Colleen Saidman Yee, Zubin Shroff
Sarah Cotten
Talking about #TalkingYoga

Imagine you were at a yoga retreat and you overheard David Swenson reminiscing with Beryl Bender Birch about what it was like when they were both studying with Pattabhi Jois in Maui in 1989…

Talking about #TalkingYoga

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Can Shamanism Make Us Better Yoga Teachers?

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Can Shamanism Make Us Better Yoga Teachers?

In our most recent episode of Talking Yoga, master teacher Kelly Morris describes the impact of shamanistic healing practices on her own life and her role as a yoga instructor.

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Yoga Teachers: What are you learning from your students?

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Yoga Teachers: What are you learning from your students?

In our recent episode with Rodney Yee, one of the most thought-provoking subjects he talks about with host Zubin Shroff has to do with his role as a teacher. I’m talking about when Rodney answers Zubin’s question, “What do you learn from your students.”

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Are you confusing self with ego?

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Are you confusing self with ego?

In our most recent episode of Talking Yoga, our host, Colleen Saidman Yee, asks master teacher Ramanand Patel a question from one of our fans: “What is the most precious thing you learned from Mr. Iyengar.

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From Yoga Teacher…to Yoga Student…to Yoga Teacher…

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From Yoga Teacher…to Yoga Student…to Yoga Teacher…

They say that no man is an island, and that is certainly true of yoga teachers.

Every yoga teacher, whether a beginner fresh out of teacher training with a 200 hour certificate or a master with decades of experience, learned from somebody, and will pass on their own wisdom to their own students.

What questions would you ask a master teacher?

What questions would you ask a master teacher?

One of the aspects we cherish most about Talking Yoga is the honesty and openness exhibited by the master teachers we interview.

And that’s true whether it’s Colleen Saidman Yee talking about how menopause has affected her yoga practice, or whether it’s Kelly Morris talking about how her globetrotting youth led her to become the person she is today.