Cultivate Your Inner Teacher with the Mandala of Yoga

In this interview, Shiva shares the importance of listening to the inner heart guru and allowing your inner voice to guide you in your change and evolution. She addresses living yoga through sacred activism, the path of mothering and creating your own mandala of practices that support your unique needs and way of being in the world.

About Shiva Rea

Shiva is a yogini and mother, yogadventurer, founder of pranavinyasa & global school for living yoga. She is passionate about helping people awaken to the untapped energy that is available to us all. shivarea.com

​Temptations & Discipline in the Digital Age

In this conversation Amy shares the sobering reality of our addiction to social media and technology, and how to find balance so we can use the gift of technology to serve our evolution and the healing of the planet. She also reveals the importance of returning to community, over and over again, as an answer to the challenges of our times.

About Amy Ippoliti

Amy Ippoliti is known for bringing yoga to modern-day life in a genuine way through her clear instruction, intelligent sequencing, and engaging sense of humor. Amy shares her passion for health, earth conservation, and yoga with her writings for Yoga Journal, Yoga International, Mantra Magazine, Mind Body Green, prAna Life, and Elephant Journal. She is is the co-author of the new book, The Art and Business of Teaching Yoga. She has appeared on the covers of Yoga Journal and Fit Yoga Magazine and has been featured in Self Magazine, New York Magazine, Allure (Korea) and Newsweek. Her underwater yoga images with marine animals have been featured on the front page of Yahoo.com and GrindTv.com. Since the age of 14 she has been a passionate champion of earth, ocean, and animal conservation. amyippoliti.com

​Surrender...All is Coming

In this illuminating conversation, Annie shares her perspective on the evolution of a yoga teacher, and why it is so important to deepen your own practice of surrender and the capacity to show up no matter what life brings you.

About Annie Carpenter

Known as a “teachers’ teacher,” Annie is the creator of SmartFLOW Yoga, an intelligent marriage of mindful movement with compassionate, wakeful alignment. Based in northern California, Annie creates practices that are at once advanced and challenging, yet safe and playful. Practicing yoga since the 70s, Annie continues to be a dedicated student (geek!) of anatomy, evolutionary movement, meditation and classical philosophy. Annie is the author of RelaxDEEPLY, a CD of restorative yoga, and Yoga for Total Back Care,” a DVD produced by Yoga Journal, and several SmartFLOW manuals. An influential Teacher Trainer since 2003, Annie leads 200/500 trainings and workshops globally. anniecarpenter.com

Fusing East & West to Create Yoga Medicine

Join Tiffany as she shares insights into the power of fusing western medicine and yoga for herself and her students. With all the stresses of modern times, Tiffany returns again and again to the message of simplicity and approaching the physical body as the gateway to the deeper practices.

About Tiffany Cruikshank

An international yoga teacher, author and health & wellness expert Tiffany is known as a teacher's teacher and is the Founder of Yoga Medicine, a community of yoga teachers focused on fusing the best of anatomy & western medicine with the traditional practices of yoga to serve the medical communities. With her training in Acupuncture & Sports Medicine her classes are guided by a strong anatomic focus, using movement as medicine. Yoga Medicine is a thorough, anatomically based training system developed by Tiffany that informs and trains teachers all over the world to work more powerfully with their students. yogamedicine.com

​Creative Self Mastery in the New Era

In this interview, Guru Jagat shares practical wisdom for navigating the turbulence and cataclysmic change we are experiencing on the planet at this time. She reveals the antidote to spiritual tourism, highlighting with humor and optimism the power of yogic technologies to bring us into our creative, sovereign, revolutionary power.

About Guru Jagat

Guru Jagat is the founder of RA MA Institute for Applied Yogic Science and Technology with locations in Venice, California; Mallorca, Spain; and New York City, and the author of the bestselling book Invincible Living: The Power of Yoga, The Energy of Breath, and Other Tools for a Radiant Life. Guru Jagat first met Yogi Bhajan in 2002 and that encounter crystallized her prior spiritual explorations and launched her on the path of a Kundalini yoga teacher. As the Piscean patriarchal energies fade into history, Guru Jagat has emerged as a leading global figure helping to create, delineate and refine the new feminine matriarchal archetype. ramayogainstitute.com

​Subtle Body & the Heart of Yoga

Paralyzed from the chest down since the age of 13, Matthew has a unique approach to yoga that is relevant to everyone, no matter the state of the body. In this interview he shares the unity consciousness and compassion that springs forth from practicing with the awareness of the subtle body, and how this practice will indeed change the world.

