Latest #yogateachers Podcast Episodes

Suddha Weixler

Chicagoland Yoga Teachers Podcast - August 14, 2020 22:02 - 37 minutes
From his initial hippie magic bus adventure to India in the 60's to the meeting of his great teacher Swami Narayanananda to his landing in Chicago and starting one of the first yoga studios, Suddha regales us with stories of his colorful life.    

Debi Buzil

Chicagoland Yoga Teachers Podcast - July 24, 2020 18:23 - 39 minutes
In this episode we speak with Debi Buzil, founder of the Kirtan musical collective known as Devi 2000 on the heels of the release of their new album called "Planet Love, Vol. 1".   We talk about the album, about the tradition of Kirtan music, and about her journey with through the colorful world...

Paula Bui

Chicagoland Yoga Teachers Podcast - July 03, 2020 17:34 - 36 minutes
"My job is to remind people how to play!"  Much of our conversation revolved around acroyoga.  We get into the different styles of practice, how the practice of acroyoga is way more than a physical practice as it teaches people how to be in compassionate relationship with each other, and  how a...

Mia Park

Chicagoland Yoga Teachers Podcast - June 28, 2020 16:46 - 43 minutes
Mia Park, as it says on her website, is a multidimensional, Chicago-based artist powered by hopeful engagement through acting, teaching yoga, producing events, interviewing and volunteering.   We speak in depth about her practice and teaching of yoga nidra, its history, evolution and benefits.  

Sharon Steffensen

Chicagoland Yoga Teachers Podcast - June 12, 2020 18:54 - 45 minutes
Sharon Steffensen is the founder, publisher and editor of Yoga Chicago, a bi monthly yoga magazine that has been in circulation since it's founding in 1994.  Sharon talks about what makes Chicago unique and special in the larger yoga world and how she's seen the community change and grow since b...

Gabriel Halpern

Chicagoland Yoga Teachers Podcast - June 05, 2020 17:51 - 51 minutes
"The Dog Barks and The Caravan Passes" This is just one of the many little catch phrases that Gabriel uses to capture a sentiment, a notion, or a teaching (I had to look that one up!). Anyone who knows Gabriel or have been taught by him, knows that there are few people who can describe the comp...

Lourdes Paredes

Chicagoland Yoga Teachers Podcast - May 29, 2020 22:11 - 52 minutes
"I just want to live in a city where people are nice." From her Catholic upbringing on the west coast to discovering yoga in New York to her realization that Chicago is just a friendlier place to settle, Lourdes and I talk about her decision to start a health and wellness magazine in order to b...

Quinn Kearney

Chicagoland Yoga Teachers Podcast - May 23, 2020 00:21 - 48 minutes
Quinn Kearney, co-owner of Yogaview in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, is one of the most popular teachers in the city.  In this interview we discuss how he and Tom Quinn, the other Yogaview owner, have managed their successful partnership, we talk about music during yoga classes, his ...

Carly Carney

Chicagoland Yoga Teachers Podcast - May 15, 2020 19:20 - 39 minutes
Carly Carney is the owner / director of the Beverly Yoga Center located in the Beverly neighborhood on the southside of Chicago.  A student of Suddha Weixler, Carly opened her studio 14 years ago.  We talk about why she doesn't have any pictures of people on her website, her choice to write deep...

Paul Weitz

Chicagoland Yoga Teachers Podcast - May 08, 2020 18:01 - 43 minutes
From an ecstatic experience at a Grateful Dead concert to finding a community of young and soon to be influential yoga teachers such as Seane Corn, Eric Schiffman, and Saul David Raye at YogaWorks in Santa Monica, to his current practice and thoughts about Sivananda yoga, this wide ranging conver...