Dharma Talk with Henry Winslow

Latest Episodes:

DT 028: Discover Who You Are with Howard Falco Sep 20, 2018

Show notes

Howard Falco is a spiritual teacher, expert, and coach on human understanding and peak potential. He is the author of two books on mindfulness and self-awareness, I AM: The Power of Discovering Who You Really Are, and Time in a Bottle: Mastering The Experience of Life. Howard teaches individuals how to tap into their true unlimited self, opening them up to a world of new possibilities in the process.

In this episode, you'll hear from Howard on:

The moment of awakening that revealed to Howard what was important to create peace and happiness, and ultimately led him to leave his lucrative career in finance
Why self-awareness is so vital to your ability to create, find peace, and gain wisdom, and how so many people are sabotaging themselves unknowingly in these processes
How to reconcile setting intentions with relinquishing expectations, and the final magical ingredient it takes to grow

Announcements:

Join me this fall for workshops in Miami (Original Hot Yoga 305) and Richmond, VA (The Yoga Dojo + Hot Yoga Richmond): henrywins.com/events
Apply to the Jan 2019 200-hour teacher training at Lighthouse Yoga School, and get $100 OFF your tuition with referral code HENRYWINS: henrywins.com/events

Links from this episode:

I AM: The Power of Discovering Who You Really Are on Amazon
Time in a Bottle: Mastering The Experience of Life on Amazon
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu — Howard's recommended book

Get in touch with Howard!

howardfalco.com — Howard's website
Total Mind Sports — check out Howard's work in the sports arena
8 Wisdom Foundation — support Howard's work in the educational system

DT 027: Heal Yourself with Bee Bosnak Sep 13, 2018

Show notes

Bee Bosnak is the a New York City-based healer/teacher/mentor and the creator of Heal Yourself, a comprehensive yoga system designed to enhance the capacity of the emotional body while exploring the strength of the physical body. Bee has been studying yoga, meditation and the human condition for the past decade and continues to study philosophical, spiritual and biomechanical aspects of the practice from various disciplines. She teaches a vast variety of yoga and meditation classes throughout New York City, as well as leading her heartfelt signature method Heal Yourself workshops and retreats worldwide and offering classes online.

In this episode, you'll hear from Bee on:

A simple but profound exercise you can use to set personal boundaries and be intentional about your choices
How to waste a perfectly good tropical vacation, and the limitations of environment to your mental and spiritual wellbeing
Why putting your teacher on a pedestal is a dangerous mistake, and how we benefit from embracing the human condition

Announcements:

Join me this fall for workshops in NYC (Yoga & Fitness Herald Square), Miami (Original Hot Yoga 305), and Richmond, VA (The Yoga Dojo + Hot Yoga Richmond): henrywins.com/events

Links from this episode:

Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David R. Hawkins — Bee's recommended book

Get in touch with Bee!

oneOeight.com — Practice yoga with Bee online
beebosnak.com — Check out Bee's upcoming workshops and retreats
Bee on Instagram

DT 026: Rise Up From Trauma with Jill Weiss Ippolito Sep 06, 2018

Show notes

Jill Weiss Ippolito turned her life around with yoga, after being incarcerated as an adult, and went on to complete over 900 hours of yoga teacher training. In 2011, Jill founded UpRising Yoga (URY) and began teaching yoga life skill classes in youth detention facilities, group homes, hospitals, schools, camps, homeless shelters, and underserved communities. Now, Jill educates hundreds of yoga instructors, childcare providers, mental health professionals, and educators worldwide through her international trauma-informed yoga trainings, and advocates for the reformation of prison and probation culture through yoga.

In this episode, you'll hear from Jill on:

What she means by "trauma-informed" yoga, and how she ensures particularly sensitive students feel safe and secure in their first yoga class
Her brilliant (and effective) strategy to get a yoga program integrated into the California probation system, despite heavy resistance from the staff
How teachers must adjust their approach to teaching in non-studio settings, when the students are not there by choice
Who can benefit from getting trained in trauma-informed yoga (hint: you don't need a yoga practice, but you do need to know something specific about yourself)

Announcements:

Join me this fall for workshops in NYC (Yoga & Fitness Herald Square), Miami (Original Hot Yoga 305), and Richmond, VA (The Yoga Dojo + Hot Yoga Richmond): henrywins.com/events

Links from this episode:

Best Practices for Yoga in the Criminal Justice System by the Yoga Service Council — Jill's recommended book

Get in touch with Jill!

