On episode 173 of Welcome To The Winners Circle, Derek Pang interviews Barbara Courtille

(www.barbaracourtille.com; IG: @barbara_courtille_yoga) a Yoga Educator, Writer, Artist and author of the books "Philosophy on the Mat," and "Buddhism for Yogis". Since her yoga journey began in the late 1980s, she’s been a Yoga teacher and Yoga trainer, and mentor to many. She supports Yoga teachers through her weekly Yoga Teachers Blog and continues to deepen her spiritual connection through her art, study and practice.

Here are some of the subjects we touched on:

- what she loves about her personal world

- cultivating freedom

- sound healing and Shervin Boloorian

- her personal mission that guides her in all that she does

- early spiritual inquisitiveness and self-inquiry

- art being her favorite thing

- tantric Yoga

- the origin story of her Yoga journey

- becoming a Yoga teacher

- incorporating the yamas and niyamas in her daily life

- the importance of meditation

- Ishvara Pranidhana

- the five koshas (or sheaths), energetic layers that veil the true Self

- heeding the inner call to step outside one’s comfort zone

- becoming an author

- following our bliss

- understanding the subtle body

- her favourite pranayama breath techniques

- overcoming fear

- buddhism

- how buddhism philosophy can benefit yogis

- future books she plans on writing

- being of service

- an acknowledgment of some of her mentors

- her biggest challenge and how she overcame it

- what she’s learned about love

- her greatest life lesson she’s learnt on her path thus far

I hope you guys enjoy this podcast as much as we did. We are all on the same path, The Hero’s Journey, just at different points along the way. Thank you so much for listening!

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