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DIVO- TED TalksMany Paths, One Truth: Yoga, Discernment & Staying Grounded in a Divided World | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on perception, AI, spiritual bypassing, embodiment & honoring your place in the whole⸻Quote from the Episode:“There is one truth — but there are many paths to it, and many lived experiences of it.”⸻Description:In this thoughtful and timely episode of DIVOted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores truth, perception, and discernment in an era of AI, misinformation, and deep societal division. As technology rapidly reshapes how reality is presented and consumed, Nicholas returns to yoga and Ayurveda as grounding frameworks for navigating complexity without losing cla...
2026-01-1909 minDIVO- TED TalksDigesting Life Without Being Devoured: Yoga, Suffering & the Practice of Resilience| DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on kleshas, energetic digestion, staying centered in a dense world & learning how to recover faster⸻ Quote from the Episode:“Suffering is always waiting — but practice determines how long it stays.”⸻Description:In this grounded and contemplative episode of DIVOted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on the density of modern life, the inevitability of suffering, and the yogic practices that help us meet difficulty without being overwhelmed by it. While ancient humans lived closer to natural cycles, today’s world asks us to digest an unrelenting...
2026-01-1209 minDIVO- TED TalksTethering to Truth in the Kali Yuga: Illusion, Identity & Remembering What’s Real | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on discernment, cyclical wisdom, spiritual grounding & staying awake in an age of distortion⸻Quote from the Episode:“Maybe the only truth you can verify is this: I am. And sometimes that’s enough to anchor a whole life.”⸻Description:In this reflective and philosophically rich DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps takes a deep look at illusion, truth, ego, and the strange spiritual terrain of the Kali Yuga — the yogic age defined by distortion, confusion, and the elevation of shadows over substance. Using modern examples from everyda...
2026-01-0910 minDIVO- TED TalksWhen Life Tilts Sideways: Manifestation, Meaning, Yoga & the Moments That Shape Us | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on perception, energetic alignment, self-trust & the subtle choreography of life⸻Quote from the Episode:“We only see what we expect to see — and life keeps offering evidence for whatever story we’re tuned into.”⸻Description:In this grounded and gently mystical DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on a cascade of strange little mishaps—spilled water, loose fixtures, skittish pets, unexpected breakdowns—and how these moments reveal the deeper mechanics of manifestation, attention, and energetic resonance. Why do certain patterns repeat? Why do frustrations cluster? And how...
2026-01-0709 minDIVO- TED TalksWhen Life Gets Messy: Mindfulness, Manifestation & the Meaning Behind “Accidents” | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on unconscious living, energetic resonance, slowing down & the subtle signs life keeps sending⸻Quote from the Episode:“The universe doesn’t distinguish between want and don’t want — only what you’re resonating with.”⸻Description:In this honest and humorous DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps unpacks a streak of frustrating “accidents” — spilled water, loose objects, startled baby rats — and asks the deeper yogic question: What’s actually happening beneath these repetitive moments? Through the lens of manifestation, Ayurveda, and mindful awareness, Nicholas explores how unconscious speed, scatter...
2026-01-0510 minDIVO- TED TalksBooks, Crystals & the Yoga of Letting Life Arrange Itself | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on non-attachment, intuitive living, yamas/niyamas & trusting what belongs to you⸻Quote from the Episode:“Things meant for you will make themselves known — and things not meant for you will make themselves gone.”⸻Description:In this reflective and delightfully metaphysical DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the energetic relationships we have with objects, books, crystals, and the subtle “permission slips” that help us evolve. Why do certain books call to us long before we read them? Why do some items arrive in our lives only to later...
2026-01-0208 minDIVO- TED TalksBurnout, Boundaries & the Yogic Wisdom of Knowing Your Capacity | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on depletion, vata imbalance, self-honoring limits & redefining what it means to “show up”⸻Quote from the Episode:“If you burn yourself out doing what ‘can’t wait,’ you’ll still end up having to rest — just with more damage to repair.”⸻Description:In this grounded and revealing DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on burnout, capacity, overgiving, and the subtle ways we push ourselves past our limits in the name of being responsible, reliable, or strong. Teaching hot yoga daily, speaking constantly, navigating vata season, and running a...
2025-12-3109 minDIVO- TED TalksYou Are Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Reflection on Ancestry, Presence & Remembering What We Are | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on vata season, lost traditions, queer lineage, idealism & becoming gratitude instead of chasing it⸻Quote from the Episode:“What would your life be like if you were gratitude, not someone trying to have it?”⸻Description:In this tender and contemplative Thanksgiving episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on grief, lineage, vata season unraveling, and the modern world’s fractured relationship with gratitude. Through personal stories about family, loss, studio life, and the emotional whiplash of the holidays, he asks one striking question: What if gratitude wasn’t som...
2025-12-2908 minDIVO- TED TalksWhen Opinions Become Armor: Yoga, Ego & the Courage to Stand Firm Without Losing Yourself | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on tribalism, judgment, resilience & remembering your own center⸻Quote from the Episode:“If every little thing threatens your worldview, maybe the worldview isn’t representing the world.”⸻Description:In this bold and refreshingly honest episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps dives into the wild world of online conflict, social media “tribes,” and what spiritual practice really looks like when people come at you sideways. After one lighthearted comment spiraled into a semi-viral thread filled with insults, projections, and political baggage, Nicholas reflects on what these encounters reveal about e...
2025-12-2612 minDIVO- TED TalksBecoming Who You Are: Yoga, Self-Honesty & Letting Go of Everyone Else’s Blueprint | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on authenticity, idealism, projections & the courage to live your own lifeQuote from the Episode:“I realized I’d been trying to fit into shapes that were never meant for me.”Description:In this unfiltered and deeply resonant episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores what happens when we stop trying to emulate the people we think have it “figured out” and finally return to the truth of who we are. After months of exhaustion, emotional imbalance, and the pressures of business ownership, marketing advice, and societal ideals, Nicholas describes the moment...
