Chat&Chai: Yoga Talks from Miami Life Center

Chat&Chai: Yoga Talks from Miami Life Center episodes:

• 09.14.2020

  Yoga Lineages: Ashtanga and Iyengar Yoga with Tim and Rosa

  Grab a chai and join Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist, Rosa Santana and authroized Ashtanga teacher Tim Feldmann for a brand new, installment of our yoga talk series, Chat and Chai. Listen in as they discuss the Lineage...

  
• 06.15.2020

  Approaching Injury in Yoga with Monica Arellano

  Confronting injury within a yoga asana practice can be overwhelming, not knowing how to approach the practice you’ve come to rely on as your daily and sacred ritual. There are many lessons to learn during the process of healing, but understanding...

  
• 02.06.2020

  Finding Stillness and Peace with Dennis Hunter

  Dennis Hunter is a senior meditation teacher and creator of the Clarity Dharma and Meditation Collective. He's a former Buddhist monk who spent 2 years in a monastery with Pema Chodron and is currently a Miami based yoga and meditation...

  
• 01.16.2020

  Kino on Updating our System Through the Practice of Yoga

  Yoga as a life hack. An interesting comparison which Kino makes in this talk. Tune in to learn more about how this practice of yoga is relevant to our functioning in the world of today. How does yoga work and...

  
• 10.09.2019

  Ty Landrum on Personal and Mythological Reflections on Ashtanga Yoga

  This past weekend we had the honor of hosting Ty Landrum for a workshop at Miami Life Center. His love and understanding for the spirit of the practice and its expression through philosophy, the breath, movement and asana, was experienced...

  
• 09.09.2019

  Exploring our Inner Space Through Yin Practices with Natalia

  In this episode of Chat & Chai, our Restorative and Yin teacher, Natalia Vasquez introduces the 4 types of Yin Practices - Yin, Restorative, Yoga Nidra and Meditation - and how they can guide us into discovering the depths of...

  
• 08.17.2019

  Kino on Inhabiting our Body in Yoga: A Talk and Meditation

  Join Kino Macgegor for inspiring talk given at one of her monthly classes at Miami Life Center. Many times we come into the practice of yoga as experts on all our problems or with an expectation of what the practice should...

  
• 07.10.2019

  Meditation: Patterns of the Mind with Kino MacGregor

  Join Kino for a 20 minute meditation to settle into your daily dose of stillness. Release the patterns of the mind and find a sense of neutrality in the space between pleasure and pain. This is part of a series with...

  
• 06.30.2019

  Chase Bossart on God: The Yoga Sutras vs The Bhagavad Gita

  We recently had the pleasure of hosting Chase Bossart for a workshop at Miami Life Center on the teachings of The Bhagavad Gita, part of our month long course Ashtanga Practitioner's Intensive. This text along with The Yoga Sutras are...

  
• 06.21.2019

  Knowledge Event: Yoga and Trauma

  In this first Yoga and Trauma panel discussion at  Miami Life Center, we gathered a group of professionals in conversation to lightly scratch the surface of this immense topic. Seated at the table are Anne Hurley- Trauma Psychotherapist, Dr. Kristin...

  
• 06.03.2019

  The Yoga Sutras with Tim Feldmann Part 6 of 6

  This is the last episode of a series with Tim Feldmann exploring The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Tim goes deeper into the second chapter of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras - Sadhana Pada, or the book on spiritual practice. Join Tim as...

  
• 05.24.2019

  The Yoga Sutras with Tim Feldmann Part 5 of 6

  This is the fifth episode of a series with Tim Feldmann exploring The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Tim goes deeper into the second chapter and into the philosophical foundations upon which the Yoga Sutras rests. This podcast series is taken from...

  
• 05.16.2019

  The Yoga Sutras with Tim Feldmann Part 4 of 6

  This is the fourth episode of a series with Tim Feldmann exploring The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. After closing up Chapter 1 in Parts 1-3, we now begin a dive into Sadhana Pada - the second chapter. Tim starts this...

  
• 04.25.2019

  The Yoga Sutras with Tim Feldmann Part 3 of 6

  This podcast series is taken from six lectures Tim Feldmann gave on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Chapters 1 & 2. His intention with these talks was to create an overview, a map of The Yoga Sutras - an important...

  
• 04.19.2019

  The Yoga Sutras with Tim Feldmann Part 2 of 6

  This podcast series is taken from six lectures Tim Feldmann gave on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Chapters 1 & 2. His intention with these talks was to create an overview, a map of The Yoga Sutras - an important...

  
• 04.09.2019

  The Yoga Sutras with Tim Feldmann Part 1 of 6

  This podcast series is taken from six lectures Tim Feldmann gave on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Chapters 1 & 2. His intention with these talks was to create an overview, a map of The Yoga Sutras - an important...

  
• 04.03.2019

  Kino on The Beginner’s Mind: A Talk and Meditation

  These monthly classes with Kino MacGregor at Miami Life Center, have become a space for us to not only reconnect into the physical practice; but also become immersed in the philosophy, the theory of the practice and the meditative mind. In...

  
• 03.29.2019

  Knowledge Event: Is Yoga Good for Me?