DT 025: Return of the Jedi with Esak Garcia Aug 30, 2018

Show notes

Esak Garcia has been practicing hot yoga for 25 years. He is the creator of the Jedi Fight Club and the e84 yoga training programs. He studied political philosophy at Yale University and for the past 12 years has been a student of Egyptian spiritual teaching with the Institute of Ancient Mysteries. Esak was a founding board member of USA Yoga and the IYSF yoga sports leagues, and since 1994, his family has owned and operated a hot yoga studio in Boulder, Colorado, where he resides.

In this episode, you'll hear from Esak on:

How personal experience with Egyptian spiritual teachings, Ivy-league political studies, and Brazilian capoeira have each informed his approach to the path of yoga
A pragmatic approach to spiritual work that includes a set curriculum, and how you can borrow it for yourself
The painful process of being "ex-communicated" from the Bikram yoga community by Bikram himself, and why Esak is grateful in hindsight
How and why Esak is demystifying a yoga asana sequence once deliberate hidden from public eye and considered taboo

Announcements:

Sign up for the 30-hour Yoga Immersion over Labor Day weekend at Lighthouse Yoga School with Jared McCann, Aviad Sasi, and Henry Winslow. Get 10% OFF your tuition with code HENRYWINS: henrywins.com/events
Join me this fall for workshops at Yoga & Fitness Herald Square (NYC), the Yoga Dojo (Richmond, VA), and Bikram Yoga Richmond (VA): henrywins.com/events

Links from this episode:

Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
A Course in Miracles, a channeled text by Dr. Helen Schucman
Paramahansa Yogananda's SRF Lessons for Home Study — the correspondence course Esak references in our conversation
The Keys to the Kingdom: A New Paradigm for Humanity by Carolyne Fuqua — Esak's recommended book

Get in touch with Esak!

EsakGarcia.com — follow Esak's whereabouts and get info on upcoming e84 trainings and Jedi Fight Club events
Esak on Instagram
e84 Yoga on Instagram

DT 024: Depth and Intensity with Kim Tang Aug 23, 2018

Show notes

When Kim Tang discovered Bikram Yoga in 2003, a fire was lit within her to inspire and empower others in their ability to change their minds, bodies, relationships with themselves, and the consciousness with which they conduct their lives. Her practice borrows from multiple lineages and limbs of yoga, and she believes the body is a learning device for the mind and has worked wholeheartedly to open and strengthen her own body and the bodies of her students. Kim has been a student, teacher, studio owner, presenter, demonstrator, and champion of yoga, and she is here to support your expansion.

In this episode, you'll hear from Kim on:

How to develop the skill of intuition and put yourself in a position to receive guidance on what's next
Why it's so important to forgive everyone, and how to know if you've truly reached forgiveness
Identifying and embracing your unique "essence," so that you can leverage your strengths
Spine-centric vs. mind-centric yoga, and why Kim worked her way up to holding a 60-minute wheel pose

Announcements:

Sign up for the 30-hour Yoga Immersion over Labor Day weekend at Lighthouse Yoga School with Jared McCann, Aviad Sasi, and Henry Winslow. Get 10% OFF your tuition with code HENRYWINS: henrywins.com/events
Join me this fall for workshops at Yoga & Fitness Herald Square (NYC), the Yoga Dojo (Richmond, VA), and Bikram Yoga Richmond (VA): henrywins.com/events

Links from this episode:

The Book of Knowing and Worth: A Channeled Text by Paul Selig — Kim's recommended book

Get in touch with Kim!