2025-12-2411 minDIVO- TED TalksRemembering Joy: Yoga, Ayurveda & the Art of Returning to Who You Really Are | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Frequency, Memory, Manifestation & the Light You Never Lost💬 Quote from the Episode:“The joy never left — I just wasn’t resonating with it.”🌐 Description:In this heartfelt episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps shares a raw, honest look at what happens when life feels heavy, stagnant, or “off”… and the surprising way joy can return in an instant. After days of frustration, exhaustion, and misalignment, one unexpected song — Spiderwebs by No Doubt — cracked something open. Suddenly, joy wasn’t something to seek, but something to remember....
2025-12-2210 minDIVO- TED TalksProximity & Perception: Yoga, Ayurveda & Why Your Life Looks the Way It Does | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Context, Consciousness & the Subtle Forces Shaping Our Reality💬 Quote from the Episode:“Proximity affects perception — and what you’re near shapes what you’re able to see.”🌐 Description:In this episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores one of the most quietly transformative principles in both yoga and Ayurveda: proximity changes perception. From emotional overwhelm to spiritual calling, from ancestral wisdom to daily frustrations, Nicholas reflects on how where we stand — physically, mentally, karmically — shapes what we notice, what we interpret, and what we believe is possib...
2025-12-1911 minDIVO- TED TalksWeathering the Inner Climate: Ayurveda, Awareness & Knowing Your Conditions Before You Act | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Seasonal Shifts, Inner Forecasts & Conscious Self-Regulation💬 Quote from the Episode:“Sometimes the signs are subtle, sometimes they’re loud — but when you learn your own weather patterns, you suffer a whole lot less.”🌐 Description:In this episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the deep parallels between external weather patterns and our internal Ayurvedic climates. As an Arctic cold front approaches Greensboro, Nicholas reflects on how temperature, dryness, wind, and seasonal shifts affect not only the hot yoga studio, but each of us on the doshic level.From managing...
2025-12-1709 minDIVO- TED TalksThe Manifestation Mirror: Yoga, Ayurveda & The Energetics of What We Call In | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Resonance, Frustration, Focus & Creating From the Inside Out💬 Quote from the Episode:“What you think about, you bring about — even when you don’t realize you’re calling it in.”🌐 Description:In this candid and relatable episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores what really happens when life feels like it’s piling on — broken mugs, stressed pets, tight timelines, and all the little things that hit when you’re already stretched thin. But beneath the chaos lies a deeper truth: you are always manifesting. Al...
2025-12-1510 minDIVO- TED TalksMessages in a Bottle: Yoga, Ayurveda & Remembering the Wisdom Within | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Channeling, Return, and the Timeless Conversation Between the Self and Source💬 Quote from the Episode:“Maybe there’s a future version of you who can benefit from what you have to say now.”🌐 Description:What if the wisdom you seek is simply the echo of something you’ve already said? In this reflective episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the mysterious cycle of self-teaching—how we write, speak, or create something in one chapter of life that returns to guide us in another. Through...
2025-12-1211 minDIVO- TED TalksThe Fragile Mind: Faith, Fear & Finding Peace in Our Humanity | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Consciousness, Karma & the Yoga of Acceptance💬 Quote from the Episode:“I don’t have to suffer for things that haven’t happened by worrying about them. I can deal with them when they come.”🌐 Description:What happens when the mind itself—the vessel of self—changes? In this reflective episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps contemplates brain, body, and soul through stories of trauma, resilience, and rebirth. From Phineas Gage to yoga philosophy, he explores how a single injury can reshape perception, identity, and spirit. With h...
2025-12-1010 minDIVO- TED TalksThe Gentle Grip: Yoga & Letting Life Flow Without Losing Your Way | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Awareness, Acceptance & the Art of Non-Attachment💬 Quote from the Episode:“What happens to you in life doesn’t define who you are—unless you decide that it does.”🌐 Description:In this heartfelt episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores how yoga teaches us to hold life gently—without losing direction. Through stories of everyday learning (including his pet rats 🐀) and reflections on detachment, he illustrates how awareness, acceptance, and small course corrections can change everything. Sometimes, the lesson isn’t to control the current—but to flow w...
2025-12-0810 minDIVO- TED TalksThe Disorder of Normal: Humility, Healing & the Yoga of Returning to Balance | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Judgment, Adaptation, and Remembering Our Inherent Worthiness💬 Quote from the Episode:“True humility is recognizing the beauty and the gift that is in me as well as you—and not thinking it is any less or more than.”🌐 Description:In this raw and reflective episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores how disorder can disguise itself as normal—and how easily we adapt to dysfunction until it becomes identity. Through the lens of yoga and Ayurveda, he unpacks judgment, addiction, and the illusion of hierarchy...
2025-12-0513 minDIVO- TED TalksThe Serenity of Self: Yoga, Acceptance & the Wisdom to Know the Difference | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Letting Go, Living Fully & Ending Suffering Through Awareness💬 Quote from the Episode:“What do you know about your life that you can change—and what can you be brave enough to accept as it is?”🌐 Description:In this thoughtful reflection, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores how ancient yoga philosophy and modern awareness practices meet in the search for peace. Through the timeless lens of the Yamas, Niyamas, and the Serenity Prayer, he offers a compassionate invitation to discern what’s yours to change—and wha...
2025-12-0305 minDIVO- TED TalksThe Mirror of Trauma & the Mastery of Self: Becoming the Expert of You | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Integration, Healing, and the Courage to Trust Your Own Wisdom💬 Quote from the Episode:“You know yourself best, always and forever.”🌐 Description:In this deeply personal reflection, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the difference between seeking guidance and surrendering authority. From idealism shaped by trauma to the grounded reality of self-trust, this talk dives into how we can turn roadblocks into tools — and pain into power.📌 Show Notes:Nicholas shares insights on learning from coaches, mentors, and systems without giving...
2025-12-0108 minDIVO- TED TalksEvolving Through Resistance: Worthiness, Fatigue & the Yoga of Becoming | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Self-Value, Growth & Dispassionate Awareness💬 Quote from the Episode:“If you created it, you can change it.”🌐 Description:In this honest and heart-forward episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on the exhaustion, doubt, and growth that come with walking your path of purpose. From the weight of running a business to the deeper layers of personal transformation, he explores how yoga and Ayurveda invite us to evolve—through resistance, not around it.📌 Show Notes:What happens when life feels...
