YOKED
96 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsYOKED with Kelly Sunrose is a weekly podcast devoted to sharing the teachings of yoga through stories and conversations with real, live, real-life yogis. Through interviews, lectures and discussions, we share how practice has changed the course of our lives. Thank you so much for listening.
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Meditation for Transitions
October 23, 2021 19:35 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBLOVE TO ALL+++ In this episode, I share a guided meditation inspired by a cohort of planets stationing direct & the shift to Scorpio season. Let what is supporting you truly support you. A FREE way to support this show is to share it with a friend and rate & review us in Apple Podcasts. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. Join the Wildcat Yoga Club, an online space for practice, study & connection.
Practice Protocol
October 07, 2021 21:07 - 50 minutes - 34.3 MBOm tat sat! Happy to be here together today! This episode features a process for creating a practice and care protocol using 1) the kosha system to consider all aspects of self and 2) the lens of curiosity and reverence to both accept ourselves and continue to encourage growth. I made a special workbook for you for this episode. You can download it right here. My main teaching home is the Wildcat Yoga Club, an online community for practice, study and connection. New members are always ...
Centering Seasonal Rhythms
December 20, 2020 22:12 - 41 minutes - 68.5 MBSweet Listeners, hello! And love to all. This episode features an elemental, astrological, practice-focused review of the season we are just departing and a process for calling in what is next. >>> To support this work, I invite you to join our practice community at http://www.wildcatyogaclub.com/ +++ UPCOMING/incoming: BEGIN where you are: 1/9 FROM the void into the COLLECTIVE: 1/18 KARMA circle: 1/19 LOVE. complete show-notes at yokedpodcast.com
Pada// Finding Your Feet
October 12, 2020 21:02 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBHi Sweet Sangha, Today's episode is a mini-workshop all about the feet. In this workshop, I share a process for engaging with the feet in ways that are experiential, non-hierarchical and evolving. I made us a workbook in support of this exploration, it's in the full show-notes over at yokedpodcast.com/ If this show means something to you, please consider supporting the mission by leaving a rating and review in Apple podcasts, sharing with a buddy or contributing financially via paypal...
Harvest Blessing & Yoga Sutra 1.33
October 02, 2020 22:42 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBSweet Doves, Thank you for listening to this Blessing that emerged from the FULL MOON IN ARIES and a discussion of Yoga Sutra 1.33. LOVE TO ALL+++ kelly COMPLETE SHOW-notes at yokedpodcast.com/
Seasonal Check-in// A Process for Centering
September 10, 2020 20:21 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBIn this episode of YOKED, we drop into a practice for noticing tiny shifts in ourselves, our communities and our environment to create rituals for honoring the seasons and cycles of our lives. Thank you so much for being here. For complete show-notes, visit: http://yokedpodcast.com/ This month, we're supporting fire recovery efforts, local mutual aid funds and movements for Black lives. To learn more about our community support efforts, please head over to http://www.sunroseyoga.com/mi...
Summer Reading List
July 06, 2020 22:15 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBHELLO dearest, sweetest listeners. Thank you so very much for being here. In today's episode, I'm sharing what is on my bedside reading table for this season. I'd love to hear what you're reading. ALSO, I've been envisioning a new way to engage with Patreon and would love to hear your feedback. LOVE TO ALL, kelly yokedpodcast.com sunroseyoga.com
Brahmacharya: To Dwell in Vastness
June 22, 2020 23:56 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBIn today's episode, I respond to a listener question about Brahmacharya with a discussion about this Yama in the context of the greater purpose of the path and with specific ways to integrate this teaching into your everyday life. Like the show? Please share us with a friend. THANK YOU FOR BEING. FUTURE blessings II. To receive my weekly newsletter (centering the work of Living the Yoga). To join my online practice community: the Wildcat Yoga Club. To purchase & receive immediate...
