Peter's Podcast
Conversations with yoga master Peter Ferko about real yoga, actual happiness, and deep living.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 212
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Ukraine
I talk about our response to the war in Ukraine, and about what ayurveda has to do with our responses. I am Ukrainian on my mother's side and Slovak on my fathers. It's tempting to see this current s…
In Person Again!
Guess what? We're live and in person this week. Plus an online Gita workshop!
Bliss and Darkness
From my hibernation cave, some thoughts about finding our bliss!
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Namaste
Santosha New Year!
In this episode, I talk about santosha, part of the niyamas of yoga's eight limbs. Santosha is most often translated as "contentment," but in fact it's a powerful active practice — a way of living. I…
Finding Time, Like the Vulcans Do
Find time for meditation and that state of mind will be there when you need it!
Two Yogis Walk into a Buddhist Bar
In this episode, Yoga master Wendy Newton and I discuss a practice from Chögyam Trungpa, a master whose teachings are the basis of Shambhala Buddhism. The practice is from Training the Mind and Culti…
Om, the Call to Joy
I talk about the topic of my upcoming workshop "Om, the Call to Joy." And we do a short Om meditation. Join the virtual workshop at ishta yoga.com.
Who Am I?
In this episode, I reflect on Sri Aurobindo's commentary on the Bhagavad Gita.
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Namaste!
Yoga Is …
In this episode, I summarize this thing called yoga. A useful reflection for teachers and practitioners, and a chance for me to explain what I mean when I say “real yoga.”
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Emotion, Attachment, Balance
The Bhagavad Gita puts a lot of emphasis on the gunas — natures forces of action. Today's podcast is a discussion on how those forces interact with our desires and emotions. The Gita says, attachment…
MetaAnatomy w/ Kristin Leal
Kristin Leal is a yoga teacher trainer and yoga anatomy specialist who has a new book out. We discuss MetaAnatomy: A Modern Yogi's Practical Guide to the Physical and Energetic Anatomy of Your Amazin…
Klesha Part 2 Upgrading Human Nature
In this episode, I finish a discussion of the five challenges that humans tackle, and how we can get better at working within our nature rather than expecting circumstances to be different.
Please sup…
Klesha: Part 1 Upgrading Human Nature
In today's episode, I describe the kleshas and elaborate on the first two: Avidya and Asmita.
I mention the ISHTA Yoga Meditation Training that I'm teaching with Alan and Sarah Finger June 8–10.
Plea…
Coming to Grips with Research
I've been viewing a lot of scientific research lately, and I love that it's there. At the same time, it creates an annoying implication that the practices that have been used for generations are susp…
Springtime Every Day
It's almost Spring in the northern hemisphere. It's a kind of Covid Spring as more of us get vaccinated. Today, I talk about the reason to meditate and give yourself a kind of personal Spring every t…
A Valentine Card <3
Happy Valentine's Day to you!
I mention a previous episode when Wendy and I read from Elyse Poppers' The Little Love Book.
Tuning the Chakras
Today, we head to meditation class, where I share a little deeper description of the chakras and how practicing with this as a tool can bring you more understanding and flow in your living.
There's a …
From Us vs. Them to Us and Them
I share some thoughts on a Martin Luther King Day conversation I had with a group of ISHTA Yoga teachers.
Please join me for live-streamed class online at ISHTA. I teach both meditation and asana clas…
Happy Holidays w/Wendy Newton
In this episode, Wendy Newton — yogiraj, polarity therapist, and wife extraordinaire — talks with me about the nature of our holidays. We touch on a bunch of fun topics. Enjoy!
Wendy is hosting the ne…