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Welcome to Episode #45 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Nicky Barnes onto the show. She is a yoga teacher from Vanuatu and she's also the co-founder of the leading Yoga Association in Vanuatu. It's donation based and, it has been for 13 years.

My conversation with Nicola Barnes, a yoga teacher from Vanuatu was so delightful as we took a deep dive into the world of her yoga association in Vanuatu. And we also discussed how yoga is an art and an act of coming home. I hope that this conversation made you curious about balance and movement and expression, as well as the act of coming home to yourself without pressure without ego, without ambition, just coming home.

Tell me more about Nicola Barnes

Nicola Barnes started yoga seriously while living in London in the late 1990s. She became a yoga teacher in India at Neyyar Dam Sivinanda Ashram in 2003. Since then, she has taught in the Cayman Islands and in Vanuatu. She is the co-founder of the leading Yoga Association in Vanuatu, which is entirely donation-based and has been for 13 years. All of the yoga teachers in the Vanuatu yoga association volunteer their time. She teaches a mixed Hatha style, which is mostly asana based, but does involve pranayama. She has been teaching yoga for 19 years.

The Vanuatu Yoga Association was set up so that yoga in Port Vila would have a sense of community and longevity.  It also gives a forum for those who love to share their passion for yoga with others to instruct classes.  The Vanuatu Yoga Association aims to support the local community by offering classes that are welcoming and affordable.

What to expect in the Yoga In Vanuatu episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

I loved how Nicola highlighted how yoga exists in the real world— it’s not a cartoon or a Hollywood creation. It exists in the raw, unexpected, natural way of life and of living. She pointed out how Instagram yoga with perfect hair, lovely beauty, and being picture-perfect isn’t how yoga should really be viewed or considered— it’s messy, raw, and includes all the hiccups and bumps in life!

We also dove into how Nicky, along with two other co-founders, dreamed up the Vanuatu yoga association and decided to make it a nonprofit, volunteer based organization. Nicky expressed that, “It's just been amazing that trusting in the goodness of people and trusting that something that doesn't seem to be commercially logical can work.”

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Welcome to Episode #44 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Gergentia Shoombe onto the show. She is a yoga teacher from Namibia. She teaches power yoga, yin yoga, and yoga alignment at the Virgin Active Windhoek clubs and at the Yoga Shala. She has been teaching yoga full time since 2016. After a serious car crash, and doctors saying she’ll never walk again, Gergentia beat the odds through yoga and eastern healing techniques like Qi Gong and Reiki.

My conversation with Gergentia Shoombe, a yoga teacher from Namibia, was so astounding as we took a deep look at the power of the body and spirit to heal. I hope that this conversation gave you a glimpse into how everything can come together even as it falls apart.

If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about inner strength and the strength community gives you, then this is the conversation for you.

What to expect in the Yoga In Namibia episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

After a serious car crash, Gergentia knew she needed healing, and she found meditation. She couldn’t sit, stand, or walk— but she found peace in meditation as she was on her journey of healing.

In the beginning, yoga was simply meditation for her, before she even learned asanas. In all actuality, she didn’t think her body could do asanas, as after the car crash, her doctors thought she would never walk again. She had never even tried asanas before her car crash, and it wasn’t until after she had done some healing therapy work with Qi-Gong and Reiki.

In Swaziland, a monk introduced Gergentia to bhakti yoga and Maha-matra chanting which led her to change her whole life and led her to study holistic healing therapy. She applied to do a yoga teacher training with a the Africa Yoga Project.

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Welcome to Episode #43 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Paulo Martins onto the show, a yoga teacher and yoga studio owner from Portugal. In Lisbon, Paulo is the founder of Yoga Lumiar which is part of the Chintamani Yoga Association. He teaches and practices Babaji's Kryia Yoga which includes initiatic techniques and the following Yoga technical disciplines: Asana, Pranayama, Mantra, Yantra, Mudra, Bhanda, Kryia, Yoganidra, Puja, Manasika, Dhyana and Samadhi.

My conversation with Paulo Martins, a yoga teacher from Portugal, was very grounding as we discussed the spiritual understanding of the origins of yoga. I hope that this conversation made you curious about going deeper on the path of yoga, and exploring it’s origins.

If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about the transformational power of yoga, then this is the conversation for you. Welcome to yoga in Lisboa!

