
All Yogaland Episodes

Episode 71: Increase Your Happiness, Curiosity, & Connection With Self-Compassion
High self-esteem used to be regarded as a vital component to happiness. But it’s fallen out of favor in the past decade. Research — much

Episode 70: Jason Crandell — Advocate for Your Students & Don’t Make Sweeping Claims
One of my favorite quotes from Jason is,”I believe that we should embrace anything and everything that helps us and our students be well.” On

Episode 69: Jason Crandell — You Have to Trust That Yoga Works
We all struggle from time to time with the question — “Am I doing enough?” This week, Jason and I talk about this question and

Episode 68: Jason Crandell on Having a Strong Point of View Without Minimizing Others
Jason is back and he’s sharing just a few of the values he hopes to pass onto his teacher training graduates. We talk about —

Episode 67: MC Yogi — ‘Yoga made me resilient and strong.’
MC Yogi is a well-known performing artist — and perhaps one of the only rappers to write lyrics about Hanuman and Ganesha? — and is

Episode 66: Jessica Berger Gross — The Courage to Choose Happiness
Jessica Berger Gross is the author of the beautiful, moving, hopeful memoir, Estranged: Leaving Family & Finding Home. Jessica was raised in a seemingly typical

Episode 65: Lizzie Lasater — Taking the Longview of Yoga Practice
Lizzie Lasater teaches the pleasure of deceleration through Restorative yoga workshops and digital trainings. Lizzie is the daughter of venerated yoga teacher Judith Hanson Lasater,

Episode 64: Judith Hanson Lasater — Trust Yourself First
Judith Hanson Lasater Ph.D., physical therapist, has been teaching yoga since 1971. Judith has written nine books and is one of the founders of Yoga

Episode 63: Kino MacGregor — Practice Until Your World Changes
Kino MacGregor is an Ashtanga yogi in the lineage of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and is the co-owner of the Miami Life Center in Miami

Episode 62: The Bonus Ep in Which We Answer Your Summer Series Questions
Hi everyone! On this special bonus episode, Jason and I answer your questions that came up during the summer series. Thanks, as always, for sending

Episode 61: Jaimal Yogis — On Consciousness, Surfing, and Almost Monkhood
I first met Jaimal Yogis when he was a young, up-and-coming journalist, a long-time spiritual seeker, and a surfer. These days he can award-winning writer,

Episode 60: Desiree Rumbaugh & Michelle Marchildon — When I Get Old, I Want to Be Just Like You
I’m tired of the stale, depressing exercise and yoga advice for the “older set.” It too often characterizes people over 50 as weak, unfit, and