The Yoga Voice

The Yoga Voice is biweekly podcast from CITYOGA, hosted by Dave Sims E-RYT 500, owner CITYOGA School of Yoga & Health. Each episode of The Yoga Voice contains conversations with yoga teachers and practitioners from around the world and throughout the Midwest. Our discussions explore how yoga inspires and transforms.

In this Bonus meditation episode host Dave Sims, E-RYT500, owner of Cityoga School of Yoga and Health, delivers a silent seated meditation practice with a focus on finding stillness in the rhythms. This practice is great for those new to meditation or anyone wishing to embrace a little reprieve during the day or night. This time of stillness, breathing with awareness benefits our body, mind and spirit by relieving stress and tension from the subtle layers of the human body.

Hope you enjoy listening, please help support our show by subscribing so we can continue to bring you these insightful and inspirational conversations with yogis near and far, we welcome your comments. [email protected]

The Yoga Voice is biweekly podcast from CITYOGA, hosted by Dave Sims E-RYT 500, owner CITYOGA School of Yoga & Health. Each episode of The Yoga Voice contains conversations with yoga teachers and practitioners from around the world and throughout the Midwest. Our discussions explore how yoga inspires and transforms.

In this episode host Dave Sims, E-RYT500, owner of Cityoga School of Yoga and Health, chats with Yoga teacher, studio owner, mother of two, and local food catalyst, Natasha Walters. We discussed Natasha’s passion for yoga and her transformative journey. Natasha is involved in amazing work doing big things in her small community of Logansport Indiana. We chatted about how her yoga journey landed her in Indiana and the adventures of owning yoga studios. We learned about Natasha’s transformational trip to Rishikesh, India and her continued efforts to provide support to their community through Ramanas Garden Children’s Home. Hope you enjoy listening, please help support our show by subscribing so we can continue to bring you these insightful and inspirational conversations with yogis near and far, we welcome your comments. [email protected]

Resources mentioned in podcast:
The Local Food Revolution: How Humanity Will Feed Itself in Uncertain Times
by Michael Brownlee (Author)

https://www.ramanas.org/

https://insightgardenprogram.org/volunteer/

Find out more about Natasha and follow her adventures on social media:

https://www.bodyworks-studio.com/

https://www.facebook.com/RamanasGardenChildrensHome/

The Yoga Voice is biweekly podcast from CITYOGA, hosted by Dave Sims E-RYT 500, owner CITYOGA School of Yoga & Health. Each episode of The Yoga Voice contains conversations with yoga teachers and practitioners from around the world and throughout the Midwest. Our discussions explore how yoga inspires and transforms.

In this Bonus meditation episode host Dave Sims, E-RYT500, owner of Cityoga School of Yoga and Health, delivers a deep relaxation process known as Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep) designed to help listeners to manifest desires from their hearts. You choose your focus whether it’s compassion, health, confidence, healing, wellbeing, awakening, spirituality, acceptance, trust, enlightenment, Love or something else. Perfect to listen to and relax before bed after a long day.
Hope you enjoy listening, please help support our show by subscribing so we can continue to bring you these insightful and inspirational conversations with yogis near and far, we welcome your comments. [email protected]

The Yoga Voice is biweekly podcast from CITYOGA, hosted by Dave Sims E-RYT 500, owner CITYOGA School of Yoga & Health. Each episode of The Yoga Voice contains conversations with yoga teachers and practitioners from around the world and throughout the Midwest. Our discussions explore how yoga inspires and transforms.

In this bonus episode host Dave Sims, E-RYT500, owner of Cityoga School of Yoga and Health, explores a meditation practice on simply being present. We learn to cease the warring thoughts of the mind, rest in the present moment, and experience our true nature.
This practice will give you a starting point to develop an inner awareness to the workings of the mind, of how we show up in life.

Hope you enjoy listening, experiencing and reducing stress in your mind and in your body. Look for more of these bonus episodes coming regularly featuring discussion on meditation practices and experiencing a guided meditation.

Find out more at www.cityoga.biz

Contact [email protected]

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

https://rolfgates.com/

Tim Feldmann – Yoga Sacred Practice

The Yoga Voice is biweekly podcast from CITYOGA, hosted by Dave Sims E-RYT 500, owner CITYOGA School of Yoga & Health. Each episode of The Yoga Voice contains conversations with yoga teachers and practitioners from around the world and throughout the Midwest. Our discussions explore how yoga inspires and transforms.

In this episode host Dave Sims, E-RYT500, owner of Cityoga School of Yoga and Health, dives in deep with authorized ashtanga teacher, director of the Miami Life Center and facilitator of workshops throughout the America, Asia, Europe and Australia, Tim Feldmann.

We chat about Tim’s journey through yoga, his evolution and a yoga practitioner and teacher. I found Tim has a deep thirst for learning and seeking wisdom from the yoga sutras and many of the other ancient texts. Our conversation flowed through many topics and was a pleasure to hear his insights. Hope you enjoy listening, please help support our show by subscribing so we can continue to bring you these insightful and inspirational conversations with yogis near and far, we welcome your comments. [email protected]


See what Tim’s up to below as well as his teaching schedule and look for him at Cityoga School of Yoga and Health in the fall of 2020 www.cityoga.biz

https://miamilifecenter.com/

https://timfeldmann.com/

https://www.facebook.com/timfeldmannashtangayoga/

https://www.instagram.com/timfeldmannyoga/

The Yoga Voice is biweekly podcast from CITYOGA, hosted by Dave Sims E-RYT 500, owner CITYOGA School of Yoga & Health. Each episode of The Yoga Voice contains conversations with yoga teachers and practitioners from around the world and throughout the Midwest. Our discussions explore how yoga inspires and transforms.