DT 023: Start With the Sun Out with Riji Suh Aug 02, 2018

Show notes

Although Riji Suh has been a New Yorker since the age of 6, she was born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. Brooklyn finally feels like home, after having left NYC repeatedly in search for home in New Mexico and Hawaii. Her education and career paths have taken her from Colgate University to work on television and film, from bartending to corporate advertising, and from yoga (specifically the Bikram, Ghosh, and Dharma lineages) to work with the camera once again.

In this episode, you'll hear from Riji on:

Riji's special skill that she attributes to her dynamic international upbringing, and why she finally felt at home when she landed in New York
How she introduced playful movement into a Native American community in New Mexico, and what that experience taught her about teaching before she ever started teaching yoga
The dark cloud that loomed over Riji from her childhood through much of her teaching career, and why she's finally basking in sunlight today

Announcements:

Check out the brand new Dharma Talk shop at We Are Yoga, and get 10% OFF with code HENRYWAY: henrywins.com/way
Sign up for the 30-hour Yoga Immersion over Labor Day weekend at Lighthouse Yoga School with Jared McCann, Aviad Sasi, and Henry Winslow. Get 10% OFF your tuition with code HENRYWINS: henrywins.com/events

Links from this episode:

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand — Riji's recommended book

Get in touch with Riji!

DT 022: Pregnant Not Powerless with Jamie Rissman Jul 26, 2018

Show notes

Jamie Rissman is a yogi and mother, who has practiced consistently through all 3 of her pregnancies and the births of her four healthy children. After experiencing the positive effects of practicing pregnancy yoga herself, Jamie attended the Rajashree Pregnancy Guide at the Kripalu Institute in 2010, where she learned to skillfully integrate safe prenatal yoga postures and their prescribed modifications into the regular Bikram yoga sequence. Now, she inspires other women to continue their practice and meet the physical, mental, and emotional demands of pregnancy, birth, motherhood.

In this episode, you'll hear from Jamie on:

Trusting yourself, standing your ground, and working with a trusted physician who can support you through your decisions
How she ended up teaching a group of 10 pregnant women before any formal pregnancy yoga training, and what she gained from sharing in their unique experiences
Why sitting out the first trimester can make keeping up a yoga practice throughout the rest of your pregnancy much more difficult
Jamie's #1 piece of advice for women with a dedicated practice who have just become pregnant or intend to get pregnant soon

Announcements:

Check out the brand new Dharma Talk shop at We Are Yoga, and get 10% OFF with code HENRYWAY: henrywins.com/way
Sign up for the 30-hour Yoga Immersion over Labor Day weekend at Lighthouse Yoga School with Jared McCann, Aviad Sasi, and Henry Winslow. Get 10% OFF your tuition with code HENRYWINS: henrywins.com/events

Links from this episode:

Healing Mudras: Yoga for Your Hands by Sabrina Mesko — Jamie's recommended book
The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have by Mark Nepo — Jamie's second recommended book

Get in touch with Jamie!

Jamie on Instagram
Sweat Junkie — Hot Yoga, Pilates, and Barre in Evanston, IL

DT 021: Think Outside the Studio with Michelle Linane Jul 19, 2018

Show notes

Michelle Linane is a yoga student and teacher, whose love of yoga has shifted over the years toward a passion for helping fellow yoga teachers. Through her work with Love Teaching Yoga, she is focused on making continued education convenient and affordable for yoga teachers via a variety of resources, including her own podcast. Michelle helps yoga teachers convert dreams into goals and take tangible steps to make those dreams realities.

In this episode, you'll hear from Michelle on:

How to gain clarity on your message and whom you want to serve as a yoga teacher, so that you can become the best guide possible
6 ways yoga teachers can diversify their income, by serving their core student base outside the studio
How to scale your time and energy as a yoga teacher to avoid burnout and at the same time build deeper, more meaningful connections with your students

Announcements:

Check out the brand new Dharma Talk shop at We Are Yoga, and get 10% OFF with code HENRYWAY: henrywins.com/way
Sign up for the 30-hour Yoga Immersion over Labor Day weekend at Lighthouse Yoga School with Jared McCann, Aviad Sasi, and Henry Winslow. Get 10% OFF your tuition with code HENRYWINS: henrywins.com/events

Links from this episode:

The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield — Michelle's recommended book
The Thriving Yoga Teacher: How To Create A Sustainable Career Doing What You Love — pick up a copy of Michelle's book on Amazon

Get in touch with Michelle!

