Changing The Face Of Yoga Podcast

Introduction 2:13 What is Himalayan Institute  trained - Longest, unbroken tradition of philosophy. Combines yoga, Ayurveda, tantra in one approach. Nikki is an ayurvedic yoga specialist, currently studying to be an ayurvedic yoga therapist. She designs practise from the context of Ayurveda. For example, time of day, season, students’ unique needs. Her goal is to have students develop and follow their own daily practice. (Many consider Ayurveda and yoga to be sister sciences. Nikki considers yoga to be within the context of Ayurveda.) Ayurveda postulates that all matter has 5 elements i.e., light and dark, dense, airy, etc. So early evening classes are when most people have least endurance and is probably not a good time for a power yoga class.  Evening has natural rhythms that prepare us for sleep. 11:50 Nikki works with survivors of domestic violence. Everyone expresses their trauma differently according to their innate constitution. So have to design classes based on students’ constitutions.  Cultures worl