Gregor Maehle

In this deep and rewarding conversation Scott Johnson talks to author, yoga teacher and mystic Gregor Maehle on his life as a seeker in the contemplative and spiritual traditions. Gregor shares how his childhood created the bedrock for a life of spiritual discovery, the outcome being a life embedded within the mystical limbs of yoga and contemplative practice.  We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Online Yoga community. For just £20 per month you can support the podcast and every Monday evening join The Still Space, our live stream yoga philosophy, mindfulness, pranayama and discussion sessions hosted by Scott Johnson. You can also gain access to our growing Stillpoint Online library of helpful yoga and mindfulness content.   Gregor Maehle on Yoga As A Mystical Experience Scott and Gregor talk openly about Gregor’s life as a yoga practitioner and mystic. Gregor shares:  How he grew up in a catholic upbringing. How he had a mystical experience aged 6. How his parents saw something deep in him from an early age. How he read mystical books from a very young age. How he took psychedelics in his late teens but the integration as a spiritual experience didn’t work. How in his twenties he did the guru trail in India. How he decided to spend his life doing personal sadhana. Why mystical experiences are not spontaneous. Why you should work with hypotheses rather than belief. Why the mystical state is your birth right. How in his forties he developed a relationship with Jesus. How the ego gets in the way of the mystical experience and is known in many traditions with different names. How we need to be in the service of all beings. Why yoga is the most powerful tool for transformation. What the inspiration is that he uses to write his books. How we can all find our life’s purpose. How we can stay connected to nature. What the most important thing is that he has discovered through his practice.   About Gregor Maehle Gregor Maehle began his yogic practices 45 years ago. In the mid-1980s he commenced annual travels to India, where he studied with various yogic and tantric masters, traditional Indian sadhus and ascetics. He spent fourteen months in Mysore, and in 1997 was authorised to teach Ashtanga Yoga by K. Pattabhi Jois. Since then he has branched out into researching the anatomical alignment of postures and the higher limbs of yoga.  In India Gregor also received eight months of mostly one-on-one instruction in scripture and the higher limbs of Yoga through B.N.S. Iyengar, a student of T. Krishnamacharya, and he studied Sanskrit under Professor Narayanachar and Dr Chandrasekhar. Gregor’s internationally acclaimed textbook series consisting of Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy, Ashtanga Yoga: The Intermediate Series, Pranayama: The Breath of Yoga, Yoga Meditation: Through Mantra, Chakras and Kundalini to Spiritual Freedom, Samadhi The Great Freedom, How to Find Your Life’s Divine Purpose, Chakras, Drugs &amp; Evolution and Mudras: Seals of Yoga – have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into eight foreign languages. Additional volumes currently prepared are Tantric Meditation and Bhakti: Yoga of Love. Gregor has been invited to many countries to teach and has contributed to and been interviewed by numerous yoga magazines. On Gregor’s blog page chintamaniyoga.com/blog/ you will find over 300 articles, videos and podcasts on all aspects of yoga, which Gregor has authored together with his wife Monica. Today Gregor teaches an anatomically sophisticated interpretation of traditional vinyasa yoga, integrated into the practice of the higher limbs in the spirit of Patanjali and T. Krishnamacharya. His zany sense of humour, his manifold personal experiences, and his vast and deep knowledge of scripture, Indian philosophies and yogic techniques combine to make his teachings applicable, relevant and easily accessible to all his students.  You can find more about Gregor here:  Website Blog Books  In this deep and rewarding conversation Scott Johnson talks to author, yoga teacher and mystic Gregor Maehle on his life as a seeker in the contemplative and spiritual traditions. Gregor shares how his childhood created the bedrock for a life of spiritual discovery, the outcome being a life embedded within the mystical limbs of yoga and contemplative practice. We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Online Yoga community. For just £20 per month you can support the podcast and every Monday evening join The Still Space, our live stream yoga philosophy, mindfulness, pranayama and discussion sessions hosted by Scott Johnson. You can also gain access to our growing Stillpoint Online library of helpful yoga and mindfulness content.  Gregor Maehle on Yoga As A Mystical Experience Scott and Gregor talk openly about Gregor’s life as a yoga practitioner and mystic. Gregor shares:  How he grew up in a catholic upbringing. How he had a mystical experience aged 6. How his parents saw something deep in him from an early age. How he read mystical books from a very young age. How he took psychedelics in his late teens but the integration as a spiritual experience didn’t work. How in his twenties he did the guru trail in India. How he decided to spend his life doing personal sadhana. Why mystical experiences are not spontaneous. Why you should work with hypotheses rather than belief. Why the mystical state is your birth right. How in his forties he developed a relationship with Jesus. How the ego gets in the way of the mystical experience and is known in many traditions with different names. How we need to be in the service of all beings. Why yoga is the most powerful tool for transformation. What the inspiration is that he uses to write his books. How we can all find our life’s purpose. How we can stay connected to nature. What the most important thing is that he has discovered through his practice.  About Gregor Maehle Gregor Maehle began his yogic practices 45 years ago. In the mid-1980s he commenced annual travels to India, where he studied with various yogic and tantric masters, traditional Indian sadhus and ascetics. He spent fourteen months in Mysore, and in 1997 was authorised to teach Ashtanga Yoga by K. Pattabhi Jois. Since then he has branched out into researching the anatomical alignment of postures and the higher limbs of yoga.  In India Gregor also received eight months of mostly one-on-one instruction in scripture and the higher limbs of Yoga through B.N.S. Iyengar, a student of T. Krishnamacharya, and he studied Sanskrit under Professor Narayanachar and Dr Chandrasekhar. Gregor’s internationally acclaimed textbook series consisting of Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy, Ashtanga Yoga: The Intermediate Series, Pranayama: The Breath of Yoga, Yoga Meditation: Through Mantra, Chakras and Kundalini to Spiritual Freedom, Samadhi The Great Freedom, How to Find Your Life’s Divine Purpose, Chakras, Drugs &amp; Evolution and Mudras: Seals of Yoga – have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into eight foreign languages. Additional volumes currently prepared are Tantric Meditation and Bhakti: Yoga of Love. Gregor has been invited to many countries to teach and has contributed to and been interviewed by numerous yoga magazines. On Gregor’s blog page chintamaniyoga.com/blog/ you will find over 300 articles, videos and podcasts on all aspects of yoga, which Gregor has authored together with his wife Monica. Today Gregor teaches an anatomically sophisticated interpretation of traditional vinyasa yoga, integrated into the practice of the higher limbs in the spirit of Patanjali and T. Krishnamacharya. His zany sense of humour, his manifold personal experiences, and his vast and deep knowledge of scripture, Indian philosophies and yogic techniques combine to make his teachings applicable, relevant and easily accessible to all his students.  You can find more about Gregor here:  Website Blog Books  “This conversation with Gregor is grounded in deep insight. Gregor has lives such a rich life of study and practice that his teachings are a visceral outcome of personal committed study. Gregor shares life experiences that are at the same time teachings. We all can find a deeper way to interact  with ourselves and the world. Gregor is a testament to that… “ Scott Johnson – April 2023 If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with Ty Landrum, Simon Borg Olivier and Frank Jude Boccio. In this deep and rewarding conversation Scott Johnson talks to author, yoga teacher and mystic Gregor Maehle on his life as a seeker in the contemplative and spiritual traditions. Gregor shares how his childhood created the bedrock for a life of spiritual discovery, the outcome being a life embedded within the mystical limbs of yoga and contemplative practice. We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Online Yoga community. For just £20 per month you can support the podcast and every Monday evening join The Still Space, our live stream yoga philosophy, mindfulness, pranayama and discussion sessions hosted by Scott Johnson. You can also gain access to our growing Stillpoint Online library of helpful yoga and mindfulness content.  Gregor Maehle on Yoga As A Mystical Experience Scott and Gregor talk openly about Gregor’s life as a yoga practitioner and mystic. Gregor shares:  How he grew up in a catholic upbringing. How he had a mystical experience aged 6. How his parents saw something deep in him from an early age. How he read mystical books from a very young age. How he took psychedelics in his late teens but the integration as a spiritual experience didn’t work. How in his twenties he did the guru trail in India. How he decided to spend his life doing personal sadhana. Why mystical experiences are not spontaneous. Why you should work with hypotheses rather than belief. Why the mystical state is your birth right. How in his forties he developed a relationship with Jesus. How the ego gets in the way of the mystical experience and is known in many traditions with different names. How we need to be in the service of all beings. Why yoga is the most powerful tool for transformation. What the inspiration is that he uses to write his books. How we can all find our life’s purpose. How we can stay connected to nature. What the most important thing is that he has discovered through his practice.  About Gregor Maehle Gregor Maehle began his yogic practices 45 years ago. In the mid-1980s he commenced annual travels to India, where he studied with various yogic and tantric masters, traditional Indian sadhus and ascetics. He spent fourteen months in Mysore, and in 1997 was authorised to teach Ashtanga Yoga by K. Pattabhi Jois. Since then he has branched out into researching the anatomical alignment of postures and the higher limbs of yoga.  In India Gregor also received eight months of mostly one-on-one instruction in scripture and the higher limbs of Yoga through B.N.S. Iyengar, a student of T. Krishnamacharya, and he studied Sanskrit under Professor Narayanachar and Dr Chandrasekhar. Gregor’s internationally acclaimed textbook series consisting of Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy, Ashtanga Yoga: The Intermediate Series, Pranayama: The Breath of Yoga, Yoga Meditation: Through Mantra, Chakras and Kundalini to Spiritual Freedom, Samadhi The Great Freedom, How to Find Your Life’s Divine Purpose, Chakras, Drugs &amp; Evolution and Mudras: Seals of Yoga – have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into eight foreign languages. Additional volumes currently prepared are Tantric Meditation and Bhakti: Yoga of Love. Gregor has been invited to many countries to teach and has contributed to and been interviewed by numerous yoga magazines. On Gregor’s blog page chintamaniyoga.com/blog/ you will find over 300 articles, videos and podcasts on all aspects of yoga, which Gregor has authored together with his wife Monica. Today Gregor teaches an anatomically sophisticated interpretation of traditional vinyasa yoga, integrated into the practice of the higher limbs in the spirit of Patanjali and T. Krishnamacharya. His zany sense of humour, his manifold personal experiences, and his vast and deep knowledge of scripture, Indian philosophies and yogic techniques combine to make his teachings applicable, relevant and easily accessible to all his students.  You can find more about Gregor here:  Website Blog Books   “This conversation with Gregor is grounded in deep insight. Gregor has lives such a rich life of study and practice that his teachings are a visceral outcome of personal committed study. Gregor shares life experiences that are at the same time teachings. We all can find a deeper way to interact  with ourselves and the world. Gregor is a testament to that… “ Scott Johnson – April 2023 If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with Ty Landrum, Simon Borg Olivier and Frank Jude Boccio. “This conversation with Gregor is grounded in deep insight. Gregor has lives such a rich life of study and practice that his teachings are a visceral outcome of personal committed study. Gregor shares life experiences that are at the same time teachings. We all can find a deeper way to interact  with ourselves and the world. Gregor is a testament to that… “ Scott Johnson – April 2023 If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with Ty Landrum, Simon Borg Olivier and Frank Jude Boccio.

In this deep and rewarding conversation Scott Johnson talks to author, yoga teacher and mystic Gregor Maehle on his life as a seeker in the contemplative and spiritual traditions. Gregor shares how his childhood created the bedrock for a life of spiritual discovery, the outcome being a life embedded within the mystical limbs of yoga and contemplative practice. We’d like to invite you to join our growing <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/yoga-online-membership/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">monthly Stillpoint Online Yoga community</a>. For just £20 per month you can support the podcast and every Monday evening join The Still Space, our live stream yoga philosophy, mindfulness, pranayama and discussion sessions hosted by Scott Johnson. You can also gain access to our growing Stillpoint Online library of helpful yoga and mindfulness content. Gregor Maehle on Yoga As A Mystical Experience Scott and Gregor talk openly about Gregor’s life as a yoga practitioner and mystic. Gregor shares: <ul> <li>How he grew up in a catholic upbringing.</li> <li>How he had a mystical experience aged 6.</li> <li>How his parents saw something deep in him from an early age.</li> <li>How he read mystical books from a very young age.</li> <li>How he took psychedelics in his late teens but the integration as a spiritual experience didn’t work.</li> <li>How in his twenties he did the guru trail in India.</li> <li>How he decided to spend his life doing personal sadhana.</li> <li>Why mystical experiences are not spontaneous.</li> <li>Why you should work with hypotheses rather than belief.</li> <li>Why the mystical state is your birth right.</li> <li>How in his forties he developed a relationship with Jesus.</li> <li>How the ego gets in the way of the mystical experience and is known in many traditions with different names.</li> <li>How we need to be in the service of all beings.</li> <li>Why yoga is the most powerful tool for transformation.</li> <li>What the inspiration is that he uses to write his books.</li> <li>How we can all find our life’s purpose.</li> <li>How we can stay connected to nature.</li> <li>What the most important thing is that he has discovered through his practice.</li> </ul> About Gregor Maehle Gregor Maehle began his yogic practices 45 years ago. In the mid-1980s he commenced annual travels to India, where he studied with various yogic and tantric masters, traditional Indian sadhus and ascetics. He spent fourteen months in Mysore, and in 1997 was authorised to teach Ashtanga Yoga by K. Pattabhi Jois. Since then he has branched out into researching the anatomical alignment of postures and the higher limbs of yoga.  In India Gregor also received eight months of mostly one-on-one instruction in scripture and the higher limbs of Yoga through B.N.S. Iyengar, a student of T. Krishnamacharya, and he studied Sanskrit under Professor Narayanachar and Dr Chandrasekhar. Gregor’s internationally acclaimed textbook series consisting of Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy, Ashtanga Yoga: The Intermediate Series, Pranayama: The Breath of Yoga, Yoga Meditation: Through Mantra, Chakras and Kundalini to Spiritual Freedom, Samadhi The Great Freedom, How to Find Your Life’s Divine Purpose, Chakras, Drugs &amp; Evolution and Mudras: Seals of Yoga – have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into eight foreign languages. Additional volumes currently prepared are Tantric Meditation and Bhakti: Yoga of Love. Gregor has been invited to many countries to teach and has contributed to and been interviewed by numerous yoga magazines. On Gregor’s blog page <a href="http://chintamaniyoga.com/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">chintamaniyoga.com/blog/</a> you will find over 300 articles, videos and podcasts on all aspects of yoga, which Gregor has authored together with his wife Monica. Today Gregor teaches an anatomically sophisticated interpretation of traditional vinyasa yoga, integrated into the practice of the higher limbs in the spirit of Patanjali and T. Krishnamacharya. His zany sense of humour, his manifold personal experiences, and his vast and deep knowledge of scripture, Indian philosophies and yogic techniques combine to make his teachings applicable, relevant and easily accessible to all his students.  You can find more about Gregor here: <ul> <li><a href="https://chintamaniyoga.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://chintamaniyoga.com/blog/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://chintamaniyoga.com/shop/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Books</a></li> </ul> In this deep and rewarding conversation Scott Johnson talks to author, yoga teacher and mystic Gregor Maehle on his life as a seeker in the contemplative and spiritual traditions. Gregor shares how his childhood created the bedrock for a life of spiritual discovery, the outcome being a life embedded within the mystical limbs of yoga and contemplative practice. We’d like to invite you to join our growing <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/yoga-online-membership/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">monthly Stillpoint Online Yoga community</a>. For just £20 per month you can support the podcast and every Monday evening join The Still Space, our live stream yoga philosophy, mindfulness, pranayama and discussion sessions hosted by Scott Johnson. You can also gain access to our growing Stillpoint Online library of helpful yoga and mindfulness content. Gregor Maehle on Yoga As A Mystical Experience Scott and Gregor talk openly about Gregor’s life as a yoga practitioner and mystic. Gregor shares: <ul> <li>How he grew up in a catholic upbringing.</li> <li>How he had a mystical experience aged 6.</li> <li>How his parents saw something deep in him from an early age.</li> <li>How he read mystical books from a very young age.</li> <li>How he took psychedelics in his late teens but the integration as a spiritual experience didn’t work.</li> <li>How in his twenties he did the guru trail in India.</li> <li>How he decided to spend his life doing personal sadhana.</li> <li>Why mystical experiences are not spontaneous.</li> <li>Why you should work with hypotheses rather than belief.</li> <li>Why the mystical state is your birth right.</li> <li>How in his forties he developed a relationship with Jesus.</li> <li>How the ego gets in the way of the mystical experience and is known in many traditions with different names.</li> <li>How we need to be in the service of all beings.</li> <li>Why yoga is the most powerful tool for transformation.</li> <li>What the inspiration is that he uses to write his books.</li> <li>How we can all find our life’s purpose.</li> <li>How we can stay connected to nature.</li> <li>What the most important thing is that he has discovered through his practice.</li> </ul> About Gregor Maehle Gregor Maehle began his yogic practices 45 years ago. In the mid-1980s he commenced annual travels to India, where he studied with various yogic and tantric masters, traditional Indian sadhus and ascetics. He spent fourteen months in Mysore, and in 1997 was authorised to teach Ashtanga Yoga by K. Pattabhi Jois. Since then he has branched out into researching the anatomical alignment of postures and the higher limbs of yoga.  In India Gregor also received eight months of mostly one-on-one instruction in scripture and the higher limbs of Yoga through B.N.S. Iyengar, a student of T. Krishnamacharya, and he studied Sanskrit under Professor Narayanachar and Dr Chandrasekhar. Gregor’s internationally acclaimed textbook series consisting of Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy, Ashtanga Yoga: The Intermediate Series, Pranayama: The Breath of Yoga, Yoga Meditation: Through Mantra, Chakras and Kundalini to Spiritual Freedom, Samadhi The Great Freedom, How to Find Your Life’s Divine Purpose, Chakras, Drugs &amp; Evolution and Mudras: Seals of Yoga – have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into eight foreign languages. Additional volumes currently prepared are Tantric Meditation and Bhakti: Yoga of Love. Gregor has been invited to many countries to teach and has contributed to and been interviewed by numerous yoga magazines. On Gregor’s blog page <a href="http://chintamaniyoga.com/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">chintamaniyoga.com/blog/</a> you will find over 300 articles, videos and podcasts on all aspects of yoga, which Gregor has authored together with his wife Monica. Today Gregor teaches an anatomically sophisticated interpretation of traditional vinyasa yoga, integrated into the practice of the higher limbs in the spirit of Patanjali and T. Krishnamacharya. His zany sense of humour, his manifold personal experiences, and his vast and deep knowledge of scripture, Indian philosophies and yogic techniques combine to make his teachings applicable, relevant and easily accessible to all his students.  You can find more about Gregor here: <ul> <li><a href="https://chintamaniyoga.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://chintamaniyoga.com/blog/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://chintamaniyoga.com/shop/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Books</a></li> </ul> “This conversation with Gregor is grounded in deep insight. Gregor has lives such a rich life of study and practice that his teachings are a visceral outcome of personal committed study. Gregor shares life experiences that are at the same time teachings. We all can find a deeper way to interact  with ourselves and the world. Gregor is a testament to that… “ Scott Johnson – April 2023 If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/living-yoga-philosophy-ty-landrum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ty Landrum</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/finding-the-real-yoga-simon-borg-olivier/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simon Borg Olivier</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/yoga-and-mindfulness-frank-jude-boccio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Jude Boccio</a>. In this deep and rewarding conversation Scott Johnson talks to author, yoga teacher and mystic Gregor Maehle on his life as a seeker in the contemplative and spiritual traditions. Gregor shares how his childhood created the bedrock for a life of spiritual discovery, the outcome being a life embedded within the mystical limbs of yoga and contemplative practice. We’d like to invite you to join our growing <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/yoga-online-membership/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">monthly Stillpoint Online Yoga community</a>. For just £20 per month you can support the podcast and every Monday evening join The Still Space, our live stream yoga philosophy, mindfulness, pranayama and discussion sessions hosted by Scott Johnson. You can also gain access to our growing Stillpoint Online library of helpful yoga and mindfulness content. Gregor Maehle on Yoga As A Mystical Experience Scott and Gregor talk openly about Gregor’s life as a yoga practitioner and mystic. Gregor shares: <ul> <li>How he grew up in a catholic upbringing.</li> <li>How he had a mystical experience aged 6.</li> <li>How his parents saw something deep in him from an early age.</li> <li>How he read mystical books from a very young age.</li> <li>How he took psychedelics in his late teens but the integration as a spiritual experience didn’t work.</li> <li>How in his twenties he did the guru trail in India.</li> <li>How he decided to spend his life doing personal sadhana.</li> <li>Why mystical experiences are not spontaneous.</li> <li>Why you should work with hypotheses rather than belief.</li> <li>Why the mystical state is your birth right.</li> <li>How in his forties he developed a relationship with Jesus.</li> <li>How the ego gets in the way of the mystical experience and is known in many traditions with different names.</li> <li>How we need to be in the service of all beings.</li> <li>Why yoga is the most powerful tool for transformation.</li> <li>What the inspiration is that he uses to write his books.</li> <li>How we can all find our life’s purpose.</li> <li>How we can stay connected to nature.</li> <li>What the most important thing is that he has discovered through his practice.</li> </ul> About Gregor Maehle Gregor Maehle began his yogic practices 45 years ago. In the mid-1980s he commenced annual travels to India, where he studied with various yogic and tantric masters, traditional Indian sadhus and ascetics. He spent fourteen months in Mysore, and in 1997 was authorised to teach Ashtanga Yoga by K. Pattabhi Jois. Since then he has branched out into researching the anatomical alignment of postures and the higher limbs of yoga.  In India Gregor also received eight months of mostly one-on-one instruction in scripture and the higher limbs of Yoga through B.N.S. Iyengar, a student of T. Krishnamacharya, and he studied Sanskrit under Professor Narayanachar and Dr Chandrasekhar. Gregor’s internationally acclaimed textbook series consisting of Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy, Ashtanga Yoga: The Intermediate Series, Pranayama: The Breath of Yoga, Yoga Meditation: Through Mantra, Chakras and Kundalini to Spiritual Freedom, Samadhi The Great Freedom, How to Find Your Life’s Divine Purpose, Chakras, Drugs &amp; Evolution and Mudras: Seals of Yoga – have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into eight foreign languages. Additional volumes currently prepared are Tantric Meditation and Bhakti: Yoga of Love. Gregor has been invited to many countries to teach and has contributed to and been interviewed by numerous yoga magazines. On Gregor’s blog page <a href="http://chintamaniyoga.com/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">chintamaniyoga.com/blog/</a> you will find over 300 articles, videos and podcasts on all aspects of yoga, which Gregor has authored together with his wife Monica. Today Gregor teaches an anatomically sophisticated interpretation of traditional vinyasa yoga, integrated into the practice of the higher limbs in the spirit of Patanjali and T. Krishnamacharya. His zany sense of humour, his manifold personal experiences, and his vast and deep knowledge of scripture, Indian philosophies and yogic techniques combine to make his teachings applicable, relevant and easily accessible to all his students.  You can find more about Gregor here: <ul> <li><a href="https://chintamaniyoga.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://chintamaniyoga.com/blog/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://chintamaniyoga.com/shop/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Books</a></li> </ul> “This conversation with Gregor is grounded in deep insight. Gregor has lives such a rich life of study and practice that his teachings are a visceral outcome of personal committed study. Gregor shares life experiences that are at the same time teachings. We all can find a deeper way to interact  with ourselves and the world. Gregor is a testament to that… “ Scott Johnson – April 2023 If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/living-yoga-philosophy-ty-landrum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ty Landrum</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/finding-the-real-yoga-simon-borg-olivier/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simon Borg Olivier</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/yoga-and-mindfulness-frank-jude-boccio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Jude Boccio</a>. “This conversation with Gregor is grounded in deep insight. Gregor has lives such a rich life of study and practice that his teachings are a visceral outcome of personal committed study. Gregor shares life experiences that are at the same time teachings. We all can find a deeper way to interact  with ourselves and the world. Gregor is a testament to that… “ Scott Johnson – April 2023 If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/living-yoga-philosophy-ty-landrum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ty Landrum</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/finding-the-real-yoga-simon-borg-olivier/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simon Borg Olivier</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/yoga-and-mindfulness-frank-jude-boccio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Jude Boccio</a>.

