Summary: Bhavani speaks about what is inspiring her right now in Yoga and in structural integration. She speaks about what is troubling her and about how she has come to a place of finally feeling freed up in her own body, practice and work. Show Notes: Bhāvani Silvia Maki, international yoga teacher and author.

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Podcast Host: Shinay Tredeau.

Intro and Outro Music by: Emmaneulle Martin (@emmakka) and on Soundcloud.

Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra IV.34 From the Yoga Sūtra Mentorship + Wisdom Series Summary: Bhāvani unpacks Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra IV.34. This final Sūtra in the Kaivalya Pāda, fourth chapter, speaks to the aims of life and returning to the central organ of an unburdened heart. To tend to the fire and transmission through becoming deeply interested in what fills us with light. “This is a process of unearthing and returning to our wild and holy self.”   

Show Notes: Bhāvani Silvia Maki, international Yoga teacher and author: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/  

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Podcast Host: Shinay Tredeau: https://shinaytredeau.substack.com  

Intro and Outro Music by: Emmaneulle Martin (@emmakka) https://www.emmanuellemartinmusic.com/biographie and Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/emmakka

Summary: This is our second conversation with Sherry Cassedy. Sherry shares about her book, “Marriage Unveiled: The Promise, Passion, and Pitfalls of Imperfectly Ever After. “The edge of transformation is not pretty or comfortable.” Sherry and Bhavani share their collective wisdom as practitioners and friends in this honest and juicy conversation about the “Layers of letting go, the tension of growing [up], and keeping our vision on the long haul for life and for yoga. “Lean into grace, hold the mystery, and let go into that mystery.” Show Notes: Special Guest Sherry Cassedy: marriage-unveiled.org Bhavani Maki: bhavanimaki.com Purchase your copy of The Yogi’s Roadmap: The Patañjali Yoga Sūtra as a Journey to Self Realization: bhavanimaki.com/store Online Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program & Sūtra Wisdom School: bhavanimaki.com/yoga-sutra Shinay Tredeau: shinaytredeau.substack.com Intro and outro music by: Emmaneulle Martin: emmanuellemartinmusic.com Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/emmakka

Summary: This is a juicy conversation! We invited Sherry Cassedy on the podcast to explore the interface of Yoga and the Catholic teachings. Sherry shares from her deep well of experience—she’s a wife, mother and grandmother, a published author, holds a master's degree in transpersonal psychology, is a life-long practitioner of Catholic mysticism, a lover and teacher of Yoga, a lawyer for over 35 years, and a long-time student and teacher of Patanjali’s Yoga Sūtra. Listen in to this candid conversation filled with insights and inspiration. Show Notes: Special Guest Sherry Cassedy: marriage-unveiled.org Bhavani Maki: bhavanimaki.com Purchase your copy of The Yogi’s Roadmap: The Patañjali Yoga Sūtra as a Journey to Self Realization: bhavanimaki.com/store Online Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program & Sūtra Wisdom School: bhavanimaki.com/yoga-sutra Shinay Tredeau: shinaytredeau.substack.com Intro and outro music by: Emmaneulle Martin: emmanuellemartinmusic.com Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/emmakka

Summary: In this episode, Bhavani deepens our understanding of the third chapter of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, the Vibhuti Pada. “It’s actually quite practical and grounded,” she says. “This particular chapter is about tuning into the realms that don’t have form and developing intimacy with yourself.” Bhavani also further unpacks Yoga as an animistic tradition. “Life is not confined through what we can write down through taxonomy… we learn to drop into a deeper remembrance of our own origins and source.” Show Notes: Bhavani Maki: bhavanimaki.com Purchase your copy of The Yogi’s Roadmap: The Patañjali Yoga Sūtra as a Journey to Self Realization: bhavanimaki.com/store Online Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program & Sūtra Wisdom School: bhavanimaki.com/yoga-sutra Shinay Tredeau: shinaytredeau.substack.com Intro and outro music by: Emmaneulle Martin: emmanuellemartinmusic.com Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/emmakka

Summary: In this conversation Bhāvani shares what she’s learning in her current undertaking of Ida Rolf Structural Integration. Bhāvani elucidates on her experience of shifting from yoga as a “performative experience” to one of experiential education, “Right knowledge does nothing for our soul. It’s more about the process of liberation from constricting ideals,” says Bhāvani. Once again we are reminded of our ability to “feel/see” and to trust in our organic intelligence.

