The Yoga Well Podcast

Listen in or chant along as Chase Bossart, Executive Director of Yoga Well Institute, chants Chapter III of Patañjali's Yogasūtra. The Yogasūtra text is a blueprint that describes how to live a meaningful and satisfying life, including instructions for coming out of suffering and finding and following your life purpose(s). Join Chase's weekly Yogasūtra class at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-philos...

Siara Morrow guides a practice for experiencing a presentation of avidyā from Patañjali's Yogasūtra II.5. The practice begins by interacting with the impermanent, changing qualities of your body, then transitions to directing attention toward what is permanent through mantra and a meditation focus. A student of Chase Bossart, Amanda Green, Danielle Tarantola, and Elizabeth Bossart, Siara can be fo...

How does one apply the perspectives of yoga philosophy in our health, work, marriage, and parenting? Yoga Therapist Siarra Morrow shares her experiences of practice affecting perception and identity through her exploration of īśvarapraṇidhāna and chanting as vibrant practices. Find Siara at Practice Yoga in Austin, TX, and at LivingAwakeYoga.com.

Yoga Therapist Chris Armstrong guides a practice of gentle āsana using arm movements and caring breath, with reflection on effort plus trust. You can find Chris Armstrong at https://www.chrisarmstrongyoga.com/ and find Yoga Well's online practice classes at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/ 

Listen in or chant along as Chase Bossart, Yoga Well Institute's Executive Director, chants Chapter II of Patañjali's Yogasūtra. The Yogasūtra text is a blueprint that describes how to live a meaningful and satisfying life, including instructions for coming out of suffering and finding and following your life purpose(s). Join Chase's weekly Yogasūtra class at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-philosop...

Join Catherine Franklin for a seated practice with an option to be on your back. This practice is an invitation to move inward and go deeper using the breath as the bridge to get there. Find Catherine at TrueEvolutionYoga.com or email catherine@trueevolutionyoga.com. Access live and on-demand courses at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

Listen in or chant along as Chase Bossart, Yoga Well Institute's Executive Director, chants Chapter I of Patañjali's Yogasūtra. The Yogasūtra text is a blueprint that describes how to live a meaningful and satisfying life, including instructions for coming out of suffering and finding and following your life purpose(s). Join Chase's weekly Yogasūtra class at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-philosoph...

Join Dr. Tina Wang, for a seated practice investigating your breath as it engages with spine and pelvis. This practice is informed by principles of dynamic neuromuscular stabilization, incorporating intra-abdominal pressure strategies, and elements of the Vojta approach to reflex stimulation. Dr Wang is an MD of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Assistant Professor at Loma Linda, UC Riverside,...

Content advisory: this episode touches upon personal experience with mental health and loss. In cycles of grief, what does it mean to have peace? How does practice and study support the digestion and transformation of painful experiences? Yoga Well's Executive Director, Chase Bossart and Yoga Therapist Catherine Franklin have a potent conversation about roles, perception, having a trusted guide, c...

Connecting to an experience of support is used to guide our meditation with a dandilion. This practice is led by Meg Bratt, Yoga Therapist and Yoga Well's Student Advisor and Admissions Coordinator. Find Meg at mysvaha.com. Meditate with Yoga Well in our weekly classs 15 Minute Breathing & Meditation: https://www.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation/ and Yoga for Meditation: https://cou...

Tina Wang, MD of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Assistant Professor at Loma Linda, UC Riverside, and the Southern California University of Health Sciences speaks of how her yoga studies have rooted her in the purity of puruṣa to engage with herself and her clients. She speaks of the impact of self-management in how she serves others in her clinical research in chronic and debilitating strug...

Welcome the new in this standing and seated practice with mantra from the Gāyatrī. Enjoy your time with Annie Jones, Vedic Chanting Teacher, Yoga Therapist, and Clinical Herbalist. Find Annie at annieswyldroots@gmail.com . Join weekly Yoga Well practice classes at https://courses.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation and https://courses.yogawell.com/Yoga-for-Meditation 

Śrī Krishnamacharya's teachings on āsana were disseminated through various students who became teachers themselves. While practices like Viniyoga and Aṣṭāṅgayoga may appear distinct in their outward forms, they are both rooted in the same fundamental principles. These shared foundations manifest in remarkably similar ways within their respective practices. Moreover, common stereotypes of Viniyoga...

