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What if Your Most Productive Hour Was the One You Stepped Away?
At lunchtime, more of us than ever now keep going. Meetings run over, emails keep coming, notifications ping and our to-do list just keeps on growing. And it’s really tempting to power through – to eat at your desk, to squeeze in one more task, to prove how committed and capable you are, to get stuff done.
But what if the most powerful thing you could do for your afternoon – for your clarity, energy, even your effectiveness – wasn’t doing more? What if it was stepping away?
Why is the Bhagavad Gita relevant? - James Boag, 'The Chai Sessions'
In this episode of the Chai Sessions I’m talking to good friend and yoga philosophy maestro, James Boag. He’s a regular guest on the podcast. Because we’re chatting ahead of James’s next visit to MCY, when he’ll be taking us on a deep dive into the Bhagavad Gita, I wanted to talk more about the Gita and what it might have for us as we live today...
This Is How Ashtanga Works - Scott Johnson, 'The Chai Sessions'
In this episode of The Chai Sessions I’m talking to friend and fellow Ashtanga teacher Scott Johnson. This is our fourth conversation so I feel we can now say he’s a regular here on the podcast!
For those of you who haven’t met Scott yet he’s been practising yoga since 1998, and teaching Ashtanga yoga since 2004. He’s been the director and senior teacher at Stillpoint Yoga London since it was founded in 2009….
Ashtanga Love Notes Series - Rose Ann McKean, 'The Chai Sessions'
This episode is the fifth and last (at least for now!) in my short series, Ashtanga Love Notes, where I talk with friends who like me still practise and teach Ashtanga. And still love it too!
My guest on this episode is good friend and fellow teacher Rose Ann McKean…
Threads of Practice: Reflections on an Ashtanga Journey in 2024
I recorded my first Chai Session podcast on the 21 January 2021. Fast forward to 2024 and unbelievably I’m still recording and sharing conversations. But the world has changed. The yoga landscape has changed. I’m feeling that Ashtanga Yoga, the yoga that I love, I practise and teach, the one I keep coming back to, is less popular than before. It’s fallen a bit out of fashion. So I decided to talk it over with my friends and the idea of the Ashtanga Love Notes series of podcasts was born…
Butoh and Yoga: Exploring Embodied Consciousness Through Movement and Stillness
I am not a yoga practitioner, though I have some experience of it (mainly Ashtanga style). I’ve been thinking about the similarities and contrasts between the two practices. The most obvious common ground is probably to be found in the root definition of yoga as a yoking or joining. If we extend this definition towards reuniting then I think yoga can meet Butoh with a shared intention.
Ashtanga Love Notes Series - Allison Dearling, 'The Chai Sessions'
This episode is the fourth in my short podcast series, Ashtanga Love Notes, where I talk with friends who like me still practise and teach Ashtanga. And still love it too!
My guest on this episode is good friend and very favourite Australian Allison Dearling.