Ruth Westoby's guest appearances

Ruth Westoby

Keen on Yoga Podcast

The Yogic Studies Podcast

The Wise Studies Podcast

Karen O'Brien-Kop

Sarah Shaw

Raj Balkaran

Amanda Lucia

Philip Deslippe

Mark Singleton

Ben Williams

John Danvers

Seth Powell

James Mallinson

Yogi Bhajan

Daniel Simpson

Kate Hartmann

Graham Burns

Nicholas Buxton

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 Ruth Westoby  Baking the Body in the Fire of Yoga (www.enigmatic.yoga | @ruthwestoby )   The Relationship Between Academic Study &amp; Practice | Learning Ashtanga Yoga | Entering into the academic study of yoga | Reading the Bhagavad Gita | Getting obsessed with details | Mark Singleton’s &amp; Norman Sjoman’s books | Are the myths being busted? | The Sritattvanidhi | The transformation of practice enriches interest in the texts | Practising to techno | Cultural appropriation | Can we separate mind &amp; body? | Use of critical theory in yoga | Yoga necessary for doing the contemplation elements  *******  This episode is sponsored by Momence, the booking system we use and highly recommend. Momence facilitates online, in-person and hybrid classes and events, and there are packages to fit self-employed teachers to multi-site studios. With Momence, you can: ·    ·       Manage your class and workshop schedule  ·       Organize your appointment types and availability  ·       Create marketing and win-back campaigns  ·       Organize your on-demand videos and courses  ·       See exactly how your business is doing through insightful reporting.  ·       Have customers self-check-in via kiosks  ·       Sell products and services with a fully integrated point of sale   With live support by chat, phone and email Momence is easy to use for yourself and your customers.  2 MONTHS FREE TRAIL: for more information click on the link https://www.keenonyoga.com/momence/  or book a demo and quote “Keen on Yoga”  Support Us Subscribe, like, comment and share with your friends Donate: https://keenonyoga.com/donate/ Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infoRf Become a Patron:  https://keenonyoga.com/membership/  Exclusive content, yoga &amp; lifestyle tips, live Zoom meet-ups &amp; more.  €10 per month, cancel at any time. Connect With Keen On Yoga Instagram Keen on Yoga: https://www.instagram.com/keen_on_yoga/ Instagram Adam Keen: https://www.instagram.com/adam_keen_ashtanga/ Website: https://keenonyoga.com/ *******  Ruth Westoby is a doctoral researcher in yoga and an Ashtanga practitioner. As well as offering workshops and lectures at studios and conferences, Ruth teaches on some of the principal teacher training programmes in the UK and beyond. Ruth is on the steering committee for the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies.   Ruth collaborated with the Haṭha Yoga Project’s ‘embodied philology’, interpreting postures from an 18th-century text teaching a precursor of modern yoga, the Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati, in 2016 and 2017. Ruth began to explore yoga practices in 1996 and started teaching postural yoga in 2004. In 2010 she received an MA in Indian Religions from SOAS, University of London, with Distinction.    Ruth has studied closely with Hamish Hendry and Richard Freeman. In 2015 she was authorized by Sharath to teach Ashtanga level 2. Ruth does not practice at studios which display images of Pattabhi Jois on altars in solidarity with those who were sexually abused by him. For resources and dialogue on this please contact Ruth directly.    Ruth is researching for a doctoral thesis on ‘Bodies in Haṭhayoga: Gender, Materiality and Power’ at SOAS under the supervision of James Mallinson.

