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Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast Episode #5 - Yoga in Panama with Feliciano Barria Alba

Welcome to Episode #5 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Feliciano Barria Alba onto the show. Feliciano was actually a part of my cohort at Nepal Yoga Home in Kathmandu, and we studied alongside each other as we worked towards our 200hr hatha/vinyasa yoga teacher training certification.

Feliciano is from a small town in Panama, from La Chorrera. As a flight attendant for Emirates airlines, Feliciano has traveled the world. He’s been to 85 different countries so far! Based in the United Arab Emirates, in Dubai, Feliciano is quite the globe trotter.

True to his energy, and lifestyle, Feliciano has picked up lots of skills, talents, and interests along his journey. While this episode is titled “Yoga in Panama,” we talk about a whole lot more than just yoga in Panama!

In this episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast, Feliciano and I will discuss Ho’oponopono, reiki healing, and the law of attraction!

Get ready for a fun and fabulous conversation as we go deeper than just yoga in Panama…

What to expect in Episode #5 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast:

In this episode, Feliciano and I explore the realms of self-healing and healing others through Reiki— as we are both certified Reiki practioners. We’ll also reveal what Ho’oponopono is all about and talk about the four-steps of Ho’oponopono. Interested in positivity? Interested in the law of attraction? Feliciano cultivates the attitude of gratitude and seeks to manifest positivity in his life through the law of attraction. Then, we’ll move on to yoga in Panama! We’ll talk about Catholicism, the culture, and how yoga in Panama really isn’t a big thing yet— it hasn’t taken off! Though, we both think yoga retreats and yoga studios in Panama will surely take off soon. In fact, Feliciano hopes to open his own holistic healing center and yoga retreat venue in Panama one day. Hopefully soon!

For the skimmers - What’s in the Yoga in Panama episode?

Connect with Feliciano

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/felihappyciano

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-new-normal/id1511424080?uo=4

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR_a2MKSKYekDdfBYhh5r3Q

https://open.spotify.com/show/3EZT5H1zNf3sruhtXpBU3s?si=KYChcAn-S4mwUzQzpMaeCA&dl_branch=1

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Welcome to Episode #4 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Ruta Keriane onto the show. She is a yoga teacher and yoga studio owner from Lithuania.

I met Ruta Keriane in Rishikesh in the summer of 2019 at Punyah Yoga. I was taking an Ashtanga Alignment and Adjustment course at Punyah Yoga while Ruta was taking her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training course there as well. When I met Ruta I was amazed. I mean, really and truly amazed. She’s this driven, dynamic 42 year old woman who has two children in their early twenties and she’s never tried yoga before and she is here in India wanting to become a yoga teacher? What!?

What’s even more impressive? Within just a couple months of getting back to Lithuania, she opened up her own studio there. That’s right. This brand new yoga student turned yoga teacher became a studio owner all in the matter of a few months.

Once Ruta knew her path, she wasted no time getting started.

Tell me more about Ruta…

Ruta Keriane is from Lithuania, from a small town called Mazeikiai. She is 44 years old and is mother of two sons who are 24 and 22 years old. Married for 26 years with a Bachelor in law and a Master in business management, Ruta has mostly worked as a commercial and project manager. She is an Ashtanga yoga teacher who opened her own yoga studio, So Hum, and was running it for 1.5 years before moving to Scotland for a year-long business contract.

What to expect in Episode #4 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast:

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Welcome to Episode #3 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Ayn Latonio onto the show. I first met Ayn in Rishikesh, India back in 2018. We were staying in the same hostel and we decided to attend a Hatha Yoga class with the renowned teacher Sri Surinder Singh at Swasti Yoga Shala.

Ayn and I were fast friends, and have stayed in touch as fellow yoga practitioners on the path. Ayn is a yoga teacher in Cebu City, in the Philippines. I actually spent a month teaching yoga in Cebu myself, at Wellnessland, however Ayn was traveling outside of the Philippines and we weren’t able to reconnect in his home city.

In this episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe podcast, we will dive into yoga in the Philippines and learn more about Ayn’s affinity for pranayama and bandhas. For a quick explanation, pranayama is the movement of energy, or our life-force, through the breath. Bandhas are energy locks, using internal muscles (either tensing or relaxing them) to control the flow of energy.

As Ayn says in this podcast episode, “I started off like everyone, it was all about the asanas and strengthening and flexibility. It was all about the physical practice. So when I got introduced to bandhas, it changed my physical practice so much. It made so many postures more accessible that just going into these poses without using the bandhas and brute force— mindless efforts so to say.”

What to expect in Episode #3 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast:

Connect with Ayn Latonio

Personal IG account: https://www.instagram.com/@Ayn_7

Vinyasa Krama IG account: https://www.instagram.com/vinyasakramaphilippines

Ayn’s teacher: https://instagram.com/gokulacandra

Ayn’s first teacher Veer: https://instagram.com/___veer___

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Hemant Singh is the founder of Punyah Yoga, a leading yoga teacher training school in Rishikesh India.

I first took classes with Hemant in Rishikesh in 2018, and continued to take a daily ashtanga course with him for nearly a month. I was struck by the strength of his teaching and by his presence in the shala. He has a keen eye for the tiniest details of each asana and his presence makes you know that he is always watching each infinitesimal movement you make. I certainly progressed in asana practice under his teachings.

