The Many Shades of Devotion with Tim Feldmann, Wade Oakley and Chandana Bhowmick

Join Kino MacGregor, Tim Feldmann, Wade Oakley and Chandana Bhowmick as they discuss what devotion means for each of them. Finding the fuel of devotion in their practice is more sustainable than the fuel of ambition. Hear how they each found the student’s heart of love in their relationship with their teachers and how they carry the flame of the practice forward today. In the yogic path, we often associate devotion with sweetness—offering flowers, singing mantras, lighting candles. But true devotion is forged in longing. Longing is love stretched out across time. It is the ache that refuses to settle for surface answers. It is the pull of the soul toward something it remembers but has not yet fully touched. This longing—this burning yearning—is not a problem. It is a sign of awakening. Many of us come to yoga not because life is perfect, but because it hurts. We come to the mat with broken hearts, old questions, unseen grief. And often, we feel that unless we are calm or wise, we cannot be truly devotional. Longing is already devotion. When you show up to practice with no guarantees, that is devotion. When you breathe through uncertainty and stay anyway, that is devotion. When your practice becomes the place where you cry, or break, or ask life’s hardest questions—that is holy. It is not the polish of your practice that sanctifies it. It is the depth of your yearning. As students, let your questions live inside you. Don’t rush to fix them. Let them ripen you. Ask not only “What can I master?” but “What do I truly seek?” As teachers, honor the longing in your students. Know that behind every posture, there is a heart that is yearning—not just to stretch—but to understand. Teach not just to instruct—but to witness, to serve that fire. We are not here to douse that fire. We are here to tend it. Ready to explore your own devotion through daily practice? Join the Progressive Ashtanga Challenge — free to join on Omstars.com — and build your practice one step at a time with Kino and a global community. https://omstars.com/courses/progressi... Practice LIVE with me exclusively on Omstars! Start your journey today, your first class is on us at https://omstars.com/free-live-class Follow us on Instagram at   / omstarsofficial   Follow us on Facebook at   / omstarsyoga   Follow us on TikTok at   / omstarsyoga   Listen to our podcast on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...