Yoga Evolved Podcast

With so much competition in the yoga industry it's more important than ever for teachers to develop a personal brand and to develop a following.

Estee Lalonde has gone from recording videos on her bedroom floor in a small town in Canada to becoming a professional YouTuber, amassing an audience of over 1 million subscribers in the process. In this podcast we discuss why you might want to start a YouTube channel and how you can get started, the pitfalls and benefits of being in the public eye, how to build an online community and Estee tells us how Yin yoga helps to keep her sane!

For more on Estee, visit www.esteelalonde.com or follow her on Instagram @esteelalonde.

Adam Husler is highly sought after London based yoga teacher with an international schedule. Adam teaches in some of London's most reputable studios and online for Udaya, plus has a packed international schedule which includes festivals, conferences, retreats and training courses in some of the worlds most beautiful locations. In short Adam is living many yoga teachers dreams.

In this show we talk about the unfiltered real life of a yoga teacher, away from Instagram stories and shirtless handstands on the beach. Adam gives his views on teachers pay (which may surprise some people), his tips for new teachers and shares his approach to creating sequences.

For more info on Adam check out his website, www.adamhusler.com or get him at @adamhusler on Facebook and Instagram.

Dr Stephanie Minchin is a clinical psychologist, yoga teacher and is currently training in yoga therapy with the Minded Institute.

In this episode we discuss how yoga can be used as therapy, who may benefit from this approach and how to find and choose a therapist. We talk about a host of conditions that yoga therapy is said to alleviate and look into the science behind some of these claims.

If during the show you start to feel inspired to become a yoga therapist, we also discuss how to take the first steps into working in this field.

Adam Burgess is an Elite Slalom Canoe champion and a former guest speaker at Yoga Evolved Festival. His talk entitled 'Finding Flow - Take Your Drishti Off The Mat' covered some of the ways Adam has used his yoga practice to improve his race day performance, and we discuss that further in this episode.

We discuss all the ways yoga can complement competitive sports training, and Adam also give's his ideas on what yogis can learn from athletes, which may lead to some debate!

Marc Laws is a professional footballer turned yoga teacher. Having made his name as a teacher in London, Marc now lives a life without borders sharing his love for yoga around the world.

Marc is also heavily involved with Karma Collab, a for purpose social enterprise that is dedicated to the education of girls in India & the empowerment of women on a global scale.

In this episode we talk about Marc's work in India and the importance of spending time in the void to stir creativity. We also discuss some controversial topics related to modern yoga practice in the west, including Gin Yin and whether Sanskrit must be used in class if you are to call your lesson yoga.