This week, Yael Ginzburg speaks with Bella Silberfein about moving through the changes of life with grace. Collectively, we experienced so much change in the last two years. In our personal lives, and in the way many businesses existed. Today we spoke about how Bella and Bhakti fest navigated these changes, dissolving the limits we put on ourselves, releasing self doubt, creating community, how to let go of the pressure to fit in to a certain ‘box' but in any field making it your own and more. Bella Silberfein is the Event coordinator and Co-founder of Luna Sol retreats; the post COVID evolution of Bhakti fest. Bhakti fest, which was founded by her father Sridar Silberfein, is one of the most well known yoga and sacred music events in the world, hosting many inspiring artists and teachers like Krishna Das, Ram Das, Deepak Chopra and more. Bella who grew up at the festival shares her unique experience. Bhakti Fest's website Check out the different experiences Yandara offers on our website Yandara’s Instagram @yandarayoga Yael’s Instagram @yaelginzburg

This week we had a beautiful conversation about connection and trust. Nina Rao, who is a beautiful Kirtan musician, had a very interesting path. She was first introduced to chanting in south India by her chanter-musician grandfather at the age of 9 years old. Nina and her family moved abroad and actually her early work life began in the banking world in NY and then organizing and leading photographic wildlife safaris in Africa and India. It was only when Nina met Krishna Das in NY that her path returned to chanting. Nina spoke with our host Yael Ginzburg about the simplicity of singing together to bringing people together, trusting the pull towards connection, allowing the benefit of the practice to motivate us to continue, not having to ask permission to trust ourselves and more. We had a bird in the studio with us so when you listen, it will be a beautiful reminder of how it is to be in the studio with us on our grounds in Baja. Nina Rao’s Instagram @nina_rao Nina Rao’s Website Check out the different experiences Yandara offers on our website Yandara’s Instagram @yandarayoga Yael’s Instagram @yaelginzburg

How do you make important decisions? Which part of you makes them?  This week, Yael Ginzburg speaks with Craig Perkins, about the importance of shifting our awareness to sensing the wisdom we hold in the body. They speak about how to make important decisions that are good for us in the long run, what makes a great yoga teacher, how to develop a relationship with ourself, the importance of having a space to express ourselves truthfully and more. Craig is the Co-Founder of the Yandara Yoga Institute and an experienced yoga teacher with over 15,000 hours of teaching under his belt. Craig attended his first yoga teacher training in 1968, and has continued his studies of yoga, as well as other disciplines such as Chinese yoga, T’ai Chi and Qi gong, ever since. He is also the co-author of the book “A Philosophy and Guide for the intuitive Yoga Teacher.“ Check out the different experiences Yandara offers on our website Yandara’s Instagram @yandarayoga Yael’s Instagram @yaelginzburg

This week Sarah Scarborough, the Tea Huntress, shares the art and ritual of tea. Through seasonal rituals, clean teas, botanical formulations, retreats and tea ceremonies, Sarah reveals the beauty of tea as plant spirit medicine. Sarah and our host, Yael Ginzburg, speak about why time spent not doing anything is productive, aligning with the energies we want to embody, intuition, how to cultivate a meditative practice with tea and connect to the power of the plant, taking our power back, following joy and more. Sarah’s website Sarah’s Instagram @tea_huntress Check out the different experiences Yandara offers on our website Yandara’s Instagram @yandarayoga Yael’s Instagram @yaelginzburg

This week Yael Ginzburg sits down with her dear teacher Suil to talk about the journey of going away from who we think we are to who we are in to our deepest Self and the natural teachers who inspire us just by who they are. Suil teaches about being happy for no reason at all, self compassion, dealing with people who challenge us, being compelled by the call, and more. Suil is extensively trained in many different disciplines- Buddhist meditation, shamanic healing, NLP, coaching, tea ceremony, psychology, art, hypnosis and sound healing to name a few. She has been a Buddhist nun, a meditation teacher, a Dharma teacher, translator, therapist and coach to executives across Asia. Currently she leads inquiry work and coaching in CA. The reputable teachers she has studies with are HH Dalai Lama, Baba Neem Karoli, Mr Goenka who was integral in establishing Vipassana meditation centers globally, Anagarika Shri Munindra, Dr. Richard Bandler, co-founder of NLP and many many more world renowned teachers and thinkers. To contact Suil- [email protected] Check out the different experiences Yandara offers on our website Yandara’s Instagram @yandarayoga Yael’s Instagram @yaelginzburg

