The Yoga Well Podcast

When we come to our practice, techniques affect us differently depending on the state of our system. Our experience brings awareness to this by beginning and ending with taking your pulse.

Simple arm movement and anuloma ujjāyī, an alternate nostril breathing technique, are coupled with a pause after the exhale to support our exploration. Join our weekly 15-Minute Breathing and Meditation class at https://www.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation/

Chase speaks with Robyn Love, an artist, Zen Buddhist practitioner, and Yoga Therapist. They discuss profound truths and their relationship to creativity including art as a vehicle for practice, the patterned skill of creativity holding the ability for authentic expression, while sharing poetry and laughter.

Find Robyn online at https://www.athayoga.ca/ Learn more about meditation's capacity for creativity through Understanding Meditation at https://www.yogawell.com/understanding-viniyoga-meditation/

More than linking breath and āsana, breath is the origin of our āsana. Explore the potent and subtle effects of the inhale's relationship to forward bends in a brief seated practice.

Learn about the range of Yoga Well's āsana classes at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

How do we navigate extremely difficult situations? When aspects of ourselves that we don't like are driving our behavior, how do we find the correct motivation? How can we attain the peace of less attachment to an outcome? The Bhagavad Gītā presents a rich conversation with an abundance of practical, philosophical teachings.

Listen in as Chase provides an overview of this insightful text. Explore Yoga Well's philosophical offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

"In this experience-cast, we learn to chant a few short lines from the bṛhadāraṇyaka upaniṣad (I.3.28). The meaning of the chant is a request to be brought from untruth to truth, from darkness to light, and from death to life.

You can find out more information about us at:

Website: https://www.yogawell.com/
Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/yogawellinstitute/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogaWellInstitute

You can find out more about our offerings here:

Wednesday Morning Meditation: https://www.yogawell.com/wednesday-morning-meditation/

Application of Meditation: https://www.yogawell.com/the-application-of-meditation/

Introduction to Vedic Chanting: https://bit.ly/3Xl7ePV

Carrie Heeter, PhD, RYS-200 is a meditation designer, research scientist, recently retired professor of Media and Information at Michigan State University, and author of An Inside Look at Meditation: Experiences for healing, support, and transformation.

Chase and Carrie have a captivating conversation regarding the design experience of meditation including how we use it to influence change in our lives. Beyond metacognition or "thinking about thinking," they discuss meditation in context of the nature of perception, clarifying the process of meditation, developing focus, and the importance of a unique, personal experience. 

You can find connect with Carrie here:

Website: https://yogamindtools.com/

Digital Book Copy: https://www.yogawell.com/viniyoga-resource-page/

Physical Book Copy: https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Look-Meditation-Experiences-transformation/dp/B0BR994213/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1680309510&refinements=p_27%3ACarrie+Heeter&s=books&sr=1-1

Meditate with Yoga Well:

Wednesday Morning Meditation: https://www.yogawell.com/wednesday-morning-meditation/ 15 Minute Breathing & Meditation: https://www.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation/"

This experience-cast uses the focus of brining water into the body, moving it around within, and returning it to the stream.

The linking of breath and movement with connection to the water and the sound of Om, is in service of cleaning.

Chase offers a brief explanation of these tools for our ability to change our state and affect focus.

You can find out more information about us at:

Website: https://www.yogawell.com/

Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/yogawellinstitute/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogaWellInstitute

You can find out more about our offerings here:

Wednesday Morning Meditation: https://www.yogawell.com/wednesday-morning-meditation/

Application of Meditation: https://www.yogawell.com/the-application-of-meditation/

Celeste Greene is a yoga therapist who is devoted to living and sharing the path of yoga. Celeste has over 14 years of teaching experience and 12 years of devoted meditation practice in the lineage of Sri Aurobindo and TKV Desikachar.

Chase and Celeste Greene discuss Celeste’s journey as a yoga therapist and her years of devotion to her meditation practice. You can connect with Celeste by visiting: www.celestegreene.com .

Learn more about Teacher and Yoga Therapist Training at: https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/ .