Show Notes: Needle Tower - tensegrity model Strolling Under the Skin

Bhavani Maki: bhavanimaki.com

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Shinay Tredeau: shinaytredeau.substack.com

Intro and outro music by: Emmaneulle Martin: emmanuellemartinmusic.com Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/emmakka

Summary: Shinay asks Bhāvani about working with regret on the yogic path. Bhāvani speaks about the constellations of life, waves of development, and cycles of regression. They talk about having a “Comfortable level of tension,” and the nature of time. Bhāvani gives practical practices to ground yourself in the moment and answers the question, “Do you feel that there is such a thing as wasted time?” Show Notes: Bhāvani Silvia Maki, international Yoga teacher and author: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/ Join the Online Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program and Sūtra Wisdom School: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/yoga-sutra Get your copy of The Yogi’s Roadmap: The Patañjali Yoga Sūtra as a Journey to Self Realization: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/offers/iS6E2ioL/checkout Podcast Host, Shinay Tredeau: https://shinaytredeau.com/ Intro and Outro Music by: Emmaneulle Martin (@emmakka) https://www.emmanuellemartinmusic.com/biographie and Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/emmakka

Summary: In this conversation Bhāvani and Shinay talk about the “Yoga of Motherhood,” the tender, sweet individuation process that both parent and child undertake. Bhavani says, “It’s about loosening the reins and holding space to work with our own impulses and frustrations, practicing a different kind of patience. It’s the yogik path of seeing, clearly What Is.”

Show Notes: Bhāvani Silvia Maki, international yoga teacher and author: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/ Join the Online Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program and Sūtra Wisdom School: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/yoga-sutra Get your copy of The Yogi’s Roadmap: The Patañjali Yoga Sūtra as a Journey to Self Realization: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/offers/iS6E2ioL/checkout Podcast Host, Shinay Tredeau: https://shinaytredeau.com/ Intro and Outro Music by: Emmaneulle Martin (@emmakka) https://www.emmanuellemartinmusic.com/biographie and Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/emmakka

Bhāvani talks about her forthcoming book, the insights she’s gained from completing the Kaivalya Pāda, the fourth chapter of Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra, with her Online Mentorship Group, and what she’s looking forward to in unpacking the Vibhuti Pada, the third chapter, starting January 29, 2025. Shinay and Bhavani take a deep dive into Bhavani’s shifting focus from finding the “perfect shape” in yogāsana to, “Exploring dynamic embodiment through somatic experiencing.” Show Notes: Bhāvani Silvia Maki, international yoga teacher and author: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/ Join the Online Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program and Sūtra Wisdom School: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/yoga-sutra Get your copy of The Yogi’s Roadmap: The Patañjali Yoga Sūtra as a Journey to Self Realization: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/offers/iS6E2ioL/checkout Podcast Host, Shinay Tredeau: https://shinaytredeau.com/ Intro and Outro Music by: Emmaneulle Martin (@emmakka) https://www.emmanuellemartinmusic.com/biographie and Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/emmakka

Summary: This is part two of a full-length recording of one of Bhāvani Maki’s classes in the Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program and Sūtra Wisdom School. From the second book, Sādhana Pāda, of the Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali, this teaching gives us a step by step process to observe our hooks and how to eventually take the leap out of our problem addiction and reminds us, “Don't gorge on poisoned honey.” The Yogi-in-training embraces pain as the force of evolution and as an opportunity to look closer. YS II.16 Heyaṁ duḥkham anāgatam: The avoidable pain that is yet to come, can be and should be avoided. Divyadṛṣṭi: Personal Insight Questions: What is the pain body you inherited? How have you explored Amor Fati? In what areas of your life do you try to avoid pain? What areas do you face into it? life, body, mind How do you respond when you are at the threshold? Have you felt pain without suffering?

Show Notes: Bhāvani Silvia Maki, international yoga teacher and author: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/

Join the Online Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program and Sūtra Wisdom School: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/yoga-sutra

Get your copy of The Yogi’s Roadmap: The Patañjali Yoga Sūtra as a Journey to Self Realization: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/offers/iS6E2ioL/checkout Podcast

Host, Shinay Tredeau: https://shinaytredeau.com/

Intro and Outro Music by: Emmaneulle Martin (@emmakka) https://www.emmanuellemartinmusic.com/biographie and Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/emmakka