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Autoimmune Diseases & Yoga - The Science, the Practice, and the Hope with Renu Jain

Episode 204

Sunday, November 2, 2025 • Duration 38:54

Autoimmune diseases can feel isolating and unpredictable, but yoga offers both science and hope. I sit down with yoga therapist and researcher Renu Jain to explore how stress, the gut, and the immune system are connected; and how personalized yoga, pranayama, and mindfulness can support healing from the inside out.

Episode Highlights:

Introduction to guest Renu Jain and her background at Kaivalyadhama.
Understanding what autoimmune diseases are and how they affect the body.
Exploring common shared patterns and root causes behind autoimmune conditions.
Exploring the connection between stress, the gut, and immune function.
Understanding the pranic system and how energetic imbalance mirrors physical symptoms.
The role of yoga in managing autoimmune conditions holistically.
Importance of personalization in yoga therapy: why no one-size-fits-all approach works.
Go-to questions yoga teachers should ask students before planning a practice.
Pranayama practices that support balance and calm for autoimmune health.
Restorative yoga, relaxation, and mindfulness as healing tools.
How meditation helps regulate the nervous system and supports emotional healing.
The mindset and empathy yoga teachers need when working with these students.
Why yoga philosophy and ethics should always guide therapeutic teaching.
Final reflections on patience, compassion, and using yoga as a bridge between science and spirit.

Prana & Presence: An Immersive Week of Yoga, Stillness & Soulful Study in Southern Italy

Prana & Presence: An Immersive Week of Yoga, Stillness & Soulful Study in Southern Italy

Non-violent Communication for Yoga Teachers with Judith Hanson Lasater

Episode 195

Sunday, August 10, 2025 • Duration 45:41

While I’m still in India, I wanted to revisit one of the most meaningful conversations I’ve had on the podcast, with Judith Hanson Lasater on non-violent communication for yoga teachers. I chose to share this episode again after receiving a surprising email that made me reflect deeply on how we speak to our teachers, students, and each other in the yoga space. This conversation is a beautiful reminder of how Ahimsa and respect show up not just in our practice, but in our communication, especially in the hard moments. I hope it offers insight, grounding, and a fresh perspective.

Episode Highlights:

What is non-violent communication?
Is NVC more significant for yoga teachers?
NVC is not for others but for us
How to engage with empathy?
Who is NVC for?
Where does violence start in communication?
Cancel culture in the yoga world
Should we respond to cancel culture in the yoga world?
NVC exercise live on the podcast about cancel culture
What are we giving our presence to? Why it matters?
How to ground ourselves & act from empathy
Difference between feeling & judgments
Clarity of intension
Updates about Judith's latest book

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Cultural Appropriation 2.0 with Vikram Jeet Singh

Episode 111

Monday, February 13, 2023 • Duration 01:07:23

What is cultural appropriation of yoga? Is it about saying namaste in class, Ganesha tattoos and wearing bindis ? Or is it more?

I had done an episode about this at the very start of the podcast but was disappointed as the yoga world seems stuck at just the superficial work. It doesn’t help that appropriation is now another trendy thing that you can buy in the yoga world. As many teachers build their careers around just this.

Vikram Jeet Singh is back on the podcast to give you an in-depth understanding of why cultural appropriation of yoga is beyond the superficial stuff. We talk about where the real work lies for yoga teachers.

This is an episode you don’t want to miss.

Episode highlights

What is appropriation?
Examples of what appropriation can look like
Are there types or degrees of appropriation?
What quality should one embody to go into appropriation work?
The major issues with appropriation in the yoga world
Should one have to spend money to learn about appropriation?
Where should one learn appropriation from?
Mistakes to avoid
Appropriation work in India
Some key takeaways

Vikram Jeet Singh’s bio available in our show notes.

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Managing the Mind with Yoga with Pavel Dmitriev

Episode 110

Monday, February 6, 2023 • Duration 52:58

On the show today, we explore the mind as viewed in yoga with long-term yoga & meditation teacher, Pavel Dimitrev.

Some of the episode highlights are...

