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This practice, led by Yoga Therapist and Artist, Robyn Love, is an invitation to make yourself the object of meditation. Using inspiration from Yogasūtra III.44, she guides a practice of physical self-study and ponders, "What am I?" This practice is an adaptation from part of her Yoga and Creativity offering where Robyn uses yoga to support the creative process.

Find Robyn at https://www.athayoga.ca/ and find Yoga Well's class offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

Yoga Therapist and long-time teacher Grazia Jaroff describes her introduction to Yoga Therapy in the '80s and potent comments from her interactions with Mr. Deśikachar. She and Chase dive into meditation: the importance of relationship to meditative objects and how it can open up new potentials. Grazia teaches in Davis, CA. Contact her at gjaroff@comcast.net.

Download a free copy of Carrie Heeter's book, An Inside Look at Meditation, at https://www.yogawell.com/viniyoga-resources/

Join Yoga Well's Yoga for Meditation at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-for-meditation/

Amanda Green and Chase,Co-Faculty of the Yoga Well Yoga Therapist Training in California, discuss the therapeutic application of Yoga including what is Yoga Therapy and what differentiates it from other Yoga. Amanda Green is a Yoga Therapist in Austin, Texas. Find her at https://www.innermost-yoga.com/ Learn more about Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training Programs at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/

The āśīrvāda mantra is a blessing mantra used to wish long life, health & prosperity for the listener. Let this wash over you and receive the blessing.

Learn more about Mantra as a support for focusing the mind on the Yoga Well Blog https://www.yogawell.com/blog/mantra/ 

Nostril manipulation is a common prāṇāyāma technique. Chase provides instructions for how to influence the breath's movement through the nose using the classical technique of mṛgi mudrā. Correct positioning of the hand, wrist and arm is discussed along with comments about possible experiences therein. Additionally, it is combined with the practice of extending the exhale through the nostrils.

Try more brief prāṇāyāma and meditation practices with our weekly 15 Minute Breathing and Meditation class https://www.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation/

Yoga is interested in the mind and how it operates. Chase discusses the active engagement of meditation: what it is, definitions of mind, purposes of meditation, depth of experience, and how to create successful meditative experiences. Along with weekly meditation classes like Yoga for Meditation and 15 Minute Breathing and Meditation, you can learn more about the structure of Meditation in the course Understanding Meditation. 

Find these classes at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

Jenny Orona is, among her many certifications and roles, a Yoga Therapist working with in-patient and out-patient clients recovering from trauma, substance abuse, and mental illness.

She and Chase discuss the digestion and integration of experiences that are unprocessed in our system, the pain of cleaning deep wounds, and the importance of having someone hold space for us during this process.

This conversation highlights the slow and steady process of carefully cultivated experiences that support change in perception, identity, and emotions. Find Jenny Orona at https://corazonyoga.com/ Learn more about iRest at https://www.irest.org/ and explore Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/

Yoga Therapist and Member of the Minnesota Chorale, Celia McCoy shares her story of finding her freedom of voice. Her voice has been trained, challenged, imposed upon, and was silenced by grief. She and Chase discuss the process of yoga's goal of kaivalya (liberation, freedom), through Celia's svādhyāya (self study) practices in Vedic Chanting, study, and mentorship. Find Celia at https://celiayogatherapy.com/ Learn more about Yoga Well's 300-Hour Deepen Your Yoga Program and Yoga Therapist Training at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

Listen and learn a chant from Taittirīya -saṁhitā (5.7.4.15) which honors the moon as connected to the Earth and the healing power of plants. Practice your focus on listening and repeating as you experience this brief Vedic mantra without seeing the written words.

Chase instructs the chant in small portions with space for you to practice as he slowly builds the sounds into the whole chant. Vedic chanting is an important part of how we pay respect to the roots of our Viniyoga tradition. Chanting instruction is included in both our 300-hour training and Yoga Therapist training. Learn more at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

Concepts of perception, identity, and relationship are core to the practice of yoga. Melissa Shah, a Yoga Therapist and first generation Indian-American, joins Chase in a discussion about the foundational Indian cultural perspectives in yoga, projecting Western culture onto yoga, layers of privilege, and the importance of doing personal work around identity.

Connect with Melissa at https://www.findyourbreath.net. Learn more about the Being Mindful of the Race course at bmor.us. Explore Yoga Well's philosophical offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

In this prāṇāyāma practice with ujjāyī breathing, you are guided to count different aspects of the breath, developing inhale, exhale, hold after exhale, and hold after inhale into a samāna ratio. Breath is an important tool in yoga.

You will find breath-based focus in our āsana and meditation classes. Learn the how and why of breathing practices in our 300-hour practitioner and seeker training Deepen Your Yoga Practice: https://www.yogawell.com/deepen-your-yoga/

Our guest Chris Armstrong is a yoga therapist working with the Mayo Clinic. She and Chase discuss her work with caregivers and students with grief. They delve into the importance of a yoga practice in making courageous personal decisions, the utility of revisiting the information and experience of training, and the supportive gift of being held in community during therapeutic yoga.

Find Chris at https://www.chrisarmstrongyoga.com/ Learn more about Yoga Well's 300-hour training and yoga therapist training at https://www.yogawell.com/

This conversation with Chase and yoga therapist Esther Bogatova delves into yoga's ability to uncover a deeper understanding of our Self and how that redefines our being in the world. They discuss the nature of embodied philosophy, the role of study complementing practice, Kabbalah, identity, and the meaning of īśvarapraṇidhāna.

Find Esther at https://www.sweeterfoodyoga.com/ Learn more about Chase's yoga philosophy classes at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-philosophy/

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/

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/"

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/

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/
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/