Accessible Yoga Podcast

The Teaching on Devotion with Kristie Dahlia Home


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In this heartfelt episode, Jivana Heyman reconnects with longtime friend and fellow yoga teacher, Kristie Dahlia Home. The two first met in their 200-hour yoga teacher training in 1995 and together they reflect on the evolution of their practice, their shared history with Integral Yoga, and the role of spiritual community over the decades.

Dahlia shares her radical life decision to live on a boat for five years, her shift into a more intuitive, devotional, and trauma-sensitive approach to teaching, and the way she holds space today through "workshops for living" that center meditation, embodied practice, and spiritual support.

The episode also includes a deep and honest discussion about abuse in yoga lineages, the complexity of separating the teacher from the teachings, Jivana’s personal journey leaving Integral Yoga to create the Accessible Yoga organization. In the Question and Answer segment, a listener question sparks discussion of how the Yoga Sutras offer trauma-informed wisdom.

Topics Covered:

  • Sangha and friendships rooted in spiritual practice
  • Jivana and Dahlia’s shared experience with ministry service
  • Reclaiming meditation as a natural human capacity
  • The devotional practice of yoga through chanting and meditation
  • Cultural appropriation and yoga
  • Yoga teachers as spiritual leaders
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    Annapurne Mantra

    annapūrṇe sadāpūrṇe, śaṃkara prāṇavallabhe, jñāna vairāgya sidhyarthaṃ, bhikṣāṃ dehica pārvati, mātā ca pārvatī devī, pitā devo maheśvaraḥ, bāndhavāḥ śivabhaktāśca, svadeśo bhuvanatrayam

    Salutations to Mother Annapoorna: O mother Annapoorna, You who are always full (with the gift of food and blessings), You who are the beloved of Shankara (Shiva), O mother Parvati, please grant me the alms of your grace, to awaken within me spiritual knowledge (jnana) and detachment, freedom from all worldly desires (vairagya). Salutations to mother Annapoorna, my mother Devi Parvati, and my father, Deva Maheswara (Shiva). My friends are the devotees of Lord Shiva, and my residence is all the three worlds (whose Lord is none other than Shiva-Parvati).

    Aarti Mantra

    jyoti jyoti jyoti swayam, jyoti jyoti jyoti param, jyoti jyoti jyoti arul, jyoti jyoti jyoti Sivam, vaama jyoti soma jyoti, vaana jyoti jnaana jyoti, maaha jyoti yoga jyoti, vaata jyoti naada jyoti, ema jyoti vyoma jyoti, eru jyoti veeru jyoti, eka jyoti eka jyoti, eka jyoti jyotiye

    Light, O light of self-effulgence, Light, O light of absoluteness, Light, O light of gracefulness, Light, O light of auspiciousness, Light of Siva, light of moon, Light divine, light of wisdom, Light of Heaven, light of yoga, Light of wind, light of sound, Light delight, light of water, Rising light, vital light. The only light, the only light, Give us light, O light of lights.

     

    We Want to Hear from You!

    What story, teaching, or practice inspires your yoga journey today? Submit your answer or any other questions you have for Jivana via Google Form: https://forms.gle/NtijeM82dSgU5jVD7 or leave a voice message here (90 second maximum): https://www.speakpipe.com/AccessibleYoga

    Selected responses may be featured in future episodes!

     

    Connect with Dahlia:

    Kristie Dahlia Home (she/her) has been teaching the arts of wellbeing and healing with devotion for 30 years. Dahlia is a voracious learner with training in Instinctive Meditation, Yoga, Thai Massage, Reiki, Intuitive Healing, and Chi Nei Tsang. She has taught people of every age and state of health, including extensive work at UCSF and California Pacific Medical Centers. Her students say that they appreciate her warmth, contagious love of life, and keen attention to the unique needs of each individual. She currently teaches online and at her home in Port Townsend, Washington; more at beloved.org.

    beloved.org | FB: Kristie Dahlia Home, Insta: @priestess_of_the_mystery, Bluesky: @kristiedahlia.bsky.social

     

    Connect with Jivana:

    Check out Jivana’s books, Accessible Yoga, Yoga Revolution, and The Teacher’s Guide to Accessible Yoga, and get more information about Accessible Yoga at accessibleyoga.org

    www.jivanaheyman.com | @jivanaheyman | facebook.com/jivanaheyman

     

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    Credit: Mikus Dharma (they/them), AYP Podcast Sound Engineer

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