I returned to Rishikesh in 2019 and continued to take classes with Hemant, and completed an Ashtanga alignment and adjustment course with him. We have kept in great touch over the years, and I now am a yoga nidra teacher at Punyah Yoga’s online teacher training courses.

How about a bit of his biography? Hemant firmly believes that one has to be strongly passionate about learning yoga in order to reap and experience the benefits of the path of yoga. He has practiced under the guidance of many teachers around the world including Prahlada Ji, Yogi Kamal Singh, and Vijay Mehra Ji. He considers Yogi Kamal Singh his Guru in the journey to Ashtanga Yoga and continues to pass on his teachings through Punyah Yoga School. Hemant’s classes follow the traditional Ashtanga Yoga Method, as it is taught today, with the particular emphasis on discipline being the first and foremost foundation of a Yoga practice.

I was delighted to have Hemant on the Wild Yoga Tribe podcast, to share his philosophies on yoga with you all, dear listeners.

What you can expect to learn from conversation with Hemant Singh on this episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe podcast:

As Hemant says, “Yoga is a journey. It’s very important we don’t get lost in the body and mind only. We have to have one strong calling— why am I here? Who am I? What is my real purpose? Then, you can really go deeper into your own roots.” 

And my favorite quote of the episode— "The body and mind are rented space for the soul."

If you’d like to get in touch with Hemant, you can follow him on Instagram at @hemant_singh06

If you’d like to learn more about Punyah Yoga, one of the industry-leading yoga teacher training schools in Rishikesh, you can visit Punyah Yoga’s instagram account @punyahyoga

Want to learn more about Punyah Yoga? Check out Punyah Yoga’s website at punyahyoga.com

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Tune in to the first official episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! In this episode, I interview my dear friend Farah Mostafa who is from Cairo, Egypt. We first met back in July 2017 in Nepal Yoga Home during our 200hr Yoga Teacher Training. We immediately connected and were basically inseparable during our training. Fast forward a few years, and I was able to visit Farah in Egypt in the summer of 2019 and am planning another visit to see her in the fall of 2021!

Farah has a truly kind spirit. In this episode, you will get a feel for her energy, and for her teaching methodology and style.

An architect and a former gymnast, Farah Mostafa jumped from one sport to another until she found peace, balance and awareness in yoga. Farah stumbled upon her first yoga class while recovering from a back injury, seeing the effect it had on her body, connecting and discovering more about her inner-self was the beginning of the journey. She started digging deeper into a more spiritual practice, then travelled to Nepal to study for her 200 hours teacher training. Farah is currently a full time yoga teacher pursuing her dream job in helping others with their journey to self-discovery and development.

We will talk about what yoga is like in Egypt, whether it’s popular or not, and how she is teaching a very special student— a Paralympic swimmer who is trying to qualify for Tokyo 2021. We’ll also touch on Sufi Yoga, a type of yoga that I had never even heard of before!

Moreover, Farah and I will dive into what yoga has done for Farah on a very personal level. Although she was a competitive athlete, a gymnast, Farah struggled with severe back pain for years, and ultimately herniated her spine which halted her athletic career. Yoga was a gift to Farah “I started going to yoga classes and I loved how it felt, not just physically but spiritually. I was so depressed about my injury. I was so stressed, and feeling so down. I loved how it made me feel. Even though I used to do a lot of sports and move a lot, I wasn’t really connected to my body… I’ve learned so much body awareness though yoga.”

I also want to share with you, dear reader—and listener too I hope!— my favorite moment of my interview with Farah. I asked Farah to define yoga for me. She defined yoga ask alignment.

“Yoga means union in Sanskrit. It’s the union of the body, mind and the soul. Through this we get more aligned— aligned with our bodies, aligned with the moment, aligned with our breath. So alignment allows us to be more in harmony with our thoughts, our actions, our words— which makes us more intone with our purpose, intention, and values. When we are trying to find this harmony, things get aligned and put in the proper place,” says Farah.

If you’d like to get in touch with Farah, you can follow her on Instagram at @farahmostafa.yoga

If you’d like to learn more about Eslam you can visit his instagram account @eslam_abuali

Want to learn more about Sufi Yoga? I know I do! Check out Farah’s Sufi Yoga teacher’s instagram here @elyogiali

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Welcome, welcome, welcome. I’m so happy you are here.

So what is the Wild Yoga Tribe podcast? I'm so glad you asked!

The Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast is a treasury of teachings, conversations, and insight on what yoga is and what yoga offers. It features vulnerable, soul-shifting conversations with yogis and yoga teachers from around the world.

Each week, your host Lily Allen-Duenas, welcomes guests onto the show who are yogis, yoginis, and yoga teachers from around the world. Sharing their insight, wisdom, and expertise on yoga, their own yoga journey, their thoughts on the entire path of yoga, and what yoga is like in their own countries. 

Together, let’s discover how yoga is different in Egypt. Let’s learn about the yoga scene in Lithuania. Let’s talk about how Poland treats and thinks of yoga. The Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast shines a light on the global yoga community, on the entire yoga ecosystem. It's time to open our eyes to the entire world of yoga.

Are you ready to join me on this adventure? Let's dive in.

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