Podcast appearances and mentions of Sri K Pattabhi

Jens Bache is not your ordinary Ashtanga yoga practitioner or teacher. He came to yoga as a highly celebrated Engineer, in the middle of a very normal career trajectory, yet he was looking for more… Life had to have more meaning. He felt isolated and stressed. Then in 1997, on a work-study trip in Berkeley California, Jens Bache experienced yoga for the first time. “A daily yoga practice at home gave me the peace of mind I was looking for.” When he returned to Copenhagen he participated in his first workshop in 1999, and quite unexpectedly, he became the main instigator in creating an Ashtanga Yoga grassroots community in Copenhagen. As Jens said, he had a unique set of ‘process oriented skills' from his Business degree in Project Management, which were badly needed in the yoga community. And so, this kind of self reliance in Jens grew into the first Mysore-style school that he nurtured along with Susanna Finocchi for 18 years. In 2003, Jens traveled to Mysore to learn from Guruji at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute and continued returning annually since this first visit. He enjoyed expanding his knowledge about Indian philosophy, culture, and all things yoga. And, quickly, yet not surprisingly, Jens was soon relied upon by the Jois family themselves to run their European Tour stops! So, luckily for you, in this episode, you'll find out exactly what it might be like to host a tour stop with Sharath Jois and his family! Jens has been the primary catalyst in bringing Sharath Jois to Copenhagen 6 times now, the first tour being in 2006 with the whole family, including Guruji (Sri K. Pattabhi Jois) and Saraswathi. He has risen to the occasion again and again and hopes to have the honour once again this summer, in conjunction with his partner Lisa Lalér, co-owner of the Yoga Shala Stockholm, to host Sharathji on tour. Jens translated Sri K. Pattabhi Jois' book ”Yoga Mala” into Danish and is one of the masterminds behind the documentaries ”Guruji in Copenhagen” and ”Sharath in Copenhagen.” Jens obtained a Masters degree in Indology – the study of Indian history, literature, philosophy and culture – from the Copenhagen University, and now acts as a “Cultural Broker” mediating between companies in Denmark and India to facilitate a greater understanding between organizations, through cultural translation. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT JENS - WEBSITE I INSTAGRAM I FACEBOOK I Talk with Eddie Stern - FEB.11, 2022 JOIN THE FINDING HARMONY INNER CIRCLE MEMBERSHIP TO LISTEN TO BONUS EPISODES! PLUS LIVE CLASSES WITH HARMONY! BECOME A MEMBER ♡ - https://www.harmonyslater-programs.com/membership Enrollment Closes January 31! FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HARMONY - WEBSITE - harmonyslater.com 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.

Merry Christmas! For this year-end special we have a little present for you all. Some Magic! We would like to introduce you to an incredibly interesting practitioner and teacher, Andrew Eppler. At one time, he was a kind of young-prince in the Ashtanga Yoga culture. Introduced to the practice by the late Cliff Barber as a 14 year old. He was Guy Donahaye's first Ashtanga teacher in Oxford when he was assisting Danny Paradise, as a 19 year old. Andrew has given us all an incredible gift. He has made and produced the documentary film: The Mysore Yoga Traditions. This film is a deep dive into the myriad practices and teachers, who are alive, available, and relevant in Mysore today. “Tradition” is a funny word. It comes from the Latin Tradere: to hold on to. And so, quite literally means attachment. But it begs the question: How can we have a system to reproduce enlightenment without being attached to certain things? Does enlightenment arise spontaneously? Or do we need to cultivate and nurture the conditions to support this arousal? Andrew Eppler began practicing yoga with his father, Ray Eppler, at age 14. Cliff Barber was their first teacher. Three years later, Andrew began travelling the world, studying with many teachers including Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Mr. BNS Iyengar, Cliff Barber, David Williams and Danny Paradise. In 1992, Andrew lived with David Williams for several weeks, and continued to visit and practice with him over the next 18 years. Enjoying a friendship forged in yoga, trust and admiration. David's views on yoga were very influential for Andrew. Andrew continued to journey to Mysore to study pranayama, philosophy, and mudras with Sri BNS Iyengar. The ascetic lifestyle and unconventional views of Cliff Barber, which included living outdoors, going barefoot, practising in nature, and cooking on an open fire, have also been one of the main influences in Andrew's understanding of yoga. And then there was Danny Paradise, who convinced Andrew to travel to India for the first time at the age of 18, opening Andrew's eyes to a new way of seeing the world. He stoked the fire of Andrew's strong nomadic tendencies: "I think through his guidance, perhaps more than anyone else, I came to see myself as a citizen of the world." Andrew also studied magic and enjoys diving into anything that seems to be impossible. He is well known as The Yogi Magician. He's the owner and director of Ashtanga Yoga Studio in Oklahoma, founded in 1999. Join the Mysore Yoga Conference with Andrew and many other teachers online: February 8-18, 2022 FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ANDREW INSTAGRAM I WEBSITE I MYSORE YOGA TRADITIONS DOCUMENTARY I Mysore Yoga Conference 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. Make A Donation - harmonyslater.com

[include file=get-in-itunes.html]Lucas Rockwood (affiliate link) stopped by to talk about Gravity Yoga and his website, Yoga Body Naturals. We got to learn all the different styles of yoga and we had a great time talking about how yoga and increased flexibility can help balance the body. He called in from Spain and we used Skype for our connection. There were a couple technical difficulties but we've ironed all of them out. If you're curious about yoga and are considering it as a practice, which I highly encourage anybody to do no matter what their age, weight or level of health, then you'll definitely want to hear Lucas's unique take on how yoga can benefit you. After you listen, comment below and tell us what you think! We discuss the following and so much more: Why yoga is so healing to the body The Benefits of yoga The different yoga styles - how to choose What diet is good for yoga How yoga helps other areas of life Can people start at any age How can yoga slow the aging process What are some foods that make you stiff or flexible? What's the role of calcium buildup in joints to being flexible? Does yoga make joints and tendons more flexible or just the muscles What is gravity yoga Does running cause stiffness How long does it take each day? How yoga compares with the 5 Rites and Qigong (Chi-Gong)? And much more! Lucas Rockwood teaches how to double your flexibility in less than 4 weeks - Click to tweet this! - Get Notified:[ois skin="Show Page2"] - Please Subscribe: Subscribe To Our Radio Show For Updates! - Other Shows:[include file=show-links.html] | All Shows With This Guest - Show Date:9/19/2012 - Show Guest:Lucas Rockwood - Guest Info:LUCAS ROCKWOOD is a yoga teacher and teacher trainer. Originally from the United States, Lucas now lives between Spain and Thailand where he conducts professional yoga teacher training courses and yoga retreats. Lucas is a nutritional coach who studied under Gabriel Cousens, M.D. in Arizona; and as a yoga teacher, he has studied with some of the world's greatest teachers including: Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Sharath Rangaswamy, Alex Medin, Paul Dallaghan, and Eddie Stern. Lucas is known for his passion for nutrition, health, and transformation. - Topic:Gravity Yoga, Stretching, Exercise & Raw Food - Guest Website(s): http://www.yogabodynaturals.com (affiliate link) (Guest Social Links Below. Please Follow Them!) - Guest Product(s):Click Below To Checkout The Books While Listening! :) See all of Lucas's products here - Items Mentioned: http://www.treeoflife.nu Longevity Now by David Wolfe (affiliate link) - Connect:Discuss This Episode With Others - Duration/Size:00:59:49 / 54.76 MB - Rate: Rate This Guest! - Rate This Show:[ratings] - Download:Right Click To Download - Donate: (Opens in a new window - Every bit helps us to keep delivering even better shows that help you heal & thrive!) - Support & Share :) Copy and paste the following HTML code into any web page. Or you can grab a badge! Lucas Rockwood interview on Gravity Yoga - Video Version:Youtube Version (Opens in a new window) Youtube Time - Follow Us!:Please consider ReTweeting the following update to share this episode...Lucas Rockwood teaches us how to double our flexibility in less than 4 weeks.extremehealthradio.com/10— Extreme Health Radio (@ehrshow) September 19, 2012 - Watch a very helpful video [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=kNTs_YgKivw width=640 height=480 anchor=tutorial] for this page. - Subscribe to iTunes or Leave a Review Subscribe to iTunes podcast Click Here to Subscribe via RSS (non-iTunes feed) Leave a review Thank you so much for your support, and if you have yet to leave a rating or review,...

Eddie Stern is a worldly renowned yoga teacher who grew up in New York City. He studied Ashtanga Yoga, chanting, philosophy and ritual under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, from Mysore, from 1991 - 2009. He is the founder of the Broome Street Ganesha Temple in NYC and runs the Urban Yogis project that brings yoga and meditation to young adults and youth in disadvantaged and at-risk-to-violence communities in NYC, with his collaborator, Deepak Chopra. Last year Eddie Stern published the beautiful gem of a Book called "One simple thing" - A new look at the Science of Yoga and how it can transform your life which received a great deal of recognition since then. In our conversation we talked about: • how Eddie Stern would explain Yoga to a total newbie • his first contact with spirituality (spoiler alert: it was a book) • if Yoga could change the world if we all get introduced to it at an early age? • The Yamas and the Niyamas or setting boundaries to gain freedom • The 5 Kleshas • spiritual bypassing vs confronting with ones own Traumas • the Polyvagal Theory • the difference between Pranayama and Breathwork • the beauty of Kirtan and Chanting • and lots of more... Shownotes: Eddie Stern Website (For Classes and Workshops) Eddie Stern on Instagram The Book: One simple thing The Magazine NAMARUPA 5 Books that Eddie recommended: The end of Sorrow by Eknath Easwaran 7 Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra Yoga Philosophy of Patañjali by Swami Hariharananda Aranya The Biology of Belief by Dr. Bruce Lipton Learn how to integrate spiritual Routines to uplift your daily life in our free webinar "Ride the conscious wave of life" (in German) Follow GET WET SOON on Instagram

If you ever wondered how gods are made, our guest today will tell you they start out as heroes. They become big enough to thrust out at Brad Pitt and decide the fate of thousands of women and children. Hector must have been like that… a giant like Priapus or Goliath standing in the way of Achilles. Probably a good sized lad. Maybe even 6 foot 4 and full of muscles. Our guest today is very much like this. She is larger than life and it makes sense that she married a Golden God like Derek Ireland and bore him two children. They used to make statues of people like them (think Venus de Milo). These two took a heroes journey that the rest of us just read about or gaze at in museums. Kristina Karitinou sits with us today and talks about her epic life story, including her true romance with Derek Ireland, nursing him through cancer, and her subsequent depression upon his death. The pain of this event along with their two small children, shaped the rest of her journey. Is there one of us in the Ashtanga Yoga culture more wrapped into the fabric of this legendary tapestry? Derek looms larger than life. He who practiced in Mysore, India wearing body, ankle, and wrist weights; he who ran up and down Chamundi Hill every morning like Lester Dent's “Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze!” (Russell's wouldn't have been surprised at all to find Doc Savage practicing Ashtanga Yoga next to Derek and Kristina in a cave on the island of Crete, recovering from some epic adventure). The Ashtanga yoga practice is a method that brings the maximum beauty to both the male and female body. - Kristina Karitinou Kristina is an Ashtanga Yoga teacher and Zen practitioner from Athens, Greece, who's been teaching in the tradition of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois since 1991. She was qualified as an Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga teacher by her late husband Derek Ireland, authorized by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, and Certified by his son, Manju Pattabhi Jois in 2012. After many years of assisting Derek Ireland around the world, Kristina became one of the first Ashtanga yoga teachers in Europe. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT KRISTINA WEBSITE I INSTAGRAM I FACEBOOK - https://yogapractice.gr/ The Finding Harmony Podcast is hosted, edited and produced by Harmony Slater and co-hosted by Russell Case. 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. http://www.harmonyslater.com/ Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! ❤ Give us a 5★ rating! We love to read and respond to your comments - So drop us a note in the comments below and give us a shout out on IG! Opening and closing music by Nick Evans. Listen to entire album on Spotify - Click Here. To purchase your own copy - Click Here.

