Pure Flow Yoga

Visit https://pureflow.yoga/podcast/ for show notes --- Born in Ireland, Cathy Pearson, founder of Yoga Deep and the Celtic Woodland YogaFestival, is an award-winning feature documentary filmmaker, Yoga teacher and Spiritual Educator. She’s also a mother and proponent of natural birth, who has been involved with yoga for over 20 years.  In that time she has been living between Ireland, Thailand, India & Bali offering group and one to one sessions and deepening her understanding of the incredible depths of yoga. studying and practicing a variety of styles and disciplines, from Iyenger and Hatha, to Ashtanga and meditation . In this Episode, Cathy shares about: Moving from depression in her teens in Ireland to meditation, using meditation instead of medication Her fascinating journey as an an award-winning documentary filmmaker Transforming Cellular Memory, and the language and anatomy of sacred energy and purification Embracing and Transforming challenging energy through Universal Connection Uplifting and Giving back to the Yoga scene in Ireland through her creation of the 1st ever International Yoga & Spirit Festival A trillion trees project and the importance of doing our bit to support worthwhile endeavoruss to help with climate crisis The Power and Bliss of Natural Birth --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

Visit https://pureflow.yoga/podcast/ for show notes --- It’s a true honour and pleasure to welcome the wise, accomplished and fascinating Emily Kuser to the Pure Flow Yoga podcast. Emily is a true seeker at heart, and has journeyed from her humble American roots, to becoming a prominent international Yoga teacher based in Bali and offering her Self-Care, Woman's work and Taboo exploration workshops worldwide. Emily has a passionate curiosity for exploring the big questions of life (and death), and also how can she be best be in service to humanity a teacher. Emily is known for her skills and passion teaching Anusara Yoga, Embodied Flow, and now the more juicy and unexplored topics of sex, death & wealth, which we talk a bit about today.    In this Episode, Emily shares about: How she literally followed her dream to come to Bali and start a life here Yoga as a way to bring order to the chaos of life, the importance for both women and men to explore spirituality for the female psyche, to understand our cyclical nature What is Self-Care and why she's offering teacher trainings and workshops in this area Business as a great spiritual path and teacher, and the importance of refining our communications, agreements and contracts Tantra as a nature-based teaching and philosophy, and how to allow your self to perceive the world through body and senses  Why she' inspired by those working most closely with birth and death  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

Journey through the chakras in this long form meditation, affirmation and seed or bij sound chanting practice to release blocks, raise your vibe and help you feel aligned, energised and clear. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

Have you just completed a Yoga Teacher Training, Retreat, or another form of Transformative Experience? If so, this is the mediation to help you reflect and ground into the learnings and blessings from this experience, so that you can truly anchor bliss into your everyday life. 💕 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

I AM affirmations can help you shift, change, and upgrade your reality. Affirmations, essentially program your mind into a belief. Once a belief takes hold an emotion is formed, and once the emotion is felt your vibration shifts. As such, affirmations work best when you feel them to be true. At first, stating an affirmation may feel empty. You may need to adjust to the affirmation and simply allow the idea of the affirmation to be true for you. Once you start getting into the feeling place of these I AM affirmations, they will start to affect your overall vibration, and begin to reflect in your daily life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

Welcome to this Super Special International Yoga Day and Solstice Live Practice from our new home-studio in Thailand. 🙌🎉 Guided by Ganesha to help us clear any obstacles to the light as we transition seasons and step into Expansivess, this medium to sweaty practice will invigorate, challenge and inspire you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

HOW TO MEET WHAT'S ARISING WITHIN US DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES - Interview with Simone Mackay Come hang out with me and Simone, This is a first-time impromptu live-on-instagram #roughandready interview replay experiment with the ever-insightful and wise Simone MacKay Make sure to stick around until the end as Simon shares a guided meditation with us! In this organic and powerful interview, we speak about our own personal journeys, recognising the cycles of nature and energy, using this time to turn inward, how to pivot in these times of uncertainties, and the art of integration to grow and transform. We also talk about: -  The rise of mental health issues and trauma and how to skilfully manage the stress and heal our nervous system -  The importance of social connection, presence and self-care in this Covid-19 moment - How we can be in healthy relationship to the challenging moments that arise. - How to stay flexible, adaptable and open in this moment - Rhythm & Cycles and the opportunity of this moment to get to know the more quiet bits of ourselves that we normally don't pay attention to - In order to grow and transform - Getting comfortable with the unknown - Yoga Nidra, Sankalpa, Meditation, Pranayama, Group work as powerful tools to help in the healing process Hope you like it!  Please let us know in the comments below. You can check out our Podcast interview of Yoga Nidra & Plant Medicines here: https://pureflow.yoga/podcasts/simonemackay/ Simon'e 6-week mentoring journey starts this new moon. Learn about her soul mentoring program here: https://somahjourneys.net/soul-mentoring/ XOXO P.S Please LIKE & SHARE with anyone who you think this conversation may help to benefit!- Pivoting" as a Yoga teacher in these new times --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