  Our very first Knowledge Event taking place at Miami Life Center, a panel discussion on the  question - Is Yoga Good for Me? We gathered a panel of experts in their field of study to share their ideas about if...

  
• 03.13.2019

  Practicing Ashtanga Yoga with SharathJi in Mysore, India

  Monica, Patricia and Esme, all teachers at Miami Life Center are currently practicing Ashtanga Yoga at KPJAYI under R Sharath Jois, for the second and third time. It a sort of pilgrimage Ashtanga Yoga Practitioners from all over the world...

  
• 01.14.2019

  Joseph Armstrong on The Ashtanga Yoga Method, Recovery and the Role of a Teacher

  On this episode of Chat & Chai: Yoga Talks from Miami Life Center we have a very special guest. Joseph Armstrong was a dedicated and long time student at MLC, transitioning into our month long intensive course and then into...

  
• 01.07.2019

  Tim on Obstacles to Practice

  In this episode of Chat & Chai: Yoga Talks from Miami Life Center, our Director Tim Feldmann touches upon the distractions that so many of us come up against in our practice. At the beginning, the practice seems exciting and...

  
• 12.12.2018

  Kino on The Notion of I Am: Talk and Meditation

  Last month, Kino started off her class at Miami Life Center with a talk investigating this notion of I am we all seem to come up against. In order to understand the effect identifying with certain roles or stories has...

  
• 11.22.2018

  Full Moon Yoga Nidra with Natalia

  Join our restorative, yin and nidra teacher Natalia Vasquez as she guides you through another 1 hour yoga nidra practice, a guided meditation in savasana. This class was from a special class she gave during last month's full moon. Use...

  
• 11.16.2018

  Pregnancy & Ashtanga Yoga with Alexandra Santos

  Alexandra Santos is our early morning mysore teacher. She has experienced the practice during 3 pregnancies and has developed a keen sense for guiding mothers through their yoga practice. The beginning of motherhood aka 'the 7th series of Ashtanga Yoga'...

  
• 11.07.2018

  Kino on Embodiment through the Breath

  Kino is back on Chat & Chai with one of her monthly classes at Miami Life Center. This time were sharing with you an inspiring talk she gave to introduce the class and a seated guided meditation on the breath. She...

  
• 11.01.2018

  Tim on The Importance of Having a Teacher

  Tim Feldmann is back again for another episode of Chat & Chai: Yoga Talks from Miami Life Center. Tim in one of MLCs owners and founders and teaches regular workshops in our South Beach Shala This recording was taken from a...

  
• 10.16.2018

  Yoga Nidra Practice with Natalia Vasquez

  Join our restorative, yin and nidra teacher Natalia Vasquez as she’ll lead you through a 1 hour yoga nidra practice, a guided meditation in savasana. This is a great practice to do on its own, or after an asana practice...

  
• 10.11.2018

  Kino on The Difficulty in Consistent Practice

  Kino is back on Chat & Chai: Yoga Talks from Miami Life Center for a talk she gave our students on the difficulty in maintaining a daily practice. In Ashtanga Yoga we are asked to practice 6 times a week, except...

  
• 10.06.2018

  Natalia Vasquez on Samadhi

  For this last episode in our series on the 8 limbs of Ashtanga Yoga according to Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, Natalia Vasquez talks to us about the last limb of Samadhi, or liberation. It is the final state in meditation or...

  
• 09.25.2018

  Alexandra Santos on Dhyana

  In this episode of Chat & Chai: Yoga Talks from Miami Life Center, Alexandra Santos goes into the 7th limb of Ashtanga Yoga - Dhyana, or meditation. Her meditation practice of over 10 years has been a significant influence in...

  
• 09.16.2018

  Tim Feldmann on Dharana

  Tim Feldmann is back again on Chat&Chai;: Yoga Talks from Miami Life Center, to continue guiding us through this 8 limb journey we've been on together. This time to break down the limb of Dharana or concentration. Learn how the tool...

  
• 09.10.2018

  Chase Bossart on Pratyahara

  In this episode of Chat & Chai, we have a very special guest. Chase Bossart coming from San Francisco, was in Miami this summer to teach our Ashtanga Practitioner’s Intensive students the Bhagavad Gita and an introduction to Sanskrit and...

  
• 09.03.2018

  Mark Linksman on Pranayama

  In this episode of Chat & Chai, Mark Linksman leads a discussion and practice on Pranayama – the 4th limb along the 8 limb path of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. With special guests Anthony Hazin, who goes into a scientific perspective...

  
• 08.27.2018

  Emilia Arenas on Asana

  In this episode of Chat & Chai Emilia Arenas continues in our journey of the 8 limbs of Ashtanga Yoga according to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras – spiritual teachings every sincere yoga practitioner should be familiar with. Emilia teaches the late...

  
• 08.20.2018

  Kino MacGregor on The Niyamas

  In this episode of Chat & Chai: Yoga Talks from Miami Life Center, Kino MacGregor talks about The Niyamas - the second limb along the 8 limb path of Ashtanga Yoga according to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. This talk will leave you...

  
• 08.18.2018

  Tim Feldmann on The Yamas

  In the first episode of Chat & Chai: Yoga Talks from Miami Life Center, Tim Feldmann first introduces the 8 limbs of Ashtanga Yoga according to Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and then dives into the first limb - The Yamas. These...