Chat&Chai: Yoga Talks from Miami Life Center – Details, episodes & analysis

Grab a chai and join Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist, Rosa Santana and authroized Ashtanga teacher Tim Feldmann for a brand new, installment of our yoga talk series, Chat and Chai. Listen in as they discuss the Lineage of Krishnamacharya, how best to learn yoga, yoga traditions & lineages and what joins/divides us in the yoga world. _ Rosa Santana is the founder of Yoga Rosa, a ln internationally recognized hub of Iyengar Yoga since 1995. Tim Feldmann is the Founder of Miami Life Center, a yoga school rooted in Ashtanga Yoga, and an authorized ashtanga teacher traveling world-wide. Practice with us online 30 days for $30 https://miamilifecenter.com/online-classes/

Confronting injury within a yoga asana practice can be overwhelming, not knowing how to approach the practice you’ve come to rely on as your daily and sacred ritual. There are many lessons to learn during the process of healing, but understanding how to overcome the obstacles and adapt the practice can be difficult to navigate alone. Join Monica in a community yoga talk where she shares her experiences with injury within the practice, how she found her way forward and how it continues to inform her practice and definition of yoga today. It's a conversation, where some of the students participating had a chance to share their experiences with injury, any doubts still coming up as a result and any lessons they learned that might inspire someone else. An opportunity to support and listen to one another to continue moving together along this path of learning and growing. Practice yoga online all levels with Miami Life Center, first 30 days for $30! Learn more here - https://miamilifecenter.com/online-classes/ Connect with Monica: https://www.monicarellano.com / IG: @monicarellano

This is the last episode of a series with Tim Feldmann exploring The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Tim goes deeper into the second chapter of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras - Sadhana Pada, or the book on spiritual practice. Join Tim as he begins to explore the external of the 8 limbs in Ashtanga Yoga. This podcast series is taken from six lectures Tim Feldmann gave on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Chapters 1 & 2. His intention with these talks was to create an overview, a map of The Yoga Sutras - an important text for any sincere yoga practitioner to be familiar with. Tim gives us an idea of what Patanjali is attempting to teach us, why he is teaching us, how to progress, what to expect along our yogic journey, and some of the more difficult philosophical notions found in the Yoga Sutras. Patanjali sets forth the yoga darshana, the yoga point of view. With this series of lectures, Tim hopes to simply present what Patajanli has presented. So that hopefully when we step on our mats for asana we have some a roadmap to look a little deeper. For more opportunities to practice and study with Tim go here http://miamilifecenter.com/workshop-events/

This is the fifth episode of a series with Tim Feldmann exploring The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Tim goes deeper into the second chapter and into the philosophical foundations upon which the Yoga Sutras rests. This podcast series is taken from six lectures Tim Feldmann gave on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Chapters 1 & 2. His intention with these talks was to create an overview, a map of The Yoga Sutras - an important text for any sincere yoga practitioner to be familiar with. Tim gives us an idea of what Patanjali is attempting to teach us, why he is teaching us, how to progress, what to expect along our yogic journey, and some of the more difficult philosophical notions found in the Yoga Sutras. Patanjali sets forth the yoga darshana, the yoga point of view. With this series of lectures, Tim hopes to simply present what Patajanli has presented. So that hopefully when we step on our mats for asana we have some a roadmap to look a little deeper. For more opportunities to practice and study with Tim go here http://miamilifecenter.com/workshop-events/

This is the fourth episode of a series with Tim Feldmann exploring The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. After closing up Chapter 1 in Parts 1-3, we now begin a dive into Sadhana Pada - the second chapter. Tim starts this episode with a discussion on Kriya yoga and the kleshas and then goes into some of the more conceptual sutras. This podcast series is taken from six lectures Tim Feldmann gave on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Chapters 1 & 2. His intention with these talks was to create an overview, a map of The Yoga Sutras - an important text for any sincere yoga practitioner to be familiar with. Tim gives us an idea of what Patanjali is attempting to teach us, why he is teaching us, how to progress, what to expect along our yogic journey, and some of the more difficult philosophical notions found in the Yoga Sutras. Patanjali sets forth the yoga darshana, the yoga point of view. With this series of lectures, Tim hopes to simply present what Patajanli has presented. So that hopefully when we step on our mats for asana we have some a roadmap to look a little deeper. For more opportunities to practice and study with Tim go here http://miamilifecenter.com/workshop-events/

