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Dr. Birdee is an Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Health. He practices Integrative Health at Vanderbilt University and also performs clinical research on integrative health and modalities. He is a board-certified physician in internal medicine and pediatrics.

More information about Vanderbilt's Integrative Health Center can be found at https://www.vanderbilthealth.com/service-line/osher-center-integrative-health

Learn more about Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/

Deepen your awareness of Vīrabhadrāsana or Warrior 1 in discussion and guided experience. The intention of this pūrvatāna posture is to stretch the front of the body with the primary focus of lengthening the spine and targeting prāṇa vāyu located in the trunk.

Chase walks you through the context and the vinyāsa krama / steps of this classical pose. We explore the continuum of āsana tools, prāṇāyāma, and meditation in our 300-hour practitioner and seeker training Deepen Your Yoga Practice: https://www.yogawell.com/deepen-your-yoga/

Traditionally we ensure the exhale breath has been fully developed before developing the inhale. In this experience, we will explore the experience of the inhale breath through attention, hand placement, gentle arm movement, and self-study.

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

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 experience focuses our attention on the exhale component of our breath. Notice what exploring your exhale can do for your overall state.

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

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/

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

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/ .

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/

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/

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

Instagram: www.instagram.com/yogawellinstitute 

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