Today's episode is on Tapas - focus, heat, discipline - and the Tantric approach to it, which requires love and balance. We talk about how to direct the energy of this niyama for individual transformation.

GENIUS OF NOTHING PODCAST 18 - Tapas - focus, heat, discipline THE GENIUS OF NOTHING

In this episode, we discuss the niyama Santosha, which means contentment.

Alan offers the mantra: Aham Brahmasmi Namaha

Aham Brahmasmi - Come into the moment and tune to the greater intelligence that governs the Universe.

Namaha - Bring light out of darkness. Feel that you are that intelligence and let that bring you out of darkness to light.

Thanks for listening.

GENIUS OF NOTHING PODCAST 17  - Santosha (contentment)

In this episode we discuss the first niyama, Saucha, and how it relates to physical well being, and also mental and energetic clarity. We discuss which yogic physical purifications are the most relevant today, and how to integrate them into life.

GENIUS OF NOTHING PODCAST 16 - Saucha (purity" or "cleanliness)

Aparigraha, or non-hoarding, is about much more than not amassing possessions. It also has to do with your thoughts and emotions, and everything that you hold on to.                                          Join us for this interesting discussion! 

GENIUS OF NOTHING PODCAST 15,  Aparigraha,

Buckle up people! In this episode we discuss sex, love, and a little bit of rock'n'roll. This is the practice of brahmacharya, the yama of channeling your sexual energy. 

If you have any questions  please contact us at : sebastian@ishtayoga.com

GENIUS OF NOTHING PODCAST 14 - Brahmacharya (channeling your sexual energy)

This episode's guest is Katie Swift, an ISHTA teacher who trained in London and New York. We discuss the challenges of maintaining a daily practice, and how meditation is better than orgasm! 

GENIUS OF NOTHING PODCAST 13 - Interview with Katie Swift

Asteya, or non-stealing, can take on many forms and be about more than money. In this episode we discuss stealing in its many guises, and offer the ganesha mantra to help you get a parking space when required! Om Gum Gum Gum Ganapata-ye Namaha

GENIUS OF NOTHING PODCAST 12 - Asteya - non stealing

Satya - or truthfulness - is the subject of this episode. We discuss the tantric approach to being honest, and how to live a truthful life.

If you have any questions you can contact us at :sebastian@ishtayoga.com

GENIUS OF NOTHING PODCAST 11  The Yamas - Satya (truth) 

This episode features an overview of the 5 yamas, which are moral precepts first laid out in the RigVeda thousands of years ago. Then we turn our gaze to the first yama - Ahimsa - which is about non-harming and the various ways we can think about this concept. 

 GENIUS OF NOTHING PODCAST 10 The Yamas - Ahimsa (non-violence or non-harming)

In this episode we discuss the chakras (wheels or vortexes of energy): how they represent the elements that we are made from, the different qualities they have, and how they create our energetic and physical bodies. Primarily looking at the seven main chakras - Muladhara, Svadhisthana, Manipura, Anahata, Vishuddha, Ajna, and Sahasrara - we also incorporate a discussion of the nadis.

If you have any questions you can contact us at :sebastian@ishtayoga.com

GENIUS OF NOTHING PODCAST 9 The chakras

Welcome to the genius of nothing podcast with Alan Finger,  Sebastian Forsman, and Katrina Repka. 

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This is a podcast about how to live freely in the world. Based on the teachings of ISHTA yoga (the Integrated Sciences of Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda) these conversations with Alan Finger, Katrina Repka, and Sebastian Forsman will surprise and enlighten, giving a fresh perspective on ancient sciences, with a large dose of humour.

The Genius of Nothing. Which is the Genius of No Thing And the Genius of All Things.

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