull, Dr.Oz, MTV and is currently a Master Trainer for Nike.In 2011 he created Real Results Fitness an award-winning chain of high-performance gyms in Las Vegas.  In 2015 Real Results Fitness won the Mind-Body Bold Business of the Year award over 45,000 gyms/yoga studios worldwide.Starting in 2015, Collinsworth has become fiercely passionate about yoga and fusing it into the sports performance space. Since he has studied under several Yoga masters including Sri Dharma Mitra, Mark Whitwell, Bryan Kest, Dudi Malka, Carlos Romero and Daniela Garza Rios.In 2018 he was chosen by the Indian government as a representative of the United States, to spend 10 days in Kerala India, studying and learning about yoga and its origins. Inspired by his travels, in fall 2016 he launched Warrior Retreats: An 8-day immersive retreat experience in the heart of Peru that is designed to help people step into their greatness.Branden holds a master’s degree in positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and is committed to creating a new global standard for health and wellness that is built on the fundamentals of mental, spiritual, and physical unity.Listen up to find out how to make that SHIFT to a Harmonious Hustle!Connect with Branden:IG: @BrandenCollinsworthWebsite: warriorretreats.org An Article He Wrote For Success: https://www.success.com/6-success-lessons-i-learned-from-the-streets/ A Talk in Vancouver:https://youtu.be/5esrTvHA1C4 Most Recent International Nike Commercial:https://youtu.be/VZTJi9bMW4kNichole Sylvester is the bestselling author of “OH SHIFT: A Journey from Chaos to Consciousness” and a renowned life coach and motivational speaker. A survivor of domestic abuse and addiction, Nichole shares her inspirational personal story of healing the unthinkable and creating a thriving business in helping others. Nichole is a global voice helping people remember what they’re made of. Huffington Post, Fox News, Good Morning LaLa Land and Elephant Journal have covered Nichole and her teachings. In her podcast, The Harmonious Hustle, Nichole interviews impactful leaders changing the world. Her message is to redefine the hustle by choosing harmony first. She has studied in India, Bali, Peru and with various teachers in the US to gain the tools to support her community in transformation. To inquire about coaching or retreats email nichole@nicholesylvester.comDownload  your free:  Awaken  your Abundance  Activation Series  Watch  transformation  videos by Nichole  on Youtube  Follow  Nichole on  Social Media:  Facebook  | Youtube   https://nicholesyl.clickfunnels.com/awaken-your-abundance-opt-in19635608Thanks for listening!  Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have any feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a note in the comment section below!Subscribe to the podcast  If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. You can also subscribe to the podcast app on your mobile device.Leave us an iTunes ReviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on iTunes, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on iTunes.

Sally Kempton is one of today's most authentic spiritual teachers. She teaches devotional contemplative tantra—an approach to practice that creates a fusion of knowing and loving. Known for her ability to transmit inner experience through transformative practices and contemplation, Sally has been practicing and teaching for forty years.A disciple of the great Indian guru Swami Muktananda, she spent twenty years as a teaching swami (monk) in the Saraswati order of Indian monks. In her guru's ashram, she received a traditional training in yoga philosophy and practice, and became a popular teacher, deeply versed in the teachings and practices of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism.In 2002, Sally began teaching independently. She now offers heart-to-heart transmission in meditation and life practice through her Awakened Heart Tantra workshops, teleclasses, retreats, and trainings in applied spiritual philosophy. Her workshops and teleconference courses integrate the wisdom of traditional yoga tantra with the insights of contemporary evolutionary spirituality and cutting-edge psychology.Sally is the author of Meditation for the Love of It, a groundbreaking book on meditation, which Spirituality & Health called “the meditation book your heart wants you to read.” She writes a regular column, Wisdom, for Yoga Journal. She offers monthly teleclasses in meditation, and an ongoing teleconference series called the Transformative Practice Journey, which unfolds different aspects of awakening practice. She is one of a select group of teachers in Ken Wilber's Integral Spiritual Center, and teaches regularly at conferences, and at Kripalu and Esalen.It was such a delight and honour to chat with Sally Kempton. I feel that this conversation complements the conversations I had with both Yogarupa Rod Stryker and Mark Whitwell in how it further shines clarity and wisdom on the conversation of, "What is Tantra and how it can assist us in day to day situations?"Sally Kempton is such a gem of a master teacher in today's times! I hope you enjoy our conversation. To support the podcast please visit stuartwatkins.orgBe sure to stay in touch with Sally Kempton via sallykempton.comSupport the show (https://stuartwatkins.org/podcast/)

