The Yoga Well Podcast

Chanting is a meditative tool in the Viniyoga tradition that illustrates the power of yoga beyond physical postures. Chanting can be breathwork. Chanting can be meditation. Chanting also takes time to learn. In Vedic Chanting, there are 3 mnemonic devices to support memorization: krama-pāṭhaḥ, jaṭā-pāṭhaḥ, and ghana-pāṭhaḥ. Explore these tools with Chase as he uses a portion of the Rudranamaskāra-...

In this Viniyoga podcast, Chase connects yoga philosophy to breath based practice, the popularization of breathwork, and the 1,000-year tradition of yoga that gives these practices context. Listen in on our monthly Community Conversation, as Chase discusses the influence of Prāṇāyāma on Prāṇā. Within the popularization and proliferation of breathwork, there can be a tendency to explain yoga tools...

Welcome to our Viniyoga podcast where Chase Bossart, Executive Director of the Yoga Well Institute and long-time student of Mr. Desikachar hosts discussions of yoga for everyday life. In this episode, step into the Yoga Well classroom's weekly yoga philosophy course on the Yogasūtra as Chase presents a general overview of the 4 chapters of the text, exploring how this text serves as a user's manua...

Welcome to our Viniyoga podcast where we explore yoga philosophy, yoga therapy, and yoga beyond physical postures. This episode with Chase Bossart, long-time student of Mr. Desikachar, focuses on breath centered yoga. Yoga philosophy gives us the pathway to influence our mood, or our state, into balance. The more out of balance we are, the more affected we are by the goings-on of life. This is tru...

Welcome to our Viniyoga podcast where we explore yoga philosophy, yoga therapy, and yoga beyond physical postures. Michelle Fury, C-IAYT, LPC is a professor at the Community College of Denver and a Clinician at Children's Hospital Colorado. Join her conversation with Chase as they discuss principles in applying yoga to youth, the unfolding process of yoga, stages of life, nature of yoga training a...

Enjoy this Viniyoga practice podcast that artfully presents two different prāṇāyāma techniques to extend your breath. With the focus to movements that accentuate and support the mechanisms of breathing, this breath centered yoga practice includes gentle arm movements while resting on your back. As breathing is increasingly recognized as an important part of human physiology by western therapeutics...

In this Viniyoga podcast, Chase connects yoga philosophy to breath based practice. In our Community Conversation, Chase discusses Prāṇā in depth and what happens when the most subtle system in the body, Prāṇā, is influenced by employing the techniques of Prāṇāyāma on our body's most vital function, our breath. As breathing is increasingly recognized as an important part of human physiology by west...

In the aftermath of her husband's life altering accident Robin Leonard turned to her practice and found the tools to not only navigate the initial shock of the event but the long road ahead her and her husband now faced. While navigating her husband's rehabilitation, Robin's studies of the Yogasūtras in the Viniyoga tradition informed her fierce advocacy for herself, her husband, and other caretak...

Viniyoga is known as a breath centered yoga tradition. In this episode, Chase Bossart, long-time student of Mr. Desikachar and Yoga Well's Executive Director, discusses breathing capacity in the context of therapeutic yoga and mind body connection. As breathing is increasingly recognized as an important part of human physiology by western therapeutics, Chase Bossart, Yoga Well's Executive Director...

This yoga philosophy podcast episode is dedicated to the complementary medicine and science of Āyurveda. At Yoga Well, our interest is in exploring yoga philosophy for modern life and discussions of a mind-body connection. We need to include an exploration of yoga's sister science. Join Yoga Well's Offerings and Business Manager, jess demshar, as she hosts a discussion with Certified Āyurvedic Pra...

Enjoy this meditation podcast with breath-centered yoga focusing on the space in your heart. Gentle movements on your back with breath regulation evolve into a meditation on the space in your heart. This practice is a sample of Yoga Well's weekly practice class, Yoga for Meditation. Learn more at  https://courses.yogawell.com/Yoga-for-Meditation  

In this Viniyoga podcast, Chase Bossart and Pam Hardy discuss their personal journeys through cancer with the aid of their yoga practices. The intersection of meditation, breath-centered yoga, mind body connection, and yoga philosophy come through in their conversation including topics of self-knowing translating into personal advocacy, the foundation of clarity in decision making, yoga providing...