Cultivate the confidence that assists us in moving over the obstacle. Join Laura Jane Mellencamp, Yoga Therapist and Psychologist, in this floor practice with movement, mantra, and visualization. Find Laura Jane at https://www.yogaamongfriends.com/

There are many definitions of Yoga and each has it's purpose. In this episone of the Yoga Well Podcast Chase Bossart discusses some definitions of Yoga and how they can help us understand the intent of our practice and it's place in our lives. You can see and follow along with these definitions at the handout here: Definitions of Yoga 

A centering practice with a gleaming jewel and samāna breathing rations. Join Amanda Wentworth, a Yoga Therapist at the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Vanderbilt for over 13 years. You can find Amanda at https://amandasana.blogspot.com/ You can learn more about Yoga Well's offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/ 

Dr. Carrie Heeter interviews Dr. Jennifer Vasquez about her newly published research on How Viniyoga Supports Health and Healing. Heeter and Vasquez are long-time Viniyoga practitioners, members of the Yoga Well Institute community, and research scientists. Find Dr. Heeter at MeditationConversations.com. Receive a free download of Dr. Heeter's book, An Inside Look at Meditation: Experiences for he...

Take some time to tune in to self with this āsana practice led by Jennifer Vasquez, PhD, LCSW-S, SEP, NARM Therapist, EMDR Certified Therapist, ISP Practitioner, C-IAYT, and RYT-500. You can find Dr. Vasquez at YogaJena.com & InspiredPractice.com.

How does the state of your system affect your perceptions and behaviors? How does Yoga change the state of your human system "time of" and "over time"? We are excited to share an episode of the podcast, Doing Differently hosted by Marcel Allbritton, PhD and C-IAYT. The podcast focuses on discussions around change, healing, and transformation. In this episode, Marcel and Chase Bossart, the Executiv...

Realign with your convictions and those who believe in you with this practice. This practice is led by Meg Bratt, Yoga Therapist and Yoga Well's Student Advisor and Admissions Coordinator. Find Meg at www.mysvaha.com. Meditate with Yoga Well in our weekly class 15 Minute Breathing & Meditation: https://www.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation/

How do you move forward when you feel unsure? What is the nature of choosing tools for a meditation expereince? This discussion between Carrie and Meg explores feelings of conviction in an expereince of teaching. Meg Bratt is Yoga Well's Student Advisor and a Yoga Therapist. Carrie Heeter, PhD, RYS-200, is a meditation designer, research scientist, retired professor of Media and Information, and a...

This meditation lets you observe your mind in action, paying attention to attention, experiencing what it feels like to notice, to focus, and to change that focus. This expereince is led by Carrie Heeter, PhD, RYS-200 is a meditation designer, research scientist, recently retired professor of Media and Information at Michigan State University, and author of An Inside Look at Meditation: Experience...

Physical Therapist and Yoga Therapist Deb Hopkins talks with Chase about the power of observation, mindful movement, biomechanics & prāṇa, facilitating an "aha moment" for clients, and the field of Yoga Therapy. Find Deb at https://pineleaftherapeuticyoga.com/about-deb/ Learn more about Yoga Well's offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/ 

Join in this peaceful chant and meditation with Aimee Forsberg Ottosen, Yoga Therapist, and Certified Holistic Ayurvedic Counselor. Calm your breath and mind with the mantra śāntiśśāntiśśāntiḥ coordinated with gentle movement and a visualization. Learn more about Yoga Well's course offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/. Reach out to Aimee at bridgeyoga12@gmail.com 

Yoga is interetsed in the mind and how it operates. Chase discusses the active engagement of meditation: what it is, definitions of mind, purposes of meditation, depth of expereince, and how to create successful meditative expereinces. Along with weekly meditation classes like Yoga for Meditation and 15 Minute Breathing and Meditaiton, you can learn more about the structure of Meditation in the co...