This podcast series is taken from six lectures Tim Feldmann gave on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Chapters 1 & 2. His intention with these talks was to create an overview, a map of The Yoga Sutras - an important text for any sincere yoga practitioner to be familiar with. Tim gives us an idea of what Patanjali is attempting to teach us, why he is teaching us, how to progress, what to expect along our yogic journey, and some of the more difficult philosophical notions found in the Yoga Sutras. Patanjali sets forth the yoga darshana, the yoga point of view. With this series of lectures, Tim hopes to simply present what Patajanli has presented. So that hopefully when we step on our mats for asana we have some a roadmap to look a little deeper. In this third episode of this series, Tim closes up the first chapter of Patanajli's Yoga Sutras. Listen in to complete a discussion on Samadhi Pada, a look into what yoga is and what goes into creating and cultivating yoga. For more opportunities to practice and study with Tim go here http://miamilifecenter.com/workshop-events/

This podcast series is taken from six lectures Tim Feldmann gave on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Chapters 1 & 2. His intention with these talks was to create an overview, a map of The Yoga Sutras - an important text for any sincere yoga practitioner to be familiar with. Tim gives us an idea of what Patanjali is attempting to teach us, why he is teaching us, how to progress, what to expect along our yogic journey, and some of the more difficult philosophical notions found in the Yoga Sutras. Patanjali sets forth the yoga darshana, the yoga point of view. With this series of lectures, Tim hopes to simply present what Patajanli has presented. So that hopefully when we step on our mats for asana we have some a roadmap to look a little deeper. In this second episode of this series, Tim continues with the first Chapter – Samadhi Pada. Starting with Sutra 12, unpacking the meaning of practice. Followed by a philosophical look of where we end up if we do this practice, and what will be available to us. For more opportunities to practice and study with Tim go here http://miamilifecenter.com/workshop-events/

This podcast series is taken from six lectures Tim Feldmann gave on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Chapters 1 & 2. His intention with these talks was to create an overview, a map of The Yoga Sutras - an important text for any sincere yoga practitioner to be familiar with. Tim gives us an idea of what Patanjali is attempting to teach us, why he is teaching us, how to progress, what to expect along our yogic journey, and some of the more difficult philosophical notions found in the Yoga Sutras. Patanjali sets forth the yoga darshana, the yoga point of view. With this series of lectures, Tim hopes to simply present what Patajanli has presented. So that hopefully when we step on our mats for asana we have some a roadmap to look a little deeper. In this first episode of this series, Tim goes through the beginning of Chapter 1 – Samadhi Pada. Samadhi is the state of yoga. There's all the suffering we are living in that Patanjali and other eastern philosophers are postulating, and the samadhi state is the yogic state, the other state we are trying to reach. Right from the beginning of the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali sets forth a problem and a solution; but at first not with sufficient detail to base a practice on. Listen in as Tim digs deeper into these details according to Patanjali, and how knowledge of these details can transform our lives. For more opportunities to practice and study with Tim go here http://miamilifecenter.com/workshop-events/

These monthly classes with Kino MacGregor at Miami Life Center, have become a space for us to not only reconnect into the physical practice; but also become immersed in the philosophy, the theory of the practice and the meditative mind. In this episode, Kino talks about the appropriate attitude to bring to the mat. How do we show up on our mats? It should be something like the beginner's mind. When we live in the box of our knowledge, our hearts become hardened, as Kino explains in more detail. We must walk the path of the student with an innocence of mind, which is the essence of the yoga journey. Every yogi is on a path of initiation - an initiation into the heart. We need to remind ourselves again and again, each time we get on the mat, that we are here with an open heart to practice, not to showcase what we can do or how much we think we know. How can we come to this place? Of truly perceiving what is present without any agenda? Kino guides us through this journey by inspiring us to rediscover ourselves fresh in each moment. It's no easy task. What can get in the way of this experience? How can we be free to experience each moment as it is? Tune in to listen to Kino's thoughts. End this episode as Kino guides us through a meditation in an attempt to implement these ideas using the tools of yoga.  

Our very first Knowledge Event taking place at Miami Life Center, a panel discussion on the  question - Is Yoga Good for Me? We gathered a panel of experts in their field of study to share their ideas about if an how the practice of yoga works. Listen to different perspectives alongside each other for an inspiring and thought provoking conversation. Yoga has become the go-to-fix-all for a growing series of physical, psychological and spiritual pains in the west over the last decade. But is yoga really working and if it is, how is it working? Does modern science and Yoga agree on the benefits of yoga? Tune in to hear what these experts have to say. The Panel: Bob Schroder - Doctor of Physical Therapy Christine Spadola - Ph.D Social Welfare & Master in Counseling Psychology. Jesus Caballero - Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner Tim Feldmann - Teacher of Ashtanga Yoga Michael Mannino - Ph.D Candidate in Neuroscience Our next knowledge event will be on Yoga & Body Image. Part of a larger weekend event 'Yoga & Body Image Confluence' with workshops and a panel discussion. For more info and registration - http://miamilifecenter.com/workshop-events/