Arezu Kaywanfar, founder of InspireZu, is an international yoga and meditation teacher, certified Brain Longevity Specialist, humanitarian and all round inspiration of living life to the fullest. Arezu has been following her own path since she was young. She started meditating at the age of 5, become the youngest certified kundalini teacher at 14 and moved to India at 15 to attend Yogi Bhajan’s Sikh boarding school. Now she offers yoga classes and retreats, spiritual coaching and a global mentorship program. In this episode Yael Ginzburg speaks with Arezu about how she found the courage needed to follow her own path and let love lead, cultivating trust and faith in the support we all have, the importance of Pausing, surrounding yourself with those who truly want to see you shine, the joy of missing out and more.  Arezu's website Arezu’s Instagram @inspire_zu Check out the different experiences Yandara offers on our website Yandara’s Instagram @yandarayoga Yael’s Instagram @yaelginzburg

This week, Yael Ginzburg sits down with Krishna Das to speak about the power of singing with others to lift suffering and clear our karmas. KD shares openly about releasing attachments, his experiences with with spiritual seeker Ram Dass at the Neem Karoli Baba temple in India, and about his motivation in chanting, which is far from religious- to connect more people with the presence of love, uncovering the interconnectedness of all beings. Krishna Das is a kirtan (sacred music) artist known worldwide. He has influenced the lives of countless people around the world and is the best-selling western chant artist of all time. To date, Krishna Das has released 16 albums, and was nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Age album category. Krishna Das’ Instagram @krishnadasmusic Krishna Das’ Website Check out the different experiences Yandara offers on our website Yandara’s Instagram @yandarayoga Yael’s Instagram @yaelginzburg

In this weeks episode Yael Ginzburg sits down with Nicolina Sandstedt to talk about making life our practice. Often, we limit our experience by suppressing the different emotions that show up. Yoga, the Tantric path, is about experiencing life as it is, holding space for all and Incorporating it into our practice. We also speak about finding inspiration in authenticity in order to get over imposter syndrome and step into the role of being a leader. Nicolina is one of the lead teachers of Yandara. She has trained with influential teachers in many different styles of yoga such as Traditional Tantric Hatha, Yin, Restorative, vinyasa, and Kundalini Yoga, and more, and holds a degree in Physical Therapy. Nicolina’s meaningful teachings and huge depth of knowledge is shared with such a gentle and powerful presence. The pace of her classes feels nourishing and she is just a wealth of knowledge of the ancient teachings. Check out the different experiences Yandara offers on our website https://yandara.com/ Yandara’s Instagram @yandarayoga Nicolian’s Instagram @nicolina.sandstedt Yael’s Instagram @yaelginzburg

In todays episode our host, Yael Ginzburg, sits down with one of the lead teachers of Yandara, Mercy Ananda. Mercy really brings the music here to the grounds leading sacred music evenings with the band she is part of, Jaya, as well as through sound healing sessions and music classes.  We spoke about how music heals, how perfect doesn’t mean everything is good, and the relation of our intimate essential self and the infinite field of potential. Check out the different experiences Yandara offers on our website https://yandara.com/ Yandara’s Instagram- @yandarayoga To reach out to Mercy- [email protected] Yael’s Instagram- @yaelginzburg

In this first episode of 'Curious Ones' we speak with one of the co-founders of Yandara Yoga Institute, Christopher Perkins. Christopher co-founded the Yandara Yoga Institute almost 20 years ago, and has trained many generations of yoga teachers from across the globe. Christopher has studied different philosophies and practices of awareness including Yoga, Qi Gong, Vision Quest, Vipassana, Tibetan Buddhist meditation and more. In this episode Christopher joins our host Yael Ginzburg to discuss working with the powerful technique of inner child ‘play’ to release limiting beliefs and behavioral patterns, avoid sabotaging ourselves, step into our authentic power, and surpass our compassion threshold. Check out the different experiences Yandara offers on our website https://yandara.com/ Yandara’s Instagram @yandarayoga Christopher’s Instagram @shanechristopherperkins Yael’s Instagram @yaelginzburg