What is the role does yoga plays in transformation? Applying yoga philosophy to modern life is a key component of the Viniyoga tradition. The context and tools provided through yoga philosophy affect how we perceive, understand, respond, and make meaningful change in our lives. Join Chase Bossart, the Executive Director of the Yoga Well Institute, and Yoga Therapist Cathy Christoff for a conversation about how practice and study serve as containers that support life's changes.

Explore how personalized meditation tools support awareness changes. They talk through particular meditative objects, what was happening in her life at the time, and the qualities these objects provided for her to experience changes resulting in clarity, discernment, and authenticity. You can listen to the referenced Laura Jane Mellencamp's podcast with Yoga Well that posted in September of 2024. Find Cathy Christoff, a Yoga Therapist in the Chicago area, at CenterHeartYoga.com Join Chase's weekly Yogasūtras course. You can learn more about this offering at https://courses.yogawell.com/patanjalis-yogasutra

This breath-centered yoga practice and meditation are designed to infuse you with light and have light flow inward. Join Yoga Therapist Cathy Christoff for a standing and seated practice with a chant from Yogasūtra I.36 Visoka va chant YSI.36 chant, standing & seated practice infused with light and free from sorrow. Find Cathy Christoff, a Yoga Therapist in the Chicago area, at CenterHeartYoga.com. Find more short practices with our weekly class, 15-minute Breathing and Meditation. Join the live practice for free on Thursdays at 9:30 am PT / 12 pm ET. Or enroll in the class for the weekly practice, a monthly course planning and experience discussion with the instructor, as well as access to a year of recordings in our Student Portal. Learn more at https://www.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation/

There are benefits to both Western Allopathic and Indian Yogic understandings of the body and its systems. However, it is extremely important to understand the core differences in the approach of each perspective to the body. During May's Yoga Well Discussion Hour, Chase Bossart explains what is different about each approach, why this matters to how they are applied, and most importantly, why understanding the Yogic perspective matters.

This discussion took place as part of our free Yoga Well Discussion series, which takes place the last Tuesday of every month starting at 11:30amPT/2:30pmET. Sign up for our email list for details on topics and how you can join these discussions live. www.yogawell.com

Viniyoga is know for being breath centered yoga. Learn the yoga philosophy behind and walk-through the step-by-step teaching of ujjāyī , a fundamental breathing technique & core part of teaching yoga. Chase explores how we develop the consistent and subtle quality of breath and attention in this tool as a bridge to how we shift our focus to presence and prana in everyday life. Find more short practices with our weekly class, 15 Minute Breathing and Meditation. Join the live practice for free on Thursdays at 9:30am PT / 12pm ET. Or enroll in the class for the weekly practice, a monthly course planning and experience discussion with the instructor, as well as access to a year of recordings in our Student Portal. Learn more at https://www.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation/

This breath centered yoga practice and meditation for stress and anxiety will explore your relationship with gravity. The breath tools in this practice include: exhale technique, pause after exhale, and krama on exhale.

Join Briana Soladay, Yoga Therapist and licensed marriage and family therapist practicing out of California. Find Briana at www.truenature.us.com. Find more short practices with our weekly class, 15 Minute Breathing and Meditation. Join the live practice for free on Thursdays at 9:30am PT / 12pm ET. Or enroll in the class for the weekly practice, a monthly course planning and experience discussion with the instructor, as well as access to a year of recordings in our Student Portal.

Learn more at https://www.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation/

Recorded as part of the Yoga Well Live Lecture Series with Chase Bossart on April 28th, 2026, this discussion explores what Yoga has to say when we find ourselves overwhelmed by outside influence to the point that our inner and personal lives are affected. Our Live Lecture Series takes place on the last Tuesday of every month, starting at 11:30amPT/2:30pmET.

All are welcome to join, and if you'd like to attend, sign up for our email list for reminders and save this Zoom link to your calendar. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83462203532?pwd=5a0J0gsh0eCwgDgFtTxPxyQwaJZuXt.1#success

From the perspective of the Viniyoga tradition, lots of different things can be yoga. As we look to movement, mindfulness, or meditation, yoga philosophy can guide us to not only what yoga is but also the why. Yoga is an experience that can be spoken about in terms of the organizational tools, the preparation, the arising experience, and the results. Join Chase in this brief discussion of how classical definitions can help us piece together: what is yoga?

Exploring the definition from The Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 2 śloka 48's definition of yoga as equanimity, he weaves in perspectives from The Haṭhayogapradīpika and Yogasūtra. Want more yoga philosophy? Chase Bossart will begin his 5th cycle of teaching the Yogasūtras from Chapter 1 starting April 23rd 2026, a journey that takes 6 years from start to finish. You can learn more about this offering at https://courses.yogawell.com/patanjalis-yogasutra

Our Viniyoga podcast is a space for engaging yoga philosophy for modern life, though the nature of podcasting is one-sided. We speak and you listen. Your voice and experience is an important piece of these discussions. Join the conversation in how engaged community enriches the mindfulness of personal practice. Yoga functions as an exploration of our being and a genuine expression of self.

Let's explore the magic of human connection that happens in community and the healing happens in relationship. Jeannie Turner, Yoga Therapist, and Yoga Well's Executive Director, Chase Bossart discuss the importance of personal connection through examples of Yoga Well's weekly classes and Yoga Therapist trainings. Chase closes with a chant from a section of the Taittrīya-upaniṣat that we frequently chant in classes together as it illustrates the sanctity of relationship.

Find Jeannie at https://www.theyogapath.me/ and the Viniyoga community at https://viniyoga-therapist-community.mn.co/ Chase Bossart will begin his 5th cycle of teaching the Yogasūtras from Chapter 1 starting April 23rd 2026, a journey that takes 6 years from start to finish. You can learn more about this offering here: https://courses.yogawell.com/patanjalis-yogasutra