They get right into Bre’s run “training” overview before transitioning into Alan’s Jiu Jitsu routine. This past weekend in Jiu Jitsu he got a bad neck injury, so he had to readjust by watching, “taking notes” & focus on his self care routine. Bre’s jealous of Alan’s sauna, what a treat. Brief rundown of the benefits of a sauna in terms of healing. Talking about necks leads them into headstands & both of their philosophies around teaching or not teaching certain poses in yoga. They both feel strongly about the way they transition students between external and neutral poses in the hips. The main point of all this yoga pose talk is the importance of people learning about & understanding their own body & what is best for you. Awareness, get in tune with your body. Alan leads us in breath & frog pose- woohoo! Bre briefly shares her recent learnings from an Ayurveda module in her 800 hour therapy program. Shout out to Amrit Institute for Bre’s training. Ayurveda is the sister science to yoga. Alan shares a funny story about his first experience learning about Ayurveda in his yoga training- the teacher shared that she gave herself a sesame oil massage in sheets [no spoiler alert here.] There’s a little discussion of the elements that each of us are made of- air, ether, fire, water, earth- and the imbalances that can happen causing dis-ease, illness, symptoms. So much ancient medicine is disregarded as hocus pocus, but it’s been around much longer than western medicine, so there must be something to it. Both agree a balance of ancient, traditional, eastern medicine & western medicine is the way. This is why Alan tries to make Yoga accessible because you lose people with the “hippie” & he tries to show people that it exists, experience leads to questions. Bre talks about she’s gone off the deep end, not holding back the dharma yogi talks & has been surprised by the response. Yoga teachers who do not bring philosophy into the practice are doing it a disservice, it is more than a fitness workout. Alan emphasizes whatever gets people in the door is most important. They both try to bring the human-ness to yoga & vice versa. The conversation evolves into polarities, duality, conflict, the culture of us & them that exists right now creating so much separation & hatred. Politics sneak their way in because of the idea of divisiveness & separation. Also the pandemic has been surprising because there is not a clear line of who falls on which side, however there is still this us & them, for or anti mentality. Little vax talk. All of our decisions come from personal experience. Overall there needs to be less shaming & judging. Alan reiterates that bias will always exist, so let’s talk about it & more importantly LISTEN! It feels like it’s diverging from yoga but that is the yoga, coming back to oneness, union, impersonal polarities is nature. The mind brings us out of the moment, yoga brings you back to breath & sensation which is the only moment we experience, the present moment. This gives us freedom. Alan talks about big T Truth & little t truth. They break down are humans inherently good or inherently evil/ bad?! How you see the world is will be true to you, you have the power of choice. Journal prompt: What is your big T Truth? Are they actually small t truths? Think of a person who in the past you disagreed with, can you write about a way that you do connect with them. Triggers that came up & what was the sensation with it, without the story. HUGE THANK YOU to the Allyson Band https://allysonband.com/ for the podcast’s music and Brianna Cote http://briannacote.com for photography and cover design. Referenced in the podcast: Being conscious about what we consume, how we consume and where we consume, please support your local bookstore, they can typically order most books for you if they don’t have it in the store.
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Free your mind- En Vogue