044: Gregor Maehle on Yoga as a Mystical Experience

Peter Levitt

In this beautiful and enlightening conversation Scott Johnson talks to Zen teacher, poet and author Peter Levitt about his book Fingerpainting On The Moon, his life as a Soto Zen practitioner and poet and how we can all use contemplative practices to find our own unique creative process. --- We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Online Yoga community. For just £20 per month you can support the podcast and every Monday evening, between 7.30pm - 8.30pm UK time, join our live stream yoga philosophy, mindfulness, pranayama and discussion sessions hosted by Scott Johnson. You can also gain access to our growing Stillpoint Online library of helpful yoga and mindfulness content and connect with others on a private messaging group.  We look forward to welcoming you to our community --- Peter Levitt on How Mindfulness Is Creativity Scott and Peter talk openly about his life as a writer and a Zen practitioner. Peter shares:  About his early years of growing up with chronic illness How his early life spending time on his own was the catalyst to his learning his craft How he discovered Zen at the end of the sixties. How he begun to understand how his creative process comes from him How the art of practice is intimacy How all relationship is intimacy Who the great Soto Zen master Dogen was. How non-separation is the key to creativity How creativity is expressed without language. How poetry lands in someone. How we finds words that move through us. How the language of poetry carries ineffable words. On how we are all creators About his book Fingerpainting On The Moon Seeing that we have choice with what we do with this moment  --- About Peter Levitt Peter Levitt is authorized as a Zen teacher within the Suzuki-roshi lineage, and as a preceptor within the White Plum Asanga. He is is the founder and guiding teacher of Salt Spring Zen Circle on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia where he lives with his wife and fellow poet Shirley Graham, Peter is the author of seventeen books of poetry and prose including Within Within, One Hundred Butterflies and Bright Root, Dark Root. In 2003 Peter wrote Fingerpainting on the Moon: Writing and Creativity as a Path to Freedom a beautiful meditation on finding our own unique creative process. A longtime student of Zen, he edited Thich Nhat Hanh’s classic,The Heart of Understanding, and recently he served as Associate Editor of The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye – Zen Master Dogen’s Shobo Genzo, edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi (pictures above with Peter) and he co-edited, with Tanahashi, The Essential Dogen: Writings of the Great Zen Master. In addition, Peter has published many fiction and literary translations from Chinese, Japanese and Spanish. In late 2022 Peter released his latest book of translations, Yin Mountain: The Immortal Poetry of Three Daoist Women, co-translated with Rebecca Nie. You can find links to these books in the show notes. Governor General Award recipient, Robert Hilles said of Peter books One Hundred Butterflies and Within Within, “these are master works that reveal the interconnected fabric of it all in ways that will leave you stunned.” And Legendary poet, Robert Creeley, wrote that Peter Levitt’s poetry “sounds the honor of our common dance,” and, in 1989 Peter received the prestigious Lannan Foundation Award in Poetry. Find our more about Peter Levitt here:  Website Wikipedia  Peter's books on Amazon  --- "Peter's book Fingerpainting On The Moon is a roadmap to getting underneath our own creative process. This conversation with Peter Leviit is beautiful and helps us to consider how we can make our way through this precious life with openness. It is one of my favourite conversations and has changed the way I see my own creativity." Scott Johnson - April 2023 --- If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with Pamela Weiss,  Sarah Powers and  Frank Jude Boccio.

In this beautiful and enlightening conversation Scott Johnson talks to Zen teacher, poet and author Peter Levitt about his book Fingerpainting On The Moon, his life as a Soto Zen practitioner and poet and how we can all use contemplative practices to find our own unique creative process. --- We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Online Yoga community. For just £20 per month you can support the podcast and every Monday evening, between 7.30pm - 8.30pm UK time, join our live stream yoga philosophy, mindfulness, pranayama and discussion sessions hosted by Scott Johnson. You can also gain access to our growing Stillpoint Online library of helpful yoga and mindfulness content and connect with others on a private messaging group.  We look forward to welcoming you to our community --- Peter Levitt on How Mindfulness Is Creativity Scott and Peter talk openly about his life as a writer and a Zen practitioner. Peter shares: <ul> <li>About his early years of growing up with chronic illness</li> <li>How his early life spending time on his own was the catalyst to his learning his craft</li> <li>How he discovered Zen at the end of the sixties.</li> <li>How he begun to understand how his creative process comes from him</li> <li>How the art of practice is intimacy</li> <li>How all relationship is intimacy</li> <li>Who the great Soto Zen master Dogen was.</li> <li>How non-separation is the key to creativity</li> <li>How creativity is expressed without language.</li> <li>How poetry lands in someone.</li> <li>How we finds words that move through us.</li> <li>How the language of poetry carries ineffable words.</li> <li>On how we are all creators</li> <li>About his book Fingerpainting On The Moon</li> <li>Seeing that we have choice with what we do with this moment</li> </ul> --- About Peter Levitt Peter Levitt is authorized as a Zen teacher within the Suzuki-roshi lineage, and as a preceptor within the White Plum Asanga. He is is the founder and guiding teacher of Salt Spring Zen Circle on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia where he lives with his wife and fellow poet Shirley Graham, Peter is the author of seventeen books of poetry and prose including Within Within, One Hundred Butterflies and Bright Root, Dark Root. In 2003 Peter wrote Fingerpainting on the Moon: Writing and Creativity as a Path to Freedom a beautiful meditation on finding our own unique creative process. A longtime student of Zen, he edited Thich Nhat Hanh’s classic,The Heart of Understanding, and recently he served as Associate Editor of The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye – Zen Master Dogen’s Shobo Genzo, edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi (pictures above with Peter) and he co-edited, with Tanahashi, The Essential Dogen: Writings of the Great Zen Master. In addition, Peter has published many fiction and literary translations from Chinese, Japanese and Spanish. In late 2022 Peter released his latest book of translations, Yin Mountain: The Immortal Poetry of Three Daoist Women, co-translated with Rebecca Nie. You can find links to these books in the show notes. Governor General Award recipient, Robert Hilles said of Peter books One Hundred Butterflies and Within Within, “these are master works that reveal the interconnected fabric of it all in ways that will leave you stunned.” And Legendary poet, Robert Creeley, wrote that Peter Levitt’s poetry “sounds the honor of our common dance,” and, in 1989 Peter received the prestigious Lannan Foundation Award in Poetry. Find our more about Peter Levitt here: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.peterlevitt.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Levitt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Peter-Levitt/e/B001IXNY2Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Peter's books on Amazon</a></li> </ul> --- "Peter's book Fingerpainting On The Moon is a roadmap to getting underneath our own creative process. This conversation with Peter Leviit is beautiful and helps us to consider how we can make our way through this precious life with openness. It is one of my favourite conversations and has changed the way I see my own creativity." Scott Johnson - April 2023 --- If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/pamela-weiss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pamela Weiss</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/lit-from-within-sarah-powers-yoga/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sarah Powers</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/yoga-and-mindfulness-frank-jude-boccio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Frank Jude Boccio</a>.

#043: Peter Levitt on How Mindfulness Is Creativity

Waylon Lewis

In this deeply inspiring and wide ranging conversation Scott talks to Waylon Lewis on his life as a buddhist and the growth of the world renowned yoga and wellness magazine, Elephant Journal. --- We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Online Yoga community. For just £20 per month you can support the podcast and every Monday evening, between 7.30pm - 8.30pm UK time, join our live stream yoga philosophy, mindfulness, pranayama and discussion sessions hosted by Scott Johnson. You can also gain access to our growing Stillpoint Online library of helpful yoga and mindfulness content and connect with others on a private messaging group.  We look forward to welcoming you to our community --- About Waylon Lewis  Waylon Lewis, founder of Elephant Journal &amp; host of Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis, is a 1st generation American Buddhist “Dharma Brat.” Voted #1 in U.S. on twitter for #green two years running, Changemaker &amp; Eco Ambassador by Treehugger, Green Hero by Discovery’s Planet Green, Best (!) Shameless Self-Promoter at Westword’s Web Awards, Prominent Buddhist by Shambhala Sun, &amp; 100 Most Influential People in Health &amp; Fitness 2011 by “Greatist”, Waylon is a mediocre climber, lazy yogi, 365-day bicycle commuter &amp; misses his best friend Redford (his rescue hound of 14 years). His aim: to bring the good news re: “the mindful life” beyond the choir &amp; to all those who didn’t know they gave a care. elephantjournal.com His dream of 12 years, the Elephant “Ecosystem” will find a way to pay 1,000s of writers a month, helping reverse the tide of low-quality, unpaid writing &amp; reading for free online. His first book, Things I would like to do with You, touches on modern relationships from a Buddhist point of view. His second book, It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with Your Life, is available, here. Find our more about Waylon Lewis here:  Elephant Journal Instagram Facebook  --- Waylon Lewis on The Story of Elephant Journal Scott and Waylon take a deep dive into his life and how Elephant Journal became a major figure in the wellness industry. Waylon shares:  About growing up in a Buddhist school. How loneliness taught him about contemplative practise How he began Elephant Journal How Elephant was originally a yoga magazine. Why he called it Elephant Journal How he began practicing yoga How Elephant compared with Yoga Journal and other publications. How Elephant gave anyone the opportunity to write on the platform. How Elephant used pop culture to bring people to understand spiritual traditions. What actually clickbait is. How Instagram and Facebook changed the way we relate to each other. How EJ is now becoming a Community platform where anyone can write. The most important reading from his new book: ‘It’s Never Too Late To Fall In Love With Your Life’  --- "I really wanted to speak to Waylon about Elephant and how he grew a small local magazine to a worldwide publication that we all recognise. His story of growing up in a spiritual school and being a Buddhist is fascinating. And his sharing of the power of the big social media companies is food for us all. This is a fascinating insight into someone who has shaped part of our modern yoga and wellness culture" Scott Johnson - March 2023 --- If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with Pamela Weiss,  Sarah Powers and  Frank Jude Boccio.

In this deeply inspiring and wide ranging conversation Scott talks to Waylon Lewis on his life as a buddhist and the growth of the world renowned yoga and wellness magazine, Elephant Journal. --- We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Online Yoga community. For just £20 per month you can support the podcast and every Monday evening, between 7.30pm - 8.30pm UK time, join our live stream yoga philosophy, mindfulness, pranayama and discussion sessions hosted by Scott Johnson. You can also gain access to our growing Stillpoint Online library of helpful yoga and mindfulness content and connect with others on a private messaging group.  We look forward to welcoming you to our community --- About Waylon Lewis  Waylon Lewis, founder of <a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elephant Journal</a> &amp; host of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/walkthetalkshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis</a>, is a 1st generation American Buddhist “Dharma Brat.” Voted <a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/01/elephantjournal-in-2nd-nationally-in-green-you-can-help-us-win-this/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#1 in U.S. on twitter for #green</a> two years running, <a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/04/waylon-lewis-wins-treehuggers-best-of-green-ambassador-of-environmental-culture-2010/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Changemaker &amp; Eco Ambassador</a> by Treehugger, <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/change-makers-waylon-lewis.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Green Hero</a> by Discovery’s Planet Green, <a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/11/elephant-waylon-lewis-westword-webawards/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Best (!) Shameless Self-Promoter</a> at Westword’s Web Awards, Prominent Buddhist by <a href="http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2093" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shambhala Sun</a>, &amp; 100 Most Influential People in Health &amp; Fitness 2011 by “Greatist”, Waylon is a mediocre climber, lazy yogi, 365-day bicycle commuter &amp; misses his best friend Redford (his rescue hound of 14 years). His aim: to bring the good news re: “the mindful life” beyond the choir &amp; to all those who didn’t know they gave a care. <a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">elephantjournal.com</a> His dream of 12 years, the Elephant “Ecosystem” will find a way to pay 1,000s of writers a month, helping reverse the tide of low-quality, unpaid writing &amp; reading for free online. His first book, <a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com/books" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Things I would like to do with You</a>, touches on modern relationships from a Buddhist point of view. His second book, It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with Your Life, is available<a href="http://elephantjournal.com/books" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">, here.</a> Find our more about Waylon Lewis here: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.elephantjournal.com/profile/waylon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elephant Journal</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/waylonlewis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=david%20swenson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> </ul> --- Waylon Lewis on The Story of Elephant Journal Scott and Waylon take a deep dive into his life and how Elephant Journal became a major figure in the wellness industry. Waylon shares: <ul> <li>About growing up in a Buddhist school.</li> <li>How loneliness taught him about contemplative practise</li> <li>How he began Elephant Journal</li> <li>How Elephant was originally a yoga magazine.</li> <li>Why he called it Elephant Journal</li> <li>How he began practicing yoga</li> <li>How Elephant compared with Yoga Journal and other publications.</li> <li>How Elephant gave anyone the opportunity to write on the platform.</li> <li>How Elephant used pop culture to bring people to understand spiritual traditions.</li> <li>What actually clickbait is.</li> <li>How Instagram and Facebook changed the way we relate to each other.</li> <li>How EJ is now becoming a Community platform where anyone can write.</li> <li>The most important reading from his new book: ‘It’s Never Too Late To Fall In Love With Your Life’</li> </ul> --- "I really wanted to speak to Waylon about Elephant and how he grew a small local magazine to a worldwide publication that we all recognise. His story of growing up in a spiritual school and being a Buddhist is fascinating. And his sharing of the power of the big social media companies is food for us all. This is a fascinating insight into someone who has shaped part of our modern yoga and wellness culture" Scott Johnson - March 2023 --- If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/pamela-weiss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pamela Weiss</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/lit-from-within-sarah-powers-yoga/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sarah Powers</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/yoga-and-mindfulness-frank-jude-boccio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Frank Jude Boccio</a>.

#042: Waylon Lewis on The Story of Elephant Journal

David Swenson

In this deeply inspiring and wide ranging conversation Scott talks to David Swenson, one of the worlds foremost and well loved teachers and practitioners of Ashtanga yoga. --- We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Online Yoga community. For just £20 per month you can support the podcast and every Monday evening, between 7.30pm - 8.30pm UK time, join our live stream yoga philosophy, mindfulness, pranayama and discussion sessions hosted by Scott Johnson. You can also gain access to our growing Stillpoint Online library of helpful yoga and mindfulness content and connect with others on a private messaging group.  We look forward to welcoming you to our community. --- About David Swenson  David Swenson began his journey of Yoga in 1969 when he and his brother Doug practiced in a small park at the end of their street in Houston, Texas. There were few sources for yoga at that time so they practiced from whatever books they could find. In 1973 David discovered Ashtanga after he met David Williams and Nancy Gilgoff in Encinitas, CA. In 1975 David and Nancy brought K. Pattabhi Jois to the U.S. for the first time and Swenson was fortunate enough to be there. He then initiated studies directly with the master. He made his first trip to Mysore in 1977. David is one of only a handful of Westerners to have learned the full Ashtanga system including all of the asana sequences and pranayama as originally taught by K. Pattabhi Jois. Today David is recognised as one of the world's foremost practitioners and instructors of Ashtanga Yoga. He tirelessly travels year round to teach and offer workshops. His courses are presented in a supportive and compassionate fashion making it accessible to all levels of practitioner to participate. Find our more about David Swenson here:  Website Instagram Facebook  --- David Swenson on Practicing Yoga Because You Love It Scott and David take a deep dive into David's life as a practitioner and teacher. They cover:  what compelled David to start yoga. how his years of Bhakti yoga practice changed him. his views on how we move on from the sexual abuse of K Pattabhi Jois. how we can develop as practitioners by asking more questions.  --- "I loved this conversation with David. He is one of the most generous teachers you'll find, with the information he shares and the way he shares it. David Swenson is one of the most loved and respected teachers for a reason. This conversation captures that..." Scott Johnson - January 2023 --- If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with  Danny Paradise,  John Scott and  Prem &amp; Radha Carlisi.

In this deeply inspiring and wide ranging conversation Scott talks to David Swenson, one of the worlds foremost and well loved teachers and practitioners of Ashtanga yoga. --- We’d like to invite you to join our growing <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/yoga-online-membership/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">monthly Stillpoint Online Yoga community</a>. For just £20 per month you can support the podcast and every Monday evening, between 7.30pm - 8.30pm UK time, join our live stream yoga philosophy, mindfulness, pranayama and discussion sessions hosted by Scott Johnson. You can also gain access to our growing Stillpoint Online library of helpful yoga and mindfulness content and connect with others on a private messaging group.  We look forward to welcoming you to our community. --- About David Swenson  David Swenson began his journey of Yoga in 1969 when he and his brother Doug practiced in a small park at the end of their street in Houston, Texas. There were few sources for yoga at that time so they practiced from whatever books they could find. In 1973 David discovered Ashtanga after he met David Williams and Nancy Gilgoff in Encinitas, CA. In 1975 David and Nancy brought K. Pattabhi Jois to the U.S. for the first time and Swenson was fortunate enough to be there. He then initiated studies directly with the master. He made his first trip to Mysore in 1977. David is one of only a handful of Westerners to have learned the full Ashtanga system including all of the asana sequences and pranayama as originally taught by K. Pattabhi Jois. Today David is recognised as one of the world's foremost practitioners and instructors of Ashtanga Yoga. He tirelessly travels year round to teach and offer workshops. His courses are presented in a supportive and compassionate fashion making it accessible to all levels of practitioner to participate. Find our more about David Swenson here: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ashtanga.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://instagram.com/davidswensonashtanga?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=david%20swenson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> </ul> --- David Swenson on Practicing Yoga Because You Love It Scott and David take a deep dive into David's life as a practitioner and teacher. They cover: <ul> <li>what compelled David to start yoga.</li> <li>how his years of Bhakti yoga practice changed him.</li> <li>his views on how we move on from the sexual abuse of K Pattabhi Jois.</li> <li>how we can develop as practitioners by asking more questions.</li> </ul> --- "I loved this conversation with David. He is one of the most generous teachers you'll find, with the information he shares and the way he shares it. David Swenson is one of the most loved and respected teachers for a reason. This conversation captures that..." Scott Johnson - January 2023 --- If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/008-create-your-own-way-danny-paradise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Danny Paradise</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/001-john-scott-practice-changes-years/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> John Scott</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/finding-humility-together-prem-and-radha-carlisi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Prem &amp; Radha Carlisi</a>.

