Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Yoga is not only training the body. It is training the mind.
The physical practice may bring us to the mat, but what keeps us returning year after year is something much deeper. Through breath, repetition, concentration, and awareness, yoga reveals the patterns of the mind and teaches us how to work with them consciously.
The real work of practice begins when we start observing our thoughts instead of immediately reacting to them. Fear, distraction, self-judgment, resistance, comparison. All of these arise in practice just as they arise in life.
Yoga gives us a method for staying present through all of it.
In this week’s episode of Yoga Inspiration, we reflect on yoga as mind training through the teachings of the Bhagavad Gītā, the Yoga Sūtra, and the lineage of Ashtanga Yoga.
Practice with us on @omstarsofficial and listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/230-yoga-is-mind-training-how-to-steady-the-mind/id1506670499?i=1000770182941
#yogainspirationpodcast #kinomacgregor #omstars #ashtangayoga #yogaphilosophy
Get started here: yoga.omstars.com/partner-program-kino-macgregor
Follow @KinoYoga on Instagram for inspiration!
Kino MacGregor is a yoga teacher, best-selling author, co-founder of Miami Life Center and Omstars, a leading online yoga platform. She has practiced yoga for over 25 years and meditation for over 20. she is one of only a few students to begin the challenging Fifth Series of Ashtanga Yoga and receive the Certification to teach from its founder K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India.
Yoga is not only training the body. It is training the mind.
The physical practice may bring us to the mat, but what keeps us returning year after year is something much deeper. Through breath, repetition, concentration, and awareness, yoga reveals the patterns of the mind and teaches us how to work with them consciously.
The real work of practice begins when we start observing our thoughts instead of immediately reacting to them. Fear, distraction, self-judgment, resistance, comparison. All of these arise in practice just as they arise in life.
Yoga gives us a method for staying present through all of it.
In this week’s episode of Yoga Inspiration, we reflect on yoga as mind training through the teachings of the Bhagavad Gītā, the Yoga Sūtra, and the lineage of Ashtanga Yoga.
Practice with us on @omstarsofficial and listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/230-yoga-is-mind-training-how-to-steady-the-mind/id1506670499?i=1000770182941
#yogainspirationpodcast #kinomacgregor #omstars #ashtangayoga #yogaphilosophy
Get started here: yoga.omstars.com/partner-program-kino-macgregor
Follow @KinoYoga on Instagram for inspiration!
Kino MacGregor is a yoga teacher, best-selling author, co-founder of Miami Life Center and Omstars, a leading online yoga platform. She has practiced yoga for over 25 years and meditation for over 20. she is one of only a few students to begin the challenging Fifth Series of Ashtanga Yoga and receive the Certification to teach from its founder K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India.