"The fact is...Life is the perfect collaboration of male female in perfect harmony. Continuity of the collaboration which is a great power, an unspeakable beauty, a deep profound pleasure and the union of opposites ...is the nurturing force of reality itself." Mark is a yoga master who has traveled the world for decades, sharing about the body, mind, spirit and spirituality as enhanced by the practice of yoga. He also addresses intimacy, sexuality and the extraordinary gift of simply being ordinary.   Hosted by: Certified Life Coach, Joni Caldwell Lerner,  M.Bsc.   Connect with Mark Whitwell: @markwhitwell https://www.heartofyoga.com Apps - iPromise & The Yoga Promise (App Store)   Connect with Joni: @jonicaldwelllerner spiritualaliveness@gmail.com spiritualaliveness.org   

    On today's show of Soul Crush I get into all things God, sex, death and the true understanding of yoga of the heart as shared by Mark Whitwell. Mark is a refreshing voice of reason in a mostly otherwise mad yoga world, and proclaims repeatedly that there is a yoga for everyone while speaking to the many misunderstanding of the popularized yoga of our time. He dismantles the ideas that we are winners or losers in our patriarchal power structures, including the spiritual world. And how we are going to restore hope in humanity by reclaiming the Mother Nature wildness that is this body. I am very grateful to have shared this time. Find Mark and his upcoming training in Bali on his website and on Instagram. Rate us on iTunes and reach out to me @artofloving with questions and feedback. "Each one of us is the power of the cosmos that is arising s pure intelligence that even science cannot understand. It is unspeakable beauty, life. Everything in the natural world is utter beauty, sunlight on the water, each star, and each person is that beauty. And we are intrinsically in perfect harmony with the rest of the cosmos. That's just how it is. You are the power of the cosmos, pure intelligence and unspeakable beauty, in perfect intrinsic harmony with the entire cosmos. This is the fact. It is not the hopeful spiritual language. It is not poetry. It is a fact. The ancient Yogas of participation allow your mind to be cognizant of this fact and rest in the natural state. Without receptivity being half the process of asana, (the very purpose of strength is to receive) the popular ideas of Yoga are continuing the delusion of needing to get somewhere as if you are not already the power and beauty of reality. Yoga is participation only in what we have already been given; not an attempt to get somewhere. The struggle of mediocre gymnastics being called Yoga today were founded by misogynist men and unwittingly passed on by enthusiasts, men and women who exploit the gullibility of the public. The public, already programmed by the dark assumptions of religious power structure that built civilization are already susceptible to the search for a future alternative state in the name of Yoga. This enterprise is the active denial of the natural state, the perfect harmony- union of all with All, including the female-male polarity, which is the nurturing power of All. A pathology abounds of the need to create teachings of all kinds, being teachers, passing on teachings, even after death, obsession over institutional and personal legacy. When all the while Mother Nature is doing a perfect job in bringing us forth and sustaining us in her abundance. Man’s heaven has created a hell of this abundant paradise. There is no need for a teaching. For men to be absorbed in the natural state and committed to Mother Earth and women here is the perfect preparation for death. Not the obsession with teachings and legacy. The search denies the feminine and Mother Earth. It creates the vulgar denial or exaggeration of sex. God realization is in the other direction. We must wake down then we wake up; the embrace of all tangible conditions, body breath and relationship in that order. That’s where God is. Mark is interested in developing an authentic yoga practice for the individual, based on the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar, with whom he enjoyed a relationship for more than twenty years. Mark’s teachings clarify the profound passion and relevance of ancient wisdom to contemporary life. Mark has taught yoga for over three decades throughout the US, Asia, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and is the editor and contributor to TKV Desikachar's book The Heart of Yoga.  

