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Yoga Inspiration — 234 episodes

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#234 The Work of Second Series: Ashtanga Yoga Intermediate Series

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#233 The Three Pillars of Tristhāna with Tim Feldmann

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#232 Living as a Yogi: Sincerity, Sattva, and the Eightfold Path

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#231 The Business of Yoga: Leadership, Marketing, Pricing & Growth with Bruce Barkus

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#230 Yoga is Mind Training: How to Steady the Mind Through Practice

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#229 Deep Practice, Full Heart: Why Consistency Changes Everything

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#228 The Benefits of Traditional Ashtanga Yoga Practice: From Nectar Drop to Ocean with Tim Feldmann and Kino MacGregor

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#227 Beyond Asana: The Complete Path of Yoga with Srivatsa Ramaswami

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#226 Avidyā: Lifting the Veil of Ignorance in Yoga

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#225 Grief as a Teacher: Remembering SharathJi

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#224 Viveka-khyāti: Seeing Clearly in an Age of Confusion and Acting Without Losing the Heart amidst Conflict

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#223 In Conversation with Dr Raj: The Stories Behind The Poses

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#222 Grief, Presence, and the Courage to Stay Human with J.S. Park

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#221 In Conversation with Andrew Tanner of The American Yoga Council

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#220 The Astrology of 2026 - the Year Everything Changes with Gahl Sasson

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#219 Healing Through Grief: How Yoga, Practice, and Community Carry Us Forward When Everything Falls Apart

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#218 Is Yoga Inherently Healing? Trauma, Activation & the Power of Presence with Terri Cooper and Kino MacGregor

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#217 Walking in the Light of the Guru: Lineage, Faith & Living Wisdom

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#216 The Importance of a Teacher, the Meaning of Being a Student and the Power of Transmission.

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#215 Dialogue and Discipline, Rethinking Authority in Ashtanga Yoga

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#214 The Quiet Turning: Meditation, Yoga, and the Truth of Impermanence

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#213 Abhyāsa: The Sacred Art of Returning, Practice, Repetition, and Inner Cultivation

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#212 Understanding the Ashtanga Yoga Opening Invocation: Etymology, Meaning & Inner Alchemy

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#211 A Supported Practice: Finding Balance Between Yoga and Strength Training with Kino MacGregor and Wade Oakley

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#210 Living Legacy: Sri Shubha on Krishnamacharya, Yoga, and Teaching from the Heart

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Bonus Episode: The Spiritual Hustle: Build Your Authentic Yoga Business Without Losing Your Soul

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#209 Roots & Branches: Writing, Teaching, and Living Yoga with David Swenson

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#208 The Many Shades of Devotion in Yoga

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#207 How Yoga Teaches Us to Stand Up for Justice Without Losing Our Peace

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#206: Dharma Talk: Why We Think It's Important to Keep Practicing Ashtanga Yoga with Kino and Tim

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#205: Dharma Talk: The Discerning Eye of the Yogin — Becoming Connoisseurs of Spiritual Knowledge

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#204: Dharma Talk: The Grace of the Guru

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#203: An Ocean of Grace, Saumanasya - The Cheerful Disposition of the Yogi's Mind

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#202: How Yoga Grows a Heart of Unconditional Compassion

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#201: Tears of the Path: Saṁvega and the Ocean Within — A Reflection on Feeling Deeply, Seeing Clearly, and Walking the Path with Urgency

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#200: The Benefits of Strong Practice in Cultivating Tapas

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#199: Honoring the Lineage and Understanding Merit in Ashtanga Yoga

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#198: The Lifelong Path of Yoga: Kino MacGregor on Insightful Self-Discovery

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#197: Tristhana Unveiled: Breath, Body, and Mind in Ashtanga Yoga with Kino & Tim

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#196: Astrology Talk with Kino MacGregor and Gahl Sasson

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#195: Discipline, Method and Studentship in Ashtanga Yoga

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#194: The Pillars of Happiness with Mary Taylor and Richard Freeman

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#193: Honouring Lineage When the Teacher is Gone

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#192: Living The Lineage: Dedication in The Face of Change

