Episode 5 - Practices for Equanimity with Beryl Bender Birch
In episode 5 of the Wisdom of Yoga Podcast, Saraswati interviews Beryl Bender Birch. Beryl shares with us:
The deeper meaning and purpose of yoga and what are the most easily misunderstood aspects of yoga.
How her teaching has transformed over the years
How can yogic wisdom and practices support us during these challenging times
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About our guest:
Beryl Bender Birch is director and founder of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute and a founder of the Give Back Yoga Foundation, which provides yoga to underserved communities and offers developmental grants to yoga teachers for community service projects. A spiritual teacher and yoga therapist, Birch is the best-selling author of Power Yoga, the classic training manual for asana practice for Ashtanga Yoga; Beyond Power Yoga, which theorizes a relationship between the eight limbs of yoga and the chakras; Boomer Yoga, which illustrates how to create a yoga plan that works for maturing adults; and Yoga for Warriors, which provides yoga practices for veterans. A former neurofeedback researcher with a degree in comparative religion, Birch has been an avid student of yoga and the study of consciousness since 1971.