By Lily Allen-Duenas
The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.
Welcome to Episode #25 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Pazit Barak and Kobi Tov onto the show. They are yoga teachers from Israel who own a retreat center in Cambodia, called Vagabond Temple.
My conversation with Pazit and Kobi was so powerful as we took a deep dive into the spiritual understanding of yoga and the world of modern yoga. I hope that this conversation made you want to take a deeper look into the the role yoga plays in modern life and in your life. We talked about their yoga retreat center in Kep, and about the yoga scene in Israel as well.
We also talked about how we, as people, have different forces that take us in different directions and how bringing the different aspects of ourselves in alignment allows us to really connect ourselves with who we truly are. I also loved how we talked about sharing the spiritual path with your partner and how this effects and strengthens your relationships.
If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about the spiritual aspects and the elements of yoga then this is the conversation for you.
Tell me more about Pazit Barak and Kobi Tov …
Pazit and Kobi Tov are yoga teachers from Israel are co-founders and owners of Vagabond Temple Yoga, Meditation, and Healing School in Kep, Cambodia. They opened the doors to Vagabond Temple 8 years ago on the southern coast of Cambodia in Kep, with the intention to create a space and place where people could connect with the divinity inside of themselves. In case you were wondering, yes, they are a married couple and they both teach Iyengar yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Meditation, and Healing. They have both studied extensively from renowned teachers like the Taoist Master Mantak Chia, Prashnat Iyengar, and more.
For the skimmers - What’s in the Israel episode?
Thank you so much for taking a look at— and hopefully tuning in to— the Yoga in Israel episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast with Pazit Barak and Kobi Tov.
Connect with Pazit and Kobi
vagabondtemple.com
https://www.instagram.com/vagabondtemple/
https://www.facebook.com/VagabondTemple/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHFXBlWOJE_VF5ZWFEp6orw
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Welcome to Episode #24 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Orsi Kinka onto the show. She is a yoga teacher from Hungary. She started teaching yoga in 2014 and has taught yoga in Hungary, Czech Republic, India, and Thailand. She offers online yoga classes and coaching. She teaches many different types of yoga, yet where she feel the most connected is in teaching relaxing and restorative yoga, combining pranayama with meditation for stress reduction.
Tell me more about Orsi Kinka
Orsi Kinka was a competitive rower and worked as a finance manager. When she was first introduced to yoga in 2010, she quickly fell in love with it and took her 200hr yoga teacher training course in 2013 in Budapest. She started yoga teaching in 2014 in Budapest before moving to India to assist in yoga teacher trainings at Tattva Yoga under Kamal in Rishikesh, India. Orsi worked there for a year, before moving to Phuket, Thailand to teach yoga, meditation, and pranayama for three years at Amatara Hotel and Jungle Healing Center. She has now returned to Budapest and teaches yoga in Hungary at local studios and online.
What to expect in the Yoga In Hungary episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast
My conversation with Orsi Kinka, a yoga teacher from Hungary, was so fruitful as she offered up advice to the next generation of yoga teachers. Of course, Orsi shared her story, as well as how yoga transformed her into a more confident, vibrant person. I loved Orsi’s definition of yoga— yoga is being aware of your own life. Yoga is a never ending story.
If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about how yoga can change you for the better then this is the conversation for you.
We talks talked about the difficulties she’s currently facing given the current state of the world, with the pandemic and now as we are progressing towards the shadow of the pandemic. The difficulty, of course, being how rare face-to-face teaching is nowadays. She thinks maybe one in five instructions are actually being absorbed by the student per asana, per posture. Yet, she is teaching yoga online, as well as in person yoga classes in Hungary.
Orsi gives advice to yoga teachers who are teaching on-line, as well as her top three pieces of advice she’d like to offer up to the next generation of yoga teachers. I won’t spoil them here— you’ll have to listen to the podcast yourself or read the podcast transcription below on my website!
For the skimmers - What’s in the Hungary episode?
