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A Grateful Life

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by Dr Lauren Tober

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Join Clinical Psychologist and Yoga Teacher Dr Lauren Tober for intimate conversations on yoga, mental health, psychology, spirituality and living a good life with some of the world's best teachers and thought leaders in the world. Find out more about our work over at www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com

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July 19, 2026

On Abuse, Power and the Guru Myth with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli

It starts small. A teacher who tells you rather than asks you. A little too much praise when you fall in line, a little too much silence when you don't. Most of us have felt it and shrugged it off. Uma Dinsmore-Tuli has spent years mapping exactly where those small moments can lead, and what to do before they get there. Uma (she/her) is one of the world's leading voices on cyclical wisdom, yoga nidrā and the rematriation of feminine power, and the author of six books including, Yoni Shakti: A Woman's Guide to Power and Freedom through Yoga and Tantra. In this episode, we unpack thirteen warning signs of abuse in yoga communities. Things like disrespect for other approaches, contingent flattery, secret teachings and the spiritual bypassing of sexual harm. Uma is clear that these aren't only present in the most extreme cases. The same small seeds show up in ordinary classes and trainings too. We also explore Uma’s nine calls to action, practical, doable things any of us can do when we notice harm. I was surprised to hear from Uma that I was the first person to ask her to speak about these nine calls to action. To me, these are so important. This is a difficult listen in places. It's also an important one. In this episode, we explore: <ul><li>Why Uma added a new preface to the second edition of Yoni Shakti, and what it cost her</li><li>The thirteen warning signs of abuse in yoga spaces, including disrespect for other approaches, contingent flattery, secret teachings, isolation of dissidents, inner circles, discipline and punishment, unsustainable imbalances, ridicule and silencing, boundary and consent violations, prejudice and hypocrisy, claims of omniscience, abdication of personal responsibility, and spiritual bypassing of sexual harm</li><li>Why the need to belong can make people vulnerable to coercive communities</li><li>The link between institutional abuse patterns and colonisation, hierarchy, and control</li><li>Why testimony is evidence, and what it means to believe survivors</li><li>Uma's nine calls to action, including withdrawing financial support, asking questions, listening to survivors, refusing to keep secrets, naming names, and working to decolonise yoga</li><li>How to hold heart open, eyes open, even in spiritual and community spaces</li></ul>Connect with Dr Uma Dinsmore-Tuli at <a href="https://umadinsmoretuli.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://umadinsmoretuli.com</a> Join the Australian 2026 hybrid Mental Health Aware Yoga training at <a href="https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/hybrid" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/hybrid</a> Join the online Mental Health Aware Yoga training in September at <a href="https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online</a> Listen to the music for nervous system regulation playlist at <a href="https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/join/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/join/</a> This podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice or training. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for personalised guidance or come and join one of our programs at the Yoga Psychology Institute for professional training. While we are grateful for our guests and sponsors, any statements, claims or endorsements made are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Yoga Psychology Institute.

July 7, 2026

On Living Ritual with Tracee Stanley

Every Monday morning, as the sun is coming up, I walk down my friend's garden path to her house for tea ceremony. Gentle music. Incense. Bowls of tea. A handful of women from my little town, sitting together in silence. There is some kind of alchemy there I cannot fully explain. What I walk away with is always more than the sum of its parts. My guest today on the podcast has just written a book exploring rituals just like this. Tracee Stanley (she/her) is the author of the bestselling books Radiant Rest and The Luminous Self, and her new book, Living Ritual: Infuse Each Day with Purpose and Spirit, is out this August. Tracee has been a student of Sri Vidya Tantra and the teachings of the Himalayan Masters for over thirty years, and she is devoted to sharing the wisdom of yoga nidrā, rest, meditation, self-inquiry and ancestor reverence. In this episode, we talk about ritual as something far bigger than incense and candles. We explore: <ul><li>The difference between internal ritual, external ritual, ceremony and rite of passage</li><li>The sandhyās, the sacred transitional points of the day in Hindu philosophy, and how to weave micro rituals into a busy, householder life</li><li>A threshold practice for marking what you're leaving behind, what you're present to, and what you're walking towards</li><li>Tea ceremony as a portal, including the five vāyus (subtle winds) and how different teas can be felt moving differently in the body</li><li>Ritual and rite of passage as tools for marking life transitions such as divorce, menopause or grief, and the value of sitting in liminal space</li><li>Reclaiming attention from devices, including Tracee's analog cocoon practice and her yearly six-week break from social media</li><li>The four aims of life (puruṣārthas), artha, kāma, dharma and mokṣa, reframed away from grasping and towards nourishment and support</li><li>Tracee's own morning ritual, from mantra and chanting through to tea and mind mapping</li></ul>This conversation left me thinking differently about the small transitions in my own day. I hope it does the same for you. Connect with Tracee Stanley at <a href="https://www.traceestanley.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.traceestanley.com/</a> Join the Australian 2026 hybrid Mental Health Aware Yoga training at <a href="https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/hybrid" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/hybrid</a> Join the online Mental Health Aware Yoga training in September at <a href="https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online</a> Listen to the music for nervous system regulation playlist at <a href="https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/join/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/join/</a> This podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice or training. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for personalised guidance or come and join one of our programs at the Yoga Psychology Institute for professional training. While we are grateful for our guests and sponsors, any statements, claims or endorsements made are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Yoga Psychology Institute.

