What 9 Trips to Mysore Teach You About Devotion, Discipline & Real Life | with Tina Bock (Video)

About this episode

The episode explores the intersection of yoga practice and real life through the experiences of Tina Bock.

What if the most devoted yoga practice isn't happening at 5am in a Mysore shala — but in stolen afternoon hours between school pickups, on the floor of a LifeTime gym, to whatever music felt right that morning? Harmony and Russell sit down with Tina Bock — Authorized Level 2 Ashtanga yoga teacher, mother of two, eight-year Abu Dhabi expat, and lifelong New Jersey girl — for exactly the kind of conversation Ashtangis have been having since the first Western students sat outside the shala gates with instant coffee and nowhere else to be. Warm, funny, philosophical, and completely real.Tina received her Level 2 authorization from the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore, India under the late R. Sharath Jois. She has been teaching since 2012, has taught workshops and teacher trainings in more than 14 countries, made nine trips to India for ongoing study, and is currently practicing what she calls the "Seventh" and final series: parenting. Her path was not a straight line. From a 200-hour training in Goa at 22 (chosen because it was a thousand dollars for the whole month), to years of private lessons in Abu Dhabi palaces, to nine Mysore pilgrimages, to learning Third…

People in this episode

Hosts: Harmony Slater, Russell

Guest: Tina Bock

Topics covered

• yoga practice
• devotion
• discipline
• parenting
• self-improvement
• life balance

Keywords

• Ashtanga yoga
• Mysore
• yoga teacher
• self-practice
• parenting
• discipline
• devotion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute

Places: Mysore, Abu Dhabi, New Jersey, Goa

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