The Yoga Heart Mind Podcast

Featured in top media including The Wall Street Journal , The Los Angeles Times , and The Huffington Post , endorsed by celebrities as varied as Cher, Tony Robbins, and the Dalai Lama, included in movie soundtracks such as Walkout , Mantra , and 8 Seconds , and honored by 1.5 million album sales, 550,000 monthly Spotify listeners and 400,000 Facebook followers, chart-topping musicians Deva Premal...

Kia Miller is a devoted Yogini and teacher certified in Ashtanga Yoga as well as Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Her style pulls from multiple yogic disciplines, and is both intuitive and steeped in the traditional aspects of yoga. Kia imparts her wonderful passion for life and well-being in her teaching and views the science and spirituality of Yoga as a path to explore our inner selves...

East Forest is a musician, visionary, teacher and trail-blazer in the wellness movement, building bridges between the digital and natural worlds. As a leader in the burgeoning field of “organic tech”, he regularly cross pollinates his work to bring together diverse fields to explore the intersection between technology, nature and the human experience — with a brain-body approach aimed towards secu...

Ram Dass is one of the worlds most beloved spiritual teachers. He is the author of the groundbreaking classic Be Here Now, as well as many other incredible books. He is my main teacher and has had a huge impact on my life. Go to ramdass.org to dive into his huge archive of teachings and maybe book in for an upcoming retreat with him. With love, Stuart Watkins stuartwatkins.org Support the show

Sally Kempton is one of today’s most authentic spiritual teachers. She teaches devotional contemplative tantra—an approach to practice that creates a fusion of knowing and loving. Known for her ability to transmit inner experience through transformative practices and contemplation, Sally has been practicing and teaching for forty years. A disciple of the great Indian guru Swami Muktananda, she spe...

Lama Surya Das is an American lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars, one of the main interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, and a leading spokesperson for the emerging American Buddhism. The Dalai Lama affectionately calls him “The Western Lama.” He is a poet, chantmaster, spiritual activist, author of many books...

Yogarupa Rod Stryker is a world-renowned yoga and meditation teacher, guiding and sharing his wisdom for over 40 years. He is the founder of ParaYoga® , the author of The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity, and Freedom . He is the creator of the most comprehensive online yoga teacher training in the world and most recently, the app Sanctuary , a premier destination for...

Tully O'Connor is a coach, speaker and facilitator helping people unlock within themselves an authentic life of freedom, fulfilment and personal power. He is an inspiration and I really appreciated his clarity, wisdom and presence in our conversation. He is currently focused on providing these services for men, which is amazing as men really need these types of platforms right now for support...

Rosie Rees is the founder of Women’s Nude Yoga and creator of Yoni Pleasure Palace, a leading online boutique selling high quality yoni eggs and much more. She has become and powerful leader and is regarded as a change-maker, trail-blazer and boundary-crosser. Rosie challenges societal norms and is leading the way in normalising nudity and female sexual pleasure. Check out her website here: https:...

Courtney Bruce is the captain for the West Coast Fever and a major force in the Australia Diamonds. The powerhouse defender is rapidly cementing her spot as one of the best goal keepers in the world and after a breakthrough season in 2016, Courtney quickly rose to stardom, earning MVP honours in her first international game. It was a pleasure speaking with Courtney. She is studying social science...

Josh Kennedy is a champion football player playing for The West Coast Eagles . In this chat, we discussed how Josh balances family life with his thriving football career. He swears on the power of floating and mindfulness in how these practices allow him to stay relaxed and grounded in the roller coaster ride that being an elite competitive athlete is. Not only has he established himself as one of...

Mark Greenham is a great friend that I have known for many years. He has become a supercharged human that survived cancer when he was a child, now taking calisthenics to a whole new level of awesomeness. He competed in the lates 'Beast Master' series which is incredibly impressive. He also created a clothing line called 'Viggor.' What I deeply love about Mark, is not only is he...

Nick Dunin is the co-founder of Beyond Rest float centres. It's been amazing witnessing Nick spread this incredible platform for deep rejuvenation and meditation across Australia. Join Nick and Stuart as they talk about how powerful floating can be aswell as other compelling topics to help one live in the flow of life. Connect with Nick Dunin and the Beyond Rest team at: https://beyondrest.co...

