Welcome to Episode #82 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! My conversation with Serena Burgess, a yoga teacher from Sri Lanka, was so illuminating as we took a deep dive into the intersection of yoga and activism. I hope that this conversation made you curious about how you can use the ancient tools of yoga as relevant sources of liberation in the modern world. After all, it’s all yoga. If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about yoga in Sri Lanka then this is the conversation for you.

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Tell me more about Serena Burgess

Serena Burgess has been teaching yoga for 18 years and has led numerous workshops, retreats, and yoga teacher trainings. She is the founder and yoga studio owner of The Om Space. She is certified in Acro Yoga, prenatal/postnatal yoga, and more! She has crafted courses and workshops about the intersection of Yoga and Activism and is passionate about her work as a doula and as an advocate for better birthing experiences for women in Sri Lanka. Some of the courses that Serena has created are the Inner Guru Training (co-founded by Eva Priyanka Wegener at Sri Yoga Shala, Personal Resilience Course, and Conscious Courage. Serena teaches weekly and leads intensive at Prana Lounge in Colombo. 

For the skimmers - What’s in the Yoga in Sri Lanka episode?

• The intersection of yoga and activism
• The economic crisis of Sri Lanka: The “Canary”
• Philosophy of yoga: using ancient tools as relevant sources of liberation in the modern world
• What yoga teachers teach in a class is a fraction of what students teach
• Advocating for better birthing experiences for women in Sri Lanka
• The only Doula in Sri Lanka

What to expect in the Yoga In Sri Lanka episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Serena Burgess came to yoga while living in the UK at the Shivanada ashram there. After receiving her certification, she moved back home to Sri Lanka where she opened her own yoga studio, The Om Space, in Colombo. While the pandemic caused the studio to shut down, Serena expressed nothing but gratitude for the shift of her energy and intention.

Burgess's practice of yoga also intersects with activism. She became involved in the Aragalya struggle, which was a people's uprising in Sri Lanka. Burgess’s involvement in activism started when she began feeling that something was not right in the world, starting with the separation of children at the borders in the US. She feels that a lot of people are living with a slight feeling that things are not quite right due to the economic crisis and other issues affecting the world. Yoga has helped her engage in the generative story and see the good things that are happening in the world.

Serena Burgess believes that these ancient tools can be utilized in our modern world to face the challenges we come across. Serena has also formulated a workshop called Conscious Courage, which is aimed at allowing people some space and time to figure out how they would like to show up in the world. Serena believes that yoga is not just about practicing asanas but can be integrated into daily life. After all, it’s all yoga!

Curious? Tune in to the whole yoga in Sri Lanka episode!

Connect with Serena Burgess 

www.omspaceserena.com

https://www.instagram.com/omspaceserena

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Welcome to Episode #81 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! My conversation with Nathalie Bittar, a yoga teacher and the first yoga studio owner from Sudan, was enthralling as we took a deep dive into yoga as a complementary practice, not a competitive practice to religion. I hope that this conversation expanded your perception of how yoga can be a space for community, trust, and safety and how yoga can help you individually, and a community as a whole, shed defenses, shed armor, and help trauma to move through. If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about yoga in Sudan then this is the conversation for you.

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Tell me more about Nathalie Bittar 

Nathalie Bittar opened the first yoga studio in the capital city of Khartoum in Sudan in 2008, named Blue Nile Lotus. She is trained in Vinyasa Yoga, Tibetan Heart Yoga, Anusara yoga and Jivamurkti yoga and more. With over 1,000 hours of training, she can’t get enough yoga. Nathalie also leads yoga teacher trainings in Sudan, and leads yoga retreats worldwide. She is also a psychotherapist in Core Process Psychotherapy.

For the skimmers - What’s in the yoga in Sudan episode?

• Experiencing 9/11 first-hand and coming to yoga at that time in her life
• Shedding defenses, armor, and trauma through yoga
• The political unrest in Sudan and how yoga helps the Sudanese heal and move through trauma
• How and why yoga resonates with the Sudanese
• Advice for the next generation of yoga retreat leaders

What to expect in the Yoga In Sudan episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Nathalie was working and living in New York City when 9/11 happened. In fact, she worked in the towers. Not the ones that fell— the one across the street. She had just begun practicing yoga that same year, and kept going to practice throughout that time of enormous trauma and turmoil. Yet, as the practice healed her, it still felt like a mystery.

