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Enjoy juicy and informative interviews with the acclaimed author Dr. Patti Taylor of ExpandedLovemaking.com and the Expand Her Orgasm Tonight System - 21 Day Program for Partners, as she talks with world-renowned experts on sex, sensuality and real-life practitioners of the art and science of orgasm! Expanded Lovemaking is a fusion of ancient erotic wisdom and modern practices and insights, where you learn to share ever-expanding bliss with your partner. Email Dr. Patti at patti@personallife ...
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Tantra, Tantric Sex, Kama Sutra... Many people believe you can get closer to God through a practice of sacred sensuality by raising your erotic energy. Learn lovemaking positions so you and your lover can connect with higher powers and create deeper intimacy through spiritual teachings, breathing and meditative exercises that expand both mind and body. It's not sex therapy yet sacred sexuality and lovemaking techniques can be used for erotic issues such as anorgasmia, premature ejaculation, ...
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The Ashtanga Dispatch Yoga Podcast explores the 8-limbed path of yoga through conversations and interviews with individuals who inspire and support our practice - on and off a yoga mat. Whether you are new to the practice or someone who's been practicing by years, we hope you enjoy these thoughtful and often impassioned dialogues around topics that include the teacher/student relationship, juggling practice and family life, injury and pain, aging, and lots more. This podcast is a mother/daug ...
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In today's episode, Dr. Shyam Ranganathan, a scholar and teacher of Yoga Philosophy, discusses how to preserve one's autonomy through the practice and philosophy of Yoga. Learn more about Dr. Ranganathan by visiting his website at www.yogaphilosophy.com and check out his new book, Yoga -- Anticolonial Philosophy: An Action-Focused Guide to Practice…
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Meet one of my favorite yoga teachers, fellow word nerd, and an extrovert who also loves introverting -- Ross Rayburn. In today's episode, we talk about Ross's new book, Turning Inward, an inclusive, practical, if not somewhat unconventional, guide to developing a contemplative practice. You can find Ross's book, Turning Inward, on Spotify or order…
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In today's episode, we take a little break from our usual interviews and conversations to bring you a story from Sumerian Mythology called The Descent of Inanna. It begins as, "From the Great Above, Inanna (goddess of light) opens her ear to the Great Below," and from there, journeys into the Underworld, into known and unknown terrors, to follow th…
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Patty Ivey is the owner and founder of Down Dog Yoga, one of the hottest yoga studios in Washington, D.C. But after 20 years, she and her husband were ready to embrace the next phase of her life. It was then, at age 70, Patty was diagnosed with breast cancer. Which she now sees as somewhat of a gift -- opening her up to even greater potential. *Reg…
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Today's guest is Ava Taylor, founder of Yama Talent and author of the new book Your Yoga Business. And trust me, today's talk is not just a must for yoga teachers, but anyone starting their own business in today's post-pandemic world. Because things have changed, if you haven't noticed. Some for the better, some not. In today's episode, Ava shares …
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Dr. Jean Byrne, the co-founder of The Yoga Space www.yogaspace.com.au in Perth, Australia, talks with me about changes she's made personally and within her teaching after a momentous crisis of faith -- a turning point that would help liberate her own intuition, personal power, and truth. We hope this conversation inspires more just like this. Btw, …
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IGNITING THE FEMININE THROUGH MASCULINE ENERGY MASTERY with John Maxwell Taylor,author of "Eros Ascending; The Life-Transforming Power of SacredSexuality,"& "The Power of Am: Creating a New World ofEnlightened Personal Instruction." Playwright, composer, actor,lecturer & musician. Inthisepisode, John explores thepath that unifies the Romance of the…
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DANCING WITH DESIRE: RECOVERING BODY WISDOM with Kimerer LaMothe. Anaward-winning author, philosopher, and dancer, Kimerer is co-founder of Vital Arts,a center for arts and ideas, located on a farm in upstate New Yorkwhere she now lives with her partner and their five children. Her latest book is, "What a Body Knows: Finding Wisdom in Desire."Inthi…
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ANCIENT ROOTS OF FEMININE EROS with Max Dashu, who founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in1970 to research women'shistory internationally and understand howsystems of domination established and perpetuate themselves. She hasbuilt a collection of some 15,000 slides and 100 shows. Inthisepisode, Max depthfully shares the lost vital principal of …
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EXPAND HER ORGASM TONITE with Dr. Patti Taylor,Dr. Patti Taylor, Queen of Expanded Orgasm,best selling author andCertified Sexological Bodyworker. 21 years of Tantric explorationcreator of "Expand Her OrgasmTonite," "The Enchantment of Opposites," and "Expanded Orgasm Soar toEcstacy at Your Lover's Every Touch."Inthisepisode, Patti artfully shares …