Join Kirsten Berg for a discussion about how yoga has inspired her art and how art can inspire yoga practice. Please visit Kirsten's website at www.kirstenberg.com and also visit her in Instagram @kirstberg.  You can also keep up with her teaching schedule by visiting her at www.ashtangazone.com.After completing university studies (Classics/Latin), Kirsten began exploring yoga asana on a trip to India in 1993. A few years later, she moved to India with a one-way ticket and intention to find a yoga practice that 'spoke' to her. She found inspiration along this journey with yogi Clive Sheridan, and technique at the Iyengar Yoga Study Center in Rishikesh with Rudra Dev. In 1996, she started ashtanga with Rolf Naujokat knew this was the practice for her and went to study with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois  6 months later. Kirsten received Sri KP Jois' blessing/authorization to teach in 1999, and is one of few students in the world to study the Advanced ‘A' series directly under his, and Sharath's, guidance. She was also one of the last students to study the original (separate) ashtanga pranayama sequence with Jois.  Kirsten and Rolf moved to Southeast Asia from Goa in 1999, where they taught seasonal classes in Ubud, and started the first ashtanga program in South Thailand (2001), known as Ashtanga Yoga Koh Phangan, which she still runs.Kirsten is also an artist and shows her work annually at Burning Man.Thank you Bryce Allyn for the show tunes. Check out Bryce's website: bryceallynband.com and sign up on his newsletter to stay in touch. Listen here to his original music from his bands Boxelder, B-Liminal and Bryce Allyn Band on Spotify.Visit us at nativeyogacenter.com to check out our full schedule of classes In Studio in Juno Beach, FL and Livestream wherever you are.

If you have sensitive ears around please use earphones! The beauty of this episode is that Greg loves to go a little meta! He enjoys questioning and looking at our Ashtanga yoga practice, culture, shared history, and all the accompanying assumptions from a slightly higher perspective, being self-reflective, rather than continuing to perpetuate unhealthy patterns and unhelpful belief systems. We're sure you will enjoy coming along this journey of inner exploration as we share our unique perspectives and the mixed bag of contradictory feelings that arise from being a member of a particular spiritual community— a post-guru community— trying to find its way through. Those of us who “grew up” in Mysore together, were like members of a family. We all made that same extreme (and somewhat obscure choice at the time) which compelled us to spend months upon months out of every year living in a small suburb of the southernmost city in Karnataka, India. In each idiosyncratic interview on the Finding Harmony Podcast we learn, as we do here with Greg, what was it for them that made a choice like this seem reasonable. From Wicca to Yoga you will hear about Greg's personal journey of self-discovery. We fearlessly dig into the darker, shadow side of the Ashtanga culture, including the allegations of sexual assault that came into the public eye against Sri K. Pattabhi Jois during the Me Too movement in 2017; as well as the perpetual “Fat Shaming” that somehow came to be viewed as normative behaviour within our community. These issues, for many of us, were either experienced firsthand or witnessed, and although we felt somewhat ill at ease with what we saw, heard, or experienced, we also firmly held to the belief that our Teacher(s) held our best interest at heart, were acting in a way to help us evolve spiritually, and any uneasiness we may have felt was simply our own misunderstanding. Ashtanga Yoga Worldwide will be starting an eight-month 300 Hour Teacher Training on June 1st, 2021. In addition to the usual philosophy, chanting, anatomy, and alignment principles, this training will have you examining models of presumed “correctness” or “incorrectness,” while deconstructing the assumptions we make around the practice itself, how it's taught, and it's methodology. You'll be encouraged to reflect on how we might change the implicit power dynamics within the student-teacher relationship, and the importance of holding space to create an atmosphere where students can safely explore the depths of their own consciousness. You'll learn how to debunk the idea of “injury versus opening,” and what it means to teach people to listen to their body, rather than continuing to perpetuate a disembodied practice. Registration is now open! FIND OUT MORE JUNE 6th join Harmony's Workshop: The Secrets of Yoga: The Marriage of Shiva-Shakti Register Now FIND OUT ABOUT GREG - INSTAGRAM I ASHTANGA YOGA WORLDWIDE TEACHER TRAINING I AYW IG FIND OUT ABOUT HARMONY - WEBSITE I INSTAGRAM JOIN GREG & HARMONY & SCOTT JOHNSON ON CLUBHOUSE ON TUESDAYS

Eddie Stern joins us on Look Again podcast talking about yoga, application, and the discovering of new and sacred processes. Listen in on our talk as we have the pleasure of hosting Eddie while he speaks to us about his experiences and knowledge of the practice. Eddie Stern is a Yoga teacher, author, and lecturer from New York City. He has been practicing Yoga since 1987, and ran his school in SoHo from 1993-2019. In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s the school became a focal point for Ashtanga Yoga in New York with an eclectic mix of downtown artists and spiritual seekers practicing and meditating next to well-known personalities such as Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mike D, and Lou Reed, in what was also Manhattan’s first consecrated Ganesh Temple. Eddie has a passion for seeking out diversity in all aspects of his work and uses a multidisciplinary approach of combining technology, scientific research, and collaboration to help further understanding, education, and access to yoga. He continues to study philosophy, Sanskrit, ritual, science, and religion, as well as maintain a passion for the daily practice Yoga. Eddie learned Ashtanga yoga under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and R. Sharath Jois, of Mysore, India. Special Guest: Eddie Stern.

Eddie Stern is a Yoga teacher, author, and lecturer from New York City. He has been practicing Yoga since 1987, and ran his school in SoHo from 1993-2019. In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s the school became a focal point for Ashtanga Yoga in New York with an eclectic mix of downtown artists and spiritual seekers practicing and meditating next to well-known personalities such as Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mike D, and Lou Reed, in what was also Manhattan’s first consecrated Ganesh Temple. Eddie has a passion for seeking out diversity in all aspects of his work and uses a multidisciplinary approach of combining technology, scientific research, and collaboration to help further understanding, education, and access to yoga. He continues to study philosophy, Sanskrit, ritual, science, and religion, as well as maintain a passion for the daily practice Yoga. Eddie learned Ashtanga yoga under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and R. Sharath Jois, of Mysore, India. Undertakings: Black Yoga Teachers Alliance, Eddie is a newly appointed advisory board member to the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance. Author of One Simple Thing: A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your Life, a bestselling book that examines from both a Western scientific perspective and an Eastern philosophical perspective the underlying mechanisms that make yoga an amazingly effective practice for health, wellbeing, and spiritual development. The Breathing App, a free app which guides the user in a paced breathing exercise that balances the nervous system, helping to improve sleep, and reduce stress and anxiety. Created with his wife, Jocelyne Stern, and app programmer and collaborator Sergey Varichev. International Yoga and Science Conferences, an ongoing forum for presenting rigorous scientific evidence on yoga and meditation which is accessible, inspiring, and actionable; created with Dr. Marshall Hagins. Namarupa, Categories of Indian Thought, a Hindu philosophy and art journal, and a boutique book publishing house, with partner Robert Moses. Engineering Health, a free, online yoga and physiology program with the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, created with Alexandra Seidenstein and Dr. Erich Anderer. Urban Yogis, a yoga and meditation program for community transformation led by Juquille Johnston, Jaytaun MacMillan, Raheem Lewis, and Pastor NaRon Tillman, in South Jamaica, Queens. LIFE Camp is a gun violence reduction program in South Jamaica, Queens, started and run by Erica Ford. The program uses a multi-modality intervention model to interrupt violence before it can occur. It is a city-funded program and the instigator of the NYC Crisis Management System which has reduced shootings by 40% in NYC. Eddie is the current co-Chairperson of LIFE Camp. Set/Reset (previously Breathe, Move, Rest) Eddie was the co-founder of this health and wellness educational non-profit that has trained school teachers in 120 schools in the US in health and wellness practices based on yoga and meditation (reaching approximately 70,000 school kids, K-12.) He was a founding board member of Bent On Learning, nonprofit organization committed to teaching yoga to New York City public school children. As well, he led curriculum writing teams for Pure Edge, and other yoga/health and wellness in schools non-profits. Inner Peace Network, a new platform devoted to supporting the teachers and teachings of the great wisdom traditions, and the cultures that they have emerged from. Along with Jocelyne, Eddie founded The Broome Street Temple (2001-2015) Manhattan’s first Vedically consecrated Ganesh Temple.

In this Keen on Yoga Podcast with Mary Taylor Freeman Adam discusses food and diet to support a yoga practice. Mary began studying yoga in 1971, soon after she came home from France with a grande diplôme from Julia Child’s cooking school, L’Ecole des Trois Gourmandes. She found yoga at first a means of finding equanimity during the stress of University, and it was that thread of balance that got her hooked. It was not until 1988 and finding her primary teacher, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, and the Ashtanga Vinyasa system that she experienced the profound and transformative impact that a dedicated and daily practice can have on all aspects of life. She continues to study and practice yoga and Buddhist teachings with great enthusiasm and inquisitiveness, with an eye on how the residue that is produced on the mat (and cushion) through these teachings informs and supports all aspects of everyday life. Mary travels and teaches with Richard and also within the caregiver and hospital setting as part of the core faculty of the Being with Dying program (Upaya Zen Center) and the Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Trainings. I In 1988 she co-founded with Richard the Yoga Workshop. Mary is also the author of three cookbooks and the co-author of What Are You Hungry For? Women Food and Spirituality (St. Martins Press) and The Art of Vinyasa (Shambhala Publications).

Dena Kingsberg has been studying and practicing traditional Ashtanga yoga for over 30 years.  She is a devoted long-term student of the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and is among the most respected and senior practitioners and teachers in the world. Dena has a disciplined, yet lyrical style of teaching. Her holistic approach looks beyond external form to inspire a passion for self-discovery and reflection.  She lives with her husband Jack, in the forest in the hinterland, beyond Byron Bay Australia in a stone and recycled timber home that they built with their own hands, over a few decades. Her ashtanga journey began at the age of 21 while she was spending from three to six months of each year in Mysore.  Transformation through the practice was her primary focus. Dena went from primary to intermediate, then all of advanced A with Guruji adding asanas one by one of advanced B until it was completed.  By this time she was the age of 33. Her practice took about 4 ½ hours. After 15 years practice she was blessed with the birth of her first child, Zoli and three years later followed by her brother Izac. Dena believes that the quality of breath relates to quality of life and that to breathe in leads to inspiration, creativity, illumination and awakening.  And that the development of breath capacity and control not only enhances respiratory function but sits at the heart of emotional well being and spiritual connectivity. Chanting is another important element to Dena, one which she has cultivated as a means to connect with divinity beyond and within as a spiritual practice unto itself.  Dena remains committed, deeply inspired and continuously amazed by the vast healing potential of Ashtanga as a life changing practice. She feels that yoga does not promise a life without hardship, sorrow, or pain, but it gives us tools to keep the mind steady through success and failure.

