Episode 57: Chaz Rough Yogamazing
October 14th, 2008
Chaz’s Influential Teachers:
Website:
Podcast Music:
Episode 57: Chaz Rough Yogamazing.com Podcast
October 14th, 2008
Episode 57 is an interview with Chaz Rough, of Yogamazing, in Louisville, Kentucky and Lara Hedin, of YogaPeeps.com. In this episode, Chaz and Lara talk about his iTunes video podcast, yoga helping others, Sting as a strong influence, and his journey sharing yoga with nearly 7 million people worldwide.
To listen click: YogaPeeps_101408_ChazRough
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Upcoming: Seane Corn
October 9th, 2008
Seane Corn’s classes combine a vigorous, fluid vinyasa or “flow” style with emphasis on intention and prayer — a mix she says encourages an inner journey toward self-awareness, acceptance and empowerment.
Seane has been featured in magazines including Glamour, Self and Allure and has become one of the most sought-after yoga teachers in America. Her clients have included Sting, Heather Graham, Ashley Judd, Drew Barrymore, David Duchovny, Elizabeth Berkley, Sally Field and Dr. Caroline Myss.
Seane was first introduced to yoga during the late ’80s, as a teenager waiting tables at David Life’s Life Cafe in New York City. She became close with David and with her fellow waitress Sharon Gannon, who together with Life later opened the Jivamukti Yoga Centers.
In 1992, Seane moved to Los Angeles and began studying at Yoga Works in Santa Monica, where she learned from some of the most renowned teachers in the country including Patricia Walden, Rodney Yee, Richard Freeman, Eddie Modestini, Tim Miller, Maty Ezraty, Chuck Miller, Lisa Walford, Erich Schiffman, John Friend and Shandor Remete. She also trained in India under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and studied with the spiritual teacher Ammachi Barbara Soloman and Mona Miller.
Seane teaches at Exhale in Venice, Calif., and travels extensively teaching workshops, conferences and retreats internationally. She is a devoted supporter of programs for at-risk girls and women and has joined with her friend Ashley Judd in supporting fundraising and awareness-campaigns for the educational nonprofit YouthAIDS. She is also co-creator of www.offthematintotheworld.org
Visit: www.seanecorn.com
Episode 56: Sofi Dillof Bow Down Yoga Audio
September 30th, 2008
Episode 56 is an interview with Sofi Dillof, of Bow Down Yoga, in Burlington, Vermont, and Lara Hedin, of YogaPeeps.com. In this episode, Sofi and Lara talk about the ego, enlightenment in this life, devotion, isvara pranidhana - surrender to god, and kindness to others.
To listen click: YogaPeeps_093008 SofiDillof
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Episode 56: Sofi Dillof Bow Down Yoga Shownotes
September 30th, 2008
Influential Teachers:
Books Sofi Recommends:
The intergrity of the Yoga Darshan, Ian Witcher
Beyond Words, Swami Satchidananda
Retreat: Ojo Del Mar, Costa Rica, Oso Peninsula
Website: www.bowdownyoga.com
Podcast Music: Katy’s Melting Song, by Monika Herzig
Upcoming: Chaz Yogamazing
September 26th, 2008
Chaz, (BA, CYT, CYKF) is a certified yoga instructor who has developed several unique yoga programs from the globally successful YOGAmazing Video Podcast within iTunes (over 6.1 Million downloads and counting) to his award winning video/DVD, Yogamazing: Yoga for the Kid In All of Us, which was one of Yoga Journal’s Editor’s Choices for 2002, and encourages parents and children to work out together. Chaz has taught yoga at the prestigeous OMEGA Instutute in Rhinebeck, NY, the Yoga Expo in Los Angeles, in his own studio, the corporate world, schools, and to those engaged in all sorts of sports, from basketball to golf to cycling. He’s also a singer-songwriter with an infectious spirit and zest for life who has performed at the White House, taken part in the International Children’s Peace Festival at Sivananda Yoga Camp in Montreal, Canada, and has been featured in Billboard Magazine. Chaz took his ideas from yoga and his music and designed a fun and interactive approach to teaching. Since yoga teaches the union of the body and mind, and Chaz’s music teaches the message of Unity, it only made sense that he would put the two together. With that combination in mind, “Yogamazing” was born.
YOGAmazing classes are designed for everyone-from out-of-shape parents to athletes to those with no yoga experience or those with an on-going practice. In a relaxed, down-to-earth, and inclusive atmosphere, Chaz works on developing a yoga practice that you can take home and use every day to improve the quality of your life. Whether you want to gain strength and flexibility, heal an injury, deal with anxiety and depression, lose weight, or find a sense of inner peace, we learn the true essence of yoga by listening to our body, mind and soul for guidance. Chaz has developed from his training in classical yoga styles and other forms of yoga to create his unique YOGAmazing classes. Chaz works on proper alignment of the body, coordination of breath and movement while flowing from one posture to another.
Upcoming: Sofi Dillof Burlington, Vermont
September 19th, 2008
Sofi is an advanced certified Jivamukti Yoga Instructor who has been teaching Yoga since 1997. She was first certified by Alan Finger in the tradition of Ishta Yoga, and soon after found her foremost teachers David Life and Sharon Gannon, co- founders of Jivamukti Yoga. Along with David and Sharon, Sofi cites contemporary philosopher Alan Watts, and senior Jivmaukti instuctors Uma Nanda Saraswati and and Ruth Lauer-Manenti as her main influences. Sofi is also the founder and co-director of “I’ll Yoga For You” - Yoga Vermont’s community outreach program.
Sofi lives in Burlington, Vermont with her daughter, Delia, and her poodle, Penny.
Listen to her Podcast on iTunes, or go to www.bowdownyoga.com to download episodes.
Episode 55: Judith Lasater ShowNotes
September 15th, 2008
Judith’s Teachers:
Her Children, and her Husband
Books Judith Recommends:
Charlotte Beck, Nothing Special: Living Zen
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
The Razors Edge, Somerset Maugham
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
Podcast Music: Khetha, by Khumbula
Judith’s Website: www.judithlasater.com
Episode 55: Judith Lasater Audio
September 15th, 2008
Episode 55 is an interview with Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D, who has written 6 yoga books, and teaches yoga worldwide. In this episode, Judith and Lara talk about human-ness, her books, integration, asana as a question rather than the answer, suffering=things should be different than they are, satya, teaching savasana to the people, and to dis-identify with your thoughts. We had some difficulties with the recording levels. We have asked Judith for a re-interview, and are awaiting her reply. It is a great interview, so if you can get through the challenging audio, it’s worth it. Namaste.
To listen click: YogaPeeps_091508_JudithLasater
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Upcoming: Connie Chan Levitate Yoga NYC
September 14th, 2008
Connie: “I am Connie Chan, the founder and owner of Levitate. I had never dreamed of opening a yoga studio. In fact, I was the most unlikely candidate to even try yoga. In my earlier days I drank, smoked and stayed out until many sunrises. Fitness wasn’t in my vocabulary, and anything with “spirit”uality in it was almost always followed by a hangover. I was your average out-of-shape, stressed-out, jaded New Yorker. Then I discovered Yoga Shanti, a yoga studio in Sag Harbor, New York and it altered my lifestyle. I started practicing yoga regularly and my life changed considerably. Yoga has given me happiness, awareness and joy. My love for the practice has inspired me to open my own studio, where people can practice in a warm and friendly environment. I invite you to visit Levitate, and hopefully change your life as well.”
www.levitateyoga.com
780 Eighth Avenue, 3 rd floor
(Between 47 th and 48 th Streets)
New York, NY 10036
tel 212.974-2288
