The Vajrasati Yoga Podcast

Whose Yoga Is It Anyway? is an honest and nuanced conversation between Sophie Allen and Shazia Ginai, centring Shazia’s personal experience of practising and teaching yoga as a woman of Pakistani heritage. Together they explore what it means to move through predominantly white yoga spaces as a brown person, and how culture, lineage, and power quietly shape who feels they belong. Shazia reflects on identity, visibility, and the emotional labour of navigating yoga worlds that weren’t built with her in mind. The episode questions easy narratives of universality and “yoga for everyone,” inviting deeper listening and accountability. It’s a grounded, personal reflection on reclaiming space, voice, and agency within modern yoga.

In this special edition episode of The Vajrasati Yoga Podcast, Jim Tarran and Khadine Morcom interview Tiffany Mendel - a yoga practitioner, somatic therapist, and yoga therapist. Tiffany shares how she was first drawn to yoga, what led her to explore somatic therapies, and how these practices helped her deepen her understanding of the body-mind connection. She offers thoughtful reflections on what Yoga Therapy really is, how it differs from general yoga practice, and what it can offer in terms of healing, presence, and transformation. Whether you’re a student, teacher, or simply curious about yoga’s therapeutic potential, this conversation offers grounded insights and heartfelt exploration. To learn more about Tiffany and her work, visit: https://www.sacredstory.co.uk/about-tiffany

Sophie Allen interviews fellow teacher Zoe Witchell about her relationship with substance abuse, how she first discovered yoga, and offers insights to how we as yoga teachers may be able to make inclusive spaces for people in addiction and/or recovery.

In this episode, I am joined by Vajrasati Yoga founder Jim Tarran, Senior teacher Khadine Morcom, and recent graduate of the school Jeremy Arnold. We delve in to discussing why and how social media effects us in the yoga tradition, what the point is of posting/consuming the images and posts, and how we might approach social media as a tool for teaching.

An interview with Khadine Morcom, senior teacher and co-trainer of the Vajrasati Yoga School.

An interview with Jim Tarran, the founder of Vajrasati Yoga School.