#041: David Swenson on Practicing Yoga Because You Love It

Scott shares intimate moments with his guests over the year. Hear beautiful words from his conversations with  Ty Landrum,  Sarah Powers,  Ty Powers,  Nadia Gilani, Pamela Weiss, Shyam Ranganathan and  Jon Yuen.  You can listen to all this years episodes here. Scott also intersperses the guests words with poetry that has inspired him over the year, words that he has shared with his online and workshop communities. Listen to poems from Derek Mahon, Julia Fehrenbacher, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Rumi and more...  We hope you have a happy and prosperous 2023 from all of us at Stillpoint. 

Scott shares intimate moments with his guests over the year. Hear beautiful words from his conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/living-yoga-philosophy-ty-landrum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ty Landrum</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/lit-from-within-sarah-powers-yoga/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sarah Powers</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/finding-equanimity-ty-powers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ty Powers</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/nadia-gilani-the-yoga-manifesto/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Nadia Gilani</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/pamela-weiss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pamela Weiss</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/shyam-ranganathan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shyam Ranganathan</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/jon-yuen-freedom-to-move/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jon Yuen</a>.  You can listen to all this years episodes <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-yoga-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a> Scott also intersperses the guests words with poetry that has inspired him over the year, words that he has shared with his online and workshop communities. Listen to poems from Derek Mahon, Julia Fehrenbacher, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Rumi and more...  We hope you have a happy and prosperous 2023 from all of us at Stillpoint.

Reflections 2022 -  What does it mean to live a contemplative life?

Jon Yuen

In this light hearted, fun and inspiring conversation Scott talks to online trainer, author and entrepreneur Jon Yuen on his life as a movement educator. Jon shares how he sees movement education, how the body can be controlled through time and how we can all find our own unique freedom to move in our bodies.   ---   We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Yoga community. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times…   ---   About Jon Yuen Jon currently lives in Norway. He studied and practiced many martial arts in China while living there. He was also a professional dancer for many years and was incapable of settling on one style. Rather, he wanted to delve as deep as he could into each and every genre and culture, in an effort to understand what worked, how it worked and how could it be applied in other practices. Jon is passionate about expanding his own skill set and movement repertoire, and think it’s vital that he personally try out and refine as many approaches as he can in an effort of making it easier for his students. The goal of his work is to offer science-based information that simplifies the way we all can progress towards better movement (without the dogma) and better health (without unwarranted restrictions).   ---   Find our more about Jon Yuen here:  Read Jon's blog on movement and his article, reminders. Find out more about Jon, his work and courses on his website here. Follow Jon on Instagram here.    ---   Freedom to Move - Jon Yuen Scott and Jon have an open conversation on movement and how ease can be found in the body. Jon talks about how movement has been the foundation of his life, through martial arts and dance, and now how he educates others on principles and patterns that create health, vitality and strength. Jon and Scott also look at the integration of movement culture and yoga, and how we are all just finding what works for us. --- "This conversation with Jon Yuen was so rich. I have followed Jon's works for about 5 years and he teaches and shares movement education in a deeply moving and poetic way. I encourage everyone who has a body to take look at what Jon is offering." Scott Johnson - December 2022    ---   If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with  Mark Robberds,  Deepika Mehta and  Joey Miles. [wpv-post-body view_template="cta-membership"]

In this light hearted, fun and inspiring conversation Scott talks to online trainer, author and entrepreneur Jon Yuen on his life as a movement educator. Jon shares how he sees movement education, how the body can be controlled through time and how we can all find our own unique freedom to move in our bodies. --- We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Yoga community. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… ---   About Jon Yuen Jon currently lives in Norway. He studied and practiced many martial arts in China while living there. He was also a professional dancer for many years and was incapable of settling on one style. Rather, he wanted to delve as deep as he could into each and every genre and culture, in an effort to understand what worked, how it worked and how could it be applied in other practices. Jon is passionate about expanding his own skill set and movement repertoire, and think it’s vital that he personally try out and refine as many approaches as he can in an effort of making it easier for his students. The goal of his work is to offer science-based information that simplifies the way we all can progress towards better movement (without the dogma) and better health (without unwarranted restrictions). ---   Find our more about Jon Yuen here: <ul> <li>Read Jon's <a href="https://www.yuenjon.com/articles-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog on movement</a> and his article, <a href="https://www.yuenjon.com/articles/2020/6/5/reminders" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reminders</a>.</li> <li>Find out more about Jon, his work and courses on his website <a href="https://www.yuenjon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</li> <li>Follow Jon on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yuenjon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</li> </ul> ---   Freedom to Move - Jon Yuen Scott and Jon have an open conversation on movement and how ease can be found in the body. Jon talks about how movement has been the foundation of his life, through martial arts and dance, and now how he educates others on principles and patterns that create health, vitality and strength. Jon and Scott also look at the integration of movement culture and yoga, and how we are all just finding what works for us. --- "This conversation with Jon Yuen was so rich. I have followed Jon's works for about 5 years and he teaches and shares movement education in a deeply moving and poetic way. I encourage everyone who has a body to take look at what Jon is offering." Scott Johnson - December 2022  --- If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/into-the-unknown-mark-robberds-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Mark Robberds</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/movement-into-stillness-deepika-mehta/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Deepika Mehta</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/blending-yoga-traditions-joey-miles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Joey Miles</a>. [wpv-post-body view_template="cta-membership"]

#040: Jon Yuen | Freedom To Move

Shyam Ranganathan

In this deep conversation Scott Johnson is joined by his good friend Greg Nardi. They talk to Shyam Ranganathan, a field-changing researcher, scholar, author and teacher of philosophy, and an expert in the neglected traditions of Indian moral philosophy. Shyam talks about his life as a philosophy researcher, his work on decolonisation and his translation of the yoga sutra named, Patanjali Yoga Sutra ----- About Shyam Ranganathan Shyam Ranganathan is an author, editor, and translator of more than 50 peer-reviewed scholarly works (including Ethics and the History of Indian Philosophy MLBD 2008 and 2017; the Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics 2017; and Hinduism: A Contemporary Philosophical Investigation, Routledge 2018). He is a specialist in translation, having written his PhD dissertation on how we can understand texts without projecting our beliefs onto them. With this specialised knowledge, Dr. Ranganathan translated Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra (Penguin 2008). Having taught more than 20,000 hours and 3,000 students,Dr. Ranganathan founded Yoga Philosophy in 2019. Yoga Philosophy is a scholar practitioner initiative bringing research-based knowledge about yoga and philosophy to practitioners. Dr. Ranganathan is an E-RYT-500 and CYA-RYT Gold. He is a member of the Department of Philosophy at York University in Toronto, Canada, as well as the York Center for Asian Research. Find out more about Shyam here. ---- Understanding Yoga Philosophy - Shyam Ranganathan In this open and honest conversation Scott and Greg unpack Shyam's translation of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra. Shyam shares how translation works, how his movement into philosophical research and south asian studies compelled him to write a translation of Patanjai's Yoga Sutra. He also shares on the decolonisation of yoga and how he is focusing now on trauma response.   ------   "This conversation with Shyam Ranganathan has been 2 years in the making. Both Greg Nardi and I had such a great time talking to Shyam about the way he translated the yoga sutra. It's important to understand his perspective on research and translation so you can possibly find your own." Scott Johnson - November 2022    ---- If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with  Ty Landrem,  Daniel Simpson and  Greg Nardi. [wpv-post-body view_template="cta-membership"]

In this deep conversation Scott Johnson is joined by his good friend Greg Nardi. They talk to Shyam Ranganathan, a field-changing researcher, scholar, author and teacher of philosophy, and an expert in the neglected traditions of Indian moral philosophy. Shyam talks about his life as a philosophy researcher, his work on decolonisation and his translation of the yoga sutra named, Patanjali Yoga Sutra ----- About Shyam Ranganathan Shyam Ranganathan is an author, editor, and translator of more than 50 peer-reviewed scholarly works (including Ethics and the History of Indian Philosophy MLBD 2008 and 2017; the Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics 2017; and Hinduism: A Contemporary Philosophical Investigation, Routledge 2018). He is a specialist in translation, having written his PhD dissertation on how we can understand texts without projecting our beliefs onto them. With this specialised knowledge, Dr. Ranganathan translated Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra (Penguin 2008). Having taught more than 20,000 hours and 3,000 students,Dr. Ranganathan founded Yoga Philosophy in 2019. Yoga Philosophy is a scholar practitioner initiative bringing research-based knowledge about yoga and philosophy to practitioners. Dr. Ranganathan is an E-RYT-500 and CYA-RYT Gold. He is a member of the Department of Philosophy at York University in Toronto, Canada, as well as the York Center for Asian Research. Find out more about Shyam <a href="https://www.yogaphilosophy.com/bio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a> ---- Understanding Yoga Philosophy - Shyam Ranganathan In this open and honest conversation Scott and Greg unpack Shyam's translation of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra. Shyam shares how translation works, how his movement into philosophical research and south asian studies compelled him to write a translation of Patanjai's Yoga Sutra. He also shares on the decolonisation of yoga and how he is focusing now on trauma response. ------ "This conversation with Shyam Ranganathan has been 2 years in the making. Both Greg Nardi and I had such a great time talking to Shyam about the way he translated the yoga sutra. It's important to understand his perspective on research and translation so you can possibly find your own." Scott Johnson - November 2022  ---- If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/living-yoga-philosophy-ty-landrum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ty Landrem</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/the-truth-of-yoga-daniel-simpson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Daniel Simpson</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/empowerment-through-ashtanga-yoga-greg-nardi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Greg Nardi</a>. [wpv-post-body view_template="cta-membership"]

#039 | Shyam Ranganathan (with Greg  Nardi) - Understanding Yoga Philosophy

Pamela Weiss

In this heart felt conversation Scott Johnson talks to Pamela Weiss, the first layperson to receive dharma transmission in the Soto Zen tradition. They talk openly about her life of Buddha dharma practice and her book, A Bigger Sky: Awakening A Fierce Feminine Buddhism. --- We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Yoga community. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… ---  About Pamela Weiss Pamela Weiss is the first layperson in the Suzuki Roshi Soto Zen lineage to receive full Dharma Transmission, and is among the few Buddhist teachers authorised to teach in two traditions—Zen and Theravada. After living as a monastic at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery for five years, she completed comprehensive training through Spirit Rock Meditation Centre to become an Insight meditation teacher. She is currently a member of the Spirit Rock Teacher Council and a guiding teacher at San Francisco Insight. In addition, Pamela is an executive coach, entrepreneur, and pioneer in bringing Buddhist principles and practices into the workplace. She created the award-winning Personal Excellence Program, which, since 2008, has rolled out to thousands of people at companies like Genentech and Salesforce. Pamela lives in San Francisco with her husband and little dog, Grover. Find out more about Pamela here.   A Fierce Feminine Buddhism – Pamela’s Conversation. In this open and honest conversation Scott talks to Pamela Weiss about her years of Buddha dharma practice and teaching, Pamela shares how her practice helped her come to terms with a diabetes diagnosis from a young age. She also shares how she became the first layperson to receive dharma transmission in the Soto Zen lineage. Pamela talks about her new book, A Bigger Sky. Part memoir, part historical it’s a deep look at how Buddhism can be reoriented through a more inclusive feminine lens. --- “As I begin to have more conversations with Buddha Dharma teachers authentic voices are so important. Pamela Weiss is one of them and this conversation was so rich. She has led a powerful life of practice and teaching and has been deeply moved by the world. This in turn has guided her direction which has culminated in her beautiful book A Bigger Sky: Awakening a Fierce Feminine Buddhism. It’s a must read for anyone who is looking to see spiritual practice can move beyond our own minds to serve others…” Scott Johnson – November 2022  --- If you enjoyed this podcast you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with  Ty Powers, Frank Jude Boccio and Sarah Powers.

In this heart felt conversation Scott Johnson talks to Pamela Weiss, the first layperson to receive dharma transmission in the Soto Zen tradition. They talk openly about her life of Buddha dharma practice and her book, A Bigger Sky: Awakening A Fierce Feminine Buddhism. --- We’d like to invite you to join our growing <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoint-yoga-memberships/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">monthly Stillpoint Yoga community</a>. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… --- About Pamela Weiss Pamela Weiss is the first layperson in the Suzuki Roshi Soto Zen lineage to receive full Dharma Transmission, and is among the few Buddhist teachers authorised to teach in two traditions—Zen and Theravada. After living as a monastic at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery for five years, she completed comprehensive training through Spirit Rock Meditation Centre to become an Insight meditation teacher. She is currently a member of the Spirit Rock Teacher Council and a guiding teacher at San Francisco Insight. In addition, Pamela is an executive coach, entrepreneur, and pioneer in bringing Buddhist principles and practices into the workplace. She created the award-winning Personal Excellence Program, which, since 2008, has rolled out to thousands of people at companies like Genentech and Salesforce. Pamela lives in San Francisco with her husband and little dog, Grover. Find out more about Pamela <a href="https://pamelaweiss.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.   A Fierce Feminine Buddhism – Pamela’s Conversation. In this open and honest conversation Scott talks to Pamela Weiss about her years of Buddha dharma practice and teaching, Pamela shares how her practice helped her come to terms with a diabetes diagnosis from a young age. She also shares how she became the first layperson to receive dharma transmission in the Soto Zen lineage. Pamela talks about her new book, A Bigger Sky. Part memoir, part historical it’s a deep look at how Buddhism can be reoriented through a more inclusive feminine lens. --- “As I begin to have more conversations with Buddha Dharma teachers authentic voices are so important. Pamela Weiss is one of them and this conversation was so rich. She has led a powerful life of practice and teaching and has been deeply moved by the world. This in turn has guided her direction which has culminated in her beautiful book A Bigger Sky: Awakening a Fierce Feminine Buddhism. It’s a must read for anyone who is looking to see spiritual practice can move beyond our own minds to serve others…” Scott Johnson – November 2022  --- If you enjoyed this podcast you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/finding-equanimity-ty-powers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ty Powers</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/yoga-and-mindfulness-frank-jude-boccio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Jude Boccio</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/lit-from-within-sarah-powers-yoga/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Powers</a>.

#038: Pamela Weiss | A Fierce Feminine Buddhism

In this raw and wide-ranging conversation Scott Johnson talks to Nadia Gilani, yoga teacher and author of The Yoga Manifesto. They both go deep on yoga, practice, life, creativity and the shadows and light of yoga that Nadia discusses in her her new book, The Yoga Manifesto. ----- We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Yoga community. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. We also have a growing library of on-demand content. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… ----- About Nadia Gilani Nadia Gilani is a yoga teacher and author of The Yoga Manifesto published earlier this year (May 2022). She first discovered yoga after her mum took her to a class in the 1990s and has been practicing ever since. Nadia has extensive experience of working with people with different bodies and from all walks of life and is deeply committed to making yoga inclusive. Her approach to teaching is contemporary and explorative while maintaining a deep respect for the ancient practice. Find out more about Nadia here and connect to her instagram account here. The Yoga Manifesto - Nadia's Conversation. Nadia shares how her yoga practice became a way to make sense of her body and forge new relationships with it. She shares intimate details of how this new intimacy formed her love of yoga practice and why she then felt compelled to write about how the practice she loves needs to find its soul again. Nadia also shares about the creative process, about birthing a book into the world and how even now, with the book getting rave reviews, she still questions why people would read what she has to say. We are left with the understanding that a voice like Nadia's could never stay quiet. And we are all the better for it... And as a beautiful ending to the podcast Nadia reads an excerpt from her book "Nadia has written a brave and inspiring book that points to the way yoga has changed over the years. She shares in a beautifully raw way how yoga moved her, where she finds it now and Nadia also challenges us to look at the practice we hold dear with tender eyes. The Yoga Manifest is a powerful new book that is essential reading for all avid yoga practitioners." Scott Johnson - October 2022  If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with  Ty Powers,  Lucille Meyer and  Greg Nardi

In this raw and wide-ranging conversation Scott Johnson talks to Nadia Gilani, yoga teacher and author of The Yoga Manifesto. They both go deep on yoga, practice, life, creativity and the shadows and light of yoga that Nadia discusses in her her new book, The Yoga Manifesto. ----- <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoint-yoga-memberships/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Yoga community</a>. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. We also have a growing library of on-demand content. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… ----- About Nadia Gilani Nadia Gilani is a yoga teacher and author of The Yoga Manifesto published earlier this year (May 2022). She first discovered yoga after her mum took her to a class in the 1990s and has been practicing ever since. Nadia has extensive experience of working with people with different bodies and from all walks of life and is deeply committed to making yoga inclusive. Her approach to teaching is contemporary and explorative while maintaining a deep respect for the ancient practice. Find out more about Nadia <a href="http://nadiagilani.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and connect to her instagram account <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theyogadissident/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. The Yoga Manifesto - Nadia's Conversation. Nadia shares how her yoga practice became a way to make sense of her body and forge new relationships with it. She shares intimate details of how this new intimacy formed her love of yoga practice and why she then felt compelled to write about how the practice she loves needs to find its soul again. Nadia also shares about the creative process, about birthing a book into the world and how even now, with the book getting rave reviews, she still questions why people would read what she has to say. We are left with the understanding that a voice like Nadia's could never stay quiet. And we are all the better for it... And as a beautiful ending to the podcast Nadia reads an excerpt from her book "Nadia has written a brave and inspiring book that points to the way yoga has changed over the years. She shares in a beautifully raw way how yoga moved her, where she finds it now and Nadia also challenges us to look at the practice we hold dear with tender eyes. The Yoga Manifest is a powerful new book that is essential reading for all avid yoga practitioners." Scott Johnson - October 2022  If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/finding-equanimity-ty-powers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ty Powers</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/yoga-as-service-lucille-meyer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Lucille Meyer</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/empowerment-through-ashtanga-yoga-greg-nardi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Greg Nardi</a>

#037: Nadia Gilani | The Yoga Manifesto

Ty Powers

In this deeply honest conversation Scott Johnson talks to Ty Powers, co-founder of the Insight Yoga Institute. They have a moving conversation on Ty's life of contemplative practice and his teaching of mindfulness meditation for over 25 years.  We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Yoga community. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. We also have a growing library of on-demand content. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times…  Also, consider joining our Patreon community. We share these podcasts every 2 weeks and would love your feedback, input and support. You can even join a monthly live call to share your thoughts.  About Ty Powers   Ty Powers co-founded the Insight Yoga Institute with his wife Sarah Powers. He has been leading Yoga and Buddha Dharma/mindfulness meditation retreats throughout the world for over 25 years. Ty completed the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader training program in 2003 and has led daylong retreats on cultural diversity. He offers one on one sessions in Internal Family Systems, and as a Change and Transition Strategist and Certified Integral Coach. Ty also sits on the board of Studio BE and serves as it’s Senior Ethics Advisor.   Ty's Conversation.   Ty shares how contemplative practice was not only a way to find oneness and a deeper connection to life, but also a way to navigate being African American in a world that sees you differently. He subsequently talks about the impact this has had on his life. As a response, Ty shares how we can all learn to see differently using the tools of mediation.   You can find out more about Ty’s work here.   "For me this conversation with Ty Powers is deeply profound and important. Ty is a highly skilled and experienced Buddha Dharma and mindfulness teacher who has to deal with everyday racism. His openess in this conversation is stunning, giving a deep insight into what it means to be African American in a world that sees you differently. This conversation is an important listen for those of us who have privilege" Scott Johnson - April 2022    If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with  Sarah Powers,  Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen,  Laruga Glaser and  Martin Aylward.