Ruth Westoby Baking the Body in the Fire of Yoga (<a href="http://www.enigmatic.yoga" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.enigmatic.yoga</a> | <a href="ruthwestoby" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ruthwestoby</a> )  The Relationship Between Academic Study &amp; Practice | Learning Ashtanga Yoga | Entering into the academic study of yoga | Reading the Bhagavad Gita | Getting obsessed with details | Mark Singleton’s &amp; Norman Sjoman’s books | Are the myths being busted? | The Sritattvanidhi | The transformation of practice enriches interest in the texts | Practising to techno | Cultural appropriation | Can we separate mind &amp; body? | Use of critical theory in yoga | Yoga necessary for doing the contemplation elements ******* This episode is sponsored by Momence, the booking system we use and highly recommend. Momence facilitates online, in-person and hybrid classes and events, and there are packages to fit self-employed teachers to multi-site studios. With Momence, you can: ·  <ul> <li> ·       Manage your class and workshop schedule</li> <li> ·       Organize your appointment types and availability</li> <li> ·       Create marketing and win-back campaigns</li> <li> ·       Organize your on-demand videos and courses</li> <li> ·       See exactly how your business is doing through insightful reporting.</li> <li> ·       Have customers self-check-in via kiosks</li> <li> ·       Sell products and services with a fully integrated point of sale</li> </ul> With live support by chat, phone and email Momence is easy to use for yourself and your customers. 2 MONTHS FREE TRAIL: for more information click on the link <a href="https://www.keenonyoga.com/momence/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.keenonyoga.com/momence/</a> or book a demo and quote “Keen on Yoga”  Support Us Subscribe, like, comment and share with your friends Donate: <a href="https://keenonyoga.com/donate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://keenonyoga.com/donate/</a> Buy us a coffee: <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infoRf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infoRf</a> Become a Patron:  <a href="https://keenonyoga.com/membership/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://keenonyoga.com/membership/</a>  Exclusive content, yoga &amp; lifestyle tips, live Zoom meet-ups &amp; more.  €10 per month, cancel at any time. Connect With Keen On Yoga Instagram Keen on Yoga: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/keen_on_yoga/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/keen_on_yoga/</a> Instagram Adam Keen: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/adam_keen_ashtanga/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/adam_keen_ashtanga/</a> Website: <a href="https://keenonyoga.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://keenonyoga.com/</a> ******* Ruth Westoby is a doctoral researcher in yoga and an Ashtanga practitioner. As well as offering workshops and lectures at studios and conferences, Ruth teaches on some of the principal teacher training programmes in the UK and beyond. Ruth is on the steering committee for the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies. Ruth collaborated with the Haṭha Yoga Project’s ‘embodied philology’, interpreting postures from an 18th-century text teaching a precursor of modern yoga, the Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati, in 2016 and 2017. Ruth began to explore yoga practices in 1996 and started teaching postural yoga in 2004. In 2010 she received an MA in Indian Religions from SOAS, University of London, with Distinction. Ruth has studied closely with Hamish Hendry and Richard Freeman. In 2015 she was authorized by Sharath to teach Ashtanga level 2. Ruth does not practice at studios which display images of Pattabhi Jois on altars in solidarity with those who were sexually abused by him. For resources and dialogue on this please contact Ruth directly. Ruth is researching for a doctoral thesis on ‘Bodies in Haṭhayoga: Gender, Materiality and Power’ at SOAS under the supervision of James Mallinson.

#130 Ruth Westoby - Baking The Body in the Fire of Yoga

In this episode, we speak with Ruth Westoby (PhD Candidate, SOAS) about her background in Ashtanga, her doctoral research on women and gender in the history of yoga, female practitioners of Haṭha yoga and asceticism, frameworks for understanding the yogic body, rajas and bindu, as well as a preview of her upcoming online course, YS 111 | Women and Yoga: A History of Female Practitioners.Speaker BioRuth Westoby is a doctoral candidate at SOAS, University of London, researching for a doctoral thesis on the yogic body in premodern Sanskrit texts on haṭhayoga, under the supervision of Dr. James Mallinson. As well as offering workshops and lectures at studios and conferences, Ruth teaches on some of the principal teacher training programmes in the UK and beyond. She facilitates Yogacampus’ online History of Yoga course and serves on the steering committee for the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies.Ruth is also a longtime Ashtanga practitioner. She began to explore yoga practices in 1996 and started teaching postural yoga in 2004. In 2010 she received an MA in Indian Religions from SOAS with Distinction. In 2016-17 Ruth collaborated with the Haṭha Yoga Project’s ‘embodied philology’, interpreting postures from the 18th-century Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati, an important textual precursor of modern yoga. The film has been showed as part of the Haṭha Yoga Project’s Embodied Liberation exhibition in 2020.Linkshttps://soas.academia.edu/RuthWestoby http://www.enigmatic.yogaYS 111 | Women and Yoga: A History of Female Practitioners

