#ChakraTALKS A Chakra Community Chat with Yoga Teachers

Joining our #Chakrachat on Grounding is Teacher Ayman Khatib from Lebanon. Ayman is an international Yoga teacher, Thai Yoga massage teacher and practitioner. Yoga has been a part of his life since 2003. In 2012, he started a journey in Asia that showed him the true purpose of life and resulted in ending his corporate career and becoming a Yoga teacher. He has travelled, learnt and taught in many yoga centres and ashrams around the world. The experience made him realise his own dharma to share his findings of the traditional and authentic yogic science and philosophy. Ayman is known for his calmness in conducting warm and inviting classes and workshops that are best described as physically, mentally and spiritually uplifting.

23 Jan 202152min

Opening January with Grounding for 2021! Season 2 Episode 1 Our #Chakrachat guest is Charmaine Cu Unjieng was an epidemiologist working on public health programs in the Asia-Pacific, including HIV projects. She believes deeply in the calming and healing power of meditation; so, to deepen her mindfulness practice, she enrolled in yoga teacher training (YTT) with Bliss Yoga Manila. She is the co founder of Yoga for Life - A community of yogis and advocates empowering people living with, and affected by, HIV through the practice of yoga. Currently she leads the NGO named IAHV - The International Association for Human Values (IAHV) offers programs to reduce stress and develop leaders so that human values can flourish in communities. We were established in 1997, and in the Philippines in 2008.

21 Jan 202146min

We all heard about the benefits of a plant-based diet, which is why you’re keen on making the transition or deciding yet. But behavior change isn’t easy, and no doubt you have a lots of questions about eating plants. Join us as we chat with Ros Ben on How to start plant based diet as way to help environment!

18 Dec 20201h 28min

A typical Laughter Yoga session involves some warm-up clapping and chanting ("Ho, ho, ha, ha, ha"), a few deep breaths with prolonged exhalation, 15 to 20 minutes of laughter exercises interspersed with deep breathing, and then 15 to 20 minutes of laughter meditation Join us with Teacher Dixon Yasay for this Laughter Yoga experience! Tune in!

14 Dec 202037min

Joining our 14th episode before the Season Finale is Angela Schwartz from Washington DC, USA. ( @meetmeonmymat ) She was former special education teacher of many years, now a Certified Yoga Teacher with additional certifications in Restorative and Yin practices. Trained as a Y12SR (Yoga of 12 Step Recovery) Leader, a Trauma Recovery Yoga method teacher, and an Accessible Yoga Instructor. Meet Me On My Mat offers virtual and outdoor classes and private sessions for you, your family, your friends, your colleagues, or wherever you find yourself in community. And every last Sunday of every month, she headed a community called DIY (Day of International Yoga) with a diverse Yoga teachers sharing a full day of yoga classes from around the world. Tune in and get to know the Teacher Angela!

12 Dec 202042min

Opening December with #Chakrachat with Teacher Eauaua on the benefits of Kundalini. Denise (also known as Eauaua) @Denrocs is a certified teacher in several styles of yoga including Yin, Laughter and Hatha. But has found her true calling as a Kundalini Yoga Teacher, and is certified under the Kundalini Research Institute, as well as Yoga Alliance. She is a certified Sound Healer under Swami Chaitanya Krishna of Golden Temple Singing Bowls in Nepal. Denise utilizes the power of the gong, a sacred instrument for sound healing and relaxation, as well as the Tibetan Singing Bowls and Crystal Bowls whose frequencies balance the body’s energies. She has also practiced and studied various methods of meditation, and other spiritual modalities. When it comes to being a lifestyle writer, PR and events specialist, a tarot and oracle card reader, she remains equally zealous in all. This also includes managing her family insurance business, RAROCO Insurance Brokers, full-time as president, not to mention gardening and soap-making. Regardless of her many pursuits, Denise lives with her head in the clouds, but with her feet on the ground.

8 Dec 20201h 11min

October is Mental Health Awareness Month— a global campaign to promote mental health awareness. #Chakrachat started with an aim to create a virtual space and platform for deeper conversations on a certain topics pertaining to managing the pandemic. Teacher Rachel Bonifacio ( @rachbonifacio ) has a charming and bubbly personality known to everyone. She is an entrepreneur with 18 years of experience working in the corporate landscape, primarily in the human resources and training. She's taken up her Masters in Psychology from Southville International School and Colleges and her undergrad degree in Business Management from the College of Holy Spirit. Her continuing education courses come from Ateneo de Manila University, University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton University, and is an alumna of FLOW Coaching Institute in Toronto. Apart from corporate training, Rachel administers psychological counseling and life coaching for Lighthouse Wellness and Life Coaching Services and is a certified yoga and meditation teacher for Treehouse Yoga Philippines, both of which she owns.

28 Nov 202048min

Honored to have you on #Chakrachatter as guest for our 13th Episode! Thank you Nicole Abas Datayan ) @nikitv ) for sharing you light on coping up the pandemic & about livestreaming in this times! Tune in this weekend once the episode comes out in Spotify& other digital platforms.

28 Nov 202031min