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What to expect in the Yoga In Portugal episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Paulo and I kicked off the conversation by talking about how yoga first came into Paulo’s life. After a heartbreak, his friends recommended yoga. Although he was in the military, he decided to become a yoga teacher and open his own yoga studio— affiliated with the Chintamani Yoga Association.

Chintamani means transformation. Paulo described it as a kind of alchemy. As if they are transforming themselves from the heavy, dullness of our gross bodies into spiritual beings of light. Paulo took us back through the lines of yoga, and explained to us about the origins of yoga and how he seeks to honor them. Of course, he was very explicit that his ultimate goal is Samadhi or liberation.

I found a lot of what Paulo said to be very curious— how he doesn’t like to teach just a single yoga class as he doesn’t find it to be beneficial for the students. And how he walked us through some of the different layers of the practice and path of yoga.

Of course, we wrapped up the episode talking about yoga in Portugal and what Portugal is like to visit.

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Yoga Lumiar Location: Rua Professor João Cândido de Oliveira nº7 Loja D, 1750-230, Lisboa

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Welcome to Episode #42 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Eli Marušić onto the show, a yoga teacher from Croatia who teaches yoga at Studio One, in Split, one of Croatia's first and biggest yoga schools.

My conversation with Eli Marušić was so inspiring as we took a close look at how to integrate yoga into our daily lives, how to develop not just habits, but a perspective as well for how to help you be in alignment with the present moment. If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about looking deeply, seeking connection, and tuning into your heart then this is the conversation for you.

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Tell me more about Eli Marušić

Eli's mission is teaching, and she loves sharing knowledge and experience with others. She strives to help people understand their capacities and live a more meaningful life. Eli was trained in classical ballet and is an avid sport enthusiast who enjoys indoor rowing, swimming, jogging, and cycling. She completed her 500hr yoga teacher training at the Himalayan Institute, and has completed an Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist Training with Kathryn Templeton, and attends Ayurvedic Institute webinars with Dr. Vasant Lad and the AyurPrana Team.

What to expect in the Yoga In Croatia episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Eli and I began our conversation with learning how yoga first came into her life. She first encountered yoga through meditation, and then through books given to her by a friend. At this time, a few decades ago, there were no yoga studios in Croatia. She feels enormous gratitude that she first came to yoga through mediation as Eli says, “After all, yoga is a liberation path to the ultimate truth and to the Supreme. And so meditation is the crown of yoga.”

We then shared our mutual gratitude and respect for Thich Nhat Hanh, which dovetailed into a conversation about finding a teacher wherever you look— whether that is your family, your friends, or a cat. Which then progressed into a conversation about how to integrate yoga in your daily life, touching on Ayurvedic practices and perspectives.

We wrapped up the episode talking about Croatia and about what the yoga scene is like in Croatia now.

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Welcome to Episode #41 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Aurélie Martin Scally, who goes by Lily, is yoga teacher who founded five yoga studios in Morocco onto the Wild Yoga Tribe podcast. She first founded Om Yoga Studios in 2013, and then founded the EPIC Festival in Marrakech in 2019. Since 2019, she also runs EPIC yoga teacher trainings in Morocco. Lily studied ashtanga yoga in Thailand, and Aerial Yoga with Cirque du Soleil artists. For her, a beautiful series of yoga is like a work of art, a mix of technique and intuition.

My conversation with Aurélie Martin Scally, who founded five yoga studios in Morocco, was so incredible as we took a deep dive into the world of studio ownership and how to cultivate energy and spirit in multiple studio centers.

We also discussed yoga as a way to find balance. The world isn’t black or white, and yoga is a way to discover, see, and accept all the variations of color you have inside of you.

What to expect in the Yoga In Morocco episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Aurélie discovered a Bikram yoga studio in Morocco, and after the death of her father, she found strength and solace on the yoga mat. The owner of that Bikram yoga studio, Nabil Scally, would soon become Lily’s husband. After closing the Bikram yoga studio, Lily and Nabil founded Om Yoga Studios in Morocco, first in Casablanca and then later in Marrakech and Dakhla. They now own five yoga studios, and founded EPIC Yoga Festival and EPIC Yoga Teacher Trainings in Morocco, and available online— soon available around the world on their yoga world tour!

During our conversation, Lily and I discussed what it was like to open a yoga studio in Morocco, and the advice she would offer to yoga teachers who hope to open their own yoga studios one day. Her main advice is to be careful to not get lost in the yoga studio area, keep your own personal practice strong and keep teaching. And to also be careful to not teach too much. It can be tempting to teach all-day every day, and also marketing, accounting, planning, and more— so many hats!— but to make sure not to burn yourself out.