Practice a series of poses from the Ashtanga Primary and Intermediate Series in a way that is more accessible for the average yogi. Ashtanga Yoga is a form of yoga as made popular by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, as taught to him by his yoga teacher Sri T. Krishnamacharya. It is a strict vinyasa yoga practiced in a fixed sequence of poses, where movement, breath (ujjayi pranayama), locks (bandha), and steady gaze (drishti) lead the yogi consciously from pose to pose. The name comes from Maharishi Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, where the aspirant practices 8 limbs (or steps in a practice) of yoga for self-mastery. Vinyasa Yoga sequences, when practiced regularly (abhyasa), with dedication and non-attachment (vairagyabhyam) will lead the yogi through self-mastery (nirodah) - to a steady, calm, peaceful state of being that is free from afflictions. Namaste. (this is a challenging class, if you are a beginner, please practice a beginner class which you will find elsewhere in this series of podcasts) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bruceyogi/message

Every once in a while on this show we like to pull the blinds down (or the pull the curtain away) and show you what it really sounds like at the Chai Stand gossiping on Gokulum High Street in India. Tim Feldmann is hilarious (unfortunately for him not quite Jewish) and shares a very similar sense of humor to Russell. The two of them create their own little giggling world together and we are delighted to share this hour exploring Tim's life with you! Tim appears to be a Dane. He comes from a nice, boring, Danish town that is unpronounceable to North Americans (believe us, we tried!) and he is a shining an example of how good and wonderful a boy can grow up to be when raised with loving parents. Tim is full of charm, and unlike most of our guests, had a childhood free of trauma or other secondary causalities. He became a dancer as he loved movement and was an energetic child, who had a fabulous mother that encouraged him in every way. His father, despite being an engineer, was astonished that his son got paid to work as a dancer in Australia, and thus, supported his dream wholeheartedly. However, after a fall of some 6 stories down a mountainside cliff, Tim found himself finally having to change things up and discovered yoga as an avenue for self healing. You do sometimes have to hit rock bottom, and in Tim's case, that was quite literal. Tim found that Ashtanga Yoga was a unique and interesting form and pursued it with hungry passion every since his first introduction. He was set on the yoga path by his first teacher Lino Miele and was Authorized to teach directly by the founder of the Ashtanga Yoga Method, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, and his grandson, R. Sharath Jois. Tim's humorous, straight forward yet profound teaching style makes him a cherished teacher in the Ashtanga yoga lineage, traveling extensively throughout Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. He also founded the Miami Life Center with his wife Kino MacGregor, which continues to expand to this day! FIND OUT MORE ABOUT TIM FELDMANN WEBSITE I INSTAGRAM I MIAMI LIFE CENTER 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 Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! ❤ Leave us a 5★ rating! Opening and closing music compliments of my dear friend teaching Ashtanga yoga in Eindhoven, Nick Evans, with his band “dawnSong” from the album “for Morgan.” Listen to the entire album on Spotify - Simply Click Here. To purchase your own copy - Click Here.

For the New Year and for the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius that it seems we've now fully entered… We have done the impossible for you! We've nailed down the spinning melodic kites that are Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor. What is truly incredible about these two is their enormous sense of self-awareness to the fishbowl world in which we all live. They know themselves and they see you, seeing them, and within this awareness Love comes to light. They become (as one of Richard's books suggests) “The Mirror of Yoga.” It's deeply uncomfortable to be human and to know our own weaknesses; yet, they manage to emanate grace and compassion throughout the kaleidoscopic lens of their lives. And in turn it reflects back on ours… Because, sitting next to someone— ‘Upana' is how we learn. And we are able to raise our own vibration simply by being near these two souls. Richard Freeman has been a student of yoga since 1968, beginning with one simple sitting posture in the Zen tradition. He spent nine years in Asia studying yoga asana, Sufism, Sanskrit language, and Indian philosophical texts; contextualizing them within the turbulent political times of that period in history. In 1974 Richard began working with B.K.S. Iyengar, with whom he studied precise alignment principles, applying them to his own internally rooted experience of the forms. Drawing from this variety of contemplative traditions, and from Buddhism, in which he cultivates a deep interest, Richard teaches the Ashtanga Vinyasa method of yoga as taught by his principal teacher, the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India Mary tells us about developing an eating disorder during her time in College, which led her to embrace the culinary arts as a way of mastering the beast that is anorexia, through food itself. With both Richard and Mary we discus at length our Ashtanga Yoga culture and the pitfalls. We believe that you will find this hour with them as fascinating and engrossing as we did. Somehow time in their presence is never enough. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT RICHARD FREEMAN & MARY TAYLOR WEBSITE I INSTAGRAM I FACEBOOK 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. DONATE NOW Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! ❤ Leave us a 5★ rating! We love to read and respond to your comments - So drop us a note in the comments below and give us a shout out on IG! Opening and closing music compliments of my dear friend teaching Ashtanga yoga in Eindhoven, Nick Evans, with his band “dawnSong” from the album “for Morgan.” Listen to the entire album on Spotify - Simply Click Here. To purchase your own copy - Click Here.

Richard Freeman has been a student of yoga since 1968, beginning with one simple sitting posture in the Zen tradition. He spent nine years in Asia studying yoga asana, Sufism, Sanskrit language, and Indian philosophical texts. In 1974 he began working with B.K.S. Iyengar, later stumbling upon the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India when he taught a week’s intensive at the Feathered Pipe ranch in Colorado. Richard is well known for being one of the most advanced practitioners of the system to date - having completed The 5th Series with Pattabhi Jois as well as the pranayamas and Sanskrit study. Richard is equally well known for his metaphorical, often humorous, teaching style.  He was the co-founder, with his Mary, of the Yoga Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, as well as having produced many well regarded practice recordings More recently, he turned his hand to writing has co-authored with Mary, The Mirror of Yoga, The Art of Vinyasa, and Most recently When Love Comes to Light - a fantastic discourse on the Bhagavad Gita. Mary Taylor began studying yoga in 1971, soon after returning from France with a grande diplôme from Julia Child’s cooking school, L’Ecole des Trois Gourmandes. She found yoga whilst at university, but in 1988 found her primary teacher, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. She continues to study and practice yoga and Buddhist teachings as well as being passionate about food and diet. Mary travels and teaches with Richard and also within the caregiver and hospital setting as part of the core faculty of the Being with Dying program (Upaya Zen Center) and the Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Trainings.  She has authored three cookbooks and is the co-author of What Are You Hungry For?  Women Food and Spirituality as well as working with Richard on the yoga publications.  

Join Laura Olson of alifedelectable.com for a conversation titled Where the Magic Lives ~ The Balance Between Ritual & Spontaneity. Laura is a multi-talented writer, artist, and teacher, Laura Olson is at heart a Spiritual Foodie whose mission is to spread the Delectable Word.And she’s got some impressive creds backing that mission:A former singer/dancer/actress, she’s a devoted Ashtangi and reverently rebellious yoga teacher who studied extensively in the United States as well as in Mysore, India with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Jois. Laura teaches both traditional Ashtanga as well as her own Delectable Blend in workshops, classes, and private lessons in the New York City and Woodstock areas.She has Academic degrees from Sarah Lawrence and NYU.Laura has a background in publishing and editing in both the literary world and the beauty Industry.She also is an award-winning chef who has studied with health luminaries like Doris Choi and Natalia Rose to refine her detox and healthy recipe building skills, and a Culinary Nutrition Expert with certification from the Academy of Culinary Nutrition.You can also find her on IG @lauraannolson and FB Laura Olson.

Anthony “Prem” Carlisi and Heather “Radha” Carlisi came together as a teaching team in Sri Lanka in 2007.  Soon afterwards they taught through Northern Europe and realized that together their combined energies created an even more powerful synergy. Prem had begun writing his book “The Only Way Out is In” in 2006, and with Radha’s help he completed the project in 2007. In 2008, they decided to explore Bali and quickly discovered that Ubud was their new OM away from home. The Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute was born in Ubud in 2009. Prem and Radha both had the good fortune to study with Guruji personally for many years. They maintain the traditional system as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, their beloved Guruji who passed away in May 2009. Prem began learning from Guruji back in 1978. Radha’s Ashtanga journey began by studying with Chuck Miller in 1990 followed by her first trip to Mysore in 1995. They bring to their teaching the individualization that Krishnamacharya taught and passed to Guruji. Working in a personable way, they make the needs of each individual student a priority. Prem is considered a “Doctor of Ayurveda” from his teacher Dr.Vasant Lad and has maintained a deep connection to the practice of Ayurveda as a lifestyle. Radha also has a deep interest in Ayurveda, particularly in the area of food and nutrition. She has studied with Maya Tiwari and Amadea Morningstar and she credits Paul Pitchford , the author of Healing with Whole Foods, as being a big inspiration. She shares her love of Ayurvedic cooking on a regular basis with cooking classes and as nutritional guidance in consultations. You can find them on their website at www.ashtangayogabali.com

Join David Keil for a fascinating conversation about Yoga and Anatomy. In this episode we discuss anatomy in relation to the Ashtanga Yoga practice. David Keil was introduced to yoga in 1989 by his Tai Chi Chuan teacher. Both the Tai Chi and Yoga practice at the ripe age of 17 began his research into his own mind-body connections. His search continued through massage therapy where he discovered many insights and affirmations of what he had been exploring and finding on his own through his practices. As an instructor of Kinesiology (the study of movement and musculoskeletal anatomy) at Miami’s Educating Hands School of Massage from 1999-2003, David developed a fun, informal and informative style of teaching. David was introduced to Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in 1999. But it was in 2001 that he met John Scott in Penzance, UK, presenting his anatomy workshops for the first time overseas. It was also John who told David to go to Mysore, India the following year, which he did. David arrived in Mysore in 2002 where he studied with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in the “old” shala. In fact, it was the last year that the old shala was used for practice. David was authorized in 2004 and returned yearly for extended visits to Mysore with his wife Gretchen Suarez. They are both Authorized Level 2 and grateful for their time in Mysore, meeting Patabhi Jois and studying with R. Sharath, his grandson, over the years.All of David Keil's offerings are here - https://www.yoganatomy.com/yoga-anatomy-courses/His book, Functional Anatomy of Yoga is here- https://www.amazon.com/Functional-Anatomy-Yoga-Practitioners-Teachers/dp/1905367465/For those that want to learn their muscles visit - https://3dmusclelab.com/

David Keil was introduced to yoga in 1989 by his Tai Chi Chuan teacher. From 1999 to 2003 David was an instructor of Kinesiology (the study of movement and musculoskeletal anatomy) at Miami’s Educating Hands School of Massage where he developed a fun, informal and informative style of teaching. As he taught incoming students with no prior understanding of anatomy, David was confronted with the problem of making such a complex and beautiful system accessible and understandable to the average person. In 1999 he was introduced to Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. It was in 2001 whilst presenting his anatomy workshops for the first time overseas in Penzance, UK that he first met John Scott. Two weeks practicing with John was transformational and he realized that he had found his teacher. This began a relationship of both teacher/student as well as a collaborative colleague relationship that continues today. John advised David to go to Mysore, India the following year, which he did. David arrived in Mysore in 2002 where he studied with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in the “old” shala. In fact, it was the last year that the old shala was used for practice. David was authorized in 2004 and returned yearly for extended visits to Mysore with his wife Gretchen Suarez. They are both Authorized Level 2