June 21, 2026

On Aerial Yoga as Therapy with Jo Stewart

Before I met Jo, my mental image of aerial yoga was mostly circus-like. Beautiful, yes. Fun, sure. Relevant to the yoga teachers and therapists I work with? I wasn't convinced. Boy, was I wrong. Jo Stewart (she/her) is one of Australia's most experienced aerial yoga teachers. She founded the Garden of Yoga studio in Northcote, Melbourne, co-hosts the Flow Artists Podcast, and has spent years developing a genuinely accessible, therapeutic approach to aerial yoga, one that understands that different brains and bodies need different pathways into regulation, rest and inner awareness. Her first book, Eight Limbs of Aerial Yoga, is published by Singing Dragon and is out next week, on 1 July 2026. Aerial yoga, it turns out, is not what I thought it was. The hammock in Jo's practice is a prop, in the same spirit as a bolster or a block. For students who are neurodivergent, living with anxiety or PTSD, or who simply don't find stillness regulating, aerial yoga can open up a whole range of options, like gentle rocking, cocooning, deep pressure, spinning, or closing the world out entirely, while still practising alongside others. We also moved into territory I find myself returning to again and again. How do we reckon with the harm caused by influential yoga teachers while still practising within traditions they shaped? Jo explores this honestly in her book, and we unpack what it means to hold that complexity without erasing it. And then I turned two questions from the Samādhi chapter of her book back on her. How would you act if you were already enlightened? And what stops you? It was, as Jo put it at the end, a little bit like therapy. I'll take that. In this episode, we explore: <ul><li>What aerial yoga actually is, and how the hammock functions as a therapeutic yoga prop rather than a circus apparatus.</li><li>Why stillness is not the only route to calm, and how the hammock allows for movement-based regulation in a group setting.</li><li>The particular benefits for neurodivergent students and those with anxiety or PTSD, including options for deep pressure, vestibular stimulation, cocooning and visual control.</li><li>The historical roots of supported inversions and fabric use in yoga, from the Indian thottil through Krishnamacharya's ropes to the Iyengar rope wall.</li><li>The difference between circus and yoga, performance versus inner experience, and what aerial practice genuinely shares with both traditions.</li><li>How to navigate the harm caused by influential but abusive teachers, and why Jo chose to name B.K.S. Iyengar's complexity directly in her book.</li><li>The importance of teaching students to trust their own intuition over any teacher's authority.</li><li>What it looks like to act as your highest self now, without waiting for the perfect moment.</li><li>People-pleasing in helping professions, when is it genuine service, and when is it something else?</li></ul> Connect with Jo Stewart at <a href="https://gardenofyoga.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://gardenofyoga.com.au/</a> Join the Australian 2026 hybrid Mental Health Aware Yoga training at <a href="https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/hybrid" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/hybrid </a> Join the online Mental Health Aware Yoga training in September at <a href="https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online</a> Download the music for nervous system regulation playlists at <a href="https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/join/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/join/</a> This podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice or training. Please consult a qualified healthcare...

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