In the next episode of Podmasana, navigate suicidal ideation healing and energy work with author Gina Cavalier. Discover spiritual healing, protection rose practices, and grounding techniques in this transformative Podmasana conversation about Planet Walking: A Handbook for the Living. Learn soul blueprint guidance, chakra reading basics, shadow work for mental health, and how understanding yourself as energy bridges surviving to truly living. Find hope through six week energy healing program, finding life purpose, and reframing suicidal thoughts.

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About Podmasana: More than a podcast, Podmasana is a global journey through the landscape of human spirituality. We weave together transformative personal stories with scholarly depth, exploring how ancient practices illuminate life’s challenges—from grief and illness to aging and adversity. Through carefully curated conversations and compelling narratives, we bridge timeless wisdom with contemporary understanding, offering listeners authentic pathways to consciousness, healing, and the universal threads that bind human experience across cultures and generations.

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In this episode of Podmasana, explore Marcus Aurelius Meditations and Stoic philosophy with translator Aaron Poochigian. Discover ancient wisdom for modern living, cognitive reframing roots, and mindfulness practice through literary translation. This Podmasana conversation reveals how Marcus wrote in multiple voices during war and plague, offering timeless guidance on kindness, justice, mortality, and building your inner mental fortress amid modern chaos and distraction.

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Episode recorded March 31, 2026

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About Podmasana: More than a podcast, Podmasana is a global journey through the landscape of human spirituality. We weave together transformative personal stories with scholarly depth, exploring how ancient practices illuminate life’s challenges—from grief and illness to aging and adversity. Through carefully curated conversations and compelling narratives, we bridge timeless wisdom with contemporary understanding, offering listeners authentic pathways to consciousness, healing, and the universal threads that bind human experience across cultures and generations.

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In the next episode of Podmasana, explore Marcus Aurelius Meditations and Stoic philosophy with translator Aaron Poochigian. Discover ancient wisdom for modern living, cognitive reframing roots, and mindfulness practice through literary translation. This Podmasana conversation reveals how Marcus wrote in multiple voices during war and plague, offering timeless guidance on kindness, justice, mortality, and building your inner mental fortress amid modern chaos and distraction.

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About Podmasana: More than a podcast, Podmasana is a global journey through the landscape of human spirituality. We weave together transformative personal stories with scholarly depth, exploring how ancient practices illuminate life’s challenges—from grief and illness to aging and adversity. Through carefully curated conversations and compelling narratives, we bridge timeless wisdom with contemporary understanding, offering listeners authentic pathways to consciousness, healing, and the universal threads that bind human experience across cultures and generations.

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In this episode of Podmasana, discover how burnout recovery connects to nervous system regulation with Inner Design founder Rubina Chadha. This Podmasana conversation reveals stress as a nervous system state. Learn breath awareness without fixing, interoception practices for emotional regulation, and somatic awareness as gateway to embodied mindfulness. Understand creativity as perceptual function dependent on regulation. Find tools for burnout recovery through embodied mindfulness and listen to Rubina discuss how motherhood refined her embodiment practice.

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Episode recorded March 19, 2026

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About Podmasana: More than a podcast, Podmasana is a global journey through the landscape of human spirituality. We weave together transformative personal stories with scholarly depth, exploring how ancient practices illuminate life’s challenges—from grief and illness to aging and adversity. Through carefully curated conversations and compelling narratives, we bridge timeless wisdom with contemporary understanding, offering listeners authentic pathways to consciousness, healing, and the universal threads that bind human experience across cultures and generations.

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In recognition of International Yoga Day, we are sharing this first episode of Podmasana Media’s other show YogaScussion in case any Podmasana listeners are not already aware of the show and may also be interested in conversations specifically dedicated to yoga.

In this first episode of YogaScussion, Gina and Brendon participate in the first YogaScussion where they touch on how they met, what brought them to yoga, the role it has played in their lives, the evolution of their practices, the cultural appropriation of yoga, the role of yoga in spirituality, mental health, and the benefits of this ancient system from India.

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About Yogascussion: YogaScussion is a yoga podcast for modern yoga practitioners exploring yoga philosophy, mindfulness, breathwork, trauma-informed practice, and embodied wellness. Hosts Gina Clingerman and Brendon Orr dive into yoga’s past, present, and future through authentic conversations with diverse yoga teachers, meditation guides, wisdom keepers, authors, and conscious entrepreneurs.

Each episode unpacks yoga culture, ancient teachings, nervous system regulation, and practical tools for stress relief, creativity, and personal growth. Whether you’re a certified yoga instructor, a daily meditator, or simply curious about bringing mindfulness off the mat, you’ll find grounded insights that honor tradition while embracing contemporary practice.

New episodes drop every other Wednesday, with short preview episodes in between.

Check out some of the many other YogaScussion episodes from the archive:

Is Western Yoga Dead? Embodiment & Energy Work with Meghan Lucas

8 Limbs of Yoga Explored with Pavithra and Ananya Raja

Ayurgenomics & Yoga Therapy with Yogacharya Nilachal Padmashanti

Amplified Yoga & Kundalini Energy | Donovan McGrath

Yoga, Ayurveda & Emotional Balance | Sophie Malahieude

Prana, Breath & the Mystery of Being Alive | Bernie Clark

Yoga of Responsibility & Leadership | Christy Lynn Hicks

Walking Meditation | Michael McColly

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In the next episode of Podmasana, discover how burnout recovery connects to nervous system regulation with Inner Design founder Rubina Chadha. This Podmasana conversation reveals stress as a nervous system state. Learn breath awareness without fixing, interoception practices for emotional regulation, and somatic awareness as gateway to embodied mindfulness. Understand creativity as perceptual function dependent on regulation. Find tools for burnout recovery through embodied mindfulness and listen to Rubina discuss how motherhood refined her embodiment practice.

