This episode I talk with Paul Grilley on his finding of and understanding of the Taoist Teaching of the Nei Jing Tu - a visual guide to the yogic experience.By Dhugal Meachem

language!⁠⁠consider these common yoga teacher terms:"modification" - something one does if a student can't do the full pose"variation" - a variation on the standard⁠ - normally for more advanced students.⁠this language is a problem. ⁠⁠because it makes it seem that there is a 'standard' pose we all should work to... and we could all get there if we …

injury is unavoidable in life. we move too little or move too. and very often we have no idea why we injured ourselves. i offer my insight from years of practice and working with those in extremes - too little or too much... my answers may surprise you :-)By Dhugal Meachem

I am delighted to welcome best selling author, Western Medical Doctor & Acupuncture Educator, Dr. Dan Keown to the podcast. Dan's take on what Qi and Chinese Medicine is have lit up the Chinese Medicine world. With his Western medical background and ability to translate the complex Chinese Medicine into modern ideas we can understand, Dan is an abs…

Former Principal Dancer of the Scottish Ballet and freelance choreographer, Eve Mutso joins me. Now a board member of Indepen-dance, an inclusive dance company for disabled and non-disabled people and Yin yoga teacher, Eve takes on her journey of success, injury and life after professional dance.come join us.…

welcome! i have just come out of our latest yin yoga and variable anatomy teacher training and again have been shocked by how unconfident many yoga students are with exploring yoga poses (placing THEIR OWN hands and feet WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE to put them) and disobeying cues by yoga teachers. in this episode i list a few very obvious examples of mo…

coming again from my teacher training bedroom in milan!talking more about meditation, the core of the yoga practice. yoga is not about getting fit.really yoga (and medtiation) about staying... even when your mind doesn't want to stay with what you are experiencing and going through in life. this is the opposite of what we tend to do. we tend to eit…

live from my attic in milan!meditation is about being your best friend... no matter what. this simple definition is empowering. no spirituality, no super powers, not even necessarily liking it all the time... but is nurturing an ability to be there for yourself... no matter what.NOTES:training coming up (this fall)https://www.dhugalmeachem.com/medi…

coming to you live from milan!is yoga meditation?i certainly think it could be.a practice to allow you to take whatever comes at you in life.if your yoga is not helping or if you have been in yoga a long time and it doesn't seem to be as powerful as it once was... i propose a different way of thinking about your practice.…

re-cast!i was recently a leader with atman way's 'silence the guns' meditation marathon to meditate for peace in the world.come join me for my 30min seated meditation practice. we focus on the experience of individuality - and how we can break this down - and therefore understand each other.come join me.…

acupressure and myofascial release are getting more and more popular in yin yoga and yoga in general. as it becomes more popular, weird and just plain wrong claims are being made on social media about what massaging or placing massage balls on these places will do.in this short episode, i argue claims like these are erroneous, even dangerous becaus…

this week i'm getting romantic. i don't mean that kind of romantic. i mean the romance of getting out of your head....the art of getting out of your head is not limited to postural yoga and meditation. a popular (but kinda out of fashion) approach was poetry. come join me for a meander through some old buddhist monk rambling; misty mountains, gentl…

language!⁠⁠consider these common yoga teacher terms:"modification" - something one does if a student can't do the full pose"variation" - a variation on the standard⁠ - normally for more advanced students.⁠this language is a problem. ⁠⁠because it makes it seem that there is a 'standard' pose we all should work to... and we could all get there if we …

yoga is often seen to be a lot of effort. sometimes, we even boast to others (and ourselves) how much effort we have put in. we wave around certificates and accomplishments. but really, yoga is the opposite. it doesn't have to be hard. it should be really obvious. come join me to consider the lazy way...…

Every week on this podcast we talk about yoga. This week, I thought we should actually practice some. So, I'd like you while you're listening this week to find a quiet place to sit down. Just for 30 minutes. And we'll sit together.By Dhugal Meachem

injury is unavoidable in life. we move too little or move too. and very often we have no idea why we injured ourselves. i offer my insight from years of practice and working with those in extremes - too little or too much... my answers may surprise you :-)By Dhugal Meachem

we often define health as physical. but these days mental and emotional health have (finally) seeped into people's minds. finally.drugs, surgery and antibiotics are not the first port of call here and your doctor cannot help. come join me as I propose a model of health based on a very old (simple) idea.…

i recently saw an acupuncturist post that yoga teachers make them squirm when they talk about chinese medicine - i have to say, sometimes me too!here I talk about what chinese medicine is and then talk about some things that yoga teachers really shouldn't say if they're gonna talk things chinese med.come join me :-D…

Former Principal Dancer of the Scottish Ballet and freelance choreographer, Eve Mutso joins me. Now a board member of Indepen-dance, an inclusive dance company for disabled and non-disabled people and Yin yoga teacher, Eve takes on her journey of success, injury and life after professional dance.come join us.…

happy new year. first 2022 podcast drop!⁠⁠⁠how much & how hard should we practice postural yoga? i am often asked this question and people are often surprised at the answer. come join me:⁠By Dhugal Meachem

i have a massive library of yoga books. here i cherry pick 2 must haves. you know me (or you don't). which books will i choose?By Dhugal Meachem

do you find you think a lot?a lot?well, this is not a new problem. it's been around for a long time.in this short episode, i read you a few little stories from the daoist treasure trove. a man whose neighbour loses a sheep.another who robs a bank.and it's their mind which causes trouble.come join me.…

In this longer episode, I present the whole thing on why we do Yin Yoga the way we do. Why we relax our muscles and some of the basic aims for the practice.This lecture was taken from a recent workshop so includes a Q&A at the end and an invitation to join us on our upcoming 200hr Yin Yoga training program... all online for these COVID times. Come …

Hey!In this episode we consider living in the now as a way of experiencing eternity. We are inspired by chapter 23 of the Tao Te Ching.In the last 30mins we talk about bodily sensation in the Yin Yoga practice.Come join us!By Dhugal Meachem