2025-11-2809 minDIVO- TED TalksFeed the Fire Within: Ayurveda, Agni & the Hidden Power of What You Consume | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Sensory Digestion, Mindful Input & Yogic Clarity💬 Quote from the Episode:“We have Agni of all the different tissues, all the different nāḍus, and we have Agni of every layer and every entry point into the body.”🌐 Description:In this reflective episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the Ayurvedic truth that we digest everything we take in—not just food, but sound, sight, energy, and emotion. Drawing from yoga philosophy and real-life insight, he shares how to strengthen inner fire (Agni), clear the body of tox...
2025-11-2608 minDIVO- TED TalksSeeing Through the Bushes: Perception, Projection & the Yoga of Clear Seeing | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Awareness, Context & the Light Within💬 Quote from the Episode:“It wasn’t what I saw that was wrong—it was what I couldn’t see that made me assume I knew.”🌐 Description:In this thoughtful and unexpectedly funny episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on a real-life moment that turned from confusion to clarity—and how easily our minds fill in the gaps when context is missing. What starts as a story about a hula hoop behind a bush becomes a teaching on perception, projection, and the yoga of cl...
2025-11-2408 minDIVO- TED TalksDancing With Reality: Idealism, Grief & Learning to Yoga With Life | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Letting Go, Presence & the Wisdom of the Current💬 Quote from the Episode:“Living in the fantasy or the realism means living anywhere but now—pouring into cups that are no longer there.”🌐 Description:In this heartfelt DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on his late mother’s love for Dirty Dancing and the lessons hidden in both the movie and her life. Through stories of loss, idealism, and surrender, Nicholas explores how grief teaches us to flow rather than fight. With insight drawn...
2025-11-2107 minDIVO- TED TalksResistance, Resilience & the Return to Presence: When Survival Isn’t the Goal; Yoga Is. | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Faith, Flow & the Energy of Enough💬 Quote from the Episode:“When I get frustrated, I can’t see the possibilities—I see the reactions.”🌐 Description:In this raw and reflective DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the space between survival and surrender. What happens when the reserves run low and routine feels like resistance itself? Through the lens of yoga, Ayurveda, and lived experience, Nicholas reframes struggle as a call back to presence—reminding us that resilience isn’t just endurance, it’s remembrance.
2025-11-1910 minDIVO- TED TalksWipe the Slate: The Yoga of Routine, Renewal & Returning to Yourself |DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Dinacharya, Discipline & the Art of Beginning Again💬 Quote from the Episode:“If I could have, I would have. But I didn’t—and I couldn’t. So here we are.”🌐 Description:In this grounded and personal DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps shares how simple routines can rebuild rhythm after burnout. From brushing your teeth after every meal to washing dishes right away, he explores how Ayurvedic wisdom (Dinacharya) and everyday consistency can restore balance when life feels scattered. This episode isn’t about perfection...
2025-11-1709 minDIVO- TED TalksThe Yoga of Nature: Discovering What Flows Effortlessly Through You | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Purpose, Presence & the Art of Alignment💬 Quote from the Episode:“In the act of doing it, you are complete.”🌐 Description:In this reflective DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores how our gifts are not learned but revealed. Through the lens of yoga, Ayurveda, and human experience, he invites us to notice what flows through us rather than what we try to control. When we align with our natural rhythms, effort transforms into ease — and purpose becomes presence.📌 Show Notes:What if yo...
2025-11-1411 minDIVO- TED TalksAnchored or Aware? The Yoga of Roots, Resistance & Real Growth | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Momentum, Mindset & the Ayurvedic Art of Self-Review💬 Quote from the Episode:“You’ll only move as far as you’ve given yourself the slack or the roots to go.”🌐 Description:In this grounded DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores why transformation often feels like running with a band around your waist. Through yoga, Ayurveda, and personal reflection, he unpacks how our roots—beliefs, habits, and emotional anchors—define both our strength and our limits.📌 Show Notes:Why do we get st...
2025-11-1210 minDIVO- TED TalksSame Room, Different Angle: Seeing Life (and Yoga) Through Shifting Perspectives | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Awareness, Integrity & the Repeating Lessons of Life💬 Quote from the Episode:“Life is the same handful of lessons—just experienced from different angles, with different parts of us touching the ground.”🌐 Description:In this reflective DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores how shifting our perspective—literally and metaphorically—changes what we see without changing the truth of what’s there. From teaching Bikram Yoga to navigating professional disappointment, he reveals how life often repeats its lessons until they’re fully integrated.📌 Sh...
2025-11-1013 minDIVO- TED TalksMany Paths, One Truth: Relativity, Reality & the Orbit of Yoga through Awareness | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Perspective, Practice & the Patterns That Unite Us💬 Quote from the Episode:“To know truth is to know relativity — and to know relativity, truth can be known.”🌐 Description:In this expansive DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps contemplates the universal rhythm that connects all things — planets, people, and practice. Through the lens of yoga and Ayurveda, he explores how each of us moves in our own orbit of awareness, returning again and again to the same lessons until we’re ready to see them clearly.📌 S...
2025-11-0710 minDIVO- TED TalksPolitics, Practice & the Peace of Perspective: A Yogic Reflection on Division and Discourse | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Awareness, Boundaries & the Modern Mind💬 Quote from the Episode:“Avoiding something doesn’t make it disappear — it just keeps us from understanding how to meet it with awareness.”🌐 Description:In this honest and wide-reaching DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps unpacks why avoiding politics, religion, or conflict isn’t always the yogic path — sometimes, it’s the path of avoidance itself. Through stories, social insight, and the wisdom of yoga and Ayurveda, he explores how discernment (viveka) and non-attachment (vairāgya) can help us stay aware wi...