“Music brings frequency and unity.  We can all be doing our individual practices and have different belief systems and religions, but once music comes in, everybody is equal.” - Sophie Sofree --- Show Notes @ https://pureflow.yoga/podcasts/sophiesofree/   Let us know what you think, and please remember to take 1 minutes to leave us a 5-Star review on Itunes - This really helps! Thank you! Podcast Made with 💖Please consider supporting us with a small monthly contribution. This helps us to keep creating awesome FREE resources for You. Thanks so much 🙏.for supporting us to create.  It truly means the world! XOXO Francie Fishman --- In this episode, Sophie shares Creativity and her passion to help people tap into their passion and purpose through ecstatic dance, sharing their voice, creating art and leading retreats Her journey from the tech hub of Silicon Valley to the spiritual and wellness hub of Bali and how Yoga helped her to awaken to an appreciation of spirituality, self-care and caring for others, Kundalini Yoga: the resonance of the music and mantra, the practice, the depth of meditation & why Kundalini Yoga is the perfect compliment to other spiritual and physical practices The Energy body – Chakra and Kriya– and how focusing on clearing and strengthening the aura and energy fields around us through Kundalini Yoga can help us live more grateful, gracious and expansive lives The global rise of Ecstatic dance – a healing modality of dance and music that unites and connects us as individuals and communities, bringing us back into circle tribal culture, and her role as one of Bali’s Yoga Barn resident DJ’s Retreat Culture & Leadership – Her journey from wellness retreats to executive coaching and the empowerment world, and how we can respond and create positive culture, where we live from our purpose and create positive impact on the planet Wakamaia – Her co-creation project with Rob Weber / Raio – an inspiring platform to share music, art and events, including their upcoming ecstatic dance facilitator training Self-Care – Waking up each day and thinking, “What do I want to bring into this day?” Her Forbes feature and why she felt it was important to use this platform to share on the superpowers of the menstrual cycle ——- About Sophie Sofree: Sophie Sofree is the co-founder and creative director of Wakamaia, where she curates a celebration of music, art, retreats and indigenous artisans. She is also an event producer for the growing startup Abroad, for which she creates transformative experiences for executive leaders in Bhtuan, Bali, New Zealand and Peru. This year Sophie has been featured in Forbes magazine, where she highlights her journey of  bridging the gap between her experience in the tech space in San Francisco in Silicon Valley, to integrating spirituality and ancient wisdom cultures to help inspire and support others to connect with themselves to find their true purpose with the work they are doing in the world. BBC has also recently filmed Sophie as part of a feature on alternative wellness modalities, focusing on ecstatic dance and the benefits of the creative process. Originally from Singapore, and now residing and thriving in Ubud, Bali, you can find Sophie Sofree DJ’ing for ecstatic dances, teaching Kundalini Yoga, Mandala meditation classes or designing retreats and simply empowering others to tap into their creativity and reverence for life itself. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

