Ashtanga Dispatch

Ashtanga Dispatch Ashtanga Dispatch is a global and inclusive yoga community — offering support and inspiration. That said, it’s still the one that gets most of the attention.

Ashtanga Yoga is so much more than just a dynamic series of postures, it is a method for self exploration and development that may begin with the physical body, but certainly doesn’t end there. After all, Ashtanga is a Sanskrit word that means eight-limbed, and in yoga, āsana is just one of those branches. Which is why we founded Ashtanga Dispatch, as a way towards re-membering the parts that some

times go missing. By weaving in various other elements of mindfulness and self study through our podcasts, essays, and courses, it is our hope to broaden and inspire your understanding of practice. But also, as home practitioners, we know well how lonely it can be to practice alone. Plus, how hard we are already on ourselves. Which was our other reason for creating this online community — to offer the support and a sense of belonging that we also crave. To remind you that when life (and practice) gets hard, you’re not alone. You have us. And we’re so grateful you have found your way here. xx Peg + Meghan

05/28/2026

Can one atone without disclosing actual sins?

Is Santos wrong in wanting to hold Langdon accountable?

What makes Langdon so easy to forgive and Santos so easy to dislike?

Does Peg need to stop obsessing over The Pitt?

These are all questions I’m pondering at the moment. Would love to hear your thoughts. 💭

05/15/2026

Ok everyone! The podcast is now live — and here’s another short(ish) preview.

Also, a few side notes:

1. I love love LOVE doing this with ! She is lively, engaging, and willing to challenge me in thoughtful and insightful ways.

2. I stand by the fact that the women I mentor are brilliant. And

3. Please, for the love of God — can we PLEASE stop teaching series and postures in yoga and start teaching people? (This is something also just posted about because she, too, is brilliant!)

I really do want to say more about this. But I’m going to hold off and perhaps save for a future episode. Instead, I will leave you with a thought i’ve been tossing around in my head:

As a 60-year-old woman with osteoarthritis and a bum hip, I could probably walk (or hobble) into any yoga room and be allowed to do what I need to take care of me.

But (and here’s my question) — why must one be old and infirm to be afforded this right?

If I were younger and less obviously in pain, would I be called lazy? Would my block and/or blanket be taken away? Would I be stopped from utilizing postures out of order that were not only accessible but needed?

This last one, in some rooms, maybe. Which is ridiculous. And even a little bit cruel.

Anyway, what do YOU think? Comment below 👇🏽

And then, go ahead and have a listen to this newest episode of the Ashtanga Dispatch podcast with Zoe and me, which you can find anywhere you like to listen

Also, the full, unedited, version is up on our Youtube — an accident that I just can’t be bothered (don’t have the energy or motivation to fix. So if that’s your jam, have at it! 😅

05/08/2026

*A NEW SERIES OF PODCASTS*

A big welcome to my co-host this season— We’ve been having many of these important (and sometimes risky and difficult) conversations in private and have decided to now make them public.

Personally, I can’t bear for cases of abuse in yoga to be treated like America’s school shootings. As in, ‘thoughts and prayers’ when it happens, but no real change after.

There’s a whole lot of good within our community — along with some inherently damaging dogma and authoritative practices. it’s this we want to discuss.

Like all living traditions, ours is one meant to grow and evolve. Dialogue is one way to initiate that process — by shining a light into our shadow.

So that is our intention in this upcoming series of podcasts. And for this, we also need you — your input, your concerns, your thoughts and ideas.

About this, we are sincere. Please feel free to comment or message us with any of the above.

Because real change never happens from the top down and only ever from the ground.

To follow the conversation, make sure you subscribe Ashtanga Dispatch podcast available wherever you like to listen.

Episode 1 drops next week.

I received so many beautiful, heartfelt messages from women after reading my last substack on midlife. One woman spoke s...
03/28/2026

I received so many beautiful, heartfelt messages from women after reading my last substack on midlife. One woman spoke specifically of place — how the place she is does not feel like her and yet she cannot (yet) be in a place that does.

And since this sums up many of the messages I received, I wanted to share my reply in hopes it helps others:

“It is as I said: this could be the story of so many women I know at this important threshold.

