Experienced yoga teacher Simon joins me from Australia to discuss his yoga journey, physiotherapy, the nervous system, bodyhacking, what “traditional” yoga is, practicing in “the bush”, mallakhamb, Indian martial arts, problems with the word “yoga”, the basic principles of movement, breath, fluid natural movement, blood pumps, what’s not yoga, modern exercise, steroids, the philosophy of yoga and Sanskrit mistranslations, sexuality, laughter, cancer and more! A veritable masterclass of yoga and movement!
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210. What Yoga Isn’t – With Simon Borg-Olivier
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