There's a kind of tiredness that has nothing to do with how much you slept. It shows up after a day of being slightly off from yourself, saying yes when you meant no, smiling when you didn't agree, managing your way through conversations instead of being in them. By evening you're exhausted, and you can't quite explain why.

In this episode, Pedro goes deep into Satya, the second yama, and pushes past the surface translation of "don't lie" into something far more demanding and far more useful. He shares the moment Satya finally caught up with him, a rehearsal room in 2012, a band, and a sentence he didn't plan to say.

Through Patanjali's Yoga Sutra II.36, the science of Naad, and a metaphor borrowed from physics, he reframes satya as the practice of becoming a coherent wave: the gap between what you perceive, feel, say and do, and the energetic cost of leaving that gap open.

For anyone in transition, anyone exhausted by a life that doesn't quite fit anymore, anyone curious about what Kundalini Yoga actually means by "truth is my identity."

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At Imagine Yoga Academy we help people reconnect with their essence, unlock their potential, and live with authenticity through the wisdom of Kundalini Yoga. With more than 13 years of experience, we’ve trained over 900 teachers and guided thousands of students worldwide. We offer at-home programs, retreats, and internationally recognized teacher trainings in Switzerland, Spain, and India—always free from dogma and with an open, transformative style.Join Imagine Sangat! A community where your practice can live, even in busy seasons, transitions, and real life.Click here to enjoy our FREE series of 7 meditations of 7 minutes to cultivate STILLNESS

Follow us and be part of our growing community:

• www.imagineyogaacademy.com
• Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng
• YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy
• LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy

Love & strength,

Daniela and Pedro.

Have you ever snapped at someone you love and spent the rest of the day carrying that weight? Or pushed your body past its limits and called it discipline? Today we explore ahimsa, non-violence, the first of the five yamas and the first ethical commitment on the eight-limbed path of yoga.

This episode is not about the obvious stuff. It's about the more quiet ways we cause harm, in our words, our thoughts, our actions, and how yoga invites us to look at the whole picture.

Daniela shares her personal agreement with Pedro, her experience as a vegetarian, and three journaling questions to help you explore where non-violence might take root in your own life.

Continuing the series on the eight limbs of yoga.

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About Imagine Yoga Academy

We are Pedro and Daniela, co-founders of Imagine Yoga Academy. Since 2012, we've trained over 900 Kundalini Yoga teachers across Switzerland (Geneva, Zurich, Lugano), Spain (Madrid, Málaga), India, and online, always free of dogma, taught as a method of self-knowledge rather than a system of rules.

🌿 Our 200h Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in Zürich, Geneva and Lugano from October 2026 to July 2027 Nine months. Fifteen people. One way through. For people asking what comes next. 👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/kundalini-yoga-training-2026/

🌀 Imagine Sangat — our online membership in English A community where your practice can live, even in the busy seasons. Your first step into the Imagine path.

👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/sangat-kundalini-yoga-online-practice/

🎁 Free gift — Come Back to Yourself: Three guided audios. 5 minutes each.

👉https://imagine-academy.kit.com/e761702a5b

Find us:

Web: www.imagineyogaacademy.com

Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng

YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy

LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy

Love & strength,

Daniela and Pedro

Most people think yoga starts on the mat. It doesn't.

In this episode, Pedro introduces the Eight Limbs of yoga, the ancient map from Patanjali's Yoga Sutras that has been quietly organizing this practice for thousands of years. Not as philosophy, not as theory, but as a living checkpoint system you can actually use when life gets blurry.

This is the opening episode of a new series. You'll get a clear overview of all eight limbs — from the Yamas (how you meet the world) to Samadhi (loving and respecting all of it) — and a simple practice to take with you this week before the series goes deeper.

If you've been practicing for a while and something still feels like it's missing, this map might be what you've been looking for.

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At Imagine Yoga Academy we help people reconnect with their essence, unlock their potential, and live with authenticity through the wisdom of Kundalini Yoga. With more than 13 years of experience, we’ve trained over 900 teachers and guided thousands of students worldwide. We offer at-home programs, retreats, and internationally recognized teacher trainings in Switzerland, Spain, and India—always free from dogma and with an open, transformative style.Join Imagine Sangat! A community where your practice can live, even in busy seasons, transitions, and real life.Click here to enjoy our FREE series of 7 meditations of 7 minutes to cultivate STILLNESS

Follow us and be part of our growing community:

• www.imagineyogaacademy.com
• Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng
• YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy
• LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy

Love & strength,

Daniela and Pedro.

#KundaliniYoga #YogaPhilosophy #EightLimbs #Ashtanga #YogaSutras #ImagineYogaAcademy

When life gets heavy, the first thing we do is start removing things. We cancel the dinner. We drop the hobby. We say no to the trip.