LoveTeachingYoga.com
Love Teaching Yoga Podcast — subscribe to Michelle's podcast
Michelle on Instagram

DT 020: Get Methodical with Joseph Encinia Jul 12, 2018

Show notes

Joseph Encinia feels the responsibility to share the gift of yoga for the rest of his life. The practice has healed him from a heart attack, kept his rheumatoid arthritis in remission, and assisted him in overcoming tumors. Joseph's method of practice has brought him success in the yoga championships, and now his main focus is cultivating the mind. More recently, Joseph founded a 501(c)3 non-profit organization called the Yoga Youth Movement which is dedicated to inspiring youth to be strong future leaders who possess the attributes of confidence, determination, and focus in creating global peace through yoga.

In this episode, you'll hear from Joseph on:

How Joseph's long history of chronic health conditions led him to yoga, and how his practice has helped him confront rheumatoid arthritis, a heart attack, and two tumors
Why Joseph credits the start of his personal healing to the yoga championships, even though he was initially skeptical of yoga competition and had never been successful as an athlete before
Why he is not so longer interested in theoretical 'study,' and what it means to experience life through 'method'
His mission to move children toward yoga and mindfulness in the school system, and how you can start a similar program in your town or city

Announcements:

Check out the brand new Dharma Talk shop at We Are Yoga, and get 10% OFF your DT swag with code HENRYWAY: henrywins.com/way
Take a WAYcation this July to Chicago! Join Henry for a fun-filled 4-day weekend of yoga and excursions through Chi-town. Enter code HenryWAYChi (case sensitive) for 10% OFF your 4-day pass: henrywins.com/events
Sign up for the 30-hour Yoga Immersion over Labor Day weekend at Lighthouse Yoga School with Jared McCann, Aviad Sasi, and Henry Winslow. Get 10% OFF your tuition with code HENRYWINS: henrywins.com/events

Links from this episode:

The Bhagavad Gita introduced and translated by Eknath Easwaran — Joseph's recommended book
The Tree of Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar — Joseph's other recommended book

Get in touch with Joseph!

JosephEncinia.com
YogaYouthMovement.com — Get a free youth yoga class plan from Joseph
Joseph on Instagram

DT 019: Prove It with Jeff Chen Jul 05, 2018

Show notes

Jeff Chen is the Executive Director of PureAction.org, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the ancient benefits of yoga to mainstream medicine through pilot studies in yoga, continuing education and bringing yoga practice to underserved communities. He has been practicing hot yoga for over 18 years and feels better every day he practices.

In this episode, you'll hear from Jeff on:

How Pure Action is gathering scientific proof to back up the anecdotal evidence around the transformation effects we've all experienced from yoga
Why it's so important to validate the therapeutic value of yoga with hard data, and whom Pure Action is really trying to convince
Why philanthropic yoga outreach has made such a tremendous impact in addiction recovery centers but fallen flat in schools and other avenues of community outreach
How yoga teachers can access cutting-edge information live, and get involved in a community of yogis and researchers committed to advancing our understanding of yoga therapy

Announcements:

Check out the brand new Dharma Talk shop at We Are Yoga, and get 10% OFF your DT swag with code HENRYWAY: henrywins.com/way
Take a WAYcation this July to Chicago! Join Henry for a fun-filled 4-day weekend of yoga and excursions through Chi-town. Enter code HenryWAYChi (case sensitive) for 10% OFF your 4-day pass: henrywins.com/events
Sign up for the 30-hour Yoga Immersion over Labor Day weekend at Lighthouse Yoga School with Jared McCann, Aviad Sasi, and Henry Winslow. Get 10% OFF your tuition with code HENRYWINS: henrywins.com/events

Links from this episode:

Attend the Pure Action Annual Yoga Research Conference in Austin, TX October 27 – 28
The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga by Swami Vishnu Devananda — Jeff's recommended book

Get in touch with Jeff!

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Dharma Talk with Henry Winslow

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected