Asana Kitchen Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Yoga, Rules And Freedom
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast discusses the delicate balance between following rules and embracing freedom in yoga and life. Using Ashtanga yoga as a focal point, I hi...
Sharath Jois
16 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
So sad that Sharath has departed so suddenly and so soon from this world. I’m thankful to have known him. I will remember him as a strong lineage ho...
Asana & Awakening Kundalini
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, David defines the grand concept of Kundalini and how this main concept is associated with more familiar terms such as Prana, Shakti, ...
Ask Me Anything, 4 Questions from Students
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this month's podcast David answers four questions from students: 1) How do I balance Yoga and Family obligations? 2) How did David start teaching a...
Indriyas: Mastery Over the Senses
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Using Yoga Sutras 3:48 and 3:49, David breaks down the indriyas and discusses how to explore them on the mat.
How Many Asanas Are Enough?
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
• Analysis of the great yogi Krishnamacharya’s statement that not all asanas are meant to be done by everyone—each individual will have their ow...
Myth of the Perfect Yogi
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast is meant to let people know that it's natural and essential to show up to one’s mat in any number of different physical and mental state...
Aparigraha
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aparigraha by David Garrigues
All About Dristi
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
All things Dristi, a Podcast is devoted gazing, an important aspect of Ashtanga/Hatha Yoga Technology. Themes include: **Summary of the 9 most com...
My New Book, Ashtanga Yoga Vinyasa: Movement, Breath, and Posture in the Primary Series
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, David Garrigues describes how to use his new book, Ashtanga Yoga Vinyasa: Movement,, Breath, and Posture. The book can be purchased ...
Kleshas: Overcoming the 5 Causes of Pain
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kleshas: Overcoming the 5 Causes of Pain by David Garrigues
Discovering Your Self Beyond Thought
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast you will hear some creative perspectives on the Yoga Sutras: -YS 1, 2 Yoga Citta Vrtti Niroda--Union arrives when the field of the min...
Equanimity
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Equanimity by David Garrigues
How are Yoga and Fitness Related?
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this lively, informative podcast I discuss the connection between fitness and yoga. Topics include: 1)The idea that doing physical exercise is de...
My 10 Day Rice Fast
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You can’t become complacent about any aspect of your life if you want to remain at your best. It’s so easy to slip into habits in the routine thin...
Hatha Yoga and Bhakti Poetry, A Great Duo
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Podcast you’ll find the following themes • I discuss the inspirational and insightful relationship that exists between Hatha yoga and Bhak...
How to use props, modify, and customize your practice
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Podcast I discuss the following positive facts about using props and modifying: 1) Props (modifying) helps you build strength and flexibility...
Dear DG, Question and Answer
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, David answers students questions. 2:20 - I've got a question about pranayama. I've done your Ashtanga Pranayama Sequence video cours...
Do Your Practice and All Is Coming???
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast I discuss the often misinterpreted Ashtanga saying: “Do your practice and all is coming”. I go into detail about the different im...
New Ideas for Adjustments in Ashtanga
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast I speak how, in Ashtanga yoga, physical adjustments have been the exclusive means of correcting a pose whereas giving verbal cues or u...
Yoga Sutra 3:17: Why Words Matter
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join me and Peg Mulqueen as we discuss Yoga Sūtra 3.17: There is a natural confusion of words, meanings, and our own conceptual experience that arise...
Tapas: Honoring the Old and Embracing the New
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tapas or discipline is a central aspect of daily practice that each yogi must struggle to embrace and make peace with. In this podcast I discuss the v...
Avoiding the Trap of Perfectionism
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the greatest things in the world is to work to perfect a pose or anything you choose. By perfect I mean to be involved in a process of improvin...
The Fight of the Ages: Pain vs Creativity
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast I speak about pain and creativity as an unlikely pair of opposites, a closely connected duo that are fated to coexist within me and to...
Catching the Prize of Faith
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast David discusses Shraddha or Faith as a powerful but hard won ally that helps you to remain committed to a daily practice. Faith means...
