Interviews

The Tantric Manuscript Acquisition Project (TMAP) in Kashmir, India

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Hareesh Wallis and I are very grateful to those of you who have immersed with us over the years in the sacred teachings of Tantric Shaivism, whether in person, online, or both. It touches us deeply to know that we have been of some service in bringing the liberating and empowering teachings of this tradition [...]

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Interview with John Friend: Igniting the Center, 2012 World Tour (video)

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For 3 years, since the beginning of this blog, I’ve interviewed John Friend, Founder of Anusara Yoga, at the launch of his world tour. The last 2 years, the tour began in San Francisco. This year, the tour, named Igniting the Center, began in Encinitas, CA with a 3 day workshop from January 18-20th. Encinitas [...]

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Teaching or Transmission? Igniting the Fire of Transformation (video)

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Teaching or Transmission?  It Makes All the Difference When You Want to Ignite the Fire of Transformation. Every yoga teacher wants to powerfully impact her students and improve their quality of life – and she usually imagines that she will do so by being a good teacher. I want to propose that in the field [...]

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The Practice And Decision Making: Q&A with Christina Sell

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Editor’s Note:  After Christina Sell announced her resignation from her Anusara Certification, I reached out to her to talk about her decision.  Although I have never practiced with Christina, I did read her first book, Yoga From The Inside Out: Making Peace with your Body Through Yoga, and have greatly admired her approach to the practice.  [...]

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Yoga Tree Opens Berkeley Location: A Q & A with Tara Dale

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Fredo:  Hi Tara! Thanks for taking time to answer Bay Shakti’s questions about the new Yoga Tree Studio on Telegraph in Berkeley. Can you tell me a little bit about how this transition came to take place? Had Yoga Tree been looking to expand into the East Bay, or was it just a good opportunity? [...]

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Interview with Garth Stevenson

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If you are looking for a way to go deep in your practice, listening to Garth Stevenson while practicing is a great way to go. The music is deep and invites you to go deep inside yourself to bring to the surface the best you have to offer. The first time I heard Garth’s music [...]

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Interview with Noah Mazé

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While I was at Wanderlust, I had the opportunity to interview Certified Anusara Teacher, Noah Mazé. Noah is a teacher’s teacher, known for teaching classical forms of poses. During our interview, he addressed the classical forms of the poses as represented by Darren Rhodes in our From Tadasana to Savasana syllabus poster, and how this [...]

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