2025-11-0512 minDIVO- TED TalksYoga and the Imagined World: Boundaries, Belief & the Masks We Build | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Awareness, Ego & Emotional Integrity💬 Quote from the Episode:“Many people create imagined worlds that help protect their ego from pain — but over time, those same worlds start protecting them from truth.”🌐 Description:In this revealing DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores how imagination becomes both our shield and our prison. When we create identities or narratives to protect ourselves from pain, we can forget they were meant to be temporary. Through honest reflection, yoga philosophy, and Ayurvedic insight, Nicholas unpacks the fine line between protection a...
2025-11-0311 minDIVO- TED TalksImagined Worlds & Forgiven Realities: A Yogic Reflection on Awareness and Judgment | DIVO-Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Empathy, Perception & the Practice of Seeing Clearly💬 Quote from the Episode“They are products of their environment — just like the people they judge are products of theirs.”🌐 DescriptionIn this introspective DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores empathy, judgment, and perception through the lenses of yoga philosophy and Ayurveda. Unpacking modern cultural dissonance, he reflects on how conditioning, imagination, and belief systems create the worlds we defend — and how awareness itself becomes an act of forgiveness.📌 Show Notes...
2025-10-3110 minDIVO- TED TalksTake What You Like, Leave the Rest: Healing the Echo of Old Beliefs Through Yoga & Ayurveda | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talk on Self-Forgiveness, Perspective & the Practice of Non-Attachment💬 Quote from the Episode:“Remember who you were isn’t who you are now — and you don’t have to keep looking back to that person to judge who you’ve become.”🔍Description:In this introspective DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores healing the echo of old beliefs through Ayurveda and yoga philosophy. Reflecting on growth, forgiveness, and self-awareness, he shares how movement and mindfulness help integrate past versions of ourselves into present wholeness. A powerful conversat...
2025-10-2911 minDIVO- TED TalksJerry-Rigging Life: Adaptation, Awareness, Yoga & the Art of Making It Work | DIVO-Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode:“Jerry-rigging is a function of survival—because sometimes you just have to get it done, or make it work, until you can truly fix it.”🌐 Description:In this thought-provoking DIVOted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the metaphor of jerry-rigging life—how temporary fixes, coping mechanisms, and patchwork routines often reveal deeper truths about survival, wellness, and awareness. Rooted in yoga philosophy and Ayurveda, this episode invites reflection on when adaptation serves growth—and when it holds us back.📌 Show Notes:How often do you jerry-rig yo...
2025-10-2709 minDIVO- TED TalksThe Curriculum of Life: Ayurveda, Self-Study & the Mystery of Becoming | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“Our lives are our own. They’re not meant to be journeyed alone, but they can be—and sometimes they are.”Description:Nicholas Wade Kimps unpacks the idea of life as a “highly individualized curriculum,” weaving yoga philosophy, Ayurveda, and self-study into a conversation on destiny, suffering, and the mystery of becoming.Show Notes:In this episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on the deep truth that life unfolds as a curriculum designed uniquely for each of us. Drawing from A Course in Miracles, yoga philosophy, and Ayurvedic th...
2025-10-2412 minDIVO- TED TalksMasks, Meaning & Moving Through Forces: An Ayurvedic View on Life’s Dance | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode: “You are here for a reason and if you weren’t meant to be here, you wouldn’t exist.”Description:Nicholas Wade Kimps explores faith, fairness, and the unseen orchestration of life through the lens of Ayurveda and yoga philosophy. This DIVOted Talks episode unpacks societal masks, divergent forces, and the healing power of seeing yourself clearly.Show Notes:In this reflective episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps weaves together Jewish New Year blessings, social commentary, and yogic wisdom to explore how life’s forces shape us. With references...
2025-10-2212 minDIVO- TED TalksPride, Pralapa & Processing Life: Ayurveda on Expression and Safe Spaces | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“Whatever you fill yourself with is what’s going to come out when you’re under stress.”Description:Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on Pride, community, and the Ayurvedic wisdom of processing life fully. This DIVOted Talks episode explores safe spaces, unprocessed emotions, and why digestion—of food, feelings, and experiences—shapes wellness and balance.Show Notes:Fresh from sponsoring and celebrating Pride in North Carolina, Nicholas Wade Kimps shares how community, joy, and expression intersect with the Ayurvedic concept of digestion. From late nights and excess pralāpa (exc...
2025-10-2009 minDIVO- TED TalksCranky Days, Doshas & Digestion: Ayurveda’s Wisdom for What We Carry | DIVO-Ted TalksQuote from Episode: "Whatever you fill yourself with is what’s going to come out when you’re under stress.”Description:Nicholas Wade Kimps unpacks how frustration, unprocessed emotions, and hidden patterns impact wellness. Through Ayurveda and yoga philosophy, this episode explores doshas, digestion, and why movement and mindful living help transform what we carry into medicine.Some days feel heavy, cranky, and rife with agitation—and Nicholas Wade Kimps doesn’t shy away from naming that truth. In this DIVOted Talks episode, he shares how frustration and unprocesse...
2025-10-1711 minDIVO- TED TalksRoller Coasters, AI & Ayurveda: Finding Ease in the Ups and Downs of Life | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“Can you enjoy it for the sake of doing it? Can you just be a part of life without having to wonder if it could be something else?”Description:In this DIVOted Talks episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the roller coaster of creativity, AI, Ayurveda, and yoga philosophy. Learn how to embrace life’s ups and downs, reframe anxiety, and root into self-study (svādhyāya) as medicine.Show Notes:Nicholas Wade Kimps takes us on a ride through the highs and lows of life’s seasons—wh...
2025-10-1509 minDIVO- TED TalksFaithful Flow: Yoga, Surrender & Letting the Universe Reset the Heater | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“We can’t possibly know what’s coming. And so why do we try? Because we are led to believe that we can.” Description:A short yoga and mindfulness podcast on surrender, trust, and remembering that the universe’s timing often defies our control.Show Notes:In this playful yet profound reflection, Nicholas Wade Kimps shares how even a studio heater becomes a teacher in surrender. With humor and honesty, he points to the futility of control and the deeper practice of faith, trust, and childlike openness.