"One of the biggest myths of Yoga that I hope that any practitioner gets dispelled as soon as possible: Yoga is not about creating a perfect state. It’s cultivating the capacity to be with all states and respond without attachment” – Tanya Kaps --- Show Notes @ https://pureflow.yoga/podcasts/tanyakaps/ Let us know what you think, and please remember to take 1 minutes to leave us a 5-Star review on Itunes - This really helps! Thank you! Podcast Made with 💖Please consider supporting us with a small monthly contribution. This helps us to keep creating awesome FREE resources for You. Thanks so much 🙏.for supporting us to create.  It truly means the world! XOXO In this episode, Tanya shares about: Yoga as a support system to assist people in spiritual growth and awakening Finding freedom and the underlying questions that drive the path ending suffering and obtaining happiness, independent of conditions The happiness question and how the modern paradigm of happiness based on success and money lead her to the yogic path Vedanta philosophy, finding a guru, and the natural progression of Yogic practice from gross to subtle Teaching at the world-famous Yoga Barn in Bali and how she manages huge studio classes Gifts and myths of Yoga and the Breathing practices Transpersonal psychology, coaching, and Ken Wilber’s states and stages of consciousness to understand spiritual progress The Yoga of Relationships - Intimacy, shadow work and motherhood as the greatest spiritual practice Online Sadhana - inspired offerings for her international student base including regular Yoga practice,  spiritual talks and contemplation practices - satsangs, and also a platform to learn and train, with posture clinics, techniques and the spiritual teachings. ------- About Tanya Kaps Canadian- born and Bali based Tanya Kaps is the founder of One Yoga School and AthomewithTanya.com.  Tanya is a Transpersonal Psychology Coach, resident teacher at Bali’s legendary Yoga Barn and a solo mother. She has been studying the spiritual system of Yoga and teaching internationally for 2 decades. Tanya’s wisdom, humility and compassion opens hearts and minds as she shines an inspiring light on the universality of the human journey and the power of yoga to guide us home. Tanya has been sitting with her teacher Swami Vagishananda, for the past decade and has been initiated into teaching Vedanta which are traditional teachings of Non-Duality and Oneness. Tanya has created an extensive online learning platform Athomewithtanya.com with over 250 hours of classes, training material, detailed posture library with alignment, puja, chants, meditation, pranayama and satsang and talks to unfold Yoga’s main spiritual texts. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

Recorded live in our jungle studio during our recent 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training. Get your mats, some props and get ready for some asana, meditation, mudra, and mantra singing! ...and if you have a great practice, please consider sharing, leaving us a 5-star review, or leaving us a "love", "coffee", or "eternal bliss" tip at www.pureflow.yoga/podcast/ Feeling super generous? Pay-what-you-feel here: https://www.paypal.me/PureFlowYoga THANK YOU and look forward to practicing with you again soon. XOXO --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

Recorded live in our jungle studio during our recent 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training. Get your mats, some props and get ready for some asana, meditation, mudra, and mantra singing! ...and if you have a great practice, please consider sharing, leaving us a 5-star review, or leaving us a "love", "coffee", or "eternal bliss" tip at www.pureflow.yoga/podcast/ Feeling super generous? Pay-what-you-feel here: https://www.paypal.me/PureFlowYoga THANK YOU and look forward to practicing with you again soon. XOXO --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

Recorded live in our jungle studio during our recent 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training. Get your mats, some props and get ready for some asana, meditation, mudra, and mantra singing! ...and if you have a great practice, please consider sharing, leaving us a 5-star review, or leaving us a "love", "coffee", or "eternal bliss" tip at www.pureflow.yoga/podcast/ Feeling super generous? Pay-what-you-feel here: https://www.paypal.me/PureFlowYoga THANK YOU and look forward to practicing with you again soon. XOXO --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

“Most of my life has been through synchronicity and serendipity and going way way off the beaten track and then finding the gems and magic".” – Rob Weber --- Show Notes @ https://pureflow.yoga/podcasts/robweber/ Let us know what you think, and please remember to take 1 minutes to leave us a 5-Star review on Itunes - This really helps! Thank you! Podcast Made with 💖Please consider supporting us with a small monthly contribution. This helps us to keep creating awesome FREE resources for You. Thanks so much 🙏.for supporting us to create.  It truly means the world! XOXO --- Raio, Rob Weber, is a Stanford graduate, celebrated producer, musician, DJ, eco-community steward, co-founder of the BaliSpirit Festival and father of 2.  He's a played a key role in the evolution of the conscious scene on the island of Bali for over a decade, and in this episode shares his path of devotion to bringing conscious community together through music and movement. In this episode, Raio shares about: His mission to curate music experiences that bring a sense of sacred reverence for the Earth and collective prayer to a party context. Integrating traditional ceremony and indigenous teachings into western communities in a sustainable way. The importance of spiritual community and Tribalism as an expression of belonging to the earth and connection with community and the planet. Starting a soulful community in Bali The living, breathing, spiritual culture of the Balinese people as a space for artists, mystics and misfits to thrive and connect. “The artists of every generation are destined to discover Bali”. Co-founding the world renowned Bali Spirit Festival (as the first ever festival to have a world class Yoga, Dance and Music program) with holistic business boss Megan Pappenheim. Rob speaks to his role curating the festival’s music line-up and the portal of transformation it offers. Ecstatic dance as an alcohol-free space to express free movement, clear mental chatter, release stress and find bliss. Upcoming projects including an Ecstatic Dance Facilitators Training with partner Sophie Sofree. His upcoming album release of Medicine music for the dance floor. ------- About Rob Weber: With a passion for movement and music since childhood, Raio has been on a path of expressive, embodied spirituality from a young age that has continued to deepen and re-imagining itself in endless possibilities of creative potential and purpose. From Burning Man to Bali Spirit Festival, Raio and his music have been featured at influential conscious festivals around the globe. A resident DJ for the legendary ecstatic dances at the Yoga Barn in Ubud, Raio is passionate about Music Medicine for the dance floor, conscious community and connecting to source. After 2 successful EPs, and decades of performing, recording and producing, Rob is currently working on his first debut full-length album. He has recently launched a project - Wakamaia.love with his beloved Sophie Sofree,  which is a platform for their offerings. Learn more about Raio @ www.wakamaia.love | IG @ r_a_I_o | https://raio.bandcamp.com/releases --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

