The Imagine Podcast

Aparigraha and the hidden cost of everything you own

Aparigraha is the last of the Yamas, the ethical foundations of yoga, and it's interesting that minimalism points in the same direction, the hidden cost of the things you own. Aparigraha translates as "not taking more than you need," but it runs much deeper than what's in your cupboards. In this episode, Daniela explores it as a practice of trust: trusting that you're already complete, that nothing external is going to deliver the wholeness you feel is missing, because there is no missing piece. She looks at how the same grasping shows up everywhere, in the things we buy, in the need for the perfect pose on the mat, and in the old stories and beliefs we keep long after they've finished their cycle. She closes with a simple practice to try this week, and an honest reminder that this is an ongoing path, not a finish line, the way Kundalini Yoga teaches consistency over perfection. She gets into the idea of the "hidden tax" every possession charges you, why the joy of buying never lasts, and how aparigraha is really about trust, trusting you're already complete, with no missing piece to buy. There's a simple practice at the end: one drawer, one honest question. If you've been feeling weighed down by your own stuff, this one might land. :::::: About Imagine Yoga Academy We are Pedro and Daniela, co-founders of Imagine Yoga Academy. Since 2012, we've trained over 900 Kundalini Yoga teachers across Switzerland (Geneva, Zurich, Lugano), Spain (Madrid, Málaga), India, and online, always free of dogma, taught as a method of self-knowledge rather than a system of rules. 🌿 Our 200h Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in Zürich, Geneva and Lugano from October 2026 to July 2027 Nine months. Fifteen people. One way through. For people asking what comes next. 👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/kundalini-yoga-training-2026/ [https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/kundalini-yoga-training-2026/] 🌀 Imagine Sangat — our online membership in English A community where your practice can live, even in the busy seasons. Your first step into the Imagine path. 👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/sangat-kundalini-yoga-online-practice/ [https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/sangat-kundalini-yoga-online-practice/] 🎁 Free gift — Come Back to Yourself: Three guided audios. 5 minutes each. 👉https://imagine-academy.kit.com/e761702a5b Find us: Web: www.imagineyogaacademy.com [http://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/] Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy Love & strength, Daniela and Pedro

Bramacharya The Art of Directing Your energy

Most people hear the word Brahmacharya and think celibacy. Repression. Some ancient rule designed to make life smaller. But Brahmacharya is the fourth of the Yamas, the personal disciplines at the foundation of yoga philosophy, and it's pointing at something far more relevant than celibacy. It's pointing at energy. All of it. Where your life force is going, and whether you're actually choosing that. In this episode, Pedro Misle explores what Brahmacharya really means in modern life: the difference between discipline and suppression, why attention has become the most fragmented resource we have, and what it looks like to practice energy conservation without becoming rigid or self-punishing. This isn't about wanting less. It's about choosing more consciously. If you've been feeling scattered lately, tired in a way that doesn't quite make sense, this one might land somewhere useful. :::::: About Imagine Yoga Academy We are Pedro and Daniela, co-founders of Imagine Yoga Academy. Since 2012, we've trained over 900 Kundalini Yoga teachers across Switzerland (Geneva, Zurich, Lugano), Spain (Madrid, Málaga), India, and online, always free of dogma, taught as a method of self-knowledge rather than a system of rules. 🌿 Our 200h Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in Zürich, Geneva and Lugano from October 2026 to July 2027 Nine months. Fifteen people. One way through. For people asking what comes next. 👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/kundalini-yoga-training-2026/ [https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/kundalini-yoga-training-2026/] 🌀 Imagine Sangat — our online membership in English A community where your practice can live, even in the busy seasons. Your first step into the Imagine path. 👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/sangat-kundalini-yoga-online-practice/ [https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/sangat-kundalini-yoga-online-practice/] 🎁 Free gift — Come Back to Yourself: Three guided audios. 5 minutes each. 👉 https://imagine-academy.kit.com/e761702a5b Find us: Web: www.imagineyogaacademy.com [http://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/] Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy Love & strength, Daniela and Pedro

