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

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

Hosted by: Bhāvani Silvia Maki

Yoga is a journey of compressed evolution towards breakthrough experiences. Bhavani believes that engaging in the full science and art of Yoga uplifts us, deepens connection with authentic self and to the source of...

Episodes

Ep 26 | When Whales Could Walk

Summary: Bhāvani and Shinay speak about the feminine principle in yoga. ā€œYoga is described as dilation, fluidity, and looking into the shadow,ā€ says Bhāvani, ā€œwe learn through the infinitely creative principle that is...
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Ep 25 ~ The Indigenous Tradition of Yoga: The Holy, The Sacred, and Something That Can’t Be Held Onto

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...
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Ep 24 ~ Staying In The Love Space

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...
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Ep 23 ~ Where am I going and who will go with me?

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Summary: In this conversation Bhāvani and Shinay talk about showing up for our yoga practice even when we don’t feel like it. ā€œWe give up some comfort for a greater cause and there’s magic to it.ā€ Bhāvani shares about...
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Ep 22 ~ The Crucible of Beatitude

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Summary: In this episode Bhāvani talks about Yoga as a process of radical self-effacement, the lost art of decorum, and raising the bar for ourselves which is part of being a grownup. She talks about the importance of...
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Ep 21 ~ The Courage to Remain Curious

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Summary: In this session Bhāvani and Shinay talk about what it means to have true intimacy with self, about working with the many-layered beings that we are, and how this process and practice takes time. They discuss...
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Ep 20 ~ Yoga is a State of Readiness

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Summary: In this episode Bhāvani shares from her 40 plus years of study and practice on the path of yoga. Bhāvani talks about using the template of the kosha to work from the narrow scope of a technique oriented...
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Ep 19 ~ Appreciate The Timing

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This potent conversation touches upon working with Yoga through childhood, and at what age it might be appropriate for one to start to develop an appropriate relationship with powerful, potent energy within. They...
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Ep 18 Yoga As Alchemy

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In this episode, Bhāvani talks about the process of Yoga being one that squeezes us—ultimately an alchemical process. She poses this question to listeners, ā€œAm I going to live in the wound because it’s familiar, or...
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Ep 17 Yoga as Relationship

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Yoga is practical when one talks about putting the body into shapes for the purpose of healing. There's a technology that’s useful and important to learn for optimal alignment. Then there is a deeper, broader, and...
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Ep 16 ~ Working with the Inner Field

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Summary: ā€œLife experience is the ultimate experience of yoga.ā€ In this episode Bhavani discusses Yoga as the union of opposites. How the yogi-in-training works with the body because the human body is the vehicle...
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Ep 15 ~ The Questions We Live By

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Summary: In this episode Bhavani gives us her recommended reading list—a place to start for those looking to take their learning of Yoga beyond āsana. Listeners get to hear what questions Bhavani would ask her...
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