Diane Malaspina was asked to sub for her teacher, Angela Phillips’ , Bliss class in 2004 and her path as a teacher blossomed from there, working one-on-one under Angela’s tutelage. In 2007, Diane completed Shiva Rea’s 200 hour Prana Vinyasa Flow program, a dynamic, organic approach based on Krishnamacharya’s lineage, integrating ayurveda, tantra, and energetic [...]
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Cardiac Yoga Special: Interview with Deke Cripe
After his fifth heart attack, Deke Cripe was left with very few medical options and very little hope. In desperation he decided to try yoga and meditation, and he credits these, in addition to diet and lifestyle changes, with the remarkable recovery and healing of his heart disease that followed. His belief in the power [...]
Interview and Satsang with ShantiMayi
ShantiMayi is a lineage holder and an awakened master from the Sacha Lineage of India, “which exists solely for the purpose of enlightenment of all beings.” ShantiMayi is a direct disciple of Sri Swami Hans Maharajji. Maharajji’s ashram, Sacha Dham Ashram in Laxman Jhulla, India is near Rishikesh, where ShantiMayi spends several months of the [...]
Free Yoga Class with Betsey Downing
Betsey Downing is a Senior Anusara Yoga Teacher living in Sarasota, Florida. She has been practicing yoga since 1972 and studying with John Friend as her primary teacher since 1994. Betsey is the Director of Garden of the Heart Yoga Center in Sarasota, Florida and she teaches workshops to teachers and students nationally and internationally. [...]
Interview with Suzie Hurley
Suzie Hurley is a certified Senior Anusara Yoga Teacher and Director of the Willow Street Yoga Center in Takoma Park, Maryland. In this interview, Suzie shares with us her fated journey from student to teacher and her early beginnings as a reluctant teacher at Pope Airforce Base in Fayetteville, NC. Suzie has been a student [...]
Introduction to the History of Hatha Yoga with Richard Rosen
Richard Rosen is the Director of the Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland, CA. He is a regular contributor to Yoga Journal and is the author of The Yoga of Breath, a beginner’s guide to pranayama, and Yoga for 50+, an instructional manual for older beginners. Our feature was recorded live at a teacher training workshop [...]
Interview with Chandra Om
Chandra Om is the senior disciple of the much loved and respected Sri Dharma Mittra, and founder of the North Carolina School of Yoga in Raleigh, NC. Chandra teaches traditional classical yoga in the lineage of her Guru, and has dedicated her life to spiritual practice and service to humanity. In this interview Chandra tells [...]
Yoga Demonstration with Darlene Bink
Darlene Bink is a yoga teacher based out of Columbus, GA whose approach to asana is creative, fluid, and intuitive. In this video feature, Darlene shares who her influences and mentors have been on her yoga journey, and gives us a personal look into her yoga practice by demonstrating several common asanas in very unique [...]
Talk by Dr. Prabhavati, Founder of Ramana’s Garden
Dr. Prabhavati Dwabha traveled around the world in search of purpose and meaning, and eventually found it in the lives of India’s poorest children. Dr. Prabahvati is the founder of Ramana’s Garden, an orphanage in the mountains of Northern India that provides food, shelter, clothing, education, and a future to abandoned, orphaned, and destitute children. [...]



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