About Matthew Sanford

Matthew Sanford’s inspirational story begins at age 13 when he survived a devastating car accident that killed his father and sister and left him permanently paralyzed from the chest down.  Now 45, Sanford is a public speaker, healthcare pioneer, award‐winning author, and nationally recognized yoga teacher who has inspired and enhanced the lives of thousands. Sanford shares his philosophy on the importance of the mind‐body relationship and our inner capacity for strength, growth and transformation in his critically acclaimed book WAKING:  A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence. In 2007, Waking received both a Minnesota Book Award and Northeastern Minnesota Book Award and is fast becoming required reading for medical and rehabilitation schools and yoga teacher trainings. In 2002 Sanford founded Mind Body Solutions, a non‐profit 501c(3) dedicated to transforming trauma, loss and disability into hope and potential by awakening the connection between mind and body. matthewsanford.com

​Ecological Urgency & Embodied Feminine Spirituality

In this poetic and paradigm-shifting interview, Sofia shares the primary focus of hatha yoga as a feminine embodiment practice designed to purify the body and our awareness so we may experience the flowering of our perception into the realization of yoga - union with what is. It is in fully inhabiting our bodies and cultivating our subtle feeling capacity that will enable us to address the ecological challenges we face as a global community.

About Sofia Diaz

Sofia Diaz is a hatha yoga master, a lineage holder in the Balasaraswati lineage of the South Indian temple arts and a recipient of numerous meditation empowerments in both Tibetan and Shakta Tantric traditions. She turns the body wisdom practices she is empowered in into accessible teachings and practices for the modern western mind. Being an inspired woman practitioner, the rigors of her practice have resulted in great clarity and expertise in the domain of Feminine Spiritual practice, which she has been generously teaching for 27 years. She has published writings on yoga and sacred movement in both academic and popular journals and travels frequently, teaching women’s yoga intensives throughout the world. sofiayoga.com

​In the Flow in Yoga, Business and Life

In this interview Mary Clare discusses the importance of meditation and the capacity to slow down amidst the fullness of life. The owner of 6 yoga studios with a full social and family life, MC shares tricks that she uses to stay centered, happy and inspired on the path.

About Mary Clare Sweet

I intend to play! Energetic vibrations of fun run deep in my veins. My yoga practice began when I read a yoga book and begged my mom to teach me what she knew. I have been practicing for over 15 years and to this day, it is the anchor of my life. I own Lotus House of Yoga, vinyasa studios in Nebraska and High Vibe Cafe, a raw, vegan hot spot. The classes I lead are fun, challenging and filled with love. I am fascinated with the alignment of the physical and energetic realms. My godfather is ashtanga and my sister is rock and roll. Music is integral to the asana classes I lead. My play-lists are funky and always fresh. In my class you will find the ancient and the modern, a whole lot of soul, and a commitment to the present. Gracefully tip toe along the fierce edge of your practice, expect sweat, love, and OM. maryclaresweet.com

Practice with MC at Gaia.com.

​Beyond Aversion & Desire ~ Let Go into Yoga

With deep yogic understanding, Meg shares how to discover the natural state of being that is yoga. In this interview she offers in the moment practices to help you consciously rest into the state of yoga and to let go into your experience (no matter what is arising), instead of unconsciously slipping into the habitual push/pull of aversion and desire.

About Meg McCraken

I have always been an avid lover of life and particularly, life in the mountains. However, after years of rock climbing, trail running, mountain biking, snowboarding, mountaineering and surfing, I turned to yoga to mend my young, but failing body. What started out as a purely functional, physical practice, grew to so much more. As my body became rejuvenated, my heart opened and mind cleared, the stresses of life (big and little) began to simply roll through me and effect me less. My life became more vibrant and inspired than ever. Now, thanks to yoga, I continue play in the mountains with a renewed sense of passion and grace, excelling at the activities that once took such a toll on my body. Currently, I lead 200HR Wanderlust Yoga Teacher Trainings and am on the esteemed faculty of The Avahana School and lead trainings for our 200HR teacher trainings as well as advanced 300/500HR programs. megmccraken.com

Breathwork for Trauma Release & Healing

Inevitably the practices of yoga and life itself stir up emotions and sensations that don’t feel good. In this interview, Giten Tonkov shares how and why he created Biodynamic Breathwork Trauma Release System — a powerful technique for moving stuck energy and creating a more integrated and joyful life experience.

