Dharma Talk With Henry Winslow

Ksenia Voropaeva is a yoga student, creator, and business owner. She’s the founder of Ananday, a sustainable yoga and wellness company with a zero waste mission. She believes in the power of yoga to transform, and in the potential of individuals to create the change they want to see. She started Ananday because she saw the waste produced by the yoga and wellness industry and wanted to find a better way—a way to practice that supports us and our planet. In this episode, you'll hear from Ksenia on: The big sustainability problem Ksenia saw in the current state of the yoga industry, even amongst the most eco-conscious yoga companies 5 easy lifestyle changes you can make to drastically reduce your footprint on the environment How we can take back the power from major corporations, be kind to our planet, and be compassionate with ourselves in the process   Announcements: [SPONSOR] Come with me to the upcoming 50-hour Rocket Yoga practice intensive with David Kyle at Yoga East Austin. Save on early bird registra

Gokulacandra is a student and teacher of yoga and the founder of Gokul Yoga. Born Jani Jaatinen in Finland, Gokulacandra Das started exploring the practice with Janne Kontala, a friend and lifelong teacher. He has been practicing yoga everyday for 17 years and has integrated those spiritual practices into his life. In September 2012, Gokulacandra moved to Malaysia with his wife Jaci to open the Gokul Yogashala. In this episode, you'll hear from Gokulacandra on: The concept of Yukta Vairagya — using our physical matter to connect to the deep spiritual essence Our natural condition state of resistance, and the importance of going against the current Hidden knowledge, and why Gokulacandra is careful about the methods and channels through which he transmits the lessons of his teachers  Why Gokulacandra's yoga teacher told him not to quit creating electronic music, and how we can use the arts to elevate consciousness  Announcements: [SPONSOR] Come with me to the upcoming 50-hour Rocket Yoga practice intensive w

During his years in prison, Emmett Tatter discovered that yoga has the power to change, to heal, and to transform. In this episode, you'll hear from Emmett on: The importance of finding your purpose in a difficult situation, especially when it comes to overcoming negative self-talk and doubt How Emmett applied the lessons of yoga to overcome rage and fear in prison, and how his practice was put to the test inside a physical cage Why Emmet began teaching others, and how despite prison staff's pressure to shut it down, Emmett's yoga program grew to a waitlist of literal hundreds Announcements: [SPONSOR] Come with me to the upcoming 50-hour Rocket Yoga practice intensive with David Kyle at Yoga East Austin. Save on early bird registration through Feb 17th: yogaeastaustin.com/rocket Register for the upcoming 30-hour Immersion at Lighthouse Yoga School. Enter referral code HENRYWINS on your application for 10% OFF your tuition: henrywins.com/events Links from this episode: Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar Man'

Glenn Brown is a poet, artist, college professor, founder of Lionflow Yoga, and owner of Array Yoga in New Albany, Indiana. While battling depression as a teenager, he found art and poetry to be his most effective coping mechanisms, and kung fu, meditation, and yoga became additional expressions of those very healing practices. Glenn is certified in Hsing-I kung-fu & Qi-gong, Bikram Yoga, and Sun-style Tai Chi. He is also a USA Yoga National Champion, a self-published author, and an adjunct professor working to integrate yoga and tai chi into the health and wellness programs at Indiana University Southeast. In this episode, you'll hear from Glenn on: Healthy skepticism, and what Glenn took away from being raised Southern Baptist and getting thrown out of a Kung Fu school Why Glenn continues to integrate forms from different disciplines, and what he considers the most important 'skill' to master Creating a signature style, Lionflow Yoga, that is intended to break down the artificial divides in the communi

Yancy Scot Schwartz took his first yoga class in the Dominican Republic while on a skate tour. Yancy currently resides and teaches yoga in Los Angeles, California. He believes that through the yoga practices and techniques, we can free ourselves from the constraints of the body and the mind. Yancy is trying to lead a simple life. In this episode, you'll hear from Yancy on: How yoga has provided Yancy a healthy counterbalance to the physical strain of skateboarding and skate culture Surrendering to and seizing opportunity — from hiding in the back of class to receiving free teacher training to being hand selected to open a new studio What constitutes a simple life, and the benefits to be gained from living one Announcements: Join me for upcoming workshops at Three Jewels and Yoga Herald Square in NYC: henrywins.com/events Register for the upcoming 30-hour Immersion at Lighthouse Yoga School. Enter referral code HENRYWINS on your application for 10% OFF your tuition: henrywins.com/events Links from this epi

