Radio Eka – Details, episodes & analysis

Dr. Sat Bir S. Khalsa is a long term researcher in the field of body mind medicine, specialising in yoga therapy. He has published numerous studies on yoga and mind-body medicine with interventions in insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic stress, and anxiety disorders.

He is the Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and serves as the Director of Yoga Research for Yoga Alliance and the Kundalini Research Institute. He is also the Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy.

This audio and video podcast is brought to you by Eka Meditation. Eka is a yoga and meditation app from India. We also organise daily meditation and yoga classes on zoom.

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You can download the eka app from www.ekameditation.com and use the code 'RADIO' for a week's free access to the app.

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Garima Gupta Kapila is the founder and head of the Swasth Yog Institute. She was part of the core Leadership team for Teach For India (TFI) from its start-up years, and a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. She graduated from IIT Delhi in 2005, with a B. Tech in Computer Science & Engineering.

Garima has completed Masters of Science in Yoga, post-graduate diploma in Yoga Therapy, is a Professional Certified Life Coach (PCC), Integral Somatic Experiencing practitioner and a Lown Scholar at the Harvard School of Public Health.

In this episode Garima talks about her journey, Yoga Therapy and her approach in applying yoga therapy at Swasth Yog Institute. 

Website: www.swasthyog.health

You can find the details of their upcoming workshops here: www.swasthyog.health/apply

This audio and video podcast is brought to you by Eka Meditation. Eka is a yoga and meditation app from India. We also organise daily meditation and yoga classes on zoom. 

Learn more on our website: www.ekameditation.com

You can download the eka app from www.ekameditation.com and use the code 'RADIO' for a week's free access to the app.

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ekameditation&hl=en_IN&gl=US 

IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/eka-yoga-for-mental-health/id1490547025 

You can register here for free trial to our live zoom classes: https://eka.practicenow.us/ 

Follow us - https://www.instagram.com/ekameditation/

Neha Gothe, is the Director of the Exercise Psychology Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, that explores the bio-psycho-social health benefits of physical activity across the lifespan. Her research agenda has focused on promoting physical activity, including non-traditional modes such as yoga, as a means to improve health and quality of life. Dr. Gothe’s research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and she mentors Masters and Doctoral students. 

In this episode, Dr. Neha talks about the importance of including 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity aerobic exercise and two days of muscle strengthening exercises in one's routine for a long and disease free life. 

In this series, we seek to understand the science of exercise and what is it that yoga asana does well, and what is it that it doesn't. Is yoga enough as your only form of exercise? Or not? Join us in exploring this question in an in-depth way!

This podcast is brought to you by Eka Meditation. Eka is a yoga and meditation app from India. Learn more and download the app from www.ekameditation.com and use the code 'RADIO' for a week's free access to the app.

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Eka is a place to learn the various practices of yoga such as yoga nidra, pranayama, meditation, chanting and asana. We focus on the benefits of yoga for mental and emotional wellbeing.

We have a mobile app and we organise live classes on zoom. 

With the Radio Eka podcast, we will delve deeper into the history, philosophy, and science of yoga. This podcast will be hosted by Priyanka Jain and Shruti Deorah.

Learn more and download the app from www.ekameditation.com and use the code 'RADIO' for a week's free access to the app.

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William K. Mahony, a professor of Religious Studies at Davidson College in the United States, shares his wisdom on how one can heal from deep grief, especially in the current times of COVID when we as a society have collectively experienced grief. He discusses "Dukha", as described in the yoga sutras, and wonderfully explains the theory of Koshas.

A yoga practitioner for more than five decades, Bill has earned academic degrees from the Yale University and the University of Chicago. As a professor, he teaches courses on contemplative and devotional sensibilities of religions originating in India, with an emphasis on the philosophies of yoga. The recipient of a number of prestigious teaching awards and research fellowships, he travels to India frequently and has lived in contemplative settings for extended periods of time. He has also written books on a variety of subjects, and his recent book, Exquisite Love: Reflections on the Spiritual Life based on Nārada’s Bhakti Sūtra, consists of Bill’s extended commentaries on a 10th century Sanskrit text on spiritual love.

You can learn more about William Mahony here: https://wkmahony.com/

In this episode, he is in conversation with Shruti Deorah, co-host of the Eka podcast. Shruti has completed her 200 hours TTC in Yoga, is a mom of two, and is dedicated to solving climate change with her work in renewable energy policy.

This podcast is brought to you by Eka Meditation. Eka is a yoga and meditation app from India. Learn more and download the app from www.ekameditation.com and use the code 'RADIO' for a week's free access to the app. 

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Carlos Pomeda, a yoga practitioner and teacher for over 40 years as well as an academic scholar of Sanskrit and religious studies, talks about the essential learnings from the Bhagavad Gita for COVID times. He discusses the importance of cultivating a centered state of awareness through any of the various practices of yoga, expounds the idea of reincarnation, and narrates his favourite verses from the Gita. 

Originally from Spain, Carlos spent 18 years as a monk of the Saraswati order, under the name Swami Gitananda, including 9 years of traditional training and practice in India. During this time he learned the various systems of Indian Philosophy and immersed himself in the practice of yoga, becoming one of the senior monks of the tradition and teaching meditation and philosophy to tens of thousands of students around the world.

