In this episode we discuss the niyamas - the second of the eight limbs of yoga - and in particular svadhyaya, our self-study. This one is how we show up in this world, our internal discipline for how we live. See the full episode with video and transcript available at http://bit.ly/niyamas-russo

Sameer Bhide, author, One Fine Day: Overcoming Adversity and Embracing the New Normal with Grace - order a copy now!

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Before January 31, 2017, Sameer Bhide's life was pretty good. He moved to the US from India in 1990. He had already completed an accounting degree, and then completed a management degree followed by his MBA in 1993.

He had a career he enjoyed in consulting and technology, was married with kids, and settled outside of Washington DC.

But that notable day in January, just as he was beginning the workday from his home office, he suffered a catastrophic stroke in his cerebellum. He required two brain surgeries and spend the next month in a medically induced coma before transitioning to the path of recovery.

Dianne Bondy is a social justice activist, author, accessible yoga teacher, and the leader of the Yoga For All movement.

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Her inclusive approach to yoga empowers anyone to practice—regardless of their shape, size, ethnicity, or level of ability. Dianne is revolutionizing yoga by educating yoga instructors around the world on how to make their classes welcoming for all kinds of practitioners.

In this episode, Navi Radjou explores the idea of increased consciousness through yoga.

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The famous Yogi philosopher Vivekenanda said that yoga is a science of accelerating consciousness. If we allow nature to evolve our consciousness, it will take centuries. So yoga is like being on a fast track. And that's why I think we all have to be yoga so that we can evolve.

Navi Radjou is a New York-based innovation and leadership thinker who advises senior executives worldwide on breakthrough growth strategies. A Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School, Navi has served on the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Previously, he served as vice president at Forrester Research, a leading technology research and advisory firm in Boston. In 2013, Navi won the prestigious Thinkers50 Innovation Award, given to a management thinker who is reshaping the way we think about and practice innovation. He delivered a talk at TED Global 2014 on frugal innovation (over 1.8 million views).

Navi co-authored Frugal Innovation: How To Do Better With Less, published by The Economist in 2015, as well as the global bestseller, Jugaad Innovation (over 250,000 copies sold worldwide). He is a sought-after keynote speaker and widely quoted in international media. Born and raised in Pondicherry, India, he holds dual French-American citizenship. He attended Ecole Centrale Paris and Yale School of Management. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. He is a life-long student of Ayurveda, Yoga, and Vipassana meditation.

Tiffany Russo is a yoga teacher, mentor, trainer/educator, athlete and world traveler (an advocate of real connection….). She believes that connection creates change and the most important connection to cultivate is the one that we have with ourselves. On this episode she talks about the eight limbs of yoga from Patanjali's yoga sutras. They are: Yamas, Niyamas, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi.

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Nishanth Selvalingam grew up learning yoga at his grandfather's ashram in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Now a 500-hour certified yoga instructor from YogaWorks, a guitar player, and a teacher at StayOm Yoga and Yoga World Heart he shares with us more about the journey of yoga from east to west starting with the Rigveda to Ramakrishna, to Swami Vivekananda, and Yogananda.

Jeanne Heileman specializes in discovering the needs of an individual and gently guides each student to their own grace and balance. She has been a Teacher Trainer with YogaWorks since 2005. She is a Level II Certified ParaYoga Instructor and a 500-ERYT. She is the founder of Tantra Yoga Flow.

In this episode she answers questions about yoga.

• What are some ways yoga can help us in our everyday living? Like overcoming fear? Getting comfortable with change?
• How can we use yoga to stop the chatter in our heads that keeps us from doing our best work?
• Is yoga a religion?
• What is yoga for you?
• What are the main paths of yoga? (karma, bhakti, jnana, raja, tantra, hatha)
• Where does the Bhagavad Gita fit into all of this?
• What are the koshas?
• How does one get started with practicing yoga?

Find Jeanne Heileman online at jeanneheileman.com

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In this bonus episode, hear from leading yoga instructors and executives as they share their answers to the question, "What is yoga?"

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