Leadership and Yoga fam, this is an immersive episode brought to life with music and sound effects rather than the usual video, and it is a special one because it includes words from listeners in our community. This episode will start with the discussion of the feeling of magic, and then turn to how yoga is the basis of all this magic.
Today I am here to remind you of all that is beautiful about the yoga lifestyle, the devotion to ritual and the energy that yogic practices and ideas can bring us. And if you have never practiced yoga, this is to give you the feeling, or the mood. And once you catch the mood, you might find that you have the energy to start yoga, afterall. Maybe you will have the spark to restart, to refocus, to redesign, to retry something as a result of this episode.
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Thank you to specific influence in concepts from: Troy Lucero, David Swenson, Marie Belle PR, Manuel Oria, Ki McGraw, Richard Rudd, Joshua Schrei
Thank you for listener contributions by: Olivia Ottolino, Amanda Wright,
Jael Chiari, Maddie LaRochelle, Molly Simpson
Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
03:04 Magic shop
07:00 Magic is
10:38 Yoga is
12:55 Yoga magic tricks & traditions
16:12 Devotion to yoga
17:20 Starting a yoga practice
19:00 Liberation through yoga
24:00 How to change
27:30 Samadhi and flow state
31:00 Taoist energy principles
33:13 If you can spot the light, you’ve got the light
36:45 Who yoga is for
38:15 The essence of yoga & of you