How Tapas Can Help In These Times
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast David talks about how practice helps you manage inner and outer conflict.
All About the Virtuous Posture
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An in-depth explanation about what constitutes goodness and auspiciousness in your yoga poses and in the rest of your life.
Dharma and You
29 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this Asana Kitchen podcast, David takes an in-depth look at the word dharma. -"What is my dharma? What does that even mean to me?" -LONGING! - e...
4 Attitudes To Clear Your Mind
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast David uses Yoga Sutra 1:33 and discusses the four different attitudes to take to go from a clouded mind to a clear mind.
Place of a Yoga during a Revolution
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"DEAR DAVID, WHERE IS THE PLACE OF THE YOGI IN A REVOLUTION? SITTING STILL GOES AGAINST EVERY FIBER OF MY BRING BUT WHAT WOULD THE SUTRAS SAY? . It’...
Practical Use of Yoga Powers
11 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Certified Ashtanga Yoga teacher David Garrigues discusses the concept of infinity and how it plays out in the asana practice, nirodha, and creates yog...
Let Nothing Steal Your Practice
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, certified Ashtanga teacher David Garrigues, gives the 3 top reasons to not let anything steal your practice.
Certainty in Ashtanga, Practice, and Yourself
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this Asana Kitchen podcast, David dives deep into yoga sutra 1:20 and looks at how doubt and faith reveal themselves in the practice. David's new...
Outsmart Pain In Practice
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this Asana Kitchen podcast David discusses the five root causes of pain and gives practical ways to work with pain in your asana practice.
Silence, Pattabhi Jois, and Moving Forward in Ashtanga
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Silence, Pattabhi Jois, and Moving Forward in Ashtanga by David Garrigues
Action Makes An Asana
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
JOIN ME JULY 6-AUGUST 10 for my ONLINE SUMMER COURSE: ASANA SKILL BUILDING TECHNIQUES AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE HATHA YOGA PRADIPIKA. www.davidgarrigues.c...
Customizing Your Practice Is The 7th Series
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast I discuss the evolution of your ashtanga yoga practice. What happens down the road, when you are years or decades into your sadhana? ...
Holy Equanimity And Skill In Action
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this Asana Kitchen podcast certified Ashtanga teacher David Garrigues discusses two empowering perspectives the student can utilize to extract know...
You Are Of This World And That World
26 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this AK podcast certified Ashtanga teacher David Garrigues uses the Hindu myth of Vamana and Bali to discuss the material and spiritual world, and ...
Yoga Practice Through Four Life Stages
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this Asana Kitchen podcast David compares the 4 Hindu life stages (student, householder, forest dweller, and renunciate) to the stages of a yogi's ...
Self Absorbed And Lovin' It
18 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast David Garrigues discusses absorption and how the householder yogi can utilize the term in their daily practice.
Three Levels Of Yogic Purification
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
www.davidgarrigues.com In this Asana Kitchen podcast David talks about the 3 levels of purification and how all three are necessary to climb the stair...
Yoga, Svadhyaya, and the Poetry of Self
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The 3 practices that make up Kriya Yoga (Tapas, Svadhyaya, Isvara Pranidhana-YS II-1) are central to the study of yoga. The classical application of S...
Meditation On Conflict, Forgiveness, and Resolution
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this Asana Kitchen podcast David Garrigues uses psychologist James Hillman's article on betrayal to discuss ahimsa and how it plays out in conflict...
From Practice Principle To Concentration
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The main theme of this podcast is to use a single principle in yoga practice to go from a clouded, disturbed mind to a clear, lucid, settled, blessed ...
Vinyasa As Mudra
01 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this talk David teaches how vinyasa in the Ashtanga system is an entry point into one of the 4 major categories of Hatha Yoga, Mudras. This talk wa...
Learning to Direct Desire
30 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Topics and Keywords David discusses are: -Yoga Sutra 17 from Book 1 -Bhagavad Gita -Nirodha -Vitarka -Vicara -Ananda -Asmita This talk was given at ...