Jordan Lydia is a student and teacher of yin and Bikram yoga. Through these complementary practices, she has overcome the physical effects of scoliosis and fed both her “soul” and “spirit” sides. She has co-led teacher trainings, co-authored yoga manuals, developed a community of practitioners of the Advanced 84 Asana series in Seattle, and won first place in the Washington state USA Yoga championships twice. Outside of yoga, Jordan is trained as an archivist, and she believes in chasing down one’s dreams while keeping a day job. In this episode, you'll hear from Jordan on: How practicing yin yoga and Bikram yoga have provided Jordan contrasting yet complementary meditation practices and paths of healing  Karma yoga, and what it means to be a standard bearer for the broader community How to integrate yoga into a busy lifestyle and career outside the yoga and wellness industry, both theoretically and practically   Announcements: Join me for upcoming workshops at Three Jewels and Yoga Herald Square in NYC: h

Jerome Burdi had a series of life changing events before finding the path of yoga. He was shot in the leg with a stray bullet just two streets away from where he'd discover his yoga teacher more than a decade later. He then became a newspaper crime journalist in New York City and South Florida. After eight years, the light of the yoga path was awakened for Jerome during a shamanic retreat in Brazil. He finally found his life's work, so he quit his job and went to India to do his first yoga teacher training. In this episode, you'll hear from Jerome on: Witnessing and processing other people's suffering as an "ambulance chaser" Vipassana meditation and ayahuasca ceremonies — parallels and differences between two paths toward heightened consciousness Developing the intuition to recognize willpower and rigidity as separate from addressing suffering at its root Announcements: Join me for upcoming workshops at Three Jewels and Yoga Herald Square in NYC: henrywins.com/events Register for the upcoming 30-hour Imme

Tim Feldmann is a yoga practitioner. Tim teaches traditional ashtanga yoga around the world in the lineage of Pattabhi Jois and Krishnamacharya. He is the co-founder of the yoga shala Miami Life Center. In this episode, you'll hear from Tim on: Moving from a career in dance to practicing and teaching yoga full time, and what Tim learned in the transition How Tim used a fine arts grant from the Danish government to further his yoga study The most significant difference between being an artist and running a small business The two things all yoga teachers must focus on in order to have the most beneficial impact on our current and future students Announcements: Join me for an upcoming workshop at Three Jewels NYC: henrywins.com/events Enroll in the upcoming 200-hour Teacher Training or 30-hour Immersion at Lighthouse Yoga School. Enter referral code HENRYWINS on your application for $100 OFF or 10% OFF your tuition, respectively: henrywins.com/events Links from this episode: The Bhagavad Gita translated by

Gabriel Tavera is Mexican yogi, home grown in Texas. Gabe put himself through the advertising program at UT, started his agency career at age 20, earned an MBA from UTSA at age 22, and was managing multi-million dollar ad campaigns by age 23. When he found yoga at age 24, he immediately turned away from his business endeavors and material possessions. Six years later, Gabe moved back to Austin, TX with nothing to his name and went on to found Yoga East Austin in 2013. Ever since, he has been doing everything possible to help others help themselves unplug and follow their hearts. In this episode, you'll hear from Gabriel on: The lifelong path of self-correction through listening to the quiet voice inside How to get comfortable with fear and use it to catapult you forward The three-phase process inherent to facing and surpassing all inevitable conflicts in life Giving yoga away for free and Gabe's vision for the future Announcements: Join me for an upcoming workshop at Three Jewels NYC: henrywins.com/events

Dr. Word Smith is a doctor of Medical Qi Gong and has been studying Eastern arts for over 20 years. He is a nomadic yogi, roaming the globe studying language, medicine, philosophy, and the movement practices said to grant liberation in this life. Currently he teaches domestically and internationally in order to help all living beings. In this episode, you'll hear from Word on: Why, at a very practical level, helping others is the key to happiness How to change your life circumstances by working from the inside out The simple and universal 4-step path to creating any change or result you desire One powerful Chinese herb you can find at the supermarket, and how you can learn more from Word about Traditional Chinese Medicine  Announcements: Join me for upcoming workshops in Orange County, CA (YogaWorks Costa Mesa) and NYC (Three Jewels): henrywins.com/events Apply to the Jan 2019 200-hour teacher training at Lighthouse Yoga School, and get $100 OFF your tuition with referral code HENRYWINS: henrywins.com/even