About Giten Tonkov

Giten Tonkov, is a creator and developer of BioDynamic Breath & Trauma Release® and a founder & director of BioDynamic Breath & Trauma Release Institute, a worldwide learning entity, and co-director of European Institute of Body Oriented Healing Arts based in Poland. Born in Ukraine and living in New York for 24 years, Giten is a licensed Massage Therapist (Swedish Institute of Massage Therapy in NYC) since 1994, and certified Breath & Body Oriented Therapist (Diamond Breath School at Miasto Meditation Institute, Italy) since 2000. Giten has been trained in a variety of meditative and healing modalities at Multiversity in OSHO Meditation Resort, Pune, India, where he later became a staff therapist. 25 years of learning, personal exploration, life experience and working with countless clients and groups lead him to create BioDynamic Breath & Trauma Release® System, a revolutionary body-oriented breath therapy approach, which he now teaches worldwide. biodynamicbreath.com

​Bhakti and the Medicine of Mantra

Join Jaya Lakshmi as she discusses the power of mantra and kirtan in the context of personal practice and performance. In this interview Jaya Lakshmi shares some of her challenges in staying true to her dharmic path of offering the medicine of mantra to the world.

About Jaya Lakshmi

Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda are Oregon based musical artists and yoga teachers in the genre of mantra music. They offer kirtan, healing mantra music and Kirtronica (kirtan and electronica fusion). In their 6+ years together, they have released 8 albums on Sounds True, Spirit Voyage and independently. They tour nationally and internationally holding their own events and retreats. Jaya Lakshmi’s largest influence in the realms of mantra, kirtan and bhakti came from her connection with the Guadiya Vaishnavs, otherwise known as the Hare Krishna’s. She was initiated in 1992 by Srila Govinda Maharaj and lived on and off in ashrams and likeminded communities for years afterwards. Jaya Lakshmi began sharing her beautiful kirtans in 1992. jayalakshmiandananda.com

​The Power of Sadhana to Start Your Day

In this interview, Ananda shares how commitment to daily sadhana purifies the consciousness so that you can go into your day radiating and magnetizing the experiences you deeply desire. Ananda also gives insight into the path and practice of Bhakti as the devotional icing on the cake of practice.

About Ananda Yogiji

Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda are Oregon based musical artists and yoga teachers in the genre of mantra music. They offer kirtan, healing mantra music and Kirtronica (kirtan and electronica fusion). In their 6+ years together, they have released 8 albums on Sounds True, Spirit Voyage and independently. They tour nationally and internationally holding their own events and retreats. Known for his meditative voice and transformative transmission, Ananda Yogiji offers Kundalini Yoga and Meditation with live music provided by Jaya Lakshmi (and other musicians if available). He has been a dedicated practitioner and teacher of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan since 2006. Ananda Yogiji has studied under the guidance of master teachers Gurucharan Singh, Gurmukh, Guru Singh, Krishna Kaur, Ravi Logan and many more. He spent 4 years learning with Viriam Singh and Kaur in Eugene, Oregon. jayalakshmiandananda.com

Reclaiming the Sacred Masculine

Listen in as Anton shares his passion for cultivating consciousness in men, and how yoga is the perfect access point for men to open up and access their vulnerability. Anton’s mission is to uplevel the way men are showing up — to reclaim the role of true support of the feminine and ultimately bring balance to the world.

About Anton Mackey

Anton Mackey is an experienced Vinyasa Yoga teacher based out of Phoenix, Arizona. He came to yoga in search of stress relief, and what he found was the spiritual practice he had always been searching for. He is grateful that this passion for yoga has allowed him to travel around the globe teaching workshops and teacher trainings, presenting at festivals and leading retreats. His teaching method blends a deep understanding of the anatomical body with a variety of spiritual practices, giving students the space to withdraw their senses and journey inside. Anton skillfully bridges the gap between the physical and spiritual, guiding students into a deeper connection to their soul and the Divine. The intention of his class is to create a space for students to experience the beauty of the divine feminine grace and inner masculine strength. Anton holds a degree in Kinesiology from Arizona State University, and continues to be a student of many different yoga styles and spiritual traditions. antonyoga.com