CEDAR meditation
June 08, 2020 22:37 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBBeloved listeners, A medicinal meditation for your revolutionary spirit. We are in the midst of the uprising! My family is fully committed to our practice of unlearning white supremacy and dismantling the structures that perpetuate the oppression of Black people. Black LIFE Matters. To that end, we're demonstrating, protesting, writing, calling, learning, donating and loving on our neighbors. Most of you know, I already donate 15% of my income to causes that align with my stated values...
Making & Taking Care
May 19, 2020 02:01 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBDear Listener, Thank you for being here. TRULY. This episode is a mini-workshop on how we make & take care: during COVID & always. I made a workbook to go with the episode. Click here to receive. SUPPORT THE SHOW. ((THANK YOU.)) Share with a friend! Rate & review in Apple Podcasts. Become a Patron. Join my Yoga Practice Community.
SATYA: truth in the time of COVID
May 05, 2020 23:43 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBbeloved listeners, sat nam! thank you for listening. today's episode gives the context of Satya in the lineage of yoga and offers several questions as a spring-board for your own practice. i'd love to hear from you. with all love + appreciation, kelly yokedpodcast.com
Kavita Kat Macmillan// Bhakti + SOUND
October 14, 2019 21:15 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBThank you for listening! Our guest today is Kavita Kat Macmillan: learn more about her here. Join our online practice community: Wildcat Yoga Club Sign up to receive weekly teachings, news and notes right here. AUTUMNAL SOUND BATH in PORTLAND Complete SHOW-NOTES DO YOUR PRACTICE
Lydia Zamorano// Yogini
October 07, 2019 00:03 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBThank you so very much for being here. Today I'm sharing a very special conversation with my friend, magical and mystical Lydia Zamorano. Lydia is a yogini, wife, mother and friend living in British Columbia with her family. Learn all about her and her work right here. What's coming up in your practice? What questions are weighing on your heart? Do share. Sign up here to receive my weekly newsletter. Practice with me in the Wildcat Yoga Club. Anchor your breath and meditation pra...
Seasonal Practice Svadhyaya// Self-Study
September 17, 2019 15:31 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBPranams, dear Sangha! In today's episode, we talk about seasonal shifts and how to incorporate the seasons and the Koshas into your personal practice. Thank you, always, for being here. LOVE to all, kelly Wildcat Yoga Club Patreon For complete show-notes, visit YOKED.
How & Why to Keep a Practice Notebook
September 09, 2019 21:17 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBIn this episode, we'll delve into the magic of keeping a yoga journal. Do you keep a practice journal? I'd love to hear from you. As always, thanks for listening. Ramayana immersion last call! Weekly Newsletter Sign-up Autumnal Sound Bath WILDCAT YOGA CLUB Rate & Review Us in Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. LOVE, kelly [email protected]
The Yoga of Online Learning
August 23, 2019 22:11 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBIn this episode, I share tips & tricks for being a successful student online: from getting clear on your goals for the class to fully embracing the role of student and stepping into skillful studentship. I'm curious about your experience with online learning-- what classes or experiences have you had? How did it go? What worked? What didn't? What advice would you give a new online student? Send me an email with your thoughts-- [email protected] Please support the show on Patreon! ...
A Process for Getting to Know Plants
August 19, 2019 19:15 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBBeloved Listeners, Thanks so very much for being here today. In today's episode, I'm sharing a process for becoming more familiar with the plants in your life: from culinary herbs to the flowers at the market to the "weeds" in your backyard. Thank you for being here. This episode is a great complement to our last episode with Brooke Sullivan. Definitely have a listen! News// Please show your support for the show on Patreon! THANK YOU. Join us for our next online immersion-- Ramaya...
Brooke Sullivan / Plant Wisdom & Yoga
August 04, 2019 21:53 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBThank you for listening to the show! I am so happy to share this conversation with yogini, vitalist herbalist extraordinaire Brooke Sullivan! Complete show-notes over at http://yokedpodcast.com/ I hope you'll join us for our next online immersion! We're circling up around the text The Ramayana and infusing our work with the beautiful, liberation work of adrienne maree brown, bell hooks, Grace Lee Boggs and more. To learn more about this 8-week class, please head on over to this page >>> ...