Adam talks to Kristina Karitinou.   Kristina has been teaching the tradition of Pattabhi Jois since 1991.  She was qualified as an Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga teacher by her late husband Derek Ireland, authorized by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and certified by his son, Manju Pattabhi Jois in 2012. After many years of assisting Derek Ireland around the world, Kristina became one of the first Ashtanga teachers in Europe. While living in the UK she was the main teacher of the Ashtanga Yoga community at the Natural Health Centre in Brighton and the first to teach the method at Brighton’s Evolution Centre. In 2001, Kristina and Michael Anastassiades established the Yoga Practice in London. Upon her return to Greece, Kristina’s focus shifted to the education of future Ashtanga yoga teachers and has since spread Derek Ireland’s teachings all over Europe, Asia and Latin America. For the past few years she has been actively involved in the practice of Zen chanting and sitting under the guidance of Zen Master Hyon Gak Sunim. Brought up in an artistic family, Kristina keeps herself in touch with her creative side and believes that knowledge, practice, meditation, arts, music, therapy, healing, healthy relationships, nutrition, nature are the vital elements to a balance life. As a teacher, Kristina respects and appreciates the honest efforts of practitioners, their choices and the influence of their own teachers. Her mission is to support the Ashtanga method and community with honesty and devotion. Kristina considers herself honoured to belong to the Ashtanga Lineage. She believes that teachers and Gurus belong to the lineage and not the other way around. Kristina’s work is a continuation of Derek Ireland’s teaching principles and techniques. Derek Ireland was one of the first students of Sri K Pattabhi Jois and is considered one of the most important yoga teachers of our era, having spread the Ashtanga method to and across Europe. Kristina’s work is dedicated to him. Kristina is currently living on the beautiful island of Crete where her yoga studio is also located. She teaches the Primary, Intermediate and Advanced A Sequence of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and offers classes, workshops, retreats and teacher training courses all year long around the world. You can see more about Kristina on her website.

Lucy began her interest in a more holistic approach to life working from 1990 as a massage therapist and aromatherapist in London. On her way to work one day she was intrigued to see a long line of people queuing down the road with yoga mats to get into an adjacent building. She joined them and this is how she began her study of Yoga with the hugely popular Derek Ireland and Radha Warrell visiting London to teach an Ashtanga workshop.   Shortly after, Lucy travelled to Mysore, India to begin her studies with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. In 1995 Lucy received authorisation to teach. This was the same year she started a family with John Scott whom she met on her first trip to Mysore. Lucy was an instrumental contributor to the book Ashtanga Yoga with Lino Miele. Long before the internet, this was the first of its kind in recording the vinyasa count that so qualifies the practice. Lucy currently leads Ashtanga workshops in the UK and internationally.  She is baed in Devon where she is a craniosacral tutor at the Karuna Institute. Years of experience in holistic boydwork and ashtanga yoga define Lucy's gentle and profound energy when teaching.

From her early origins in a full Opus Dei Catholic school in England to landing the part of Ariel Sharon the Israeli stripper in the blockbuster movie Striptease to becoming a leading figure in the Ashtanga yoga community and now holding the Guinness World Record for the longest held downward facing dog, Kimberly “Kiki” Flynn has lived a fantastical life. As student of Lee Strasburg's “Method” School of Acting in NYC, she also began learning Kundalini yoga in 1982. Shortly afterward, she was recruited by the CIA for her linguistic skills (the first of three attempts). Kiki became a student and teacher of Ashtanga yoga in the early 90s at Jivamukti Yoga. Shortly after Sri K. Pattabhi Jois came to visit on at teaching tour in 1993, she made her way to Mysore and quickly became the Doyenne of an ever growing group of new students who continued to gather year after year to learn from Pattabhi Jois. She was our personal Sanskrit tutor and guide to all things culturally appropriate in India. Ms. Flynn presciently opened her first yoga school in chic Silverlake, Los Angeles in 1996. She has since led workshops and events throughout North America, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. As a wellness coach and private yoga teacher, her clients include Oscar and Grammy award winners, Pop Queens and crowned royalty. Kiki also creates transformational yoga programming for individuals and communities with Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, TBI, PTSD and other neurological and mobility related concerns. She has taught and coached 1000s of students, and 100s of teachers and yoga school owner/entrepreneurs. She recently launched and produces Kiki TV, a cloud based center for Wellbeing, Yoga, and Optimal Living with 100s of hours of video-on-demand, live Zoom classes, Sanskrit, chanting, tutorials and inspiration. Try a Free 10-Day Trial. She is also passionate about coaching yoga teachers and wellness professionals to entrepreneurial success and 6-figure incomes. Find out more here. Learn More About Kiki: Personal Website I Kiki Says YouTube Channel I Instagram I Facebook DON'T FORGET! Registration closes for my upcoming Pranayama Course Friday September 11. Sign up for this unique opportunity to deepen your practice with me and receive 1:1 coaching. Peel Back The Layers with our Autumn Retreat October 2-4. Join myself, Russell Case, Lara Land and Thimo Wittich for our AUTUMN YOGA RETREAT ONLINE. Opening and closing music compliments of my dear friend teaching Ashtanga yoga in Eindhoven, Nick Evans, with his band “dawnSong” from the album “for Morgan.” Listen to the entire album on Spotify - Simply Click Here. To purchase your own copy - Click Here. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review! ❤ Give us a 5★ rating!

Aimee Echo began her career not as a Yoga teacher but a punk rock lead singer, recording several albums and touring the world with her band theSTART and performing guest vocals for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Garbage, Teddybears and so many more. Seeking refuge from some toxic elements in rock, she took her first step into an Ashtanga Yoga class in 1999. (As square as Russell is, he was very interested in Aimee's career and asked a lot of inappropriate questions about what actually is punk. What is Authentic? Is Miley Cyrus Punk? Does she regret marrying Billy Ray Cyrus' drummer? What is Bad Religion? And, is Yoga the answer?) Guided by teachers Noah Williams and Kiki Flynn, she developed a daily Mysore-style practice and became devoted to the Ashtanga Yoga method. After practicing with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and his family in L.A. In 2002, she was inspired to make her first journey to Mysore, India in 2007 to study at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute. Aimee is the owner, director and primary teacher at Ashtanga Yoga Long Beach. She is the only KPJAYI Authorized Ashtanga Yoga teacher in Long Beach, CA. She still sings in her dance rock band, theSTART. You can follow her on Instagram Aimee Echo and Ashtanga Yoga Long Beach. Opening and closing music compliments of my dear friend teaching Ashtanga yoga in Eindhoven, Nick Evans with his band “dawnSong” from the album “for Morgan.” Listen to the entire album on Spotify - Simply Click Here. To purchase your own copy - Click Here.

Losing it All in COVID-19with Lucas Rockwood--------------Greetings from Barcelona. We're nearly 2 months into COVID-19 lockdown, and instead of our usual expert interviews, I thought I'd share my experiences so far during COVID-19 with the hopes that I can glean some insight, and maybe you too.  Here's what I'll share:  How I lost my yoga studios How crisis unveils both strengths and weakness of systems and people  How quickly we humans can adapt  Family/work / health - what really matters in life ABOUT LUCAS Lucas is an internationally-renowned yoga trainer, TEDx Speaker, podcaster, writer, and entrepreneur. His early yoga and meditation teachers include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka. Lucas left the USA in 2003 and travelled and taught extensively before making Barcelona, Spain his home base. In a previous life, he worked in theatre, publishing, and as a vegan chef and nutritional coach. He's the father of three international kids and remains as passionate about yoga as when he first began practising in 2002. Nutritional Tip of the Week: Mushrooms for Immunity Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes

I love this conversation with Caitlin! She has had a interesting and inspiring journey in life! Adapted from caba yoga.org: Caitlin's journey with horses has been lifelong. She left the corporate world in 2016 to travel the world & see what brought her real happiness. In 2018 Caitlin started CabaYoga on a quest to change the relationship between horse & human. Now she shares the pure joy of the CabaYoga method around the globe & is planning to build an equine yoga ashram. Caitlin has trained horses with Olympic riders around the world. She is also a Mysore Ashtanga Teacher under the lineage of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Her Cherokee American mentor has worked with three generations of her family, passing along the knowledge of connection & heal with Earth energy. You can find her at https://www.cabayoga.org/about.html or @cabayoga! Please share and follow! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lauren-roberts4/support

Since 2002 I have dedicated my life to the study and teaching of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. I will forever be s student. My path allowed me to meet and practice with the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois founder of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and KPJAYI in Mysore India who passed away in 2009. Sharathji has been […]

Sharmila Jois, granddaughter of Pattabhi Jois, is interviewed by Alexis, a shishya, in Mysore, Karnataka, India, on February 25, 2020. Sharmila graciously discusses growing up with her grandfather in a Shala, watching Westerners bring Yogasana from India; observing her grandfather adjusting people, learning to teach, and cultural differences in her community. Sharmila speaks about the lineage and titles around authorization, differences and obstacles in her family, and the values that a good teacher must embody. She speaks about the importance of supervision in teaching, and the importance of Yoga as a life path, not a quest to get a certificate or a cool yoga posture.Sharmila Jois is an Ashtanga teacher, sister of Sharath Jois, daughter and assistant of Saraswathi Jois, neice of Manju Jois, and granddaughter/assistant of deceased Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Sharmila runs the KPJAY shala in Mysore with her mother and you can enroll at their website www.kpjayshala.com . You can also practice with her at www.kpjayshalabangalore.com, or find her assisting her mother, Saraswathi Jois, in global tours.Questions or comments for us? Leave a review! Or email us at yogisontheroad@gmail.com  Our website is up! It's www.yogisontheroad.org  Also, I apologize to Giuseppe for doing a solo interview, but I mean, come on, I had to interview Sharmila! He can do Manju. Giuseppe, you got Manju.

I always wanted to be a writer. Kerouac, Hemmingway, and Carver were my heros. Later it was playwrights Kushner, Ibsen, and Chekov. I'd drag home backpacks full of books from the public library, and I finagled my way into just about every theater I could find in New York City from Broadway to deep Brooklyn fringe venues. If you met me at age 20, you'd never predict I'd be teaching backbends and low glycemic diets at age 40 - but here we are. Life is full of surprises. Sometimes the rug gets pulled out from under you; and sometimes, for no obvious reason, you simply shift gears and start driving another direction. In 2002, I discovered yoga and alternative health. I was a much better writer (even back then) than I was a yoga student, but it didn't matter. Passion is in short supply, so when you've got it, people want to be around you. By 2003, I was teaching and traveling; and by 2006, I founded the largest training school in South East Asia. What a change. Learning and teaching are among the most rewarding things in my life, and on this week's podcast, I'll share with you the “best of” list from what I've observed after training more than 4,000 yoga teachers in the past 13 years. Hopefully my journey has some lessons of value for you, whatever your profession.  Listen & Learn:  Why age, background, and athletic ability are NOT predictors of future teaching success How passion acts like magnet for opportunity  The importance of a life and career plan Why you social circle matters just as much as your goals   How speaking and teaching are meta skills  Links & Resources: Yoga Teachers College (my school) Yoga Business Mastery Podcast About Lucas Rockwood: Lucas Rockwood is an internationally-renowned yoga trainer, TEDx Speaker, podcaster, writer, and entrepreneur. His early yoga and meditation teachers include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (deceased), Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka (deceased). Lucas left the USA in 2003 when he began traveling and teaching extensively before making Barcelona, Spain, his home base. In a previous life, he worked in theater, publishing, and as a vegan chef and nutritional coach. He's the father of three international kids and remains as passionate about yoga as when he first began practicing in 2002. Nutritional Tip of the Week: Fish Oil Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes

Eddie Stern is a yoga instructor raised in New York City. He studied Astanga Yoga, chanting, philosophy and ritual under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, from Mysore, from 1991-2009, and is the founder of the Broome Street Ganesha Temple in NYC; co-publishes Namarupa, Categories of Indian Thought, a Hindu art and philosophy magazine; and runs the Urban Yogis project that brings yoga and meditation to young adults and youth in disadvantaged and at-risk-to-violence communities in NYC, with his collaborator, Deepak Chopra. He has published several books on Pattabhi Jois and Astanga Yoga, including a translation of Pattabhi Jois’s 1960 treatise, Yoga Mala. He continues to study with Pattabhi Jois’s grandson and successor, R. Sharath Jois. The Health Tips Podcast, is India’s oldest health podcast – started in 2006 by Karnvir Mundrey, to help discover and talk about all angles of well being.

