The Yoga Podcast Episode # 7 Kino MacGregor

The Yoga Podcast

03/22/15 • 62 min

I had a chance to record this episode "live". And what a difference it makes!

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Kino is one of those teachers that barely needs introduction because she is super famous, he has a quarter million subscribers to her YouTube channel, 679,000 followers on Instagram, 43,000 followers on Twitter and another quarter million (almost) Facebook likes to her page.

She has also been on the cover of Yoga Journal many times.

She is one of those very rare teachers who has gone very deep down the asana route, currently learning the 5th series of Ashtanga Yoga which is the equivalent of performing an athletic feast worth of many gold medals in the olympics, and she is a pleasure to talk to.

What is Special About Kino

Reading her book "Sacred Fire" her story feels like a fairy tale. She caught the yoga bug very early on and started traveling to India in her early 20s. Her ability in asana and her power to communicate and teach make her a great combination, so much so that she attracts massive numbers of students wherever she travels.

But it was not all fairy tale.

She also had to take a lot of heat from the "yoga police" which as you know by now, does exist.... I know... I can barely believe it myself but there is such a thing.

She has been bashed and criticized for her outreach and for trying to expand the circle of people she reaches with her passion, which is yoga.

Today the Miami Life Center is a vibrant store front on 6th street in South Beach. It is always full of people and great energy and there are great instructors always present, with assistants. They also have great workshops going on all the time.

And the best part about Kino is that she comes with Tim. Tim Feldman, who is also a very advanced and serious practitioner is her husband and together they created the center. I hope to have Tim on the podcast soon as well.

What We Talked About

Her beginnings with yoga... Her first class

Kino meets Govinda, her first teacher of Ashtanga

Her first trip to Mysore

Meeting Tim and the love story

The hardships of a long distance relationship

Her first Vipassana Silent Meditation 10 day retreat, and her second

Discovering body image issues around the legs and hips

Opening the Miami Life Center - It was NOT easy

The "yoga police" and how she deals with haters

The stereotypes around women being more flexible and men stronger - Not necessarily true

What took Kino a very long time to understand