Deb Flashhenberg // Prenatal Yoga
June 28, 2019 13:36 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBThanks so much for listening today. Please show your support of the show by rating & reviewing us wherever you listen to podcasts AND by becoming a subscriber on PATREON-- check us out right here. Complete show-notes for this and all past episodes are available here. Today's episode features a conversation with Deb Flashenberg. Deb is a prenatal yoga teacher, Lamaze childbirth educator, labor support doula and self proclaimed "birth and anatomy geek." Drawing on her experience as a ...
Shifting Seasons Practice
June 14, 2019 16:05 - 12 minutes - 20.1 MBThanks for being here for this seasonal practice. This is a practice for looking back in reflection and looking forward with vision. I appreciate your presence. Announcements: Summer Solstice Practice & Soundbath at Yoga Refuge/ June 21 Linger in Love: Meditation Workshop at Yoga Refuge/ July 13 Fluid Heart: Meditation & Writing ONLINE/ July 20 Ramayana: R/Evolution/ Steptember 6-October 25 LOVE to all. Stay in touch. kelly [email protected] If you appreciate the sh...
Where & How to Give/ Methods for Centering Around Your Vision
May 24, 2019 19:47 - 21 minutes - 15.4 MBHello! Thanks so much for listening to this episode of Yoked. In today's episode, I'm sharing a few processes related to a question I've received a number of times over the past few years: How do I decide which organizations or movements to support? First, thank you to everyone who has asked me this question! I am happy it is in our minds and hearts. Second, this is a question that leads to another set of questions. What are my heart-codes? (Here's an episode alllll about Heart-code...
Cultivating Skillful Studentship
April 27, 2019 18:59 - 17 minutes - 13 MBWhat is skillful studentship? In this week's episode, we begin a conversation about what qualities assist in truly committing to learning, in yoga or any discipline. In this episode, Kelly shares a framework of agreements that support skillful studentship. We're curious about what you would add to this list? Please connect with your thoughts: via tweet @kellysunrose via email [email protected] or by emailing a voice memo to the same address. Thanks so much for sharing your ...
Keeping It Simple While Stretching Yourself
April 18, 2019 20:14 - 35 minutes - 25.1 MBThanks for being here, dear listener. Thanks for being, really. In this week's episode of YOKED, I'm sharing one of our monthly Q&A sessions (Satsang, in the yoga tradition) from the Wildcat Yoga Club. Tracy asked an amazing question, and I'm wrestling with it in this episode. Curious about our online community? We have a complimentary 2-week membership that you can access here. My semi-sabbatical is nearing its end, and I am practically bursting with joy to share space (virtual, phy...
Seasonal Check-In
April 03, 2019 20:19 - 12 minutes - 9.66 MBDeepest bows, dear listeners. In this episode, listeners receive a process for mapping the next season through a series of questions for contemplation. Also, question for listeners: What makes a skillful student? Or how to we practice "Yoga as Skill in Action" through our studentship? Please share your responses via email or twitter. This show is made possible by the Wildcat Yoga Club. Check out the new workshop available for immediate download in the shop. Complete show-notes are ...
Dana Smith - YES! Yoga Has Curves
March 13, 2019 19:00 - 56 minutes - 39.3 MBThanks so much for being here! Thank you so much to our guest, Dana Smith. Dana is the founder and owner of Spiritual Essence Yoga and the creative visionary behind the international YES! Yoga Has Curves movement. She is a wife, mother, certified yoga instructor, author, yoga teacher trainer, master life coach and holistic health practitioner. For almost 20 years, she has been a pioneer for inclusive yoga in the West with a simple, yet profound, message: “Yoga is for EVERYbody!”. Rea...
Dionne // YOU BELONG
June 26, 2017 21:43 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBIn today's show, Kelly talks with the AMAZING Dionne Elizabeth. Based between the UK and Norway, Dionne is a creative coach, yoga and meditation teacher, dj, writer, spacemaking event maker, but above all, a human being that loves life, good vibes and feelings. She also loves movement, memes, music, food, words, self care, colour, creating spaces that didnt exist before, cultivating community, collecting inspiration, explorations and adventures. Dionne runs community events, retreats and...