In this deeply honest conversation Scott Johnson talks to Ty Powers, co-founder of the Insight Yoga Institute. They have a moving conversation on Ty's life of contemplative practice and his teaching of mindfulness meditation for over 25 years. <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoint-yoga-memberships/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Yoga community</a>. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. We also have a growing library of on-demand content. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… Also, consider joining our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/stillpointspodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon community</a>. We share these podcasts every 2 weeks and would love your feedback, input and support. You can even join a monthly live call to share your thoughts. About Ty Powers Ty Powers co-founded the <a href="https://sarahpowersinsightyoga.com/program-overview/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Insight Yoga Institute</a> with his wife Sarah Powers. He has been leading Yoga and Buddha Dharma/mindfulness meditation retreats throughout the world for over 25 years. Ty completed the <a href="https://www.spiritrock.org/community-dharma-leaders" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader</a> training program in 2003 and has led daylong retreats on cultural diversity. He offers one on one sessions in <a href="https://www.selfleadership.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Internal Family Systems</a>, and as a <a href="https://skillfulchange.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Change and Transition Strategist</a> and <a href="https://www.newventureswest.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Certified Integral Coach</a>. Ty also sits on the board of <a href="https://www.studiobemindfulness.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Studio BE</a> and serves as it’s Senior Ethics Advisor.   Ty's Conversation. Ty shares how contemplative practice was not only a way to find oneness and a deeper connection to life, but also a way to navigate being African American in a world that sees you differently. He subsequently talks about the impact this has had on his life. As a response, Ty shares how we can all learn to see differently using the tools of mediation. You can find out more about Ty’s work <a href="https://sarahpowersinsightyoga.com/approach/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. "For me this conversation with Ty Powers is deeply profound and important. Ty is a highly skilled and experienced Buddha Dharma and mindfulness teacher who has to deal with everyday racism. His openess in this conversation is stunning, giving a deep insight into what it means to be African American in a world that sees you differently. This conversation is an important listen for those of us who have privilege" Scott Johnson - April 2022  If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/lit-from-within-sarah-powers-yoga/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sarah Powers</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/reclaiming-joy-through-heartbreak-wambui-njuguna-raisenen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/leaning-in-to-vulnerability-laruga-glaser/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Laruga Glaser</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/reality-is-playful-martin-aylward/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Martin Aylward.</a>

#036 | Ty Powers - Finding Equanimity

The Stillpoints Podcast with Scott Johnson brings insightful, inspiring and moving conversation into how contemplative practice has evolved in our modern culture. Scott talks to the many people, yoga/dharma teachers, practitioners, authors and creatives who have inspired him, as director of Stillpoint Yoga London, to see how their practices have landed in the world.

Scott Johnson talks to Sarah Powers, a long term teacher of yoga and Buddha Dharma, about her life of contemplative practice and its culmination in her new book 'Lit From Within'.   We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Yoga community. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. We also have a growing library of on-demand content. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… Also, consider joining our Patreon community. We share these podcasts every 2 weeks and would love your feedback, input and support. You can even join a monthly live call to share your thoughts.   Sarah Powers is an author, therapist and co-founder of Insight Yoga Institute. Her work is led by a desire for healing, and over the past 35 years Sarah has explored a number of healing modalities. Her yoga practise began with Ashtanga in the company of Chuck Miller, Maty Ezraty, Tim Miller, and Richard Freeman. There she found a daily ritual, an invitation to explore what changes on the inside, when on the surface things might look the same. In this rich and generous conversation, Sarah shares how a profound experience she had while on retreat with Jack Kornfield deeply impacted her life. She’d been a yoga practitioner for over a decade at that point, but this was the time that it first truly made sense to her. Her previous practise served as a preparation for the Buddhist teachings she encountered. She studied both Theravada and Dzogchen, and saw comparisons with her previous studies in Advaita Vedanta. Sarah believes that underlying the multiplicity of teachers and traditions, they would all agree on the fundamental nature of freedom. Over time, Sarah moved away from teaching Ashtanga yoga and towards a more Yin based approach, but the essence of inquiry that she first found in Ashtanga remains. Now, she combines yoga with mindfulness meditation in her classes, integrating yoga and Buddha Dharma with the intention of introducing beginners to meditation. She is the author of  Insight Yoga and her most recent book  Lit from Within takes a holistic approach to healing our five experiential centres: the physical, energetic, mental, emotional, and interpersonal realms. You can find out more about Sarah’s work here.   "This conversation with Sarah is so, so rich. I had wanted to speak to Sarah for a while, for her to expand on her beautiful view and experience on how the Buddha Dharma and yoga traditions blend together. I got so much and more. Sarah's wonderful and insightful way of seeing these practices and then sharing them is visceral and compelling. This conversation will leave you feeling like you've stepped right into the middle of Sarah's world. Full, inviting and so, so rich..." Scott Johnson - January 2022    If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with  Kia Naddermier, Martin Aylward and  Ann Weston

Scott Johnson talks to Sarah Powers, a long term teacher of yoga and Buddha Dharma, about her life of contemplative practice and its culmination in her new book 'Lit From Within'. We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Yoga community. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. We also have a growing library of on-demand content. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… Also, consider joining our Patreon community. We share these podcasts every 2 weeks and would love your feedback, input and support. You can even join a monthly live call to share your thoughts. Sarah Powers is an author, therapist and co-founder of Insight Yoga Institute. Her work is led by a desire for healing, and over the past 35 years Sarah has explored a number of healing modalities. Her yoga practise began with Ashtanga in the company of Chuck Miller, Maty Ezraty, Tim Miller, and Richard Freeman. There she found a daily ritual, an invitation to explore what changes on the inside, when on the surface things might look the same. In this rich and generous conversation, Sarah shares how a profound experience she had while on retreat with Jack Kornfield deeply impacted her life. She’d been a yoga practitioner for over a decade at that point, but this was the time that it first truly made sense to her. Her previous practise served as a preparation for the Buddhist teachings she encountered. She studied both Theravada and Dzogchen, and saw comparisons with her previous studies in Advaita Vedanta. Sarah believes that underlying the multiplicity of teachers and traditions, they would all agree on the fundamental nature of freedom. Over time, Sarah moved away from teaching Ashtanga yoga and towards a more Yin based approach, but the essence of inquiry that she first found in Ashtanga remains. Now, she combines yoga with mindfulness meditation in her classes, integrating yoga and Buddha Dharma with the intention of introducing beginners to meditation. She is the author of <a href="https://sarahpowersinsightyoga.com/purchase-media/#insight-yoga" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Insight Yoga</a> and her most recent book <a href="https://sarahpowersinsightyoga.com/purchase-media/#lit-from-within" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Lit from Within</a> takes a holistic approach to healing our five experiential centres: the physical, energetic, mental, emotional, and interpersonal realms. You can find out more about Sarah’s work <a href="https://sarahpowersinsightyoga.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. "This conversation with Sarah is so, so rich. I had wanted to speak to Sarah for a while, for her to expand on her beautiful view and experience on how the Buddha Dharma and yoga traditions blend together. I got so much and more. Sarah's wonderful and insightful way of seeing these practices and then sharing them is visceral and compelling. This conversation will leave you feeling like you've stepped right into the middle of Sarah's world. Full, inviting and so, so rich..." Scott Johnson - January 2022  If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with  <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/the-practice-of-pausing-kia-naddermier/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kia Naddermier,</a> <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/reality-is-playful-martin-aylward/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Martin Aylward</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/010-62-years-of-practice-ann-weston/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ann Weston</a>

#035: Sarah Powers | Lit From Within

Ty Landrum

Scott talks to Ashtanga yoga teacher Ty Landrum about yoga and how it ‘ruined his life’ in the best possible way. __ We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Yoga community. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. We also have a growing library of on-demand content. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… Also, consider joining our Patreon community. We share these podcasts every 2 weeks and would love your feedback, input and support. You can even join a monthly live call to share your thoughts. ___ Ty is renowned for his understanding of philosophy and academic knowledge. He never liked school, but after being awarded a wrestling scholarship Ty decided he’d go to college. While there, he found himself wrestling with the problem of the general disorientation he experienced within his day-to-day life. Philosophy seemed to offer clues to the answers he was searching for, and so he continued to study, and now holds a PhD in the subject. He attended his first yoga class while he was at college. He was experiencing depression, and his friend encouraged him to go to a class with Jennifer Eliot. Ty experienced something immediate and visceral in that yoga class, something he’d been grasping for in his studies but newer fully realised. It changed his way of relating to philosophy, and it equipped him with the tools he needed to process the deep grief he had been carrying following the loss of two important people in his life. In this sensitive and intelligent conversation, Ty shares about the clumsiness of academics, the wisdom of the body, and the primacy of human touch. He talks about the revelation of meeting Richard Freeman with his syncretic approach to philosophy. He discusses different wisdom traditions that, despite superficial differences, are united in their overall goal of spreading compassion. For Ty, yoga has been a path to intimacy, communion and relationship with all aspects of his life. You can find out more about Ty’s work here. ‘Ty is one of the most intelligent and wise Ashtanga teachers in the field of yoga at the moment. The way he weaves yoga asana and philosophy together through stories, wisdom and language is beautiful and I wanted to capture how he got there. This conversation actually weaves like its own story, capturing the real spirit of how yoga has evolved in Ty's life. Bring a note book. There is so much to notice...' Scott Johnson - January 2022      If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with  Petri Räisänen,  Kia Naddermier and  Dr Matthew Clark

Scott talks to Ashtanga yoga teacher Ty Landrum about yoga and how it ‘ruined his life’ in the best possible way. __ We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoint-yoga-memberships/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stillpoint Yoga community.</a> We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. We also have a growing library of on-demand content. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… Also, consider joining our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/stillpointspodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon community</a>. We share these podcasts every 2 weeks and would love your feedback, input and support. You can even join a monthly live call to share your thoughts. ___ Ty is renowned for his understanding of philosophy and academic knowledge. He never liked school, but after being awarded a wrestling scholarship Ty decided he’d go to college. While there, he found himself wrestling with the problem of the general disorientation he experienced within his day-to-day life. Philosophy seemed to offer clues to the answers he was searching for, and so he continued to study, and now holds a PhD in the subject. He attended his first yoga class while he was at college. He was experiencing depression, and his friend encouraged him to go to a class with Jennifer Eliot. Ty experienced something immediate and visceral in that yoga class, something he’d been grasping for in his studies but newer fully realised. It changed his way of relating to philosophy, and it equipped him with the tools he needed to process the deep grief he had been carrying following the loss of two important people in his life. In this sensitive and intelligent conversation, Ty shares about the clumsiness of academics, the wisdom of the body, and the primacy of human touch. He talks about the revelation of meeting Richard Freeman with his syncretic approach to philosophy. He discusses different wisdom traditions that, despite superficial differences, are united in their overall goal of spreading compassion. For Ty, yoga has been a path to intimacy, communion and relationship with all aspects of his life. You can find out more about Ty’s work <a href="https://www.tylandrum.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. ‘Ty is one of the most intelligent and wise Ashtanga teachers in the field of yoga at the moment. The way he weaves yoga asana and philosophy together through stories, wisdom and language is beautiful and I wanted to capture how he got there. This conversation actually weaves like its own story, capturing the real spirit of how yoga has evolved in Ty's life. Bring a note book. There is so much to notice...' Scott Johnson - January 2022  If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/learning-from-the-past-petri-raisanen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Petri Räisänen</a>,  <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/the-practice-of-pausing-kia-naddermier/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kia Naddermier</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/a-naturally-sceptical-mind-dr-matthew-clark/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Dr Matthew Clark</a>

#034: Ty Landrum | Living Yoga Philosophy

Scott talks to yoga teacher, writer and renowned podcast host J.Brown  __ We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Yoga community. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. We also have a growing library of on-demand content. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… Also, consider joining our Patreon community. We share these podcasts every 2 weeks and would love your feedback, input and support. You can even join a monthly live call to share your thoughts.  ___ J.Brown has been practising yoga for nearly thirty years, and teaching for almost twenty. In that time he taught at studios in New York, managed his own studio, and has been an early adopter of teaching yoga online. His ‘Yoga Talks’ is one of the most widely listened to yoga podcasts - you can listen to his episode with Scott Johnson  here. J came to yoga after his mum died at a young age. Yoga made him feel better, even in moments when he thought feeling better wasn’t possible. Yoga helped J. to process his grief, and over time his practise evolved from a physically intense asana practise to something more gentle. J. went on to develop his own personal teaching style of ‘gentle is the new advanced’.  In this wide-ranging conversation, J. shares about the challenges of establishing himself as a ‘gentle’ yoga teacher when power yoga was at its peak.  J. talks about how his podcast developed, as well as the push-back he has received as a result of his decision to publish certain podcast episodes. Throughout the conversation, J. keeps coming back to how yoga is a practise of praise. Where once he might have distanced himself from it, now he embraces his spirituality and the mystical wonder of life.  You can find out more about J.’s work here.   ‘J hosts one of the leading yoga podcasts of the past five years and has spoken to hundreds of people. He was also a great help in setting the Stillpoints Podcast up. In speaking to J I wanted to get underneath what is meaningful for him. This conversation is at one point informative and another so tender. I so appreciated J allowing me to go on a journey with him...' Scott Johnson - December 2021  If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with  Frank Jude Boccio,  Zephyr Wildman,  Lucille Meyer and  Dr Matthew Clark 

Scott talks to yoga teacher, writer and renowned podcast host J.Brown  __ We’d like to invite you to join our growing <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoint-yoga-memberships/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">monthly Stillpoint Yoga community</a>. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. We also have a growing library of on-demand content. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… Also, consider joining our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/stillpointspodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon community</a>. We share these podcasts every 2 weeks and would love your feedback, input and support. You can even join a monthly live call to share your thoughts.  ___ J.Brown has been practising yoga for nearly thirty years, and teaching for almost twenty. In that time he taught at studios in New York, managed his own studio, and has been an early adopter of teaching yoga online. His ‘<a href="https://www.jbrownyoga.com/yoga-talks-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yoga Talks</a>’ is one of the most widely listened to yoga podcasts - you can listen to his episode with Scott Johnson <a href="https://www.jbrownyoga.com/yoga-talks-podcast/2018/4/scott-johnson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here.</a> J came to yoga after his mum died at a young age. Yoga made him feel better, even in moments when he thought feeling better wasn’t possible. Yoga helped J. to process his grief, and over time his practise evolved from a physically intense asana practise to something more gentle. J. went on to develop his own personal teaching style of ‘gentle is the new advanced’.  In this wide-ranging conversation, J. shares about the challenges of establishing himself as a ‘gentle’ yoga teacher when power yoga was at its peak.  J. talks about how his podcast developed, as well as the push-back he has received as a result of his decision to publish certain podcast episodes. Throughout the conversation, J. keeps coming back to how yoga is a practise of praise. Where once he might have distanced himself from it, now he embraces his spirituality and the mystical wonder of life.  You can find out more about J.’s work <a href="https://www.jbrownyoga.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. ‘J hosts one of the leading yoga podcasts of the past five years and has spoken to hundreds of people. He was also a great help in setting the Stillpoints Podcast up. In speaking to J I wanted to get underneath what is meaningful for him. This conversation is at one point informative and another so tender. I so appreciated J allowing me to go on a journey with him...' Scott Johnson - December 2021  If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/yoga-and-mindfulness-frank-jude-boccio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Frank Jude Boccio</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/yoga-and-recovery-zephyr-wildman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Zephyr Wildman</a>, <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/yoga-as-service-lucille-meyer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Lucille Meyer</a> and <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoints-podcast/a-naturally-sceptical-mind-dr-matthew-clark/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Dr Matthew Clark </a>

#033: J.Brown | How Yoga Talks

Tim Feldmann

Scott talks to Ashtanga yoga teacher and co-founder of the Miami Life Centre Tim Feldmann about the past, present and future of teaching Ashtanga yoga. In this nuanced and meaningful conversation, Tim and Scott discuss dancing as a spiritual practise, movement as a healing modality, and the teacher’s role as a vessel for knowledge. __ We’d like to invite you to join our growing monthly Stillpoint Yoga community. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. We also have a growing library of on-demand content. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… Also, consider joining our Patreon community. We share these podcasts every 2 weeks and would love your feedback, input and support. You can even join a monthly live call to share your thoughts.  ___ Tim found his way to yoga after a catastrophic accident in Venezuela in 1992 interrupted his professional dancing career. He encountered Lino Miele in the late 1990’s, who set Tim on the path to practising with Pattabhi Jois in Mysore. There he met his wife, Kino MacGregor, and in 2006 they founded the Miami Life Centre, where they continue to teach together to this day.  Tim shares openly about the fear he felt before practising with Jois, who even then had a reputation for fearsome physical adjustments. When Tim finally felt ready to practise with him (after completing Advanced A), he recalls feeling gratitude for the assists he received.  Since Karen Rain’s revelations of sexual assault at the hands of Jois, Tim has had to come to terms with how his experience was at odds with that of the women Jois abused. He asks himself how he failed to notice, talking to Scott about how ‘crazy and amazing’ those days in Mysore were, concluding that sometimes people ‘surrendered’ at the expense of the safety of themselves and those around them.  Since opening the Miami Life Centre in 2006, Tim has moved his own teaching away from a hierarchical model and towards one that prioritises safety and inclusiveness. Having been confronted with the somewhat blasé attitude towards anatomy in the early days, he’s relieved to see a more detailed and logical approach developing in recent years. He talks about the value and limitations of lineage and hierarchy - that structure can create clarity, but space to explore is essential. He talks about the ‘lineage holders’ of Ashtanga yoga, and the nature of how knowledge is passed down. And finally, reflecting on the past couple of years, Tim concludes with how nothing is more important in life than being there for other people.  Tim is the co-founder and captain of the world-wide recognized Miami Life Center and of the newly opened Miami Yoga Garage - a new ambitious Shala and cultural house in Miami's fun Wynwood district. He has practiced yoga since 1994 and Ashtanga Since 1999. Authorized to teach by Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Jois he explores core concepts and modern boundaries of Patanjali’s yoga teachings alike. A practitioner of Ashtanga Yoga’s Advanced A Series Tim finds Ashtanga’s traditional method an exceptional path towards healing, wisdom and self-realisation. Drawing upon his past as an internationally successful dancer and acclaimed choreographer, anatomy, alignment and technique is his second nature. Tim has been pursuing in-depth studies of Patanjali, Sankhya and Vedanta over the past 7 years with Vidwan Nagaraja Rao, Jayashree &amp; Narasimha and other exceptional scholars in South India. Cherished worldwide for his fun, disciplined and detailed pursuit of authentic yoga and his compassionately effective touch, Tim travels to yoga shalas around the globe with the inclusive message of how study, steadiness and devotion is the means to powerful transformation both inside and outside of us. You can find out more about Tim’s work here.   ‘This conversation with Tim Feldmann was so good. For quite a while I’ve wanted to talk to someone like Tim, who is one of the most recognisable of the current generation of Ashtanga teachers, about where the sharing of Ashtanga Yoga  finds itself. Tim was so open and honest about his own process,  where we are currently and what’s possible in the future. I was left feeling like I had found a new friend to ge deep with. This conversation is essential if you care about sharing the practice of Ashtanga yoga to others…’ Scott Johnson – November 2021 

