While wildfires are now considered a "season" in many parts of the world, the people who fight wildfires and structure fires are often the first ones on the scenes of other natural and human-caused disasters, accidents, and other events that th

Mindfulness, Technology, and Human Interaction with Alex Haley

May 26th, 2022

The idea of practicing or teaching yoga and meditation through digital devices can seem contrary to yoga as a living practice. We might think that human-machine-machine-human is far from the realm of the senses, of human connection, and can onl

Racism, Incarceration, and Yoga

May 19th, 2022 1h 26m

Racism, Incarceration, and Yoga with Ayla BenjaminRacism is deeply embedded in the histories of yoga even as it offers visions and practices of liberation. From delimiting caste systems in ancient-to-modern societies to contemporary racist ideo

Science, Myth, Anatomy, Fascia & Yin Yoga

May 11th, 2022 1h 31m

Tune in here for a conversation between Mark and Bernie Clark on science, myth, anatomy, fascia and yin yoga. Highlights of the conversation include:Mark's 5-minute teaser, setting the table for thinking about science and myth.Bernie Clark's yo

05 Sexuality & Communication w/ Jennifer Hellwarth & Joshua Searle-White

May 5th, 2022 1h 23m

Sexuality and communication are as common as they are complex. While ancient-to-modern yoga texts and teachings provide various views on sex and morals, matters of sexual desire, power, transference, trauma, and communication are often as probl

04: Guided Breathing Practices (starts with 15-minute talk)

Apr 28th, 2022 1h 29m

The breath is essential for life and at the heart of yoga practice. Yet breathing is often difficult or disturbed, and in yoga it more refined techniques are often said to be dangerous and kept secret unless one is "blessed" to receive the teac

03: The Neurophysiology of Practice w/ Allison Tomotsugu

Apr 15th, 2022 2h 18m

We all experience yoga in ways that are unique to our individual nature, while at the same time we are all human common physiological conditions, such as brains, hearts, muscles, bones and other tissues, organs and systems. We also all live on

02: A Spiritual Path w/ Sally Kempton

Apr 14th, 2022 1h 52m

Practicing yoga since the early 1970s, internationally respected teacher Sally Durgananda Kempton is a master at transmitting meditation and at applying spiritual, yogic and tantric teachings to daily life situations. Sally spent 20 years as a

01: Setting the Table: Knowledge, Truth and Not Hurting

Apr 14th, 2022 51m 35s

Episode highlights:How the fundamental yogic principles of non-harming (ahimsa) and truth (satya) are critical in written, spoken, and lived discourses;The tendency among yoga many influencers – authors, teachers, and speakers – to say whatever