Recorded live in our jungle studio during our recent 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training. Get your mats, some props and get ready for some asana, meditation, mudra, and mantra singing! ...and if you have a great practice, please consider sharing, leaving us a 5-star review, or leaving us a "love", "coffee", or "eternal bliss" tip at www.pureflow.yoga/podcast/ Feeling super generous? Pay-what-you-feel here: https://www.paypal.me/PureFlowYoga THANK YOU and look forward to practicing with you again soon. XOXO --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

Recorded live in our jungle studio during our recent 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training. Get your mats, some props and get ready for some asana, meditation, mudra, and mantra singing! ...and if you have a great practice, please consider sharing, leaving us a 5-star review, or leaving us a "love", "coffee", or "eternal bliss" tip at www.pureflow.yoga/podcast/ Feeling super generous? Pay-what-you-feel here: https://www.paypal.me/PureFlowYoga THANK YOU and look forward to practicing with you again soon. XOXO --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

“We’re so busy on this treadmill of seeking some mysterious idea of enlightenment, perfection or happiness that we forget to embrace what we already have – even if it might appear to be imperfect.” – Bex Tyrer --- Show Notes @ https://pureflow.yoga/podcasts/bextyrer/ Let us know what you think, and please remember to take 1 minutes to leave us a 5-Star review on Itunes - This really helps! Thank you! Podcast Made with 💖Please consider supporting us with a small monthly contribution. This helps us to keep creating awesome FREE resources for You. Thanks so much 🙏.for supporting us to create.  It truly means the world! XOXO --- In this podcast, Bex shares: - Her journey of seeing the world and embracing life in a different way – after burning 30% of her body in an accident - How she changed her priorities and values– she went from being “busy” and “successful” to investing in what’s important: spending time with friends, being in nature and allowing her body to rest – embracing the simple things in life - Unpacking what has gonet wrong with commercial Yoga – with so many women showing up to practice and being deeply unhappy on the inside, not allowing the full freedom and health available through the practice of Yoga - Her personal journey with addiction – how she went through 10 years of eating disorders and overcame it - Dealing with body image and trauma –advice from her own experiences - Stories and experiences from her travels sharing Yoga and how an embodied practice can help step back into power - What Yoga Activism means to her – taking Yoga into areas where it is not currently accessible and in need of a physical practice - Her self-practice – moving from a 2-hour Yoga practice to one more suited for her --- About Bex Tyrer: Scotland born and raised, and Oxford educated with a graduate degree, MPhil in Development Studies, Bex Tyrer has been Asia-based for the past thirteen years, sharing her passion for Yoga and Yoga activism for the past 12, mostly here in Bali at the Yoga Barn. Here she shares her experience with hundreds of teacher trainees and thousands of students and practitioners all over the world. While she teaches a wide range of styles including vinyasa, yin, restorative, power, hatha and AcroYoga, at the core of it all, her true gift is to simply share her personal and intimate relationship with Yoga, while helping to remind people that Yoga cannot be simplified into a set of postural cues or alignments. Yoga is enormous, ancient, wide and diverse. Bex shares what her dedicated study has revealed to her. Bex has had the privilege of being guided by some great teachers including Angela Farmer, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, Denise Payne and Mark Whitwell. Her extensive travels in Tibet, Nepal and India showed her that much of what is sold and advertised has very little in common with the wealth of Yoga waiting for us to individually activate. Her education, life journey and love for Yoga took Bex into the field of Yoga Activism, to establish Freedom Through Movement projects in Kolkata, Kathmandu and Palestine. Her love for wisdom and a fascination with the human experience breathes life into Yoga philosophy, history and practice. Learn more about Bex's offerings @ www.freedomethroughmovement.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

