"Tête-à-tête" - Ashwini Kaikini In Conversation with the Yoga Community Ashwini Kaikini

Welcome to the first episode of "Tête-à-tête" where I, Ashwini Kaikini, have conversations with absolutely beautiful people from the Yoga community.

Join us, as Uma Subramaniam Ji and I speak about :

1) Practicing Yoga since childhood as a daily routine, with her father as her Guru.

- Using Yoga as a medicine for getting over breathing issues and allergies.

- Yoga as a part of life

2) Teacher and Student relationship

3) How to choose the right teacher

4) Yoga Certification

5) How to ensure that you are teaching/learning correctly with mostly an online presence during this era of a pandemic

6) Embracing new age technologies for a traditional Yoga teacher/practitioner.

7) Seek out for the right learning, and you shall always be lead to the right source.

8) Find a good teacher, and surrender. Be aware of where you are going, be aware of your "feeling". 

9) How to pick the right place or Guru, not based on ratings, money or fame.

10) Are you learning the right way? How to know whether you are learning from the right source. 

11) A surreal experience that opened Uma ji to this world, and had her choose this path.

12) Contacting Uma ji, and getting acquainted with the work that she does.



About:

Uma Subramaniam : Uma’s foundation in yoga comes from learning to practice from her father as a child. From working as a Top Internal Auditor on a national level, to a revered Yoga Teacher, she has had a marvelous journey.

As a core member of a1000yoga Academy, Bangalore since its inception, Uma provided end to end support to management and as faculty to spread the message of Sattwa under the guidance of Pradeep Sattwamaya. Uma is trained in the Classical Hata tradition, is a Ministry of Ayush Level 2 yoga teacher and is also a Yoga Alliance registered teacher specializing in Prenatal Yoga and Children’s Yoga. She also has experience working with children with special needs as a member of Prafulla Oorja Sangha.

Uma is currently finishing a Masters in Sanskrit-Vedanta, KSU, Bangalore to explore the disciplines of Yoga and Ayurveda (for mental and physical well-being) together through the original and authentic medium of Sanskrit.

She has recently been appointed Vice President, Karnataka Yoga Sector Council of the Women's Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WICCI). Uma is actively consulting with health and fitness start-up Altlifelab (www.livealtlife.com) and is designing the yoga therapy program to reverse lifestyle disorders.

Ashwini Kaikini: Ashwini Kaikini is a Yoga Teacher, an entrepreneur and founder of Vrtti Yoga Institute. She uses Yoga as a medium of healing and spiritual growth, using Integrated Yoga therapy. She is also the Vice President of Nrityanidhi, an International Dance Institute, an Artist, a Kathak (Indian Classical) Dancer, Teacher and Performer. She has worked with various schools, college to bring the effects of Yoga into the limelight. She has been working with people through varied age in human years, from children of 3 years, to even adults beyond the age of 60 upto 90; working on Physical, Mental, Emotional and Psychological stability.

She believes in an increasingly positive outlook towards life. Having done this through the medium of Dance, being a teacher at the Dance Ashram (nrityanidhi.com) for over 15 years, her calling was to use Yoga to encourage Kindness Love and Acceptance towards oneself, which then tends to spread to the people around, therefore creating a better World around us. The larger vision is to have peace, joy and love in all our hearts. 

Welcome to the seventh episode of "Tête-à-tête" where I, Ashwini Kaikini, have conversations with absolutely beautiful people from the Yoga community.

I got to know about Yashwanth Panyam from one of my friend, and was astound to know about his wisdom and deep understanding of Yoga. I had a wonderful talk with him where his humility and his surrender to his Teachers and to the Divine really shone through. From Aerospace, to a Yogic life, he has had quite a journey; and an amazing one.

Join us, as Yashwanth and I speak about his drive that led him to quit his job in Aerodynamics, to follow his heart, and carry out Yoga as his profession. We also journey through his natural ability to ease into asanas, and the way he understands the human body; his words of wisdom that came to him from his forefathers who worked in agriculture field and how he has carried it with his own learning and teaching. His reflections about Yoga being Selfless, and his Breath Work, are worth listening to. 



About :         



Yashwant Panyam 

Yashwanth was born in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh in South India. He holds degree in Aerospace. After practicing sports for several years, his very close friend inspired him to try yoga. He rediscovered himself through the practice of yoga and also realized how ecstatic the whole experience of yoga practice is. Yashwanth started assisting his master teacher soon after accomplishing his teacher’s training with flying colors.

