We are in need of each other's gifts as we face life's challenges. Yoga provides a system for both resetting, so that we are able to function effectively; and a way to tap into the inspiration that lets us know what to do. In this episode, I talk about the importance of doing that thing that our inspiration leads us towards. This episode also appears with video on YouTube.com/@peterspodcast.

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In this episode, Ayurvedic Practitioner Naomi Edwards of Hillabrant Holistics shares ayurvedic tools to help with stability through the current transitions in the geopolitics and in the seasonal change from vata to kapha. 

You can see the foot massage video Naomi mentions on Instagram here,  or on Facebook here.

Also, Naomi is offering my listeners a 15% discount on her product line, by using the code KAPHATIME on her website: hillabrantholistics.com.

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Happy International Women's Day every day!

Wendy and I keep an eye on current events through the lens of the Yoga Sutras. Using the Four Keys, sutra 1.33 and the Yamas and Niyamas from the second pada/chapter, we talk about the opportunity for practice vs. the inclination to judge others for their shortcomings and bad actions.

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Peter and Wendy touch on the practice of yama and niyama in light of this week's news revelations and the onslaught of challenges.

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New Year’s Day is often considered a time for resolving, correcting, directing, redoubling. What if instead, it was a day of still point — a moment when the last year is over, and we can let go of those efforts, those judgements, those conceptions? And pause. And breathe.

Peter talks with Wendy Newton about their New Years Day class at ISHTA Yoga. Join in person or on line here.

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Happy New Year!

In this episode, Wendy Newton and I talk about the value of unconditional love, including what it is, what it isn't and how to practice and experience it.

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Peter & Wendy will be workshopping these ideas at a daylong retreat in Sedona Arizona this February. Stay tuned for more details or see linktr.ee/peterferko. 

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Today's practice is a potent kriya yoga meditation that has come down through the lineage of Paramahansa Yogananda. At ISHTA Yoga we call it the diksha, or initiate practice that sets you on the way to experiencing why yogis meditate.

Enjoy the intro talk, or settle in for a meditation practice — and practice is what yoga is all about. 

Namaste!

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Some yogis say yoga isn't about yoking the body to anything. Wendy and I discuss, and explore why we think the body is an important part of yoga.

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In today's episode, join us for our morning discussion of yoga. We discuss Shiva-Shakti, the conceptual underpinnings of Nature and its expression as our experience. Coming into resonance with either one or both is a way to grow in understanding and appreciation of this wondrous up-and-down life we work and play in.

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Today's episode answers the question, "In our contentious times, should a yogi be somehow above it all?" I received a comment that my discussion of politics in social media was disappointing. I respond with some thoughts based on the Bhagavad Gita, the Ramayana, and my own contemplation of the issue. I tried to make it general and not defensive. I hope you find it helpful.

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