Watch video or download podcast belowhttps://bp242.isrefer.com/go/mh5dc/yoganow/mh5dc ()   Nathalie Croix has been teaching yoga for over almost twenty years. She has been leading Shanti Yoga Trainings for the last five years, with over one hundred student graduates completing the program and many testimonials of how the training not provides tools for great yoga teaching, but also enhances all areas of life by promoting yoga on and off the mat. Nathalie has lead and continues to lead many retreats in the US and abroad each year. Having learned yoga in her early teens Nathalie took her first trip to India to study yoga at 20 years old, after having met one of her main teachers Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in the US during one of his world tours. She attended College in the US with a scholarship in dance, after completing professional dance school, Studio Harmonique, in Paris, France. She is a registered yoga teacher at the highest level E-RYTs 500 and is also a YACEPs certified trainer for continuing education in the Yoga Alliance International Registry. Show Highlights> Rescuing a duck from a dog attack > Starting yoga at 9 or 10 > Felt like home first time in yoga > Studying Ashtanga Yoga with K. Pattabhi Jois in India > Working as a yoga advisor & teaching Mysore at YogaWorks > Teachers have included Seane Corn, Shiva Rea, Erich Schiffman, Chuck & Maty, Ghanga & Tracy White, Annie Carpenter & many others > Yoga On & Off the Mat – its all connected > Stop limiting ourselves – do what works for you > The effects of meditation on our lives > Upcoming Book – Living Life in Light > Starting with yourself and being present in the moment [gallery link="none" size="large" ids="2408,2409,2406,2405,2413,2411,2410,2404,2414,2412,2416,2415"] Nathalie Links & ResourcesWebsite: https://www.nathaliecroix.com/ (https://www.nathaliecroix.com/) Website: https://www.shantiyogatrainingschool.com/ (https://www.shantiyogatrainingschool.com) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NathalieCroix/ (https://www.instagram.com/NathalieCroix/) Twitter: https://twitter.com/NathalieCroix (https://twitter.com/NathalieCroix)  

David Kyle is owner of Ashtanga Yoga Puerto Rico and founder of the Progressive Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga which honors the traditional practice of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and embraces the revolutionary philosophy of Larry Schultz. Progressive Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga was established in 2004 to promote an Ashtanga based practice that holds no dogmas or bias towards the asana practice. David's teachings brings a sense of ease into the subtle teachings of yoga and the experience of finding perfection no matter where we are. In this episode, you'll hear from David on: Larry Schultz, the Grateful Dead, and the story of the birth and blast off of The Rocket A fourth prong above and beyond Ashtanga's Tristhana (breath, gaze, and body) that has become signature of The Rocket The difference between a Parsva Koundinyasana and a Baby Freeze, and how practicing familiar movements within a yoga context for David yielded unfamiliar results Leveraging creative rebelliousness to create accessible freedom for all students to practice, whether they like to handstand or not! Announcements: Join me for upcoming workshops in NYC and Bucerias, Mexico: henrywins.com/events Apply for the 300-hour YTT at Lighthouse Yoga School. Use code HENRYWINS for $100 OFF your tuition: henrywins.com/events Links from this episode: Vedenta Philosophy: Lectures on Raja Yoga by Swami Vivekananda — Grab a copy of David's recommended book Get in touch with David: AshtangaYogaPr.com — Check out David's home studio in Puerto Rico RocketVinyasaYoga.com — Learn more about the Rocket and upcoming trainings YogaDavidKyle.com — Follow David's schedule and contact him directly Follow @babarocket on Instagram Follow @ashtangayogapr on Instagram

In this weeks episode we're trying something new by welcoming Lisa's first guest Sara Intonato. We dive into topics such as navigating perfectionism, anxiety and how she built a multiple 6 figure business in an industry that struggles to value itself. We also discussed how she's now taking her expertise and helping others own their value and create the lives they want for themselves. Connect with Sara on Instagram HERE Find her website HERE To apply for her business mentoring program contact her at Sara@sarayoga.com Sara Intonato (Level 2 Authorized Ashtanga Yoga Teacher) committed to a daily yoga practice in 2001 as a means of coping with debilitating anxiety attacks. Just 20 years old, yoga provided Sara with the tools to manage her anxiety attacks and a renewed sense of clarity in her life. By the time Sara graduated from Boston University in 2003, she had already completed her 200 hour teacher training and begun focusing her studies in the Ashtanga Yoga method. Instead of working on Wall Street or applying to law school, the recent college graduate embarked on the journey of entrepreneurship and began freelance work as a yoga teacher. In 2005, Sara made her first trip to Mysore, India to study under Guru Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and deepen her connection to the Ashtanga Yoga lineage. That same year, Sara led her first ever yoga retreat in Montauk, New York. Incredibly inspired by her trip to India, Sara committed to living her passion of helping others heal through yoga in a variety of settings. Over the last 15 years, Sara has transitioned her business model tremendously and now hosts four sold out retreats per year, at local and international venues. She was the consulting director of the Mysore style Ashtanga Yoga program at Absolute Yoga in Woodbury, which was the only traditional Ashtanga program in Nassau county. She now teaches one on one private lessons and never hesitates to work with someone who is faced with serious limitations. After noticing a greater need for spiritual tools to be used off the mat, Sara created two online yoga philosophy courses, using recorded and live content, which allow students to bring yoga off the mat and into their lives 24/7. Sara shows her students that yoga can heal anyone, so long as he or she is willing to do the work with commitment. While many yoga teachers find the entrepreneurial journey intimidating, Sara embraces it as her zone of genius. Teaching yoga is her gift, and growing her own business continues to be part of her spiritual journey. The most crucial part of this journey is to be a perpetual student. Sara continues to make annual trips to India and study at KPJAYI in Mysore, and was awarded with her authorization in 2013. She is honored to preserve the lineage of Ashtanga Yoga with authenticity. As a mother of two young children, one of whom has special needs, Sara is a passionate advocate for empowering those in challenging life circumstances with the ancient wisdom of yoga.

For many, Kino MacGregor needs no introduction. With over 1 million followers on Instagram, more than 20 years of yoga experience, and the coveted and rare title of Certified Ashtanga Yoga Instructor by its founder Sri K. Pattabhi Jois who practices into the Fifth Series of Ashtanga Yoga, Kino has gained massive popularity. While her Instagram is full of perfect headstands and sunshine with coconuts, on this episode Kino shares with Girlskill the struggles that she has faced along her path, and is still facing, and how she is working through them. Join us for this profoundly honest conversation where Kino will share her journey to becoming one of only 12 Certified Ashtanga teachers in the U.S., author of four books, producer of six Ashtanga Yoga DVDs, writer, vlogger, world traveler, co-founder of Miami Life Center, co-founder of Yoga Challenge and OmStars. building a successful practice with over 1 million followers and the truths about forgiveness, God, and the true essence of yoga that she learned along the way.   In this episode, Kino also shares her advice for young entrepreneurs. For social media, she says to find something that you love doing, and share that. If you are authentic, the people who resonate with your message will find your work. Her most important advice, however, is this: Don’t wait for anyone to do it for you. Don’t wait for your partner or your boss to make moves, if you see a door that you want to be opened, open it yourself. Kino will also recommend: 2 books to help you find the true essence of yoga 1 Instagram account that is sure to make you smile Join us at www.girlskill.com/71 P. S. Sign up for the free, exclusive training from me on “The Lie of Female Success: How to Get Unstuck, Release Pressure & Stop Trying to Do It All” to find out: How to overcome the "Superwoman Syndrome" so you can start living in freedom, with ease, and owning your truth True feminine power and what you can do right now to begin feeling supported, stop pushing & controlling your life and men How to rediscover, embrace and cultivate feminine flow and become embodied so you can stop overthinking and start making decisions from the heart The essence of masculine/feminine polarity and how to attract and magnify the relationship you want And much more… Sign up at girlskill.com/webinar  

I feel I've let you down. I've hosted pretty much every renowned breathing expert in the world on this podcast, and yet most of my listeners are still not sure exactly how yoga breathing works. On this week's show, my goal is to break down the fundamentals of yoga breathing in a way that you can easily remember and apply to your practice. ------------ Listen & Learn: How all breathing practices are either water, whiskey, or coffee Why it's easy to get confused with gurus and brand names Why most of us over-breathe (and what to do about it) Why the most popular breathing techniques tend to be too extreme How to incorporate all three breathing patterns into your life ABOUT THE HOST Lucas Rockwood is a yoga teacher trainer, digital nomad, green food junkie, and serial entrepreneur. With a formal yoga training background in Hot Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Gravity Yoga, and the Yoga Trapeze, Lucas has studied with some of the most well-respected teachers on the planet. His most influential teachers (all of whom he studied with personally) include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka. Lucas founded Absolute Yoga Academy in 2006, one of the top 10 yoga teacher training schools in the world with 2,000 certified teachers (and counting) and courses in Thailand, Holland, United Kingdom, and The Philippines. In search of nutritional products designed specifically for achy yoga students' bodies, Rockwood worked with senior nutritional formulator, Paul Gaylon, and founded, YOGABODY Naturals, in the back of his yoga studio in 2007. The company has gone from strength-to-strength and is now an internationally-renowned nutrition, education, and publishing organization serving 81 countries. In 2013, Lucas founded YOGABODY Fitness, a revolutionary new yoga studio business model that pays teachers a living wage and demystifies yoga by making the mind-body healing benefits of the practice accessible to everyone. A foodie at heart, Lucas was a vegan chef, and owned and operated health food restaurants prior to diving deep into the yoga world. Lucas is also a highly-acclaimed writer, radio show host, TV personality, business consultant, weight loss expert, and health coach. Nutritional Tip of the Week: Marshmallow Links & References from the Show: FREE download & reference guide Patrick McKeown, The Oxygen Advantage Patricia L. Gerbarg, The Healing Power of Breath Wim Hof, Wim Hof Method Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes Thanks to our sponsor: Yoga International, a community of 300,000 students learning about yoga, meditation, and mindful living from hundreds of expert teachers. It has more than 1,000 classes, the most popular of which are 30 Classes in 30 Days Challenge, The Busy Yogi Challenge, and Yoga to Soothe Sciatica with Doug Keller. Yoga International is offering listeners of the Yoga Talk Show a free Essentials of Yoga Therapy course when you sign up for a 30-day trial membership. Learn More