JAIMAL YOGIS / All Our Waves Are Water
June 19, 2017 17:14 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBThank you for listening! Today's episode features a conversation with author, surfer, husband & father (of 3 boys!) Jaimal Yogis. We talk about the evolution of his practice and writing and about his latest book, All Our Waves Are Water. Pre-order Jaimal's new book right here. (He's donating 100% of his pre-sale proceeds to the UN Refugee Agency's fund for South Sudan.) NEWS Would love for you to contribute to our community project by answering the questions 1. why do you practice y...
Devon Riley / Embodiment & Self-Trust
June 12, 2017 16:13 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBKelly and Devon Riley talk about the Yoga of REAL LIFE. Thank you so much for listening. Devon practices and teaches yoga, writes, parents, reads books, makes photographs, grows food and flowers, and cooks dinner daily. She is a modern Buddhist, an intersectional feminist, and a talker. Stay in touch: yokedpodcast.com Let's practice together: wildcatyogaclub.com All of the links are found in today's show-notes: https://yokedpodcast.com/2017/06/12/devon-riley/
Summer Yoga Reading List
May 24, 2017 17:22 - 36 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this episode of YOKED, Kelly shares a list of books she is excited to read this summer as well as a short sampling of her favorite yoga and ayurveda books. For the list and links, check the show-notes at yokedpodcast.com Thank you for listening. Remember our community sound project! In a voice memo via email, please send the following: Your name & home base, Why you practice yoga, What your MOST POTENT practices are. These will be compiled for an awesome community project! Tha...
The Yoga of NOW// Fawn Williams interviews Kelly Sunrose
May 15, 2017 20:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBFor today's show, fawn williams (my friend, colleague and past guest of the show) interviewed me! We talk about everything from gardening to pregnancy to adventures in teaching. It was fun! I hope you enjoy. If you have a question or a topic you'd like covered on the show, send an email to me at [email protected] ALSO, community project in the works. I would LOVE it if you would answer the following questions (which will be shared on a future episode): 1. why do you practice yoga? ...
How Long Should I Stay in the Pose? Listener Question Answered.
May 08, 2017 21:17 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBToday's episode answers the question: How long should I hold a yoga pose in my home practice? Thank you so much for listening. Check out the show-notes for links and additional information: http://yokedpodcast.com/ LOVE. Today's episode is brought to you by The Wildcat Yoga Club, our online practice community. Yoga for your real life. Connect with questions: [email protected] Rate & review us in iTunes! Thank you. 15% of all proceeds from sales in the Sunrose Yoga Shop go t...
Bhakti Foster-Purvine / Integral Yoga & Ayurveda
May 01, 2017 18:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBThe evolution of practice, living the yoga, the importance of teachers. Today's guest is Bhakti Foster-Purvine. Bhakti teaches Integral Yoga and has an Ayurveda practice at her studio Shanti Om here in Portland, Oregon. I've had the privilege of knowing Bhakti for years, and she is such an incredible model for living the practice-- as a woman, as a mother, as a human being truly concerned with the wellness and wholeness of us all. Learn more about Bhakti in the show-notes at YOKEDpodcast...
Lara Falberg / Self-Refinement in Practice & Life
April 24, 2017 18:49 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBWe're back with a fresh episode of the Yoked Podcast. We've been on a hiatus while I pour attention into the growing community of practitioners over in the Wildcat Yoga Club, developing the curriculum for our Bhagavad Gita Immersion (currently in process, will be offered again in the 2018-2019 season) and growing a baby (he's due earth-side this summer). I've missed being here and am SO happy to be back with a crop of fresh conversations about the Yoga of our REAL Lives with Real-Life Yogis ...
