With over 20 years of immersion in Vedic sciences, Kristin Marshall, offers a path steeped in tradition, authenticity, and transformative wisdom. Based in Australia, her journey into Jyotiṣa became a turning point—illuminating the deeper rhythms of karma, dharma, and time. Founder of Dharma School, she has taught yoga not just as a physical practice, but as a sacred path of inner alchemy—leading teacher trainings, retreats, and immersive programs across the globe. IN THIS EPISODE: - How we can u...
Jul 11, 2025•40 min
Harshvardhan Jhaveri is a yoga researcher from Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute, India. He has co-founded the Yoga Education Collective with Eddie Stern and Robert Moses and is dedicated to preserving and teaching classical yoga practices and philosophies in an increasingly modernized world. His mission is to live and enhance the awakening of the spiritual message of yoga. Harsh is a Member of the Ad-hoc Board of Studies for Yoga in H.S.N.C University in Mumbai. He loves to swim and explore the dept...
Jun 26, 2025•48 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Emma Balnaves is an internationally respected teacher of the traditional forms and philosophies of Hatha Yoga. She has been teaching yoga since 1995. Emma was introduced to yoga in her early teens when she became intrigued by the mystery of the practices and the feelings they evoked inside her. After studying visual communication, majoring in photography at university, and working in the creative arts in Sydney, New York, and London, Emma committed herself to a life of teaching yoga. Her early t...
Feb 24, 2025•56 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Drdha Vrata Gorrick learned classical arts for several years in South India from renowned iconography Masters and has established himself as one of the leading experts and teachers of Vedic iconography. He has traveled the world exhibiting his works and conducting classes with the aim to introduce and promote the ancient art form. Drdha’s works are in various private collections around the globe and his students are also spread far and wide. IN THIS RICH EPISODE: — Drdha’s fascinating and serend...
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Dr. Raj Balkaran is a scholar of Sanskrit narrative texts and author of “The Stories Behind the Poses”. He is a Tutor at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and Founder of the online Indian Wisdom School where he integrates scholarship, storytelling and spirituality to apply ancient Indian wisdom teachings to modern life. Beyond research, speaking and teaching, he runs a thriving one-on-one life guidance and runs transformative retreats in stunning global settings. IN THIS EPISODE: — Raj’s life ...
Dec 18, 2024•57 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Regarded as a teacher of teachers, Heather Elton has practiced yoga since 1986. She has facilitated countless international retreats and yoga teacher trainings and currently takes groups on spiritual tours of the Himalaya throughout Bhutan, Nepal, and India. Over many decades, Heather’s physical practice has primarily been in Iyengar and Ashtanga yoga. She offers 1 on 1 mentoring and private classes as well as more recently teaching weekly at a studio in Kathmandu, Nepal. Her teachings integrate...
Dec 05, 2024•57 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Mira Manek is an author and the founder of the chai spice brand Chai by Mira ; She is a speaker and Ayurveda and wellness expert. Her 3 books are Saffron Soul , Prajna: Ayurvedic Rituals for Happiness , and, her latest release is The Book of Chai: History Stories and Recipes . IN THIS EPISODE: — Be taken inside some of Mira's personal inspiration, cultural heritage, and journey that has influenced the creation of her work. — Fascinating insights into the history and timeline of chai and how it i...
Nov 21, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Anja Brierley Lange is the author of Teaching Yoga for the Menstrual Cycle - an Āyurvedic Approach , and an experienced yoga teacher, Āyurvedic practitioner, and teacher trainer. Teaching since 2005 she has specialised in yoga and Āyurveda relating to female anatomy and physiology. Originally from Denmark, Anja moved to London and now lives on the Sussex coast where she enjoys being by or in the sea. You can head to yogaembodied.com for courses, classes and inspiration from Anja. IN THIS EPISODE...
Nov 06, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Indu Arora is a Yoga and Ayurveda teacher, mentor, and author, based out of the USA. She considers herself a student for a lifetime. Indu has been sharing about Yoga philosophy, Yoga Therapy, and Ayurveda for the last two decades. Her unique gift is making Yoga and Ayurveda a practice, which is equally useful for a beginner as for a sincere seeker who has made Yoga a lifelong journey. She is inspired by and taught under Kriya Yoga, Himalayan Yoga, Kashmir Shiavism, and Sivananda Yoga lineages. S...
Oct 24, 2024•52 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Dr Lauren Tober is a Clinical Psychologist, Senior Yoga Teacher and author of Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers, based in Mullumbimby, Australia. With a passion for health, healing, happiness and awakening, Lauren integrates the best of Western psychology with ancient yogic wisdom, both on and off the mat. Passionate about the life-changing benefits of yoga, Lauren is the founder of the Yoga Psychology Institute and the Mental Health Aware Yoga training. This professional devel...
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Savira Gupta comes from a family of strong women rooted in the Arya Samaj Tradition; founded in April 1875 by Swami Dayanand Saraswati, who wanted to revive the Vedic way of life and the need to create a just society for all. She spent her childhood in Malaysia, formative years in India, teenage years in France and adult years in the UK, Europe and the USA, and this has given Savira the foundation to relate to people from all walks of life and culture. With over 20 years of teaching experience, ...
Sep 19, 2024•56 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Jivana Heyman , C-IAYT, E-RYT500, is the founder and director of Accessible Yoga, an organization dedicated to increasing access to the yoga teachings and supporting yoga teachers. He’s the author of Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body ; Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion ; and The Teacher's Guide to Accessible Yoga: Best Practices for Sharing Yoga with Every Body. His books, classes, and trainings support yoga teachers and yoga therapists in finding...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 2
WELCOME TO SEASON THREE! Tova Olsson is a scholar of religion, author and yoga teacher with over 20 years of experience in educating. She is appreciated for her deep knowledge, her ability to explain esoteric ideas and philosophical concepts in an accessible way, and for her skillful storytelling and humorous approach. As a scholar-practitioner, she strives to combine academic, critical understanding with the dedicated experience of a long-term practitioner, offering courses that provide liberat...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Sophie Duncan is the founder of Aaoka Beauty, which was born from a desire to raise beauty consciousness through the lens of Ayurvedic wisdom. A mother of two young children, Sophie’s holistic work promotes a deep connection to nature, nourishment, and natural, luminous ageing. She provides offerings that empower women to remember their innate radiance through all stages of life so they can take beauty back into their own hands. Creating a new paradigm within the community, her content and teach...
Dec 18, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Born in Texas in 1953, Dr. Robert Svoboda is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. After being ritually initiated into the Pokot tribe of northern Kenya as its first white member in June 1973 he moved to India, where he lived from during the 70’s and 80’s, receiving his Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery from the University of Poona in 1980. In his final year of study at the Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya he won all bu...
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Laura Poole is a Vedic meditation teacher and founder of Mahasoma – supporting Vedic meditators and teachers with feminine-led Vedic wisdom, embodiment practices, and community. Laura has trained intensively over the past 15 years with great masters in Australia and India. She currently resides in Noosa on her 3-acre homestead, growing a syntropic food-forest and biodynamic vegetable garden. Laura shares the transformative wisdom of Vedic meditation, Vedanta, and Ayurveda, in an engaging, releva...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Author of the best-selling book Ayurveda Cooking For Beginners and creator of numerous courses and trainings on Ayurveda, Laura Plumb promotes sacred, sumptuous living through the Vedic sciences of Ayurveda, Jyotish, Mantra, and Devi Sadhana. Laura is lead faculty for the Ayurvedic Integrated Nutrition 200-hour Professional Training and has studied with some of the great masters of our time, practicing and sharing what she has learned from the heart-centered wisdom schools of the world. Laura’s ...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Maya Tiwari is an Ayurveda Matriarch, Peace Leader, Humanitarian, and a best-selling author of multiple books. She has been in the field for more than 35 years. Fondly called Mother Maya, or Maa, she established the first Ayurvedic school in North America in 1981 (the Wise Earth School of Ayurveda) and founded the Mother Om Mission, a charitable organization that works in the at-risk communities of New York. Among the many gems she has restored to the earth-based education of Ayurveda are the sa...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Kate O’Donnell is an international speaker, Ayurvedic practitioner, long-time yoga practitioner, and the author of four books, including best-selling The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook. She has been studying in US and India for 25 years. Her new book Everyday Ayurveda for Women's Health is available for pre-order now. Find her online at: https://ayurvedicliving.institute/ and https://www.instagram.com/kateodonnell.ayurveda/ Within this episode: Kate’s calling to India, her fun and fascinating story ...
Oct 25, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Kaya Mindlin is a trusted teacher guiding many of today’s yoga teachers and longtime practitioners. Mature seekers resonate with her authentic approach that synthesizes the mystical and practical. With over 20 years teaching experience and the blessing of her gurus as a steward of the vedic tradition, Kaya expertly weaves yogic practice, storytelling, sanskrit recitation, vedanta, shaktism, vedic astrology & ayurveda in her rich programs. Her Supreme Release Yoga works gently and deeply with...
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Katie Rose is a yoga teacher, ayurveda guide and author with over 25 years of experience in the world of wellness alongside many thousands of teaching hours under her belt. She is a doula and teacher for the Australian Doula College. Katie was the manager of the prestigious TriYoga centre in London before moving to Sydney and opening Samadhi Yoga in 2004 followed by Jivamukti Yoga Sydney which at its peak was a four-studio business. Her popular online courses have helped hundreds of women from a...
Sep 28, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Mark Breadner is a luminary in the world of yoga and meditation education, boasting over five decades of devoted practice. Known as a teacher of teachers and Australia's longest-serving yoga educator, Mark is the creator of YogaCoach and a certified somatic psychotherapist. He has dedicated his career to empowering yoga teachers to become transformational leaders. Beyond training thousands of yoga and meditation teachers, his expertise has led him to become a "Body/Mind" coach for Olympic Gold m...
Sep 07, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Octavio Salvado’s mission is simple: to share Yoga with the world in the way that it was intended – as a spiritual science, not an exercise routine. Everything he teaches is lineage-based, integrated over decades of a hardcore commitment to personal practice. Octavio considers himself a student above all else - a relentless student with unwavering commitment to this extraordinary path that has the potential to truly heal, realign, and empower the world. As a teacher, Octavio has a firm resolve t...
Aug 16, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Paula Crossfield is a Vedic astrologer and Business Coach dedicated to helping a million spirit-led entrepreneurs make more money and impact so they can bankroll the change they want to see in the world. She believes that when spiritually grounded business owners are aligned with their purpose and the planets, they can earn massively and give back in profound ways to inspire a positive change in our culture – in fact Paula is able to give back and donate five figures every year from her overflow...
Jul 25, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Twenty years ago, Daniel Simpson quit his job as a foreign correspondent for The New York Times. It’s a long story – it wound up as a book – but to keep it brief, Daniel got high and freaked out while his colleagues hyped a bogus case for war. Daniel Simpson is the author of The Truth of Yoga, an accessible guide to yoga history and philosophy. He holds a master's degree in yoga studies (from School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London) and teaches courses at the Oxford Ce...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Vikram Jeet Singh took his first asana class in 2006. After steady practice he went on to finish a 500 hour Teacher Training in Kerala, India in early 2008. After teaching part time for a few months, Vikram was called to switch careers and ultimately left a HR job to pursue full time yoga teaching. Over the course of the years gone by he has accumulated more than 11,000 hours of teaching experience across the US, Canada, and India. Vikram is an Ayurvedic practitioner having completed his studies...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Raghunath Cappo is a masterful yoga teacher, Bhakti yoga devotee, ex-monk, punk rock icon, and a father of five. Raghu lives in upstate New York on his SuperSoul farm, where he hosts teacher trainings and seva immersions. In his early years, a teenager in search for depth and meaning, he fled his suburban life and went to New York City and found his people, his community. Raghunath - or Ray, as he was known at the time - started a band and a record label, then wild success followed. By the late ...
May 23, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Clancy Allen is a birth mentor and birth keeper, wise woman, and mother to a spirited 4 year old boy. Clancy honours the continuum of the childbearing phases from preconception, to pregnancy, birth, and motherhood, as potent opportunities for personal growth and transformation. After transitioning away from a career as a Lawyer to study yoga and kinesiology, it was pregnancy that catalysed Clancy's interest in birth. Her passion to support women during the childbearing continuum was born with he...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Courtney Carver launched her blog "Be More with Less" in 2010 and is one of the top bloggers in the world on the subject of minimalism. She has been featured in countless articles, podcasts, and interviews on simplicity. She is the bestselling author of Soulful Simplicity and the creator of the minimalist fashion challenge, Project 333, which is now a book available for purchase wherever books are sold. Courtney's work addresses downsizing, creating space to notice your life, and how to enjoy wh...
Nov 18, 2020•43 min
An Indian yoga practitioner in the Shankaracharya tradition, Susanna Barkataki is the founder of Ignite Yoga Wellness Institute & runs Ignite Be Well 200/500 Yoga Training programs. She is an E-RYT 500, Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT). She is the author of the forthcoming book Honor Yoga's Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice. With an Honors degree in Philosophy from UC Berkeley and a Masters in Education from Cambridge C...
Oct 21, 2020•58 min
