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Peter's PodcastBrian McLaren on Wisdom and CourageIn this episode, I talk with Brian McLaren, an old friend and well-respected spiritual voice about his new book, Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart. I was so moved by his book that I asked Brian to discuss it for listeners of Peter's Podcast. The book doesn't focus on gloom and doom, though Brian provides a clear context of where we stand as a planet. Rather, it discusses how we can respond and adapt given the likelihood that our lives will be affected by climate change scenarios ranging from significant changes in the way...
2024-12-2651 minPeter's PodcastOverwhelmed? with Wendy NewtonIn today's episode, Wendy Newton and I trade ideas for overcoming overwhelm!See this episode on video on YouTube/@peterspodcast. You can take classes, workshops and trainings with Peter and Wendy. See https://linktr.ee/peterferko for links to ISHTA Yoga and other events.Please support Peter's Podcast on Patreon. Thank you!Namaste.
2024-06-1527 minPeter's PodcastYoga as a Life Toolbox w/Katrina RepkaIn this episode, I speak with Katrina Repka. Katrina is an ISHTA Yogiraj (master) who has led classes, workshops, retreats, and teacher trainings in her home in London and beyond. She is the co-author with Alan Finger of Breathing Space: Twelve Lessons for the Modern Woman and Chakra Yoga: Balancing Energy for Physical, Spiritual, and Mental Well-being.You can take class with Katrina online at ISHTAYoga.com.Wendy Newton and I are hosting 4 day-long retreats this Spring and Summer. Join us for Fresh Air Fridays, the first friday of May-August at Ascend Center in Cold Spring, New...
2023-04-2454 minPeter's PodcastBringing Ancient Wisdom into Modern Life w/Ulrica Norberg & Wendy NewtonIn this episode, I speak with Ulrica Norberg and Wendy Newton about using traditional yoga texts as part of practice. We're going to be leading a workshop using the Gheranda Samhita, Yoga Sutras, and Bhagavad Gita this May in Stockholm. Details are on my website: peterferko.com.Please support Peter's Podcast on Patreon.
2020-02-2039 min
Peter's PodcastBringing Wisdom into What You Share w/Wendy NewtonIn this episode, Wendy Newton and I discuss how practice informs teaching and life.
You can catch Wendy Newton's new classes (and mine) at ISHTA Yoga and reach Wendy by contacting me at peterspodcast108@gmail.com
Remember: Support Peter's Podcast on Patreon and keep us on the air!
Find out more about Peter and the Podcast at peterferko.com
2018-10-0145 min
Peter's PodcastWhite Nights w/Wendy NewtonIn this episode, from Helsinki, yogiraj Wendy Newton and I shed some practical light on the two padas of the yoga sutras that are about what comes from your yoga practice: magic, ease, and the ability to know when someone's about to contact you!
Join our France retreat: Yoga and the Art of Living Creatively. August 14-19. Details here.
We're teaching in Finland! You can find out about our classes in Helsinki and about our workshops at the Magnesia Festival on the beautiful island of Lonna, a ferry ride from Helsinki, at peterferko.com
2018-07-0657 min
Peter's PodcastChanging the Big Patterns w/Wendy NewtonIn this episode, Wendy and I discuss how meditation helps you deal with your big patterns. We talk about samskaras, or the major issues you come into life facing.
We manage to connect city living and spiritual evolution in this wide-ranging chat.
Details about what's happening are on peterferko.com
Come to France with us this summer: peterferko.com/France2018
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2018-05-2144 min
Peter's PodcastFrom Yoga Teacher to Mother and Back w/Rebecca OliveiraToday I have a treat for myself and a lot of New York yogis. I got to speak with my former trainee and substitute teacher of choice, Rebecca Oliveira. Rebecca is a Mom, a beloved yoga teacher, and a weaver newly living in New Mexico.
Rebecca taught and practiced at ISHTA Yoga and Hosh Yoga and designed fabric for Calvin Klein while living in New York. She headed out West in 2016 and is now living in Albuquerque. We talk about her return to yoga practice and teaching after having a baby, and about living her yoga through...