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PASSION, COURAGE & INTEGRITY with Satyr PhilBrucato, working fantasy &metaphysical author. Writer for "Witches & Pagans" magazine. Sacreddancer. Practitioner of Tantra. Inthisepisode, Satyr exposes the access to Eros in all of life. Discover howthe Golden Rule & courage support life-long love & passion.Release the shame & blame that create Covert A…
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SUCCULENT SELF RELATING with Dr. KorennaReynard, therapist, somatic sexologist, & erotic educator.Happily married for 5 years. Assisting people with issues regardingrelationships and Intimacy for the past 15 years.Inthisepisode, Korenna courageously debunks the myth of"my partner can't handle the truth." Base your foundation on the 3Legged Stool of…
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KALI MA: INTIMATE CONNECTION & SPIRITUAL INITIATION with Chandra: Rashani Chandranath Alexandre,Ph.D., D.Min.Founder & Executive Director SHARANYA / The Maa Batakali CulturalMission, Inc. Chandrais adjunct research faculty at theInstitute of TranspersonalPsychology and is VP of Development at a regional nonprofit where shefocuses on fund developmen…
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INTUITION IN THE QUEST FOR LOVE with MasterRose Love. Inventor of the Human Pod. Extensiveexpertise in theareas of Reiki, Crystal healing, Tibetian & Crystal Singing bowlhealing, Tai Chi/Chi Gung, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Herbology,Quantum Physics, Cellular Biology and Vibrational Medicine. Directorof Beyond Medicine Wellness Center in Charlot…
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TANTRA & ADDICTION RECOVERY with, Akasha Prem Ganga. A playful metaphysician. She hasstudied with Sages and Guru’s from around the world, including MargotAnand,Dr. John LaTourette, Werner Earhardt and others. Native American, Hindu,Taoist, Tibetan and South African technique. Shepracticesvarious healing arts including meditation,self-hypnosis,reiki…
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NAVIGATING THE FOURFOLD PATHWAY OF INTIMACY ALCHEMY,with Michael GelbartLCSWInthisepisode, Michael intelligently shares the 4 foldpathway of the alchemy of intimate relationships. Explore the endings,beginnings, ins & outs of ongoing relationship. Differentiatebetween being taken away into inspiration & taken down into a trap.Learn what to do if yo…
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Dr. Patti returns to talk to Bruce Frantzis about sexual chi gung (qi gong) practices. Discover why today's world creates men and women who are too tired to have sex... and what you can do to reverse this situation. You'll enjoy hearing the practice (for men and women) of rubbing on a tofu cake for developing hand and finger sensitivity. (This can …
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Join in as Dr. Patti talks with Martin Smith, marketing director for the Sinclair Institute. Since 1991, The Sinclair Intimacy Institute™ has developed adult sex education videos covering everything from advanced sexual positions to erectile dysfunction solutions. Their best selling Better Sex Video Series has sold more than four million videos in …
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Ladies, when is the last time you checked out sexual enhancement products? If it’s been more than six months, then you’re in luck. The variety in sex toys is exploding rapidly. You can buy innovative new devices to custom fit your current relationship status, your very shape, and every mood. Some of the old favorites are more popular than ever, and…
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Dr. Patti talks with Daka Raj, advanced practitioner in the art of expanded orgasm, about "sandboxes". Dr. Patti has been teaching sandboxes for many years in all of her writings, as well as in her new 21 day program, Expand Her Orgasm Tonight. Sandboxes are a staple of her core teachings. What is a sandbox? Why are they so juicy? What is their val…
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Crystal Dawn Morris is a Certified SkyDancing Tantra Teacher, healer, and coach. Listen in as Dr. Patti and Crystal explore Tantra - a spiritual path that celebrates the body as a temple – and where our life force energy is our sexual energy. Listen to Crystal’s own journey of kundalini awakening through lovemaking. Discover how to access this kund…
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Listen in as Crystal Dawn Morris shares about enhancing your multi-orgasmic potential through Tantra. What does Crystal teach men and women to do as a routine part of learning this skill? Why is emotional clearing so important, and exactly what types of trauma can affect your sexuality? How can you clear that these energies? How does a woman develo…
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Lou Paget is a Certified Sex Educator and grassroots researcher. She is the Best selling author of FIVE books, translated into TWENTY-SIX languages and represented in over SIXTY countries with over THREE million copies sold. Among her books are Orgasms: How to Have Them, Give Them, and Keep Them Coming, and The Big “O”. What is an orgasm? Why is on…
