Podcasts by intelligent edge yoga
Yoga and ayurveda conversations for smart, compassionate practice with Kathryn Anne Flynn. Featuring wisdom + resources for curious yoga teachers and students to cultivate kind minds and smart hearts.
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Yoga Playlists: The Effects of Music on Practice and the Practicalities of Teaching to Music from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.452515
Some teachers love to teach to music, others feel strongly that silence is best for the mind. This episode covers the practicalities of teaching to music as well as the benefits of silence for the ...
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Yoga's Vegetarian Food Culture: History, Juice Fasting and Relaxing Our Smoothie Bowl Standards from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.450115
We don’t need to look further than a stereotype to know that vegetarianism and yoga share the same company. This week's episode examines the Hindu roots of vegetarianism and yoga, why or why not ve...
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Welcome to Yoga: A Primer for New Students from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.447170
A yoga primer for new students. This episode is for you to share with people you think would benefit from a yoga practice, but maybe need to hear it from someone else. It might also be of interest ...
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Western Insight Meditation with Dawn Mauricio from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.444691
Western Insight Meditation and yoga teacher Dawn Mauricio brings her light, introspective approach to sincere meditation. We chat about personal practice and teaching, cultural appropriation in spi...
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Sun Salutations Refresh: Their Origin, Their Utility and Limitations, and What We Can Do With this Exercise to Diversify It from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.442040
Exploring Sun Salutations and their mythology, we talk about how when we know something well, it brings certain good qualities and other challenges. I offer some thoughts on evolving our approach t...
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Pooping Well for a Kinder World: Yoga and Ayurveda for Healthy Bowel Movements from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.439608
This week I talk about what it means to have healthy bowel movements by modern healthcare's definition, as well as Ayurveda. We learn all about what's reasonable to expect, some interesting facts a...
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Facilitating Yoga Classes: Teaching Q&A - Including Snoring Students! from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.437077
Trains of thought on being in the teacher's seat. Inspired by my recent conversations with yoga teacher trainees, we talk about a few questions around facilitating yoga classes - including whether ...
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Healing Plants with Amber Westfall of The Wild Garden from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.435516
Interested in plant medicine? This conversation with Amber Westfall of The Wild Garden offers practical advice for integrating plant medicine into your life, and reveals the potency of what we can ...
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Ayurveda's Nourishing Practices with Mona Warner from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.426571
Mona Warner is a yoga teacher and an Ayurvedic practitioner, and she's one of my favourite people on the planet. We talk about different designations in Ayurveda, how you can work with practitioner...
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Disagreeing Yogically from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.385435
Disagreeing with people can be uncomfortable, but it's a part of life and one that often helps further understandings of other people's experiences and opinions. Culturally, we're getting worse at ...
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Moving Yoga Online with Elise Joan from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.374609
Elise Joan is a bright, bold presence - she puts herself out there - and has done yoga DVDs, television, and has a thriving online yoga business. We talk about putting yoga online, and her initial ...
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Harry Potter Yoga Part 2 from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.370225
Harry Potter yoga philosophy continues! Finishing up pedagogy (teaching methods) with Lupin, the answers of Albus Dumbledore, the karma of Sirius Black, and finally visiting texts that elicit stron...
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Some Politics of Stress from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.369409
Isn't yoga stress reduction? Some people say no, but stress reduction is one of the primary reasons people start a yoga program. This episode explores some of the reasons we're stressed, stressed d...
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Biopsychosocial Model of Pain and Spine Health with Geoff Outerbridge from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.367634
For ten years, Geoff Outerbridge has been the Clinical Director for World Spine Care, a non-profit organization devoted to bringing spinal health and reducing pain in underserved global communities...
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Women on Retreat from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.365455
The opening dharma talk from this autumn's Supportive Silent Retreat, which happened to be attended by all women.
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Yoga Nidra 30 Minutes from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.363683
The evening yoga nidra from the autumn retreat - 30 minutes of guided meditation for you. Choose a comfortable position; the closing music is absent for this episode so your closing is gentle.
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The Beginning of Ayurveda Foundations from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.360219
Half of the first Ayurveda Foundations lecture, including an introduction to the medic to the gods - Dhanvantari - and his origin story.
