After Years of Practicing Yoga, How Would You Answer This Question?
What is Yoga?
You've practiced the Postures.
Listened to the Dialogue.
Worked with your body and your mind in the hot room.
But what is the Yoga itself?
Jim asked that question at the beginning of Yoga Is Life Radio Show.
“If you ask 8-plus billion people, what is Yoga, you're going to get 8-plus billion different answers.”
The answer:
“Yoga is Life.”
And over 12 shows, Jim explores what that means.
What is Yoga, how does it work, and what does it have to do with the Life you're living?
Explore Yoga With Jim Through Yoga Is Life Radio
Yoga Is Life Radio Show is Jim Kallett’s original 12-part series exploring what Yoga is, how it works and its relationship to Life.
Across 9 hours of live conversations, discussions and inquiry, Jim and his guests explore:
The Practice and philosophy of Yoga.
The body, mind and health.
Medical research into Bikram Yoga.
History and lineage.
The practical application of the Yoga.
Perspectives from Emmy Cleaves, Rajashree Choudhury, medical researchers and others.
Twelve (12) 45-minute shows
(approx. 45–50 mins. each)
Lifetime access.
$99
Yoga Is a Process, Not a Result
Jim explains:
“The Practice of Yoga is a process. It's not a result, it's Action itself.”
The Postures are part of that process.
But Jim's inquiry goes beyond what a Posture looks like or how far you can go into it.
He explores the physical, mental, emotional, psychological and spiritual aspects of Yoga and what it means to try to bring them into balance (which is what Yoga is).
That includes something Jim calls “the real key to Yoga”: self-responsibility.
“Self-responsibility means nobody's going to do it for you, but you have the power to do it yourself.”
Yoga Is Life Radio Show gives you a place to explore the process behind the Practice.
There’s More to Explore Than What Happens in the Postures
Why learning begins with the recognition that there is something more to learn.
Understanding how the Yoga works.
Where Resistance comes from when you're trying to do something with your body.
How the 8 Limbs and 8 Characteristics of Yoga relate to the Practice.
What researchers were studying about the physical and psychological effects of Bikram Yoga.
The history and lineage behind the Yoga you've been practicing.
Jim Explores Yoga From More Than One Perspective
In six of the Yoga Is Life Radio Shows, Jim explores and inquires into the Yoga.
In the other six, he’s joined by knowledgeable guests who bring different perspectives to the inquiry.
Emmy Cleaves on decades of Practice, teaching and health.
Rajashree Choudhury on Yoga, therapy and lineage.
Dr. Maren Nyer on her research into Bikram Yoga and depression at Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Brian Tracy on his research into the musculoskeletal effects of Bikram Yoga at Colorado State University.
Jill Ippolito on bringing Yoga to incarcerated and societally challenged youth through Uprising Yoga.
And the filmmakers behind Awake: The Life of Yogananda on Yogananda, his history and lineage, and his connection to Bikram Yoga.
Six shows with Jim inquiring into and exploring the Yoga. Six conversations bringing other perspectives into the inquiry.
Explore All 12 Yoga Is Life Radio Shows
Across 9+ hours of Yoga Is Life Radio, Jim explores Yoga through discussion, inquiry and conversations with knowledgeable guests.
Show 1 — Introduction to Yoga Is Life Radio
What Yoga is and the science and Practice of Hatha Yoga Asana.
Show 2 — Yoga and Self-Responsibility
The mind-body connection, teaching, learning and Self-responsibility.
Show 3 — Why and How You Can Practice Hatha Yoga
How Yoga works and the Process of Hatha Yoga Asana.
Show 4 — Conversation with Jill Ippolito, Uprising Yoga
Her work offering Yoga to societally challenged youth.
Show 5 — A Continued Exploration Into Yoga
Yoga applied to modern Life, chronic pain and concerns about trends in Yoga.
Show 6 — Medical Research and Yoga
Brian Tracy's Colorado State University research into the effects of Bikram Yoga Practice on the musculoskeletal system.
Show 7 — Harvard, MGH Research: Bikram Yoga and Depression
Dr. Maren Nyer discusses research into the effects of Bikram Yoga on depression.
Show 8 — Exploration and Inquiry Into Aspects of Yoga
The 8 Limbs, 8 Characteristics, Breathing, Resistance, Dialogue and Heat.
Show 9 — Talking Yoga with Rajashree Choudhury
Her experience and knowledge of Yoga Practice, therapy and lineage.
Show 10 — Talking Yoga with Emmy Cleaves
Her decades of experience with Yoga Practice, health, pain, the brain, and teaching.
Show 11 — Awake: The Life of Yogananda
A conversation with the filmmakers about Awake: The Life of Yogananda.
Show 12 — Summing Up Yoga Is Life Radio
A reflection on the series and a continued inquiry into Yoga and Life.
Twelve (12) Yoga Is Life Radio Show episodes
Approx. 45–50 minutes each
9+ hours of conversations, discussions and inquiry
Lifetime access
$99
