Unfortunately, nowadays, the practice of yoga has been reduced to poses performed on a mat (or worse, only on social media!). But also, many people are caught up in the idea of performing certain rituals, buying/having certain things, or looking in a certain way to call themselves yogis.
All of this is a non-sense! Yoga, the philosophy of yoga, has nothing to do with the above!
This month, we will start exploring the core of the yoga philosophy to understand how to live according to yoga!

In this episode, we continue digging into the limbs of Yoga Philosophy to learn that postures are only one tiny bit of the entire equation. Deepak Sharma continues teaching about what yoga is about from the core of its principles.

Last week, we discovered that yoga postures can be practiced in many different styles, and one of those styles is called Ashtanga Vinyasa. However, when it comes to philosophy of yoga, there is also something called Ashtanga Yoga, and this is where a lot of people get tangled.
Ashtanga Primary Series was the point of entrance of the physical practice of yoga when yoga “arrived” at the American Continent from India. And everyone went crazy with that dynamic, sweaty, strong, and demanding way of practicing postures. BUT there is something known as Ashtanga Yoga, and it has nothing to do with breathing and holding poses. So, let’s join Eli & Deepak Sharma to decode the difference once and for all!

When people get to practice yoga, usually think that it’s only doing weird/complex shapes with their body, called postures. We have learned that yoga is more than that. BUT when it comes to practice yoga poses, there are many ways to do so! Some say that yoga is boring, too slow, too hard, only for flexible people, to relax, but many don’t know that it all depends on the style of yoga you are practicing! Let’s unravel more details about this!

“I’m not flexible”; “I don’t have the body for it”; “I cannot do handstands”... Are you familiar with these expressions? It is quite common to hear these and many other reasons for not practicing yoga, but yoga is indeed for everyone!
Today we talk about the most common reasons (or excuses I will say!) why people don’t practice yoga, and why none of them are true!
Because no matter what or how, yoga is mainly what we do OFF the mat!

Nowadays, so many people talk about yoga, but do we really know what is it? Yoga has become trendy, and everyone wants to -at least- try it once. But most likely, when you hear the word “yoga” you think about weird/challenging poses that requires lots of strength and flexibility, right? Well, wrong!
In today’s episode, Eli invites Deepak Sharma -founder of Sampoorna Yoga India- to talk about the real meaning of yoga!

After many years of training thousands of future yoga teachers, -in India and online- Eli offers an inside look of the doubts, questions, myths, and comments her students share with her every day.
This podcast presents her experience on how to understand the what’s, why’s, and how's of yoga, so you can learn how to apply that knowledge to your personal practice and to your life in general!