That led Nathalie to do her first yoga teacher training, and she decided to move back to Sudan to open the first yoga studio in her country in 2008. We talked about what it was like for her to open the first yoga studio in Sudan, and if there was any pushback. She expressed fears about the police shutting it down or disturbing the classes, but fortunately, that never happened. We also talked about what a difficult time it has been in the last few years for Sudan, with overthrowing the government in April 2019 and just over 2 years later a military coup taking place in October 2021. Nathalie shared with us how has yoga helped her community during this time of turmoil.

As Nathalie leads yoga retreats not just in Sudan, but worldwide, we also delved into what advice she has to offer to yoga teachers who are one day hoping of leading yoga retreats themselves. As Nathalie conveyed, always have a plan and always have an eraser! 

This was a beautiful conversation about trauma, safety, trust, shedding defenses, and how healing can happen on and off the mat, in and outside of the studio, all with, through, and by… yoga!

Curious? Tune into the whole episode on Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast and learn more about yoga in Sudan!

Connect with Nathalie Bittar

bluenilelotus.com

https://www.instagram.com/bluenilelotus

https://www.facebook.com/bluenilelotus

To contact Nathalie directly: bluenilelotusyoga@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/bluenilelotus

The company she previously worked with is kaylolife.com, CEO Natalie Munk

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Welcome to Episode #80 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! My conversation with Sten Kadji, a yoga teacher from Cameroon, was so bright and beautiful as we looked at yoga as a union of spheres, a fusion of many practices. I hope that this conversation made you curious about how yoga is a journey, and what yoga is for you can change, grow, and transform at any moment and it likely will throughout your life. If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about being open to change, and being flexible with yourself and with life, then this is the conversation for you.

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Tell me more about Sten Kadji

Sten Kadji opened the first yoga studio in Cameroon, Studio Ark Yoga, at the end of 2019. While he began practicing yoga in 2015, he received his yoga teacher training certification with the Africa Yoga Project in Kenya, and was actually in the same graduating class as Rama Saeed from Ghana, a previous guest on the Wild Yoga Tribe podcast. Sten teaches various types of meditations and Power Vinyasa Yoga at his studio in Douala, Cameroon.

What to expect in the Yoga In Cameroon episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

While Sten Kadji is from Cameroon, he first came to yoga while attending university in Florida. Upon returning to Cameroon, he knew he wanted to bring all that he had learned to his community. He sought out a yoga teacher training with the Africa Yoga Project in Kenya, and opened the first studio in Cameroon shortly after in his mother’s art gallery. As Sten says, “It was a no-brainer how art and yoga associate.”

Our conversation veered off into many beautiful directions, including how Sten defines yoga, the gifts that yoga has given him, and all that yoga has brought into his life. His mother lost her battle with cancer a few years ago, and Sten credits yoga for helping him to heal. 

It was fascinating to hear how being the first yoga studio in Cameroon has given required him to shoulder more responsibilities surrounding yoga. As Sten says, “In Cameroon, we do have a lot of preconceived ideas that people who associate yoga to religious affiliation or sometimes it's very mystified and we take a lot of pride in dismantling these ideas or these myths around yoga. Through practices like meditation and breath work and even different workshops like around the yamas and niyamas and different philosophy around the practice, we try to share with our community around us.”

If you’re curious about yoga in Cameroon or what Cameroon is like— then tune in! This is the Wild Yoga Tribe episode for you!

For the skimmers - What’s in the yoga in Cameroon episode?

• Yoga is a fusion of many practices, a union of spheres
• Opening Cameroon’s first yoga studio in an art gallery
• Dismantling the myths around yoga
• The powerful training experience with the Africa Yoga Project
• Yoga is a journey that is ongoing, a flow that doesn’t stop
• Yoga is a practice meant to be shared 

Connect with Sten Kadji 

https://www.instagram.com/ark_yoga/

https://www.facebook.com/studioarkyoga

Art Gallery: https://www.instagram.com/anniekadji.art/

Want more? Head on over to my website 

https://wildyogatribe.com/thepodcast/

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Welcome to Episode #79 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Chacal Lobos onto the show. My conversation with Chacal Lobos, a yoga teacher from Guatemala, was gorgeous. We took a swan dive into the ancestral and spiritual understanding of yoga as a discipline. Not as an art. Not as a science. As a discipline. I hope this conversation made you consider things differently, with Carlos’ sharing of stories, parables, and myths.