We tell ourselves we're simplifying. And sometimes that's exactly right. But there's a moment when removing becomes shrinking, when we're not making life lighter, we're making it smaller so we don't have to feel as much. When the world we're living in no longer fits the person we actually are.

In this 13-minute episode, Daniela shares her own experience of reaching that moment and the realization that the answer wasn't to keep taking things away. It was to expand her capacity to hold them.

Through the practice of Kundalini Yoga, its kriyas, breathwork, mantra, and meditation, she explores what it means to become genuinely stronger. By training the nervous system to hold more, feel more, and live more fully. Not by forcing. Not by pushing through. 

This is not a productivity episode. It is not about doing more. It is about becoming someone who no longer needs the world to be smaller in order to survive it.

🎧 This episode is for you if:

• You've been cancelling things and calling it self-care

• You feel like you're managing life rather than living it

• You've simplified everything you can, and still feel heavy

• Something in you knows the answer isn't less, it's different

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Kundalini Yoga kriyas and pranayama for nervous system regulation

• The difference between simplifying and shrinking

• What genuine strength feels like and how to build it

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If something in this episode landed, our 200h Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in Zürich, Geneva & Lugano begins in October 2026. Nine months. Fifteen people. One way through. Free of dogma. For people asking what comes next. 👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/kundalini-yoga-training-2026/

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About Imagine Yoga Academy

We are Pedro and Daniela, co-founders of Imagine Yoga Academy. Since 2012, we've trained over 900 Kundalini Yoga teachers across Switzerland (Geneva, Zurich, Lugano), Spain (Madrid, Málaga), India, and online, always free of dogma, taught as a method of self-knowledge rather than a system of rules.

🌿 Our 200h Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in Zürich, Geneva and Lugano from October 2026 to July 2027 Nine months. Fifteen people. One way through. For people asking what comes next. 👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/kundalini-yoga-training-2026/

🌀 Imagine Sangat — our online membership in English A community where your practice can live, even in the busy seasons. Your first step into the Imagine path.

👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/sangat-kundalini-yoga-online-practice/

🎁 Free gift — Come Back to Yourself: Three guided audios. 5 minutes each.

👉https://imagine-academy.kit.com/e761702a5b

Find us:
Follow us and be part of our growing community:

•  www.imagineyogaacademy.com
• Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng
• YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy
• LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy

Love & strength,
Daniela and Pedro.

It arrives without warning.

You are in a meeting. You are in your home. You are walking back to your apartment after another evening that looked, from the outside, like a perfectly good evening.

And something in you, very clearly, says: I can't keep living like this.

This episode is for that moment.

A deep and soft realization. The one that arrives when exhaustion, disconnection, or a silent unhappiness can no longer be ignored, even though, from the outside, life is "good." The career, the home, the relationship. They all check out. And still, something underneath is asking a question that won't go away.

In this 11-minute episode, Pedro explores why the moment you can't keep living the same way is rarely the end of something and almost always the beginning of coming back to yourself.

Drawing from the wisdom of Kundalini Yoga and Patanjali's first Yoga Sutra, "And now, the discipline of yoga", this conversation reframes the so-called "rock bottom" not as a failure, but as the sacred invitation to begin again. One step at a time.

🎧 Listen if you are feeling:

Emotionally exhausted in a life that, from the outside, looks fine

Disconnected from yourself, your body, or your own desires

Stuck in a version of your life that no longer fits who you've become

Called toward change, but afraid to take the first step

This is not about reinventing yourself. It is about meeting yourself.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Patanjali's Yoga Sutra I.1 — "Atha yoga anushasanam"

The psychology of "rock bottom" as a turning point

Kundalini Yoga as a method of self-knowledge

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If something in this episode landed, our 200h Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in Geneva begins October 31, 2026. Nine months. Fifteen people. One way through. Free of dogma. For people asking what comes next.

👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/kundalini-yoga-training-2026/

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About Imagine Yoga Academy

We are Pedro and Daniela, co-founders of Imagine Yoga Academy. Since 2012, we've trained over 900 Kundalini Yoga teachers across Switzerland (Geneva, Zurich, Lugano), Spain (Madrid, Málaga), India, and online, always free of dogma, taught as a method of self-knowledge rather than a system of rules.

🌿 Our 200h Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in Zürich, Geneva and Lugano from October 2026 to July 2027 Nine months. Fifteen people. One way through. For people asking what comes next. 👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/kundalini-yoga-training-2026/

🌀 Imagine Sangat — our online membership in English A community where your practice can live, even in the busy seasons. Your first step into the Imagine path.

