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I have taken Hatha yoga classes that were far more athletic than primary and second series. I think they are just more balancing in some ways because there is more time at the end to rest and relax. There is more focus on therapeutics.

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Interesting interview 🩷 thank you, Adam and Eddie! I also would really like to listen to the interview with Ty Landrum and Rose Erin Vaughan 🙏

As a person born and practicing in the Hindu Tradition, this made me so happy. It's rare to find genuine teachers that do not narcissistically appropriate, but still stay true to yoga's roots. Eddie gets it !

Thank you so much 🙏

Good understanding of the practice evolution from Eddie Stern. “Jumps back and through” will never lead any of us to Samadhi - all vinyasas and moving sequences are made to draw practitioner’s attention inwards in order to “start the journey”. The more we progress the more static the practice becomes - with eventually one asana (padmasana) and no movement at all where all goals are reached

Such an interest conversation ❤

Thank you for this interview 🙏🏽

I love everything Bryan Kest had to say. I learn so much from him. He’s sounding off the alarm on aggression and pushing the body too far. As someone who’s dealt with a shoulder injury after practicing carefully for 20 years, I can honestly say, Bryan Kest is just the kind of teacher we need. Someone who’s practiced for a very long time and taught for a very long time, and has true insight and hindsight, but you can hear the somewhat dismissive tone of the interviewers, I don’t know if they’re getting Bryan’s message but I’m so grateful for the fact that he’s taking the time to do these interviews. walking is the best exercise, my 97 year old grandmother shows me that everyday.

I’ve been saying the same things as Eddie for twenty years. It couldn’t get much more rigid how Jois or his successors teach. It squeezes everything really and actually valuable out from the practice.

Such a lovely, candid conversation ❤ Thank you for enlightening the listeners out here about new and interesting directions.... And thank you for your truth...❤❤❤

And here is me at 51 stopping to learn eka pada for now and still working dropbacks thinking I will just continually move forward the best I can in my own way through aging until something in my body stops me...and then I'll just modify and carry on...😂❤❤❤

Good one! Nice to hear some truth and honesty from Eddie 👏🏼 I wish more Ashtanga teachers would have the bravery to be honest and open about what they actually are doing/teaching. There is definitely a laundry list of teachers that don’t teach Ashtanga yoga anymore. But they sure do like to Capitalize of the name… To me this is highly disingenuous and extremely confusing to yoga students that get fooled into thinking that they are learning Ashtanga yoga. It would be so much better for everyone if this wasn’t the case. Personally, I too started with Hatha yoga. And I could possibly see myself going in that direction one day. But I would never personally be confused, dishonest or ambiguous about which style I’m teaching. And this is exactly what Eddie is doing, he is not confusing anyone or being dishonest about his own Sequencing. Because he doesn’t attach the name Ashtanga to it. I’m also inline with so much of what he is talking about regarding the body/asana practice etc. I just go about it in a different way. Like I said, good one…

Hands down my favorite yoga teacher is Eddie. The reason is is willingness and abilility to change. Also the joy he brings to other people by just being himself.

Wonderful! Quite an eye (ear?) opener to hear Eddie speak about his reasons for moving away from Ashtanga... More Ashtangis should hear this.

I don't know how old Eddie is but I would be interested in hearing him talk about the practice in his experience in different age ranges both as a teacher and as a student.

So delightfully honest and inspiring - brilliant!

:) This made me so happy !! Thank you Adam and Eddie !! We are so lucky teachers like you do what you do , so grateful !

What a treat! Thank you for this amazing interview❤

Thank you Adam and Eddie for this wonderful and insightful interview.

Love this conversation ❤ makes sense to listen to you own body.

Hey adam! Thanks for talking about this topic! Interesting take on how the inhale cretaes the asana and exhale pulls against the asana. Its still not super clear to me how bandha is activated during inhales and exhales. Can we please ask you to recreate this video with demonstration??

I actually enjoy these, it's always good to keep the conversation alive. Thank you for being an advocate on the subject.

Thank you Adam for bringing light to some of the subtler topics like psychological abuse that is still being tolerated across. It's also sometimes hard to grasp in the moment because of certain behaviors being normalized. Shockingly enough, sometimes people also prioritize the product of an establishment over their own values. I am not sure about the larger impact and if nothing else, these conversations inspire self-conscious teachers like myself to be better and more mindful of our behaviors in our spaces. So thank you! 🙏

thank you ☀

while that is a very good point (I agree about the British!) I would still say though that unsolicited or inappropriate touch is still found as such regardless of the cultural perception around touch generally. Thanks for listening and considering the topic further.

We share the same mind here.

Very interesting episode-you bring up a lot of good points. I think that there is a cultural dimension to touch and, possibly, to physical adjustments or assists. Certain cultures are maybe more (stereo)typically uncomfortable with touch (the UK being one example… speaking as someone with British in-laws :) and others being more relaxed about it (i.e. France, Italy, parts of North America, etc.). Individuals’ personalities, upbringings, and past traumas can play a part too.

Love you Beryl ❤

My first ashtanga teacher and inspiration also !!! ❤

So good!!! Thank you!!

Thank you🙏🏻

Maybe it’s possible to put links to the books you mentioned 🙏

Thank you, I love these topics.

I’m deeply hurt that she thinks yoga should be mixed with politics and for this conversation to get completely partisan at the end…what a supreme disappointment!

Great interview but the audio is so low...

It really is shameful how Indian philosophy is dismissed. In my undergraduate philosophy degree we had the option to study Chinese, Japanese and Korean philosophy but unfortunately the Indian philosophy was only available to the Asian Studies students and not Philosophy students. I really feel like I missed out.

One of my earliest yoga teachers was a student of Beryl Bender Birch. We regularly did Beryl's sequences. The sequences were extremely energetic including most of the standing and seated asanas from primary series but with additional arm balances, inversions, and backbends put into the mix. I loved it. It sounds like her Present Power sequence has been modified further, possibly to make it safer for aging bodies. I had both of Beryl's first books, Power Yoga and Beyond Power Yoga. My Power Yoga book was signed by Thom Birch at a workshop I took with him. Thom was Beryl's husband, and also a great teacher who sadly passed away a couple years later. It pains me to say that my signed copy was lost, stolen, or borrowed and never returned - I'm not really sure. Anyways, I really enjoyed listening to this interview. I hope to maintain a practice in the long run as well and Bender is quite the inspiration.

She is spreading a warm energy - like a mother teaching yoga with love❤❤❤

Very inspiring!

Great podcast Adam & Beryl!

I don't think video and people complaining is circumstantial evidence. Circumstantial evidence refers to inference to connect to a conclusion. Bruce Lee was also thrown out of the club.

Wow!! This is an amazing interview!!

In the end true spirituality is found in SANATAN DHARM only...

Excellent episode as always ! And i'm so happy to hear that you're working on a book , i wasn't aware of it. As soon as it comes out i'll get it. Well, once again, thanks a lot Adam for sharing all this valuable información . Have a great day !

Please interview Emi Tull! She is Sri Dharma Mittra's disciple and a legendary and beloved teacher in London. Her classes are very challenging so I would love you to ask her about that. As with Sri Dharma Mittra, the spiritual aspect of yoga is very prominent in her classes. I would love to hear you talk! 😊

A brilliant and deeply profound interview… so many life lessons

Breath- one of the most important aspects of life and the most ignored . Dhanyavaad!

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❤ from Bharat