An incredibly touching bonus episode where Keith interviews Bharat and Anshu, two of the staff working at Sandipani Muri aka Food For Life Vrindavan. Learn about the incredible work that happens at this school, where young girls are saved from under-age arranged marriages, and given an education regardless of their caste. A truly inspiring listen. Be sure to visit visit fflv.org to learn more.

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Mantra:

sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ

sarve santu nirāmayāḥ

sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu

mā kaścidduḥ khabhāgbhavet

~ Shanti mantra from Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad

Translation:

“May all be happy

may all be free from sickness

may all see and experience what is good and beautiful in life

may no one suffer”

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Follow your co-hosts on instagram:

Keith @bija_yoga

Sandipani Muri/FFLV @fflvindia and visit fflv.org to learn more

Sandy @sandykingyoga

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Folks in Sydney can visit Keith's studio in Penrith, Bija Yoga. And in Nipaluna/Hobart you can find Sandy at Folde Yoga - but also online at sandyking.com.au

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Join Sandy and Keith in Thailand in October for our Thai Yoga Holiday! Visit sandyking.com.au/thai-yoga-holiday for all info.

Sandy shares one of their favourite verses from the Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā on the topic of nadam - the yoga of sound. Keith shares from his experience as a life-long musician, and how it relates to yoga practice. There is mention of flow state, inner and outer listening, and how hearing happens with much more than just our ears...

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Mantra:

namaḥ śivāya gurave nāda-bindu-kalātmane

nirañjana-padaṁ yāti nityaṁ tatra parāyaṇaḥ

~ Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā Chapter 4, Verse 1

Interpretation by Sharon Gannon and David Life:

“Salutations to the nadam, which is the inner guide and inner life, the dispenser of happiness to all! It is the inner guru appearing as nada, bindu and kala. One who is devoted to the inner guru, the nada, the inner music, obtains the highest bliss.”

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Follow your co-hosts on instagram:

Keith @bija_yoga

Sandy @sandykingyoga

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Folks in Sydney can visit Keith's studio in Penrith, Bija Yoga.

In Nipaluna/Hobart you can find Sandy at Folde Yoga - but also online at sandyking.com.au

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Join us in Thailand in October for our Thai Yoga Holiday! Visit sandyking.com.au/thai-yoga-holiday for all info.

Our most controversial episode yet....

Keith prompts a compelling discussion that goes in an unexpected direction about what's missing in today's yoga. Featuring some hot takes and open conversation about difficult subject matters - and why yoga should be a radical practice for social change.

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Quote:

"Yoga is the state where you are missing nothing"

~ Sharon Gannon (quoting Sri Brahmananda Saraswati)

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Follow your co-hosts on instagram:

Keith @bija_yoga

Sandy @sandykingyoga

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Folks in Sydney can visit Keith's studio in Penrith, Bija Yoga.

In Nipaluna/Hobart you can find Sandy at Folde Yoga - but also online at sandyking.com.au

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Join us in Thailand in October for our Thai Yoga Holiday! Visit sandyking.com.au/thai-yoga-holiday for all info.

In our first BONUS episode, Keith is joined by none other than Seema Johari Agarwal, an Indian scholar and direct lineage holder - a dedicated student of her father, the late great Harish Johari. Keith chants a beautiful mantra that is sung thrice daily at the Johari house and they discuss the importance of ritual in multiple areas of life.

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Śloka:

brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam

brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahma-karma-samādhinā

- from the Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 4, verse 24

Translation by Sharon Gannon and David Life:

"Perceive Brahman everywhere and in all things. Brahman is the ladle; Brahman is the food; Brahman is the fire; Brahman has prepared the food and Brahman will be the eater of the food. Finally Brahman is the goal to be reached."

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Follow your co-hosts on instagram:

Keith @bija_yoga

Seema @seemahariom and @spiritualvacation108

Sandy @sandykingyoga

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Folks in Sydney can visit Keith's studio in Penrith, Bija Yoga. And in Nipaluna/Hobart you can find Sandy at Folde Yoga - but also online at sandyking.com.au

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Join Sandy and Keith in Thailand in October for our Thai Yoga Holiday! Visit sandyking.com.au/thai-yoga-holiday for all info.

In today's episode Sandy surprises Keith with a mantra... about mantra. A conversation follows about elevated language, how mantras can help you overcome unhelpful thoughts and how the cumulative effect of mantra can give rise to freedom in the mind.

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Mantra:

śrī kṛṣṇa śaraṇaṃ mama

“I seek refuge in Krishna”

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Follow your co-hosts on instagram:

Keith @bija_yoga

Sandy @sandykingyoga

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Folks in Sydney can visit Keith's studio in Penrith, Bija Yoga. And in Nipaluna/Hobart you can find Sandy at Folde Yoga - but also online at sandyking.com.au

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Join us in Thailand in October for our Thai Yoga Holiday! Visit sandyking.com.au/thai-yoga-holiday for all info.

Keith is in Dharamshala! And Sandy has been busy teaching yoga online. In today's episode, Keith shares a beautiful story from his travels in Northern India and local insights on the timeless mantra "Sat Nam".

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Follow your co-hosts on instagram:

Keith @bija_yoga

Sandy @sandykingyoga

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Folks in Sydney can visit Keith's studio in Penrith, Bija Yoga. And in Nipaluna/Hobart you can find Sandy at Folde Yoga - but also online at sandyking.com.au

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Join us in Thailand in October for our Thai Yoga Holiday! Visit sandyking.com.au/thai-yoga-holiday for all info.

Join Sandy and Keith as they sit down for their first official podcast episode, with a chant to Ganesha and a dharma discussion on obstacles - why they're there, who put them there in the first place and how to kick them out of the way.

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Mantra:

oṃ gaṃ gaṇapataye namaḥ

“Reverence to Lord Ganesha, the remover of obstacles and Lord of all auspicious beginnings”

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Follow your co-hosts on instagram:

Keith @bija_yoga

Sandy @sandykingyoga

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Folks in Sydney can visit Keith's studio in Penrith, Bija Yoga.

In Nipaluna/Hobart you can find Sandy at Folde Yoga - but also online at sandyking.com.au

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Join us in Thailand in October for our Thai Yoga Holiday! Visit sandyking.com.au/thai-yoga-holiday for all info.