I sat down with Kate and Bartek, a fantastic married couple who both practise regularly at our shala.  We discuss their journey into regular yoga practice and other forms of training (particularly Bartek's massive training load for Ironman triathlons), how they became interested in yoga and how the gaining health and fitness has changed their lives. We also discuss why they think yoga works the way it does and how the breath is the real key to a powerful ashtanga yoga practice

Thank you so much to everyone who commented online or in person about the first episode of our Ashtanga Yoga Shala podcast. This second episode is with our friend and long-time student Aoife Donnelly. Aoife has been a student of ours, on and off, for around ten years and she freely admits that she has had something of an on-again, off-again love affair with ashtanga yoga. Part of the reason I wanted to get Aoife on the podcast (other than the fact that I find her hilarious and great...

I spoke to Petar Dukic in advance of his six-month trip to India and Nepal. Petar tells us about how his relationship with his body has been healed through ashtanga yoga, how he uses social media consciously, and how connecting with his breath has had a profound impact on his life. Follow Petar on Instagram @petaryoga