Hi everyone. Welcome to episode 217 of the Let's Talk Yoga podcast. On the show today, I have

Medha Bhaskar, who is back for a second time on the podcast. Now, if you have heard Meada's previous

conversation, you know we had a wonderful time getting nerdy about yoga and we had a conversation

about teacher trainings in the

previous one. In this episode, Medha and I talk about the Hata Yoga Pradipika and specifically

how to be a good student, the method prescribed in the Hata Yoga Pradipika and Meda does a beautiful job of breaking down

the two elements, the badaka tatwas, the what not to do and the sadaka tatwas, the to-do practices.

So in this episode, you get to hear the structural framework of how to approach this entire practice, Meda actually calls it

the principle and the process. And that's a beautiful way of looking at it. She talks about

how sometimes we jump to the process too quickly without spending enough time on the principle

and understanding how the principles are to be applied

before we get to the process. So I think you will find this conversation extremely grounding,

clarifying and insightful. And the badakatatwas, the what not to do, are supported by what to do.

As always, all the details of our guests and how

you can connect with Meda will be mentioned in our podcast show notes, which are found at let's

talk.orgia forward slash listen. I will include all the details there. But please remember to rate

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all our guests they stay up late to do these conversations sometimes they wake up early and

start their day a little sooner.

So you get to learn all these different elements of yoga. So a simple rating and a review will go a long

way. I have one more time sensitive announcement before we get to Mehta's conversation.

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