Connect with Orsi Kinka
www.enjoythebreath.com
https://www.instagram.com/enjoy.the.breath/
https://www.facebook.com/enjoythebreath
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWPDC5xRAwosEzYlZ3tZ_Rg
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Welcome to Episode #23 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Shannon Crow onto the show. She is a yoga teacher from Canada. My conversation with Shannon Crow was so informative as we took a deep dive into the world of pelvic health—understanding how it works, what tension we carry there, and about the root chakra.
We talked about yoga in Canada being vast, but now the yoga scene in Canada is now looking to recenter and to really understand the roots of yoga with more education and ethical awareness.
We also talked about the niche work and why it's important for yoga teachers to find their specialities, and also what that looked like for Shannon.If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode all about pelvic health—the science and magic of the human body, then this is the conversation for you.
Shannon Crow is such a phenomenal resource. As a yoga teacher, yoga podcaster, and yoga entrepreneur, I feel like I could have talked to Shannon crow for hours and hours. The focus of our episode was on Shannon’s two professional pillars— pelvic health and niche work for yoga teachers.
Curious about yoga in Canada? Readers, read on!
Tell me more about Shannon Crow…
Shannon Crow is the host of The Connected Yoga Teacher podcast and a consultant for yoga teachers. She shares what she has learned (and continues to learn) as a yoga entrepreneur. She became a yoga teacher in 2006 and continues to teach weekly group and private classes in Owen Sound, Ontario, with a specialty in Yoga for Pelvic Health. And she is also the co-founder of the MamaNurture Prenatal Yoga School and she developed the Yoga for Pelvic Health Teacher Training.
For the skimmers - What’s in the Canada episode?
Guides & Resources
https://pelvichealthprofessionals.com/pelvic-floor-anatomy-function/
Connect with Shannon Crow
https://www.theconnectedyogateacher.com/
https://pelvichealthprofessionals.com/
https://www.facebook.com/watch/connectedyogateacher/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/connectedyogateacher
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Welcome to Episode #22 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Amina onto the show. She is a yoga teacher from Switzerland, who teaches yoga in Switzerland and abroad! She hosts yoga retreats and classes in Italy, Morocco, Spain, and more. She’s a dedicated Ashtanga Vinyasa practitioner, who has spent extensive amount of times studying in Mysore, India.
My conversation with Amina Luc was so much fun, she is so filled with light and laughter and it comes through every minute of our time together. I hope that this conversation gave you a deeper look into yoga in India compared to yoga in the West, specifically in Europe. We talked about the discipline and devotion of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, and about inner transformation, and teachers being everywhere.
If you’re looking to tune into a podcast that is illuminates the path of yoga as a lifestyle with devotion and the heart of it all, then this is the conversation for you.
Yoga in Switzerland— away we om!
Tell me more about Amina Luc…
At a young age, Amina Luc began classical dance training at the Friborg Conservatory. Several years later, she discovered Hatha Yoga, and eventually found herself in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga – the style to which she now devotes herself. She has completed over 600 hours of training, Amina travels to India regularly, returning to Mysore each year to practice under her masters Vijay and Vinay Kumar. Amina is also a Reiki Master and a full-time yoga teacher in Switzerland.
What to expect in the Yoga In Switzerland episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast
Amina Luc feels like an old friend. She has a bright and beautiful soul, and so much devotion to the path of yoga. She’s taken multiple trips to India to study under her teachers in Mysore, and actually spent 15 months in India during the pandemic! She firmly believes that yoga is a way of living, it’s not just some philosophy to talk about and ponder on. She has a solid, dedicated daily sadhana practice and also tunes in to the needs of her body and being, and adjusts her practice accordingly.
In our conversation in the Yoga in Switzerland podcast episode, Amina and I talk about what about Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga resonates so profoundly with Amina, what her daily sadhana looks like, the most inspirational moment she’s experienced as a teacher, and her personal definition of yoga as well! We even talk about how yoga and surfing is similar— both are passions of Aminas.
Tune in to hear all about Amina’s beautiful journey.
For the skimmers - What’s in the Switzerland episode?
Thank you so much for tuning in the Yoga in Switzerland episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast with Amina. Our conversation was stirring, significant, and downright beautiful.