What is the mind according to yoga?
Where in the mind is morality?
Managing the mind through yoga for beginners
Why is our mind so troubled?
Pranayama and the mind
What is the purpose of a thought?
Where do thoughts come from?
What we resist persists
Practices in yoga that will help manage our mind

Full guest bio available on our show notes.

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Mythological Story of Shavasana & Why You Roll to the Right

Episode 109

Monday, January 23, 2023 • Duration 23:34

In this short solo episode, Arundhati does a deep dive into Shavasana, she tells you the story of Shavasana. As well as why you roll the right side instead of the left and much more. What to do if someone always falls asleep and more.

She gives you a life update and all the changes happening and how she's adapting to her new normal for the next few months.

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5 Ways to Take Your Asana Students Into Deeper Yoga in Class

Episode 108

Monday, January 9, 2023 • Duration 23:18

It's no secret that many start yoga nowadays at a yoga studio and adopt a physical practice of yoga. Doing "yoga" has come to mean doing "yoga poses". Many yoga teachers struggle to understand how to link the greater context of yoga through asana or the physical practice of yoga.

In this solo episode, Arundhati Baitmangalkar walks you through 5 easy, effective and effortless ways to start thinking about this. She reminds you to first strengthen the student's relationship with the richness and depth of asana before bringing in more yoga.

And why reading a yoga sutra to them will mean nothing if they haven't yet connected fully to their asana and the benefits they see from them.

Arundhati calls this part 1 of much more to come. She shares 5 easy ways to get this conversation started with your students.

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What is Advanced Yoga with Vikram Jeet Singh

Episode 107

Monday, December 5, 2022 • Duration 01:02:51

In this episode of Let's Talk Yoga, Vikram Jeet Singh is back in conversation with Arundhati about all things advanced yoga.

What qualifies as advanced yoga? What are the characteristics of "being advanced" in yoga and more? The confusion around this topic is real.

We have an open conversation in the hope that more yoga teachers gain clarity about the subjectivity of advanced yoga, its nuances, and the fact that it is not entirely postural.

Vikram Jeet Singh is a lifelong yoga student, international continuing education provider and mentor for many yoga teachers. Read his full bio in our show notes.

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The Missing Context of the 8 Limbs of Yoga with Prasad Rangnekar

Episode 106

Monday, November 28, 2022 • Duration 01:02:10

The 8 limbs of yoga are mentioned often in the modern yoga world. Especially if you've studied in yoga teacher training. But often, you're probably exploring only the very surface of this.

The contextualization is missing. In this episode, our (repeat) guest Prasad Rangnekar dives deep into not only giving us a clear context of the 8 limbs in the grand scheme of yoga. But he clarifies how to move through the 8 limbs as a modern-day practitioner.

Whether you think you know the 8 limbs of yoga or not, this conversation will be enriching.

Episode highlights

How central are the 8 limbs to yoga?
The relationship between the margas & the 8 limbs
Does everyone need to practice all 8 limbs?
What have we lost sight of?
Why do the yamas and niyamas start the 8 limbs?
Asana in the past
Shouldn't pratyahara be central to our yoga practice?
Difference between dharana and dhyana
Exploring Samadhi as a concept

There's way more. I hope you continue to support this podcast and the generosity of the guests by supporting their work and ours. All the details and additional links can be found in our show notes.

Guest Bio:

Prasad Rangnekar, is a Yoga Educator from India who teaches in over 15 countries for the past 26 years. Prasad’s Yoga education started at the age of 9, and over the last 36 years, he has been studying Yoga traditionally, in a lineage, as well as academically, at a university. Prasad regards meditative silence as his greatest teacher and goes into 3 month-long silence retreats every year.

Prasad is associated with the Natha Lineage, the founding lineage of Hatha Yoga, over the last 16 years and has stayed and studied with Natha Yoga Masters in India and Nepal.

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Free Pranayama Masterclass & Last Chance to Enroll

Episode 105

Monday, October 31, 2022 • Duration 47:04

In this episode, Arundhati leads you through a full pranayama masterclass. You'll get to practice pranayama & learn about a few techniques via this episode.

Arundhati also shares all details about her upcoming Pranayama Teacher Training. This is our last call here on the podcast as the training starts November 4th, 2022.

Details below. Additional Pranayama episodes are also linked below.

See you at the training.

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