Yoga Off The Mat - The Movement For Modern Life Podcast

Oct 27 2022 56 mins 10

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Kat, Founder of Movement for Modern Life, the UK's online yoga platform, meets Champions of Change and Leaders in their Field. Those who are taking yoga off the mat, transforming lives and inspiring us to take the small steps to live a happy, healthy and more sustainable live to make a difference.

Movement for Modern Life's mission is for all of us to Move Move. Live More. Featuring the very best teachers and thousands of classes on our platform, we believe in moving thoughtfully through life both on the yoga mat and in our daily lives. This is more than just about moving with our bodies, it’s about moving with the times. We are meeting the experts and the champions and are on a journey of discovery to learn, discover and move towards a better life and a better world.

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37: The Yoga Sutras and their relevance today

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Do you want to experience playfulness and explore more of Naomi’s yoga classes? Check out all our classes for FREE for 14 days here: https://movementformodernlife.com/chooseplan Welcome to this special edition of the Movement for Modern Life podcast. In these episode, we share live meditations from our wonderful team of teachers who were part of our first home yoga retreat. Thes