Body Politics in Yoga, Part 1
January 20, 2017 19:14 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBIn this episode of Yoked, we catch up on all of the news and begin a discussion of body politics in yoga. Thank you for being here. Request an invitation to the Wildcat Yoga Club here. (Learn more about the club here.) Check out my videos on Yoga Anytime here. (Free code is MAGIC.) Come practice with me at the Sedona Yoga Festival. (11% off code is KELLY.) Save the dates for our spring immersion into the Bhagavad Gita: April & May. Stay in touch: [email protected] Show-notes...
New Year's Blessing/ Guided Meditation for Happiness, Peace, Wholeness & Prosperity
December 31, 2016 00:25 - 13 minutes - 9.11 MBBELOVEDS, So happy to be back together. Thank you for being here. This episode of YOKED features a guided meditation and prayer for the new year. May you know happiness, peace, wholeness & prosperity. * Sanskrit mantra// Sarvesham svastir bhavatu Sarvesham shantir bhavatu Sarvesham purnam bhavatu Sarvesham mangalam bhavatu Om Shanti Shanti Shanti * Thanks to all who make purchases in the Sunrose Yoga Shop! I'm donating 15% of all proceeds from the Shop to causes that ...
Seasonal Check-In/ Autumn into Winter
December 15, 2016 21:54 - 26 minutes - 22.1 MBThank you for listening. Complete show-notes for YOKED are available at yokedpodcast.com/ In this show, we check in around the lessons learned from the previous season and what we're anticipating for the next season. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Email [email protected] Join us in the Wildcat Yoga Club. 15% of proceeds from the Sunrose Yoga Shop go to Black Lives Matter, Planned Parenthood and Sacred Stone Legal Defense Fund.
Let's Talk with Margaret Jacobsen
November 30, 2016 18:23 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBIn this episode of Yoked, Kelly Sunrose interviews Margaret Jacobsen about the deep work of Self-Care. The two talk about self-care as mothers in the age of mom-blogs, the importance of safe-spaces for people of color and the crucial practice of getting off your device and having face-to-face conversations. Thank you for listening. For complete show-notes, visit yokedpodcast.com/ To connect with Margaret Jacobsen, visit margaretjacobsen.com/ For an invitation to the Wildcat Yoga Club...
Activate Against Oppression
November 17, 2016 21:25 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBThis episode is all about living by your deepest values, your heart-codes. In part one, we talk about how to connect with your values and how to work with them. In part two, we talk about ways you can stand up against oppression NOW. In part three, I share a process for liberation through honestly admitting our racism. LOTS of links to resources in the show-notes. If you would like to be a part of our monthly active listening and embodied voice groups (in addition to much more yoga educa...
208 Tenderness Gentleness Softness Meditation
November 04, 2016 21:38 - 11 minutes - 8.09 MBThis is a prayer for our planet. This is a practice for hard times, for emotional times, for highly political times. A call to hold ourselves and each other in tenderness, in gentleness, in softness. Thank you for being here. LOVE. Kelly connect: [email protected]
Ask a Yogini: How Can I Keep it Together Until the Election?
October 28, 2016 21:44 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBThanks for being here! Submit your questions to [email protected] Receive an invitation to the Wildcat Yoga Club House here. Show notes at http://sunroseyoga.com/category/podcast/ LOVE, Kelly
Ask A Yogini: How do I begin a home yoga practice?
October 21, 2016 21:56 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBToday we answer the question: How do I begin my home yoga practice? If you have a question or would like to help give answers, send an email my way! [email protected] Thank you for being here. LOVE. Show notes at http://www.sunroseyoga.com/category/podcast/ Today’s episode is made possible by the Wildcat Yoga Club, an online clubhouse for practice, study and connection. We launch so soon. Membership in the club gives you access to over 8 years of past podcasts and all ...
Seasonal Self-Care/ Nourishing Vata
October 01, 2016 23:09 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBSweet doves, Today’s episode is made possible by the Wildcat Yoga Club, an online clubhouse for practice, study and connection. We launch so soon. Membership in the club gives you access to over 8 years of past podcasts and all forthcoming audio and video practices, plus lectures, tutorials, video Q&A sessions and a monthly group online meditation circle plus discounts on all courses, retreats and products. All for $15 per month. I have the privilege of connecting with so many brilliant st...