In this experience-cast, whispering a long, slow ‘ah’ is the tool we use to extend our exhale and change our state. Then, having the sense we’re sitting in front of a pure, flowing stream we use the water to cleanse ourselves. This practice is beneficial for assisting in the digestion of expereinces.

You can find out more information about us at:

Website: https://www.yogawell.com/ Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/yogawellinstitute/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogaWellInstitute
You can find out more about our offerings here:
Wednesday Morning Meditation: https://www.yogawell.com/wednesday-morning-meditation/
Application of Meditation: https://www.yogawell.com/the-application-of-meditation/

This episode traces the Yoga journey of Amaera BayLaurel. Chase and Amaera discuss how she discovered Yoga and transitioned from Yoga student to a Vedic Chant and Yoga practitioner.

Connect with Amaera by visiting (website is under construction): www.vedicchantsociety.org

LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3IRmws3

E-mail: amaerazbaylaurel@gmail.com

Learn more about Teacher and Yoga Therapist Training at: https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/

The required prerequisite in meditation is changing the quality of the mind, since the quality of the mind determines almost everything about our experience. This experience-cast provides a practical demonstration of this principle.  using a whisper and a pause after it as we bring our focus to flowers.

You can find out more information about us at:

Website: https://www.yogawell.com/

Chase and Marcel Allbritton  explore Marcel’s yoga journey from his Ph.D. in Organizational Communication to his experiences at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram and work as a Yoga Therapist. Along the way they trace outlines of Yoga’s power to heal. 

Connect with Marcel by visiting: 

Core Resonance Works: https://www.coreresonanceworks.com/

Or

http://www.marcelallbritton.com/

You can find out more about us at www.yogawell.com/

In this 5 minute experience-cast, we prepare our mind for meditation by extending the exhale with the anuloma ujjāyī technique (alternate nostril exhale). Then connect with a mountain. This practice can be useful for times of inconsistency and change.
You can find out more information about us at:

Website: https://www.yogawell.com/
Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/yogawellinstitute/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogaWellInstitute

You can find out more about our offerings here:

Wednesday Morning Meditation: https://www.yogawell.com/wednesday-morning-meditation/

Application of Meditation: https://www.yogawell.com/the-application-of-meditation/

In this episode, Chase offers an introduction to Yogasūtra. 

If you’re interested in learning more about Yogasūtra, we welcome you to download our free ebook: 

Understanding Patañjali’s Yogasūtra: https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-sutras-ebook/

You can find out more about The Yoga Well Institute at: https://www.yogawell.com/

This episode traces the yoga journey of our Student Advisor, Meghan Bratt, including how she started in Yoga, moved to running teacher trainings and managing studios, then met Mr. Desikachar and  landed at the Yoga Well Institute.

Connect with Meg by visiting: www.MySvaha.com .

Learn more about Teacher and Yoga Therapist Training at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/

This meditation is designed to help you work through, and let go, of emotions or experiences that have been troubling you.

After preparing the mind via intentional breathing, Chase guides you through meditation (using flower petals) useful for relinquishing grief, anger, or other troubling feelings.

You can find out more information about us at:

Website: https://www.yogawell.com/
Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/yogawellinstitute/
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Welcome to the Yoga Well Podcast. In our podcast you can expect authentic conversation and teachings on Yoga, Meditation & Āyurveda from the Viniyoga Lineage of Mr. TKV Deśikachar.

We explore the breadth & depth of these teachings from texts to practices to therapeutic applications and beyond.

You can find out more about us at www.yogawell.com

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YogaWellInstitute

In this episode, we dive into the layers of Viniyoga.

Below are the resources discussed in this episode:

Health, Healing, and Beyond: Yoga and the Living Tradition of T. Krishnamacharya: https://bit.ly/3zgOfNi 

Krishnamacharya: His Life and Teachings: https://bit.ly/3swnlx5

Viniyoga Magazines: https://viniyogamagazines.com/

You can find out more about our classes and workshops at: https://www.yogawell.com/