The Flow Artists Podcast by Garden of Yoga

What if the music you've been dancing to your whole life has actually been regulating your nervous system? In this episode, we sit down with Hollie May, a UK-based drum and bass DJ, promoter, mentor, radio presenter, and founder of The Inner Ground - to explore the fascinating intersection of bass frequencies, brain science, and human connection. Hollie brings a rare combination of lived experienc...

What if the struggles you face at work - the exhaustion, the people-pleasing, the feeling that you can't truly be yourself are actually rooted in experiences that started long before you ever set foot in an office? In this episode, hosts Rane and Jo Stewart sit down with Rita Mercer for an honest, warm, and deeply practical conversation about building a healthier relationship with work, yourself,...

Rane here, and I honestly can't believe this day has finally arrived. My wife Jo Stewart has officially launched her book, Eight Limbs of Aerial Yoga: Adapting Practice for Accessibility, Neurodiversity, and Physical Support, and I am so incredibly proud of everything she has poured into this work. This episode captures the live online launch event, and it is one of my favourite things we've ever...

What does it truly take to rebuild your life - and yourself - in a new country? In this deeply personal and practical episode, host Jo Stewart sits down with Hannah Balint, a UK-born yoga teacher and relocation coach, to explore what repeated international moves have taught her about identity, connection, and the courage it takes to start over. Hannah shares her remarkable journey across the UK, V...

Indu Arora, a yoga and Ayurveda teacher with over two decades of experience, offers a perspective on yoga nidra that extends far beyond the structured, technique-driven formats familiar to many modern practitioners. Drawing from Vedic, Tantric, Upanishadic, and Puranic texts, Indu emphasizes that yoga nidra is not simply a guided relaxation practice but a philosophy, a state of consciousness, and...

We have exciting book news! Jo's upcoming book "Eight Limbs of Aerial Yoga" is now available for preorder! As Jo explains with palpable excitement, this book is "a compilation of my life's work in aerial yoga." Her book is structured around Patanjali's Eight Limbs, drawing from interviews with experts, evidence based research and lived experience in a way that honours both tradition and innovation...

Rane and Jo are thrilled to have Jivana Heyman return for his third visit, and what a fascinating conversation it turned out to be. This time around, Jivana surprised everyone by sharing his unexpected journey into the world of triathlons - a transformation that began during the pandemic when he was inspired by an elderly runner on the beach. What started as simple walks eventually led to running...

This fascinating conversation with Anjali Rao reveals yoga's complex and often untold stories, challenging us to think beyond the simplified narratives we usually hear. Rather than viewing yoga as a static, ancient practice, Anjali shows us how it has always been shaped by social, political, and cultural forces. Her book "Yoga as Embodied Resistance" uncovers the voices of women and marginalised c...

Nada Todorovich's journey from feeling like the "weird and different" kid in central Victoria to becoming a passionate community builder is both heartwarming and inspiring. Growing up as the child of Bosnian immigrants, she experienced the challenge of straddling two cultures - from her mother's homemade crepes that she was initially embarrassed about to her father's eclectic collection of animals...

This episode of the Flow Artist Podcast is a casual, conversational catch-up between Jo and Rane, primarily focused on Jo's recent yoga retreat in Bali. They discuss the retreat in great detail, sharing insights into its planning, challenges, highlights, and lessons learned. Beyond the retreat, the conversation touches on several other topics, including Jo's book editing progress, upcoming sound m...

In this moving conversation, yoga teacher and activist Sasha Sigel shares her remarkable journey from theater student to dedicated advocate for reproductive rights and queer community building. Her story illustrates how a simple suggestion from a professor about feeling "ungrounded" led her to discover yoga's transformative power, ultimately shaping her life's mission of combining spiritual practi...

Rane and Jo welcome Claire Holloway back for her second appearance on the Flow Artist Podcast, where she shares her evolving journey as a yoga teacher and activist in Perth, Western Australia. Since her last visit, Claire has expanded her focus to include perinatal care, home birthing support, and community-based yoga programs. One of her notable achievements has been securing a local council gran...

Grief, Healing, and Finding Light in the Darkness: A Conversation with Amy Pickett-Williams In this moving conversation, psychotherapist and yoga teacher Amy Pickett-Williams shares her remarkable journey through personal tragedy to creating meaningful change in the grief support community. With 26 years of experience in therapy work, Amy's path took an unexpected turn during the COVID-19 pandemic...