Seasonal Check-In// Nourishing Vata
September 26, 2016 19:43 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBToday's episode is made possible by the Wildcat Yoga Club, an online clubhouse for practice, study and connection. We launch so soon. Membership in the club gives you access to over 8 years of past podcasts and all forthcoming audio and video practices, plus lectures, tutorials, video Q&A sessions and a monthly group online meditation circle plus discounts on all courses, retreats and products. All for $15 per month. I have the privilege of connecting with so many brilliant students around t...
Animal and Plant Medicine with Sheryl Sitts
September 16, 2016 16:41 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBThank you for being here. Today we talk major transformation with guest Sheryl Sitts. Animal medicine, ayahuasca and the evolution of practice. So happy you are here. Sheryl Sitts, MPA, BA empowers clients toward more holistic, spiritual living (personally and professionally) using ONE-TLC Transformational Life Coaching, Reiki Drumming & Toning, and connection to community thru her weekly show, digital magazine, and gatherings. Learn more about Sheryl on her site: Journey of Possibilit...
Yoga For Inner-Strength/ A 5-Pose Practice
August 27, 2016 00:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBYoga for Inner-Strength. Yoga for increasing your capacity for finding ease in times of trouble. Align with your breath. Always. Thanks for being here. NEWS// OUR RETREAT! Join us for 4 days in Sedona, Arizona. The DESERT is magic. OCTOBER 13-16. LEARN MORE. WHOLE YOGA IMMERSION// School starts on September 21. We take 9 weeks to drop deeeeeply into the wisdom of the Yoga Sutras. ONLINE. LEARN MORE. STAY IN TOUCH// LOVE YOU. [email protected] samadhirush.com
5-Pose Practice for Calming Down and Gathering Strength
August 19, 2016 17:02 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBAnother 5-Pose Practice for you, yogis! The 5-Pose Practice is a series dedicated to finding a complete yoga movement practice in 5 poses. These poses are enough, but they can also serve as a spring-board for where your wise body leads you next. Listening deeply to the body is the way of the yogini, nourish her. Reveal your sacred nature through the practice of yoga. YOKED. xo kelly [email protected] NEWS// Join us on RETREAT in SEDONA, AZ this October. Yoga Sutras school be...
5-Pose Practice: Grounded Energy
August 13, 2016 00:08 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBHi Gorgeous, SO happy you are here. & So happy to be back with another 5-Pose Practice! Oftentimes, what keeps me (& students, from what I hear) from the mat is the belief that in order for the practice to be real/ worth it/ enough, it must be a 90-minute sweat-fest. Not so, in my own very real experience. The truth is, one pose, one quality breath, one well-intentioned word is enough to feed your practice. Your practice does not need to be long or complicated, you just have to do it. ...
Wildcat Yoga Club // The 5 Pose Practice
August 06, 2016 02:24 - 24 minutes - 17.4 MBSNEAK-PEEK: Wildcat Yoga Club!! Our CLUBHOUSE will be live so soon. Hope you will join us there. Today's episode features a 5-pose practice! Thank you for being here. LOVE, kelly Join us on our RETREAT in October. Join us in our IMMERSION in September. Do BOTH & save $90.
203 Sweet, Summertime Yoga Practice
July 30, 2016 14:36 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBCOOLING it down with gentle yoga. Thank you for being here. Sign up for our FALL RETREAT in SEDONA, ARIZONA. <> (It's going to be out-of-this world.) LOVE! Kelly [email protected]
202 On Podcasting, Practice and Living the Yoga
July 15, 2016 21:28 - 15 minutes - 15.9 MBWe reached the milestone of 200 episodes of this podcast smack in the middle of a series and smack in the middle of what feels like eternal international upheaval. I want to mark both of these vastly different moments in time with one theme: Inhabiting truth; Embodying your word; What you do matters. In today's podcast, I'm sharing a few thoughts on using our voices as yogis, a few recommendations for reading and a piece I shared awhile back called "I am this way on purpose." It is a teach...