The Yoga Well Podcast

Replay: Counting the Duration of Your Breath: Samāna Ratio

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/ [https://www.yogawell.com/deepen-your-yoga/]

Asking Us to Be Awake with Sarah Capua

This episode of our Viniyoga podcast weaves together therapeutic yoga and yoga philosophy through a discussion of meditation, presence, and integrity - in the largess of community and the intimacy of death. Chase speaks with Sarah Capua, certified Yoga Therapist, Zen Practitioner, and End-of-Life Doula, about Yoga as spiritual work. Find a quiet place to be with this beautiful discussion of how painful experiences are the opportunity for transformation of spirit, how practice is inseparable from the evolution of our everyday life, and how the values and ethics in Zen & Yoga Therapy direct practice and teaching. Sarah explores her lessons as an End-of-Life Doula and presents death as a spiritual view that is asking us to be awake. Find Sarah at www.SarahCapua.com. Learn more about the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram at KYM. org. Learn more about Yoga Well's offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

Keeping Saṁskṛta Alive with Chase Bossart

Students will notice that we use Saṁskṛta terminology and practice traditional Vedic chanting at the Yoga Well Institute. This is keeping in with the Viniyoga tradition we have learned from Mr. TKV Deśikachar. Chase Bossart, our Executive Director, explains the importance of maintaining the foundational concepts that are linked to Saṁskṛta by using the examples of pramāṇa and yoga. Join a live weekly class or take a self-paced, pre-recorded course. Learn more at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

The Tools of Transformation with Cathy Christoff

What is the role does yoga plays in transformation? Applying yoga philosophy to modern life is a key component of the Viniyoga tradition. The context and tools provided through yoga philosophy affect how we perceive, understand, respond, and make meaningful change in our lives. Join Chase Bossart, the Executive Director of the Yoga Well Institute, and Yoga Therapist Cathy Christoff for a conversation about how practice and study serve as containers that support life's changes. Explore how personalized meditation tools support awareness changes. They talk through particular meditative objects, what was happening in her life at the time, and the qualities these objects provided for her to experience changes resulting in clarity, discernment, and authenticity. You can listen to the referenced Laura Jane Mellencamp's podcast with Yoga Well that posted in September of 2024. Find Cathy Christoff, a Yoga Therapist in the Chicago area, at CenterHeartYoga.com Join Chase's weekly Yogasūtras course. You can learn more about this offering at https://courses.yogawell.com/patanjalis-yogasutra

Finding Your Joy with Cathy Christoff

This breath-centered yoga practice and meditation are designed to infuse you with light and have light flow inward. Join Yoga Therapist Cathy Christoff for a standing and seated practice with a chant from Yogasūtra I.36 Visoka va chant YSI.36 chant, standing & seated practice infused with light and free from sorrow. Find Cathy Christoff, a Yoga Therapist in the Chicago area, at CenterHeartYoga.com. Find more short practices with our weekly class, 15-minute Breathing and Meditation. Join the live practice for free on Thursdays at 9:30 am PT / 12 pm ET. Or enroll in the class for the weekly practice, a monthly course planning and experience discussion with the instructor, as well as access to a year of recordings in our Student Portal. Learn more at https://www.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation/