Śrī Krishnamacharya's teachings on āsana were disseminated through various students who became teachers themselves. While practices like Viniyoga and Aṣṭāṅgayoga may appear distinct in their outward forms, they are both rooted in the same fundamental principles. These shared foundations manifest in remarkably similar ways within their respective practices. Moreover, common stereotypes of Viniyoga and Aṣṭāṅgayoga completely miss how these principles are introduced and then developed into extremel...
Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Cultivate the confidence that assists us in moving over the obstacle. Join Laura Jane Mellencamp, Yoga Therapist and Psychologist, in this floor practice with movement, mantra, and visualization. Find Laura Jane at https://www.yogaamongfriends.com/
Jun 17, 2025•23 min
There are many definitions of Yoga and each has it's purpose. In this episone of the Yoga Well Podcast Chase Bossart discusses some definitions of Yoga and how they can help us understand the intent of our practice and it's place in our lives. You can see and follow along with these definitions at the handout here: Definitions of Yoga
May 20, 2025•56 min
A centering practice with a gleaming jewel and samāna breathing rations. Join Amanda Wentworth, a Yoga Therapist at the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Vanderbilt for over 13 years. You can find Amanda at https://amandasana.blogspot.com/ You can learn more about Yoga Well's offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/
May 06, 2025•15 min
Dr. Carrie Heeter interviews Dr. Jennifer Vasquez about her newly published research on How Viniyoga Supports Health and Healing. Heeter and Vasquez are long-time Viniyoga practitioners, members of the Yoga Well Institute community, and research scientists. Find Dr. Heeter at MeditationConversations.com. Receive a free download of Dr. Heeter's book, An Inside Look at Meditation: Experiences for healing, support, and transformation, at https://www.yogawell.com/viniyoga-resources/ . You can also f...
Apr 22, 2025•32 min
Take some time to tune in to self with this āsana practice led by Jennifer Vasquez, PhD, LCSW-S, SEP, NARM Therapist, EMDR Certified Therapist, ISP Practitioner, C-IAYT, and RYT-500. You can find Dr. Vasquez at YogaJena.com & InspiredPractice.com.
Apr 08, 2025•23 min
How does the state of your system affect your perceptions and behaviors? How does Yoga change the state of your human system “time of” and “over time”? We are excited to share an episode of the podcast, Doing Differently hosted by Marcel Allbritton, PhD and C-IAYT. The podcast focuses on discussions around change, healing, and transformation. In this episode, Marcel and Chase Bossart, the Executive Director of Yoga Well, discuss Yoga's influence on state change. Listen to more of the Doing Diffe...
Mar 25, 2025•26 min
Realign with your convictions and those who believe in you with this practice. This practice is led by Meg Bratt, Yoga Therapist and Yoga Well's Student Advisor and Admissions Coordinator. Find Meg at www.mysvaha.com. Meditate with Yoga Well in our weekly class 15 Minute Breathing & Meditation: https://www.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation/
Mar 11, 2025•22 min
How do you move forward when you feel unsure? What is the nature of choosing tools for a meditation expereince? This discussion between Carrie and Meg explores feelings of conviction in an expereince of teaching. Meg Bratt is Yoga Well's Student Advisor and a Yoga Therapist. Carrie Heeter, PhD, RYS-200, is a meditation designer, research scientist, retired professor of Media and Information, and author of An Inside Look at Meditation: Experiences for healing, support, and transformation. Receive...
Feb 25, 2025•37 min
This meditation lets you observe your mind in action, paying attention to attention, experiencing what it feels like to notice, to focus, and to change that focus. This expereince is led by Carrie Heeter, PhD, RYS-200 is a meditation designer, research scientist, recently retired professor of Media and Information at Michigan State University, and author of An Inside Look at Meditation: Experiences for healing, support, and transformation. Receive a free download of Carrie's book at https://www....
Feb 11, 2025•18 min
Physical Therapist and Yoga Therapist Deb Hopkins talks with Chase about the power of observation, mindful movement, biomechanics & prāṇa, facilitating an "aha moment" for clients, and the field of Yoga Therapy. Find Deb at https://pineleaftherapeuticyoga.com/about-deb/ Learn more about Yoga Well's offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Join in this peaceful chant and meditation with Aimee Forsberg Ottosen, Yoga Therapist, and Certified Holistic Ayurvedic Counselor. Calm your breath and mind with the mantra śāntiśśāntiśśāntiḥ coordinated with gentle movement and a visualization. Learn more about Yoga Well's course offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/. Reach out to Aimee at bridgeyoga12@gmail.com
Jan 14, 2025•16 min
Yoga is interetsed in the mind and how it operates. Chase discusses the active engagement of meditation: what it is, definitions of mind, purposes of meditation, depth of expereince, and how to create successful meditative expereinces. Along with weekly meditation classes like Yoga for Meditation and 15 Minute Breathing and Meditaiton, you can learn more about the structure of Meditation in the course Understanding Meditation. Find these classes at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/
Dec 31, 2024•44 min
We are excited to share an episode of the podcast, Doing Differently with Marcel Allbritton. The Doing Differently Podcast focuses on discussions around change, healing, and transformation. In this episode, he discusses Mentorship with Yoga Therapist, Amanda Green. Be sure to look for previous Yoga Well Podcast discussions and practices with both Marcel and Amanda. Listen to more of the Doing Differently Podcast or connect with Marcel at www.marcelallbritton.com . You can also find Amanda Green ...
Dec 17, 2024•50 min
Enjoy this exploration of attention, breath, and movement with Marcel Allbritton, Yoga Therapist and Mentor to Yoga Teachers. Marcel hosts Doing Differently , a podcast about healing, change, and transformation. Find Marcel at www.marcelallbritton.com
Dec 03, 2024•22 min
"When you drop in and you are authentic, there is no set way you are going to be." From Yoga Fit to studies with Mr Dsikachar and a variety of notable Viniyoga teachers, Yoga Therapist and Clinical Herbalist, Annie Jones, shares her experiences. The conversation ties Viniyoga's value of individualization into the process of yoga, a history of yogic discourse, and a depth of principles in lived practice. She and Chase discuss the nature of Vedic Chanting as a rich internalization of sacred texts....
Nov 19, 2024•47 min
Welcome to part 4 of 4 in Breathing Basics with Yoga Therapist Amanda Green. We encourage you to move intentionally through this series, staying with each step for as many repeated practices as it feels appropriate for you before progressing. In this experience, you will experience the whole cycle of how inhale and exhale complement one another. Amanda Green co-leads Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training and leads weekly classes through Yoga Well: Yoga for Vitality and Strength , Gentle Yoga , and...
Nov 05, 2024•25 min
Āyurvedic Practitioner & holding a Masters in Āyurvedic Medicine, Elizabeth Cunnigham Bossart, joins her husband, Chase Bossart to discuss Āyurvedic Living. Elizabeth is adept at translating the principles of Ayurvedic medicine into an accessible framework of diet, lifestyle, and attention. She offers incremental implementation that can unfold over time so it can be effectively established as the new pattern, creating sustainable change and bringing about life-changing perspectives. Find Eli...
Oct 22, 2024•44 min
Welcome to part 3 of 4 in Breathing Basics with Yoga Therapist Amanda Green. We encourage you to move intentionally through this series, staying with each step for as many repeated practices as it feels appropriate for you before progressing. In this experience, you will use the inhale to open the ribcage and upper body. Amanda Green co-leads Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training and leads weekly classes through Yoga Well: Yoga for Vitality and Strength , Gentle Yoga , and Teaching Gentle Yoga . Y...
Oct 08, 2024•25 min
This bonus episode is a shared production with Small Things Brought Together. In this episode, Yoga Therapist and artist Robyn Love speaks with jess demshar, the Offerings and Business Director of the Yoga Well Institute. In 2023, Yoga Well began hosting STBT creator Robyn Love to teach a class series on yoga and creativity. Robyn and jess talk about how Yoga and creativity intersect and, in many ways, are the same thing. jess shares what it is like to experience the class as a student, and they...
Oct 01, 2024•1 hr 41 min
Laura Jane C-IYAT, E-RYT 500, MA, Certified Yoga Therapist has been changing people’s lives for 3 decades. She has led classes, seminars, and workshops throughout the world for leading organizations and individuals. Laura is known for her depth of knowledge, practical wisdom, and unique ability to transmit yogic teachings and practices to students from all walks of life. She enjoys blending her clinical and counseling training in psychology with her yoga therapy certification to provide her clie...
Sep 24, 2024•57 min
Welcome to part 2 of 4 in Breathing Basics with Yoga Therapist Amanda Green. We encourage you to move intentionally through this series, staying with each step for as many repeated practices as it feels appropriate for you before progressing. In this experience, you will practice intentionally engaging the low abdomen as you breathe out. Amanda Green co-leads the California cohort of Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training and leads weekly classes through Yoga Well: Yoga for Vitality and Strength , ...
Sep 10, 2024•20 min
James Kairos is a long-time Viniyoga student, artist, food industry executive, and start-up CEO. He began his yoga practice in 2007 due to ongoing pain. Chase and James have a conversation rich in the unfolding realizations of a committed Yoga practitioner: the purpose of practice, Yoga in different stages of life, the importance of context for our practice, and the role of one-to-one Yoga mentoring. Find Yoga Well's variety of offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/...
Aug 27, 2024•50 min
Welcome to part 1 of 4 in experientially exploring the fundamentals of breathing with Yoga Therapist Amanda Green. We encourage you to move intentionally through this series, staying with each step for as many repeated practices as it feels appropriate for you before progressing. In this experience, you will relax the abdomen and pelvic floor through attention to the breath's movement in the lower body. Amanda Green co-leads the California cohort of Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training and leads ...
Aug 13, 2024•23 min
The Yoga Well Institute has seen the business of Yoga Therapist Training change over the years. Join a conversation with Executive Director and Faculty Chase Bossart, Business Manager Jess Demshar, and Admissions Coordinator Meg Bratt. They discuss how they have witnessed the evolution of yoga training and education over their decades of experience. Highlighting the values of personal growth, integrated information, educational relationships, and tradition, they outline how these influence the s...
Jul 30, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Jenny Orona is a Yoga Therapist working with in-patient and out-patient clients recovering from trauma, substance abuse, and mental illness. In this practice, she explores the utility of agni and digestion through twists and meditation. Find JennyO at https://corazonyoga.com/ Learn more about iRest at https://www.irest.org/ and explore Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/
Jul 16, 2024•26 min
What does it experientially mean to be a part of a Yoga lineage? Chase talks with Aimee Forsberg Ottosen, Yoga Therapist, Certified Holistic Ayurvedic Counselor, and Certified Health & Wellness Coach about studying at the Kṛṣṇamacarya Yoga Mandarim (KYM) in Chennai, where Chase has also studdied. They discuss classes, clinical studies, Vedic chanting, and the gift of a tradition handed down through generations of teachers. Learn more about KYM at https://www.kym.org/. Reach out to Aimee at b...
Jul 02, 2024•55 min
Yoga Therapist Melissa Shah guides a 15-minute practice with gentle arm movement, mantra, and phases of the moon. Use this practice to support yourself in times of transition or uncertainty. Connect with Melissa at https://www.findyourbreath.net. Take more short practices with our weekly class, 15 Minute Breathing and Meditation. Class includes a monthly discussion and a collection of class recordings. Learn more at https://www.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation/...
Jun 18, 2024•17 min
In this episode Chase sits down with Jennifer Vasquez, PhD, LCSW-S, SEP, NARM Therapist, EMDR Certified Therapist, ISP Practitioner, IAYT-C, and RYT-500. They discuss her Yoga journey and experinces in social work integrating Viniyoga and Yoga Therapy into research. You can find Dr. Vasquez at YogaJena.com & InspiredPractice.com.
Jun 04, 2024•52 min
This practice with Yoga Therapist Esther Bogatova helps us to reconnect with feelings of gratitude, allowing us to view life differently and see blessings all around us. Find Esther at https://www.sweeterfoodyoga.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/sweeterfoodyoga/ Take more āsana and meditation classes with Yoga Well at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/...
May 21, 2024•16 min