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#191: Accessibility in Ashtanga: Honoring Tradition And Embracing All Bodies

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#190: The Hidden Knowledge of Yoga Within

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#189: Honouring the Teachings of Sharath Jois: A Memorial

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#188: Yoga and War: Hala Okeili on Holding Space for Peace in Lebanon's Crisis

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#187: The Humble Practice of Non-Attachment

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#186: The Quiet Strength Within - Redefining Success in Yoga

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#185: Satya and the Limits of Cognition

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#184: No Hierarchy, No Race In The Ashtanga Practice

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#183: Swadhyaya's Call to Introspection and Devotion

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#182: To Grow With Ashtanga, We Must Embrace The Fire

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#181: The Heart of Ashtanga: Exploring the Yamas

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#180: Consistency As A Spiritual Necessity

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#179: Sacred Lineage: Celebrating Yoga's Generational Wisdom

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#178: Transforming Judgement into Discernment

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#177: Through the Looking Glass: Using Meditation for Transformation

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#176: Letting Go of False Promises And Embracing Impermanence

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#175: Revealing Our Highest Truth with Sadhana

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#174: Transcending Discomfort of the Mind, Body and Senses with Tim Feldmann

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#173: The Sacred Now and the Transformative Power of Mudita

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#172: Doubt, Shame and Blame: How Your Shadows Can Deepen Your Practice

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#171: Encouraging Sangha: The Importance Of Community in Yoga

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#170: Does Mastering More Asanas Make a Better Yogi? The Confronting Lessons of Ashtanga

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#169: From Pregnancy to Pranayama with Katy Scherer

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#168: Healing Roots: From Quick Fixes to The Intricacies of Lineage and Diversity

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#167: Slowness, Discernment and Gurus: A Dharma Talk From Mysore

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#166: When Life Gets Hard: Finding Guidance in Spiritual Endurance

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#165: Overcoming Challenges by Remembering the Gifts of Yoga

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#164: Navigating Humanness and Perfection Through Yoga

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#163: From Women's Empowerment to Global Healing: Dina Ghandour's Story as a Palestinian Yogi

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#161: The Yogi's Journey to Devotion and Discipline with Tim Feldmann

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#160: Can a Yogi be Wealthy? Spiritual Entrepreneurship with Beatriz Yepes

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#159: Yoga's Foundational Trilogy: Exploring Tristana with Tim Feldmann

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#158: The Power of Yin Yoga and Finding Balance with Jo Phee

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#157: Seekers, Teachers and the Challenges of Yoga with David Swenson

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#156: The Sacred Mirror: How Yoga Can Offer Us Profound Insight and Transformation

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#155: Finding the Right Guide: Navigating the Balance Between Tradition and Self-Discovery in Yoga

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#154: Life Through the Lens of the Bhagavad Gita with Swami Chidanadana

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#153: What Qualifies Someone to Teach and How Does That Affect Our Relationship With Them?

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#152: Removing The Burden of Expectation

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#151: How Curiosity Takes You Further Than Wisdom with Indu Arora

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#150: From Hedonism in NYC to Meditation in Mysore: A Conversation with Finding Harmony Podcast

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#149: A Meditation for Compassion from Mysore, India

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#148: Ashtanga Yoga with Adam Keen

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#147: Accepting That The Bad Days Don't Go Away, You Just Get Better At Them with Robert Mack

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#146: How We Can Heal Society's Communication Crisis with Mia Forbes Pirie

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#145: Compassion Fatigue and the Reality of Altruism with Robert Mack

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#144: Devotion to the Divine - Is It Missing in the West?

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#143: Individualism in Yoga: Competition Versus Lineage

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#142: Is There a Difference Between a Teacher and a Guru? With Tim Feldmann

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#141: Remembering Our Duty and the Essence of Yoga with David Swenson

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#140: If We Want Peace, We Must Allow Ourselves to be Angry

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#139: The Power of Yoga in Times of Disempowerment

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#138: Immersing Yourself in Yoga

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#137: The Journey of Becoming a Yoga Teacher with Tim Feldmann

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#136: What Can Meditation Teach Us About Our Mind, Body and Emotions?

