The Yogi's Roadmap: Off the beaten path to breakthrough experiences

Summary: This conversation got cut short, nevertheless, we felt it was too juicy not to let you listen. We’ll pick back up where we left off in the next episode. In this dialogue, Bhāvani speaks about Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra wisdom for our current time; about tapping into our own genius instead of trying to reproduce yoga in a certain way; and about tapping into your own body language to “Bring the...

Summary: “You’re being introduced to a new way of exploring self and Self,” says Bhāvani Maki. In this conversation Bhāvani speaks about her perspective on the often misunderstood maxims of “yoga on the mat” and “yoga off that mat;” doing “real yoga” and doing “real life.” Bhāvani shares the teachings of her teachers on how we might work with fear/anxiety/stress in this world which is continually...

Summary: Bhāvani speaks about the essential role of a Yoga teacher and elucidates on practicing and teaching Yoga through the perspective of bio-tensegrity. She touches on the importance of Yoga teachers learning how to read bodies, which is one of the key elements she teaches in her Yoga trainings. “Come back to when movement had meaning,” Bhāvani tells us with humor and conviction. Show Notes: B...

A full-length class from Bhāvani’s Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Group where she unpacks Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra III.42. “Śhrotrākāśhayoḥ sambandha saṁyamāddivyaṁ śhrotram: Complete concentration on the interrelation between the atmosphere and the ear brings an ability to hear of a most high order.” Show Notes: Bhāvani Silvia Maki, international yoga teacher and author: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/ Join th...

Summary: Bhavani shares her wisdom from her own near death experience. She talks about how we might practice in our daily lives to begin to not be so afraid of death and dying. She goes on to give us a taste of somatic practices we can work with to unburden ourselves in real time. Bhavani gives us graceful and potent ways we might speak about death to each other and to children that is not scary b...

Summary: In this conversation magic is pulled forth. Bhāvani speaks about the significance of origin and originality; the alchemy of living; The importance of not needing to prove our life to anyone anymore; and restoring the functionality of Yoga. Show Notes: Bhāvani Silvia Maki, international yoga teacher and author: https://www.bhavanimaki.com/ Join the Online Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program and...

Summary: Do you want the Real Stuff when it comes to Yoga? Then this conversation is for you. Bhāvani shares about what is required to really access spirituality through embodiment; she implores us to ask deeper questions: “Are we interested in achievements, or are we interested in the field happening within us?” Bhāvani speaks to the tendency toward dissociation in spiritual disciplines, and how...

Summary: In this episode, Bhāvani speaks about “practice,” that illusive concept made possible through true curiosity and community; what “practice” is, how we might approach it and what to remember when engaging with this life-long pursuit as being part of exploring new frontiers . She shares why we would want to go into the unconscious, that fertile soil where the gems reside; and when might be...

Summary: Bhāvani speaks about the shift in her teaching into a more feeling-based, exploratory experience which leans into the sensory-awareness, which is the antidote for our current troubled times. She elucidates further for those of us who might have a hard time slowing down. Bhāvani speaks about building real community and about what it really means to leverage our yoga practice so that the th...

Summary: Bhavani speaks about what is inspiring her right now in Yoga and in structural integration. She speaks about what is troubling her and about how she has come to a place of finally feeling freed up in her own body, practice and work. Show Notes: Bhāvani Silvia Maki, international yoga teacher and author. Join the Online Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program & Sūtra Wisdom School. Get your copy...

Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra IV.34 From the Yoga Sūtra Mentorship + Wisdom Series Summary: Bhāvani unpacks Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra IV.34. This final Sūtra in the Kaivalya Pāda, fourth chapter, speaks to the aims of life and returning to the central organ of an unburdened heart. To tend to the fire and transmission through becoming deeply interested in what fills us with light. “This is a process of unear...

Summary: This is our second conversation with Sherry Cassedy. Sherry shares about her book, “Marriage Unveiled: The Promise, Passion, and Pitfalls of Imperfectly Ever After. “The edge of transformation is not pretty or comfortable.” Sherry and Bhavani share their collective wisdom as practitioners and friends in this honest and juicy conversation about the “Layers of letting go, the tension of gro...

Summary: This is a juicy conversation! We invited Sherry Cassedy on the podcast to explore the interface of Yoga and the Catholic teachings. Sherry shares from her deep well of experience—she’s a wife, mother and grandmother, a published author, holds a master's degree in transpersonal psychology, is a life-long practitioner of Catholic mysticism, a lover and teacher of Yoga, a lawyer for over 35...