In a deeply moving conversation, Utkarsh Narang shares his remarkable journey from being a physiotherapist in India to becoming an influential executive coach and TEDx speaker in Australia. His story resonates with anyone seeking meaningful change, as he describes how a LinkedIn message unexpectedly opened the door to a new life abroad, proving that sometimes the most significant opportunities ari...

This conversation is a vibrant and candid exploration of sexuality, gender, consent, and social activism, centered around Eve X and Sai's work with the Australian School of Sexuality (ASS Fest). The tone is playful, irreverent, and deeply intellectual, with the speakers using humor (particularly butt jokes) to disarm serious topics and create a sense of openness. They discuss complex themes includ...

A Journey Through Women's Health, Yoga, and Personal Transformation Kate Payne's journey from corporate marketing to becoming a women's health yoga therapist is a compelling story of transformation and purpose. Starting with meditation at 16 to manage anxiety, she discovered yoga in her early twenties after recovering from a health challenge in Thailand. What began as a simple gym class recommenda...

It's already February, but we're here to take on 2025! Welcome to a new year of The Flow Artists Podcast! In this episode Jo and Rane answer questions for listeners, past guests and friends of the podcast including Ann Swanston, Claire Holloway, Divya Kohli, Kirrah Stewart, Justine Elizabeth, Kristin Mathiasson and Ambika Chadwick. We cover our current projects, recent events at the studio and our...

Youch! We've had lots going on and we've been missing in action, but we wanted to finish the year with an extra special bonus! This episode contains a conversation we released just for our Patreon supporters a few months ago. It's a discussion between Jo and Rane, where we talk about a few life updates, as well as Rane answering a few questions about his cancer experience, and how Yoga really help...

Dr. Lauren Tober, a distinguished clinical psychologist and yoga teacher, offers profound insights into the intersection of psychology and yoga in our latest episode. As the founder of the Yoga Psychology Institute and author of "Mental Health Aware Yoga," Dr. Tober articulates the delicate balance required to create supportive environments that honour both mental health and yogic traditions. Her...

Jeff Patterson's journey in martial arts is a fascinating blend of physical discipline and mental mastery. Starting out as a teenager inspired by Bruce Lee films, Jeff's path took an unexpected turn when his boxing coach encouraged him to explore Tai Chi and meditation. It's pretty cool how what initially seemed like a chore - "I wasn't interested in meditating at all," Jeff admits - ended up tran...

Dr. Shyam Ranganathan, a philosopher, scholar, and author, offers a compelling perspective on yoga as an anticolonial philosophy in this episode of the Flow Artist Podcast. Drawing from his book "Yoga - Anticolonial Philosophy, An Action Focused Guide To Practice," Dr. Ranganathan challenges conventional interpretations of yoga and presents it as a practice that encourages critical thinking, indiv...

Are you ready to discover how yoga can transform lives, regardless of age or mobility? In the latest episode of the Flow Artists podcast, host Jo Stewart sits down with Ambika Chadwick, the founder of The Yoga Social and Chair Yoga Australia. Ambika takes us on a journey from her early days as a dancer to becoming a passionate advocate for chair yoga, proving that yoga truly is for everyone. Ambik...

There's a reason we're called the Flow Artists Podcast, and that's because we're all about flow. In this fascinating episode of the Flow Artists podcast, we chat with Justine Elizabeth, a multi-talented flow artist and teacher. Justine's journey from psychology student to digital nomad and flow expert is truly inspiring. She defines flow states as the sweet spot where peak performance meets peak e...

As we learn in our conversation with Anjali Rao, what we learn of yoga history in our teacher trainings is often limited by the biases of heteropatriarchy, Brahmanism and colonialism. While what we get from our text books might hit many of the major points, this story is just as notable for whom it excludes. For both Jo and Rane, this conversation was a huge recontextualisation of what they though...

Jo and Rane dive head first (figuratively speaking) into the world of inversions with Freya Bennett-Overstall, a respected chiropractor, yoga and meditation teacher, author, and a familiar voice on our podcast. Freya brings her unique perspective to the topic of inversions, delving into the "yin and yang" aspects of these transformative postures. In this conversation, we explore the benefits and c...