2025-10-1306 minDIVO- TED TalksForces Beyond Us: Patterns, Kryptonite & the Flow of Becoming | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“You can’t see big enough or understand big enough to know what is best for you in the context of that level of awareness. And that’s okay.” Description:A yoga and Ayurveda-inspired podcast on recognizing the greater forces shaping our lives, discovering doshic strengths, and finding freedom in flow instead of forcing outcomes.Show Notes:In this reflective episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores how forces beyond our awareness constantly shape who we are becoming. Drawing on yogic philosophy, Ayurveda, and personal insight, he examines the patt...
2025-10-1010 minDIVO- TED TalksCutouts, Cosmos & the Greater Weave: Patterns, Ayurveda & Life’s Hidden Rhythms | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“Everything is a carve-out of the greater pattern. Each piece has importance in its container, but it’s still part of the whole.” Description:Nicholas Wade Kimps explores how micro and macro patterns—from daily habits to cosmic cycles—mirror the greater weave of life. Drawing on Ayurveda, yoga philosophy, and lived experience, he reveals how even life’s cutouts belong to a larger pattern that gives meaning and coherence.Show Notes:In this reflective episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps unpacks how patterns—whether simple, complex, micro, or cosmic—shap...
2025-10-0809 minDIVO- TED TalksForces of Becoming: Flow, Effort & the Right Weight at the Right Time | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“Not every muscle develops the same way from lifting the same weight. The forces required for growth are unique to who we are.” Description:In this DIVO-Ted Talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps blends fitness, yoga, Ayurveda, and personal reflection to explore why growth isn’t about grinding harder—but applying the right force, at the right time, in alignment with who we truly are.Show Notes:In this heartfelt episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores how growth depends not just on effort, but on applying the right forces in harmo...
2025-10-0813 minDIVO- TED TalksMy Way or the Clear Way: Ayurveda, Dopamine, and the Difference Between Wants & Needs | DIVO- Ted TalksQuotes from Episode:“You may not actually be bad at something—you just may be trying to do it in the wrong context. Through steady practice, you learn what you really need, instead of buying into someone else’s story.”“Regular practice, consistent practice allows for a steadiness so that you can start to understand what you need.”Description:Nicholas Wade Kimps explores grief, marketing hype, and the hidden costs of chasing solutions outside yourself—contrasting distraction with the clarity of Ayurveda, yoga, and consistent practice.Show Notes:After losing...
2025-10-0310 minDIVO- TED TalksAs the Seasons Turn: Rhythm, Readiness & the Spiral of Return | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“Unrevealed until its season… something God alone can see.” — Hymn of PromiseShow NotesIn this reflective follow-up to Unrevealed Until Its Season, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the cycles of life as a spiral of return. What feels like repeating the same lessons often carries us deeper, teaching rhythm and readiness in new ways. Drawing on yoga, Ayurveda, and lived studio experience, he shares how finding steadiness in practice and environment reveals who we truly are—beyond striving, chasing, or prematurely filling the spaces of life....
2025-10-0110 minDIVO- TED TalksUnrevealed Until Its Season: Ayurveda, Yoga & Trusting the Timing of Becoming | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“In the cold and dead of winter, there’s a spring that waits to be unrevealed until it’s season. Something God alone can see.” — Hymn of PromiseDescription:Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on patience, trust, and becoming through the wisdom of the Hymn of Promise, the Tao Te Ching, and Ayurveda. This episode explores why growth cannot be rushed, and how wellness practices help us embrace timing, nature, and self-worth.Show Notes:In this moving reflection, Nicholas Wade Kimps revisits one of his favorite hymns, Hymn of Pr...
2025-09-2908 minDIVO- TED TalksSet, Setting & Space: Ayurveda, Yoga Rhythm, and Productivity | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“You may not actually be bad at something. You just may be trying to do it in the wrong context. You may be trying to force yourself into something that you’re not ready to do yet. Or maybe you just need to build the chops for it in the first place.” Description:Nicholas Wade Kimps explores how set and setting shape productivity and peace—showing how Ayurveda, yoga philosophy, and daily dinacharya create rhythm, reduce mental clutter, and turn life’s unpredictability into flow.Show Notes:In this...
2025-09-2611 minDIVO- TED TalksThe Validity of Experience: Holding Space for Different Realities | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“Your experience is valid.” Show NotesIn this thoughtful talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the Vedic idea that every human experience holds validity—even when detached from shared logic or consensus reality. Through stories ranging from psychotic episodes on the street to care partners navigating Parkinson’s, he highlights how honoring experience can shift relationships and soften judgment.🌍 Experience as Knowledge: How Indic philosophy accepts lived experience as a valid source of knowledge.💔 Compassion in Action: Lessons from teaching Parkinson’s classes and the hidden dynamics between spouses and peers.🪞 B...
2025-09-2413 minDIVO- TED TalksSet, Setting & Sequencing: Creating Space for What’s Meant to Happen | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“Nothing except for life-threatening situations has to be completed today.”Show Notes:In this reflective talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps shares how shifting plans—like staying home instead of attending a conference—can open unexpected space for meaningful progress. Drawing from yoga, Ayurveda, and business ownership, he unpacks how different states of consciousness and “sets and settings” influence our ability to create, deliver, and replenish.🧘 Set & Setting: How environment, energy, and mindset determine what’s possible in each moment.🔄 Intersecting Roles: The Venn diagram of business owner, teacher, salesperson...
2025-09-2209 minDIVO- TED TalksIt’s Okay: Agni, Āma & the Metabolism of Relationships | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“If you came to this because you weren’t feeling well, it’s okay. And those around you may not understand, but maybe you need to find the people who do.”Show Notes:In this reflective talk, Nicholas Wade Kimps reminds us that it’s okay to feel—sadness, frustration, fatigue—and that the real work often lies not in suppressing those states, but in discerning which relationships help transform them into fuel and which simply create more, sometimes heavy, residue.💔 Toxicity Reframed: Drawing from Ayurveda’s concept of āma (toxic metabo...