2018-04-2153 min
Peter's PodcastKarma’s Huge, and We’re Puny w/Wendy NewtonWendy Newton and I talk about what it means to have yoga off the mat. We discuss the parts of a yoga practice, and some of the techniques that help make for "miracles" emerge from your practice.
We're going to be covering much more about this in our retreat in France this summer. You can come! See peterferko.com for details. We're also teaching a 200-hr teacher training in Finland. Details on ISHTA's site.
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2018-03-2349 min
Peter's PodcastSpirituality vs. Religion w/Wendy NewtonIn today’s episode, I’m stepping out, from our kitchen to the living room, to talk to my wife Wendy Newton about the fine line between the kinds of practices we use in yoga and their similarities and differences from religion. In case you’re new to the podcast, Wendy Newton is a yogiraj, or master, at ISHTA Yoga, as well as having a profound knowledge of polarity therapy and other bodies of wisdom. She works privately with students as a yoga therapist and polarity therapist (contact her at wendynewtonyoga@gmail.com).
Upcoming events mentioned in the sh...
2018-01-2354 min
Peter's PodcastGood Vibes for Dark Days w/Lindsay SanwaldHappy Solstice, Kwanza, Hanukkah, Christmas, or whatever you appreciate this time of year! The holidays around this time celebrate light, and today’s podcast is about light’s energy: vibration. Here’s a link to a video that shows you how vibrations move matter in beautiful ways. I head over to visit my student and kirtan co-conspirator Lindsay Sanwald where we talk about mantras and kirtan.
But before I head out, I wanted to share something from Oprah’s Supersoul podcast, which Lindsay turned me on to a while back. In Oprah’s recent conversation with Shawn Achor, who...
2017-12-231h 03
Peter's PodcastWendy's Yoga Story w/Wendy Newton and Jenny BloomToday on the podcast, I speak with Wendy Newton, my wife and a yoga master. Listeners have commented how much you like our breakfast table chats. I hope you like this one, too. I learned some fun new things about Wendy myself in this one as she shared her story of coming to yoga as a teenager! We mention Wendy's teachers Alan Finger and Heather Principe.
Then, I catch up with Jenny Bloom, and we talk about the #metoo moment in light of yoga insights. I hope you enjoy it.
I’m very excited to an...
2017-12-121h 09
Peter's PodcastCulture, Science, and Yoga Happiness w/Rina DeshpandeToday's episode begins with a monolog about deities in mantra. In it, I mention a Polish theatre production. The director's name is Jarosław Fret and the production that involved using ancient components of a mass was The Triptych
Then Rina Deshpande (bio below) joins me to talk first about the Indian cultural aspects of yoga; and then, about scientific research on yoga. Rina talks about growing up Indian in America. We muse about the pros and cons of the way yoga is reaching people today severed from its cultural heritage, and Rina talks about her recent a...
2017-12-0348 min
Peter's PodcastYoga and Politics w/Wendy Newton & Jenny BloomIn today's episode, I discuss a yogic approach to political realities with Wendy Newton and Jenny Bloom. We tackle how to be concerned about what's going on while operating from a place of balance. We touch on some current events, like the travel ban and this summer's controversial Julius Caesar. We also try to clarify the distinction between the nature of the universe to oscillate between action and withdrawal and our role as the conscious actors within those oscillations.
I decided not to interrupt my podcast with advertisements, so if you like it, please support it on...
2017-07-2139 min
Peter's PodcastDeep Living w/Wendy NewtonToday’s guest is Wendy Newton. She is a yogiraj, or master of ISHTA yoga and a practitioner of Polarity Therapy, a yoga-based wellness system developed by Randolph Stone. She’s also my wife!
Today we invite you into our morning breakfast conversation, which is always about yoga and life. We broach the topic of deep living, which is one of the areas I want to explore via this podcast. We talk about living the way — like the Tao — of yoga, the challenges of dealing with political realities, and how deep living comes from deep study and consiste...
2017-06-3044 min