Chris Abay Podcast
Inspirational conversations that explore what connects real people to their own dreams and how they change their lives to follow their true purpose"Take your passion and make it happen"
Episodes
31 episodes
S4:E2 YinWave — Breath Nidra for pure relaxation
For this special episode, headphones are strongly recommended.A short, immersive Yoga Nidra experience designed to help you soften tension, quiet the nervous system, and deeply relax in just 10 minutes.This guided breathing...
S4:E1 YinWave — Yoga Nidra for better smiles...
Season 4: Feel the wave of Yoga Nidra - deep practice without movement:In this Nidra practice, Chris from YinWave by AbaYoga invites you to wonder off into a safe space to lighten latent tension and reconnect your happier self with an op...
S3:E7 YinWave — How do you practice Yoga when yo cant do the poses?
In this season finale episode, I bring together the softer practices explored across the season, Yin, myofascial release, breathwork, meditation, and Yoga Nidra, not as separate tools, but as one integrated approach to healing.Working wi...
NOT Ep 7 - Unofficial & Off Piste rogue episode... recorded after my surgery
I probably shouldn’t have recorded this.I'm four days after shoulder surgery... tired, uncomfortable, slightly spaced out and yet this felt like the most honest moment to speak.This isn’t a polished update. It’s not “on b...
S3:E6 YinWave — How Myofascial Release becomes the 'Search for Precision'
Yin Yoga is often misunderstood as simply slow stretching. But in reality, Yin can become something much more interesting, it's explorative way of listening to the connective tissue and discovering where the body is holding tension.
S3:E5 YinWave — Why Yin isn't the 'soft option'
Yin is often misunderstood as gentle, passive, or “just stretching.” But what if the real strength of a practice isn’t how much effort it demands — but how much staying power it cultivates?In this episode, Chris explores ...
S3:E4 YinWave — What is the "Decompression Zone"?
This is the sweetspot of the series where we share where the new direction of the studio is and how th horizon is changing.The decompression zone is that space everybody needs to balance the immense effort it takes to progress through "l...
S3:E3 YinWave — What Fascia Actually is... (and isn't)
Fascia has become one of the most talked-about words in modern movement, yoga, and bodywork — and also one of the most misunderstood.In this episode, I gently strip fascia back to what it actually is… and what it definitely isn’t....
S3:E2 YinWave — Why forcing flexibility backfires
In this episode, I gently challenge one of the most common beliefs in movement and yoga culture: that flexibility is something you push your way into.If stretching harder, longer, or more often was the answer, many of us would a...
S3:E1 YinWave — Why Yin Is Not Stretching
An audio introduction to fascia-informed Yin Yoga, explaining how it differs from stretching and why slowness and sustained stillness support real tissue change.Many people come to Yin Yoga thinking it’s simply long, passive stretching, ...
1st Free Yoga Nidra - 10 mins
Hey this is Chris!I recently completed a wonderful training course in Yoga Nidra with the amazing Melanie Cooper & Jennie Sharma.They trained us well and encouraged us to give away free recordings of Yoga Nidra because you nev...
S2: E11 Micheal James Wong - Finding Quiet in a busy world
One of my teachers now runs a Mindfulness Movement called Just Breathe. In this interview MJ navigates the journey from the noise of a busy life, strong physical practice (including Yoga) & personal demands from family to the therapeutic va...
S2 : E10 Flying solo with Authenticty
Greetings from Spain!In this is a super quick listen, just 16 minutes long, no guest this time - just me chatting with you... I share a journey of discovery from a seemingly blind mistake to a place of deep authenticity.<...
S2: E9 Michelle Watson, Psychotherapist - what is happiness?
This week I chat with much loved Michelle Watson, devoted student at the studio and practicing Psychotherapist. Those who know her, LOVE her.She's quiet and sincere and holds space where others get nervous. Together we ask th...
S2: E8: Allie Hill, Life, Yoga and my journey through cancer
S2: E8 Catching cancer in time saves & changes lives.This week I chat with a mother & serial entrepreneur who is so busy its amazing how she found time to pay enough attention to herself to save her own life and in ...
S2: E7: Spotting burnout before you crash...
How are you? "Fine..." Hmm (!)This weeks' guest suffered horrific mental burnout by avoiding connection with his truth and only just lived to tell the tale. He now helps others avoid the downward spiral that outward success so often att...
S2: E6: The Relationship Therapy Dynamic Duo
Meet Matt and Corinna, a dynamic duo of relationship therapists with a unique, spiritual approach.With years of experience, Matt and Corinna have developed a special ability to guide couples and individuals through the unseen layers of ...
S2 : E5: Personal boundaries and self sabotage
In a world crammed with people trying to 'do' more & more the inability set and maintain healthy personal boundaries is a modern epidemic.Spotting the early warning signs of self sabotage and creating healthy boundaries with others ...
S2: E4: The Psychologist - Noticing childhood behaviour patterns and how to release them.
This week I chat with practicing Transpersonal Psychotherapist & teacher of Yoga teachers around the world, Jamie Clarke of TYP International to uncover how unconscious behaviour patterns from childhood affect our spirituality in adult life...
S2: E3: Orbit 55
A special, off-the-cuff episode recorded on my birthday using me as the guest sharing 14 lof my own life hacks. It took more courage to do this one because I had no one to dance with - it's just me...With love,Chris xx
VIP Area: Relaxation Recording - Chakra Meditation (10 Mins)
Chakra balancing meditaion using audio panning technology for faster effects
VIP Area: Relaxation Recording - Box Breathing (10mins)
Subliminal Box Breathing Recording - use headphonesThis is a subliminally soothing recording which only works using headphones because it sends soft messages of relaxation to the left ear whilst the right ear focuses on th...
S2: E2: The Surgeon - How to look after your joints for life.
This week I interview Dr Arvind Mohan, leading orthopaedic surgeon specialising in shoulder replacements, hand & wrist reconstructions and sports injuries. Dr Mohan talks us through how to pay better attention to our joints so ...
S2: E1: The Musician - Inadequacy to New York & a Debut Album
Are You Paying Attention to ...Yourself?This week I interview the wildly talented & obsessively practiced musician, Ophelia Gordon, who learned the hard way that what you lack in childhood CAN become the gift you repurpose to propel you...
S1 E7 : Highly qualified & highly dissatisfied, how Wyndham James found his magic
From aspiring actor & ruthless salesman to giving mediator & loving family man, this week I interview local entrepreneur Wyndham James to find out how & where he found his true purpose in life.Having lived up to his parents'...