2025-09-1911 minDIVO- TED TalksResistance, Resilience & Restraint: The Trinity of Strength | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“Survival is built into our system. Thriving, however, is a choice.”Show Notes:In this episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the subtle but powerful distinctions between resistance, resilience, and restraint—and how all three create a trinity of strength across body, mind, and spirit.🏋️ Resistance Training: building strength by meeting forces directly, physically or mentally🌱 Resilience: the reserves that let us rise again and again despite hardship🛑 Restraint: the discipline to pause, to withhold, to act (or not act) in alignment with truthFrom modern princi...
2025-09-1709 minDIVO- TED TalksLiving in the Illusion: Boundaries, Māyā & the Matrix of Belief | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“Yoga and Āyurveda would point us towards the fact that it’s never really the things in our life that are harming us so much as our thoughts about them that are harming us.”Show Notes:In this episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on the illusions that shape our lives—sometimes harmless, sometimes deeply destructive. From childhood ghost stories to political conspiracy theories, from cults to cultural conditioning, he explores how Māyā (illusion) influences perception, behavior, and suffering.Key themes include:🌌 Illusions as daily operating systems—when per...
2025-09-1508 minDIVO- TED TalksInventory of the Inner World: Reconciling Identity and Conflict | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“Our DIVO logo has these concentric circles… the outer circle can’t come together until the inner circle is united. So any of these inner fracturings are automatically going to be radiated out into our life around us.”Show Notes: In this reflective episode, Nicholas builds on recent conversations about identity, actualism, and self-awareness—turning the focus toward inner inventory. From childhood conditioning to cultural ideals, we all carry fractured beliefs that create inner dissonance and outer conflict.Key themes include:🔄 Revisiting the rafting story: realism, idealism, and a...
2025-09-1212 minDIVO- TED TalksConsistency, Faith & the Long Game | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“You don’t know who’s watching. Just because people aren’t coming in the door doesn’t mean they’re not seeing my ads, doesn’t mean they’re not wanting to be here. And so it’s about the consistency and the habit and the participating regularly that makes the difference.”Show Notes:In this episode, Nicholas reflects on a recent recognition — Ayurveda Digested being named among FeedSpot’s Top 100 India Podcasts — and what it reveals about the quiet power of showing up. He weaves together personal honesty, studio reflections, and anci...
2025-09-0509 minDIVO- TED TalksBeyond Better: Shame, Blame & the Illusion of Progress | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“You will never be able to shame, blame, or criticize yourself into being better. And furthermore, better is just an illusion because better really only exists in context of a goal, in context of a destination, in context of a journey.”Show Notes:In this raw and reflective episode, Nicholas challenges the cultural obsession with being “better.” Through yoga, Ayurveda, and lived experience, he unpacks how shame, blame, criticism, and comparison actually deepen suffering instead of dissolving it. What if “better” is not the prize, but the illusion?Topics explo...
2025-09-0309 minDIVO- TED TalksThe Serious Business of Being Unserious | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:"Yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ — yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind." Show Notes:In this DIVOted Talks episode, Nicholas explores why taking life — and ourselves — too seriously is one of the fastest ways to create unnecessary suffering. Through the lens of yoga philosophy and personal experience, he shares how shifting our approach can lead to more ease, grace, and flow.The difference between taking life seriously and taking yourself too seriously — and why the latter creates self-imposed sufferingUnderstanding Yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ and how it applies to modern life’s...
2025-08-2908 minDIVO- TED TalksYou, the Earth, and Every Ecosystem In Between | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote From Episode:"You are one single human cell in this giant ball called Earth in the middle of the solar system." Show Notes:In this DIVOted Talks episode, Nicholas takes us on a layered journey through the ecosystems we inhabit — from the most intimate to the most expansive:Your first ecosystem — the mind-body-spirit triad, with the brain acting as the receiver and organizer of your essenceHow your thoughts about yourself shape both your biology and the circumstances you attractThe nested ecosystems we create: home, relationsh...
2025-08-2806 minDIVO- TED TalksBlank Minds, Busy Lives, and the Vāta Effect | DIVO-Ted TalksQuote from Episode:"Don't start affirming the fact that you're forgetful. Because I promise you, the minute you start affirming that, it's gonna be a snowball down the hill."Show Notes:In this DIVOted Talks episode, Nicholas explores the all-too-familiar experience of walking into a room and forgetting why — and what Ayurveda has to say about it. Using humor, personal stories, and doshic wisdom, he covers:Why blanking out on thoughts, names, or intentions is often tied to vāta vitiation — the mobile, shifting energy of space and airHow life...
2025-08-2508 minDIVO- TED TalksWarning Labels, Yoga, and the Art of Seeing Clearly | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode"You don't always have to learn the hard way." Show Notes:In this DIVOted Talks episode, Nicholas turns a simple plyometric box into a metaphor for life’s warning labels, missed instruction manuals, and the consequences of ignoring them. With humor, honesty, and yogic insight, he explores:How ordinary objects (like a plyo box) can carry both potential and risk depending on contextWhy we often ignore instructions or safety warnings — and what that reveals about human natureThe “boy who cried wolf” effect and becomin...
2025-08-2208 minDIVO- TED TalksWellness as Identity: Dancing with Change & Conscious Living | DIVO- Ted Talks"Wellness is just as unique as the expression of consciousness." Show Notes:In this DIVOted Talks episode, Nicholas explores wellness not as a checklist, but as a living, evolving identity. With warmth and grounded wisdom, he shares how personal well-being is shaped by both daily choices and life’s inevitable shifts. Topics include:Why wellness isn’t “one size fits all” — and how it’s defined by what makes you feel full, present, and embodiedHow seasons, weather, and environment influence mind-body balanceThe Ayurvedic practice of pañcakarma for seasonal reset a...
2025-08-2007 minDIVO- TED TalksYou Don’t Get to Tell Me Who I Am: Identity, Freedom & the Boxes We’re Put In | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Epidsode:"Nobody can make you be, feel, or do anything that you're not giving permission to." Show Notes:In this candid and unfiltered DIVOted Talks episode, Nicholas reflects on the deeply personal nature of identity — and the societal pressures that try to define it for us. Speaking from his own experience and observations, he unpacks:How identity evolves over time and why it’s more about what we recognize in ourselves than external labelsThe harm of forcing binary systems — and why intersex and non-binary realities challenge rigid nor...
