Hi everyone. Welcome to episode 46 of the Let's Talk Yoga podcast. When I look back on my

yoga journey, the one central aspect has been the role of my teachers and how they shared and

passed on the teachings of yoga.

And there is such a reverence and a special place for my teachers in my heart.

And I strongly, strongly believe that the type of teachers you expose yourself to

while learning asana or other parts of yoga will really determine the trajectory

of where you go in the yoga world. And as a student, firstly, as a seeker, and then the quality

of yoga teachers and what kind of a teacher you will become eventually if you choose to teach.

So on the show today, I have a very special guest and we're talking about why the teacher's

student relationship matters in modern yoga with Kaya Mindlin.

Kaya is the go-to teacher for teachers seeking mature practice, authentic philosophy and a therapeutic teaching

pedagogy. She's been teaching for over 20 years and she really works to uphold yoga's

traditional roots. Her background includes a lot of formal study with teachers of the Vedic tradition.

Her approach threads together storytelling, healing yoga, Vedic astrology, Ayurveda,

Vedantha, Sanskrit, Mantra and Tantra.

She strives to make traditional teachings more meaningful and personal for modern life.

Her nurturing, inclusive and rich approach to wisdom and self-love inspire others to deepen

their lives, work and practice. She's been teaching students from all over the world

with courses in the Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Nidra, Karma, Mantra and more. In today's conversation,

we talk about the role of a yoga teacher. Can you self-study yoga?

What qualities do you look for when you're trying to find a yoga teacher?

Some of the problems in modern yoga, how the East and the West learn completely differently and what the West can learn from the East and just so much more.

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