#51 - Keen on Yoga Podcast with Peg Mulqueen

Keen on Yoga Podcast with Peg Mulqueen, the forerunner of the
Ashtanga podcast and blog with Ashtanga Dispatch. Starting in
2009 I would credit her for providing a general exposure of many
of the well known Ashtanga teachers unique to the time. For, most
of us, not lucky enough to attend their workshops, this was
a democratising of the scene. Moreover it encouraged an
unprecedented sense of community spirit.


Peg is also a mother, teacher and dedicated student of Ashtanga
in her own right. She has been practicing for almost 20 years. At
the same time, bringing up her daughter and spending time as a
writer for Yoga Journal. Living on a farm in rural
Montanta, she presents to me the picture of a well-rounded,
furthermore, accomplished individual.


Peg has interviewed by now all the well-known ashtanga teachers.
In addition she is a voice to be listened to in her own right.
She is adamant about presenting the practice in a realistic and
approachable light. Moreover to women and mothers who are all too
often side-lined in their needs, or assumed to be taught the same
as men.


Meghan, Peg's daughter “officially” joined her work in 2017.
Though she had always been a part of Ashtanga Dispatch, 4 years
ago, she really because her right hand and often better half.


Of course, also in this interview Peg shares a few anecdotes
about her time running Ashtanga Dispatch. And we talk about
the take home points from running a yoga podcast and how it has
affected our own practice.