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Yoga Chai and a Dog

Yoga Chai and a Dog

By Deepak Mohan and Archna Mohan

Interactions between a Yoga professional and a non-yoga person covering a range of topics from yoga (of course!), wellness, health, nutrition, mindfullness and meditation. It is friendly and interactive and completely jargon-free (we hate jargons!). You can ask questions, share your experiences and be a part of this journey!Archna Mohan is a practising yoga professional for 10+ years, having earned her degree from Yoga Alliance, UK and trained under various gurus across Europe and Americas. Deepak Mohan, the non-yoga, is a forever doubtful, but inquisitive person, testing Archna's patience with his questions on various topics.
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Season 2: Introductions are in order again

Yoga Chai and a DogAug 02, 2021

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Season 2: Introductions are in order again

Season 2: Introductions are in order again

Hey Podfriends!  
After a break of 7 months, we are back again.   We  had been busy during the last couple of months with some new hobbies and  things like that.  And we share it all in this episode.

We talked about these in this episode and as promised the links are below:
1. The wonderful work done by Gary and Michelle at DogsnHome.  Their website is 
https://dogsnhomes.org.uk/ and their facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/DogsnHomes

2. We had mentioned Khalsa Aid as one of the organisations where you can donate for the epidemic in India.  Their website is https://www.khalsaaid.org/ and their facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/khalsaaidint.

New  episodes every fortnight on Fridays at 18:00 GMT. Well!  we will try  to!   So don’t miss any episode and subscribe to this podcast.  It comes  at an enormous cost of one click!

Credits:
Music:  Maddie Ashman  and Edward Cross

Introduction: Aditi  Mohan

We  are really passionate about this podcast and would keep on improving it  to meet your expectations.  We are on the major social media platforms:
Instagram - yogachaidog
Twitter - @yogachaidog1  
Facebook - facebook.com/yogachaidog

Have a question?  Have a suggestion?  Want to share your views/experience?  Send us a mail at yoga.chai.dog@gmail.com

Thanks 
Deepak and Archna

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