Back in 2002, when I couldn't make it to a studio, I would play an old cassette tape and practice to that in my bedroom, hotel room, or even outdoors wherever I was. At-home practice has always been part of my yoga experience, but I'm the type of introvert that gets energy and inspiration from being alone. I'm naturally driven, and I'm harder on myself than any teacher has ever been; so when people asked me how to develop an at-home practice, I always struggled to answer until recently when I've compiled my thoughts and observations.   Over the years, I've learned some very specific things from my students that make at-home practice success more probable, and I'll share them all with you on this week's Yoga Talk Show. ------------ Listen & Learn: Why practicing in an old, ragged t-shirt might be hurting your motivation Why the advice to “just do what feels good” is a flawed approach How to setup a home practice room How to keep your practicing going on the road Audio/video classes: do they work? Why social support is key ABOUT THE HOST Lucas Rockwood is a yoga teacher trainer, digital nomad, green food junkie, and serial entrepreneur. With a formal yoga training background in Hot Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Gravity Yoga, and the Yoga Trapeze, Lucas has studied with some of the most well-respected teachers on the planet. His most influential teachers (all of whom he studied with personally) include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka. Lucas founded Absolute Yoga Academy in 2006, one of the top 10 yoga teacher training schools in the world with 2,000 certified teachers (and counting) and courses in Thailand, Holland, United Kingdom, and The Philippines. In search of nutritional products designed specifically for achy yoga students' bodies, Rockwood worked with senior nutritional formulator, Paul Gaylon, and founded, YOGABODY Naturals, in the back of his yoga studio in 2007. The company has gone from strength-to-strength and is now an internationally-renowned nutrition, education, and publishing organization serving 81 countries. In 2013, Lucas founded YOGABODY Fitness, a revolutionary new yoga studio business model that pays teachers a living wage and demystifies yoga by making the mind-body healing benefits of the practice accessible to everyone. A foodie at heart, Lucas was a vegan chef, and owned and operated health food restaurants prior to diving deep into the yoga world. Lucas is also a highly-acclaimed writer, radio show host, TV personality, business consultant, weight loss expert, and health coach. Nutritional Tip of the Week: Quorn Links & References from the Show: Kurma Yoga Mats Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes Thanks to our sponsor: SeatGeek - Buying tickets can be complicated and confusing, but there is a better way to buy – with SeatGeek. SeatGeek is the smartest, easiest way to get tickets to every type of live event. Whether you're searching for a last minute deal, planning a night out with friends, or need to find the perfect gift, SeatGeek helps you find the best seats at the best prices – fully guaranteed. Just download the SeatGeek app and enter promo code ‘YOGA' today. That's promo code ‘YOGA' for $20 off your first SeatGeek purchase. Learn More

You've got questions, and I've got answers…. join me for this week's Yoga Talk Show special “Q&A Show” where I do my best to help listeners. On this week's show, we cover: my recommending reading list, food allergy testing, 18+6 Meal Timing, vaccines, yoga problems and plant-based pitfalls. ------------ ABOUT THE HOST Lucas Rockwood is a yoga teacher trainer, digital nomad, green food junkie, and serial entrepreneur. With a formal yoga training background in Hot Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Gravity Yoga, and the Yoga Trapeze, Lucas has studied with some of the most well-respected teachers on the planet. His most influential teachers (all of whom he studied with personally) include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka. Lucas founded Absolute Yoga Academy in 2006, one of the top 10 yoga teacher training schools in the world with 2,000 certified teachers (and counting) and courses in Thailand, Holland, United Kingdom, and The Philippines. In search of nutritional products designed specifically for achy yoga students' bodies, Rockwood worked with senior nutritional formulator, Paul Gaylon, and founded, YOGABODY Naturals, in the back of his yoga studio in 2007. The company has gone from strength-to-strength and is now an internationally-renowned nutrition, education, and publishing organization serving 81 countries. In 2013, Lucas founded YOGABODY Fitness, a revolutionary new yoga studio business model that pays teachers a living wage and demystifies yoga by making the mind-body healing benefits of the practice accessible to everyone. A foodie at heart, Lucas was a vegan chef, and owned and operated health food restaurants prior to diving deep into the yoga world. Lucas is also a highly-acclaimed writer, radio show host, TV personality, business consultant, weight loss expert, and health coach. Links & References from the Show: Vaccine Schedule Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes Thanks to our sponsor: Four Sigmatic makes delicious Mushroom Superfood Blends and Mushroom Elixirs. Four Sigmatic believes in the real magic of functional mushrooms like Reishi, Chaga, Cordyceps, and Lion's Mane, as well as other superfoods and adaptogens like rhodiola, eleuthero, and schisandra to help us live healthier, more enhanced lives. Visit: http://www.foursigmatic.com/yogabody and use coupon code "yogabody" for 15% off your order. Learn More

Have you ever heard someone say, “Flexibility doesn't matter!” or “Stretching makes you weak!” For some reason, the misinformation about flexibility training is rampant, and many students are confused what to do about their locked-up hips, tight hamstrings, and stiff spines. How do you safely and effectively increase your mobility? Since 2007, flexibility training has been a huge part of the YOGABODY world, and we're revisiting this perennial topic this year with new and updated research and practices. Join Yoga Talk Show host, Lucas Rockwood, for a 101-guide to flexibility training on this week's episode. ------------ Listen & Learn: Why “time under passive tension” matters for flexibility Safety myth vs reality of stretching Ideal schedule and timing for mobility gains Nutrition and recovery Realistic expectations and gains ABOUT THE HOST Lucas Rockwood is a yoga teacher trainer, digital nomad, green food junkie, and serial entrepreneur. With a formal yoga training background in Hot Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Gravity Yoga, and the Yoga Trapeze, Lucas has studied with some of the most well-respected teachers on the planet. His most influential teachers (all of whom he studied with personally) include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka. Lucas founded Absolute Yoga Academy in 2006, one of the top 10 yoga teacher training schools in the world with 2,000 certified teachers (and counting) and courses in Thailand, Holland, United Kingdom, and The Philippines. In search of nutritional products designed specifically for achy yoga students' bodies, Rockwood worked with senior nutritional formulator, Paul Gaylon, and founded, YOGABODY Naturals, in the back of his yoga studio in 2007. The company has gone from strength-to-strength and is now an internationally-renowned nutrition, education, and publishing organization serving 81 countries. In 2013, Lucas founded YOGABODY Fitness, a revolutionary new yoga studio business model that pays teachers a living wage and demystifies yoga by making the mind-body healing benefits of the practice accessible to everyone. A foodie at heart, Lucas was a vegan chef, and owned and operated health food restaurants prior to diving deep into the yoga world. Lucas is also a highly-acclaimed writer, radio show host, TV personality, business consultant, weight loss expert, and health coach. Nutritional Tip of the Week: Acrylamide Links & References from the Show: Gravity Yoga Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes Thanks to our sponsor: FreshBooks - a cloud accounting solution specially designed for small business owners. Join 10 million people using FreshBooks and spend less time on accounting and more time doing the work you love. Freshbooks automates tasks like invoicing, organizing expenses, tracking your time and following up with clients in just a few clicks. It is also offering now Yoga Talk Show listeners a free 30 days trial. Go to freshbooks.com/yoga and enter “yogapodcast” in how did you hear about us section. Learn More

The world is getting fat at an alarming rate. Two in three adults are overweight or obese, and excess weight is correlated with every degenerative illness across the board. While some overweight people are in perfect health, it's rare and often fleeting as the downward spiral is very predictable—and it happens fast. Here's what you need to understand about the global weight problem. It's not about lack of willpower or discipline, that's an ignorant and uninformed excuse. It's not about lack of exercise, though sedentary lives certainly don't help and movement is always a good thing. The real problem is imbalance: emotional, hormonal, and nutritional. We in a time when stress levels are through the roof, social support systems have crumbled, and most of the food available is various forms of lifeless carbohydrates.   So what do you do? How do you find balance in an imbalanced world? I've had the good fortune of unfettered access to some of the leading minds in health and wellness over the past 10 years, and I'll share my best learning with you on this week's Yoga Talk Show. ------------ Listen & Learn: Manage your stress or don't bother Fix your social circle or don't bother 8+16 meal timing Throttle your carbs Baseline your protein Eat healthy fat ABOUT THE HOST Lucas Rockwood is a yoga teacher trainer, digital nomad, green food junkie, and serial entrepreneur. With a formal yoga training background in Hot Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Gravity Yoga, and the Yoga Trapeze, Lucas has studied with some of the most well-respected teachers on the planet. His most influential teachers (all of whom he studied with personally) include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka. Lucas founded Absolute Yoga Academy in 2006, one of the top 10 yoga teacher training schools in the world with 2,000 certified teachers (and counting) and courses in Thailand, Holland, United Kingdom, and The Philippines. In search of nutritional products designed specifically for achy yoga students' bodies, Rockwood worked with senior nutritional formulator, Paul Gaylon, and founded, YOGABODY Naturals, in the back of his yoga studio in 2007. The company has gone from strength-to-strength and is now an internationally-renowned nutrition, education, and publishing organization serving 81 countries. In 2013, Lucas founded YOGABODY Fitness, a revolutionary new yoga studio business model that pays teachers a living wage and demystifies yoga by making the mind-body healing benefits of the practice accessible to everyone. A foodie at heart, Lucas was a vegan chef, and owned and operated health food restaurants prior to diving deep into the yoga world. Lucas is also a highly-acclaimed writer, radio show host, TV personality, business consultant, weight loss expert, and health coach. Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes Thanks to our sponsor: FreshBooks - a cloud accounting solution specially designed for small business owners. Join 10 million people using FreshBooks and spend less time on accounting and more time doing the work you love. Freshbooks automates tasks like invoicing, organizing expenses, tracking your time and following up with clients in just a few clicks. It is also offering now Yoga Talk Show listeners a free 30 days trial. Go to freshbooks.com/yoga and enter “yogapodcast” in how did you hear about us section. Learn More

LISTENER QUESTIONS! Is borage oil any good? What do you do with heart rate variability data? My kid is sweating like crazy, what do I do? How do I get started on a vegan diet? Are oats any good for breakfast? How do I beat chronic yeast overgrowth? My joints are popping, now what? Your questions, my answers on this week's show! Go a question yourself? Send us a voicemail... ------------ ABOUT THE HOST Lucas Rockwood is a yoga teacher trainer, digital nomad, green food junkie, and serial entrepreneur. With a formal yoga training background in Hot Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Gravity Yoga, and the Yoga Trapeze, Lucas has studied with some of the most well-respected teachers on the planet. His most influential teachers (all of whom he studied with personally) include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka. Lucas founded Absolute Yoga Academy in 2006, one of the top 10 yoga teacher training schools in the world with 2,000 certified teachers (and counting) and courses in Thailand, Holland, United Kingdom, and The Philippines. In search of nutritional products designed specifically for achy yoga students' bodies, Rockwood worked with senior nutritional formulator, Paul Gaylon, and founded, YOGABODY Naturals, in the back of his yoga studio in 2007. The company has gone from strength-to-strength and is now an internationally-renowned nutrition, education, and publishing organization serving 81 countries. In 2013, Lucas founded YOGABODY Fitness, a revolutionary new yoga studio business model that pays teachers a living wage and demystifies yoga by making the mind-body healing benefits of the practice accessible to everyone. A foodie at heart, Lucas was a vegan chef, and owned and operated health food restaurants prior to diving deep into the yoga world. Lucas is also a highly-acclaimed writer, radio show host, TV personality, business consultant, weight loss expert, and health coach. Nutritional Tip of the Week: Nutritional Density Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes Thanks to our sponsor: FreshBooks - a cloud accounting solution specially designed for small business owners. Join 10 million people using FreshBooks and spend less time on accounting and more time doing the work you love. Freshbooks automates tasks like invoicing, organizing expenses, tracking your time and following up with clients in just a few clicks. It is also offering now Yoga Talk Show listeners a free 30 days trial. Go to freshbooks.com/yoga and enter “yogapodcast” in how did you hear about us section. Learn More