What We Steal From Ourselves — Asteya

What does it mean to truly not steal? Asteya — the third Yama in yoga's ethical framework, starts with the obvious: don't take what isn't yours. But the deeper layers are where things get interesting. In this episode, Daniela explores the subtler forms of stealing we rarely talk about: copying someone else's way of being until we lose our own, and the one that stops us completely: stealing from ourselves by living anywhere but the present moment. Inspired by the words of Venezuelan political prisoner Perkins Rocha, who spoke about becoming superior to his own sorrows, this episode connects the ancient teaching of Asteya to what we actually practice every time we hold a Kundalini Yoga kriya, staying present inside difficulty without letting it take what's ours. If you've ever caught yourself replaying a conversation that's already over, or rehearsing a scenario that hasn't started yet, this one's for you. The Imagine Podcast is produced by Imagine Yoga Academy — dogma-free Kundalini Yoga teacher training in English and Spanish. :::::: About Imagine Yoga Academy We are Pedro and Daniela, co-founders of Imagine Yoga Academy. Since 2012, we've trained over 900 Kundalini Yoga teachers across Switzerland (Geneva, Zurich, Lugano), Spain (Madrid, Málaga), India, and online, always free of dogma, taught as a method of self-knowledge rather than a system of rules. 🌿 Our 200h Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in Zürich, Geneva and Lugano from October 2026 to July 2027 Nine months. Fifteen people. One way through. For people asking what comes next. 👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/kundalini-yoga-training-2026/ [https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/kundalini-yoga-training-2026/] 🌀 Imagine Sangat — our online membership in English A community where your practice can live, even in the busy seasons. Your first step into the Imagine path. 👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/sangat-kundalini-yoga-online-practice/ [https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/sangat-kundalini-yoga-online-practice/] 🎁 Free gift — Come Back to Yourself: Three guided audios. 5 minutes each. 👉https://imagine-academy.kit.com/e761702a5b Find us: Web: www.imagineyogaacademy.com [http://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/] Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/imagineyogaacademy [https://www.youtube.com/imagineyogaacademy] LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy Love & strength, Daniela and Pedro

Truth Sets You Free – Satya

There's a kind of tiredness that has nothing to do with how much you slept. It shows up after a day of being slightly off from yourself, saying yes when you meant no, smiling when you didn't agree, managing your way through conversations instead of being in them. By evening you're exhausted, and you can't quite explain why. In this episode, Pedro goes deep into Satya, the second yama, and pushes past the surface translation of "don't lie" into something far more demanding and far more useful. He shares the moment Satya finally caught up with him, a rehearsal room in 2012, a band, and a sentence he didn't plan to say. Through Patanjali's Yoga Sutra II.36, the science of Naad, and a metaphor borrowed from physics, he reframes satya as the practice of becoming a coherent wave: the gap between what you perceive, feel, say and do, and the energetic cost of leaving that gap open. For anyone in transition, anyone exhausted by a life that doesn't quite fit anymore, anyone curious about what Kundalini Yoga actually means by "truth is my identity." ::::: At Imagine Yoga Academy [https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/] we help people reconnect with their essence, unlock their potential, and live with authenticity through the wisdom of Kundalini Yoga. With more than 13 years of experience, we’ve trained over 900 teachers and guided thousands of students worldwide. We offer at-home programs, retreats, and internationally recognized teacher trainings in Switzerland, Spain, and India—always free from dogma and with an open, transformative style.Join Imagine Sangat! [https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/sangat-kundalini-yoga-online-practice/] A community where your practice can live, even in busy seasons, transitions, and real life.Click here to enjoy our FREE series of 7 meditations of 7 minutes to cultivate STILLNESS [https://imagine-academy.kit.com/0072d61141] Follow us and be part of our growing community: * www.imagineyogaacademy.com [https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/] * Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng [https://www.instagram.com/imagineyogaacademy.eng] * YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy [https://www.youtube.com/imagineyogaacademy] * LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy [https://www.linkedin.com/company/imagine-yoga-academy/] Love & strength, Daniela and Pedro.

Non-Violence in Real Life: The Harm You Don't See — Ahimsa

Have you ever snapped at someone you love and spent the rest of the day carrying that weight? Or pushed your body past its limits and called it discipline? Today we explore ahimsa, non-violence, the first of the five yamas and the first ethical commitment on the eight-limbed path of yoga. This episode is not about the obvious stuff. It's about the more quiet ways we cause harm, in our words, our thoughts, our actions, and how yoga invites us to look at the whole picture. Daniela shares her personal agreement with Pedro, her experience as a vegetarian, and three journaling questions to help you explore where non-violence might take root in your own life. Continuing the series on the eight limbs of yoga. :::::: About Imagine Yoga Academy We are Pedro and Daniela, co-founders of Imagine Yoga Academy. Since 2012, we've trained over 900 Kundalini Yoga teachers across Switzerland (Geneva, Zurich, Lugano), Spain (Madrid, Málaga), India, and online, always free of dogma, taught as a method of self-knowledge rather than a system of rules. 🌿 Our 200h Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in Zürich, Geneva and Lugano from October 2026 to July 2027 Nine months. Fifteen people. One way through. For people asking what comes next. 👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/kundalini-yoga-training-2026/ [https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/kundalini-yoga-training-2026/] 🌀 Imagine Sangat — our online membership in English A community where your practice can live, even in the busy seasons. Your first step into the Imagine path. 👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/sangat-kundalini-yoga-online-practice/ [https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/sangat-kundalini-yoga-online-practice/] 🎁 Free gift — Come Back to Yourself: Three guided audios. 5 minutes each. 👉https://imagine-academy.kit.com/e761702a5b Find us: Web: www.imagineyogaacademy.com [http://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/] Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy Love & strength, Daniela and Pedro