Thresholds are truly about this kind of sorting. Thresholds provide clarity and vision. They don’t show us the way — they are the way!

Look for this within the elements rather than a place you cannot be at the moment.

What speaks to you there from the land (and sea and sky and wind and the scape). These give us a better idea of what it is we are desperate for, where we are, and until we can return to our soul place.”

We will discuss more in tomorrow’s online gathering. I will put link to the substack in today’s story or you can visit pegmulqueen.substack.com for the registry link.

In the meantime, a few pics of my special places, in mountains, by rivers, with my (not so little anymore) adventurous companion. 🐾

This ancient story of stolen skin is still hauntingly relevant ... This seal-woman who loses her self and her way while ...
03/25/2026

This ancient story of stolen skin is still hauntingly relevant ... This seal-woman who loses her self and her way while surviving an alien world.

Of course, It is her nature to adapt. She is a shapeshifter, after all, and all too practiced at becoming what others need her to be.

But that kind of shapeshifting also comes at a cost.

>> NEW ESSAY ON SUBSTACK
>>LIVE ONLINE GATHERING THIS SUNDAY TO DISCUSS

pegmulqueen.substack.com

More and more, this is the one question I ask myself — in what I practice, in working with others, in what I say, and in...
03/20/2026

More and more, this is the one question I ask myself — in what I practice, in working with others, in what I say, and in what I post.

Do I think this will be helpful?

So not: Will this be popular? Will others approve? Not even, do I think this is right?

None of that really matters if what is popular, pleasing, or my version of right is also completely unhelpful.

I am no longer concerned with convention. I don’t follow shoulds, stick to a script, or think anyone should stick to mine. If something works — great. If it doesn’t, let’s find something that does.

Do what helps. And stay away from what hurts.

Oftentimes, it really is just as simple as that.

03/15/2026

It’s been a hot minute since i’ve posted here, but in today’s Mentorship session, we talked about the obstacles we meet in practice.

It’s my belief that these challenges are not signs we are doing something wrong. Rather, obstacles are our allies, they are our teachers.

What challenges are you facing at the moment? Do tell!

Well, I suppose that’s a wrap. And kind of like yoga, the effort to get there I never mind. Rather, it’s the letting go ...
02/13/2026

Well, I suppose that’s a wrap. And kind of like yoga, the effort to get there I never mind. Rather, it’s the letting go bit that gets me every time!

01/23/2026

“You ready?”

That’s my cue to Skye (my working pup) that I’m going to give her a command — you ready? She then immediately shifts her attention to me, eager to get started.

Skye is always ready! 😂 But how about us? Are we ready?

Adhikāra is to make oneself ready to learn. And it’s the readiness we talked about on the second morning of our retreat here in Tasmania.

But also, it’s this readiness that is describing in the clip — a throwback from 2016 thanks to my good friend who had on his phone and sent me the other day. ❤️ it’s a clip from a podcast we recorded, the three of us together.

I just adore John’s description of inquiry and imagination — powers we are all born with. John has such a way as a teacher of inspiring these qualities! But it’s also a state of awareness we want to always keep and protect —

A curious mind. A mind, unattached. A mind that leaves room for imagination.

That’s adhikāra — it’s the practice of being a student.

Speaking of which … You ready?
Because our 2026 Mentorship begins February 7th!
>> Link is in our bio.

When we plant a seed, we make a hole and plunge it into the darkness. It’s here that the miracle begins.Hidden from our ...
01/20/2026

When we plant a seed, we make a hole and plunge it into the darkness. It’s here that the miracle begins.

Hidden from our eyes, the seed breaks open and a new life unfurls. It’s a process we trust without truly understanding.

I feel like that’s what Meghan and I did when we began our Mentorship program.

It was the intimacy and learning we craved, something more than the usual tutorials and āsana.

And so, with this intention, we cultivated the space and planted the seed, never truly knowing what (or even if) it would grow.

Four years later, the group has taken on a life of its own and grown into something more beautiful and meaningful than either of us could’ve imagined.

The 2026 cycle begins in just a few weeks. We hope you’ll join us.

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