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Cultural Awareness and Respect in Yoga with Emmy Chahal from 2022-02-21T11:49:08.356668
How to engage with yoga with respect and awareness for its cultural context is the foundation of this discussion with Emmy Chahal. Emmy Chahal is a trauma informed yoga teacher, bodyworker/energy h...
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Accessible Yin Yoga with Nyk Danu from 2021-05-30T14:09:45
Is Yin Yoga accessible? It can be! Nyk Danu, yin yoga trainer and yoga therapist, joins Kathryn to chat about responsive, inclusive approaches to the quiet practice.
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The Four Noble Truths of Love with Susan Piver from 2021-04-04T04:32:07.869698
Susan Piver is a New York Times bestselling author of nine books on meditation, Buddhism and our relationships with ourselves and others. She joins me to discuss her latest book, The Four Noble Tru...
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Accessible Yoga: Teaching More Inclusive Classes, a Conversation with dallas delahunt from 2021-03-26T03:55:05.543818
A conversation with dallas delahunt, former owner of studio330 and general yoga powerhouse, about accessible yoga. Helpful for yoga teachers and students to think about what experience they're look...
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Alex Crow of Yoga Physics from 2021-03-26T03:55:05.499815
The sharp, funny Alex Crow has an impressive gallery of fancy yoga postures, but she travels teaching programs entitled "Deconstruct to Reconstruct", encouraging teachers to offer a more holistic a...
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Racism and Sensing Space with Mitzi Melaine Wilson from 2020-07-12T13:03:08
A conversation sensing into the practice of accountability and repair with Mitzi Melaine Wilson. We discuss racism, wisdom on the resourcing power of yoga, as well as exclusive spaces in yoga. We ...
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Let's Not Call It Sound Healing with Megan Marie Gates from 2020-05-10T17:05:41
Megan Marie Gates is a queer sound practitioner, movement teacher and creative artist who uses crystal bowls, vocal toning, and other instrumentation to create sound meditations and experiences. We...
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Animal Tales from Yoga, Buddhism, and the Blogosphere from 2020-04-19T04:00:20
A few animal tales and what we learn from them - keeping it light! An introduction to the Panchatantra - moral tales from ancient India - and Jataka tales, their evolution into stories about the Bu...
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Settle into Sleep - A Guided Meditation for Falling Asleep from 2020-04-17T21:15:36
A sleep-specific approach to yoga nidra - guided meditation - sweetly designed to help you settle. Whether you are napping, supported on your yoga mat with props, or falling asleep in bed, the bina...
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Practice During The Crisis from 2020-03-20T18:31:57
A specific response to the coronavirus crisis and practice during this time. A little talk on moving your work online and other suggestions for this time, as well as shaping a personal practice for...
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Women on Retreat Part 2 from 2020-01-19T16:23
The second dharma talk from the autumn silent retreat, which continues along the theme of women specifically on retreat, including a humorous telling of Siddhartha's last night before enlightenment...
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Chronic Pain, Restorative Yoga and Death Care with Erin Bidlake from 2019-12-22T05:00:03
Erin Bidlake found relief from the symptoms of lyme disease through yoga, and now shares her passion for not just coping, but thriving, when you live with chronic pain. A death care community educa...
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Ecodharma with David Loy from 2019-09-16T01:45:51
Ecodharma - Buddhist teachings for the ecological crisis is a book by David Loy on his vision for modern Buddhists to tread the ecosattva path. We discuss practice in the age of the climate crisis,...
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Harry Potter Yoga from 2019-07-14T12:00:05
What do the magic of Harry Potter and yoga have in common? We discuss commonalities between the books and the way they portray magic, as well as the first half of a conversation about pedagogy (tea...
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Feedback: Giving, Receiving and Integrating Compassionately from 2019-06-30T12:00:06
Receiving feedback is not a moral failing, and offering it helps hold community leaders accountable. It's a critical component of responsible spiritual leadership, and so I thought I'd chat about m...
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Making Yoga Work from 2019-06-16T11:45:49
The podcast returns to ask what's next! Making yoga work (and how to know what you're doing isn't working), as well as making yoga podcasting work.
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Leslie Kaminoff: Success Arises From Being Effective from 2019-03-11T23:40
Leslie Kaminoff is one of the most recognized and respected names in American yoga, but he owes it all to Canada... We talk about his beginnings as a teacher, the Yoga Alliance standards creation a...
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Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy with Michael Lee from 2019-02-24T07:00
Michael Lee of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy had a good thing going, but still decided to change course and pursue yoga, and ultimately yoga therapy. We talk about his 30+ year career and his takeawa...
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Yoga + Meditation for Athletes with Sid McNairy from 2019-02-17T08:00
Do you practice meditation to benefit your sports, or do you practice yoga and meditation because some sports aren’t so great for your head? Sid McNairy teaches both, and he shares his takeaways fr...
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Yoga Business School with Ava Taylor of YAMA Talent from 2019-02-10T23:51
t can be an uncomfortable topic, unless you’re speaking with someone as ebullient as Ava Taylor. The founder and chief catalyst of YAMA Talent, Ava is optimistic and pragmatic about the business of...
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Future You is So Much Happier! Karma, Habits + Yoga Philosophy from 2019-01-27T19:53
Looking to change some habits? Pretty much anyone who practices yoga is invested in improving their discernment, discipline, and cultivating healthy ways of living. Following up from last episode o...
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The Universe Doesn't Have Your Back (But It's OK) from 2019-01-13T12:00
Yoga philosophy does not characterize the universe as a glorious place designed to fulfill all your wishes if you ask it nicely. That doesn't mean goal setting is bad - quite the contrary - but thi...
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Prenatal Yoga with Nicky Poole from 2018-10-29T12:24
Fear and difficult emotions are often part of the pregnancy experience, and many women turn to yoga - or continue their yoga - through their pregnancy to help with the anxiety of navigating pregnan...
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Yoganand Michael Carroll - a must listen for yoga history + philosophy! from 2018-10-22T17:33
Maybe one of the most experienced yogis to ever grace this podcast in past or future, Yoganand Michael Carroll is a treasure trove of amazing stories and yoga philosophy. A must listen for anyone i...
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Yoga Voice from 2018-10-14T23:40
Why are you talking like that? An exploration into what makes a voice, what is "yoga voice", and why we may do it.
The intelligent edge yoga podcast was produced by Kathryn Anne Flynn; aut...
Open the Door at the Body: Susi Hately on Yoga Therapy from 2018-09-30T20:09
Susi Hately is a yoga therapist and teacher trainer in Calgary, Alberta, who is a pioneer in offering trainings online in yoga and yoga therapy through her program, Functional Synergy. We talk earl...
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Yoga Conversations Past and Present with Carol Horton, PhD from 2018-09-23T14:35
A conversation about yoga conversations with Carol Horton, PhD, including the early days of the yoga blogging community, how the change in tone in the yoga community has prompted some changes in he...
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Yoga Teachers' Mental Health: Yoga's Not So Dirty Secret with Kim McNeil from 2018-09-18T20:31
Let's talk about mental health and yoga teachers, since so many people who turn to yoga are seekers or individuals looking for greater wellness. Kim McNeil from Calgary, Alberta and I open the conv...
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Cannabis Yoga: What It Might Be and What We Must Consider from 2018-07-16T00:54
The difference between CBD and THC, what marijuana does to the brain, how we receive it from an Ayurvedic perspective, and what you may want to think about before you host a marijuana and yoga even...
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Open Source Yoga: Brea Johnson from Heart and Bones Yoga from 2018-06-24T19:57
Heart and Bones is the result of Brea Johnson's heart work and a long relationship with yoga and inquiry, particularly into anatomy and movement as it applies to teaching asana. She joins me to wan...
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Supporting Your Timeline of Transformation: Part 2 of Ayurveda with Balaram Chandra Das from 2018-05-28T01:35
Part 2 of a conversation with the poetic Ayurvedic practitioner Balaram Chandra das, where we dig into some of the challenges of being a responsible teacher, models of education and how they work (...
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Cultivating Something New or Reforming Something Old: Part 1/2 with Balaram Chandra Das from 2018-05-13T20:02
Meet Balarama Chandra das, one of my teachers from Ayurveda school, who is a fascinating person wonderfully capable of expanding on philosophical and Ayurvedic concepts with poetic commentary.
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Recognizing the Infinite with Hali Schwartz: Living Your Yoga Philosophy, Supportive Spaces, and the One Without a Second from 2018-04-29T20:20
Raised in Montreal by the original yogi-mama seeker, Hali Schwartz lives and teaches in Toronto, Canada and visits India annually. Devoted to living and sharing yoga through philosophy, chant and m...