If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about yoga as a rebellious act, a revolution, a way to follow your own path INWARDS, then this is the conversation for you.

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Tell me more about Chacal Lobos

Chacal Lobos, who goes by Carlos, is the co-founder of Tribu Ashtanga in Guatemala with his partner Elena. Gratitude is at the heart of all that Carlos does. Tribu Ashtanga holds yoga teacher trainings and yoga intensives. He teaches in San Marcos La Laguna.

What to expect in the Yoga In Guatemala episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Chacal Lobos is a storyteller. Specifically, he shared two beautiful parables with us, one of the first female monk and another of children rowing a boat during the nighttime. Carlos is a storyteller— and someone who got me to tell a story of my own on the show.

Carlos is passionate about the ancestral practices of yoga, and of Guatemala. He shared with us how immensely beautiful his culture’s ancient practices are — and how the day that we recorded, was actually a special day for such a conversation to take place. Every day has a different energy, according to the Mayan calendars, so he told us about how he lives his life connected with that path and with daily rituals of Mayan Cosmology, connecting with the ancestral and the divine. 

Carlos conveyed that, ancestral practices never die. By practicing yourself, you help it to never die. As Carlos says, “Yoga has an essence and we are just translators.”

Carlos views yoga not as a science, not as an art, but as a discipline. While this word may carry certain connotations, Chacal shared with us the root is discs, which means the openness to learn.” Tribu Ashtanga is a community that is both “open and empty” to follow the path of ashtanga yoga.

For the skimmers - What’s in the yoga in Guatemala episode?

• Ancestral practices of yoga and of Guatemala 
• Yoga has an essence and we are just the translators. 
• Tradition means “to give without changing”
• It’s a revolution and rebellious act to practice yoga
• If you have hands, you are here to help others
• How he found his Guru Amma
• Yoga is a discipline of transformation

Favorite Quote From Chacal Lobos

“I feel that every person that is in the yoga practice has a rebel heart. Because mostly society is like teaching us to look outside. For the people who are in this, like you, they made the decision to look inside instead of looking outside as a rebel act. I think we're in the same line."

Connect with Chacal Lobos

tribuashtanga.com

https://www.instagram.com/tribuashtanga/ 

https://www.instagram.com/chacal111/

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Welcome to Episode #78 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! My conversation with Heran Tadesse, a yoga teacher from Ethiopia, was so fascinating as we took a deep dive into African yoga and Kemetic yoga. I hope that this conversation made you curious about how yoga can help transform you into a vessel for peace, acceptance, and love.

If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about yoga in Ethiopia, then this is the conversation for you.

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Tell me more about Heran Tadesse

Heran Tadesse is a yoga teacher from Ethiopia who has been teaching yoga for 9 years in several studios in the capital city of Addis Ababa. She teaches prenatal/postnatal yoga, and is a mother herself. As a student, she started off with Hatha Yoga. She was trained in Kemetic Yoga in Egypt and Afrikan Yoga in Kenya. 

What to expect in the Yoga In Ethiopia episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Heran was adopted from Ethiopia as a baby, and was raised in the Netherlands. She studied tropical forestry in University, and first came to yoga at that time in her life. She practiced and attended classes for 10 years before attending a yoga teacher training in Belgium. After receiving a job offer in Addis Ababa, she returned to Ethiopia. She works in the educational sector and teaches yoga in multiple studios. 

Heran then took us on a deep dive of what Kemetic Yoga, which has it’s roots in ancient Egypt which pre-dates yoga in India, though it is no longer a living part of Egyptian culture. It’s about reconnecting with the ancestors, and is modeled after the hieroglyphics. It’s akin to Iyengar yoga, with strict, static poses.

Afrikan yoga was founded by a man from Jamaica who is based out of Kenya. This style draws upon movements that people make, in the whole Nile Valley. This could be movements that fishermen make, or women who are grinding wheat. There are series of movements, with a lot more flow and, in fact, dance. There is a huge focus on relating to the elements.

Heran also walked us through all the diversity and beauty of her country, and about the history of yoga in Ethiopia and where she sees yoga going into the future. As there are only 20 yoga teachers, approximately, in her country— and as she is the most experienced practitioner in her country, she is often stopped on the street and people shout “yoga!” At her. The whole city knows her as the yoga teacher.