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About Podmasana: More than a podcast, Podmasana is a global journey through the landscape of human spirituality. We weave together transformative personal stories with scholarly depth, exploring how ancient practices illuminate life’s challenges—from grief and illness to aging and adversity. Through carefully curated conversations and compelling narratives, we bridge timeless wisdom with contemporary understanding, offering listeners authentic pathways to consciousness, healing, and the universal threads that bind human experience across cultures and generations.

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In this episode of Podmasana, author and educator Rob Dorgan explores the profound intersection of ancient wisdom and modern healing. Drawing from his novel Awakening the Mystic, Rob reveals how yoga sutras, consciousness expansion, and spiritual astrology can guide seekers toward radical self-discovery. We discuss how mystical experiences are not supernatural events, but natural expressions of feminine energy and collective devotion. Rob shares practical insights on navigating spiritual trauma, understanding the five kleshas, and building relationships that serve as vehicles for awakening. Whether you are curious about how to integrate astrology into yoga practice, wondering what yoga siddhis truly mean, or seeking guidance on healing ego-driven attachments, this conversation offers a grounded roadmap. Discover how to recognize your inner counsel, transform religious wounds into spiritual empowerment, and cultivate a life anchored in unconditional love and mindful presence.

Episode recording March 10, 2026

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In the next episode of Podmasana, author Rob Dorgan explores how yoga philosophy and astrology illuminate the path to mystical awakening and spiritual transformation. Rob discusses Awakening the Mystic, his novel blending memoir, mysticism, astrology, and cosmic love, offering practical wisdom for navigating ego, attachment, and fear. Discover siddhis yoga sutras explained as supernatural abilities attained through dedicated practice, legion of the feminine goddess spiritual healing, LGBTQ yoga spirituality inclusive mystical practice, interfaith dialogue mystical experiences bridging traditions, soul contracts twin flames guidance through astrology for life purpose, and how collective love fuels miraculous manifestations in daily life. 

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About Podmasana: More than a podcast, Podmasana is a global journey through the landscape of human spirituality. We weave together transformative personal stories with scholarly depth, exploring how ancient practices illuminate life’s challenges—from grief and illness to aging and adversity. Through carefully curated conversations and compelling narratives, we bridge timeless wisdom with contemporary understanding, offering listeners authentic pathways to consciousness, healing, and the universal threads that bind human experience across cultures and generations.

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In this episode of Podmasana, Dr. Edi Bilimoria, author of Consciousness Came First explores how consciousness is primary rather than emerging from matter, challenging the materialistic paradigm that dominates modern science. Drawing on his unique background as both a distinguished engineer and devoted student of perennial philosophy, Edi presents evidence from quantum physics, neurocardiology, and ancient mystery schools supporting the sevenfold nature of human beings. He explains why the heart, not the brain, may be the true seat of consciousness and intelligence, and how understanding reincarnation and karma offers a coherent framework for human evolution. This conversation bridges science and spirituality, offering listeners a transformative perspective on consciousness came first, the transduction model of mind-brain relationship, and why embracing humanity's spiritual nature is essential for addressing today's ecological and mental health crises. Discover how ancient wisdom traditions and cutting-edge research converge to illuminate the living, intelligent universe we inhabit. Recording date: May 11, 2026

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About Podmasana: More than a podcast, Podmasana is a global journey through the landscape of human spirituality. We weave together transformative personal stories with scholarly depth, exploring how ancient practices illuminate life’s challenges—from grief and illness to aging and adversity. Through carefully curated conversations and compelling narratives, we bridge timeless wisdom with contemporary understanding, offering listeners authentic pathways to consciousness, healing, and the universal threads that bind human experience across cultures and generations.

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In the next episode of Podmasana, Dr. Edi Bilimoria, author of Consciousness Came First explores how consciousness is primary rather than emerging from matter, challenging the materialistic paradigm that dominates modern science. Drawing on his unique background as both a distinguished engineer and devoted student of perennial philosophy, Edi presents evidence from quantum physics, neurocardiology, and ancient mystery schools supporting the sevenfold nature of human beings. He explains why the heart, not the brain, may be the true seat of consciousness and intelligence, and how understanding reincarnation and karma offers a coherent framework for human evolution. This conversation bridges science and spirituality, offering listeners a transformative perspective on consciousness came first, the transduction model of mind-brain relationship, and why embracing humanity's spiritual nature is essential for addressing today's ecological and mental health crises. Discover how ancient wisdom traditions and cutting-edge research converge to illuminate the living, intelligent universe we inhabit.

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Follow Podmasana wherever you get your podcasts. To access ad-free episodes five days early, bonus episodes, exclusive group chat, Q&As and more, become a Podmasana+ partner at podmasana.com/plus.

About Podmasana: More than a podcast, Podmasana is a global journey through the landscape of human spirituality. We weave together transformative personal stories with scholarly depth, exploring how ancient practices illuminate life’s challenges—from grief and illness to aging and adversity. Through carefully curated conversations and compelling narratives, we bridge timeless wisdom with contemporary understanding, offering listeners authentic pathways to consciousness, healing, and the universal threads that bind human experience across cultures and generations.

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