The Hridaya Podcast: Living with an Open Heart

What happens when all external stimuli disappear—no light, no distraction, no escape?
This episode starts with a beautifully immersive moment of consecration and drop into the Spiritual Heart.

In the conversation, Sahajananda shares insights from his profound experiences in solitude retreats, including extended periods in complete darkness.
We explore what silence and isolation reveal about the mind, the heart, and the deeper layers of consciousness—and how these intense conditions become a gateway to direct experience.
Beyond the extremes, these teachings point to something deeply practical: how to find clarity, presence, and inner stillness in everyday life.

A powerful reflection on solitude, awareness, and what it means to be fully alive.
Interested in diving deeper into solitude and stillness?
We offer annual 28-day and 49-day solitude retreats as well as dark room retreats in both Mexico and France.

Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreats
28-Day Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat
49-Day Pratyabhijna Retreat
Dark Room Retreats

Hridaya was born from a deep yearning to share the message of the Heart with the world.
At our centers in France, Mexico & Romania, we offer non-dual teachings through silent meditation retreats, yoga modules, workshops, and a vibrant community dedicated to living with an open heart.
We aim to help you connect with the inner Self and embrace a life of love, freedom, and joy.
As a non-profit organization, we share these teachings in the spirit of selfless service.

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Welcome to The Hridaya Podcast: Living with an Open Heart, where we share conversations about the non-dual teachings, Self-Inquiry, and how to integrate daily life into spirituality. Each episode features two Hridaya Yoga teachers connecting on a topic that is meaningful to them.
In this episode, Alison Bond and Tasha Friedman discuss devotion.
Originally from Canada, Alison Bond first came to yoga for its health benefits and had no idea that the profound spiritual path unfolding before her would become a deep calling. Since finding Hridaya Yoga in 2012, she has dedicated herself to exploring the deep reality that the non-dual vision points towards. Alison dedicates the majority of her time to sharing spiritual teachings with anyone interested in seeking Truth. In addition to yoga and meditation, she also explores feminine spiritual work as another pointer to our Divine Nature. She trusts that the Heart will continue to illuminate her path and guide her more deeply into love, service, and Stillness.
Tash Friedman has been part of the Hridaya family since 2015, when she participated in her first retreat in Mazunte and fell in love with the path of the Heart. Originally from the United States, in her early 20’s she started searching for deeper meaning. She found a guiding light in Tibetan Buddhism and yoga and soon began to travel the world. Since then, she has completed several long solitary retreats as well as the Hridaya Teacher Training Course. As a teacher, Tasha draws on her own experience as well as her diverse background in Buddhism and Kashmir Shaivism. She loves singing bhajans and walking in the woods.
With centers in Longeval, France, and Mazunte, Mexico, Hridaya Yoga offers accessible yoga and meditation retreats that help people in search of meaning discover their inner Self and experience love, self-confidence, freedom, and joy of a life lived from the Heart.
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Welcome to The Hridaya Podcast: Living with an Open Heart, where we share conversations about the non-dual teachings, Self-Inquiry, and how to integrate daily life into spirituality. Each episode features two Hridaya Yoga teachers connecting on a topic that is meaningful to them.
In this episode, David Coleman and Paige Fletcher discuss addiction.
Originally from the United States, David Coleman's spiritual journey began at a young age with a deep longing for Truth. In 2014, he did his first Hridaya Retreat and discovered the wisdom of the non-dual teachings. This experience caused a profound shift, and ever since, David has dedicated himself to a life of practice, teaching, and service. 
Also from the United States, Paige Fletcher's history of addiction and depression led her on a journey of self-discovery in which she encountered the teachings of the Heart and began practicing Hridaya Hatha Yoga. This immediately kindled her aspiration to discover her true nature, a deep longing to understand what love and freedom really are. Paige is a dedicated yoga and meditation practitioner and has been a Hridaya teacher since 2017.
With centers in Longeval, France, and Mazunte, Mexico, Hridaya Yoga offers accessible yoga and meditation retreats that help people in search of meaning discover their inner Self and experience love, self-confidence, freedom, and joy of a life lived from the Heart.
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Welcome to The Hridaya Podcast: Living with an Open Heart, where we share conversations about the non-dual teachings, Self-Inquiry, and how to integrate daily life into spirituality. Each episode features two Hridaya Yoga teachers connecting on a topic that is meaningful to them.
In this episode, Blanca Amezcua and Claudiu Vaduva discuss sexual trauma.
Originally from Mexico, Blanca Amezcua first discovered the Hridaya teachings in 2015. Ever since, she has been through a profound process of transformation that has awakened her longing for Truth and led her to develop a deep practice of yoga and meditation. Blanca is currently part of the teaching team at our center in Mexico. She is also the founder of a project called “El Corazón Espiritual” (“The Spiritual Heart”), which inspires people to begin the search for their Essential Nature, offering information, classes, and workshops through digital platforms and social media networks.
Since 2005, Claudiu Vaduva has dedicated his life to spiritual matters; this came as a culmination of many intersecting circumstances and tributary interests cultivated since childhood. In 2007, he met Sahajananada, and in 2011, he joined the Hridaya Yoga mission. When involved in teaching, whatever the topic he shares has a single-pointed direction: a rallying towards our essence, which he believes to be of utmost importance for humanity—that shift towards freedom.
With centers in Longeval, France, and Mazunte, Mexico, Hridaya Yoga offers accessible yoga and meditation retreats that help people in search of meaning discover their inner Self and experience love, self-confidence, freedom, and joy of a life lived from the Heart.
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Welcome to The Hridaya Podcast: Living with an Open Heart, where we share conversations about the non-dual teachings, Self-Inquiry, and how to integrate daily life into spirituality. Each episode features two Hridaya Yoga teachers connecting on a topic that is meaningful to them.
In this episode, Valentina Cannavò and Aimee Norton-Taylor discuss healing.
Originally from Italy, Valentina Cannavò was fortunate to travel from a young age. During her travels, she first encountered meditation at a Vipassana retreat. She immediately felt an urge to explore this deeper dimension of Being and cultivated a strong meditation practice, serving and sitting in many retreats. Valentina arrived at Hridaya Yoga Mexico in 2012 and fell in love with the encompassing vision and teachings of the Heart. She became a teacher in 2014 and teaches Hatha Yoga, silent meditation retreats, and yoga and meditation workshops in Europe, Asia, and North America.
Aimee Norton-Taylor came to Hridaya to discover how to live from the Heart and if it was possible to have a calm and peaceful state of mind. Hridaya’s 10-day silent meditation retreat and Module 1 bought about a significant shift in her life, and she has never looked back. Back in New Zealand, a simple background in yoga and meditation was enough to fuel the fire to continue the journey. In 2016, she found Hridaya Yoga and began what has become a deep connection with the teachings of the Spiritual Heart and Self-Inquiry. In addition to teaching and practicing Hridaya Meditation and Hatha Yoga, Aimee offers Cranial Therapy combined with aromatherapy and bodywork as well as sessions for opening the hips and restorative practices.
With centers in Longeval, France, and Mazunte, Mexico, Hridaya Yoga offers accessible yoga and meditation retreats that help people in search of meaning discover their inner Self and experience love, self-confidence, freedom, and joy of a life lived from the Heart.
Want to know more about Hridaya? Visit our website.
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