Connect with Amina Luc
https://www.instagram.com/amina.yoga/
https://www.aminayoga.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ashtangayogavalais
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https://wildyogatribe.com/thepodcast/
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Welcome to Episode #21 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Jeni Louise onto the show. She is yoga teacher from England and is the co-founder of the wellness company Innerhealer 4D.
Jeni has yoga all over the world and she expressed heartfelt gratitude for the acceptance and accessibility of yoga in England. Years ago, her friends used to tease her for “being a hippie,” as she rolled out her yoga mat. Now she celebrates how popular yoga has become and the fact that she knows doctors who are actually writing prescriptions for yoga! Jeni and I had a beautiful conversation about teaching yoga at charities in England, her dissertation on the embezzlement of yoga, and about transformational yoga. What’s transformational yoga? Tune in to the podcast to find out more!
Yoga in England here we go!
Tell me more about Jeni Louise…
Jeni Louise first began her path of yoga at age 16 and began teaching yoga at her university, where she used yoga, meditation, and breath in her theatre projects to experiment with their effect and efficacy on the process and product of the shows themselves. After graduation, Jeni moved from England to Singapore, where she taught yoga whilst co-founding a performing arts school evolve-arts.com. She then traveled across Asia doing courses in Nepal with Dr. Chintamani and in India under Swami Vidyanand, the founder of Transformational Yoga. Jeni is an author and the co-founder of Inner Healer 4D and leads retreats, workshops, and teacher-trainings, online and in person.
What to expect in the Yoga In England episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast
Curious about the Yoga in England episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast with Jeni Louise? Our conversation was both compelling and meaningful. Jeni and I delved deeper into transformational yoga and her own yoga teaching methodologies and philosophies. The pillars of which, for her, are self-inquiry and self-love. We shared laughter about yoga in England as it used to be just for hippies— not anymore!
For the skimmers - What’s in the England episode?
Connect with Jeni Louise
Teacher Training Courses Link to the LIVE, Online, Dual Cert YTTC: https://www.littleyogiuniverse.com/200-hour-yoga-ttc
Books: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/J-L-Ayodele/e/B07KZWCZPG%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
For Discounts and Bulk Requests: [email protected]
Website: www.innerhealer4D.com
Inquiries: [email protected]
Website: littleyogiuniverse.com
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Welcome to Episode #20 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Alaa Abanomi onto the show. She is a yoga teacher from Saudi Arabia, who is also a meditation master and sound therapist. She is also the founder of the first official yoga studio in Saudi Arabia! She continues to work with the Saudi Arabia government to curate, plan, and put on events in the health and wellness space.
My conversation with Alaa Abanomi was so informative and truly beautiful. I hope that this conversation made you curious about sound therapy and using sound to elicit transformation, especially altering brain waves! We talked about yoga in Saudi Arabia being supported and encouraged by the government— how amazing is that? We also talked about sound sanctuaries, sound diets, silence being the language of the soul, and how yoga and sound therapy are connected.
If you’re looking to tune into a podcast that is marries the science with the philosophy of sound therapy and the path of yoga, then this is the conversation for you.
For the skimmers - What’s in the Saudi Arabia episode?
Tell me more about Alaa …
Alaa Abanomi has over 15 years of experience in yoga, functional movement, meditation, retreats, sound therapy and healing, breathwork, Ayurveda, and other practices. In 2014, she co-founded the first dedicated yoga and wellbeing center (Sukoun) in Saudi Arabia that was a an important refuge in Riyadh and has also hosted several renowned international speakers including Deepak Chopra and Max Strom. Most recently, Alaa founded ‘Emtinan,’ a wellbeing consulting and event management company which curates and runs wellness retreats, activations, and spaces.
She holds a BSBA from the University of Denver and is an internationally certified yoga and meditation master, as well as Sound Therapist. She has also completed 5,000+ hours of training across USA, UK, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Alaa is based out of her home city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
References and Resources:
The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto
Healing at the Speed of Sound by Don Campbell
Richie Bostock - The Breath Guy
Connect with Alaa Abonomi
https://thesaudialchemist.com/
IG: @thesaudialchemist @emtinan.sa
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Welcome to Episode #19 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Amy McDonald onto the show. She is a yoga teacher from Australia, and is also a yoga business coach! In our conversation, Amy unveils top tips for yoga teachers on how to get started, best business practices, and even what yoga teachers are doing wrong that hinders their growth. Mindset, As Amy says, “If you can understand a little bit about Patajali’s yoga sutras, then you can absolutely learn how to make a Facebook ad.”
If you’re looking to tune into a podcast that is jam-packed with joy, laughter, and tips and tricks for how to have abundance and prosperity in your yoga business, then this is the conversation for you.
Tell me more about Amy McDonald…
Amy McDonald is a spiritual business coach and yoga teacher from Australia. She’s also the host of the Abundant Yoga Teachers Podcast. Amy has been teaching yoga since 2009 and has taught freelance classes, corporate yoga, and yoga classes in studios— she’s even taught yoga classes in a men’s prison! She has led workshops and retreats in Australia, Bali, Singapore, Thailand, the UK, Europe, and the USA. And she doesn’t just teach yoga classes, she also teaches yoga teachers how to succeed in their careers. She offers business coaching, social media confidence courses, workshops, and more. She is dedicate to helping yoga teachers grow in their businesses to create abundance.
For the skimmers - What’s in the Australia episode?
My conversation with Amy McDonald, a yoga teacher from Australia was relevant, pertinent, applicable to all yoga teachers who are tuning in. And even if you’re not a yoga teacher, or a yoga teacher from Australia, I believe that our conversation will still applicable for you and any entrepreneurship idea you’re working on or mulling over, or maybe even if you’re just dealing with negative self-talk or low self-esteem. Amy and I discuss mindset, limited self-thinking, self-worth, and more. You can also expect a lot of laughter in this episode! There are golden toilets. There are kitchen tools for modifying your DNA. What? Seriously? Tune in to find out what in the heck we’re talking about. You won’t regret it!
Connect with Amy McDonald
https://www.instagram.com/amyyogabizcoach/
www.amymcdonald.com.au
Abundant Yoga Teachers FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1585131075060442
Resource Mentioned: https://www.facebook.com/ozyogablokes/
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Welcome to Episode #18 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Egemen Sanli onto the show. He is a yoga teacher from Turkey who is also an improvisational yoga musician who works at Google. As he explains in this episode, he is a Googler and also a Yoggler— the term that people who work at Google and practice Yoga call themselves!
We talked about the the progression of yoga in Turkey from asana to subtler levels, about sufism, and about the pioneers of yoga in Istanbul. We also talked all about Ege’s path not just of yoga but of music as well, and how his improvisational yoga music becomes the heartbeat of a yoga class, a dynamic and alive element of yoga classes that can help even more in unifying and harmonizing a room full of yoga practitioners.
If you want to take an inside peek into Ege’s journey to yoga—which actually was through music—as well as a look behind the scenes of Google tune into this podcast episode!
Yoga in Turkey here we go!
Tell me more about Egemen Sanli…
Egemen Sanli—who goes by Ege—is a yoga teacher from Turkey. He is also a modern dervish traveling to find his own voice within world music, carrying the flag of his Turkish roots as a musician. Ege plays the sitar alongside other ethnic instruments (shamisen, saz, hang and handpan drums, banjo, flutes) and is able to bring out the mystic and invigorating qualities of all. He utilizes beats, loops, and tanpura machines to compliment his joyful improvisations based on traditional Eastern ragas. Ege lives in San Francisco and performs regularly in the Bay Area, he is also a certified yoga teacher from Turkey.
What’s in the Turkey episode?
Connect with Egemen Sanli
Website: https://egemensanli.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/egesan/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/egesan6
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/39Hxxiq33beoXGP8uKjbXi
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/egemen-sanli/356530309
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/turksitar
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/egesan
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Welcome to Episode #17 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Ana Paula Hernández onto the show. She is a yoga teacher and studio owner from Mexico. Ana hit rock bottom, suffering from addiction depression, and eating disorders, and she felt like the medical system was failing her— it was yoga that saved her. She even describes her first yoga class as an exorcism. Yin yoga was part of her full recovery. As Ana Paula says, “Through yoga, with yoga, through silence, through resilience, through holding— that’s a healing process, that’s why yin is so important to me.”