Scott talks to Ashtanga yoga teacher and co-founder of the Miami Life Centre Tim Feldmann about the past, present and future of teaching Ashtanga yoga. In this nuanced and meaningful conversation, Tim and Scott discuss dancing as a spiritual practise, movement as a healing modality, and the teacher’s role as a vessel for knowledge. __ We’d like to invite you to join our growing <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoint-yoga-memberships/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">monthly Stillpoint Yoga community</a>. We teach in-person in London Bridge and live stream online Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes, with weekly yoga clinics and philosophy sessions guided by Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. We also have a growing library of on-demand content. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… Also, consider joining our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/stillpointspodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon community</a>. We share these podcasts every 2 weeks and would love your feedback, input and support. You can even join a monthly live call to share your thoughts.  ___ Tim found his way to yoga after a catastrophic accident in Venezuela in 1992 interrupted his professional dancing career. He encountered Lino Miele in the late 1990’s, who set Tim on the path to practising with Pattabhi Jois in Mysore. There he met his wife, Kino MacGregor, and in 2006 they founded the Miami Life Centre, where they continue to teach together to this day.  Tim shares openly about the fear he felt before practising with Jois, who even then had a reputation for fearsome physical adjustments. When Tim finally felt ready to practise with him (after completing Advanced A), he recalls feeling gratitude for the assists he received.  Since Karen Rain’s revelations of sexual assault at the hands of Jois, Tim has had to come to terms with how his experience was at odds with that of the women Jois abused. He asks himself how he failed to notice, talking to Scott about how ‘crazy and amazing’ those days in Mysore were, concluding that sometimes people ‘surrendered’ at the expense of the safety of themselves and those around them.  Since opening the Miami Life Centre in 2006, Tim has moved his own teaching away from a hierarchical model and towards one that prioritises safety and inclusiveness. Having been confronted with the somewhat blasé attitude towards anatomy in the early days, he’s relieved to see a more detailed and logical approach developing in recent years. He talks about the value and limitations of lineage and hierarchy - that structure can create clarity, but space to explore is essential. He talks about the ‘lineage holders’ of Ashtanga yoga, and the nature of how knowledge is passed down. And finally, reflecting on the past couple of years, Tim concludes with how nothing is more important in life than being there for other people.  Tim is the co-founder and captain of the world-wide recognized Miami Life Center and of the newly opened Miami Yoga Garage - a new ambitious Shala and cultural house in Miami's fun Wynwood district. He has practiced yoga since 1994 and Ashtanga Since 1999. Authorized to teach by Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Jois he explores core concepts and modern boundaries of Patanjali’s yoga teachings alike. A practitioner of Ashtanga Yoga’s Advanced A Series Tim finds Ashtanga’s traditional method an exceptional path towards healing, wisdom and self-realisation. Drawing upon his past as an internationally successful dancer and acclaimed choreographer, anatomy, alignment and technique is his second nature. Tim has been pursuing in-depth studies of Patanjali, Sankhya and Vedanta over the past 7 years with Vidwan Nagaraja Rao, Jayashree &amp; Narasimha and other exceptional scholars in South India. Cherished worldwide for his fun, disciplined and detailed pursuit of authentic yoga and his compassionately effective touch, Tim travels to yoga shalas around the globe with the inclusive message of how study, steadiness and devotion is the means to powerful transformation both inside and outside of us. You can find out more about Tim’s work <a href="https://timfeldmann.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. ‘This conversation with Tim Feldmann was so good. For quite a while I’ve wanted to talk to someone like Tim, who is one of the most recognisable of the current generation of Ashtanga teachers, about where the sharing of Ashtanga Yoga  finds itself. Tim was so open and honest about his own process,  where we are currently and what’s possible in the future. I was left feeling like I had found a new friend to ge deep with. This conversation is essential if you care about sharing the practice of Ashtanga yoga to others…’ Scott Johnson – November 2021

#032: Tim Feldmann | Ashtanga Yoga: Past, Present & Future

Ellen Johannesen

Scott talks to Ashtanga yoga teacher Ellen Johannesen. A professional dancer at the time, Ellen travelled to the Lakshmipuram Institute (the ‘old old’ Shala) in 1997 where she spent three months studying with Pattabhi Jois.  ------- You can become part of our Stillpoints Podcast Patreon Community and get weekly updates on the podcast, plus a monthly Stillpoints Podcast Live Stream Chat where you can talk to Scott about the conversations past, present and future. We'll also get some of the previous guests involved too.  ------- Since then, Ellen’s sadhana has seen her live in a Buddhist monastery alongside five-thousand monks, learning Tibetan in Kathmandu, and studying Buddhism with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala.  A devoted student, Ellen shares about finally feeling ready to take on the role of ‘teacher’, the value of learning the language of a spiritual tradition, the power of intention, and how contemplative practises can offer us all a different way of being in the world. You can find out more about Ellen’s work here. 'Ellen is a deeply committed practitioner who has devoted her life to the study of yoga and Buddhism since the turn of the century. This conversation really gets to the heart of what it means to study both Ashtanga and Buddhism and how it can become a deep part of your life .' Scott Johnson - November 2021

Scott talks to Ashtanga yoga teacher Ellen Johannesen. A professional dancer at the time, Ellen travelled to the Lakshmipuram Institute (the ‘old old’ Shala) in 1997 where she spent three months studying with Pattabhi Jois.  ------- You can become part of our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/stillpointspodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stillpoints Podcast Patreon Community</a> and get weekly updates on the podcast, plus a monthly Stillpoints Podcast Live Stream Chat where you can talk to Scott about the conversations past, present and future. We'll also get some of the previous guests involved too.  ------- Since then, Ellen’s sadhana has seen her live in a Buddhist monastery alongside five-thousand monks, learning Tibetan in Kathmandu, and studying Buddhism with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala.  A devoted student, Ellen shares about finally feeling ready to take on the role of ‘teacher’, the value of learning the language of a spiritual tradition, the power of intention, and how contemplative practises can offer us all a different way of being in the world. You can find out more about Ellen’s work <a href="http://ashtanganepal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a> 'Ellen is a deeply committed practitioner who has devoted her life to the study of yoga and Buddhism since the turn of the century. This conversation really gets to the heart of what it means to study both Ashtanga and Buddhism and how it can become a deep part of your life .' Scott Johnson - November 2021

#31: Ellen Johannesen | Ashtanga and Buddhism

Frank Jude Boccio

Scott talks to Yoga and Dharma teacher Frank Jude Boccio. Frank took refuge in the Dharma after a period of practising with Thich Nhat Hanh in the 1990’s. In 2000, he began to study with Korean master Samu Sunim, who ordained Frank as a Dharma Teacher in 2007. - You can support The Stillpoints Podcast through our Patreon page and help us to continue to share inspiring and meaningful conversations.  You can also join our monthly in-person on online Ashtanga Yoga and philosophy memberships here.  - In this warm and insightful conversation Frank shares about his experiences of ‘not-self’, how Buddhism helped him to process grief and loss, the importance of honouring the differences as well as the similarities between yoga and Buddhism, and the lively philosophical debates that Buddha could have had with Patanjali. Frank is the author of ‘Mindfulness Yoga: The Awakened Union of Breath, Body, and Mind’as well as a national and international dharma/yoga teacher and lecturer. You can find out more about Frank’s work here and also join Franks Empty Mountain Sangha Online Facebook page here.   'Frank Jude Boccio has been a deeply impactful part of my life since I discovered his work. His teachings on how to relate mindfulness to yoga asana and life has been profound for me. This conversation allowed me to lean in to the way he sees practice and life and there is so much here. Yoga, Zen Buddhism, Grief, Nirvana... This conversation is so, so lovely. I hope you enjoy it...' Scott Johnson - October 2021

Scott talks to Yoga and Dharma teacher Frank Jude Boccio. Frank took refuge in the Dharma after a period of practising with Thich Nhat Hanh in the 1990’s. In 2000, he began to study with Korean master Samu Sunim, who ordained Frank as a Dharma Teacher in 2007. - You can support The Stillpoints Podcast through our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/stillpointspodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon page</a> and help us to continue to share inspiring and meaningful conversations.  You can also join our monthly in-person on online Ashtanga Yoga and philosophy memberships <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/stillpoint-yoga-memberships/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.  - In this warm and insightful conversation Frank shares about his experiences of ‘not-self’, how Buddhism helped him to process grief and loss, the importance of honouring the differences as well as the similarities between yoga and Buddhism, and the lively philosophical debates that Buddha could have had with Patanjali. Frank is the author of ‘Mindfulness Yoga: The Awakened Union of Breath, Body, and Mind’as well as a national and international dharma/yoga teacher and lecturer. You can find out more about Frank’s work <a href="https://www.mindfulnessyoga.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and also join Franks Empty Mountain Sangha Online Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/657703241564065" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. 'Frank Jude Boccio has been a deeply impactful part of my life since I discovered his work. His teachings on how to relate mindfulness to yoga asana and life has been profound for me. This conversation allowed me to lean in to the way he sees practice and life and there is so much here. Yoga, Zen Buddhism, Grief, Nirvana... This conversation is so, so lovely. I hope you enjoy it...' Scott Johnson - October 2021

#30: Frank Jude Boccio | Yoga and Mindfulness

Lucille Meyer

Scott talks to Lucille Meyer about her powerful work as an activist, yoga teacher and CEO of Chrysalis academy. Chrysalis is one of the largest and most prestigious youth service organisations in South Africa. Lucille has overseen the transformation of thousands of young men and women, using the techniques of yoga and mindfulness and other modalities. _ We’d like to invite you to join our growing Stillpoint Online Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness community. We live stream beginner classes, Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes with evening mindfulness sessions over 6 days with Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… __ In this inspiring conversation Lucille and Scott talk about Lucille’s introduction to yoga whilst in solitary confinement. Lucille was detained in a South African prison in the early 90’s. In this conversation Lucille’s shares how this early activism shaped her and then how yoga changed her life. Lucille shares about her powerful work as a CEO and educator at Chrysalis Academy and how the young people are really changed through the tools of yoga, mindfulness, service and compassion. You can find out more about Lucille’s and the work of the Chrysalis Academy here.   "Lucille Meyer is one of the most inspiring women I’ve met. She has such a powerful conviction to service using yoga and meditation. Her work at Chrysalis Academy, where she has helped to changed the life of thousands of young people, shows a dedication and profound sense os yoga as service. Her voice is powerful and this is one of my favourite conversations on the podcast. Enjoy Lucille’s powerful sharing and insights." Scott Johnson – July 2021

Scott talks to Lucille Meyer about her powerful work as an activist, yoga teacher and CEO of Chrysalis academy. Chrysalis is one of the largest and most prestigious youth service organisations in South Africa. Lucille has overseen the transformation of thousands of young men and women, using the techniques of yoga and mindfulness and other modalities. _ We’d like to invite you to join our growing <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/membership/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stillpoint Online Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness community</a>. We live stream beginner classes, Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes with evening mindfulness sessions over 6 days with Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. It’s a beautiful way to navigate these times… __ In this inspiring conversation Lucille and Scott talk about Lucille’s introduction to yoga whilst in solitary confinement. Lucille was detained in a South African prison in the early 90’s. In this conversation Lucille’s shares how this early activism shaped her and then how yoga changed her life. Lucille shares about her powerful work as a CEO and educator at <a href="https://chrysalisacademy.org.za/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chrysalis Academy</a> and how the young people are really changed through the tools of yoga, mindfulness, service and compassion. You can find out more about Lucille’s and the work of the Chrysalis Academy <a href="https://chrysalisacademy.org.za/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. "Lucille Meyer is one of the most inspiring women I’ve met. She has such a powerful conviction to service using yoga and meditation. Her work at Chrysalis Academy, where she has helped to changed the life of thousands of young people, shows a dedication and profound sense os yoga as service. Her voice is powerful and this is one of my favourite conversations on the podcast. Enjoy Lucille’s powerful sharing and insights." Scott Johnson – July 2021

#029: Lucille Meyer | Yoga As Service

Martin Aylward

Scott and Dharma teacher Martin Aylward ‘chew the dharma fat’ over topics including contemplative practices, the inherent ‘juiciness’ of life, and the ultimate inevitability of liberation.      We'd like to invite you to join our growing Stillpoint Online Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness community. You can sign up for a free yoga and meditation course and a free week on our online platform here.  We live stream beginner classes, Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes with evening mindfulness sessions, yoga philosophy and restorative yoga over 6 days with Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. It's a beautiful way to navigate these times...    Martin has been practicing meditation for 30 years. Over that time he studied in monasteries and Ashrams in India and Thailand. He explored many different teachings, from Indian asceticism to Buddhist tantric traditions. Martin began teaching the Dharma in 1999 after being encouraged by his teacher. In 2005, he co-founded Moulin de Chaves, a residential retreat centre in Southwest France. He has held pilgrimages, led wilderness retreats in France and the USA, and has taken small groups of Dharma students to practice in India and Bhutan.  He now runs a number of online courses which are designed to help people integrate these transformational meditative practices into their daily lives. You can find out more about Martin’s teaching schedule here. His Mindfulness Teacher Training  here. His new book Awake Where You Are: The Art Of Embodied Awareness  here.      Marting Aylward is such a rich, joyful voice. He brings the teachings of Buddhism and mindfulness and gently lands them in the centre of our lives. For me he is one of the leading voices of contemplative practice teaching at the moment. This conversation will leave you inspired...  Scott Johnson - July 2021  Hokusai Says by Roger Keyes Hokusai says look carefully. He says pay attention, notice. He says keep looking, stay curious. Hokusai says says there is no end to seeing He says look forward to getting old. He says keep changing, you just get more who you really are. He says get stuck, accept it, repeat yourself as long as it is interesting. He says keep doing what you love. He says keep praying. He says every one of us is a child, every one of us is ancient every one of us has a body. He says every one of us is frightened. He says every one of us has to find a way to live with fear. He says everything is alive -- shells, buildings, people, fish, mountains, trees, wood is alive. Water is alive. Everything has its own life. Everything lives inside us. He says live with the world inside you. He says it doesn't matter if you draw, or write books. It doesn't matter if you saw wood, or catch fish. It doesn't matter if you sit at home and stare at the ants on your veranda or the shadows of the trees and grasses in your garden. It matters that you care. It matters that you feel. It matters that you notice. It matters that life lives through you. Contentment is life living through you. Joy is life living through you. Satisfaction and strength is life living through you. He says don't be afraid. Don't be afraid. Love, feel, let life take you by the hand. Let life live through you.

Scott and Dharma teacher Martin Aylward ‘chew the dharma fat’ over topics including contemplative practices, the inherent ‘juiciness’ of life, and the ultimate inevitability of liberation. We'd like to invite you to join our growing Stillpoint Online Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness community. You can sign up for a free yoga and meditation course and a free week on our online platform <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/start-here/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.  We live stream beginner classes, Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes with evening mindfulness sessions, yoga philosophy and restorative yoga over 6 days with Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. It's a beautiful way to navigate these times... Martin has been practicing meditation for 30 years. Over that time he studied in monasteries and Ashrams in India and Thailand. He explored many different teachings, from Indian asceticism to Buddhist tantric traditions. Martin began teaching the Dharma in 1999 after being encouraged by his teacher. In 2005, he co-founded Moulin de Chaves, a residential retreat centre in Southwest France. He has held pilgrimages, led wilderness retreats in France and the USA, and has taken small groups of Dharma students to practice in India and Bhutan.  He now runs a number of online courses which are designed to help people integrate these transformational meditative practices into their daily lives. You can find out more about Martin’s teaching schedule <a href="https://martinaylward.com/retreats/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a> His Mindfulness Teacher Training <a href="https://www.mindfulnesstraininginstitute.com/eu-teacher-training/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>. His new book Awake Where You Are: The Art Of Embodied Awareness <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Awake-Where-You-Are/Martin-Aylward/9781614297222" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here.</a> Marting Aylward is such a rich, joyful voice. He brings the teachings of Buddhism and mindfulness and gently lands them in the centre of our lives. For me he is one of the leading voices of contemplative practice teaching at the moment. This conversation will leave you inspired...  Scott Johnson - July 2021 Hokusai Says by Roger Keyes Hokusai says look carefully. He says pay attention, notice. He says keep looking, stay curious. Hokusai says says there is no end to seeing He says look forward to getting old. He says keep changing, you just get more who you really are. He says get stuck, accept it, repeat yourself as long as it is interesting. He says keep doing what you love. He says keep praying. He says every one of us is a child, every one of us is ancient every one of us has a body. He says every one of us is frightened. He says every one of us has to find a way to live with fear. He says everything is alive -- shells, buildings, people, fish, mountains, trees, wood is alive. Water is alive. Everything has its own life. Everything lives inside us. He says live with the world inside you. He says it doesn't matter if you draw, or write books. It doesn't matter if you saw wood, or catch fish. It doesn't matter if you sit at home and stare at the ants on your veranda or the shadows of the trees and grasses in your garden. It matters that you care. It matters that you feel. It matters that you notice. It matters that life lives through you. Contentment is life living through you. Joy is life living through you. Satisfaction and strength is life living through you. He says don't be afraid. Don't be afraid. Love, feel, let life take you by the hand. Let life live through you.

#028: Martin Aylward | Reality is Playful

Kino Macgregor

Scott has an open, honest and heartfelt conversation with colleague and international yoga teacher Kino Macgregor about Covid-19 and the year of the pandemic. __ We'd like to invite you to join our growing Stillpoint Online Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness community. You can sign up for a free yoga and meditation course and a free week on our online platform here.  We live stream beginner classes, Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes with evening mindfulness sessions, yoga philosophy and restorative yoga over 6 days with Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. It's a beautiful way to navigate these times... __ Scott and Kino talk about their own personal experiences around the global pandemic. They talk about the divisions that have become apparent within the yoga community as a result of the pandemic, the danger inherent in confining ourselves to our own online echo chambers, and the potential for healing by learning to listen to each other in these fraught and fragile times. Links to topics covered in the conversation:  Kino's vaccination Instagram post on 23rd April 2021. Kino's response to the above Instagram post on 23rd April 2021 Jo Herman's long covid articles in The Guardian  With over 1 million followers on Instagram and over 500,000 subscribers on YouTube and Facebook, Kino MacGregor is one of the world’s most recognisable yoga teachers. She is a Miami native and mango enthusiast. A sought-after yoga teacher, she has written four books and has produced six DVDs on Ashtanga yoga. She is the founder of Omstars, and co-founder of the Miami Life Center. A dedicated Ashtanga student, she was Certified to teach the method by Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. She continues to study in Mysore with her teacher Sharath, and is dedicated to sharing Ashtanga yoga with practitioners all over the world. Kino’s international schedule includes classes, privates, workshops and retreats. You can find out more about Kino’s teaching schedule here. I reached out to Kino after seeing her address the negative comments she received after being vaccinated. I've personally wanted to have this particular conversation all year. To be able to have it with Kino, one of the most recognisable yoga teachers in the world and someone who is as passionate about this incredibly important issue as I am, felt really valuable. I hope this conversation helps to create more dialogue in the yoga world as we move forward from the pandemic...   Scott Johnson - May 2021

Scott has an open, honest and heartfelt conversation with colleague and international yoga teacher Kino Macgregor about Covid-19 and the year of the pandemic. __ We'd like to invite you to join our growing Stillpoint Online Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness community. <a href="https://stillpoint.yoga/start-here/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You can sign up for a free yoga and meditation course and a free week on our online platform here. </a> We live stream beginner classes, Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes with evening mindfulness sessions, yoga philosophy and restorative yoga over 6 days with Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. It's a beautiful way to navigate these times... __ Scott and Kino talk about their own personal experiences around the global pandemic. They talk about the divisions that have become apparent within the yoga community as a result of the pandemic, the danger inherent in confining ourselves to our own online echo chambers, and the potential for healing by learning to listen to each other in these fraught and fragile times. Links to topics covered in the conversation: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CN_O6jWHZyg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kino's vaccination Instagram post on 23rd April 2021.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COAzGxNHMhA/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kino's response to the above Instagram post on 23rd April 2021</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/joanna-herman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jo Herman's long covid articles in The Guardian</a></li> </ul> With over 1 million followers on Instagram and over 500,000 subscribers on YouTube and Facebook, Kino MacGregor is one of the world’s most recognisable yoga teachers. She is a Miami native and mango enthusiast. A sought-after yoga teacher, she has written four books and has produced six DVDs on Ashtanga yoga. She is the founder of <a href="https://omstars.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Omstars</a>, and co-founder of the <a href="https://miamilifecenter.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Miami Life Center</a>. A dedicated Ashtanga student, she was Certified to teach the method by Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. She continues to study in Mysore with her teacher Sharath, and is dedicated to sharing Ashtanga yoga with practitioners all over the world. Kino’s international schedule includes classes, privates, workshops and retreats. You can find out more about Kino’s teaching schedule <a href="https://www.kinoyoga.com/schedule/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a> I reached out to Kino after seeing her address the negative comments she received after being vaccinated. I've personally wanted to have this particular conversation all year. To be able to have it with Kino, one of the most recognisable yoga teachers in the world and someone who is as passionate about this incredibly important issue as I am, felt really valuable. I hope this conversation helps to create more dialogue in the yoga world as we move forward from the pandemic... Scott Johnson - May 2021

