How does who we are and where we come from live in our bodies and in our yoga? What does the story of how and where we move tell us about who we can be? Maria and Chara speak with cultural anthropologist and yoga and meditation instructor Alma Duran to explore the landscape of the intersection of yoga and cultures and how they uniquely inform the way we carry our past, present and future in the moment and in life.

Highlights:

• “I didn’t come to yoga because there was something wrong with me. I came to yoga because I saw happy people.”
• “We carry the story of our culture in our bodies.”
• “My yoga training and my mindfulness training have helped me enormously to deal with uncertainty and know that it is okay”
• "The price that I have had to pay was to disintegrate my previous lives. I had to shed my skin as a snake does when it grows……It has been a process of simplifying, deeply simplifying my external life and of letting go of a lot."

Resources & Mentions:

• Viniyoga: https://viniyoga.com/
• Gary Kraftsow “We practice yoga because it prepares us for death.”
• Maty Ezraty: https://matyezraty.com/
• Fred L Miller; http://fredlmiller.com/Meet_Fred.html
• Sivananda yoga: https://sivananda.org/
• Larry Payne: Yoga Rx:
• on J Brown’s Podcast: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/yoga-talks-podcast/2018/9/larry-payne
• On Yoga International: https://yogainternational.com/profile/larry-payne
• Desikachar: The Heart of Yoga https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Heart_of_Yoga/vV0oDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
• Dave Charlton and Ranju Roy: our interview https://www.blissbodyandsoul.com/podcast/
• “Ishvara pranidhana: faith that the universe is supporting you”
• Emma Balnaves: our conversation https://www.blissbodyandsoul.com/podcast/