👉 https://www.imagineyogaacademy.com/sangat-kundalini-yoga-online-practice/

🎁 Free gift — Come Back to Yourself: Three guided audios. 5 minutes each.

👉https://imagine-academy.kit.com/e761702a5b

Find us:

Web: www.imagineyogaacademy.com

Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng

YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy

LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy

Love & strength,

Daniela and Pedro

Why is it so hard to stay consistent… even with the things we know make us feel better?

We often think consistency means doing more, doing it perfectly, or doing it every day. But what if that’s not what truly sustains us?

In this episode, Daniela explores a different perspective on consistency, one that moves away from intensity and perfection, and into something more real, more sustainable, and more human.

Blending neuroscience with yogic wisdom, and the practical tools of Kundalini Yoga, she shares what’s really happening when we feel stuck, unmotivated, or disconnected, and why it’s not about discipline.

You’ll understand how the brain creates low-energy loops, why motivation comes after action, and how simple practices—like breath, movement, and meditation, can shift your state and bring you back into alignment.

This is an invitation to stop forcing yourself… and start working with your energy.

Inside the episode:

• Why you’re already consistent (just not always in what serves you)

• How to gently shift low-energy states

• Why small practices are more powerful than intensity

• How Kundalini Yoga helps you regulate your energy and stay connected, even on difficult days

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At Imagine Yoga Academy we help people reconnect with their essence, unlock their potential, and live with authenticity through the wisdom of Kundalini Yoga. With more than 13 years of experience, we’ve trained over 900 teachers and guided thousands of students worldwide. We offer at-home programs, retreats, and internationally recognized teacher trainings in Switzerland, Spain, and India—always free from dogma and with an open, transformative style.
Join Imagine Sangat! A community where your practice can live, even in busy seasons, transitions, and real life.
Click here to enjoy our FREE series of 7 meditations of 7 minutes to cultivate STILLNESS
Follow us and be part of our growing community:

•  www.imagineyogaacademy.com
• Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng
• YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy
• LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy

Love & strength,
Daniela and Pedro.

How do you know if it’s your soul guiding you… or your ego protecting you?

In this episode of The Imagine Podcast, we explore one of the most important inner distinctions you can learn: the difference between the voice of the ego and the voice of the soul.

Most of us have experienced it.

A quiet inner knowing… followed by a louder voice full of doubt, fear, and logic.

But here’s the truth: you’re not confused.

You’re hearing two different intelligences within you.

The challenge is learning which one to trust.

In this conversation, we break down:

• What the ego really is (and why it’s not your enemy)
• How the ego uses fear to protect your identity and comfort
• Why fear itself is not the problem — and how to relate to it consciously
• The subtle but powerful way the soul communicates
• The difference between reacting (ego) and responding (soul)
• How to recognize when fear is informing you vs controlling you
• A simple practice to make clearer, more aligned decisions

This episode is not about eliminating fear.

It’s about understanding it… so it no longer runs your life.

Because clarity doesn’t always come without fear.

But when you learn to listen differently, you stop defaulting to protection…

and start choosing alignment.

If you’ve ever felt torn between what feels safe and what feels true, this episode will help you understand why — and what to do about it.

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At Imagine Yoga Academy we help people reconnect with their essence, unlock their potential, and live with authenticity through the wisdom of Kundalini Yoga. With more than 13 years of experience, we’ve trained over 900 teachers and guided thousands of students worldwide. We offer at-home programs, retreats, and internationally recognized teacher trainings in Switzerland, Spain, and India—always free from dogma and with an open, transformative style.
Join Imagine Sangat! A community where your practice can live, even in busy seasons, transitions, and real life.
Click here to enjoy our FREE series of 7 meditations of 7 minutes to cultivate STILLNESS
Follow us and be part of our growing community:

•  www.imagineyogaacademy.com
• Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng
• YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy
• LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy

Love & strength,
Daniela and Pedro.

In this final episode of the series on the Five Sutras of the Aquarian Age, we explore the fifth and last sutra:

“Vibrate the Cosmos. The Cosmos Shall Clear the Path.”

What does it mean to “vibrate the cosmos”? And how does our inner state shape the way we move through life?

In this conversation, Daniela reflects on the idea that everything is vibration — our thoughts, our emotions, our words, and the energy we bring into every moment. While we cannot control what happens around us, we can influence how we meet life: from fear or from love, from resistance or from alignment.

Drawing on the Kundalini Yoga understanding of Naad — the sound current, this episode explores the transformative power of sound, mantra, and conscious speech. When our frequency shifts, our perception shifts. And often, the path that once seemed blocked begins to reveal itself.