2025-08-1809 minDIVO- TED TalksFleeting: Embracing and Releasing Life’s Impermanence | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:"Embrace it and release it — giving it a hug, goodbye. Thank you for doing the things you were meant to do for me, and now I will say goodbye and watch you as you go." Show Notes:In this reflective episode of DIVOted Talks, Nicholas explores the reality that everything in life is fleeting — people, experiences, situations. The moment something begins, it’s already moving toward its end. Through the lens of grief and impermanence, he shares:Why resisting endings often intensifies sufferingThe empowering role of accep...
2025-08-1507 minDIVO- TED TalksThat’s the Way I Like It: Ayurveda, Awareness & Choosing Consistency | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode:“We are the experts of ourselves—but sometimes we may be confused about what it is we like or what we need.”🌐 Description:In this episode of DIVOted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores Ayurveda, craving, and consistency through the playful lens of a KC & The Sunshine Band classic. Learn how distorted desires, routine, and mindful structure shape wellness, yoga philosophy, and self-awareness in a distracted world.🎶 “Uh huh, uh huh, I like it…”📌 Show Notes:When a song loops in your head, is it trying to tell you so...
2025-08-0108 minDIVO- TED TalksPermission Slips & Icebergs: Ayurveda, Identity, and the Subtle Work of Change | DIVO- Ted TalksQuote from Episode:“What permission slips are you waiting for right now—to allow yourself to feel better, move on, or offer forgiveness to yourself or others?”Description:Nicholas Wade Kimps explores permission slips, identity, and readiness through yoga, Ayurveda, and personal story. This episode reveals how unseen shifts prepare us for transformation long before change becomes visible.Show Notes:In this candid and expansive episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on the subtle thresholds of identity and transformation. What began as a story about upgrading podcast equipment unfolds into a medi...
2025-07-3008 minDIVO- TED TalksRumble Strips & Willow Trees: Flexibility, Fluctuation & the Dance of Yoga | DIVO- Ted TalksA Reflection on yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ in a Wobbly World💬 Quote from the Episode:“Yoga is the cessation of fluctuations of the mind.” — yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ (Yoga Sūtra I.2)📌 Show Notes:Life swerves. People snap. Some days you're a willow. Some days you're a pine.In this insightful solo riff, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the deep tension between mental fluctuation and spiritual steadiness. Drawing from the Yoga Sūtras, personal reflection, and even a little Green Day music video nostalgia, this DIVOted Talk invites you to ask:Are you riding the wave—or b...
2025-07-2507 minDIVO- TED TalksShould You Engage? Dinacharya, Debate & the Danger of Numbness | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talks Inquiry into Resilience, Reaction, and Right Relationship💬 Quote from the Episode:"It's not about what you do. It's about—is it harming you?" 📌 Show Notes:When is saying nothing the yogic path—and when is speaking up part of your sādhanā?In this fiercely honest and nuanced reflection, Nicholas unpacks the complicated terrain of modern conflict—from comment sections to family dynamics—and questions the spiritual bypassing of “just ignore it.” Using the lens of Ayurveda and yoga, he contrasts numbing out with true conditioning, and urges listeners t...
2025-07-2309 minDIVO- TED TalksTrinity & Duality: The Spiritual Math of Being Human | DIVO- Ted TalksA DIVOted Talks Reflection on Opposites, Perception & Inner Order💬 Quote from the Episode:"True humility is not saying that you are less than what you really are... it’s understanding that your beauty doesn’t make anybody else less beautiful." 📌 Show Notes:Can a triangle explain your soul? Can two poles explain your pain?In this contemplative solo episode, Nicholas explores the paradox of living in a dualistic world as beings born of a spiritual trinity. From the yogic gunas to the Christian trinity, from hot and cold to mind-body-s...
2025-07-2110 minDIVO- TED TalksBecause, Because, Because: Meaning-Making, Yoga & the Wizardry of Being | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode: "Suffering is in wishing it were some other way while trying to exist in the moment as it is." 📌 Show Notes: Why do things happen the way they do? Why do we suffer, heal, create, collapse, begin again? In this heartfelt solo flow, Nicholas Wade Kimps follows a spontaneous thread into the great “because.”What starts as a light-hearted Wizard of Oz reference turns into a full-circle reflection on spiritual surrender, programming, perception, and purpose. Why press record with no script? Why keep showing up? Because—this is the yoga o...
2025-07-1808 minDIVO- TED TalksEverything Has Meaning: Yoga, Suffering & the Stories We Tell | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode:“Either everything has meaning—or nothing has meaning. But if more will be revealed, I think everything has meaning. At least for me.”📌 Show Notes:In this reflective episode of DIVOted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores one of the most powerful paradoxes we face in the human experience: Either everything has meaning—or nothing does. Through the lens of Yoga, Ayurveda, and Sankhya philosophy, he weaves together reflections on loss, belief, and how meaning itself can both heal and harm.🌍 What happens when we force others to share our meaning?What...
2025-07-1610 minDIVO- TED TalksRide the Rhythm: Dinacharya, Waves & the Wisdom of Repetition | DIVO- Ted Talks 💬 Quote from the Episode:“Regularity of activities breeds familiarity. Familiarity breeds an intimacy. And an intimacy allows for you to go with the flow.”📌 Show Notes:After a whirlwind holiday weekend, Nicholas Wade Kimps returns to DIVOted Talks with a reminder we all need: consistency is the container for clarity. From body surfing East Coast waves to navigating daily overwhelm, this episode explores how rhythm, routine, and repetition build the somatic fluency we need to ride life’s ups and downs without getting knocked under.🌊 Why do daily rituals matter—really?Because they teach us to...
