Yoga Happens Now

In this episode, we take a look at Yoga Sūtra II.16:  heyam duhkham anagatham, which is often translated as "future suffering is to be avoided."

This is the final episode in a series on why we practice what we practice across a lifetime of Yoga.  In this episode, we discuss cikitsa or therapy.  Cikitsa practices may be needed at anytime during our life if we fall ill or get injured.  They are intended to help us repair and recover so we can return to our rakšana (or śikśana) practices.  

Have you ever wondered why do we do certain practices at different times in our life?  This episode is part of a series exploring that topic based on the stages of life and practice as taught by Sri Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar.  In this episode, we talk about rakšana, or the "maintenance" time of life and practice.  We also talk about trust, boredom and the gift of lay practice.

In this episode, Atha Yoga founder, Robyn Love, reads her most recent blog post titled, Liberation of Seeing.  It is the start of a new series of posts about one of the frameworks used in Yoga to describe the arc of a human lifespan and how to practice within it.  This month, she offers an overview.

In this episode, we look at the macro or larger, societal forces around the disconnect between how we perceive our bodies and their reality.  We come by it honestly....

CW: sexual abuse is mentioned.

Second in an ongoing series exploring how Yoga in North America handles fatphobia and disordered eating.

Welcome to the Atha Yoga podcast!  In this podcast, Atha Yoga's founder, Robyn Love, reads the blog posts featured on the Atha Yoga website: www.athayoga.ca

This first episode introduces a series of posts examining fatphobia and disordered eating in Yoga.