The Yogi's Roadmap: Off the beaten path to breakthrough experiences

Four years of podcasting together. Bhāvani and Shinay speak about the gems of Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra as poems that keep unfolding and guiding their journeys in unique and similar ways. Shinay reveals inspiration from her 20-year anniversary in yoga. Bhāvani gives insights about the ritual of yoga as a way to support ourselves through all that we are going through in life. 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.substack.com Intro and Outro Music by: Emmaneulle Martin (@emmakka) https://www.emmanuellemartinmusic.com/biographie and Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/emmakka

Bhāvani Maki and Shinay Tredeau are back, live with another great conversation. This one sparks many aha! moments and pulls on many threads including: Shinay’s current insights about what true freedom (in moving the body) means; what happens when we sever Yoga from its indigenous roots; being able to ask the right questions; and having the courage to be a lover of the great mystery of the unknown. Mark your calendars: Online Sūtra Wisdom Series: Kaivalya Pāda begins Wednesday, September 9th 2026 and Bhavani’s in-person Training and Immersion begins January 2027: The Science of Yoga: Anatomy, Physiology and Bio-Tensegrity. 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.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 sūtra is about learning to shift our point of view. When we practice letting go, remember we’re not going to lose anything that has enduring value; about simplicity and taking on practices that are cathartic so that we have the capacity to loosen worn-out behaviors. To reconnect with banished parts of self. Through profound meditation to have direct experience of Divinity and The Sacred.

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.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 conversation got cut short, nevertheless, we felt it was too juicy not to let you listen. We’ll pick back up where we left off in the next episode. In this dialogue, Bhāvani speaks about Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra wisdom for our current time; about tapping into our own genius instead of trying to reproduce yoga in a certain way; and about tapping into your own body language to “Bring the aliveness of the moment forward… there is wisdom inside of you that can’t be spoken.”

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

Summary: “You’re being introduced to a new way of exploring self and Self,” says Bhāvani Maki. In this conversation Bhāvani speaks about her perspective on the often misunderstood maxims of “yoga on the mat” and “yoga off that mat;” doing “real yoga” and doing “real life.” Bhāvani shares the teachings of her teachers on how we might work with fear/anxiety/stress in this world which is continually in flux. “Tune into yourself, if you are living yoga as a living science and art, it’s going to be more eclectic and innovative.” 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.substack.com Intro and Outro Music by: Emmaneulle Martin (@emmakka) https://www.emmanuellemartinmusic.com/biographie and Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/emmakka

Summary: Bhāvani speaks about the essential role of a Yoga teacher and elucidates on practicing and teaching Yoga through the perspective of bio-tensegrity. She touches on the importance of Yoga teachers learning how to read bodies, which is one of the key elements she teaches in her Yoga trainings. “Come back to when movement had meaning,” Bhāvani tells us with humor and conviction. 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.substack.com Intro and Outro Music by: Emmaneulle Martin (@emmakka) https://www.emmanuellemartinmusic.com/biographie and Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/emmakka

A full-length class from Bhāvani’s Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Group where she unpacks Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra III.42. “Śhrotrākāśhayoḥ sambandha saṁyamāddivyaṁ śhrotram: Complete concentration on the interrelation between the atmosphere and the ear brings an ability to hear of a most high order.” 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.substack.com Intro and Outro Music by: Emmaneulle Martin (@emmakka) https://www.emmanuellemartinmusic.com/biographie and Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/emmakka

Summary: Bhavani shares her wisdom from her own near death experience. She talks about how we might practice in our daily lives to begin to not be so afraid of death and dying. She goes on to give us a taste of somatic practices we can work with to unburden ourselves in real time. Bhavani gives us graceful and potent ways we might speak about death to each other and to children that is not scary but instead filled with wonder and appreciation for the beauty of living. 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.substack.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 magic is pulled forth. Bhāvani speaks about the significance of origin and originality; the alchemy of living; The importance of not needing to prove our life to anyone anymore; and restoring the functionality of Yoga. 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.substack.com Intro and Outro Music by: Emmaneulle Martin (@emmakka) https://www.emmanuellemartinmusic.com/biographie and Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/emmakka

Summary: Do you want the Real Stuff when it comes to Yoga? Then this conversation is for you. Bhāvani shares about what is required to really access spirituality through embodiment; she implores us to ask deeper questions: “Are we interested in achievements, or are we interested in the field happening within us?” Bhāvani speaks to the tendency toward dissociation in spiritual disciplines, and how to move beyond performative spiritual practice. Bhāvani conveys the importance of learning to trust our own unique voice and how to listen to our inner wisdom. She concludes with sharing potent, practical tools for the embodiment of voice. 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.substack.com Intro and Outro Music by: Emmaneulle Martin (@emmakka) https://www.emmanuellemartinmusic.com/biographie and Emmanuelle on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/emmakka