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Dr. Patti returns to talk with Lou Paget, a Certified Sex Educator and grassroots researcher. Would you like to keep the passion even more alive and energized within your relationship? Here’s your chance. What do men and women secretly say about the other gender? What do they really want? How can you spice things up in the bedroom? How can you use …
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Today on the show we are talking to Tallulah Sulis about Female Ejaculation – that expulsion of fluids, also known as “squirting”, or “gushing”. It’s the “wetness” women can experience during pleasurable and often intense orgasms. But what is female ejaculation, really? Can every woman really do this? What is the range of experience possible? And h…
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Today on the show we are talking to Tallulah Sulis again about Female Ejaculation. Female Ejaculation – or squirting - can be enjoyed for pleasure, healing, and connection. Tallulah has just released Squirt Your Heart Out: Unleash Your Explosive Sexual Power (SquirtYourHeartOut.com) so we have the expert with us now! Women everywhere report having …
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"For spiritual expats and philosophical refugees, somatic explorers, soul hunters, star gazers, rule breakers and other mystical miscreants who have had enough of the ruses of religion, and want to set down dogma..."These were the words that Ty Landrum, our guest on today's Ashtanga Dispatch Yoga Podcast, used in describing his Into the Depths cour…
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If you’re a yoga student and on instagram, you might have come across our guest on today's episode, Prasad Rangnekar, where his posts are often widely re-shared by yoga seekers from all style's and lineage's. But what attracted us to Prasad's posts was how they inspired deeper inquiry and curiosity rather than giving us a "right or wrong" answer. M…
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Meet Lea Perfetti, an Ashtanga yoga teacher I discovered on Instagram after a series of posts that were so raw and real, I knew there had to be a pretty powerful story behind. Hers is not just one woman's story, but one that many of us have lived, but often too ashamed to tell. It's a story of vulnerability and courage, of breaking open and breakin…
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Mark Bint grew up with two parents who cannot hear; Mark is known as a CODA, a child of deaf adults. And in today’s episode, Mark tells his story and how growing up in a non-hearing home taught him what it truly means to listen. Today’s transcript can be found on the website. Visit www.ashtangadispatch.comJoin Peg Mulqueen and Meghan Powell in Boze…
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Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen is an Ashtanga yoga teacher based in Finland. Born in Kenya and raised in the U.S., Wambui now lives in Helsinki with her husband, Petri who also teaches, and their two young sons. Wambui is passionate about providing wellness through yoga and meditation to those actively engaged in equity and social justice. For in the mids…
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Though the message isn't necessarily new -- the need for a more malleable and adaptive approach to practice within Ashtanga Yoga -- it's the messenger that may actually surprise you. Today's episode with Eddie Stern is personal and incredibly honest. And one that may leave you with much to (re)consider. If you'd like to experience first hand a kind…
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The past few years has been like a story that’s unfolding. One that will be told for generations to come. And it is this personal retelling, a weaving together of stories, we will bring you this year through the podcast. Asking the question: How has the pandemic shifted our sense of identity, purpose, and vision as individuals and as a yoga communi…
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It's the kind of wisdom that can only come from many years of personal practice that guest to the podcast, Kathy Cooper, brings in today's episode. As a female practitioner, now in her 70s, and as youthful and vibrant as ever - Kathy's shared experience is such a gift to the many of us women practicing out there.Speaking of which ... we are excited…
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Lara Land is the founder of the non-profit, Three and a Half Acres Yoga, a partnership program that offers yoga, breathing and mindfulness practices to underserved communities. In addition, Lara trains yoga teachers in the area of trauma sensitivity -- a training that focuses primarily on a teacher's own self awareness.Starting December 2nd and las…
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In today's episode, Dr. Shyam Ranganathan explains the process of translating spiritual texts; how belief systems, both conscious and unconscious, can influence our interpretations; and why logic is better than experience in deciphering ethics. Dr. Ranganathan is a trained scholar and researcher of philosophy and is author, editor and translator of…
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Join David Garrigues and me as we discuss Yoga Sūtra 3.17:There is a natural confusion of words, meanings, and our own conceptual experience that arises when we superimpose one upon the other. But with perfect focus on distinguishing between the three, we learn the language of all beings. Basically - words matter. As does our experience, use, and i…
