Peter's Podcast

Peter's Podcast is like a pay-what-you-will yoga class. Please support it by dropping your donation at Patreon.com . Thanks! In this episode, I speak with Serge Cashman , a former student of mine, now a teacher and owner of Unit 108 Yoga in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Serge started practicing yoga by accident, bartering photography for yoga classes with Sabine Heubusch , who introduced him to ISHTA Yog...

This meditation class starts with a talk about how our stuck emotions make it hard to meditate. We use a variety of methods to deal with our emotional reactions, but when we don't get to deal with them, they can come back to disturb us in a variety of ways. Today's meditation is a kriya yoga practice that helps us let go of emotions we're aware of and those we no longer even remember.

In this episode, I catch up with fellow ISHTA Yogiraj Tamara Graham in Perth, Australia. A  yoga lover since her teens, Tamara Graham started teaching Yoga in New York at her friends' request.  Soon after, she completed one of the first ISHTA Yoga Teacher Training programs, when it was Be Yoga. She had a complete a-ha experience with Al realizing that he was her teacher. She returned to Perth Aust...

Today's episode is the second in our California correspondence with Erika Pahk . Erika has graced me with her presence in classes training and retreats over the past handful of years. This summer, she’s working in L.A., where she’s agreed to check in as our summer west-coast correspondent. In our first installment, we got to hear a little about Erika’s new home. In this episode we get real about f...

Puy Navarro is an ISHTA Yoga Senior Teacher, Spanish native actress and a theater producer, focusing on Social Issues and Human Rights. She has been working in New York since 2005. Puy began writing when she felt the need to turn the play she had produced at the United Nations into a film script. Puy's script "Life is a Dream" was selected at Dreamago 2014, Stephen Frears' International...

In our first Peter's Podcast Roundtable, Wendy Newton , Aino Siren and I talk about what happens when you venture beyond yoga class. We talk from the perspective of teachers who want to lead workshops and retreats and of students who may not even know that one of these formats would mean a whole new understanding and practice. I share how much I learned from moving beyond yoga classes. Wendy is te...

In today's episode, I speak to Dr. Jennifer Rhodes , whom I met when she took ISHTA Teacher Training and Meditation Training. Jenny is a licensed clinical psychologist, dating/relationship coach, image consultant, 200 hour ISHTA trained yogi, and founder of Rapport Relationships, LLC. Today, Jenny incorporates her intuitive and healing skills into her therapy and coaching practice. She is passiona...

ISHTA Yoga teacher and Polarity practitioner Jenny Bloom makes another wonderful appearance on the pod. We discuss how we evolve through practice and how that evolution can help your relationships, and helps make better teachers. I mention Shuddhananda Bharati, a tantra yogi who influenced ISHTA Yoga founder Alan Finger. Please support Peter's Podcast on Patreon. It's the donation box at the door...

Happy Summer everybody! I mentioned a few weeks ago that I would be mixing up the conversations on the podcast, including some more monolog/discussions of topics. Another way is launching today thanks to Erika Pahk. Erika has graced me with her presence in classes training and retreats over the past handful of years. This summer, she’s working in L.A., where she’s agreed to check in as our summer...

Happy Summer Solstice and Midsummer! I talk about life as cycles and politics as an example of peaks vs. cycles. I also ponder Plato's idea of the philosopher king in light of this year's election. Enjoy! Support Peter's Podcast on Patreon . Thank you!

Happy anniversary to Peter's Podcast! Two years in, I start off about Real Yoga and how to use it. Then I discuss the vata dosha and how the part of ourselves that is related to motion can create imbalances — and how to use real yoga to deal with the imbalances! I mention: Patreon , where you can support Peter's Podcast (please do!) The way to ask me a question: email peterspodcast108@gmail.com Th...

In this episode, I share a meditation class, beginning with a description of Tantra's contribution to finding actual happiness. I mention the ISHTA 101 , a chance to learn all about yoga philosophy in a day-long training. Thank you for supporting Peter's Podcast on Patreon to keep it commercial-free!