In the Viniyoga tradition that has been handed down to us through  Kṛṣṇamacarya and TKV Deśikachar, the Viniyoga tradition emphasizes breath-centered yoga. Moreover, we present engagement with breath as deeply tied to lessons from yoga philosophy. As breathing is increasingly recognized as an important part of human physiology by Western therapeutics, Chase Bossart, Yoga Well's Executive Director,...

Āsana (the physical postures) is the most visible practice of yoga, yet for many practitioners, its true aims and purposes often feel mysterious and unclear. In this edition of the Yoga Well's free monthly live discussion series, Chase Bossart helps to contextualize Yoga's physical postures in order to better unlock personal and spititual transformation. The Yoga Well Discussion series takes place...

In this prāṇāyāma practice with ujjāyī breathing, you are guided to count different aspects of the breath, developing inhale, exhale, hold after exhale, and hold after inhale into a samāna ratio. Breath is an important tool in yoga. You will find breath-based focus in our āsana and meditation classes. Learn the how and why of breathing practices in our 300-hour practitioner and seeker training Dee...

This episode of our Viniyoga podcast weaves together therapeutic yoga and yoga philosophy through a discussion of meditation, presence, and integrity - in the largess of community and the intimacy of death. Chase speaks with Sarah Capua, certified Yoga Therapist, Zen Practitioner, and End-of-Life Doula, about Yoga as spiritual work. Find a quiet place to be with this beautiful discussion of how pa...

Students will notice that we use Saṁskṛta terminology and practice traditional Vedic chanting at the Yoga Well Institute. This is keeping in with the Viniyoga tradition we have learned from Mr. TKV Deśikachar. Chase Bossart, our Executive Director, explains the importance of maintaining the foundational concepts that are linked to Saṁskṛta by using the examples of pramāṇa and yoga. Join a live wee...

What is the role does yoga plays in transformation? Applying yoga philosophy to modern life is a key component of the Viniyoga tradition. The context and tools provided through yoga philosophy affect how we perceive, understand, respond, and make meaningful change in our lives. Join Chase Bossart, the Executive Director of the Yoga Well Institute, and Yoga Therapist Cathy Christoff for a conversat...

This breath-centered yoga practice and meditation are designed to infuse you with light and have light flow inward. Join Yoga Therapist Cathy Christoff for a standing and seated practice with a chant from Yogasūtra I.36  Visoka va chant YSI.36 chant, standing & seated practice infused with light and free from sorrow. Find Cathy Christoff, a Yoga Therapist in the Chicago area, at CenterHeartYoga.co...

There are benefits to both Western Allopathic and Indian Yogic understandings of the body and its systems. However, it is extremely important to understand the core differences in the approach of each perspective to the body. During May's Yoga Well Discussion Hour, Chase Bossart explains what is different about each approach, why this matters to how they are applied, and most importantly, why unde...

Viniyoga is know for being breath centered yoga. Learn the yoga philosophy behind and walk-through the step-by-step teaching of ujjāyī , a fundamental breathing technique & core part of teaching yoga. Chase explores how we develop the consistent and subtle quality of breath and attention in this tool as a bridge to how we shift our focus to presence and prana in everyday life. Find more short prac...

This breath centered yoga practice and meditation for stress and anxiety will explore your relationship with gravity. The breath tools in this practice include: exhale technique, pause after exhale, and krama on exhale. Join Briana Soladay, Yoga Therapist and licensed marriage and family therapist practicing out of California. Find Briana at www.truenature.us.com. Find more short practices with ou...

Recorded as part of the Yoga Well Live Lecture Series with Chase Bossart on April 28th, 2026, this discussion explores what Yoga has to say when we find ourselves overwhelmed by outside influence to the point that our inner and personal lives are affected. Our Live Lecture Series takes place on the last Tuesday of every month, starting at 11:30amPT/2:30pmET. All are welcome to join, and if you'd l...

From the perspective of the Viniyoga tradition, lots of different things can be yoga. As we look to movement, mindfulness, or meditation, yoga philosophy can guide us to not only what yoga is but also the why. Yoga is an experience that can be spoken about in terms of the organizational tools, the preparation, the arising experience, and the results. Join Chase in this brief discussion of how clas...

Our Viniyoga podcast is a space for engaging yoga philosophy for modern life, though the nature of podcasting is one-sided. We speak and you listen. Your voice and experience is an important piece of these discussions. Join the conversation in how engaged community enriches the mindfulness of personal practice. Yoga functions as an exploration of our being and a genuine expression of self. Let's e...