Show Notes: https://pureflow.yoga/podcasts/danielamandala In this Episode, Daniela shares: Her Yoga Journey: Her mom as her first big inspiration, how Yoga found her, and her passion for sharing her unique Teacher Trainings What is Mandala Yoga and how she uses this practice to dance with life and connect with the rhythm of Flow Words of wisdom for the single parent – How becoming a Single Mom, challenged not only her morning practice, but also helped her transform the traditional concept of what it means to have family, to recognise that family and support is all around Obstacles as tool for Self-growth - Self with a capital “S” - The harder the teaching, the thicker the blessing. Acro-Yoga as a way to experience and understand how the body moves, by feeling meridians and anatomical planes Bhakti Yoga – and what it means to be in devotion Dharma Yoga & the 20 Value of Values – Why it’s important to follow your life’s purpose Sacred space, and the power of having an altar, and working with nature and the 5 elements to help connect with and transmute emotions Non-Dualism and her passion for studying Vedanta - the sacred teachings of Yoga from the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata – and the importance of having a experienced guide to unfold the teachings Some of her beautiful life philosophies and nuggets of wisdom:  ***The more you honour life and have complete validation and trust in what life brings, and take it as prasada, which is the blessed food after the puja, ritual of gratitude, even if its bitter, or sweet or sour, everything is a gift, and is in perfect order. ***Life is happening for you, not to you – it’s your friend. ***As much as we resist life, life will resist us. As soon as we embrace and trust, life blossoms in front of you ***If you follow your dharma the dharma will always protect you ***Pain is part of he process, that’s why we’re here: “When the pain comes, the rain comes, and eventually a thousand flowers will blossom”.  **From the what to the so what? Vedanta – how fast can you go through the threshold of the ego, of what you expected life to be, from the what to the so what? ------- About Daniela Mandala: Daniela Mandala is the spirited founder of SOHA - the global School of Healing Arts Yoga Teacher Training, and Co-Founder and Spiritual Director of Sutra Yoga Studio, Monterrey, Mexico, where she’s from. She’s also the proud mother of a beautiful 2 -year old boy. Daniela has been immersed in bodywork and spiritual practice for more than 16 years, and along her travels has become certified in Osteopathy & Bioenergetics, Medical Magnet Therapy, Chinese Medicine, Mandala Vinyasa Yoga, Prana Flow, Krama Yoga, Tantra Yoga, Acroyoga, and Thai Massage.  Daniela is known for her highly positive attitude, a devoted practice and a sense of service, all of which are present throughout her teachings. Her work as a Yoga and Holistic practitioner inspires very clear technique and a deep understanding. She emphasizes acquiring awareness and sensitivity on how to listen, feel, and support each individual back to the Self. Currently Daniella is one of the main teachers at Bali ‘s famous Yoga barn, where she shares all her trainings, Daniela also shares class online classes, in Spanish and English on Udaya.com, and is currently working on her first book. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

Show notes @ https://pureflow.yoga/podcasts/simonemackay/ Podcast Made with 💖.  Please Support us: - Monthly Contribution: https://pureflow.yoga/podcast/ - Subscribe in Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast player or device.  - Please leave us a  5-Star review on Itunes. --- In this Episode, Simone shares about: Defining the Yogi’s Journey Why she’s letting go of teaching 200 hour trainings after 10 years and over 500+ graduates The changing landscape of the Yoga World, and the irony of Yoga and social media Yoga Nidra– Yogic sleep as an effective and useful way to integrate healing –especially for trauma work, addictions, anxiety, depression, and stress in general Symbol of Aum as it relates to the brain states that we experience in Yoga Nidra, Medicine work and daily life – alpha, beta, theta, delta, gama. Vision quests, Rights of Passage & the value of exploring different cultural and experiential lenses and perspectives Bridging Yoga and Plant Medicine World Ceremony & Dieting with Plant Medicines like Ayahuasca, Wachuma – San Pedro – What are they? Why are they being used? Who are they of benefit to? What does it mean to feel “called? How the plant intelligences work: Hint: They give you what you need, not what you want… Re-defining self-practice and it’s important role in integrating transformation --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

Welcome! Join us for this dynamic Yoga practice to help cultivate the art of allowing, receiving and letting go. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support

In this strong level 2 practice, we build our inner fire, and core strength, with some strong sequences, including arm balances, some side plank, and a few more yin in postures towards the end of the class to balance. We hope you enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pureflowyoga/support