Adam Sobel has been teaching free yoga classes for the last 15 years to a dedicated sangha of yogis in New Jersey. He spent 16 years studying with Sri Dharma Mittra and has been studying exclusively with Gokulacandra Das for the past three years. Additionally, he is the Chef and owner of The Cinnamon Snail, a vegan food truck and restaurant. Along with his family, he also rehabilitates wounded and abandoned wild animals to give them a better shot at survival. In this episode, you'll hear from Adam on: How and why Adam became a father, a student of particular lineage of yoga, and a vegan at the same time Drawing healthy boundaries between running a food business and maintaining a dedicated yoga practice What he has learned from working in grey legality and black markets to provide mainstream culture with delicious, ethical food Duality, non-duality, and the middle road — and examining these philosophical concepts through asana practice Announcements: Join me for upcoming workshops in Orange County, CA (Yoga

Carolina Villalba is a yoga teacher, student, and rapper. To Carolina, being in the yoga industry looks like and feels like a lot of things. Born and mostly raised in Miami, she has come a long way from an eager yoga student to an active member of the wellness and awareness community. In this episode, you'll hear from Carolina on: Two difficult but transformative feelings Carolina recognized for the first time in her life, when she tried yoga as an angsty and overmedicated teenager What teaching yoga and rapping in a sometimes lewd and crude band have in common Opening a yoga studio in a mechanic's lot, sharing yoga with amputees and gender non-conformers, and breaking the archetype of what yoga "looks like"  Announcements: Join me for workshops in Richmond, Virginia (The Yoga Dojo + Hot Yoga Richmond) and Orange County, California (YogaWorks Costa Mesa): henrywins.com/events Apply to the Jan 2019 200-hour teacher training at Lighthouse Yoga School, and get $100 OFF your tuition with referral code HENRYWIN

Jake Paul White is a designer and yogi, here to help high vibe entrepreneurs elevate their brand and share their passion with the world. In this episode, you'll hear from Jake on: How yoga has become a vehicle for design, and how the design has become a vehicle for the yoga 3 keys to establishing your identity as a yoga teacher and attracting loyal students who stick around The untold dark side of the traveling teacher's nomadic lifestyle, and what pushed Jake to drop everything and move to an Ashram Lifestyle design and an opportunity to reset and rebalance with Jake in Bali Announcements: Help me get to China for the IYSF World Asana Championships! Donate to my travel fund: paypal.me/henrywins Join me for workshops in NYC (Yoga & Fitness Herald Square), Virginia (The Yoga Dojo + Hot Yoga Richmond), and California (YogaWorks Costa Mesa): henrywins.com/events Apply to the Jan 2019 200-hour teacher training at Lighthouse Yoga School, and get $100 OFF your tuition with referral code HENRYWINS: henrywins.

Finlay Wilson gained overnight international recognition for his "cheeky" and viral Kilted Yoga video, which aired on the BBC in 2017. But don't let that first impression fool you. The Kilted Yogi himself is quite serious about yoga. Finlay is a senior Forrest Yoga teacher who owns and operates a studio in his hometown of Dundee, Scotland, and he has also established the Young Yogis Project to bring free yoga to toddlers, children, teenagers and young people with special needs and disability. Finlay is a cook, published author, media activist, and of course, tartan enthusiast. In this episode, you'll hear from Finlay on: The darker side of willpower, and the role yoga played in Finlay's swapping alcoholism for bulimia and other forms of addiction How, if we aren't careful, we can use mental gymnastics to justify self-destructive behavior The validity of human feeling, and the difference between 'detachment' and emotional unavailability How Finlay parlayed 15 minutes of fame into a wide-reaching platform from

Yoshio Hama started practicing yoga in Caracas, Venezuela in 1999. Between 1999 and 2008 he had the opportunity to study Vinyasa Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Partner Yoga and Iyengar Yoga Method under the guidance of different yoga instructors. In 2008, he came to New York and started his new life: he found his guru (Sri Dharma Mittra) and aligned himself to a new spiritual family. Now, he spreads the teachings of Dharma and the light of yoga around NYC, guiding students to the path of righteousness. In this episode, you'll hear from Yoshio on: Of the yamas and niyamas, which two to prioritize so that the others fall into place Why it's impossible to make other people happy, and yet the subtle shift in intention you can make to reduce their suffering What happened when Yoshio stopped sampling yoga lineages and dedicated himself to singular practice and teacher Why Yoshio occasionally pretends to fall out of yoga poses, and why it's so critical to add the words "I don't know" to your vocabulary as teacher Announceme

