In my studio at Aham Yoga, I have students who have some knowledge of Ayurveda and I would often get so many questions about what the role of food is. How should we really eat? How frequently should we eat and in what quantity? This is honestly a topic that I am no expert with […]

Nowadays, there are people who start yoga through asana practice but, at its core, keep saying that yoga is for the mind. The question is how is how can yoga be a tool of mind management? In this episode, I will be joined by a new guest, Sandipani Manur, who will help us look into […]

In the previous episode, Vikram and I started a masterclass on the yamas and niyamas where we dove deep into the five yamas, their layers, and how someone moves through the yamas. And as part two of this masterclass, Vikram and I are putting the spotlight on the niyamas in this episode. Join us as […]

Yamas is a topic that I think we don’t pause enough on in modern yoga and is often overlooked. They’re not always a checklist item in yoga. We see people talking about the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras that I almost feel we’re skipping ahead. Embodying yamas I believe is almost a prerequisite before […]

If you have been following this podcast, you know I get really nerdy about how teachers are created in modern yoga. In today’s day and age, people are going after speed learning everything, and instant gratification. This more often than not causes more harm than good, especially in the yoga industry. It is important to […]

As yoga teachers, we often have a preferred way of teaching and practicing asana that we become perhaps attached to it. However, we should also consider the fact that not all of our preferences will work with all of our students all the time. We have to recognize that different students often will have different […]

In the modern-day yoga world, a lot of terms get thrown around without having enough context resulting in people only learning surface-level knowledge of something. People then look at it from a limited perspective using their biases and the way they are conditioned. One example of this is sadhana. In India, our cultural upbringing and […]

I recently made a post on Instagram listing 10 ways to fail as yoga teachers, and I thought I should do a short solo episode in case you’re not on Instagram or you’ve missed it and to also add a little more context to the things I’ve said in that post. These are things that […]

A lot of yoga and asana teachers are struggling to maintain that delicate balance between being lifelong students while also navigating the commercial yoga world. Because of this, many yoga teachers go through impostor syndrome and FoMO (Fear of Missing Out). I consider this matter a genuine problem that needs to be addressed. In fact, […]

Yoga teachers often experience the “impostor syndrome” where they ask themselves, “Am I good enough? I want to practice deeper yoga but I don’t know where to go.” I strongly believe that understanding Sanskrit concepts would help ground yoga teachers regarding this matter as these concepts help us enhance our understanding of yoga, and more […]