Yoga Off The Mat

According to Ayurveda, summer is pitta season. If you've been pushing harder, running hotter, and arriving at the end of August exhausted, this episode is for you :)In this episode, you'll learn what summer actually asks of us according to Ayurvedic philosophy: why a hot yoga class might be working against you right now, which pranayama technique cools the body, what seasonal foods can do for you, and when your digestive fire naturally decreases, and why uniquely in summer, a short afternoon rest is not laziness.This is part 2 of an ongoing seasonal series using yoga philosophy and Ayurveda to help you build routines that move with nature rather than against it! The yoga way. Yoga Off The Mat is a podcast by Divya Balakrishnan.Follow: @yogaoffthematpodcast | @divyabalaSupport the show: patreon.com/divyabalaWork with me! www.divyabala.comDisclaimer: This video is for entertainment purposes only and Divya Balakrishnan does not assume any resulting liability.

Most early yoga teachers share the same quiet belief: that going full time is the goal. That teaching as your sole livelihood is what makes the practice legitimate. This episode is a direct response to that and to the cultural script that keeps selling it.This episode covers karma yoga (the yoga of action in ordinary life), aparigraha (non-grasping), and svadhyaya (self-study), and makes the case that the unglamorous moments of a full working life are not obstacles to the practice. They are the practice.For early teachers feeling the pressure to go full time. For practitioners who think their regular life disqualifies them. For anyone who's been sold the idea that yoga requires a lifestyle overhaul to count.Yoga Off The Mat is a podcast by Divya Balakrishnan.Follow: @yogaoffthematpodcast | @divyabalaSupport the show: patreon.com/divyabalaWork with me: www.divyabala.com

What if your morning skincare routine, your clean apartment, the flowers on your coffee table — what if all of that was actually yoga? Not metaphorically. Philosophically.In this episode, Divya makes the case that beauty and ritual are not in tension with serious yoga practice but rather, they're an expression of it. Drawing on saucha (purity and creating nourishing conditions), santosha (contentment as embodied delight), and the Ayurvedic practice of abhyanga (warm oil self-massage), this episode reframes self-care as something the philosophy has always pointed toward.This one is for the practitioners who love beautiful spaces and sensory rituals but quietly wondered if that made them less serious. It doesn't. It might make you more present than most.Yoga Off The Mat is a podcast by Divya Balakrishnan.Follow: @yogaoffthematpodcast | @divyabalaSupport the show: patreon.com/divyabala