#027: Kino Macgregor | Yoga and Covid

Petri Räisänen

Scott talks to colleague and yoga teacher Petri Räisänen about his life as a yoga teacher and as one of the most respected names in Ashtanga yoga. Petri is deeply open and honest about his relationship to Mysore over the years and Petri and Scott talk about how we can move on from the abuses of Pattabhi Jois.  __ We'd like to invite you to join our growing  Stillpoint Online Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness community. We live stream beginner classes, Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes with evening mindfulness sessions over 6 days with Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. It's a beautiful way to navigate these times... __   In this podcast we talk about the sexual abuse commited by Pattabhi Jois on a number of his students over the years. While this conversation centres Petri's experience, it is not meant to detract from the victim’s experience. We acknowledge the sexual abuses and other abuses of power that have happened in the Ashtanga community and the ways in which community members can be trained not to see the abuses that happen in plain sight. This denial serves to hide the abuse and creates a culture that is unsafe for victims. It is our hope that this conversation will help those who are also in a process of reckoning with their relationship to yoga practice and community.  Below are links to the victims testimony and others of relevant interest:  Karen Rain’s #metoo testimony  Jubliee Cooke’s #metoo testimony  Anneke Lucas’s testimony  Silenced Voices – A panel discussion involving Karen Rain, Jubilee Cooke and others on sexual abuse in the yoga community.  __   Petri Räisänen is an internationally renowned and highly respected Ashtanga yoga teacher. He began practising in 1989, and has studied with teachers such as Derek Ireland, Radha Warrel, and Eddie Stern. In 2001, he was authorised to teach Ashtanga yoga by Pattabhi and Sharath Jois.  Petri has been teaching since 1991. In 1997 he founded Ashtanga Yoga Helsinki with his friend and colleague, Juva Javanainen. He teaches in Finland and internationally alongside his wife, Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen. Petri’s teaching integrates healing therapy with yoga. He draws on his work as a traditional Finnish folk healer and naturopath, which he combines with his own experience of practising and teaching. He is known for his gentle, effective, and therapeutic - almost ‘magical’ - adjustments. He is the author of “Ashtanga Yoga – The Yoga Tradition of K. Pattabhi Jois” (2005), written in collaboration with Pattabhi and Sharath Jois; and “Nadi Sodhana” (2008), which includes interviews with Pattabhi and Sharath Jois. You can find out more about Petri’s teaching schedule here. __ Petri and Scott talk about his early experiences with yoga and spirituality, working with prana while  practising Finnish folk healing, practising with Derek Ireland and Radha Warrel in Finland and Crete, how he consciously changed his teaching style to a gentle approach, the injuries and sexual abuse inflicted by Pattabhi Jois and the conditions that allowed them to continue, the intergenerational abuse going back to Krishnamacarya and how Ashtanga might be able to heal moving forward, learning from and working with his wife Wambui, learning from the past to create a safer future. ___   Petri Räisänen is one of the most respected names in Ashtanga yoga. His honesty in this conversation really moved me and helped me to start to see the intensity that surrounded the 90's era of Ashtanga yoga and how the abuses of Pattabhi Jois were missed by those who were there. I came away from this conversation deeply respectful of how Petri is trying to change himself by looking at the mistakes of the past and the way we can move the sharing Ashtanga Yoga forward... Scott Johnson - January 2021  If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with…   Wambui Njuguna  Räisänen,  Greg Nardi,  Ian Cheney

Scott talks to colleague and yoga teacher Petri Räisänen about his life as a yoga teacher and as one of the most respected names in Ashtanga yoga. Petri is deeply open and honest about his relationship to Mysore over the years and Petri and Scott talk about how we can move on from the abuses of Pattabhi Jois.  __ We'd like to invite you to join our growing <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/online-ashtanga-yoga-classes/?utm_source=mc&amp;utm_medium=so" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Stillpoint Online Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness community</a>. We live stream beginner classes, Ashtanga Yoga assisted self practice and guided classes with evening mindfulness sessions over 6 days with Scott Johnson and the Stillpoint teaching faculty. It's a beautiful way to navigate these times... __ In this podcast we talk about the sexual abuse commited by Pattabhi Jois on a number of his students over the years. While this conversation centres Petri's experience, it is not meant to detract from the victim’s experience. We acknowledge the sexual abuses and other abuses of power that have happened in the Ashtanga community and the ways in which community members can be trained not to see the abuses that happen in plain sight. This denial serves to hide the abuse and creates a culture that is unsafe for victims. It is our hope that this conversation will help those who are also in a process of reckoning with their relationship to yoga practice and community. Below are links to the victims testimony and others of relevant interest: <a href="https://gen.medium.com/yoga-guru-pattabhi-jois-sexually-assaulted-me-for-years-48b3d04c9456" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Karen Rain’s #metoo testimony</a> <a href="https://decolonizingyoga.com/why-didnt-somebody-warn-me-a-pattabhi-jois-metoo-story-jubilee-cooke/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jubliee Cooke’s #metoo testimony</a> <a href="https://theshiftnetwork.com/blog/2018-07-09/metoo-rouses-yoga-community" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Anneke Lucas’s testimony </a> <a href="https://yogainternational.com/ecourse/silenced-voices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Silenced Voices – A panel discussion involving Karen Rain, Jubilee Cooke and others on sexual abuse in the yoga community. </a> __ Petri Räisänen is an internationally renowned and highly respected Ashtanga yoga teacher. He began practising in 1989, and has studied with teachers such as Derek Ireland, Radha Warrel, and Eddie Stern. In 2001, he was authorised to teach Ashtanga yoga by Pattabhi and Sharath Jois.  Petri has been teaching since 1991. In 1997 he founded Ashtanga Yoga Helsinki with his friend and colleague, Juva Javanainen. He teaches in Finland and internationally alongside his wife, Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen. Petri’s teaching integrates healing therapy with yoga. He draws on his work as a traditional Finnish folk healer and naturopath, which he combines with his own experience of practising and teaching. He is known for his gentle, effective, and therapeutic - almost ‘magical’ - adjustments. He is the author of “Ashtanga Yoga – The Yoga Tradition of K. Pattabhi Jois” (2005), written in collaboration with Pattabhi and Sharath Jois; and “Nadi Sodhana” (2008), which includes interviews with Pattabhi and Sharath Jois. You can find out more about Petri’s teaching schedule <a href="https://www.petriandwambui.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. __ Petri and Scott talk about his early experiences with yoga and spirituality, working with prana while  practising Finnish folk healing, practising with Derek Ireland and Radha Warrel in Finland and Crete, how he consciously changed his teaching style to a gentle approach, the injuries and sexual abuse inflicted by Pattabhi Jois and the conditions that allowed them to continue, the intergenerational abuse going back to Krishnamacarya and how Ashtanga might be able to heal moving forward, learning from and working with his wife Wambui, learning from the past to create a safer future. ___ Petri Räisänen is one of the most respected names in Ashtanga yoga. His honesty in this conversation really moved me and helped me to start to see the intensity that surrounded the 90's era of Ashtanga yoga and how the abuses of Pattabhi Jois were missed by those who were there. I came away from this conversation deeply respectful of how Petri is trying to change himself by looking at the mistakes of the past and the way we can move the sharing Ashtanga Yoga forward... Scott Johnson - January 2021  If you enjoyed this podcast then you might also enjoy Scott’s conversations with…  <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/reclaiming-joy-through-heartbreak-wambui-njuguna-raisenen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Wambui Njuguna</a> <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/reclaiming-joy-through-heartbreak-wambui-njuguna-raisenen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Räisänen</a>, <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/empowerment-through-ashtanga-yoga-greg-nardi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Greg Nardi</a>, <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/005-ian-cheney-a-broader-perspective-on-practice/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ian Cheney</a>

#026: Petri Räisänen | Learning From The Past

Stillpoints: A Podcast with Scott Johnson

Scott talks to Maria Jose Pantoja who between 2009 and 2013 was one of the most consistent members and teachers at Stillpoint Yoga London. She turned from one of the most beautiful practitioners into one of our loveliest ever teachers. Maria was loved by everyone who was part of our community. She moved back to her native Mexico in 2013   -------   Remembering Precious Times   When do you get the opportunity to reminisce with someone who was there at a deeply meaningful part of your life.   Scott and Maria have a moving conversation about the early years of Stillpoint Yoga London (between 2009 and 2013) and their relationship as teacher, student and friends. These were beautiful times. A yoga space finding it’s place in it’s early phase, yoga students and teachers being part of that growth together. The conversation brings up lost but incredibly special memories for both of them. Scott and Maria talk about:  Maria’s evolution into Ashtanga yoga Her part in the early years at SYL while studying for her PHD. How she became a teacher under the guidance of Scott and the late Ozge Karabiyik. Her memories and deep friendship with Ozge. Her reaction to Ozge’s death in 2012. The impact from her moving away from the UK in 2013. The deep trust she has  This is a really lovely podcast. You’re perhaps left with a deep appreciation of the love and respect that Scott and Maria have for each other.   Show notes   Teachers Mentioned Abby Hoffman Craig Norris  John Scott Lucy Crawford Ozge Karabiyik Rachel Barlow  Laura Graham-Dullaert

Scott talks to Maria Jose Pantoja who between 2009 and 2013 was one of the most consistent members and teachers at Stillpoint Yoga London. She turned from one of the most beautiful practitioners into one of our loveliest ever teachers. Maria was loved by everyone who was part of our community. She moved back to her native Mexico in 2013 ------- Remembering Precious Times When do you get the opportunity to reminisce with someone who was there at a deeply meaningful part of your life. Scott and Maria have a moving conversation about the early years of <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stillpoint Yoga London</a> (between 2009 and 2013) and their relationship as teacher, student and friends. These were beautiful times. A yoga space finding it’s place in it’s early phase, yoga students and teachers being part of that growth together. The conversation brings up lost but incredibly special memories for both of them. Scott and Maria talk about: <ul> <li>Maria’s evolution into Ashtanga yoga</li> <li>Her part in the early years at SYL while studying for her PHD.</li> <li>How she became a teacher under the guidance of Scott and the late <a href="http://www.bubbleofhappiness.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ozge Karabiyik</a>.</li> <li>Her memories and deep friendship with Ozge.</li> <li>Her reaction to Ozge’s death in 2012.</li> <li>The impact from her moving away from the UK in 2013.</li> <li>The deep trust she has</li> </ul> This is a really lovely podcast. You’re perhaps left with a deep appreciation of the love and respect that Scott and Maria have for each other. Show notes Teachers Mentioned Abby Hoffman <a href="https://www.craignorris.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Craig Norris</a> <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/001-john-scott-practice-changes-years/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> John Scott</a> <a href="https://www.lucycrawfordyoga.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucy Crawford</a> <a href="http://www.bubbleofhappiness.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ozge Karabiyik</a> <a href="https://www.rachelbarlow.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rachel Barlow</a> <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/002-laura-graham-dullaert-becoming-your-own-teacher/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Laura Graham-Dullaert</a>

#003: Maria Jose Pantoja | Remembering Precious Times 

014: Mark Robberds Scott talks to Mark Robberds, a friend, senior Ashtanga yoga teacher and movement educator. Mark Robberds has been practicing yoga since 1997. He is one of the few people to be certified to teach Ashtanga Yoga by KPJAYI. Over the years he has become one of the leading figures of movement in yoga culture, pushing the boundaries around how yoga and movement can interrelate.  Mark now lives in Bali with his wife Deepika Mehta where they teach Ashtanga yoga and movement intensives. You can find more here. Mark also shares widely on his Instagram page here.  ____ Into The Unknown - Mark Robberds Scott and Mark have been friends since 2018. This engaging, warm and beautiful conversation covers the span of Mark's life as a practitioner and teacher. Over the years Mark has taken leaps of faith and stepped into the unknown. He's had times when he's had to step back but his path has always been one of evolution. In the podcast Mark shares the choices and directions he has made that has turned him into the teacher and pioneering educator he is now. In this conversation Mark shares how:  the experience of yoga first evolved in his life. his mum introduced him to Christian philosophy as a child. from a young age he had a philosophical outlook on the world.  he reinvented himself aged twenty one by going travelling.  his mum introduced him to yoga when he returned. he met his first teacher Nicky Knoff, who introduced him to Ashtanga yoga.  he recovered from Dengue Fever through practicing yoga, which changed his mindset.  he went back to Sydney and practiced at Yoga Moves with senior teacher Eileen Hall. he travelled to India for the first time and headed north, before travelling to Mysore to study with Pattabhi Jois. his experience of practicing in Mysore for the first month was. after leaving Mysore he had a cathartic experience and had to go back to Sydney. he apprenticed at Yoga Moves, which really helped him become part of the Ashtanga yoga community.  he returned to Mysore to study at KPJAYI while continuing to learn from Eileen, which propelled his learning.  in the early 2000’s he started practicing at Yoga Synergy with Simon Borg Olivier, seeing a lot of benefits to his teaching.  he was exposed to the teachings of legendary teacher Shandor Remete. Clive Sheridan became a great influence in his life, his approach to yoga and Ashtanga yoga practice. he studied yoga philosophy in Mysore with Professor Nagaraj Rao in 2005 he sold everything to go away and discover himself.  the book The Artist’s Way changed his life. he went to South America, where plant medicine helped him to clarify his direction and identity. in 2015 he discovered Instagram and Ido Portal, who had a deep impact on him.  Richard Freeman influenced him. how he had to break away from the yoga practice to bring it back.  his next journey is fatherhood.  it is for him to live a contemplative life.     Mentioned in the Podcast: Teachers:Nicky Knoff, Eileen Hall, K.Pattabhi Jois, Simon Borg Olivier, Shandor Remete, Clive Sheridan, Professor Nagaraj Rao, Ido Portal, Richard Freeman Book:The Artists Way by Julia Cameron 'Mark's story is one of a 23 year movement of self discovery. He has never rested on his laurels and once he knew yoga was the path for him he set his focus on going deep. That his destiny was to just discover life unfolding. This conversation really teases out how going into the unknown can be a deep way of discovering where we can find our true path' Scott Johnson - April 2020  If you enjoyed this podcast then also listen to Scott’s conversations with  Danny Paradise,  Joey Milesand Mark's wife,  Deepika Mehta.

<h1>014: Mark Robberds Scott talks to Mark Robberds, a friend, senior Ashtanga yoga teacher and movement educator. Mark Robberds has been practicing yoga since 1997. He is one of the few people to be certified to teach Ashtanga Yoga by KPJAYI. Over the years he has become one of the leading figures of movement in yoga culture, pushing the boundaries around how yoga and movement can interrelate.  Mark now lives in Bali with his wife Deepika Mehta where they teach Ashtanga yoga and movement intensives. You can find more <a href="https://markrobberds.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Mark also shares widely on his Instagram page <a href="https://www.instagram.com/markrobberds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.  ____ Into The Unknown - Mark Robberds Scott and Mark have been friends since 2018. This engaging, warm and beautiful conversation covers the span of Mark's life as a practitioner and teacher. Over the years Mark has taken leaps of faith and stepped into the unknown. He's had times when he's had to step back but his path has always been one of evolution. In the podcast Mark shares the choices and directions he has made that has turned him into the teacher and pioneering educator he is now. In this conversation Mark shares how: <ul> <li>the experience of yoga first evolved in his life.</li> <li>his mum introduced him to Christian philosophy as a child.</li> <li>from a young age he had a philosophical outlook on the world. </li> <li>he reinvented himself aged twenty one by going travelling. </li> <li>his mum introduced him to yoga when he returned.</li> <li>he met his first teacher Nicky Knoff, who introduced him to Ashtanga yoga. </li> <li>he recovered from Dengue Fever through practicing yoga, which changed his mindset. </li> <li>he went back to Sydney and practiced at Yoga Moves with senior teacher Eileen Hall.</li> <li>he travelled to India for the first time and headed north, before travelling to Mysore to study with Pattabhi Jois.</li> <li>his experience of practicing in Mysore for the first month was.</li> <li>after leaving Mysore he had a cathartic experience and had to go back to Sydney.</li> <li>he apprenticed at Yoga Moves, which really helped him become part of the Ashtanga yoga community. </li> <li>he returned to Mysore to study at KPJAYI while continuing to learn from Eileen, which propelled his learning. </li> <li>in the early 2000’s he started practicing at Yoga Synergy with Simon Borg Olivier, seeing a lot of benefits to his teaching. </li> <li>he was exposed to the teachings of legendary teacher Shandor Remete.</li> <li>Clive Sheridan became a great influence in his life, his approach to yoga and Ashtanga yoga practice.</li> <li>he studied yoga philosophy in Mysore with Professor Nagaraj Rao</li> <li>in 2005 he sold everything to go away and discover himself. </li> <li>the book The Artist’s Way changed his life.</li> <li>he went to South America, where plant medicine helped him to clarify his direction and identity.</li> <li>in 2015 he discovered Instagram and Ido Portal, who had a deep impact on him. </li> <li>Richard Freeman influenced him.</li> <li>how he had to break away from the yoga practice to bring it back. </li> <li>his next journey is fatherhood. </li> <li>it is for him to live a contemplative life. </li> </ul> Mentioned in the Podcast: Teachers:<a href="https://www.knoffyoga.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicky Knoff</a>, <a href="https://www.yogamoves.com.au/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eileen Hall</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Pattabhi_Jois#Sexual_abuse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">K.Pattabhi Jois</a>, <a href="https://yogasynergy.com/about-our-teachers/simon-borg-olivier/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simon Borg Olivier</a>, <a href="https://shadowyoga.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shandor Remete</a>, <a href="https://yogajaya.com/team/clive-sheridan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clive Sheridan</a>, <a href="http://joisyoga.com/teachers/nagaraja-rao/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Professor Nagaraj Rao</a>, <a href="http://www.idoportal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ido Portal</a>, <a href="https://www.richardfreemanyoga.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Freeman</a> Book:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist%27s_Way" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Artists Way by Julia Cameron</a> 'Mark's story is one of a 23 year movement of self discovery. He has never rested on his laurels and once he knew yoga was the path for him he set his focus on going deep. That his destiny was to just discover life unfolding. This conversation really teases out how going into the unknown can be a deep way of discovering where we can find our true path' Scott Johnson - April 2020  If you enjoyed this podcast then also listen to Scott’s conversations with <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/008-create-your-own-way-danny-paradise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Danny Paradise,</a> <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/blending-yoga-traditions-joey-miles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Joey Miles</a>and Mark's wife, <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/movement-into-stillness-deepika-mehta/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Deepika Mehta</a>.</h1>

#014: Mark Robberds | Into The Unknown

Deepika Mehta

Scott talks to Deepika Mehta, a friend and fellow long term practitioner and teacher of Ashtanga yoga.  Deepika has been practicing yoga for over 20 years, where she used the tools of yoga to heal from a devastating climbing accident. Since then she has thrived, studying the Sivananda and Ashtanga yoga traditions and becoming an Authorised Level 2 teacher, from her teacher Sharath Jois, in the latter. She currently runs highly regarded retreats and intensives around the world with her co-teacher and husband, Mark Robberds.  You can find out more about Deepika here _______ Movement into Stillness - Deepika Mehta Scott and Deepika have known each other since March 2019, where they met at the Ashtanga Yoga Bali Conference. They bonded over a love of music, both touched by how music has affected and driven their lives. They recorded this interview while both teaching in Goa in November 2019.  In a beautifully honest and open interview Deepika shares:  how movement has been an intrinsic part of the way she understands her life and how yoga is a deeply spiritual part of her life. how she found yoga after a life threatening accident and how her recovery was the jumping off point to yoga becoming a central part of her life.  beautifully honest comparisons between who she is now and growing up in India as a young girl.  how prayer has been a deep part of her life since she was a young girl how her grandfather was a yogi. how she discovered Sivananda yoga. That was her way into yoga practice.  how intimidated, challenging and out of place she first found the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore (now SYC).  how Ashtanga yoga became an expression of spirituality for her. how she has a deep love for her teacher Sharath Jois and what he brings as a yoga teacher.  how she has developed herself as a teacher over the years  the way practice can become effortless. A stillness.  how body skills and training the body is pointing back to our personal sadhana. how physical practice and movement is a meditation for her. how movement and dance have been deeply spiritual for her. how she teaches new students who have just started yoga. how she steps out of her own way when she is practicing and teaching.  how she stays inspired every day.  what she has learnt over the years of practice.  what it means to live a contemplative life.  'Deepika is a highly inspiring woman. She has had to overcome a deeply personal trauma in her younger years that has now transformed the way she lives her life, and practices and teaches yoga. Deepikas story shows how you can find an inner resolve through movement and by finding the courage to turn inwards.  Scott Johnson - April 2020 If you enjoy this podcast then also listen to  Scott’s conversation with Caroline Taylor who has a beautiful story about how yoga transformed her life. 