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Welcome to Episode #39 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Christina Kyparissa onto the show. She is a yoga teacher from Greece who teaches hatha yoga, pranayama, mantra chanting, and yoga nidra. She has beautifully vibrant energy and she shared her passion for yoga as a healing tool, and as a therapeutic way of getting to know ourselves better and deal with difficulties that arise in our lives.

My conversation with Christina Kyparissa, a yoga teacher from Greece was so intriguing as we talked about yoga as a therapy, as a tool to explore ourselves and to ultimately transform into our better selves. I hope that this conversation made you curious about the therapeutic elements and gifts of yoga, and about what wellness means to you.

If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about acceptance, wellness, and connection then this is the conversation for you.

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Tell me more about Christina Kyparissa

Christina Kyparissa is a yoga teacher from Greece who has been a student of yoga since 2011, and she became a yoga teacher in 2019. She teaches Hatha Yoga, pranayama, and yoga nidra. She leads online workshops and teaches at yoga retreats in the summers in Corfu. She lives in Thessaloniki, Greece and also works as a freelance writer. She leads weekly online yoga classes on Zoom with students from around the world.

What to expect in the Yoga In Greece episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Christina came to yoga looking for a non-extreme, non-aggressive way to move her body. She soon realized that yoga is a powerful tool of healing. After she lost her father in 2015, her yoga practice was a place to heal and to learn to acceptance and to find peace. She teaches yoga to give back what she, herself, has gained from the practice.

She wants to give her students the chance to explore themselves in a smooth way, and give them a therapeutic tool. Yoga, as a lifestyle, one of the goals is to be therapeutic so that we can find our higher selves and to actually deal with who we are, and to see ourselves transforming into our better selves.

Through our conversation, Christina shared her wisdom and grace with us while also sharing what yoga in Greece is like and why Greece is a place that has captured the attention of the world for centuries.

Curious? Tune into the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast to learn more about Christina, and about yoga in Greece.

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Welcome to Episode #39 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Huong Nguyen onto the show. She is a yoga teacher from Vietnam, who is the owner of Om Hanoi: Yoga & Cafe. She teaches yin yoga, therapy yoga, Qi Gong, Tai Chi, and hosts yoga and meditation retreats in Vietnam. She also is a certified embodiment facilitator and is pursing further education in somatic movements.

My conversation with Huong, a yoga teacher from Vietnam, was delightful as we learned more about yoga in Hanoi and about how a rotator cuff injury changed her relationship to yoga and moved her towards Qi Gong, Tai Chi, and embodiment and somatic movement. I hope that this conversation made you curious about spiritual and emotional healing journey that movement can offer.

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Tell me more about Huong Nguyen

Huong Nguyen is a yoga teacher from Vietnam, and the studio owner of Om Hanoi: Yoga & Cafe in Hanoi. Huong started to practice yoga 10 years ago, and was first introduced to yoga through Kundalini yoga. After connecting with a yoga studio in Hanoi that was run by some expats, she was drawn in and found something she felt she had been missing in her life. After completing her 200hr yoga teacher training in Hanoi, she took over Om Hanoi yoga studio and began her teaching career. She completed sever advanced courses, abroad and online, and after suffering from an injury to her rotator cuff— she found herself immersed in the world of Qi Gong and Tai Chi. At first, she thought she was seeking just physical healing, but it turned out to be a mental and also spiritual process.

Since the lockdown, she was drawn to the somatic and embodiment world, which has allowed Huong to deepen her relationship with herself and her own healing journey. After completing her embodiment facilitation and coaching certificates last year, she plans to continue to pursue further education on somatic movements.

What to expect in the Yoga In Vietnam episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Huong and I shared a beautiful conversation, and I really enjoyed her explanation about what Qi Gong really is as well as how she defined what soma and embodiment means as well. She brought her calm and peaceful energy with her throughout the entirety of our conversation and I hope you find a sense of joy when you listen to her stare her story.

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Welcome to Episode #38 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Osman Teezo Kargbo onto the show, a yoga teacher from Sierra Leone who was trained by the Africa Yoga Project. My conversation with Osman Teezo Kargbo, a yoga teacher from Sierra Leone, was so humbling as we looked at Osman’s history and story about how yoga came into his life, and gave him the ability to heal from a lifetime of hardships, trauma, and war. I hope that this conversation made you re-think about what yoga can do for not just an individual person, but for an entire community.