In this episode, we speak with Ruth Westoby (PhD Candidate, SOAS) about her background in Ashtanga, her doctoral research on women and gender in the history of yoga, female practitioners of Haṭha yoga and asceticism, frameworks for understanding the yogic body, rajas and bindu, as well as a preview of her upcoming online course, <a href="https://www.yogicstudies.com/ys-111" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YS 111 | Women and Yoga: A History of Female Practitioners.</a> Speaker Bio Ruth Westoby is a doctoral candidate at SOAS, University of London, researching for a doctoral thesis on the yogic body in premodern Sanskrit texts on haṭhayoga, under the supervision of Dr. James Mallinson. As well as offering workshops and lectures at studios and conferences, Ruth teaches on some of the principal teacher training programmes in the UK and beyond. She facilitates Yogacampus’ online History of Yoga course and serves on the steering committee for the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies.Ruth is also a longtime Ashtanga practitioner. She began to explore yoga practices in 1996 and started teaching postural yoga in 2004. In 2010 she received an MA in Indian Religions from SOAS with Distinction. In 2016-17 Ruth collaborated with the Haṭha Yoga Project’s ‘embodied philology’, interpreting postures from the 18th-century Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati, an important textual precursor of modern yoga. The film has been showed as part of the Haṭha Yoga Project’s Embodied Liberation exhibition in 2020. Links<ul><li><a href="https://soas.academia.edu/RuthWestoby " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soas.academia.edu/RuthWestoby </a></li><li><a href="http://www.enigmatic.yoga" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.enigmatic.yoga</a></li><li><a href="https://www.yogicstudies.com/ys-111" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YS 111 | Women and Yoga: A History of Female Practitioners</a></li></ul>

12. Ruth Westoby | Women and Gender in Yoga

In this episode I am speaking with Ruth Westoby. Ruth is a doctoral researcher in yoga and an Ashtanga practitioner. As well as offering workshops and lectures at studios and conferences, Ruth teaches on some of the principal Yoga teacher training programmes in the UK and beyond. Ruth received an MA in Indian Religions from SOAS in 2010.Her website is enigmatic.yogaYou can listen to her Wise Studies course Women In Yoga here. The topics we discuss are:Common polarities in yogic textsFemale representations or lack thereof in Hatha YogaIf female voices were more predominant in the past would that have changed the goal of yoga?The predominance of female hatha yoga practitioners todayGender essentialismAre historical practices relevant today?Evaluating historical time periods on their own terms 

In this episode I am speaking with Ruth Westoby. Ruth is a doctoral researcher in yoga and an Ashtanga practitioner. As well as offering workshops and lectures at studios and conferences, Ruth teaches on some of the principal Yoga teacher training programmes in the UK and beyond. Ruth received an MA in Indian Religions from SOAS in 2010. Her website is <a href="http://www.enigmatic.yoga/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">enigmatic.yoga</a> You can listen to her Wise Studies course Women In Yoga <a href="https://wisestudies.com/product/women-in-yoga-with-ruth-westoby/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.  The topics we discuss are: <ul><li>Common polarities in yogic texts</li><li>Female representations or lack thereof in Hatha Yoga</li><li>If female voices were more predominant in the past would that have changed the goal of yoga?</li><li>The predominance of female hatha yoga practitioners today</li><li>Gender essentialism</li><li>Are historical practices relevant today?</li><li>Evaluating historical time periods on their own terms </li></ul>

Women in Yoga with Ruth Westoby