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In today's episode, listen to Deepika Mehta speak to the power of hope and how it plays such an essential role in times of despair. Especially as India suffers through a second wave of COVID. And why teachers from all over the world - including Deepika and us - are uniting this weekend (May 7th + 8th)to offer hope and help with a 24-hour online yog…
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Welcome to On the Path – a new ‘talk as we walk’ podcast from Ashtanga Dispatch where we will take you outside on a new trail or with a new walking partner each month. If you enjoy, go over to apple podcasts and subscribe: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-path-with-ashtanga-dispatch/id1565083628?i=1000518924627Like to listen on Spotify?…
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In 2004, after an explosion in Iraq, Dan Nevins would ultimate lose both his legs. And in today's pod, Dan will not only tell you this story - but also about his life, before and after. Including how he was introduced to yoga which, as he will tell you, saved him during a particularly dark time. (Though to say he was a reluctant participant is an u…
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Visit www.ashtangadispatch.com for more interviews, articles, and our latest online classes and courses. Beginning this Saturday is Elements of a Home Practice - a 4-week immersion with Peg Mulqueen + Meghan Powell. And now, on to today's episode with Santina Giardina-Chard ...Santina is an Ashtanga yoga teacher, living on Australia's Gold Coast. W…
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Today we welcome a very special guest - a woman we hold dear as teacher, mentor, and most especially friend - Dena Kingsberg. Dena has been a devoted student of Ashtanga Yoga for over three decades. Her time spent as a practitioner is evident through her integrative and holistic teaching style. But her devotion and grace are never more apparent tha…
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In today's episode, we sit down with Mary Taylor and Richard Freeman to talk about their new book, When Love Comes to Light: Bringing Wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita into Modern Life. https://www.shambhala.com/when-love-comes-to-light-15498.htmlNever before has a book felt more timely or applicable. Because who among us doesn't feel like Arjuna right…
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Today's chat is with Mark Robberds, Oliver Crossley, and Scott White who together, formed the Yoga Myth Busters. Their hope is to educate and clarify some of those pesky myths that continue to circulate and persist. Like - are your hips always need to be squared? Is it true that anyone can do anything with just practice? And my favorite: No pain, n…
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This week's offering through the podcast is part of an online talk for Merchant City Yoga in Glasgow on how our definition of a yoga practice could be changing as a result of this ongoing pandemic.Also please note - we've added another session of our popular online course, Equanimity through the Storm. It begins May 8th and you can find more inform…
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During these challenging times, we are here to support you. And so every Monday morning, we will try and bring you a message of hope and comfort.This week we bring you Roberto Lim from Vital Living Arts with the story of how Shiva got his blue throat along with the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra. We hope you enjoy.And because of the overwhelming interest,…
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During these challenging times, we are here to support you. And so every Monday morning, we will try and bring you a message of hope and comfort - perhaps a meditation, a chant, or inspiring words - like this morning's with Dena Kingsberg. Dena's words were recorded (on an iPhone) during one of her last practice mornings before the shala temporaril…
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During these challenging times, we are here to support you. Please visit ashtangadispatch.com to join us for a special program: Equanimity Through the Storm. We hope you take these few minutes to enjoy this metta meditation with Meghan Powell as a way to ground in loving-kindness - for yourself and for the world. May you be healthy, safe, happy, an…
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These next episodes will be devoted to one story … Of how a community moves beyond the authoritarian Guru model, and away from the kind of hierarchical structures and rules of silence that have allowed for its members to be hurt, ostracized, and abused. It’s a story about learning from one another - and leaning on one another. One that shifts the f…
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"Hierarchies are easy. That’s why we set them up. But the hierarchies have such a lack of resilience in response to rapid social change. And we're in a situation of rapid social change - in a profession that is seeing rapid changes." - Theo WildcroftIn today's episode, Dr. Theo Wildcroft talks about the identities and labels we attach to ourselves …
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