In episode 42 of the Wisdom of Yoga Podcast, Saraswati interviews Lydia Violet Harutoonian + Barrie Risman.

Lydia + Barrie share with us 

• The inspiring work and vision of Joanna Macy and the Work that Reconnects. 

• The ways in which yogic practices align with Work That Reconnects vision. 

• How practices of yoga can replenish our vitality and enrich our experience of the Work that Reconnects. 

• How when we turn our awareness inward and connect with our inner wisdom, this helps us shift toward a more collective consciousness. 

• How to integrate our path of personal growth with our motivation to contribute to a more life-sustaining world.

• How to metabolize our grief, anger, overwhelm, and fear into compassionate connection with our communities and our world.

• How can we strengthen our capacity to take part in the healing of our world.

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Lydia Violet Harutoonian founded the School for the Great Turning, an online and in-person education organization that is dedicated to continuing the legacy of deep ecology elder and wisdom keeper Joanna Macy. After fifteen years of sustained study, mentorship, and co-facilitation of WTR workshops with Macy, as well as immersion in anti-oppression education and adrienne maree brown’s Emergent Strategy, Lydia continues to facilitate workshops and help empower new facilitators. She is an Iranian-Armenian American dedicated to ancestral healing, reconciliation, and community liberation.

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Barrie Risman, E-RYT 500, YACEP, is an internationally recognized yoga teacher, public speaker, and author. Her book, Evolving Your Yoga: Ten Principles for Enlightened Practice, is a guide for teachers and continuing students to deepen, expand, and integrate the benefits of yoga in their lives. Widely regarded as a teacher’s teacher, she shares yoga around the globe through classes, workshops, retreats, and trainings, both online and in person.

As a Work That Reconnects facilitator, Barrie leads experiential group work designed to help individuals find clarity of vision and emotional sanctuary while living through this

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In episode 41 of the Wisdom of Yoga Podcast, Saraswati interviews internationally recognized yoga teacher,

public speaker, and author Barrie Risman.

Barrie Risman shares with us:

• How yoga can help us to build the emotional and spiritual resilience needed tobecome more of who we wish to be in the world at this time.

• How our practice can become a deep well of resourcing and nourishment, and empower us to courageously and compassionately live into the most critical spiritual evolution of our time: the recognition of our fundamental interconnectedness.

• How yoga can help us to meet the challenges ahead

• The most effective practices and perspectives for bolstering our emotional and spiritual resilience precious and precarious moment on our planet.

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Barrie Risman, E-RYT 500, YACEP, is an internationally recognized yoga teacher, public speaker, and author. Her book, Evolving Your Yoga: Ten Principles for Enlightened Practice, is a guide for teachers and continuing students to deepen, expand, and integrate the benefits of yoga in their lives. Widely regarded as a teacher’s teacher, she shares yoga around the globe through classes, workshops, retreats, and trainings, both online and in person.

As a Work That Reconnects facilitator, Barrie leads experiential group work designed to help individuals find clarity of vision and emotional sanctuary while living through this

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In episode 40 of the Wisdom of Yoga Podcast, Saraswati interviews Stephanie Lopez

Stephanie shares with us:

• What can happen when we let stress overload our system and why its so important for our health and wellbeing to be able to self-regulate.

• Techniques which can help us befriend our nervous system

• Her experience and how befriending her nervous system has helped her in your life

• When we learn to regulate our system, how this can support our family, co-workers

• What is the polyvagal theory and how can this system be helpful

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Stephanie Lopez, LISW, C-IAYT, is the Senior Advisor of Philosophy & Learning and Senior iRest Trainer for iRest Institute. With a deeply embodied understanding of meditation informed by nearly 30 years of immersion in the nondual teachings of yoga, she leads retreats and trainings internationally with a focus on living an authentic and awakened life. As a Gestalt therapist, meditation teacher, and certified yoga therapist she bridges eastern wisdom with western psychology and neuroscience to support healing and transformation. Stephanie also serves as Vice-Chair on the Certification Committee for IAYT helping to promote standards and credentialing for the yoga therapy field. She has presented meditation at Google, Spotify, and UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She is a contributing author of “Yoga Nidra Meditations” and “Practice: Wisdom from the Downward Dog.”

