Season 1
Episodes
Ep 37 | The Purushartha - Aims Of A Conscious Life
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...
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Ep 36 | It Is Through A Woman That We Reach Initiation
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...
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EP 35 | Love Is A Question — The Interface of Yoga and Catholicism with Sherry Cassedy
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...
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Ep 34 | All we Ever See Is A Fractal
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...
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Ep 33 | Organic Intelligence
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”...
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Ep 32 | Take Care Of Inner State
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...
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Ep 31 | Hold Space for Innocence
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...
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EP 29 | Yoga Sūtra II.16 Part Two
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,...
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Ep 28 | Yoga Sūtra II.16 Part One
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...
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Ep 27 | Practice Will Always Bring You Back to Ground
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...
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Ep 23 ~ Where am I going and who will go with me?
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...
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Ep 22 ~ The Crucible of Beatitude
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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