In today's episode, I talk with my colleague April Puciata, whom I got to teach trainings with in the Washington DC area over the years. April has been teaching yoga in NYC, Washington DC and New Jersey for almost two decades. She is the founder and creator of beyond OM , and teaches yoga trainings and workshops throughout the US and she leads retreats all over the world. April shares what she's u...

In today's episode, I discuss the subtitle of my podcast from the perspective of the Bhagavad Gita and the Buddha. I mention my upcoming workshop at ISHTA Yoga called "Real Happiness: The Bhagavad Gita as the Human Owner’s Manual." You can sign up for it here . If you're outside NYC, you can call in to the video chat. If you want to call, sign up, then contact Rumika@ishtayoga.com for th...

Finding joy and the beauty of life is like a game of hide and seek. In today's episode, I look at this idea in light of the spring holidays. After a talk, I take us to meditation class, where I continue the theme and lead a meditation on the elements and our breath. Enjoy! Mentioned in the podcast: Yogananda singing Oh God Beautiful Psych Rock Kirtan performing Hey Hari Sundari Bhagavad Gita Works...

Brett Larkin studied at ISHTA Yoga in 2005 where I had the pleasure to be one of her trainers. She describes what went from using YouTube as a way to memorize her own sequence into a career as a beloved online yoga teacher. Today, Brett has more than a quarter million subscribers to her YouTube channel. She won Youtube’s “Next Up” award as one of the top emerging Youtube channels of 2017. Plus, sh...

A lecture on the practice of surrender, gratitude, and kriya yoga. Please support Peter's Podcast on Patreon !

In this episode, I have an inspiring talk with Nino Farruggio, author of two yoga books for children. We talk about where she finds inspiration and how yoga helps her tap the magic in her life. Her books are Little Shrimp Wants to do Yoga and Little Shrimp Wants to Meditate . Nino teaches yoga on Long Island and in Manhattan, teaching private, corporate and children’s yoga classes. She also leads...

Some thoughts on how to stay balanced, in sattva guna , given today's news. You can always reach me at peterspodcast108@gmail.com or make a comment at Simplecast, where I host the podcast. Please support Peter's Podcast on Patreon — it's what keeps it in your ears!

In this episode, we head to meditation class. I start with a talk about the cyclical nature of our world and how to remain balanced as life is going up and down and back and forth, seemingly throwing us every which way! Then we have a meditation practice. If you decide to do the practice, feel free to exit any time you feel uncomfortable. Massage your legs and feet if you need to calm down. During...

The second section of the Yoga Sutras is the Sadhana Pada. Sadhana is your practice, and in this episode, I talk with Wendy Newton about her book The Tantra of the Yoga Sutras and her upcoming training on the Sadhana Pada. I mention: Patreon , where you can support Peter's Podcast; ISHTA Yoga , where you can take class with me; and The Secret of the Yamas , by John McAfee. Thanks for listening, an...

Today I speak with yogini Rachel Scott. Rachel supports yoga teachers and studios in creating transformational educational experiences so that they can thrive in their business, share their passion, and inspire more people to practice yoga. Her knowledge and experience are extensive. She’s earned two master’s degrees, led over twenty teacher trainings, spent fifteen years in yoga studio management...

In this episode, I talk with yogi and artist Kate MacDonnell . Kate lives, teaches, and creates in Washington D.C. Kate has had solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums nationally and internationally including a two-person show in Tokyo this past summer. She was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition for her work in the collaborative project www.sametime715.com , she has received numerous...

In this episode, I catch up with frequent podcast accomplice Jenny Bloom. Jenny just got back from Asia and we talk about everything from grass-mowing bulls to flying monkey gods. I mention the ISHTA Masters Training that I'm a part of in March Please support the podcast on Patreon and rate it on your phone or at iTunes. Thank you! Namaste

In today's episode I provide some advice on the first part of yoga practice: tapas, the purification of our mental patterns. I also use AOC as a metaphor for Shiva Shakti. Enjoy! Please support Peter's Podcast on Patreon and rate the podcast right here on your app or at iTunes. Thank you!