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Through sharing and stories, yoga podcasts can deepen your practice beyond the physical. Our favorite conversations provide wisdom that’s applicable on and off the mat, along with introductions to thought leaders, teachers, and more. Additionally, whether you tend toward levity, philosophy, or cultural commentary, podcasts elevate your yoga practice while fostering a sense of community.
From instructor-to-instructor conversation to witty banter to deep dives into ancient teachings, podcasts can serve as an addition to your physical practice. Read on to discover a selection of yoga podcasts that help expand your understanding of yoga.
16 Yoga Podcasts to Deepen Your Practice
1. Yogaland Podcast
Hosted by yoga teachers, partners, and former Yoga Journal staffers Jason Crandell and Andrea Ferretti, Yogaland’s popularity comes down to process and passion. The couple and their guests explore authentic conversations about poses and technicalities, wellness, teacher tips, and more.
“Yogaland is hands down my favorite podcast,” says author and yoga teacher Sarah Ezrin. “Andrea has been a consistent presence in my yoga teaching over the past ten-ish years; I learn so much about myself and my practice. I especially love listening to her and Jason chat.”
Listen to Yogaland Podcast
2. The Teacher’s Guide to Accessible Yoga
An auditory accompaniment to the book The Teacher’s Guide to Accessible Yoga: Best Practices for Sharing Yoga with Every Body, this limited series podcast finds author Jivana Heyman sharing the interviews that informed his writing. Additionally, the wisdom of these fourteen guest teachers is supplemented by conversations around service, social justice, and living the teachings of yoga.
Listen to The Teacher’s Guide to Accessible Yoga
3. The Funny Thing About Yoga
Yoga teacher and Yoga Journal’s Editor-in-Chief Renee Schettler considers this podcast a respite from some of the yoga space’s occasional intensity. A production of C.A.Y.A. Yoga School, The Funny Thing About Yoga follows hosts Bradshaw Wish and Giana Gambino as they explore all aspects of practicing and teaching yoga, often through a lens of levity, and invite listeners to do the same.
Listen to The Funny Thing About Yoga
4. The Love of Yoga
Host Anjali Rao converses with yoga scholars and changemakers to further listeners’ understanding of yoga as a whole. “This is the only yoga podcast I’ve heard that even mentions caste and brahmanism, much less interviews a Dalit to discuss further,” says yoga teacher Tamika Caston-Miller. “The first episode on the most recent season (“The Trauma of Caste”) has forever impacted my teaching and life as a yoga practitioner.”
Listen to The Love of Yoga
5. On and Off Your Mat
For yoga and mindfulness with a feel-good frequency, press play on this self-improvement podcast. Teacher Erika Belanger invites a slew of teachers and life coaches to share tips and insights applicable to your yoga practice (you guessed it!) on and off your mat.
Listen to On and Off Your Mat
6. Let’s Talk Yoga
“One of my favorites is Let’s Talk Yoga with Arundhati Baitmangalkar,” says teacher Trish Mukherjee. “She’s a yoga teacher who immigrated to the U.S. from India and hosts insightful and compassionate conversations about topics from Sanskrit to cultural appropriation, the business of yoga to anatomy topics like the spine or fascia.”
“Her approach to training yoga teachers ensures that we stay aligned with its most essential teachings,” adds Schettler. “It allows for innovation and evolution but it doesn’t fall into the typical Western traps.”
Listen to Let’s Talk Yoga
7. Cheaper Than Therapy with Vanessa and Dené
“It’s brilliant women bringing their Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) therapy expertise combined with their backgrounds in recovery, yoga (Dené is a yoga teacher), and so much more,” says Ezrin of Cheaper Than Therapy. “I learn something new about myself every episode I listen to and I love the diversity of their offerings. Some podcasts are interviews, others are live workshops, and some are just them conversing.”
Listen to Cheaper Than Therapy with Vanessa and Dené
8. J. Brown Talks Yoga
A go-to podcast for those in want of a candid conversation, yoga teacher and writer J.Brown aims to bring about a “slow revolution” in yoga. Brown invites authors, influencers, and area experts to discuss philosophy, spirituality, synchronicity, and more.
Listen to J. Brown Talks Yoga
9. Yoga Teacher Resource
Mado Hesselink founded Yoga Teacher Resource—a platform that includes coaching and continued education in addition to the eponymous podcast—in an effort to make the classic model of teaching yoga a more sustainable business. The podcast supports this effort by offering resources, camaraderie, and applicable advice for the instructor community.
Listen to Yoga Teacher Resource
10. Yoga Medicine
“Tiffany Cruickshank’s and Rachel Land’s insights around anatomy draw from various cultural traditions and integrate these ancient teachings with contemporary science in a way that’s rarely experienced elsewhere,” says Schettler. Cruickshank, co-founder of Yoga Medicine, Land, and their interviewees are detailed and articulate in their descriptions of anatomy and physiology.
“[Yoga Medicine offers] a wonderful variety of supportive tools for teachers’ personal lives as well as useful tips for sharing yoga with others as a teacher,” adds yoga instructor Denver Clark.
Listen to Yoga Medicine
11. Everyday Ayurveda and Yoga at Hale Pule
Founder and director of Hale Pule Ayurveda & Yoga Myra Lewin shares insights into yoga, holistic healing, and the intuition required to live a conscious life.
Listen to Everyday Ayurveda and Yoga at Hale Pule
12. Sober Girl Yoga
Whether you’re sober curious or simply appreciative of transformation, yoga instructor Alex McRobert‘s podcast serves up story and strategy to spare. McRoberts endeavors to create a supportive space to help listeners ditch addiction in favor of spirituality and authenticity.
Listen to Sober Girl Yoga
13. Vedanta: Ancient Wisdom for Life
“[This podcast] offers truly the best philosophy explanations I’ve ever found. It’s super logical, not esoteric and abstract,” says yoga teacher Rina Jacubowicz of teacher Swami A. Parthasarathy’s podcast. “See if it clicks for you. If it does, I’m so happy for you because you have just been given the roadmap and manual to life’s beautiful treasures.”
Listen to Vedanta: Ancient Wisdom for Life
14. The Yoga Inspired Life
Need a pep talk? Yoga instructor Shayla Quinn aims to inspire. Enjoy episodes that focus on manifestation, boundaries, the realities of teaching, and more. Quinn’s conversations are crafted to motivate while providing relatable insight and education around yoga, popular wellness trends, and more.
Listen to The Yoga Inspired Life
15. Honestly Unbalanced
Hosted by Adam and Holly Husler (yoga teacher and sound healer, respectively), Honestly Unbalanced invites entrepreneurs and practitioners to delve into the hard work and obstacles that come with working in the wellness space.
Listen to Honestly Unbalanced
16. Yoga Is Dead
“My favorite yoga podcast is Yoga is Dead, says yoga teacher Kimberlee Morrison of the short-run series discussing the factors that “killed” yoga as a spiritual practice. “They examine the intersections of power, privilege, cultural appropriation, and capitalism in the yoga industry. The whole series was a huge callout on Western yoga culture, which has subsumed the original cultural context and turned yoga into a fitness practice for skinny white women.”
Listen to Yoga Is Dead