He decided to utilize his knowledge through yoga for the people suffering from severe physical and mental alignment. Hence now the whole idea of Pratyaksha Yoga came in the picture. Yashwanth is the founder and director of Pratyaksha Yoga. Pratyaksha yoga conducts courses and workshops in and around Bangalore, India. The objective is to introduce the real aspects of life through Yoga.         



Ashwini Kaikini - 

Ashwini Kaikini is a Yoga Teacher, an entrepreneur and founder of Vrtti Yoga Institute. She uses Yoga as a medium of healing and spiritual growth, using Integrated Yoga therapy. She is also the Vice President of Nrityanidhi, an International Dance Institute, an Artist, a Kathak (Indian Classical) Dancer, Teacher and Performer. She heads the Event Organization, Nava under the banner of Nrityanidhi, which has held performances around the world. She has worked with various schools, college to bring the effects of Yoga into the limelight. She has been working with people through varied age in human years, from children of 3 years, to even adults beyond the age of 60 unto 90; working on Physical, Mental, Emotional and Psychological stability.

She believes in an increasingly positive outlook towards life. Having done this through the medium of Dance, being a teacher at the Dance Ashram (nrityanidhi.com) for over 15 years, her calling was to use Yoga to encourage Kindness Love and Acceptance towards oneself, which then tends to spread to the people around, therefore creating a better World around us. The larger vision is to have peace, joy and love in all our hearts.

Welcome to the sixth episode of "Tête-à-tête" where I, Ashwini Kaikini, have conversations with absolutely beautiful people from the Yoga community.



Annelise Piers and I speak about Yin Yoga, apothecary and essential oils, which she's quite a magician with. She's so passionate about them, and that truly shows in the oils that she creates. She also used Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)  in healing and in Yoga. We speak about metaphor therapy, and the brilliance of using poetry and other aspects of reflections in Yoga practice and conducting a session. There's an interesting conversation about her infamous "BIRYANI DIET" which had my in peals of laughter, and I'd say is quite something to look out for. 

Enjoy our talk on Yoga and a lot more, with laughs and joy that we happened to have stumbled into. 



About:



Annelise Piers– yogic sciences expert & apothecary



Anna specializes in physical and emotional healing, using a combination of yin yoga, essential oils and metaphor therapy. She is a qualified Hatha and Yin yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance USA, and an NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer, licensed by co-founder Dr. Richard Bandler and the Society of Neuro Linguistic Programing (USA & UK). She is an essential oil specialist.



She has spent the last six years in personal lab, researching the perimenopause and menopausal transition. She believes that women can stay in the driver’s seat on their wellness journey, every day of the month. She has dropped 24 kgs and kept it off over the past 8 years, applying a gentle system of working with the mind and body, inside out.



Follow her on Instagram: annelise_piers



Ashwini Kaikini - 



Ashwini Kaikini is a Yoga Teacher, an entrepreneur and founder of Vrtti Yoga Institute. She uses Yoga as a medium of healing and spiritual growth, using Integrated Yoga therapy. She is also the Vice President of Nrityanidhi, an International Dance Institute, an Artist, a Kathak (Indian Classical) Dancer, Teacher and Performer. She has worked with various schools, college to bring the effects of Yoga into the limelight. She has been working with people through varied age in human years, from children of 3 years, to even adults beyond the age of 60 upto 90; working on Physical, Mental, Emotional and Psychological stability.



She believes in an increasingly positive outlook towards life. Having done this through the medium of Dance, being a teacher at the Dance Ashram (nrityanidhi.com) for over 15 years, her calling was to use Yoga to encourage Kindness Love and Acceptance towards oneself, which then tends to spread to the people around, therefore creating a better World around us. The larger vision is to have peace, joy and love in all our hearts.



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Welcome to the fifth episode of Season 1 of "Tête-à-tête" where I, Ashwini Kaikini, have conversations with absolutely beautiful people from the Yoga community.



Krupalini got in touch with me four years ago, for individual sessions. She was my first ever student to come for individual sessions, and I could not have asked for a better experience. I have my unique ways of working. For it to really work its magic, it is pertinent for someone to be open to listen to my seemingly peculiar and unconventional methods, and embrace them without a shadow of doubt. That’s true for any healing and therapy; but more so when you do not understand it.



Krupalini has been so successful in surrendering unto everything I said and proposed for her to practice; that I have seen her build a magnificent life, beyond imagination! She has completely turned the tides from feeling imbalanced and hating her job, insomnia, and not having great relationships; to her as of today, doing magnificent work as an entrepreneur, influencing so many individuals to live a better life, and creating change in the World through her work every day. She has also spun around her personal life, and I am really happy to see the smile and laughter glistening through each time I converse with her.