For the skimmers - What’s in the yoga in Ethiopia episode?

• The institutions of Afrikan yoga and Kemetic yoga
• Kemetic yoga is based on hieroglyphics 
• Afrikan yoga is based on the natural movements of people in the Nile Valley and the elements
• Gatekeeping and the inaccessibility of yoga
• Being a vessel for more peace, acceptance, and love
• The growing scene of yoga in Ethiopia

Connect with Heran Tadesse

https://www.facebook.com/heran.tadesse

https://ethioyogaqueen.wordpress.com

https://www.facebook.com/EthiopianYogaQueen

https://www.instagram.com/HeransYoga

Want more? Head on over to my website 

https://wildyogatribe.com/thepodcast/

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Welcome to Episode #77 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! My conversation with Hayet Hamlaoui, a yoga teacher from Algeria, was so beautiful as we took a deep dive into the path of yoga as a way of revealing the meaning of life, and connecting you with the clarity of self-awareness. I hope that this conversation made you curious about how self-knowledge is a way to self-love. If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about yoga in Algeria then this is the conversation for you.

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Tell me more about Hayet Hamlaoui

Hayet Hamlaoui is a yoga teacher from Algeria. She is also the founder and owner of the first holistic center in Algeria, named the Alger Holistic Center. She completed her yoga teacher trainings in India and Indonesia in Hatha yoga, yoga therapy, Yoga Nidra, and meditation. Hayet is a marketing professional by education. She decided to change her life as she always felt a deep connection with the world of spirituality, and her work at that time was not satisfying. After more a decade in the marketing and advertising field, she changed her professional life in 2016 and opened the Alger Holistic Center.

What to expect in the Yoga In Algeria episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Hayet Hamlaoui went from the Marketing world into the world of yoga. She felt like she was missing her life, her exact words missing her life - not having enough time for herself. She connected with the Indian community in Algeria, and was swept up in all that yoga has to offer. Yoga has taught her the meaning of life, and has revealed her purpose to teach people about yoga, self-care, self-awareness, and self-knowledge.

Hayet is trying to open people's perspectives and minds, to have communion with the self. As a Muslim country, as Hayet says, “Religion is a sensitive point.” And she opening

In the beginning, it was more explaining than practicing. Now after 8 years, Hayet has been able to introduce her community to it in such a way that they are pursuing their own paths and are connecting with yoga in their own ways. For her students, meditation gives the best results.

Hayet has been amazed at the success of her holistic healing center. As Hayet says, “people are very ready for the changes that come with well-being.” There is a new level of understanding that Western medicine has limits. Naturally, people are seeking her center out when suffering arises or intensifies. Everything from stress to burnout to cancer— they have found their way in the practice of yoga.

We also discussed yoga in Algeria and what Algeria is like as a whole. Hayet did such a beautiful joy

For the skimmers - What’s in the yoga in Algeria episode?

• From the world of marketing into the world of yoga
• Yoga teaches the meaning of life
• The value of self-love
• Stopping running after things you don't need
• What was it like opening the first holistic center in Algeria?

Connect with Hayet Hamlaoui

https://instagram.com/hayet_hamlaoui

https://www.instagram.com/algerholistics/

Want more? Head on over to my website

https://wildyogatribe.com/thepodcast/

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Welcome to Episode #76 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! My conversation with Victor Chng, a yoga teacher from Singapore, was so fascinating as we took a deep dive into the spiritual understanding of yoga and QiGong. I hope that this conversation made you curious about the energetic imprints of the body itself, and how the chakras, the meridians, and the nadis are all different layers of a map that overlays the body, to utilize for the purpose of healing.

If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about the aim of yoga is to achieve an indestructible body, then this is the conversation for you.

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Tell me more about Victor Chng

Victor Chng began his yoga journey in the late 1990s and took his first teacher training in Singapore under SVYASA in 2002. Victor began full-time teaching in 2004. And today, he has developed his own system of yin yoga training and practice by integrating Daoist philosophies, Buddhism, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Yellow Emperor Inner Classics to help his students understand a deeper dimension of the yin practice. He also incorporated Qigong, an ancient energy movement developed in China, into Yin Yoga. He teaches all over Asia. He has studied directly under the elder students of the legendary Krishnamarchaya of Mysore, including TKV Desikachar, A.G. Mohan & Srivasta Ramaswami. He has also studied under Paul Grilley as well.