Mark Whitwell is one of my beloved teacher's and is a widely revered master teacher. Tune into Mark Whitwell's work at:https://www.heartofyoga.comAudio and video edited and mixed at The Mix House Sound Studio: WWW.MIX-HOUSE.COMTo support this podcast please visit:https://stuartwatkins.orgWatch the YouTube version of the podcast at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4dVT8a4eYMSupport the show (https://stuartwatkins.org/podcast/)

Amy Matthews, CMA, IDME, BMC Teacher, RSMT/RSME has been teaching movement since 1994. She is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst, a Body-Mind Centering® Teacher, an Infant Developmental Movement Educator, and a movement therapist and yoga teacher. Amy leads the Embodied Developmental Movement and Yoga and the Embodied Anatomy and Yoga BMC℠ programs in the United States. She co-taught with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen in Berkeley, CA for five years and was on the faculty of the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies for ten years. She has taught embodied anatomy and movement workshops for programs in New York, Philadelphia, Berkeley, and Nebraska, and internationally in Canada, Switzerland, Ireland, England, Israel, Slovakia and Japan. Amy co-authored with Leslie Kaminoff the best-selling book Yoga Anatomy, and together Amy and Leslie teach The Breathing Project's Advanced Studies courses. Amy also works privately as a movement therapist and yoga teacher, integrating Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, yoga, Body-Mind Centering® and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF). Amy is certified as a yoga teacher by Yoga Union and Heart of Yoga, and as a Motherhand Shiatsu practitioner. She is registered with ISMETA as a Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator, with IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists) and with Yoga Alliance as an E-500 RYT (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher). Amy has studied with a range of inspiring teachers: dissection workshops with Gil Hedley, neuro-muscular reeducation with Irene Dowd, Body-Mind Centering with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, full-contact karate with Michelle Gay, and yoga with Alison West, Mark Whitwell, Genny Kapular and Kevin Gardiner.

In today’s episode, I have a delightful conversation with Rachel Zinman and John Weddepohl, two teachers from the other side of the world, both of whom have a rich connection to ISHTA Yoga as well as other yoga practices. Rachel has turned her attention lately to helping people with diabetes through yoga and a new book. I begin with Cappuccino Q&A, where I answer questions from subscribers on Patreon. Today's question is a follow-up to Episode 16 about how to know how much you should do to help address things going on in the world. Then Rachel discusses her book on diabetes (link below), and how yoga helps in several key ways. One of those ways is coming to terms mentally and emotionally. She credits John and his studies in Amta Vidya, or knowing the Self, with helping her understand this key. John provides a colorful history of his own yoga path that includes early days at the Mani and Alan Finger ashram in South Africa and subsequent studies in India. We discuss ISHTA Yoga; Paramahansa Yogananda and Babaji regarding Kriya Yoga; Ayurveda; the Upanishads; and we get to provide nuance regarding some yoga philosophy to make it real and valuable in our living. Rachel mentions that she and John are doing a workshop at ISHTA on December 10. Details at ISHTAYoga.com. Bios: Rachel Zinman has been practicing since 1983, teaching since 1992 and teaching teachers since 2000. She’s studied with some of the most influential teachers in the west including Alan Finger and Mark Whitwell as well as immersing herself in the study of Vedanta. She is the Author of Yoga for Diabetes, How to Manage your Health with Yoga and Ayurveda. http://bit.ly/diabetesyogabook She writes for many online and in print magazines including Australian Yoga Journal and Australian Yoga Life. www.rachelzinmanyoga.com and www.yogafordiabetesblog.com. Teacher, Musician, Vagabond, Rogue, Rascal, John Weddepohl has always been blessed by his teachers. Opening his first yoga studio in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa in 1969, he then traveled to India and met his Masters through whose grace he assimilated the knowledge of Upanishadic wisdom. Traditional without being traditionalist John teaches Self-knowledge, Atma Vidya the jewel of Advaita Vedanta as well as Siddha Kriya Yoga the yoga of Augustya. He also shares his love of music in the joy and devotion of Kirtan. Feeling pop yoga complicates a simple process John teaches इष्ट माला ISHTA-Mala; a practice for life. http://www.theyogaco.com