Stop what you are doing and go check out the work of Crossing Threads, right now! Okay now that you have seen the gorgeous fiber art Lauren and Kass create you have to listen to their story about how one fun sister outing led to a serious passion and a growing business. Listen to how these two navigate mixing business with family, growing their passion project and tackling being a business owner while still having a day job. You're gonna fall in love with these two Aussies just like I did! Follow Crossing Threads: http://crossingthreads.co/ @CrossingThreads on Instagram   READ/LISTEN:   Lauren: Read 'Big Magic' Elizabeth Gilbert   Kass: Listen to podcast: "Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations" on Spotify     FOLLOW:    Lauren: @natalie_miller_design   Kass: @jacquifink   BELIEVE:    Lauren: “Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at the moment.”― Eckhart Tolle   Kass: "Practice and all is coming" - Sri K. Pattabhi Jois

Paul Dallaghan, founder of Centered Yoga at Samhita Retreat Center in Koh Samui, Thailand www.samahitaretreat.com Paul Dallaghan formally established Centered Yoga in New York City in 1999, and soon thereafter began the first training course. Although the course was born out of a direct request from students, at the time Paul had also been thinking about how to raise the standards of yoga education. He felt a need to offer teaching that would preserve the integrity of traditional yogic practices while also carefully examining and understanding their origins and meaning. Since the very beginning of Centered Yoga, Sri O.P. Tiwari (head of the Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute near Bombay) has been its main advisor, principally owing to his longstanding relationship with Paul. As such, Centered Yoga enjoys full affiliation with Kaivalyadhama, a highly regarded research facility dedicated to examining yoga practices from both scientific and traditional points of view. Established by Swami Kuvalayananda in 1924, Kaivalyadhama has had tremendous influence on the understanding and propagation of yoga in India and throughout the world. Indeed, both Gandhi and Nehru were students of Swamiji; Swami Sivananda dedicated the first issue of every book to Kuvalayananda; and Krishnamacharya studied there in 1933, sent by the Maharaja of Mysore. Sri O.P. Tiwari is Swamiji’s key disciple. To Tiwari he left the institute, as well as valuable personal teachings, particularly in the field of Pranayama. Tiwariji is thus one of the most authoritative sources on Pranayama today. He is an experienced, extremely knowledgeable master who stays true to the traditions of yoga, preserving its integrity so that students, present and future, can benefit fully. This lineage, or parampara, is the force behind the teachings, as well as what drives all the courses of Centered Yoga. Eighty years of painstaking research into different aspects of yoga is hard to equal in the modern world. As one of three senior students of Tiwariji, Paul is committed to continuing the legacy through personal practice and a genuine approach to living yoga daily. He has spent years learning and practicing the full Pranayama to an advanced level under Tiwariji, has sat beside him to learn how to read pulse specifically for Pranayama, and has studied closely what goes on in its practice. Paul has also spent many years with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore practicing Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, becoming one of a few students worldwide to be certified by him. His advanced Asana and vinyasa practice combined with a deeper insight born of a solid Pranayama practice enable Paul to better guide students through key concepts involving the body and breath. Centered Yoga has since grown to become a leader in the field of yoga education, offering thorough and professional courses since its founding. Paul moved to Thailand toward the end of 2001 and resumed teaching the training courses the following year. Out of this sprouted Samahita Retreat-the venue for yoga retreats, training courses, and, most recently, wellness programs. Over the years Centered Yoga has helped train over seven hundred students, many of whom have gone on to teach. For all, even those who decide not to teach, the training programs are a time for deep practice and growth in the understanding of yoga. Many esteemed teachers have also come to share their knowledge; among them Tiwariji, who continues to be Centered Yoga’s primary teacher and yoga master. He believes in the programs and recognizes the need for an advanced level of training, practice, and learning by students, especially those that go on to teach others. Others include Richard Freeman, Prof Jayashree, Prof Nagaraja Rao and other anatomical and ayurvedic specialists. Centered Yoga makes its home in Samahita Retreat-a center established specifically for practicing yoga and learning healthy and positive living habits. This in itself is a unique advantage. Samahita Retreat provides an ideal environment in which to learn, experience, and practice the lessons imparted in our courses. Few such places exist in the modern world. The fact that Centered Yoga is one of the first schools to become a member of Yoga Alliance is attractive to many students, especially those who use its courses as a platform from which to teach. Centered Yoga offers 200- and 500-hour-level qualifications; furthermore, it has its own qualification level, Distinguished Advanced-Level Teacher, which a student reaches after 1100 hours. Centered Yoga’s purpose is not to churn out teachers but to guide, inspire, and uplift students of yoga. Sincerity is therefore a primary qualification, the inner quality that allows a student to approach his or her personal development and the practices in an earnest and mature way.

It was Christmas 2001. I was 23 years old, and I woke up in the back of ambulance after convulsing in a grand mal seizure in front of my parents. I'd managed to wobble through the previous 3 years in steady haze of drug and alcohol abuse, chronic sleep deprivation, and borderline mania, but that holiday season, I bottomed out. There was no more hiding the truth from myself. I was in trouble. I wish I could say that I've always loved yoga, health and wellness—but that's not my story. I took my first swig of gin straight from the bottle at age 13, and I loved it right away. No learning curve. I was never drawn to lotus position or meditation halls in those days. Early in my life, I was obsessed with escaping the overwhelming anxiety and restlessness of my own brain. My yoga story is one of running away from pain, of channeling negative obsessions into positive ones, and finding a toolkit that made me feel well, every time. I turn 40 this year, and as strange as it sounds, I'd never shared my story in its entirety with anyone because it continues to be a deep source of shame for me. With few exceptions, shame is a pretty useless feeling, so I'd like to share my story with you on this week's Yoga Talk Show. My hope is that if you're at a crossroads or a crisis point now, you can perhaps connect with my "rock bottom" story and begin to find your North Star as I did. ------------ ABOUT OUR GUEST Lucas Rockwood is a yoga teacher trainer, digital nomad, green food junkie, and serial entrepreneur. With a formal yoga training background in Hot Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Gravity Yoga, and the Yoga Trapeze, Lucas has studied with some of the most well-respected teachers on the planet. His most influential teachers (all of whom he studied with personally) include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka. Lucas founded Absolute Yoga Academy in 2006, one of the top 10 yoga teacher training schools in the world with 2,000 certified teachers (and counting) and courses in Thailand, Holland, United Kingdom, and The Philippines. In search of nutritional products designed specifically for achy yoga students' bodies, Rockwood worked with senior nutritional formulator, Paul Gaylon, and founded, YOGABODY Naturals, in the back of his yoga studio in 2007. The company has gone from strength-to-strength and is now an internationally-renowned nutrition, education, and publishing organization serving 81 countries. In 2013, Lucas founded YOGABODY Fitness, a revolutionary new yoga studio business model that pays teachers a living wage and demystifies yoga by making the mind-body healing benefits of the practice accessible to everyone. A foodie at heart, Lucas was a vegan chef, and owned and operated health food restaurants prior to diving deep into the yoga world. Lucas is also a highly-acclaimed writer, radio show host, TV personality, business consultant, weight loss expert, and health coach. Nutritional Tip of the Week: Boost Immune System Links & References from the Show: J. Brown's Podcast on iTunes J. Brown's Site Train with Lucas YOGABODY Supplements & Products Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes Thanks to our sponsor: Trapeze Teacher Training -- For passionate yoga students who love inversion yoga, this is an exciting opportunity to train with YOGABODY, the leading educator and manufacturer of inversion slings worldwide. The Yoga Trapeze is the most-popular yoga inversion sling ever with over 100,000 students in 81 countries. Despite the ever-growing demand, there are hardly any professional instructors - until now. We're now accepting applications for The Yoga Trapeze Certification course where you'll learn how to teach both group and private lessons for beginning and intermediate students. Learn More

Guest Bio: Mary Taylor teaches Ashtanga Yoga as taught by her principal teacher, the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India. Mary Taylor began studying yoga in 1971, after graduating from Julia Child’s cooking school, L’Ecole des Trois Gourmandes in Pari. Initially, she enjoyed yoga as a means of finding equanimity during the stress... The post #019: Awakening through Ashtanga Yoga with Mary Taylor appeared first on Hacking The Self.

Kino MacGregor is an Ashtanga yogi in the lineage of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and is the co-owner of the Miami Life Center in Miami Beach, Florida. Kino also has a new book out called Yogi Assignment, where she shares 30 days of "assignments" to help you bring the philosophy of yoga into everyday life. Kino talked to me about the surprising story of meeting her teacher for the first time, what it's like to be trolled online, and how the yoga practice "ferments" with time. You can practice with Kino online on her new channel, Omstars.com. Yogalandstories question this week: What's one valuable way that your yoga practice has been of benefit to the people around you? Please submit your story on Instagram with a photo of yourself using the hashtag #yogalandstories and I'll pick one to feature on my feed. Shownotes: yogalandpodcast.com/episode63 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For episode 7, we dive deep into Mysore style Astanga Yoga with Danielle DePompei, an instructor at Astanga Yoga Columbus. Danielle has such awesome energy and a cool story about how she found Astanga Yoga and made it to Columbus.  I feel quite honored to explore her story and what insights she's uncovering from her own journey. Personally, I have practiced this form of yoga for over 10 years (although, as a disclaimer, typically once a week... not as regularly as I'd like...).  Astanga Vinyasa yoga is itself a common base from many modern forms of yoga: vinyasa is about linking your body's movement with the breath. Astanga is the name of the yoga, as brought to the western world by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois — a set of certain postures to improve circulation, develop a strong body and a calm mind. What sets Mysore style apart is a philosophy of independence.  (It's named after the place in India where it is taught.)  You learn your own practice, posture by posture.  While there are led classes to reinforce the series, most classes involve you showing up when you show up and start your practice on your own.  Teachers are there to guide you with adjustments, and new postures only as you are ready for them.  The room is usually quiet (except for maybe the thoughts in your head), and your practice fits your pace and abilities. Enjoy! Read Full Transcript [00:00:00] Adam: Welcome to the people helping people podcast where we talk about social change, social entrepreneurship and culture, and all great things going on in the world. I am very excited today to be talking with Daniel, the pump. A [00:00:23] Danielle: nice yes. [00:00:24] Adam: Who teaches yoga up at the Steiger yoga Columbus. Up on Indianola [00:00:31] Danielle: and Morris road. [00:00:32] Yes. Cool. [00:00:33] Adam: So welcome. And I'd just like to start off maybe asking you how you got into yoga, like how did your yoga journey start? [00:00:42] Danielle: Yeah, well, it started years ago and it was like 2008 and I was living with a friend and, well, for years, for like 15 years, I was a competitive figure skater. And when I moved to Columbus, I came to go to hair school, actually become like a cosmetologist. [00:01:02] And the girl that I was living with at the time that I moved in with who's now, like my, one of my closest friends, she was like, you should really try yoga. Like she had been going with like her mom or whatever, cause I haven't stopped sort of skating. I just like couldn't like find the time to get to a rank. [00:01:19] And she was like, you should try this yoga thing. So I was like, yeah. I dunno, I tend to like resist most things that people tell me to do. And so, which I'm getting better at, but not doing. But yeah, so I went to a yoga class and then I just like, I, I mean, I loved everything about it. Like I just, I really honestly, I liked the way that it made me feel and there was like a lot of connection in the like creative sort of movement and expression that I also found in skating. [00:01:46] But to be honest with like a lot less of the pressure of like the competitive, like figure skating world. Sort of [00:01:52] Adam: thing getting very competitive. [00:01:54] Danielle: It could be. Yeah. I think it definitely could be, at least for me, it started to like become less of fun and more about like always training through these life competitions. [00:02:06] So over time it sort of lost, its like I sort of lost the joy in it cause it was just like training to get somewhere, you know? And I didn't really kind of. I wasn't into that anymore. That aspect of it. Yeah. And then when I moved, it's just became like really expensive to be honest, to do the competing and coaching and all of that. [00:02:25] So, so anyway, so I got into yoga and just sort of like started dabbling in it for years, just like random classes. I would do it at home. In that time I was doing hair too, so I had like a full time job.

