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Let's Talk Yoga
Arundhati Baitmangalkar
Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 233
Welcome to the Let's Talk Yoga podcast—your ultimate online destination for everything yoga. Think of it as your virtual yoga school, offering something for everyone—whether you’re a seasoned yoga teacher, a dedicated student, or simply curious about the deeper layers of yoga.
Join host Arundhati Baitmangalkar, an immigrant yoga teacher, studio owner, global mentor, and creator of some of the most sought-after yoga teacher training programs in the world. Each week, we bring you valuable insights, in-depth conversations with renowned yoga teachers, and an abundance of yoga resources designed to inspire, educate, and transform.
From mastering the art of teaching to navigating the complexities of yoga philosophy and business, this niche podcast is your go-to resource for all things yoga. Ready to deepen your practice and expand your understanding? Hit subscribe now and never miss an episode of Let's Talk Yoga!
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From Sole to Soul – The Power of Your Feet in Yoga & Life with Michelle Edmison
Episode 205
dimanche 9 novembre 2025 • Duration 55:24
Our feet are our foundation, but most of us don’t give them much thought until something goes wrong. In this episode, I chat with physical therapist and movement educator Michelle Edmison about how reconnecting with your feet can transform not just your yoga practice, but your whole life. We explore foot anatomy, posture, brain-body connection, and why strong, mobile feet are key to balance and longevity.
Michelle also shares practical tips you can start right away to restore strength, sensitivity, and awareness in your feet. Whether you’re a yoga teacher, mover, or simply curious about how to support your foundation, this conversation will have you looking at your feet in a whole new way.
Episode Highlights:
- Why the feet are considered the true foundation of the body
- How modern footwear has weakened natural foot function
- Common ways our feet change as we age, and why it’s not just about aging
- The powerful brain-foot connection and how movement shapes neuroplasticity
- The nervous system’s relationship with the feet and sensory input
- Emotional sensitivity, trauma, and how they can manifest in the feet
- The real purpose of the toes: stability and propulsion, not gripping
- What dancers, athletes, and yogis can teach us about foot function
- Understanding bunions and common foot issues: what causes them, how alignment affects them, and how yoga can help
- The truth about arches, pronation, and flat feet
- How women’s feet change during perimenopause and menopause
- Michelle’s top three non-negotiable practices for foot health
- Why a “foot problem” is never just about the foot
Pranayam Teacher Training 2026
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Autoimmune Diseases & Yoga - The Science, the Practice, and the Hope with Renu Jain
Episode 204
dimanche 2 novembre 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.
Pranayam Teacher Training 2026
Prana & Presence: An Immersive Week of Yoga, Stillness & Soulful Study in Southern Italy
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Non-violent Communication for Yoga Teachers with Judith Hanson Lasater
Episode 195
dimanche 10 août 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
Pranayam Teacher Training 2026
Prana & Presence: An Immersive Week of Yoga, Stillness & Soulful Study in Southern Italy
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Cultural Appropriation 2.0 with Vikram Jeet Singh
Episode 111
lundi 13 février 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.
Pranayam Teacher Training 2026
Prana & Presence: An Immersive Week of Yoga, Stillness & Soulful Study in Southern Italy
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Managing the Mind with Yoga with Pavel Dmitriev
Episode 110
lundi 6 février 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.
Pranayam Teacher Training 2026
Prana & Presence: An Immersive Week of Yoga, Stillness & Soulful Study in Southern Italy
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Mythological Story of Shavasana & Why You Roll to the Right
Episode 109
lundi 23 janvier 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.
Pranayam Teacher Training 2026
Prana & Presence: An Immersive Week of Yoga, Stillness & Soulful Study in Southern Italy
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5 Ways to Take Your Asana Students Into Deeper Yoga in Class
Episode 108
lundi 9 janvier 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.
Pranayam Teacher Training 2026
Prana & Presence: An Immersive Week of Yoga, Stillness & Soulful Study in Southern Italy
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What is Advanced Yoga with Vikram Jeet Singh
Episode 107
lundi 5 décembre 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.
Pranayam Teacher Training 2026
Prana & Presence: An Immersive Week of Yoga, Stillness & Soulful Study in Southern Italy
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The Missing Context of the 8 Limbs of Yoga with Prasad Rangnekar
Episode 106
lundi 28 novembre 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.
Pranayam Teacher Training 2026
Prana & Presence: An Immersive Week of Yoga, Stillness & Soulful Study in Southern Italy
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Free Pranayama Masterclass & Last Chance to Enroll
Episode 105
lundi 31 octobre 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.
Resources and Links Mentioned:
- Let's Talk Yoga Episode 102 - Want to Teach Pranayama After Teaching Asana? Listen Up!
- Let's Talk Yoga Episode 103 - Where Does Pranayama Really Begin? Answer revealed…
- Let's Talk Yoga Episode 104 - How Much Pranayama Do You Really Need?
- Let's Talk Yoga Episode 42 - Free Pranayama Class & Sequencing Notes for Yoga Teachers
- Let's Talk Yoga Episode 56 - The Three Important Groups of Pranayama
- Let's Talk Yoga Episode 57 - Top 5 FAQs about Pranayama
Pranayam Teacher Training 2026
Prana & Presence: An Immersive Week of Yoga, Stillness & Soulful Study in Southern Italy
Find all the resources mentioned in this episode
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