About :



Krupalini Swamy -



Krupalini is the Chief Operating Officer of Evobi Automations Pvt Ltd and is a World Youth Leader of UNESCO. She also serves as a Mentor for Change at NITI Aayog India. She is a founding member of the Steering Committee of Global Youth Alliance for Kindness which currently operates in 24 countries. She mentors eight startups in Services fraternity with people and process management. She is also a member of the elite House of Genius at IIMB Bangalore as a collaborator.



She is actively engaged with SDG 4(Sustainable Development Goal 4- Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all) and is today working towards upliftment of education with 450+ schools across India.



She has also founded Project Njaan where she is collecting life lessons with a hope of creating an e library which will become a guiding light for anyone who is looking for hope and needs guidance.





Ashwini Kaikini - 



Ashwini Kaikini is a Yoga Teacher, an entrepreneur and founder of Vrtti Yoga Institute. She uses Yoga as a medium of healing and spiritual growth, using Integrated Yoga therapy. She is also the Vice President of Nrityanidhi, an International Dance Institute, an Artist, a Kathak (Indian Classical) Dancer, Teacher and Performer. She has worked with various schools, college to bring the effects of Yoga into the limelight. She has been working with people through varied age in human years, from children of 3 years, to even adults beyond the age of 60 upto 90; working on Physical, Mental, Emotional and Psychological stability.



She believes in an increasingly positive outlook towards life. Having done this through the medium of Dance, being a teacher at the Dance Ashram (nrityanidhi.com) for over 15 years, her calling was to use Yoga to encourage Kindness Love and Acceptance towards oneself, which then tends to spread to the people around, therefore creating a better World around us. The larger vision is to have peace, joy and love in all our hearts.

Welcome to the fourth episode of "Tête-à-tête" where I, Ashwini Kaikini, have conversations with beautiful people from the Yoga community.



Shobhit and I speak about how an accident guided him towards yoga. How he journeyed from being dependent/addicted to substances, to the life of a yogi, is one that is fascinating and inspiring!! We also talk about his life at an ashram that begun this journey for him. Various topics that we discussed range from insights about ego of a teacher and a practitioner, and the unhealthy ego. Something that I hadn't given much thought to until then. It was a great experience for me, to be able to address mental health and addiction on this platform. 

Since both Shobhit and I have this in common, we went on to discuss about balancing /managing two parallel career paths in life, and being able to do justice to both. All in all, an invigorating conversation that you would definitely enjoy as much as I did. 



About:



Shobhit Raj:



Shobhit Raj, a Yoga Teacher, Yoga Nidra expert, a writer, and a working UX Design professional is our special guest this week. He is also one of those who pushed me to start the podcast here.



What does this unmistakably intriguing journey hold as a message for each one of us?



I had goosebumps as I heard him talk about everything from his practice, to his insights. Please read his wonderfully articulated stories on : https://medium.com/@CognitiveYogi



Tune in for more about Mental Health, Physical Well-being, Self Awareness and a lot more.



Ashwini Kaikini :



Ashwini Kaikini is a Yoga Teacher, an entrepreneur and founder of Vrtti Yoga Institute. She uses Yoga as a medium of healing and spiritual growth, using Integrated Yoga therapy. She is also the Vice President of Nrityanidhi, an International Dance Institute, an Artist, a Kathak (Indian Classical) Dancer, Teacher and Performer. She has worked with various schools, college to bring the effects of Yoga into the limelight. She has been working with people through varied age in human years, from children of 3 years, to even adults beyond the age of 60 upto 90; working on Physical, Mental, Emotional and Psychological stability.



She believes in an increasingly positive outlook towards life. Having done this through the medium of Dance, being a teacher at the Dance Ashram (nrityanidhi.com) for over 15 years, her calling was to use Yoga to encourage Kindness Love and Acceptance towards oneself, which then tends to spread to the people around, therefore creating a better World around us. The larger vision is to have peace, joy and love in all our hearts.

Yoga Nidra is a Pratyahara practice : Withdrawing the senses from the external, and journeying inwards.
A tight rope walk between being awake and asleep, this extended period of the hypnagogic state is extremely powerful. There is a lot of learning and healing that can happen in the state of Yoga Nidra.  
Get into a safe and relaxed space, to let go and be comfortable in nothingness.  

Let's walk into a surreal space, with this Yoga Nidra practice.   
(Practice this for deep relaxation and a refreshing feel especially if you haven't had a good night's sleep.)  

Be kind to yourself.  
Love
Ashwini Kaikini  
(Founder, Vrtti ~ Soul Space)