Scott talks to Deepika Mehta, a friend and fellow long term practitioner and teacher of Ashtanga yoga.  Deepika has been practicing yoga for over 20 years, where she used the tools of yoga to heal from a devastating climbing accident. Since then she has thrived, studying the Sivananda and Ashtanga yoga traditions and becoming an Authorised Level 2 teacher, from her teacher Sharath Jois, in the latter. She currently runs highly regarded retreats and intensives around the world with her co-teacher and husband, Mark Robberds.  You can find out more about Deepika <a href="https://deepikamehta.in/bio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> _______ Movement into Stillness - Deepika Mehta Scott and Deepika have known each other since March 2019, where they met at the Ashtanga Yoga Bali Conference. They bonded over a love of music, both touched by how music has affected and driven their lives. They recorded this interview while both teaching in Goa in November 2019.  In a beautifully honest and open interview Deepika shares: <ul> <li>how movement has been an intrinsic part of the way she understands her life and how yoga is a deeply spiritual part of her life.</li> <li>how she found yoga after a life threatening accident and how her recovery was the jumping off point to yoga becoming a central part of her life. </li> <li>beautifully honest comparisons between who she is now and growing up in India as a young girl. </li> <li>how prayer has been a deep part of her life since she was a young girl</li> <li>how her grandfather was a yogi.</li> <li>how she discovered Sivananda yoga. That was her way into yoga practice. </li> <li>how intimidated, challenging and out of place she first found the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore (now SYC). </li> <li>how Ashtanga yoga became an expression of spirituality for her.</li> <li>how she has a deep love for her teacher Sharath Jois and what he brings as a yoga teacher. </li> <li>how she has developed herself as a teacher over the years </li> <li>the way practice can become effortless. A stillness. </li> <li>how body skills and training the body is pointing back to our personal sadhana.</li> <li>how physical practice and movement is a meditation for her.</li> <li>how movement and dance have been deeply spiritual for her.</li> <li>how she teaches new students who have just started yoga.</li> <li>how she steps out of her own way when she is practicing and teaching. </li> <li>how she stays inspired every day. </li> <li>what she has learnt over the years of practice. </li> <li>what it means to live a contemplative life. </li> </ul>'Deepika is a highly inspiring woman. She has had to overcome a deeply personal trauma in her younger years that has now transformed the way she lives her life, and practices and teaches yoga. Deepikas story shows how you can find an inner resolve through movement and by finding the courage to turn inwards.  Scott Johnson - April 2020 If you enjoy this podcast then also listen to <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/006-caroline-taylor-a-transformative-pathway/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Scott’s conversation with Caroline Taylor</a> who has a beautiful story about how yoga transformed her life.

#013: Deepika Mehta | Movement into Stillness

Matthew Clark

012: Dr Matthew Clark   Scott talks to Dr Matthew Clark, a long term yoga practitioner, philosophy teacher and academic. Since 2004, Dr. Matthew Clark has been a Research Associate at SOAS, University of London. He is one of the administrators of the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies in London and is one of the editors of the Journal of Yoga Studies. His publications include:  The Daśanāmī-Saṃnyāsīs: The Integration of Ascetic Lineages into an Order (2006), which is a study of a sect of sādhus; The Tawny One: Soma, Haoma and Ayahuasca (2017), which is an exploration of the use of psychedelic plant concoctions in ancient Asia and Greece; The Origins and Practices of Yoga: A Weeny Introduction (revised edition) (2018).  You can find more about Matthew’s work here. _______ A Naturally Sceptical Mind - Dr Matthew Clark Scott and Matthew have know each other for over 15 years. Scott first met Mathew 15 or so years ago where Scott hosted Matthew for a workshop on Sadhus. Scott saw in Matthew a deep knowledge yet a deeply open outlook. Scott and Matthew spoke in November 2019 was Matthew's home in Brighton. They have a wide ranging conversation on Matthew's life as yoga practitioner, researcher and academic. Matthew shares openly has way in to yoga and contemplative practice in the early 1970s through hallucinogens, how his inquisitiveness led him to India to study with many gurus and was sceptical of all of them, how he moved into academia to research yoga history and philosophy and now how his life's work has turned into the study of Soma, a deity and ritual drink that dates back to the Rig Veda. In this conversation Matthew talks openly about hallucinogenics and plant medicine. While always taking incredible care when taking decisions ingesting anything that changes the way you see the world, Matthew explains in detail the context these drinks and potions were taken in relation to the ancient vedic tradition of ritual. 'Matthew is such a rich source of personal experience and academic knowledge. He has truly studied himself to understand how mystical experiences and yoga are related. This vast conversation brings a deeply historical lens to the ancient practices of yoga and how we can perhaps relate to them now.  Scott Johnson - January 2020 If you like this podcast then also listen to Scott’s conversation with Danny Paradise, who like Matthew is interested in yoga as a mystical experience.   

<h1>012: Dr Matthew Clark Scott talks to Dr Matthew Clark, a long term yoga practitioner, philosophy teacher and academic. Since 2004, Dr. Matthew Clark has been a Research Associate at SOAS, University of London. He is one of the administrators of the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies in London and is one of the editors of the Journal of Yoga Studies. His publications include: <ul> <li>The Daśanāmī-Saṃnyāsīs: The Integration of Ascetic Lineages into an Order (2006), which is a study of a sect of sādhus;</li> <li>The Tawny One: Soma, Haoma and Ayahuasca (2017), which is an exploration of the use of psychedelic plant concoctions in ancient Asia and Greece;</li> <li>The Origins and Practices of Yoga: A Weeny Introduction (revised edition) (2018).</li> </ul> You can find more about Matthew’s work here. _______ A Naturally Sceptical Mind - Dr Matthew Clark Scott and Matthew have know each other for over 15 years. Scott first met Mathew 15 or so years ago where Scott hosted Matthew for a workshop on Sadhus. Scott saw in Matthew a deep knowledge yet a deeply open outlook. Scott and Matthew spoke in November 2019 was Matthew's home in Brighton. They have a wide ranging conversation on Matthew's life as yoga practitioner, researcher and academic. Matthew shares openly has way in to yoga and contemplative practice in the early 1970s through hallucinogens, how his inquisitiveness led him to India to study with many gurus and was sceptical of all of them, how he moved into academia to research yoga history and philosophy and now how his life's work has turned into the study of Soma, a deity and ritual drink that dates back to the Rig Veda. In this conversation Matthew talks openly about hallucinogenics and plant medicine. While always taking incredible care when taking decisions ingesting anything that changes the way you see the world, Matthew explains in detail the context these drinks and potions were taken in relation to the ancient vedic tradition of ritual. 'Matthew is such a rich source of personal experience and academic knowledge. He has truly studied himself to understand how mystical experiences and yoga are related. This vast conversation brings a deeply historical lens to the ancient practices of yoga and how we can perhaps relate to them now.  Scott Johnson - January 2020 If you like this podcast then also listen to <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/008-create-your-own-way-danny-paradise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott’s conversation with Danny Paradise</a>, who like Matthew is interested in yoga as a mystical experience.   </h1>

#012: Dr Matthew Clark | A Naturally Sceptical Mind

Joey Miles

011: Joey Miles   ‘This book is to help you sit like a mountain, so that when you see the big mountains you’ll know what to look for’.     Scott talks to Joey Miles, an authorised level 2 and highly inspiring Ashtanga yoga teacher, about how yoga has evolved through his life.       Joey came to yoga in 1998 and since that time has become one of the most loved and influential Ashtanga yoga teachers teaching in the UK today. Before yoga, Joey had previously pursued the circus, martial arts and physical theatre. On graduating from Goldsmiths University, he began assisting Hamish Hendry at Ashtanga Yoga London and for 3 years he practised and assisted daily. During this time, he spent 2 or 3 months every year in Mysore practicing with Pattabhi Jois and Sharath. In 2004 he was authorised to teach by Pattabhi Jois and he then taught daily Mysore classes from 2005-2008 at Triyoga in Primrose Hill, London. In 2009 he relocated to Hebden Bridge and set up Ashtanga Yoga Leeds with the intention of supporting people’s daily yoga practice, this has now been running for eleven years. Alongside the more traditional ashtanga path, Joey has studied and practiced Iyengar yoga for fifteen years under Alaric Newcombe. Whilst mixing styles is often frowned upon, he finds the change in approach to be remarkably helpful in his personal practice, for allowing variation, and giving support to a wider variety of students’ needs. Joey’s teaching is rigorous and playful and his intention is to bring clarity and emphasis to sound alignment within the ashtanga system thereby demonstrating unity among different schools of postural yoga.    You can find out more about Joey here.  _______ Blending Yoga Traditions - Joey Miles Scott and Joey have known each other for over ten years and have been friends for the past eight. They have a connection that bonds them outside of yoga too. They are both fathers and have a love of dance culture. Scott and Joey spoke in December 2019 where they were both teaching at Purple Valley and have a deeply personal conversation. Joey shares openly and honestly about how his life has evolved through practicing yoga from a young age and shares about his evolution. He talks about how his contemplative practice developed and how his yoga practice, particularly Ashtanga and Iyengar, has evolved through blending both their traditions in a highly insightful and focused way. 'Joey is so articulate. He is ability to share information his so rich and we could have gone on for another hour. Joey's insights on practice are inspiring and the way he talks about blending the practices of Ashtanga and Iyengar is gold. This podcast is essential for those thinking of how to move beyond the strict approach to Ashtanga yoga. Joey's story is of an inspiring inquisitiveness to practice and life.' Scott Johnson - January 2020 If you like this podcast then also listen to Scott’s conversation with John Scott, who was also one of Joey's early teachers.  Joey talks about:  how he first experienced experienced being contemplative through talking, questioning and debating ethical dilemmas as a child. experienced rave culture as transcendental. realised that yoga and meditation was a way to move away from the rave culture to experience transcendence. got involved with the Pegasus Youth Theatre. at 17 started practice yoga every day from a book. how he felt well and connected because of practice. how he travelled to Nepal and was exposed to Hindu and Buddhist culture. how he started to notice how people listened. how he was touched by the mountains. how he discovered circus arts and it became a meditation for him. how he was fortunate to have great teachers before him to study from. how important it was to learn from people who have integrated practice into our culture. how we teach to people in their lives. how practice changes as we practice for longer. how he started Ashtanga yoga how he had faith in his teachers as he progressed through the ashtanga yoga practice. how he started Iyengar yoga. how Iyengar challenged him in whole new way. how he learnt the Ashtanga yoga practice 3 times over. how he learns to read his body. how he has had a sitting practice that has run alongside his yoga practice. seeing yoga and meditation as the same thing. how he sees how yoga plays out in relationships. how he sees yoga playing out in his life. how developing a home practice is one of the most important things working with Iyengar teachers is important to develop their postural yoga practice. how joey sees the contemplative life.  Show Notes Bernard Williams Sangharakshita John Blanchard Juggling Pegasus Youth Theatre  Sogyal Rinpoche The Beach  Ken Robinson Ted Talk Jack Kornfield John Scott Hamish Hendry  Zone of proximal development. Alaric Newcombe  

<h1>011: Joey Miles ‘This book is to help you sit like a mountain, so that when you see the big mountains you’ll know what to look for’. Scott talks to Joey Miles, an authorised level 2 and highly inspiring Ashtanga yoga teacher, about how yoga has evolved through his life.    Joey came to yoga in 1998 and since that time has become one of the most loved and influential Ashtanga yoga teachers teaching in the UK today. Before yoga, Joey had previously pursued the circus, martial arts and physical theatre. On graduating from Goldsmiths University, he began assisting Hamish Hendry at Ashtanga Yoga London and for 3 years he practised and assisted daily. During this time, he spent 2 or 3 months every year in Mysore practicing with Pattabhi Jois and Sharath. In 2004 he was authorised to teach by Pattabhi Jois and he then taught daily Mysore classes from 2005-2008 at Triyoga in Primrose Hill, London. In 2009 he relocated to Hebden Bridge and set up Ashtanga Yoga Leeds with the intention of supporting people’s daily yoga practice, this has now been running for eleven years. Alongside the more traditional ashtanga path, Joey has studied and practiced Iyengar yoga for fifteen years under Alaric Newcombe. Whilst mixing styles is often frowned upon, he finds the change in approach to be remarkably helpful in his personal practice, for allowing variation, and giving support to a wider variety of students’ needs. Joey’s teaching is rigorous and playful and his intention is to bring clarity and emphasis to sound alignment within the ashtanga system thereby demonstrating unity among different schools of postural yoga.   You can find out more about Joey <a href="https://www.ashtangayogaleeds.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. _______ Blending Yoga Traditions - Joey Miles Scott and Joey have known each other for over ten years and have been friends for the past eight. They have a connection that bonds them outside of yoga too. They are both fathers and have a love of dance culture. Scott and Joey spoke in December 2019 where they were both teaching at Purple Valley and have a deeply personal conversation. Joey shares openly and honestly about how his life has evolved through practicing yoga from a young age and shares about his evolution. He talks about how his contemplative practice developed and how his yoga practice, particularly Ashtanga and Iyengar, has evolved through blending both their traditions in a highly insightful and focused way. 'Joey is so articulate. He is ability to share information his so rich and we could have gone on for another hour. Joey's insights on practice are inspiring and the way he talks about blending the practices of Ashtanga and Iyengar is gold. This podcast is essential for those thinking of how to move beyond the strict approach to Ashtanga yoga. Joey's story is of an inspiring inquisitiveness to practice and life.' Scott Johnson - January 2020 If you like this podcast then also listen to <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/001-john-scott-practice-changes-years/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott’s conversation with John Scott</a>, who was also one of Joey's early teachers.  Joey talks about: <ul> <li>how he first experienced experienced being contemplative through talking, questioning and debating ethical dilemmas as a child.</li> <li>experienced rave culture as transcendental.</li> <li>realised that yoga and meditation was a way to move away from the rave culture to experience transcendence.</li> <li>got involved with the Pegasus Youth Theatre.</li> <li>at 17 started practice yoga every day from a book.</li> <li>how he felt well and connected because of practice.</li> <li>how he travelled to Nepal and was exposed to Hindu and Buddhist culture.</li> <li>how he started to notice how people listened.</li> <li>how he was touched by the mountains.</li> <li>how he discovered circus arts and it became a meditation for him.</li> <li>how he was fortunate to have great teachers before him to study from.</li> <li>how important it was to learn from people who have integrated practice into our culture.</li> <li>how we teach to people in their lives.</li> <li>how practice changes as we practice for longer.</li> <li>how he started Ashtanga yoga</li> <li>how he had faith in his teachers as he progressed through the ashtanga yoga practice.</li> <li>how he started Iyengar yoga.</li> <li>how Iyengar challenged him in whole new way.</li> <li>how he learnt the Ashtanga yoga practice 3 times over.</li> <li>how he learns to read his body.</li> <li>how he has had a sitting practice that has run alongside his yoga practice.</li> <li>seeing yoga and meditation as the same thing.</li> <li>how he sees how yoga plays out in relationships.</li> <li>how he sees yoga playing out in his life.</li> <li>how developing a home practice is one of the most important things</li> <li>working with Iyengar teachers is important to develop their postural yoga practice.</li> <li>how joey sees the contemplative life.</li> </ul> Show Notes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Williams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bernard Williams</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangharakshita" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sangharakshita</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlFJhUAFgVg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Blanchard Juggling</a> <a href="https://pegasustheatre.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pegasus Youth Theatre</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/01/obituaries/sogyal-rinpoche-dies.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sogyal Rinpoche</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_(novel)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Beach</a> <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity?language=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ken Robinson Ted Talk</a> <a href="https://jackkornfield.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jack Kornfield</a> <a href="https://johnscottyoga.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Scott</a> <a href="http://astangayogalondon.com/ayl-teachers/hamish-hendry/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hamish Hendry</a> <a href="https://www.simplypsychology.org/Zone-of-Proximal-Development.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Zone of proximal development.</a> <a href="http://www.alaricyoga.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alaric Newcombe</a>  </h1>

#011: Joey Miles | Blending Yoga Traditions

Ann Weston

010: Ann Weston         Scott talks to Ann Weston, a UK based yoga teacher and teacher trainer, on her 62 years of yoga practice.            Ann began her yoga practice at the age of sixteen in 1957. She has been a quiet pioneer of yoga in Britain since that time, quietly practicing and sharing to others what she has found to be so beautiful in her life. Yoga.    Ann still teaches classes near her home in Watford and has for the last 26 years taught relaxation at an NHS cancer hospital.    You can reach out to Ann directly here_______ 62 Years of Practice - Ann Weston In this rich and warm conversation, Scott and Ann talk about how yoga has shaped Ann's life since she began practicing back in 1957. Ann has never rested on her laurels and has always kept moving to see what's possible in her life. She has navigated all the major explosions in yoga from the 1960s onwards. Ann shares how she met all of this while raising a family. This is a classic Stillpoints podcast. A conversation that inspires through the story of one person who has practiced for over 60 years and has always had a deep passion for yoga. Yoga practitioners and teachers should listen to Ann's story as it harks back to a time before most of us were born, before the big explosions we know that have catapulted yoga around the world. Ann talks about the explosions of yoga in her early years that most of us are unaware of.  If you like this podcast then also listen to Scott’s conversation with  Danny Paradise which also looks at the practice from a long term stand point. Ann talks about:  how she first met Scott. how yoga first landed for her when she was a mother. what she was like as a young girl before yoga. how she started her first yoga class in 1957 and really loved it. how she had a family in 1963 and her life changed. how she learnt from Richard Hittleman on the television in the early 1960s. how these were the first yoga classes on a screen. how she began moving into teaching with Diana Lang in Sunita PranaYama Yoga method. how her training in yoga was strict. how she then had to learn to teach in adult education. how she was able to balance her teaching and family life. how she moved into teaching in the British Wheel Of Yoga. how this way of teaching broadened her knowledge. how her life is broken down into a wider context. how in 1973/74 she elevated her teaching. how there was an explosion of yoga in the early 1970s. how her teaching was effected by this explosion. how she moved into a sense of responsibility for her students. how she moved into residentials in the late 1970s. how she met her first philosophy teacher. from the millennium she feels she has evolved again. how now she has found real peace with her yoga how teaching relaxation to cancer patients in the NHS has really grounded her. how she feels fulfilled from all her practice over the years.    Show Notes Link to Instagram picture with Scott and Ann. PranaYama yoga.  Yogi Sunita Cabral - The Lotus In The Rose book.  Suzanna Newcombe - Yoga In Britain. British Wheel Of Yoga Teachers mentioned Andy Gill. Mr Voss - Unkown.  Richard Hittleman. Lyn Marshall - Unknown. Diana Lang - Unknown.  Yogi Sunita Cabral amazing article. Yogi Sunita Cabral bio. Angela Macdonald and June Baker - Unknown. Alistair Shearer. John Scott.