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In this Episode of the Yoga of Wisdom Podcast, Saraswati interviews Doug Keller You’ll find his workshop on our website. Doug shares with us deeper perspectives on alignment in yoga

Doug shares with us:

• The origin of the yogic concept of Prana Vayus and how it can inform our modern day yoga practice.

• The energetic qualities and functions of each of the five Prana Vayus

• The role the Vayus play in regulating our mental and emotional well-being.

• Incorporating vayus in your practice and teaching

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Doug Keller has a master’s degree in philosophy from Fordham University. His yoga journey includes intensive training in the Iyengar and Anusara methods, and many years of teaching in the U.S. and abroad. He has produced several books on asana, pranayama, yoga philosophy and yoga therapy. Doug’s teaching is rooted in a vast and inclusive perspective of study and practice that honors the insights of the many streams of wisdom that flow into the river of yoga.

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In episode 37 of the Wisdom of Yoga Podcast, Saraswati interviews Sue Elkind. Sue shares with us:

• Wisdom and practices for longevity and healthy aging

• How to create a health plan

• How to live in optimal alignment with our mind, our body and with nature

In this episode of the Wisdom of Yoga Podcast, Saraswati interviews Noah Maze.

Noah shares with us new perspectives of anatomy in yoga.

• How the understanding of anatomy of yoga has shifted over the years and why.

• How new perspectives on anatomy effects the way we practice and teach yoga.

• Noah explains ways in which we can optimize our practice with increased mobility and movement

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Noah Mazé has devoted his life to the subject of yoga. Best known for his clear, precise, and methodical teaching style, his tangible knowledge, and his ability to transmit with openness, curiosity, and wit are palpable. Noah has collected, gathered, experienced, and embodied this vast subject—seeking out the best teachers, learning from different lineages and absorbing much of what is on offer. Noah’s fierce and compassionate dedication to yoga inspires and holds space for students to journey deeper into body, heart, mind, and spirit than they ever could have imagined. Ever-advancing the conversation and curriculum in yoga education, Noah cofounded The Mazé Method with his wife Tracy. Together, they have pioneered training content to enhance and sharpen the skills of yoga teachers. Noah believes that always remaining a student is essential to teaching. He has thus devoted himself to creating pathways for teachers to continue their learning and cultivation of skill and voice.

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In this episode of the Wisdom of Yoga Podcast, Saraswati interviews Noah Maze.

Noah shares with us :

• How engaging the bandhas affects both his personal practice as well as his students

• The benefits of engaging the bandhas, physically, mentally, energetically, and enhancing his exploration into deeper practice of meditation

• How using the bandhas helps us to stabilize and purify the body and mind, engaging both the physical and subtle bodies

•  The philosophical origins and practices of the bandhas.

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Noah Mazé has devoted his life to the subject of yoga. Best known for his clear, precise, and methodical teaching style, his tangible knowledge, and his ability to transmit with openness, curiosity, and wit are palpable. Noah has collected, gathered, experienced, and embodied this vast subject—seeking out the best teachers, learning from different lineages and absorbing much of what is on offer. Noah’s fierce and compassionate dedication to yoga inspires and holds space for students to journey deeper into body, heart, mind, and spirit than they ever could have imagined. Ever-advancing the conversation and curriculum in yoga education, Noah cofounded The Mazé Method with his wife Tracy. Together, they have pioneered training content to enhance and sharpen the skills of yoga teachers. Noah believes that always remaining a student is essential to teaching. He has thus devoted himself to creating pathways for teachers to continue their learning and cultivation of skill and voice.

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