This episode invites you to reflect on a simple but powerful question:

What is the vibration you are contributing to the world?

Because sometimes, when we align our vibration with something larger than our immediate fears, life begins to move with a little more clarity, flow, and coherence.

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At Imagine Yoga Academy we help people reconnect with their essence, unlock their potential, and live with authenticity through the wisdom of Kundalini Yoga. With more than 13 years of experience, we’ve trained over 900 teachers and guided thousands of students worldwide. We offer at-home programs, retreats, and internationally recognized teacher trainings in Switzerland, Spain, and India—always free from dogma and with an open, transformative style.
Join Imagine Sangat! A community where your practice can live, even in busy seasons, transitions, and real life.
Click here to enjoy our FREE series of 7 meditations of 7 minutes to cultivate STILLNESS
Follow us and be part of our growing community:

•  www.imagineyogaacademy.com
• Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng
• YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy
• LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy

Love & strength,
Daniela and Pedro.

In this episode, we continue our journey through the Sutras of the Aquarian Age, arriving at the fourth:
“Understand through compassion, or you will misunderstand the times.”

After exploring relationship, resilience in difficulty, and courage in action, we now turn to perception itself, how we interpret a world moving faster than our nervous systems can easily process.

This conversation unpacks why compassion is not merely kindness, but a form of expanded awareness. When change accelerates, anxiety seeks certainty, and certainty often hardens into judgment. Compassion interrupts that reflex, allowing us to see context, pressure, and the deeper forces shaping behavior, in others and in ourselves.

Drawing from the teachings of Kundalini Yoga, we explore compassion through the lens of the fourth chakra (Anahata) and its connection to the heart, lungs, and thymus gland, a powerful metaphor for intelligent openness: the capacity to stay receptive without losing boundaries.

You’ll hear reflections on:

• Why compassion refines discernment rather than weakening it

• The role of self-compassion in nervous system regulation

• The difference between compassion and pity

• How misunderstanding fuels polarization

• Practical ways to apply this Sutra in daily life and relationships

This episode is an invitation to widen perception in a time of complexity, to move from reactivity to understanding, and from overwhelm to clarity.

Because in an age of constant change, compassion is not a luxury. It is a way of seeing.

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At Imagine Yoga Academy we help people reconnect with their essence, unlock their potential, and live with authenticity through the wisdom of Kundalini Yoga. With more than 13 years of experience, we’ve trained over 900 teachers and guided thousands of students worldwide. We offer at-home programs, retreats, and internationally recognized teacher trainings in Switzerland, Spain, and India—always free from dogma and with an open, transformative style.
Join Imagine Sangat! A community where your practice can live, even in busy seasons, transitions, and real life.
Click here to enjoy our FREE series of 7 meditations of 7 minutes to cultivate STILLNESS
Follow us and be part of our growing community:

•  www.imagineyogaacademy.com
• Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng
• YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy
• LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy

Love & strength,
Daniela and Pedro.

We continue our series on the Five Sutras of Kundalini Yoga for the Aquarian Age with the Third Sutra:

When the time is on you, start and the pressure will be off.

In a world that constantly demands more from us, overwhelm has become almost normal. Deadlines, expectations, unfinished tasks, and the silent weight of what we know we should be doing can build intense internal pressure.

But what if the pressure is not the task itself?

What if the pressure comes from staying in the mind, replaying the past and predicting the future, instead of moving into action?

In this episode, we explore why we cannot think ourselves into right action, and how the simple act of beginning shifts our energy, brings us back into the present, and softens the pressure almost immediately.

You will reflect on:

Why overwhelm grows when we stay in analysis
The difference between thinking and participating
How small, humble steps break paralysis
What it really means to live in alignment in the Aquarian Age

This is not about productivity.

It is about sovereignty.
It is about presence.
It is about remembering that movement reconnects us with our inner guidance.

If something in your life feels heavy right now, this episode is your invitation to stand up and begin.

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At Imagine Yoga Academy we help people reconnect with their essence, unlock their potential, and live with authenticity through the wisdom of Kundalini Yoga. With more than 13 years of experience, we’ve trained over 900 teachers and guided thousands of students worldwide. We offer at-home programs, retreats, and internationally recognized teacher trainings in Switzerland, Spain, and India—always free from dogma and with an open, transformative style.
Click here to enjoy our FREE series of 7 meditations of 7 minutes to cultivate STILLNESS

space that holds your rhythm, especially when life gets in the way
Follow us and be part of our growing community:

•  www.imagineyogaacademy.com
• Instagram: @imagineyogaacademy.eng
• YouTube: Imagine Yoga Academy
• LinkedIn: Imagine Yoga Academy

Love & strength,
Daniela and Pedro.