Eve Laurén is a fantastic yoga instructor based in Perth! I love her honesty, empowerment, humility and sense of humour that she is bringing forth! In this conversation Stuart and Eve explored what it is to be a Bad Yogi and ways in which younger teacher's can feel at ease expressing from their authentic selves. I deeply appreciated Eve's fresh perspective and feel there are gems of wisd...

Amanda Noga is the co-creator of WA Flow Festival alongside myself and is the founder of Yoga Alchemy and Karma Collab . Join us in this very honest conversation about our vision for the next FLOW in January 2020. We also discuss some simple concepts of Ayurveda and how one can optimise one's lifestyle. Amanda also has her own podcast in which she often brings in Ayurvedic wisdom. Check that...

Eric Schwarz is an American yoga teacher and life coach based in Western Australia. Erics     radiance of authenticity shines so brightly and his raw aliveness always leaves a powerful impact! In this episode we mainly discussed how necessary it is for yoga teacher's to support one and other. Please be part of the conversation! We'd love to hear your thoughts. Stay in touch with Eric Sch...

Mason Taylor is a health educator, speaker and podcast host with a special interest in sharing how to navigate the evolving world of health and its many paradigms to create a unique and potent health philosophy and personal practice; an approach that helps people to feel safe, balanced and vital in their body. He is the founder of SuperFeast, purveyors of the world's finest tonic herbs and bl...

Verity Charles is a professional netball player for the West Coast Fever. She is described by her team mates as the heart and soul of the mid court and one of the toughest players in the league. I love how tough, driven and motivated Verity is, but also how compassionate, mindful and connected she is at the same time. We explored how important it is to have a practice that relaxes the nervous syst...

Morgan Joanel is an incredible artist and musician. She is a storyteller, sharing her tales through melodies, guitar riffs, harmonies and paint strokes. The Australian artist has worked with Grammy nominated and Aria Award winning producers, toured as main support act for US and UK superstars and has released music both independently and through a major label. Currently working on her first offici...

Michael Klim won six Olympic medals in his glittering swimming career, proving himself one of the most versatile and popular swimmers of his generation. A triple Olympian, Klim won medals at each of the three Olympics he participated in. I am a super fan of Michael's and was glued to the television during these Olympics watching him shine bright! Since retirement Michael has founded a skincar...

Gillian Howarth is the founder of The Little Yoga School. I love what Gillian has created with The Little Yoga School. I take our daughter Solé to the Tuesday class at Spanda and she loves it!  Creating conscious education, taking learning beyond the classroom and connection to Self, family and nature are her primary focuses which I resonate so deeply with. For young children to have a beautiful i...

With 20 years of practice and devotion to the healing arts including; Yoga, mindfulness meditation, Shiatsu & 5 Element Theory, Energetic Bodywork, Prenatal/Post Natal yoga, Nutrition, Anatomy/Physiology and Core Shamanism; Jo brings into the practice a reverence for the mystery of life. Having given birth to our 2 children and having profound experiences being by both of her parents as they t...

Jo and I are collaborating with Durga Stef on our upcoming Yoga retreat in Mexico. In this podcast we talked about our vision for this retreat. We also talked about our teacher Ram Dass as he is the reason that we met Durga Stef. Durga also shared intimately about the balance between running a studio in Mexico City, Sadhana and family life. I thoroughly enjoyed our chat, and Jo and I look forward...

This is the 2nd time I've had Heath Daly on the podcast. He was my first ever guest on the show, he is a great friend and such a wise and intelligent person. To celebrate my 25th podcast it was an honour to have him back on to go deeper into some specific topics. If you're wanting a more personal chat on daily living and lifestyle head on over to podcast number 1 in which we talk a bit m...

Steven is a practitioner in synchronistic digital technologies in sound and visual mediums, incorporating performance, installation and composition in exploring the facets of sensory perception working in an array of fields in the realms of entertainment, information and environmental activism. Steven is also a Yogi and all around amazing person. His art and his creations always invite the partici...