Born of a background in functional anatomy and blessed by the good fortune of maturing in a traditional Hatha Yoga ashram, international yoga teacher Daniel Rama is known for bringing a powerful balance of both new and old. His story is one of turning tremendous pain and suffering into opportunity for powerful personal transformation. Through a series of what he calls “at-first unfortunate events,” the problem child born with the name Daniel De France became Daniel Rama, teacher of teachers. In this episode, you'll hear from Rama on: The two fundamentally life-altering lessons he learned during his first two weeks living in at the Sivananda ashram What stories, mythology, and poetic language can teach us about ourselves and the philosophy of life How feeling totally and utterly alone set Rama up to receive the teachings of yoga Why Rama changed his mind about the practice of bramacharya, and how partnership has expanded his consciousness and joy  Announcements: Join me this fall for workshops in NYC (Yoga

Hector Marcel is a Buddha-Dharma teacher and the president of Three Jewels, "The Enlightenment Studio,” where he collaborates with a powerful team of yogis, meditation teachers, and social change agents to facilitate transformational experiences to people in the heart of New York City and abroad. He is a social entrepreneur, public speaker, and seasoned organizational change management professional specializing in performance, culture, and service. Hector consults from his base in New York City to a variety of international clients, integrating eastern philosophy into corporate Culture and modern life. In this episode, you'll hear from Hector on: How Hector stumbled into the study and community of Tibetan Buddhism by mistake, and why he never looked back The symbology of the Three Jewels, and the role each one plays in delivering us from a perpetual state of suffering How cultivating an 'inside-out' understanding of our own perception can help us develop compassion and empathy for all beings Announcements:

[BONUS EPISODE] This week, the tables have turned, and I'm in the hot seat for an interview with Grant Crawford and Keith Vartanian of the Twenty Somethings Podcast. Our wide-ranging conversation covers topics including but not limited to: Mindfulness and yoga in the education system, The line between cultural appropriation and cultural exchange, Making a living as a yoga teacher and the side hustle lifestyle, Reframing perspectives around failure and performance, Modern spirituality and balancing faith with a rejection of dogma Links from this episode: Listen to the original episode of the Twenty Somethings Podcast, and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review if you like what Grant and Keith are doing. SoundPollination.com — Grant and Keith's audio production company and home to six unique podcasts

Josh Biro is the founder of Nomad Business Coaching. After over a decade in the wellness industry gaining first-hand experience teaching and managing, building and owning yoga studios, Josh started traveling with his wife and children as the Nomad Yoga Family. They’ve been roaming in their RV for 2.5 years, and now Josh provides powerful business coaching, best practices, and game-changing studio overhauls internationally. In this episode, you'll hear from Josh on: How yoga studio owners and yogapreneurs can flip the script on their aversion to selling and recognize our system of exchange as a positive A dual-brained self-auditing system all yogapreneurs must use to ensure their decisions will serve their business and clientele at the highest level Why getting new students in the door can't be your main focus, and how to win at internal marketing and create staying power for your studio  Announcements: Join me this fall for workshops in NYC (Yoga & Fitness Herald Square), Miami (Original Hot Yoga 305)

Talia Sutra (Talia Peretz Baderman) was born in Israel and, as a child, moved to New York with her parents, both of whom have had a deep impact on her spiritually. Yoga and meditation entered her life when she was just 6 years old, when she witnessed her mother’s faith in yoga to help heal her lymphoma. Talia has been teaching yoga herself for about 9 years. More recently, she moved to Jerusalem on a whim, and since then, she’s become a mother and a life partner to her husband, Ezra. She continues to teach around the world, write, and share every day. In this episode, you'll hear from Talia on: Two ways to become a prisoner of your body, and how she manages to stay free A telltale indicator that we are not existing and operating in 'love,' and how to course correct Why many people are afraid of empty space and presence, and how that fear can create fragmentation and dissatisfaction How Talia consciously frames her perspective around pain and discomfort for the better  Announcements: Join me this fall for w