Now, Ana Paula works with the elderly and with medical protocols. Her mission is to “cut early their conditions,”and even though she’s not a doctor but she works alongside them. Ana Paula works alongside neurologists and doctors with elderly patients to help them ease or reverse their symptoms of diseases.
Ana Paula has another important message, which she stresses here in our conversation— don’t weaponize yoga. “Stop the fighting, stop the dividing, start reconciling with yourself.”
Ready for more? Yoga in Mexico here we go!
Tell me more about Ana Paula Hernández…
Ana Paula Hernández first began her journey with Yoga in 2002. She received her first certification in Vancouver BC, under the guidance of Shakti Mhi at Prana College in Hatha Yoga 200 YA. Ana Paula then found her passion for the various styles of Yoga, starting a series of certifications, including Yin Yoga in 2004, Restorative Yoga 2006 under the guidance of Nevah (Wendy Eaton), and Mat Pilates under the guidance of Martha Hernandez. Moreover, in 2006 Ana Paula completed a year-long course in Ayurvedic Medicine and Cooking with Dr. Shiva Varma. She then went on to complete certifications in Yoga Nidra, Prenatal Yoga, Yoga for Kids, and Thai Massage.
Ana Paula taught yoga from the beginning of her career in Vancouver, before returning home to Mexico in 2008 where she immediately opened with a small home yoga studio, and in 2011 she opened the Drishti Center in San Antonio Tlayacapan, Mexico. Since then, Ana Paula has been leading the 200 hour yoga teacher training and continuing education program for yogis and advanced teachers. Ana offers classes, workshops and certifications throughout Mexico and abroad.
For the skimmers - What’s in the Mexico episode?
Connect with Ana Paula Hernández
www.drishticenter.com
https://www.instagram.com/anayogadrishti/
https://www.facebook.com/drishtiyogacenter/
https://www.instagram.com/drishticenteryoga/
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Mediate with me: https://insig.ht/6gFTaXHlogb
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Welcome to Episode #16 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Sharon Brenes onto the show. She is a yoga teacher from Costa Rica, the lead yoga teacher at SoulWork, the Director of the non-profit Shakti Seva, and the founder of Karuna Tribu a yoga venture focused on bringing retreats, trainings, and yoga to Costa Rica.
Sharon is a trauma informed yoga teacher, and we dive into what trauma informed yoga is, as well as some tips and cues yoga teachers can give to hold safe space for their students. As Sharon says, “Trauma informed yoga offers us as teachers and as holders of these transformational spaces, tools to invite people to enjoy their practice.” Also in this episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe podcast, we dive into Sharon’s vision, passion, and mission of making yoga more accessible and inclusive for Latin America Community.
She also poses these powerful questions: "How can I cultivate more love right now? How can I remember who I am from the deepest space with me?"
Our conversation stunned me. Each minute was filled with truth. Trust me, this is a podcast episode you don’t want to miss!
Are you in? Yoga in Costa Rica here we come!
Tell me more about Sharon Brenes…
Sharon Brenes is a Trauma Informed Yoga Alliance Certified 500hr Yoga and Meditation Teacher in Costa Rica. In 2019 she made her first trip to India, learning directly from teachers of the Hatha, Vinyasa, Iyengar and Akhanda traditions, integrating breathing, philosophy, movement and energy, with the intention of transferring what she learned while facilitating spaces for self awareness and transformation. In 2017 she created her the Karuna Tribu; a hispanic yoga community based in Costa Rica, offering Yoga Teacher Trainings, Workshops, Retreats and lectures on the integration of Yoga in the modern lifestyle - which she combines with her other professional area: social communication. She is a lead yoga teacher at SoulWork, Director of the non-profit Shakti Seva, and runs the Spanish Programs offering Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher Trainings in 200 and 300 hour and Prenatal Yoga formats.
What’s in the Costa Rica episode?
Connect with Sharon Brenes
www.karunatribu.com
https://www.instagram.com/sharonbrenes/
https://www.instagram.com/karunatribu/
Want more? Head on over to my website
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Mediate with me: https://insig.ht/6gFTaXHlogb
Flow with me: https://www.youtube.com/c/WildYogaTribe
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The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.