What to expect in the Yoga In Singapore episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

This podcast episode with Victor Chng is not quite like any other episode on the Wild Yoga Tribe podcast. Victor truly takes us through a deep dive into the history of yoga. Not just stopping at Patanjali’s yoga sutras, but going beyond into China, Japan, and through thousands of years of history. We touched on Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine System, and Yellow Emperor Inner Classics, a lineage of information that was completely new to me. Victor is a true wealth of knowledge, and he generously shares it with us on this episode.

If you're looking to learn, and I mean really learn, then this is the episode for you!

For the skimmers - What’s in the yoga in Singapore episode?

• The relationship between QiGong and Yoga
• What is Yellow Emperor Inner Classics?
• Daoist philosophies, Buddhism, and Traditional Chinese Medicine
• The chakra system in India and the meridian system in China
• We practice yoga to achieve an indestructible body
• The history of yoga as we should know it

Connect with Victor

www.yinyogainasia.com

https://www.instagram.com/yinyogainasiasg

https://www.facebook.com/YinYogaInAsia

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Welcome to Episode #75 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! My conversation with Alina Badarau, a yoga teacher from Moldova, was so lovely as we took a deep dive into how writing and yoga compliment each other, and how writing about yoga experiences shines a light on ourselves. I hope that this conversation made you curious about how yoga is a light, and an instrument for balancing your inner world.

If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about yoga in Moldova then this is the conversation for you.

Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/wildyogatribe

Tell me more about Alina Badarau

Alina Badarau is a yoga teacher and yoga studio owner from Moldova. She is based in the capital city of Chişinău. She tarted practicing yoga when she was just 9 years old, and actually did her yoga teacher training at Moscow University of Modern Yoga. She teaches Hatha and Vinyasa yoga and has been teaching yoga for 7 years. Moreover, Alina studied psychology education in University, and completed a degree at the Institute of Physical Culture and Sports as well.

What to expect in the Yoga In Moldova episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Alina came to yoga when she was just 9 years old. There were kids yoga classes offered at the school across the street from Alina's house. It’s the longest relationship to anything Alina has had that has stretched all the way until today. She feels like it was a sign from the universe that she was supposed to be involved with yoga.

She actually started teaching yoga when she was only 15 years old. She started teaching yoga at the kids yoga studio, and offered kids yoga classes. At age 18 years old, she realized there was nothing better than yoga, and she was given an adult group to begin teaching. She’s been going through different trainings and seminars in yoga in Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine.

In regards to yoga in Moldova, Alina feels that it is “just the beginning.” She has her own studio, and she works with a lot of people who worries that yoga is boring or just sitting in meditation. There are a lot of people in Moldova who have a lot of preconceptions about yoga, and Alina is working to break those stereotypes down.

At Alina’s studio, every day there are about 8 brand-new students who show up for their very first yoga class. I asked Alina, why does she think that new people come for their first yoga, she said it is because they are in pain or there is a problem with something in their lives. There has been a growing awareness in Moldova that yoga can help with physical pain. 

Curious about yoga in around the world? Yoga teachers around the world? You just got your first-row ticket!

For the skimmers - What’s in the yoga in Moldova episode?

• Starting yoga classes at 9 years old
• Starting teach yoga at age 15
• Listening to signs from the universe
• Yoga in Moldova is just the beginning
• How writing and yoga work together
• Yoga works like a light
• Yoga is an instrument to balance your inner world

Connect with Alina Badarau

https://instagram.com/yogago.md

https://www.instagram.com/viralika

https://yogago.md

Want more? Head on over to my website

https://wildyogatribe.com/thepodcast/

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Welcome to Episode #74 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! My conversation with Rocky Ryu, a yoga teacher from Indonesia, was so inspiring as our conversation ebbed and flowed around the confluence of spiritual energies in Indonesia, and how yoga has flourished there. I hope that this conversation made you curious about the RM Method, and how yoga is a lifestyle, is essential, and a way that makes life easier.

If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about yoga in Indonesia then this is the conversation for you.

Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/wildyogatribe

Tell me more about Rocky Ryu

Rocky Ryu is a yoga teacher and yoga studio owner from Indonesia who has been teaching yoga in Indonesia for 25 years. He teaches yoga on Surabaya on the Java Island, close to Bali, in Indonesia. Rocky has Asthanga, Iyengar, and Hatha Yoga certifications. His passions beyond yoga include therapy, bodywork, anatomy, and massage. For the last decade, he has come up with his own yoga technique that he calls the “RM method.” He has also taught yoga in the USA, Japan, and India. His yoga studio is called Mallika Yoga.