<h1>010: Ann Weston     Scott talks to Ann Weston, a UK based yoga teacher and teacher trainer, on her 62 years of yoga practice.      Ann began her yoga practice at the age of sixteen in 1957. She has been a quiet pioneer of yoga in Britain since that time, quietly practicing and sharing to others what she has found to be so beautiful in her life. Yoga.  Ann still teaches classes near her home in Watford and has for the last 26 years taught relaxation at an NHS cancer hospital.   You can reach out to Ann directly <a href="mailto:ann.weston1@btinternet.com">here</a>_______ 62 Years of Practice - Ann Weston In this rich and warm conversation, Scott and Ann talk about how yoga has shaped Ann's life since she began practicing back in 1957. Ann has never rested on her laurels and has always kept moving to see what's possible in her life. She has navigated all the major explosions in yoga from the 1960s onwards. Ann shares how she met all of this while raising a family. This is a classic Stillpoints podcast. A conversation that inspires through the story of one person who has practiced for over 60 years and has always had a deep passion for yoga. Yoga practitioners and teachers should listen to Ann's story as it harks back to a time before most of us were born, before the big explosions we know that have catapulted yoga around the world. Ann talks about the explosions of yoga in her early years that most of us are unaware of.  If you like this podcast then also listen to Scott’s conversation with <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/008-create-your-own-way-danny-paradise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Danny Paradise</a> which also looks at the practice from a long term stand point. Ann talks about: <ul> <li>how she first met Scott.</li> <li>how yoga first landed for her when she was a mother.</li> <li>what she was like as a young girl before yoga.</li> <li>how she started her first yoga class in 1957 and really loved it.</li> <li>how she had a family in 1963 and her life changed.</li> <li>how she learnt from Richard Hittleman on the television in the early 1960s.</li> <li>how these were the first yoga classes on a screen.</li> <li>how she began moving into teaching with Diana Lang in Sunita PranaYama Yoga method.</li> <li>how her training in yoga was strict.</li> <li>how she then had to learn to teach in adult education.</li> <li>how she was able to balance her teaching and family life.</li> <li>how she moved into teaching in the British Wheel Of Yoga.</li> <li>how this way of teaching broadened her knowledge.</li> <li>how her life is broken down into a wider context.</li> <li>how in 1973/74 she elevated her teaching.</li> <li>how there was an explosion of yoga in the early 1970s.</li> <li>how her teaching was effected by this explosion.</li> <li>how she moved into a sense of responsibility for her students.</li> <li>how she moved into residentials in the late 1970s.</li> <li>how she met her first philosophy teacher.</li> <li>from the millennium she feels she has evolved again.</li> <li>how now she has found real peace with her yoga</li> <li>how teaching relaxation to cancer patients in the NHS has really grounded her.</li> <li>how she feels fulfilled from all her practice over the years.</li> </ul>   Show Notes <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BSn1yPNDVee/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link to Instagram picture with Scott and Ann.</a> <a href="http://www.pranayama-yoga.co.uk/pranayama-yoga.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PranaYama yoga.</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pranayama-Yoga-Relaxation-Lotus-Rose/dp/0950930008" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Yogi Sunita Cabral - The Lotus In The Rose book.</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Britain-Stretching-Spirituality-Educating/dp/1781796602" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Suzanna Newcombe - Yoga In Britain.</a> <a href="https://www.bwy.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">British Wheel Of Yoga</a> Teachers mentioned <a href="https://www.andygill.yoga/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy Gill.</a> Mr Voss - Unkown. <a href="https://prasanayoga.com/richard-hittleman-yogas-one-man-movement/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Richard Hittleman.</a> Lyn Marshall - Unknown. Diana Lang - Unknown. <a href="https://theconversation.com/how-yoga-conquered-britain-the-feminist-legacy-of-yogini-sunita-and-kailash-puri-118780" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Yogi Sunita Cabral amazing article.</a> <a href="http://www.pranayama-yoga.co.uk/yogini-sunita.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yogi Sunita Cabral bio.</a> Angela Macdonald and June Baker - Unknown. <a href="https://www.alistairshearer.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alistair Shearer.</a> <a href="https://johnscottyoga.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Scott.</a></h1>

#010: Ann Weston | 62 Years of Practice

Jess Glenny

Scott talks to colleague and fellow yoga practitioner Jess Glenny, a London based yoga teacher and educator, on her lifelong dedication to movement practices.         Those were the days my friend We thought they’d never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day          Jess is a long term and highly skilled yoga/movement teacher, facilitator and therapist specialising in teaching people how to practice with hypermobility. She brings a personal depth of knowledge to the experience of being hypermobile, dispraxic and autistic, shining a light on how these conditions interact with yoga practice and life.           Jess runs Greenwich and Woolwich Ashtanga yoga self practice classes and specialises in teaching people with hypermobile conditions. She also leads courses, intensives and workshops nationally. Jess also has a book, the Yoga Teacher Mentor, coming out in January 2020.  You can find out more about Jess here.          Jess also has a highly informative blog here   _______ Movement Through Life - Jess Glenny In this deeply personal conversation Jess share moments of her life that shaped the way she practices yoga and movement. She is incredibly open about her dyspraxia, hypermobility and autistic journey and shares intimately how these have impacted her life. Her courage in meeting these conditions head on shines through and is a deep inspiration to others. Scott and Jess also share their journey of trust as they recollect how Jess felt able to be comfortable practicing in the Stillpoint Yoga London self practice room. This personal conversation is inspiring, particularly for those who are working through the same conditions that Jess brings up. Jess' story is one of facing the challenges she found head on, in a beautiful and  inspiring way.  If you like this podcast then also listen to  Scott’s conversation with Laura Graham-Dullaert Jess talks about:  how she already felt embodied through dance from age just 6 and how that was truly important for her. how she was told that this movement was wrong how she discovered her dyspraxia from an early age. how she draws on different types of practice to make sense of her experience. how she first found out that she was hypermobile the differences in hypermobilty syndromes. the process of having hyper mobility and how it’s not linear. how Ashtanga yoga really helped her understand her body through the movement principle. how she came into the Stillpoint room and navigated her relationship with Scott by asking for space and not be helped. how she navigated her way back into an Ashtanga yoga self practice room. how she now navigates her needs now. how practice is about feeling. how more approaches outside of yoga is needed. how what she needs in relationship to her autism. how this turned into listening to others needs. how dancing has been the thread that has run through her life and that has allowed her to thrive.    Show Notes Ehlers-Danlos syndrome  Jess’s blog on the movement of the mats at SYL.

Scott talks to colleague and fellow yoga practitioner Jess Glenny, a London based yoga teacher and educator, on her lifelong dedication to movement practices.     Those were the days my friend We thought they’d never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day   Jess is a long term and highly skilled yoga/movement teacher, facilitator and therapist specialising in teaching people how to practice with hypermobility. She brings a personal depth of knowledge to the experience of being hypermobile, dispraxic and autistic, shining a light on how these conditions interact with yoga practice and life.     Jess runs Greenwich and Woolwich Ashtanga yoga self practice classes and specialises in teaching people with hypermobile conditions. She also leads courses, intensives and workshops nationally. Jess also has a book, the Yoga Teacher Mentor, coming out in January 2020.  You can find out more about Jess <a href="https://www.embodyyogadance.co.uk/about-jess" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.    Jess also has a highly informative blog <a href="https://movingprayer.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> _______ Movement Through Life - Jess Glenny In this deeply personal conversation Jess share moments of her life that shaped the way she practices yoga and movement. She is incredibly open about her dyspraxia, hypermobility and autistic journey and shares intimately how these have impacted her life. Her courage in meeting these conditions head on shines through and is a deep inspiration to others. Scott and Jess also share their journey of trust as they recollect how Jess felt able to be comfortable practicing in the Stillpoint Yoga London self practice room. This personal conversation is inspiring, particularly for those who are working through the same conditions that Jess brings up. Jess' story is one of facing the challenges she found head on, in a beautiful and  inspiring way.  If you like this podcast then also listen to <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/002-laura-graham-dullaert-becoming-your-own-teacher/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Scott’s conversation with Laura Graham-Dullaert</a> Jess talks about: <ul> <li>how she already felt embodied through dance from age just 6 and how that was truly important for her.</li> <li>how she was told that this movement was wrong</li> <li>how she discovered her dyspraxia from an early age.</li> <li>how she draws on different types of practice to make sense of her experience.</li> <li>how she first found out that she was hypermobile</li> <li>the differences in hypermobilty syndromes.</li> <li>the process of having hyper mobility and how it’s not linear.</li> <li>how Ashtanga yoga really helped her understand her body through the movement principle.</li> <li>how she came into the Stillpoint room and navigated her relationship with Scott by asking for space and not be helped.</li> <li>how she navigated her way back into an Ashtanga yoga self practice room.</li> <li>how she now navigates her needs now.</li> <li>how practice is about feeling.</li> <li>how more approaches outside of yoga is needed.</li> <li>how what she needs in relationship to her autism.</li> <li>how this turned into listening to others needs.</li> <li>how dancing has been the thread that has run through her life and that has allowed her to thrive.</li> </ul>   Show Notes <a href="https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/ehlers-danlos-syndrome" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ehlers-Danlos syndrome</a> <a href="https://movingprayer.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/new-mats-old-mats-a-shala-story-of-feeling-speaking-and-gratitude-again/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jess’s blog on the movement of the mats at SYL.</a>

#009: Jess Glenny | Movement Through Life

Danny Paradise

Scott talks to Danny Paradise, one of the original Ashtanga yoga teachers and pioneers from the 1970s, about his life and practice in a vast and wide ranging conversation.  Danny Paradise is one of the longest practicing western practitioners of Ashtanga yoga,. He began studying with David Williams and Nancy Gilgoff in 1976 and became a pioneer of the method through the late 1970s, 80s and 90s. He brings a wide ranging perspective to the practice and teachings of yoga and has developed his own unique approach to teaching the practice. Danny is deeply influenced by many other spiritual and mystical traditions. Danny has inspired countless students and teachers over the years and was one of the first teachers to deliver Ashtanga yoga workshops in the UK in the 1980s. He continues to teach globally to this day.  Danny lives in Hawaii and you can find more about him and his teachings here _______ Create Your Own Way In this incredible conversation Danny shares with Scott his journey into yoga in the 1970's and how he became the inspiring teacher we know now. The 1970's was an incredibly fruitful time for spiritual traditions and Danny shares this in a beautifully open way. He shares the little known story about how David Williams found yoga, how they all practiced together in those early years and the fascinating people who surrounded them as they learnt the practice. This conversation is such an incredible journey into another time. Danny also shares his movement into teaching yoga and the mystical traditions which are now a major part of his life. He believes in people finding their own path, that yoga is a tool for you to find your own way through life. He encourages us to become truly independent.  This is such a rich conversation, sharing yoga history with deep teachings. It's one that you can listen to again and again.... Danny talks about:  his way into yoga was through martial arts. how yoga was a dance for him. the amazing story about how David Williams found yoga by going to the Atlanta Rock festival and a teacher called Tom Law. How he first met and practiced with David Williams and Nancy Gilgoff. meeting Cliff Barber who was an old yogi in Maui. how the practice was meditation. how right from the beginning it was about self practice. how they learnt the ashtanga series very quickly. how he moved into teaching how he started teaching in Goa how he started to be influenced by others things that came into his practice. how he had deep structural change that deeply changed him. how Shamanism became a deep part of his practice. his own realisation that yoga and receiving information through indigenous spiritual knowledge. how he sees yoga as a devotional science. how he connected with Buddhism his connection to Egypt and why he uses egyptian movements in his classes. how to bring this type of awareness to cities    Show Notes Teachers Mentioned David Williams, Nancy Gilgoff, Tom Law, Cliff Barber, Ganga White, Kathy Cooper, Matthew Clark Special mention Ian and Josephine McDonald in Oxford

Scott talks to Danny Paradise, one of the original Ashtanga yoga teachers and pioneers from the 1970s, about his life and practice in a vast and wide ranging conversation.  Danny Paradise is one of the longest practicing western practitioners of Ashtanga yoga,. He began studying with David Williams and Nancy Gilgoff in 1976 and became a pioneer of the method through the late 1970s, 80s and 90s. He brings a wide ranging perspective to the practice and teachings of yoga and has developed his own unique approach to teaching the practice. Danny is deeply influenced by many other spiritual and mystical traditions. Danny has inspired countless students and teachers over the years and was one of the first teachers to deliver Ashtanga yoga workshops in the UK in the 1980s. He continues to teach globally to this day.  Danny lives in Hawaii and you can find more about him and his teachings <a href="http://www.dannyparadise.com/danny.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> _______ Create Your Own Way In this incredible conversation Danny shares with Scott his journey into yoga in the 1970's and how he became the inspiring teacher we know now. The 1970's was an incredibly fruitful time for spiritual traditions and Danny shares this in a beautifully open way. He shares the little known story about how David Williams found yoga, how they all practiced together in those early years and the fascinating people who surrounded them as they learnt the practice. This conversation is such an incredible journey into another time. Danny also shares his movement into teaching yoga and the mystical traditions which are now a major part of his life. He believes in people finding their own path, that yoga is a tool for you to find your own way through life. He encourages us to become truly independent.  This is such a rich conversation, sharing yoga history with deep teachings. It's one that you can listen to again and again.... Danny talks about: <ul> <li>his way into yoga was through martial arts.</li> <li>how yoga was a dance for him.</li> <li>the amazing story about how David Williams found yoga by going to the Atlanta Rock festival and a teacher called Tom Law.</li> <li>How he first met and practiced with David Williams and Nancy Gilgoff.</li> <li>meeting Cliff Barber who was an old yogi in Maui.</li> <li>how the practice was meditation.</li> <li>how right from the beginning it was about self practice.</li> <li>how they learnt the ashtanga series very quickly.</li> <li>how he moved into teaching</li> <li>how he started teaching in Goa</li> <li>how he started to be influenced by others things that came into his practice.</li> <li>how he had deep structural change that deeply changed him.</li> <li>how Shamanism became a deep part of his practice.</li> <li>his own realisation that yoga and receiving information through indigenous spiritual knowledge.</li> <li>how he sees yoga as a devotional science.</li> <li>how he connected with Buddhism</li> <li>his connection to Egypt and why he uses egyptian movements in his classes.</li> <li>how to bring this type of awareness to cities</li> </ul>   Show Notes Teachers Mentioned <a href="http://www.ashtangayogi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Williams</a>, <a href="http://www.ashtangamaui.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nancy Gilgoff</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BethelWoodsCenter/photos/pictured-here-is-tom-law-and-his-daughter-pilar-at-the-1969-woodstock-festival-a/10153562707464855/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tom Law</a>, <a href="https://cliffbarber.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cliff Barber</a>, <a href="https://www.whitelotus.org/about-us/directors" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ganga White</a>, <a href="http://kathycooperyoga.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kathy Cooper</a>, <a href="https://www.theshalalondon.com/staff/id/100000161/Matthew-Clark" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matthew Clark</a> Special mention <a href="http://oxfordyoga.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ian and Josephine McDonald in Oxford</a>

#008: Danny Paradise | Creating Your Own Way

David Keil

Scott interviews David Keil, a long term SYL friend and collabarator, about his life and evolution into becoming one of  Stillpoint's most loved visiting teachers and a highly sought after yoga anatomy educator. David Keil is a yoga teacher, yoga anatomy educator and entrepreneur who is changing the way we integrate with and learn yoga anatomy. He has written a yoga anatomy book, called Functional Anatomy of Yoga, created a set of highly successful yoga anatomy online courses, he facilitated a yoga research project assessing the yoga asana practice on physical health and injuryand has also just launched a groundbreaking new anatomy learning tool called 3D Muscle Lab. David lives in Miami and travels globally teaching yoga and anatomy. You can find more about David's work here ___ Owning Your Practice Scott gets under the skin of David Keil, looking deeply into David's journey from starting yoga at 15 through to becoming, what Scott calls him, one of the most skilled Ashtanga yoga teachers and yoga educators teaching today. David has taught at Stillpoint Yoga London since 2010 and in this conversation shares his journey through yoga practice and teaching in a beautifully open and honest way David's skill has always been to be able to help find people's agency in their yoga practice. This podcast get's behind why that is, how David ultimately sees practice and why we love him here at Stillpoint. The conversation covers:  how David got in to contemplative practice through self hypnosis/meditation. how David used these techniques to change his school grades. how David got into yoga through practicing Tai Chi. how David began Ashtanga yoga how David started his yoga anatomy workshops how David met John Scott. how David moved to studying in Mysore how David looks at his own practice. how David's practice has been a contemplative process what David wants to get people to understand through teaching anatomy how David helps people to take responsibility for their own yoga practice  _____ Show notes Teachers Mentioned John Scott, Ryan Spielman, Lucy Crawford, Joey Miles

Scott interviews David Keil, a long term SYL friend and collabarator, about his life and evolution into becoming one of <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/david-keil-workshops-london/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Stillpoint's most loved visiting teachers </a>and a highly sought after yoga anatomy educator. David Keil is a yoga teacher, yoga anatomy educator and entrepreneur who is changing the way we integrate with and learn yoga anatomy. He has written a yoga anatomy book, called <a href="https://www.yoganatomy.com/yoga-anatomy-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Functional Anatomy of Yoga</a>, created a set of <a href="https://www.yoganatomy.com/yoga-anatomy-courses/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">highly successful yoga anatomy online courses</a>, he facilitated a <a href="https://www.yoganatomy.com/yoga-anatomy-research-project-survey/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">yoga research project assessing the yoga asana practice on physical health and injury</a>and has also just launched a groundbreaking new anatomy learning tool called <a href="https://3dmusclelab.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">3D Muscle Lab</a>. David lives in Miami and travels globally teaching yoga and anatomy. You can find more about David's work <a href="https://www.yoganatomy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> ___ Owning Your Practice Scott gets under the skin of David Keil, looking deeply into David's journey from starting yoga at 15 through to becoming, what Scott calls him, one of the most skilled Ashtanga yoga teachers and yoga educators teaching today. David has taught at Stillpoint Yoga London since 2010 and in this conversation shares his journey through yoga practice and teaching in a beautifully open and honest way David's skill has always been to be able to help find people's agency in their yoga practice. This podcast get's behind why that is, how David ultimately sees practice and why we love him here at Stillpoint. The conversation covers: <ul> <li>how David got in to contemplative practice through self hypnosis/meditation.</li> <li>how David used these techniques to change his school grades.</li> <li>how David got into yoga through practicing Tai Chi.</li> <li>how David began Ashtanga yoga</li> <li>how David started his yoga anatomy workshops</li> <li>how David met John Scott.</li> <li>how David moved to studying in Mysore</li> <li>how David looks at his own practice.</li> <li>how David's practice has been a contemplative process</li> <li>what David wants to get people to understand through teaching anatomy</li> <li>how David helps people to take responsibility for their own yoga practice</li> </ul> _____ Show notes Teachers Mentioned <a href="https://johnscottyoga.com/about/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">John Scott,</a> <a href="http://www.trueryan.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ryan Spielman</a>, <a href="https://www.lucycrawfordyoga.co.uk/about-lucy-crawford-scott/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucy Crawford</a>, <a href="https://www.ashtangayogaleeds.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joey Miles</a>

#007: David Keil | Owning Your Practice

Caroline Taylor

Scott talks to Caroline Taylor, a long term SYL practitioner, about how she has navigated her yoga practice since the time she started in 2012. Caroline has been a practitioner of Ashtanga yoga since 2012 when she first met Scott after walking into Stillpoint Yoga London as a beginner. She joined Stillpoint at the time just after Ozge Karabiyik had passed away and has been an integral part of the community since then. Caroline works as a highly skilled clinical psychologist, based in Brighton. You can find out more about Caroline and her deeply powerful work here. ___ A Transformative Pathway Scott and Caroline talk candidly about their relationship as teacher and student and how both have grown as a response to meeting each other. Caroline's story is of courage as she found Ashtanga yoga incredibly difficult right from the start. But from the first words she spoke to Scott in the Stillpoint room to now Caroline has shown deep courage in the way she has moved and navigated her yoga practice and life. Carrie also shares how how persistence allowed for her to meet and transform the way she saw her body. It transformed her in such a way that it influenced the way she practice her work too.  Carrie's story is a wonderful take on how moving through difficult layers of practice can turn into something transformative. The conversation covers:  Caroline's way into contemplative practice. Caroline's time at Bangor University. How she used the Ashtanga practice to land her in her body How Mindfulness wasn't helping her. How she started at Stillpoint How challenging she found yoga practice How she transformed because of her yoga practice How she then found how mindfulness re-invigorated her life. How feedback really helped and re-inforced her How she connected to Ozge even though she had passed a few moths before. How her practice transformed the way Caroline served her clients as a clinical psychologist. Caroline shares ways she helps her clients using principles she has learnt from yoga. How practice is deeply personal. How John Scott helped her to not stop.   _____ Show notes Teachers Mentioned Andy Gill, Lee Monk,  Laura Graham-Dullaert, Maria Jose Pantoja, John Scott. Also mentioned Bangor University

Scott talks to Caroline Taylor, a long term SYL practitioner, about how she has navigated her yoga practice since the time she started in 2012. Caroline has been a practitioner of Ashtanga yoga since 2012 when she first met Scott after walking into Stillpoint Yoga London as a beginner. She joined Stillpoint at the time just after Ozge Karabiyik had passed away and has been an integral part of the community since then. Caroline works as a highly skilled clinical psychologist, based in Brighton. You can find out more about Caroline and her deeply powerful work <a href="https://www.dr-carolinetaylor.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. ___ A Transformative Pathway Scott and Caroline talk candidly about their relationship as teacher and student and how both have grown as a response to meeting each other. Caroline's story is of courage as she found Ashtanga yoga incredibly difficult right from the start. But from the first words she spoke to Scott in the Stillpoint room to now Caroline has shown deep courage in the way she has moved and navigated her yoga practice and life. Carrie also shares how how persistence allowed for her to meet and transform the way she saw her body. It transformed her in such a way that it influenced the way she practice her work too.  Carrie's story is a wonderful take on how moving through difficult layers of practice can turn into something transformative. The conversation covers: <ul> <li>Caroline's way into contemplative practice.</li> <li>Caroline's time at Bangor University.</li> <li>How she used the Ashtanga practice to land her in her body</li> <li>How Mindfulness wasn't helping her.</li> <li>How she started at Stillpoint</li> <li>How challenging she found yoga practice</li> <li>How she transformed because of her yoga practice</li> <li>How she then found how mindfulness re-invigorated her life.</li> <li>How feedback really helped and re-inforced her</li> <li>How she connected to Ozge even though she had passed a few moths before.</li> <li>How her practice transformed the way Caroline served her clients as a clinical psychologist.</li> <li>Caroline shares ways she helps her clients using principles she has learnt from yoga.</li> <li>How practice is deeply personal.</li> <li>How John Scott helped her to not stop.</li> </ul> _____ Show notes Teachers Mentioned <a href="https://www.andygill.yoga/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy Gill</a>, <a href="https://www.ashtangabromley.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lee Monk</a>, <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/002-laura-graham-dullaert-becoming-your-own-teacher/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Laura Graham-Dullaert</a>, <a href="https://www.stillpointyogalondon.com/stillpoints-podcast/003/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maria Jose Pantoja</a>, <a href="https://johnscottyoga.com/about/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">John Scott.</a> Also mentioned <a href="https://www.bangor.ac.uk/mindfulness/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bangor University</a>

#006: Caroline Taylor | A Transformative Pathway

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