J. Brown Yoga Talks

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   J returns to his former studio in Brooklyn, now  Goodyoga , and is joined by Amy Matthews , Sam Chase , and Christie Roe for intimate conversation about the nature of our anatomies and the values we are aligning with. Amy...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Peter Blackaby and Bernie Clark come together with J to consider the nature of human anatomy and the process of affecting change. Initiated by Peter after he listened to Bernie's last appearance, this probing conversation...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Greg Lehman , author of Recovery Strategies - your pain guidebook , talks with J about addressing pain and what it means to be a "movement optimist." They discuss the benefits of bio-mechanics and some of the misconceptio...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Dr. Aimée Shunney , naturopathic physician trained in both modern medical science and integrative medicine, talks with J about CBD and the growing research around Cannabis medicine. They discuss some of the history behind...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Mike Huggins , founder of Transformation Yoga Project and co-author of Yoga for Recovery - A Practical Guide for Healing , returns to check in with J on the challenges and rewards of doing yoga service. A lot has happened...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Mary Jennings is opening Fresh Coast Yoga in Houghton, Michigan with an alternative studio model she heard discussed on the show so J brought her on to talk about what she is doing. They discuss what it's like to be a mil...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Gina Price , partner in the Sociocracy Consulting Group , talks with J about creating order out of chaos through the principles of Sociocracy. They discuss governance based on a decentralization of authority where all ele...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   David Dodd and J have corresponded for years but a recent email exchange about the Yoga Alliance prompted this discussion on the inherent problem of creating organizations around yoga. They discuss David's background in c...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Rama Jyoti Vernon , one of the first yoga teachers in the United States, talks with J about her pivotal role in bringing yoga to the west. They discuss the LA yoga scene in the 1940's and 1950's, meeting BKS Iyengar and h...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Norman Blair wrote an article about yoga teacher pay that caught J's attention and led to this wide-ranging conversation about the monetary policies of yoga centers and the underlying economics that are fueling them. They...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Scott Johnson , Greg Nardi , Emma Rowse and Jock Orton talk with J about the creation of Amayu Yoga and a reimagining of the ashtanga tradition. They take time out of a retreat together to discuss the state of the global...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Frank Jude Boccio , author of Mindfulness Yoga , talks with J about his integrated approach to yoga and buddhist mindfulness. An early adopter, Frank was ahead of his time and had an impact on J without ever having met hi...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Bernie Clark , author of Your Spine, Your Yoga , returns to the show to talk with J about his new book and the important perspective it provides. They discuss the notion of "neutral spine," the myth of flexibility in yoga...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Seth Powell , founder of Yogic Studies , extended J an invitation to take his course and it led to this wide-ranging conversation about cutting edge research and his scholarship in yoga history and philosophy. They discus...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Rachel Brathen , creator of @yoga_girl , talks with J about how a bohemian lifestyle on the beaches of Costa Rica converged with the invent of Instagram and led to two million followers and a yoga career. They discuss the...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Annie Carpenter , veteran yoga teacher trainer from Yogaworks and creator of SmartFLOW Yoga , talks with J about the history of YTT's, current industry trends, and transitioning from growth models to in-depth inquiry. The...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Kerry Maiorca , founder of Bloom Yoga Studio and Chair of the Board of Directors for Yoga Alliance , talks with J about the inner workings of the Yoga Alliance and the Standards Review Project . Kerry and J are old friend...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Tao Porchon-Lynch , named Oldest Yoga Teacher by Guinness World Record and author of Dancing Light , sits down with J a few months after her 100th birthday to talk about her life and the spirit of yoga. They discuss the m...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Neil Boyd , Board Vice-President of the Feathered Pipe Foundation, talks with J about his life as a farmer, his yoga, and how the two have informed each other. They discuss the connection between his work and the turn of...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   J moderates a panel discussion at the  Hauora Yoga Conference with Katie Lane , Donna Farhi , Jac Wilson , Leanne Davis , and Felicity Molloy on the accreditation of yoga and yoga therapy in New Zealand. They discuss the...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Michael de Manincor , founder and Director of The Yoga Institute , is a student of TKV Desikachar that J met earlier this year and reconnected with for this conversation about the study and transmission of yoga, and the k...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Anne Jablonski , president of the Feathered Pipe Foundation, shares with J her love of Freedom Style Yoga and the magic that is the Feathered Pipe Ranch . They discuss Anne's relationship to the teachings of Erich Schiffm...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Karen Rain talks with J about the lack of consent culture in yoga, and ways that people can change what they are doing in their own spheres to create a safer and more just society. They discuss the abuse and deception tha...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Genny Wilkinson Priest joins J for this probing conversation about the impact of Pattabhi Jois' sexual assaults on the ashtanga community and yoga world at large. They discuss Genny's previous life as a journalist, her di...

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium .   Gregor Maehle , founder of 8 Limbs Ashtanga Yoga , discusses the history of Patabhi Jois' sexual assaults and the need for the Ashtanga tradition to evolve. He talks about the studies and motivations that led to his adopt...