What to expect in the Yoga In Indonesia episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Rocky Ryu and I shared a beautiful conversation about yoga in Indonesia. We started off the conversation discussing how yoga first came into his life - as he witnessed yoga taking place through windows, until he one day decided to join.

Over twenty-five years ago, there wasn't a lot of yoga going on in Indonesia. Though, this was personally very hard for me to imagine! Rocky built his own yoga studio, Mallika Yoga, and has been guiding students towards health and wellness through incorporating not just yoga asana, but massage, body work, breath work and more. He has even developed the RM method, which is an act of true union, as it marries together everything Rocky has learned from various healing modalities.

You’ll love hearing birdsong in the background, and Rocky’s kind laughter and gentle energy. As he says, “Only with gratitude can we be satisfied and happy in life.”

For the skimmers - What’s in the yoga in Indonesia episode?

• Yoga is more than a job
• Indonesia is a spiritual land
• The “RM Method”
• How histories weave between India and Indonesia
• The key to yoga is to be consistent with the practice

Favorite Quote From Rocky Ryu

“Yoga is more than the body. With asana poses it even can heal traumatic experiences that are long stored in the body, such as fear, abuse, and broken heartedness. Generally speaking, people here that I encounter had so much fear and have anxiety stored in them, so we help them to heal their general health and well-being. So just not just physical, but it's more than that.”

Connect with Rocky Ryu

https://www.instagram.com/Mallikayoga

Want more? Head on over to my website

https://wildyogatribe.com/thepodcast/

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#73 - The Four Corners of Your Mat - Yoga in Antigua with Ros Langer

Welcome to Episode #73 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! My conversation with Ros Langer, a yoga teacher in Antigua, was so fun as we talked about her immense and immediate love for the practice, and how the four corners of your mat can teach you more than any yoga teacher training can teach you. We also talked about yoga and aging, and what it was like to come to the practice later in life.

If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about yoga in Antigua then this is the conversation for you.

Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/wildyogatribe

Tell me more about Ros Langer

Ros Langer has been studying and practicing yoga for over 15 years. Ashtanga vinyasa yoga remains her central reference and informs all of her teachings. According to Ros, “the mat is just the beginning.” She teaches yoga at Energie in English Harbour, Antigua. Ros's main residence is in Antigua but she spends a few months of the year in Cape Town, South Africa. She is the mother of two young men who continually inspire her to rise to her fullest potential.

What to expect in the Yoga In Antigua episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Ros Langer was first introduced to yoga through a friend, who had a yoga teacher come to Antigua to teach her and train her in yoga. Ros bought a John Scott Ashtanga DVD, and after practicing for a few years she moved to Capetown, which Ros calls the Rishikesh of South Africa. She was trained in Capetown and was delighted to be able to teach at The Shala in Capetown, which she deems one of the best yoga studios in the world.

We also talked about how Ros’s practice changed through menopause, surgery, and generally as she has gotten older. Ros came to yoga at 45, and was trained at age 50, she shared with us what happened with her practice over the years, and with a cancer scare and after surgery.

Asana is not an exercise. This is something Ros firmly stands behind, and it was great to talk to her more about her thoughts on it. That being said, she thinks it’s completely fine if people want to come to the yoga practice for the sake of exercise. Come and be welcome!

For Ros, yoga is about finding balance and equanimity and spaciousness. Curious? Tune into the whole podcast episode!

For the skimmers - What’s in the yoga in Antigua episode?

• Immense and immediate love for the practice
• Began doing yoga at 40 and did her yoga teacher training at age 50
• The love of teaching yoga: lifting vibration and supporting each other
• You cannot teach yoga unless you practice yoga
• The four corners of your mat will teach you more than any yoga teacher training can teach
• Why is asana not an exercise?
• Yoga is about finding balance and equanimity and spaciousness

Connect with Rosalind Langer

yoga.com/">https://www.ros-yoga.com

https://www.instagram.com/Ros.Yoga.Antigua

Want more? Head on over to my website

https://wildyogatribe.com/thepodcast/

Everything you need is just one click away! Check out all the resources here: https://linktr.ee/wildyogatribe