In this bonus episode host Dave Sims, E-RYT500, owner of Cityoga School of Yoga and Health, explores a loving-kindness practice. In this practice which is based on a form of metta meditation designed to expand the sense of love, kindness, compassion and caring within yourself, family, friends and whomever you choose. This practice will leave you with a feeling of calm renewal and gentle softening of your heart.

Hope you enjoy listening, experiencing and reducing stress in your mind and in your body. Look for more of these bonus episodes coming regularly featuring discussion on meditation practices and experiencing a guided meditation.

Find out more at www.cityoga.biz

Contact [email protected]

More about Metta
Metta, often translated as “loving-kindness,” grows from our innate capacity for basic human caring and connection. It can be cultivated as a powerful support for well-being, concentration, and the deepening of insight meditation practice.
from Spirit Rock Center
https://www.spiritrock.org/homepage

The Yoga Voice is biweekly podcast from CITYOGA, hosted by Dave Sims E-RYT 500, owner CITYOGA School of Yoga & Health. Each episode of The Yoga Voice contains conversations with yoga teachers and practitioners from around the world and throughout the Midwest. Our discussions explore how yoga inspires and transforms.

In this bonus episode host Dave Sims, E-RYT500, owner of Cityoga School of Yoga and Health, explores a deep relaxation practice. In this practice which is based on a form of yoga nidra, (also known as yogic sleep) you are guided to allow your body to completely relax while your mind remains alert and awake. The benefit of this practice is your brain waves slow down and you move through various levels of relaxation (alpha, beta, theta and delta brain frequencies). Tapping into these various levels of relaxation you awake to find yourself renewed and restored.

Hope you enjoy listening, experiencing and reducing stress in your mind and in your body. Look for more of these bonus episodes coming regularly featuring discussion on meditation practices and experiencing a guided meditation.

Find out more at www.cityoga.biz

Contact: [email protected]

More about yoga nidra:
How Yoga Nidra Can Help You Get More Sleep
https://www.yogajournal.com/meditation/your-brain-on-yoga-nidra

The Yoga Voice is biweekly podcast from CITYOGA, hosted by Dave Sims E-RYT 500, owner CITYOGA School of Yoga & Health. Each episode of The Yoga Voice contains conversations with yoga teachers and practitioners from around the world and throughout the Midwest. Our discussions explore how yoga inspires and transforms.

In this episode host Dave has Taylor Hunt (author, father of three, authorized level 2 ashtanga yoga teacher, director of the Trini Foundation), on the show for a second time around. Dave’s conversation with Taylor explores how his life journey has continued to evolve even amidst the turmoil of life.

In our last show with Taylor we heard how he emerged from the dark pit of despair in the world of addiction to becomes the vibrant man he is today. In this episode we learn of the powerful impact his recent trip studying with his teacher in Mysore has had on his life, practice and spiritual transformation. Hope you enjoy listening, please subscribe so we can continue to bring you these insightful and inspirational conversations with yogis near and far, we welcome your comments.


Learn more about what Taylor is up to below

https://www.taylorhuntyoga.com/

http://www.ashtangayogacolumbus.com/

https://www.trinifoundation.org/

Trini Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to introducing the transformational practice of Ashtanga yoga to individuals struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.

Follow Taylor

https://www.facebook.com/taylorhuntyoga/

https://www.instagram.com/taylorhuntyoga/

The Yoga Voice is biweekly podcast from CITYOGA, hosted by Dave Sims E-RYT 500, owner CITYOGA School of Yoga & Health. Each episode of The Yoga Voice contains conversations with yoga teachers and practitioners from around the world and throughout the Midwest. Our discussions explore how yoga inspires and transforms.

In this bonus episode host Dave Sims, E-RYT500, owner of Cityoga School of Yoga and Health, explores the concept of stillness, stilling the body, stilling the mind. Through a guided meditation we explore how we can begin to notice the silence between the thoughts and create stillness in your body and in your mind. This short meditation is great for those starting a meditation practice as well as those wanting to restart a previous meditation practice.

Hope you enjoy listening, experiencing and reducing stress in your mind and in your body. Look for more of these bonus episodes coming regularly featuring discussion on meditation practices and experiencing a guided meditation.

Find out more at www.cityoga.biz

Contact [email protected]

Quote mentioned in this podcast from
A Lamp in the Darkness: illuminating the path through difficult times By Jack Kornfield

The Yoga Voice is biweekly podcast from CITYOGA, hosted by Dave Sims E-RYT 500, owner CITYOGA School of Yoga & Health. Each episode of The Yoga Voice contains conversations with yoga teachers and practitioners from around the world and throughout the Midwest. Our discussions explore how yoga inspires and transforms.

In this bonus meditation episode host Dave Sims introduces our listening audience to the practice of meditation. He discusses finding a comfortable seat as a starting point for meditation. Dave shares some tips for an effective and sustainable meditation practice. Listeners have an opportunity to experience a brief guided meditation. Finally, we explore creating a meditation spot at home where you can find a reprieve from whatever stressors that may be showing up in your life.

Hope you enjoy listening, experiencing and reducing stress in your mind and in your body. Look for more of these bonus episodes coming regularly featuring discussion on meditation practices and experiencing a guided meditation. Please help support our podcasts by subscribing and you will be the first to know when new episodes and meditations are published.

Find out more at www.cityoga.biz

Contact:
[email protected]