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#135: Cultural Appreciation Versus Cultural Appropriation of Yoga with Pranidhi Varshney

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#134: Our Spiritual Selves With Dannion Brinkley

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#133: Using Yoga To Bring Mindfulness and Equanimity Into Your Life

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#132: The Lineage Of The Yoga Practice

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#131: The Devotional Practice of Yoga With Dr. Shyam Ranganathan

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#130: When Does Life Begin?

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#129: How Yoga Curates Personal & Community Wellness: A Panel Discussion From Pride At The MLC

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#128: Embracing The Gift Of The Yoga Practice

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#127: What Is A Successful Yoga Practice?

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#126: The Validation Of Your Efforts In Yoga Practice

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#125: How You Can Infuse Sadhana Into Your Yoga Practice

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#124: Yoga, Community, and Liberation - With Sunaina Madhav Dasi

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#123: Blissful And Imperfect: Talking Reality/Dharma With Kino MacGregor

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#122: A Meditation For Mindfulness And Equanimity

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#121: The Value of Equanimity in Yoga

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#120: Exploring Yoga Roots and Traditions

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#119: How to Pursue the Path of a Yoga Teacher

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#118: How to Sit and Appreciate the Moment

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#117: Celebrating Holi with Susanna Barkataki

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#116: How to Shine the Lamp of Knowledge on Your Yoga Journey

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#115: Recognizing Cultural Appropriation in the Yoga Classroom with Anusha Moore

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#114: A Call to Ahimsa and a Prayer For Peace in Ukraine

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#113: Deconstructing the Definition of Balance and Harmony

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#112: Discriminative Discernment: How to Break Out of Your Box of Possibility

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#111: The Fight For Social Justice in India with Prachi Patankar

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#110: Beginning Anapanasati: How to Add Meditation to Your Yoga Practice

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#109: How To Embrace Loss and Change On Our Yoga Journey

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#108: Giving Thanks: A Metta Practice in Gratitude

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#107: Learning How To Unlearn with Ro Averin

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#106: Finding the Heart of Yoga with Shakira Bouwer

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#105: Yoga Questions Answered

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#104: Failure, Boredom, And Fear In Ashtanga Yoga

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#103: Putting In The Work And What That Means In Ashtanga Yoga

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#102: Meditation to Love Your Body

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#101: Join Us For the Grand Opening of the Miami Yoga Garage

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#100: Creating Accessible Ashtanga Yoga with Kino MacGregor

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#99: Building a Practice of Courage and Compassion with Jivana Heyman

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#98: How to Stay Inspired & Consistent to Your Yoga Practice

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#97: Age is Just a Number: How to Grow with Your Yoga Practice with Lotta Sebzda

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#96: How to Balance the Path Between Happiness and Struggle

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#95: The Spiritual Responsibility of the Yoga Student

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#94: Discussing Intersectionality in the Yoga Class with Susanna Barkataki

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#93: Retooling the Way We Think about Social Media

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#92: The Intersection of Yoga, Fitness, Anatomy, and Healing with Leslie Kaminoff

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#91: Hinduphobia at the Intersection of Western Yoga Practice

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#90: Transformative Yoga Starts on the Yoga Mat

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#89: Positivity vs. Adversity: Lessons Learned off the Yoga Mat

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#88: When Things Don't Go Your Way, Yoga Happens

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#87: What is the Ashtanga Method Really About?

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#86: Awareness and Sensation

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#85: Impermanent Suffering: A Meditation on the Buddha

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#84: Deconstructing Hierarchy in the Yoga Space with Shanna Small

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#83: Tips for New Yoga Students from the Primary Conference Series

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#82: When Yoga is Your Livelihood: An Interview with Holly Fiske

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#81: Taking a Trauma-Informed Perspective to Yoga with Marie Belle

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#80: Pride Meditation and Talk with M Camellia

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#79: How to Navigate the Edge of Your Comfort Zone

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#78: Meditation for Healing and Happiness

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#77: Namaste and Cultural Appropriation

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#76: Protecting the Lineage of Yoga

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#75: Change & the Truth of the Universe