If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about war and peace, and how yoga can be a light in a community, then this is the conversation for you.

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Tell me more about Osman Teezo Kargbo

Osman Teezo Kargbo is a yoga teacher from Sierra Leone, in West Africa. He started his yoga training with Africa Yoga Project in 2018. Since then, he has given yoga outreach to different communities in Sierra Leone. He also hosts yoga workshops with nurses at the biggest nursing School in Sierra Leone, and he aims to become a yoga therapist. He teaches Baptist Vinyasa yoga, yoga for children, meditation, and pranayama.

What to expect in the Yoga In Sierra Leone episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Osman grew up in the midst of wars, and family and societal hardships. He met a yoga teacher with the Africa Yoga Project, Edward Kekura Kamara, who then introduced him to the practice of yoga and then eventually got him involved in the Africa Yoga Project teacher training program. Osman found great healing in through yoga, and is proud to have impacted his community through offering free outreach yoga classes. Osman has also taught yoga at hospitals, and hopes to continue offering healing yoga classes to those who are hospitalized in the future.

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Welcome to Episode #37 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Nubia Teixeira onto the show. My conversation with Nubia Teixeira, a yoga teacher from Brazil, was soul stirring and soul shifting as we took a deep dive into the spiritual sphere of yoga as a way to converse and commune with the divine. I hope that this conversation made something stir inside your being and body. We talked about the essence of yoga being grace and the most vital elements of yoga being listening, feeling, and seeing.

If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about the journey at the heart of yoga then this is the conversation for you.

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Tell me more about Nubia Teixeira

Nubia Teixeira, a Brazilian-born yogini, has devoted herself to teaching many different aspects of yoga and dance for the past 30 years.Perceiving yoga as a healing art, Nubia's refinement and unique style overflows with sacred meaning and heartfelt inspiration. Nubia leads workshops, teacher trainings and retreats locally and around the world.

What to expect in the Yoga In Brazil episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Nubia was “picked up” by yoga when she was 16. The ability to express her feelings and moods was always of great importance to her. Practicing yoga helped her to realize that art and spiritual practices are completely intertwined. Nubia grew up Catholic, and grew up knowing about the divine presence and found yoga to be a great shelter. As Nubia describes it, “Yoga is a way to converse and commune with the divine.”

As a Bhakta, a devotee of the Divine Mother, Nubia feels grace move through her and her life live a river. She shares with us the bounty she has received in this life, and about the three most vital practices of yoga— listening, feeling, and seeing. She also shared a powerful incarnation with us which she teaches her students— ““May I see what I need to see in order to do what I need to do. May I hear what I need to hear in order to say what I need to say. May I feel what I need to feel, in order to heal what I need to heal.”

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BOOK: Yoga and the Art of Mudra (2019)

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Welcome to Episode #36 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Nataša Rhind-Tutt onto the show. She is a yoga teacher from Slovenia who owns a Nataraja Yoga Studio in Ljubljana and is the founder of the summer yoga festival in Ljubljana.

My conversation with Nataša Rhind-Tutt, a yoga teacher from Slovenia, was so fascinating as we took discussed different types of yoga— from Forrest Yoga to Rocket Yoga and how passion, focus, and discipline are the main ingredients in a yoga practice. Her desire and decision to follow her dharma and to protect her freedom is truly inspiring.

If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about honoring your inner voice and setting aside self-doubt to live in alignment with your dharma then this is the conversation for you.

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Tell me more about Nataša Rhind-Tutt

Nataša Rhind-Tutt is the founder and owner of the Nataraja Yoga Studio in Ljubljana. She has been teaching yoga since 2007 and before that was a professional dancer at the Kazina

Dance School and the Slovenian Dance Project. Movement has been a part of her life from the beginning and, after the end of her dance career, yoga, with its highly-evolved philosophy and its holistic approach to life and teachings, seemed the next logical step on her life path. Nataša’s classes are mostly in the dynamic style, combining elements from different yoga disciplines, Pilates, and dance, with fundamental techniques in massage, self-massage, and work in pairs. Deep breathing techniques, mastering of asanas, concentration and meditation often change the lives of those who attend her classes and give them greater insight into themselves, their bodies, and their desires.

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