Summary: In this episode, Bhavani deepens our understanding of the third chapter of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, the Vibhuti Pada. “It’s actually quite practical and grounded,” she says. “This particular chapter is about tuning into the realms that don’t have form and developing intimacy with yourself.” Bhavani also further unpacks Yoga as an animistic tradition. “Life is not confined through what we c...

Summary: In this conversation Bhāvani shares what she’s learning in her current undertaking of Ida Rolf Structural Integration. Bhāvani elucidates on her experience of shifting from yoga as a “performative experience” to one of experiential education, “Right knowledge does nothing for our soul. It’s more about the process of liberation from constricting ideals,” says Bhāvani. Once again we are rem...

Summary: Shinay asks Bhāvani about working with regret on the yogic path. Bhāvani speaks about the constellations of life, waves of development, and cycles of regression. They talk about having a “Comfortable level of tension,” and the nature of time. Bhāvani gives practical practices to ground yourself in the moment and answers the question, “Do you feel that there is such a thing as wasted time?...

Summary: In this conversation Bhāvani and Shinay talk about the “Yoga of Motherhood,” the tender, sweet individuation process that both parent and child undertake. Bhavani says, “It’s about loosening the reins and holding space to work with our own impulses and frustrations, practicing a different kind of patience. It’s the yogik path of seeing, clearly What Is.” Show Notes: Bhāvani Silvia Maki, i...

Bhāvani talks about her forthcoming book, the insights she’s gained from completing the Kaivalya Pāda, the fourth chapter of Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra, with her Online Mentorship Group, and what she’s looking forward to in unpacking the Vibhuti Pada, the third chapter, starting January 29, 2025. Shinay and Bhavani take a deep dive into Bhavani’s shifting focus from finding the “perfect shape” in yogā...

Summary: This is part two of a full-length recording of one of Bhāvani Maki’s classes in the Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program and Sūtra Wisdom School. From the second book, Sādhana Pāda, of the Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali, this teaching gives us a step by step process to observe our hooks and how to eventually take the leap out of our problem addiction and reminds us, “Don't gorge on poisoned honey.” The...

Summary: Today Shinay Tredeau and Bhāvani Maki bring their listeners a unique podcast episode. This is part one of a full-length recording of one of Bhāvani Maki’s classes in Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program and Sūtra Wisdom School. From the second book, Sādhana Pāda, of the Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali, this teaching gives us a step by step process to observe our hooks and how to eventually take the leap...

Summary: In this episode, Shinay and Bhāvani talk about the tenderizing process of maturation. The necessity of cultivating a personal practice, and the care of the soul that is required on this mystical and practical path of yoga that is soma - the nexus of body-heart-mind. Show Notes: Bhāvani Maki: https://www.bhavanimaki.com Online Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program & Sūtra Wisdom School: https:...

Summary: Bhāvani and Shinay speak about the feminine principle in yoga. “Yoga is described as dilation, fluidity, and looking into the shadow,” says Bhāvani, “we learn through the infinitely creative principle that is the evolutionary process. And evolution takes a very long time.” Show Notes: Bhāvani Maki: https://www.bhavanimaki.com Online Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program & Sūtra Wisdom School:...

Summary: This conversation is about the deeper teachings of yoga, about getting back in touch with the original seed within us, the seed of wildness that is deeply connected to nature, our own animal body, and our primal emotions not as something to sit on but energy and passion to work with.. This conversation weaves the listener through yoga as an attitude and energetic resonance, śakti, that is...

Summary: This conversation from the heart is about working with strong emotions and the nuanced ways of approaching interpersonal relationships. This episode is all about trusting the somatic wisdom of the body and as Bhāvani says, “There is no recipe for every situation.” Show Notes: Bhāvani Maki: https://www.bhavanimaki.com Online Yoga Sūtra Mentorship Program & Sūtra Wisdom School: https://...

Summary: In this conversation Bhāvani and Shinay talk about showing up for our yoga practice even when we don’t feel like it. “We give up some comfort for a greater cause and there’s magic to it.” Bhāvani shares about the discipline of yoga as being able to create space for something new. “These practices are a way of connecting to the substratum, they’re a way of renewing ourselves, to remember w...