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#74: The Yoga Teacher's Journey - Harmony Slater

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#73: A Conversation on COVID-19

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#72: Navigate Change Like a Yogi

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#71: How to Honor the Lineage of Yoga

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#70 Achieving a Different State of Mind

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#69 Anapanasati over Attachment and Aversion

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#68: Balancing the Living Paradox within Ourselves

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#67: Finding Strength and Patience on the Yoga Mat

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#66: A Meditation on Neutrality

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#65: Preserving What is Sacred about Yoga

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#64: Shadow Work & Self-Forgiveness

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#63: Cultivating Equanimity in Your Heart Space

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#62: How to Cultivate an Attitude of Equanimity

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#61: A Meditation in the Balancing Act of the Mind

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#60: The Yoga Community & The Yoga Teacher

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#59: How to Cultivate a Foundation of Stillness

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#58: A Meditative Practice in Awareness and Anapanasati

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#57: The Intersection of Yoga and Music

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#56: How to Fit Niyama into Your Yoga Practice

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#55: Letting Go (Part 2)

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#54: Letting Go (Part 1)

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#53 The Riddle of Mindfulness

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#52: Meditating with an Attitude of Equanimity

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#51: Seeking Unity: Consciously or Unconsciously?

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#50: Learn How to Survive the Silence

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#49: Inhale & Exhale: A Guided Meditation for Beginners

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#48: Tapping into the Subconscious Mind

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#47: Welcome to Your Primary Series Practice

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#46: How to Find an Anchor While Meditating (Part 2)

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#45: How to Find an Anchor While Meditating (Part 1)

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#44: Mindfulness for your everyday life (Part 2)

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#43: Mindfulness for your everyday life (Part 1)

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#42: Reconnecting with The Innocence of Mind

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#41: Yoga Practice to Open Your Heart

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#40: Do You Have To Be an Athlete To Practice Yoga?

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#39: The Spiritual Crisis

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#38: Gratitude for Neutral Things

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#37: Yoga and the Two Wolves

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#36: Hack Your Brain Through Yoga

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#35: How to Find Your Inner Strength

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#34: Reaching for Satya and Universal Truth

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#33: Vote 2020: The Importance of Civic Engagement

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32: Persuasive Technology: An Important Conversation Between Yogis

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#31: Exploring the Lineage of Yoga with Susanna Barkataki

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#30: The Most Important Role of a Yoga Teacher

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#29: How to Cultivate Post-Traumatic Growth

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#28: Metta Practice for Emotional Beings

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#27: Pioneering Accessibility in the Yoga Community with Edyn Loves Life

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#26: The Most Valuable Lesson Yoga Can Teach You

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#25: Sharing Your Yoga Practice With Others

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#24: Naturally Cultivating the Seeds of Metta

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#23: Metta Meditation for Our Three-Dimensional Spirituality

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#22: The Cognitive Dissonance of Yoga

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#21: Enlightening Your Senses with Patanjali's Tapas

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#20: How to Process Grief Through Yoga and Meditation

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#19: Re-Learning the Language of the Body

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#18: How to Walk the Line Between the Spiritual Bypass and the Spiritual Path

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#17: The Melanin Yoga Project with Davina Davidson

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#16: Ashtanga Yoga Full Primary Series — Traditional Sanskrit Counter Practice

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#15: Patanjali's Three Ways of Knowledge

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#14: Unpacking Unconscious Biases in Yoga

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#13: Into The Seeds of Violence

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#12: Yoga Justice Starts with You

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#11: When Doubt Consumes You

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#10: Home Yoga: Making Space to Clear the Mind

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#9: Burning Through The Chains of Ego with Patanjali's Tapas

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#8: Success, Failure, and Why None Of It Matters in Yoga

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#7: The Great Pause — Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Safer-at-Home

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#6: How Can We Inspire Ourselves With Humor

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#5: Precious Human Life — Self-Hate and Building the Architecture of Self-Love

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#4: Yoga In The Age of Coronavirus

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#3: How to Stay Inspired For Home Yoga Practice

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#2: What Happens When You Can't Practice Yoga For 30 Days

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#1: Do You Remember Your First Yoga Class