He combines this experience and traditional training with his academic background, which includes two Masters Degrees: one in Sanskrit, from U.C. Berkeley (where he has taught) and another one, in Religious Studies, from U.C. Santa Barbara. He is currently working on a book on the topic of “Karma and the Journey of the Soul”, as well as a new translation of the Śivasūtra, an important Tantric text of the Kashmiri tradition.

You can learn more about Carlos Pomeda here: http://www.pomeda.com/

In this episode, he is in conversation with Shruti Deorah, co-host of the Eka podcast. Shruti has completed her 200 hours TTC in Yoga, is a mom of two, and is dedicated to solving climate change with her work in renewable energy policy.

This podcast is brought to you by Eka Meditation. Eka is a yoga and meditation app from India. Learn more and download the app from www.ekameditation.com and use the code 'RADIO' for a week's free access to the app. Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ekameditation/

Saraswati Clere, an esteemed yoga teacher from the US, talks about the various practices to manage anxiety, particularly the power of tuning into our breath and slowing down our breathing. She also fondly reminisces the time she spent in India and how she is ever grateful for the practice of yoga. 

Saraswati is the owner of Yogakula, a yoga studio in Berkeley, California. She is a 500 RYT Yoga Teacher Trainer and has for more than 30 years   studied and taught alongside some of the most experienced yoga educators in the US.

Saraswati produced an award-wining documentary, narrated by Annette Bening that features 50 of the world’s leading experts – doctors, researchers and yoga educators. She is also the host of the "Wisdom of Yoga" podcast. You can learn more about her at: https://www.yogakula.com/

In this episode, she is in conversation with Shruti Deorah, co-host of the Eka podcast. Shruti has completed her 200 hours TTC at Yogakula, is a mom of two, and is dedicated to solving climate change with her work in renewable energy policy.

This podcast is brought to you by Eka Meditation. Eka is a yoga and meditation app from India. Learn more and download the app from www.ekameditation.com and use the code 'RADIO' for a week's free access to the app. Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ekameditation/

References in this episode:

Research articles by Dr Timothy Mcall

http://www.drmccall.com/uploads/2/2/6/5/22658464/yam_117conditions.pdf

http://www.drmccall.com/bio.html

Dr. Raghav Shah, a highly accomplished psychiatrist from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, talks about the epidemic of mental health issues within the COVID pandemic. He then shares how one can identify a mental health issue, and what are some of the preventive approaches one can adopt in their daily routines. Dr. Raghav recommends a good routine and a healthy lifestyle as the cornerstone of good mental health. 

Dr. Raghav has a DM in De-addiction, MD in Psychiatry, and he is the Director - CARe RHL (Centre for Addiction Recovery), Jaipur, Rajasthan. He is also the Director & consultant at Department of Psychiatry , De-addiction and Mental Health services at Rajasthan Hospital (RHL), Jaipur.

You can follow him on https://www.instagram.com/raghavshah18/

or check out the website for Centre for Addiction Recovery - http://rhlcares.com/

This podcast is brought to you by Eka Meditation. Eka is a yoga and meditation app from India. Learn more and download the app from www.ekameditation.com and use the code 'RADIO' for a week's free access to the app. Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ekameditation/

In the second episode of the COVID wellbeing series, we talk to Sudeepta Shanbhag about how pranayama is an excellent practice to include for strengthening the lungs and for recovering from COVID. 

Sudeepta is an ERYT 500 who started practicing yoga in her early teens and has studied with teachers in India and the US specialised in different traditions. Her 900+ hrs of training include a Yoga Nidra 200hr training, Level 1 and 2 training in Special needs, Yin, Vinyasa and many more. She is a lead trainer in TTC programs and teaches asana, pranayama, meditation and yoga nidra. Her interest lies in making yoga accessible to everyone and teaches children and adults with special needs like cerebral palsy, autism (motor skills, balance, changing behaviour patterns) and kids with cancer (pain relief, emotional resilience). She is a mother to energetic twin boys who help her appreciate the practice of sitting in stillness.

In this series we speak to experts and bring you the scientific knowledge and spiritual wisdom behind the various yogic practices and ideas that can help manage the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of the COVID situation.

This podcast is brought to you by Eka Meditation. Eka is a yoga and meditation app from India. Learn more and download the app from www.ekameditation.com and use the code 'RADIO' for a week's free access to the app.

In the COVID wellbeing series we speak to experts and bring you the scientific knowledge and spiritual wisdom behind the various yogic practices and ideas that can help manage the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of the COVID situation. 

For the first episode we talk to Bernie Gourley about immunity, and how asana and yoga nidra are both amazing practices to boost the natural immunity of the body.

Bernie is a writer and yoga teacher (RYT-500.) While he holds graduate degrees in International Affairs and in Economics, in recent years he has focused on studying the science of improved mind / body performance. He teaches asana and pranayama as a means to better health, clarity, and emotional stability. His website can be found at:  www.berniegourley.com

This podcast is brought to you by Eka Meditation. Eka is a yoga and meditation app from India. Learn more and download the app from www.ekameditation.com and use the code 'RADIO' for a week's free access to the app.