In this episode, I sit down with Joan White and Patricia Walden, two of the most senior practicing women yoga practitioners in the world. This episode continues a discussion the three of us began in 2021 about Iyengar Yoga, one of the most influential modern lineages in the world. You'll hear what it was like to study with—and be utterly devoted to—just one teacher, BKS Iyengar, and what the Iyengar Yoga system is like now in the wake of his passing several years ago. This is a deep dive into the experience of devotion to a "guru," or bringer of light, what is occurring through teachers most influenced by this guru, and how Joan and Patricia specifically have internalized all of this to continue sharing everything they've learned with their students and with yoga more broadly. If you love practice, you'll love this episode.

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Sanskrit:

1. Urdhva dhanurasana: wheel pose

2. Sirsasana: headstand

3. Trikonasana: triangle pose

4. Viparita dandasana: inverted staff pose

5. Kapotasana: king pigeon pose

6. Adho mukha svanasana: downward facing dog

7. Virabhadrasana 2: warrior 2

8. Purusha: inner seer

9. Anamaya kosha: the first of the five koshas (layers of the body), the physical body

10. Pranamaya kosha: the energy body

11. Manamaya kosha: the mental body

12. Vijnamaka kosha: the wisdom body

13. Ananandamaya kosha: the wisdom body

14. Pranayama: breath control

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References:

1. Joan White

2. Patricia Walden 

3. Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

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Episode credits:

Original music by Kim's band Governess.

Produced by Alyssa Yeroshefsky and Kim Weeks.

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