THE Super Yogi of Altered States of Intimate Consciousness - MARK WHITWELL - stops by the IAH podcast to go deep. Recorded live at Bhakti Fest '17, Mark and I revisit some of the past of our relationship, the true origins of yoga in the west and mans struggle with intimacy. Mark's wit, knowledge, intelligence and authentic wisdom is like no other. He is a yoga hiding out as a man. Mark Whitwell - is interested in developing an authentic yoga practice for the individual, based on the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar, with whom he enjoyed a relationship for more than twenty years. Mark’s teachings clarify the profound passion and relevance of ancient wisdom to contemporary life. Mark has taught yoga for over twenty years throughout the US, Asia, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and was the editor and contributor to TKV Desikachar’s book The Heart of Yoga. Visit The Promise

In this Episode, we talk about the physical. I inaugurate the Cappuccino Q&A segment, where I answer questions posed by my supporters on Patreon. Today, I answer a "cappuccino-level" patron's question about how practices lead to the goals of Tantra yoga: expansion of the sense of self, and how that leads to actual happiness. I mention Mark Whitwell's book Yoga of Heart and Krista Tippet's interview with Junot Diaz in On Being. I continue the topic of the physical in a conversation with my friend and colleague Sarah Platt-Finger. Sarah is the co-founder of ISHTA Yoga and has been instrumental in developing ISHTA’s international teacher training programs. She teaches trainings, workshops, and retreats internationally with her husband, Kavi Yogiraj Alan Finger. Sarah, also a yogiraj, or master, is a featured teacher on digital teaching platforms as well as a key participant in several yoga organizations, such as Exhale to Inhale, which teaches yoga to survivors of domestic violence. Sarah is also the private yoga teacher of Deepak Chopra. Sarah and I talk about expanding asana from a practice of achieving postures to one of real yoga that lets you experience yourself as a spectrum of energy. If you like this podcast, please subscribe to get it regularly on your phone, tablet, or computer, and also please support it on Patreon, at any amount you like. There are rewards for certain levels — like the cappuccino, which gets your questions to the top of the list when I'm considering what to cover in the podcast. I hope you enjoy the episode! You can make comments on any of the episodes on Simplecast.

For episode number 4 we are joined yogini, priestess and divine feminine scholar Laura Amazzone. Laura is the author of the book, "Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power," and has published numerous articles in academic journals and anthologies in the fields of Tantrism, Hinduism and Women’s Spirituality. She has also contributed entries to the Encyclopedia of Hinduism and the Encyclopedia of Goddessses of World Culture. Laura teaches in the Yoga and Philosophy program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, online at Mystery School of the Goddess and privately, offering classes, rituals, and workshops on the Goddesses, history and ritual practices of the Kaula, Shakta and Tantra traditions into which she has been initiated. In this interview we explore: • Tantra- what it is and what it is not and how this varies among different lineages we hear about (Shakta, Sri Vidya, Kaula, etc.) • Star Codes and The relationship between Tantric Wisdom Goddesses and the 7 Sisters of the Pleides • The importance of understanding the historical context of Tantric teaching stories and how Myths have often been taken out of context and used as a means of controlling women and avoiding responsibility To recieve 40% off Laura’s online course “Mysteries of the Yogini’s” visit www.lauraamazzone.com and enter the code “yogini” at checkout Musical enhancement for this episode includes my own original Sri Devotional coming from practices shared by Mark Whitwell through www.heartofyoga.com, as well as “Find a Better Way” by Aloka from the album “North Star”

Mark Whitwell is a brilliant yogi and an impassioned teacher, the student of Krishnamacharya, and an all-around funny, sweet, wonderful dude. I was privileged enough to sit with him for an afternoon, hear him play his sitar, and speak about many topics, chief among them his book, "The Promise of Love, Sex, and Intimacy: How a Simple Breathing Practice Will Enrich Your Life Forever." Our music today is Jason Shaw's "Running Waters", licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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.