The Origins of Yoga and Its Passage Through Time with Prasad Rangnekar

Let's Talk Yoga

Arundhati Baitmangalkar

Business, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 568 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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As yoga teachers, knowing the origins of yoga & its passage through time is very significant. In fact, I would argue that's it's required if one teaches any aspect of yoga. Knowing this correctly is not only important but has deep cultural implications if misinterpreted. I’ve been on the lookout for the “perfect” guest for this one. Someone who could take into account the many subtle nuances & layers that a conversation about the origins of yoga warrants. To follow its p...

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, Arundati here. Just popping in to give you an update. I will be taking a couple of weeks off, probably two weeks, and I will not be releasing any new content during this time. My Prana Yama online training is coming up. I also have how to teach yoga to beginners training coming up and a 200 hour coming up.
0:24.3	So I've been working nonstop in the background. So just going to take a couple of weeks off.
0:30.7	But I'm leaving you with a really special episode today. But just thought I'd let you know in case
0:37.1	you are subscribed to the show
0:39.1	and you're wondering why a couple of episodes aren't dropping for the next two weeks.
0:43.0	I'll be back in September, early September. Until then, enjoy today's show. Enjoy your practice.
0:48.7	I'll see you soon.
0:52.2	Hi, everyone. Welcome to episode 55 of the Let's Talk Yoga podcast. And if I'm being honest with you,
1:00.2	I have tried to record this intro five times. This is my sixth attempt at recording this intro,
1:06.8	because today's episode is really special. And it's an episode that I have been wanting to do for such a long time. I was just waiting for the right guest. We're talking about the origins of yoga and its passage through time with Prasad Rangnaker. We get into a conversation about how yoga originated, right? Because its origins are shrouded
1:32.4	in mystery and how, what was the context in which yoga originated. Then we get into yoga during
1:40.7	the Vedic times and the significance of that, the role of the Upanishads,
1:45.7	what type of yoga existed so long ago, how is that related to modern yoga?
1:51.5	We also touch upon classical yoga versus modern yoga and the Patanjali comes into it.
1:58.5	We talk about the role of Maharishi Patanjali and his yoga sutras and so much more that I have
2:05.3	been recording and re-recording this intro because I think it is such a rich conversation.
2:11.0	And I am so excited that Prasad decided to, you know, do this with us.
2:17.2	Because honestly, talking about yoga in its
2:20.4	entirety from its origins to where we are today to the British impact.
2:25.0	And it's, you really need to know your yoga.
2:29.6	And it's easy to just cherry pick one or two aspects and to talk about that, but to really get into the depth of it, the layers.
2:38.6	And Prasad does that with absolute ease.
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