#6 - Yoga is a Washing Machine - Yoga in Nepal with Prakash Acharya

Welcome to Episode #6 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Prakash Acharya onto the show. He is the founder of Nepal Yoga Home, the school where I completed my 200hr Yoga Teacher Training in Kathmandu Nepal. Prakash Acharya’s wisdom is effusive. You can feel his wealth of wisdom in his words, his energy, and by the strength of his aura. It comes across in this episode doesn’t it? He has this incredible way of using metaphors to clarify complex subjects. In our conversation today, Prakash talks about yoga as a washing machine for cleansing our bodies, and what it’s like to be a dirty car, or how we’re taught how to drive a car but not how to drive our lives… Get ready for a rumbling! Your brain is about to soak up some deep, yogic knowledge all while laughing along with Prakash and his fun metaphors. Tell me more about Prakash… Prakash Acharya is the founder of Nepal Yoga Home, a renowned Yoga Teacher Training facility in Kathmandu Nepal. With a Masters degree in Yogic Science and  Human Consciousness from Gurukul Kangri University in Haridwar, India, he is currently researching the subject of meditation for his PhD. He is a Grand Master in Reiki Healing and has diplomas is Yoga and Naturopathy, Acupressure and is the Ambassador of Yoga Alliance International for Nepal. Due to his deep and profound knowledge and insight in the field of yoga, Prakash Acharya has been highly acclaimed and appreciated by both his students and by the international circle of yoga. For the skimmers - What’s in the Yoga in Nepal episode? The shock students feel when they realize what real yoga is The difference between a yogi and a vogi Minimizing your thoughts to make your mind clear The key that locks the door is the same key that opens the door The flickering of candle in the wind, just like your mind with thoughts We learn how to drive a car, but we never learn how to drive our life The three gunas and how tamas guna inhibits our connection to self The body and mind connection and how to actually connect the body to the mind The history of yoga and Nepal Why Nepal has special energy and is a great place to practice yoga Connect with Prakash and Nepal Yoga Home www.nepalyogahome.com [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/nepalyogahome https://www.instagram.com/nepalyogahome/ www.thetreknepal.com Want more? Head on over to my website https://wildyogatribe.com/podcast/ Questions? Comments? Let's get social! https://www.instagram.com/wildyogatribe/ https://www.facebook.com/wildyogatribe https://twitter.com/wildyogatribe Mediate with me: https://insig.ht/6gFTaXHlogb Flow with me: https://www.youtube.com/c/WildYogaTribe Book a private yoga or meditation class with me: https://wildyogatribe.com/yogaclasses/