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Sequencing Q&A: Where to Sequence Core Strength and Pranayama within Asana Classes, and Integrating New Methods from 2018-04-16T23:54
A Q&A on sequencing recorded from the Toronto Yoga Conference! I share quite a bit about my thoughts on abdominal strengthening (core) exercises in yoga classes, as well as when and how to teach pr...
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Reducing Fear in Your Teaching: Sequencing and Hands-On Emhancements from 2018-03-26T01:07
Hands-on assists are a source of fear for a number of teachers who want to do the right thing for their students. I invited my friend dallas delahunt to come back and have a conversation with me ab...
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Fascia, Anatomy and Movement: Joanne Sarah Avison on Her Book and Everything in Between from 2018-03-18T23:53
The brilliant and indefatigable Joanne Sarah Avison, Certified Yoga Therapist, Structural Integration practitioner, and author of Yoga: Fascia, Anatomy and Movement joins me for a conversation. Joa...
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Yoga Posture Q&A: Cues, Alternatives, Engagements and Exploration of Happy Baby, Bridge Pose, Balances + Why I Don't Teach Shoulderstand from 2018-02-26T01:46
In this week's episode, I answer a lot of the questions that come my way from students in class and teacher training. I explore certain cues, alternatives and engagement approaches to the poses Hap...
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Yoga Book Club: Recommendations for Ayurveda, Yoga and Anatomy Reading for Students and Teachers from 2018-02-19T00:57
Book recommendations! I'm always being asked what I'm reading or what I'd recommend on particular topics, so I plucked three well-loved books off my shelves on Ayurveda, Yoga and Anatomy and tell y...
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Tiffany Cruikshank: Yoga Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Teaching Internationally from 2018-02-11T22:44
Tiffany Cruikshank is an internationally recognized yoga teacher and lead trainer of Yoga Medicine. We talk about her history and future of teaching, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (including her...
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Evolving Your Studentship + Teaching with Barrie Risman, co-director of World Spine Care Yoga Project from 2018-01-28T22:11
Meet the wise and lovely Barrie Risman: a yoga teacher and mentor in Quebec whose teaching journey of over 20 years has taken her through studio ownership, a strong commitment to doing the work, an...
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Ayurveda, Yoga's Life Science + An Unorthodox Dosha Quiz from 2018-01-22T01:52
Yoga has a lifestyle science, Ayurveda - the "wisdom of life" - that helps us individualize our yoga and wellness plans. I talk a little bit about the history of Ayurveda, a couple of its central c...
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Updating Our Yoga Information: How Experience Changes Us as Practitioners and Teachers with dallas delahunt from 2018-01-14T15:00
We routinely upgrade our yoga software with reading, classes and training, and this conversation with my friend, dallas delahunt, is all about how our experience informs the changing of our opinions.
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The Medicine of Subtraction: Thinking About Living Without Certain Ideas, People and Behaviors as well as Sensory Withdrawal (Pratyahara) from 2017-12-24T14:27
The benefits of less, and not in a minimalist design or ascetic way, but a consideration of what we need to take away to be centred in ourselves. A yogic, Ayurvedic, and spiritual relationship lens...
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Some Nuances of Yoga Practice: Hands, Feet, Breath and Eyes Are The Things You May Not Be Noticing in Your Yoga from 2017-12-17T18:42
There are a few things about yoga asana (posture) practice that I consider an advanced level of attentiveness, and we don't often have time to cover them in class. Learn a little bit about how your...
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Welcome Teaser from 2017-11-16T11:21
Welcome to Intelligent Edge Yoga, the podcast: Yoga and Ayurveda conversations for smart, compassionate practice. I'm Kathryn Anne Flynn, speaking to you from Ottawa, Canada, my home base for fu...
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Welcome Teaser from 2017-11-16T11:21
Welcome to Intelligent Edge Yoga, the podcast: Yoga and Ayurveda conversations for smart, compassionate practice. I'm Kathryn Anne Flynn, speaking to you from Ottawa, Canada, my home base for fu...
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Welcome Teaser from 2017-11-16T11:21
Welcome to Intelligent Edge Yoga, the podcast: Yoga and Ayurveda conversations for smart, compassionate practice. I'm Kathryn Anne Flynn, speaking to you from Ottawa, Canada, my home base for full ...
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