The Practice of…Yoga (with Sam)

Ashtanga yoga practitioner and teacher Sam shares his decade-long journey through yoga and how this rigorous daily practice has shaped his sense of purpose and identity. He explores the tension between tradition and adaptation, personal growth through injury, and the importance of community in spiritual practice. In this episode we discuss:

• His two-hour daily practice at 6am involving memorised asana sequences developed over ten years
• Practice deepening from purely physical to include spiritual and philosophical dimensions
• Academic study of yoga's history providing critical perspective on cultural appropriation and commercialisation
• All practices existing within webs of human and non-human connections, challenging individualistic approaches

…plus much more!