In this week’s episode of Body Wisdom, Dr. Michele Summers Colon interviews Lucas Rockwood. Lucas Rockwood is a yoga teacher trainer, digital nomad, green food junkie, and serial entrepreneur. With a formal yoga training background in Hot Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Gravity Yoga, and the Yoga Trapeze, Lucas has studied with some of the most well-respected teachers on the planet. His most influential teachers (all of whom he studied with personally) include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka. Lucas founded Absolute Yoga Academy in 2006, one of the top 10 yoga teacher training schools in the world with 2,000 certified teachers (and counting) and courses in Thailand, Holland, United Kingdom, and The Philippines.

Sharath Jois. Grandson of the legendary Sri K. Pattabhi Jois ... son of Saraswathi Jois ... director of the KPJAY Institute ... and the current holder of our lineage. And yet, if there's one thing I have learned as his student it's this: Sharath would not want this podcast to be about him. It's about the yoga. For Sharath, it's always about the yoga. "Yoga is the superstar. Not me." But he is pretty special. And about as generous, wise, devoted, and kind as ever a teacher should be. Or rather, a Guru. Because Sharath is much, much more than just a teacher. He's truly a living example of what this yoga means. ****** Finally, a thank you to all of you who are supporting our show through Patreon. Remember, this podcast was recorded in India - amidst blaring horns, generators, barking dogs, and a whole cacophony of other sounds. Because of YOU, we were able to upgrade our editing software which made all the difference! So THANK YOU! If you want to support the show, go to http://patreon.com/ashtangadispatch and get some early previews, access to our community slack channel and more!

Host Beryl Bender Birch delves into the practice of pranayama with master yoga teacher Tim Miller, who learned from Sri K. Pattabhi Jois over thirty years ago.

Eddie Stern is the co-founder of Ashtanga Yoga New York, the Brooklyn Yoga Club and the Broome Street Ganesha Temple. He studied Ashtanga Yoga under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, of Mysore, South India, for 18 years. Eddie has published several books on Pattabhi Jois and Astanga Yoga, including a translation of Pattabhi Jois’s 1960 treatise, Yoga Mala. He co-founded the Urban Yogi program along with Deepak Chopra and Erica Ford, which introduces inner-city youth to yoga and meditation, teaching them powerful transformative tools that they can bring back into their communities, with some of the youth becoming teachers themselves. Eddie also leads a team that writes health and wellness curriculums, based on yoga and mindfulness, for under-served public school districts, which has been implemented in over 100 schools. His school wellness protocols have been studied by the University of San Diego, Long Island University and Stanford University, showing increases in GPA, attendance and physical fitness.  

Addiction take many different forms and affects just about everyone either directly or with one degree of separation. While "addict" conjures up images of heroin and cocaine, the reality is that people are addicted to social media, pornography, marijuana, and alcohol at much higher rates. So the question is: Can yoga help? Our guest on this week's show, Taylor Hunt, used yoga as an integral part of his healing from substance addiction, and he now helps others do the same. Hopefully, his story of personal transformation and dedication to yoga will help you or someone you care about to find a healthy focus for addictions that haunt us. ------------ What You´ll Learn: How Taylor's addiction started at age 15 fueled by a challenging home life How yoga combined with a traditional 12-step program led him to recovery What traditional Ashtanga Yoga is, and its influence on modern practice How to think about the behaviors in your life that might be leading you down a dark path ABOUT OUR GUEST Taylor Hunt is an Ashtanga yoga student as taught by the late, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. Taylor was the first Ashtanga teacher in Ohio granted Level II Authorization to teach from the Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI). He teaches daily Mysore classes at Ashtanga Yoga Columbus and offers workshops around the country. He is also the author of the recently published book, A Way From Darkness, and director of the Trini Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing the life-changing practice of Ashtanga with those suffering from addiction. Links & Resources: Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute Ashtanga Yoga Columbus Trini Foundation Book: A Way from Darkness Nutritional Tip: Sea Veggies Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: http://www.YogaBody.com/AskLucas   Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com   Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes: http://www.yogabody.com/reviews   Thanks to Our Sponsor: Liquid Energy B If you're a vegetarian, live a high-stress lifestyle or are over 50 years of age, there's a very good chance you need to supplement with vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 is one of the few vitamins that our body doesn't produce on its own. If you don't eat or supplement with B12, you will develop a deficiency that could lead to anemia, nerve damage, mood and mental health problems. The good news is that B12 supplementation is extremely safe, inexpensive, and is now available in the most bio-available and absorbable form, methylcobalamin. Learn More

Namaste my friends and welcome back to the Yoga Revealed Podcast! This is Alec Vishal Rouben, excited to introduce to you a passionate individual and highly impactful teacher; Nicki Doane. Yoga is spirit in action, and as Nicki teaches, she inspires people to find a place of spirit inside themselves, recognizing the profound connection between the self and spirit.   Nicki has been studying yoga in India for years and has been deeply influenced by the teachings of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and B.K.S. Iyengar. Her unique approach to Vinyasa yoga strengthens all aspects of your being through dynamic structural alignment, conscious breathing, and practical yogic philosophy; helping students find the deeper life of yoga. Nicki strives to teach each student that yoga is about being fully present in the moment and discovering that we are truly all One: One Love, One People, One Heart, One Destination – Our Higher Self.   This conversation is deeply refreshing to anyone who feels they have strayed away from the place of being in student! Nicki reminds us of the potency that staying in a place of the beginner mindset has to offer! Enjoy this insightful episode of the Yoga Revealed Podcast!   If you want to study with Nicki, she teaches on the beautiful island of MAUI! Alec Rouben will be there attending their month long intensive October 28th-Nov20th! You can find more information by visiting this link: http://www.mayayogastudio.com/schedule/cat_ids~6/ Be sure to check out her other trainings as they are spread out through the calendar year!   Until next time,   Namaste! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  Join our new The One You Feed Facebook Discussion Group   This week we talk to Taylor Hunt Taylor Hunt is a devoted student of Ashtanga, a system of yoga originally transmitted by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. The system is now transmitted by his teacher, Sharath Jois, in Mysore, India. Taylor was the first Ashtanga teacher in Ohio granted Level II Authorization to teach from the Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI) in Mysore, India. He is dedicated to sharing the transformative and healing practice with others by teaching daily Mysore classes at Ashtanga Yoga Columbus and offering workshops around the country. He is also the author of the recently published book, A Way From Darkness, and director of the Trini Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing the life-changing practice of Ashtanga with those suffering from addiction.  In This Interview, Taylor Hunt and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable How the parable applies to a person with addiction Addiction = A disease of denial His book, A Way From Darkness The varying amounts of meeting attendance and other support mechanisms in the recovery process The importance of being connected to one's self in a healthy life The importance of state of mind and intention when it comes to the practice of yoga The ways emotions show up in our body Ashtanga Yoga How he helps his students connect to their yoga practice on a spiritual level The importance of not comparing your insides with someone else's outsides The surprising thing that his dad said to him when he asked for his blessing to go to India "Bring Your Ass to Class" How he built the self-discipline to cultivate a consistent yoga practice The danger of identifying ourselves with our thoughts     Join our new The One You Feed Facebook Discussion Group    

Join Tina and Sara in conversation in the last episode of the Women's Entrepreneur Series.  Phone lines open 516-387-1936 Sara Intonato (E-RYT 500, Authorized Level 2 Ashtanga Yoga),  took her first yoga class as an 18 year old college student in Boston, Massachusetts. She fell in love with yoga and began practicing daily. By the time she graduated from Boston University in 2003, Sara had already completed her 200 hour Hatha Yoga certification and begun focusing her practice and teaching in the Ashtanga Vinyasa tradition under the tutelage of David Swenson. In 2005 Sara made her first trip to Mysore, India to study under Guru Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and deepen her connection to the Ashtanga Yoga lineage. She continues to make annual trips there, furthering her practice with R. Sharath Jois, Guruji’s grandson whom has guided the tradition since his grandfather’s death in 2009. Sara received her level one authorization to teach from R. Sharath Jois, director of the KPJAYI in Mysore in 2013. She was given her level two authorization in 2014. She is honored to perpetuate the lineage of Ashtanga Yoga. While in India, Sara studies chanting with Dr. M.A. Jayashree, PhD and Sri Lakshmish. In New York, Sara remains connected to the tradition as a student of senior teacher Eddie Stern. She humbly dedicates her practice and teaching to her late Guru, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and his family. If you are looking for Ashtanga Yoga in Long Island, New York contact Sara today Sara is grateful to her husband and two children for supporting her on her spiritual path.

When Chris in Oklahoma asks about the importance of deep study with one teacher, Kino MacGregor reaches into her own experiences studying for many years with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois at the Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore, India. Kino shares with host Zubin Shroff how her travels to India were interspersed with periods of solitary practice, where she began to understand how deeply we can let the work of yoga integrate in terms of our own spiritual practice. She describes how she sees the yoga path as an individual journey, which is at once very intense and very solitary, and that while a teacher’s role can be to help build the roots of yoga, the roots are ours alone. Finally, Kino shares some of her earliest experiences with Guruji, and the support and sincerity she found that allowed her to grow stronger.

Eddie has been teaching yoga in New York City since 1989, and since 1993 has run the NYC branch of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois's Ashtanga Yoga Institute. Now located in Brooklyn, the school also functions as a consecrated Hindu temple. He is also involved in bringing health and wellness programs to under-served and in-need communities based on yoga, stress reduction, mindfulness and relaxation, and has designed protocols for scientific studies on yoga. We spoke about his personal path, his guru, his work and his perspective on the current yoga scene.

Christine Hoar, a woman with nearly 20 years of practice and teaching experience, is a direct student of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (Guruji). Though for years, he referred to her affectionately as “Nancy’s (Gilgoff) student,” her teacher to this day. Now, if you’re a woman in this practice, I don’t need to tell you how rare it is to find women with that kind of depth and experience in the practice.