2025-07-1408 minDIVO- TED TalksProgrammed but Not Powerless: Yoga, Patterning & the Path to Choice | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode: “The healing isn’t that you don’t do something anymore. The healing is that you still love yourself through it.”📌 Podcast Summary / Show Notes:In this powerful solo drop from DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the quiet, often invisible code behind our actions: subconscious programming. Drawing from Ayurveda, yoga, and lived experience, Nicholas unpacks how the first seven years of life imprint us—and how those imprints can quietly shape (or sabotage) our reactions for decades.🌀 But what if healing isn’t about eliminating patterns… but loving yourself through th...
2025-07-1106 minDIVO- TED TalksGrief, Craft & the Healing Thread: Turning Frenzy into Beauty | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode: “My grief became something that could be called talent. My grief became something that could be called beautiful."📌 Podcast Summary / Show Notes:When Nicholas Wade Kimps lost his beloved dog of nearly 14 years, the grief was visceral. Frenetic. Uncontainable. But instead of collapsing inward, he moved outward—thread by thread. In this soul-stirring episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas shares how the simple act of lanyard-making became an unlikely portal for healing, creativity, and community connection.💫 What if your grief wasn’t something to numb… but something to weave into beauty?T...
2025-07-0906 minDIVO- TED TalksThe Worthy Ideal: What If Being You Is the Real Success? | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode: “You expressing you in the world is the worthy ideal—and the success that comes with it is the betterment of you and the betterment of the world.”📌 Podcast Summary / Show Notes:In this brief and beautiful mic-drop moment, Nicholas Wade Kimps distills a lifetime’s worth of wisdom into a single, powerful inquiry:“What if the worthy ideal is being you?”Inspired by Earl Nightingale’s definition of success—“the progressive realization of a worthy ideal”—Nicholas reframes success as a process of self-connection, soulful contribution, and unapologetic authenticity...
2025-07-0702 minDIVO- TED TalksMovement Is the Way: Worthy Ideals, Expert Bodies & the Stagnation Trap | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode: “Your way is the right way. And you are the expert of your way.”📌 Podcast Summary / Show Notes:In this expansive, soul-searching episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps revisits one of DIVO Wellness’ guiding mantras—“Movement is the way”—and explores how it applies far beyond the physical. From societal conformity to philosophical debate, personal healing to collective liberation, this talk is a clarion call to remember what you're here to do... and to keep moving in that direction.💭 What if your way is the right way—and stagnation is the only rea...
2025-07-0409 minDIVO- TED TalksLabels, Judgment & the Yoga of Letting Go: Seeing What Boxes Us In | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode: “Take notice of where you are segregating and putting people into boxes and labeling and or restricting your ability to see them for who they really are based on preconceived notions or even baggage that you are carrying."📌 Podcast Summary / Show Notes:In this reflective and quietly revolutionary episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the deep—and often unconscious—ways we categorize others and ourselves. Through the lens of yoga, Ayurveda, and lived experience, he invites us to loosen our grip on inherited frameworks, habitual labeling, and societal binaries that l...
2025-07-0210 minDIVO- TED TalksFull Moon & Frameworks: Ayurveda, Ego, and the Physics of Self | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode: "Yoga is every moment that I’m able to connect with myself and the greater world I’m interacting with."In this moon-charged episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, host Nicholas Wade Kimps dives into the rhythms of recovery, routine, and the quiet power of presence. From his Kapha-born connection to the full moon to the subtle physics of self, Nicholas explores how our doshic tendencies, daily choices, and inner misalignments either drain us—or deepen us.What if spiritual vitality wasn’t about adding more—but subtracting noise?What if your ego was...
2025-07-0110 minDIVO- TED TalksEvergreen Practice: The Art of Showing Up Without Exception💬 Quotes from the Episode:"It is integral to your identity because it's a piece that belongs, a piece that the whole wouldn't be exactly the same without it."“The practice is evergreen, but what shows up on that day due to variance of qualities to changing the seasons, to changing of the celestial bodies will impact it. But it itself is still there. It itself is evergreen and it is ever relevant to you.”📌 Podcast Summary / Show Notes:In this short but potent episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on what it me...
2025-06-3006 minDIVO- TED TalksSwimming Upstream: Flow, Force & Finding the Right River | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode: “You might be swimming upstream in a river you never wanted—just trying to survive, instead of letting the right life reveal itself to you.”Are you flowing toward your life—or forcing it to match someone else’s?In this honest and deeply reflective episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the subtle suffering that comes from idealism out of alignment: when your desire to do good, be better, or make something happen… leads to burnout, not breakthroughs.Drawing from yogic wisdom, Ayurvedic energetics, and lived experience...
2025-06-2709 minDIVO- TED TalksIt Takes As Long As It Takes: Timing, Worthiness & Getting Out of Your Own Way | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode: “You're already worthy. But your conflicted energy is delaying your delivery.”Why does it feel like life stalls just when we want it to speed up?In this reflective episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores what it really means when things feel “stuck”—and how our clutter (mental, emotional, physical) might be the mirror we’ve been avoiding. From the Ayurvedic view of holographic healing to the sneaky ways our worthiness gets tied up in effort, Nicholas shares real-world examples of how cleaning your space, your energy, or your perceptio...
2025-06-2508 minDIVO- TED TalksFrom Source to Surrender: Worthiness, Manifestation & the Long Game of Divine Timing | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode:“You're not receptive until you believe you're worthy. But you're not worthy until you stop judging how it should look.”In this candid episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on a lifelong pull toward the source—whether in yoga, Ayurveda, education, or evolution. What begins as a meditation on teachers, transmission, and the dilution of wisdom turns into something deeper: a call to trust the orchestration of your life, especially when it doesn’t go to plan.🌀 What if the things you once wanted are already unfol...
2025-06-2310 minDIVO- TED TalksBetter Out Than In: Ayurveda, Attachment & the Cost of Unexpressed Emotion | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode: “All you need to take away is: better out than in. But don’t direct it at someone else—because that creates karmas and feedback loops even more layered and challenging.”In this heartfelt and unscripted episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on grief, unexpected loss, and the deep undercurrents of emotional suppression. Through the lens of Ayurveda and yogic wisdom, he unpacks how unprocessed emotions become stored in the body, feeding future disease—unless we find ways to express and release them.✨ If you've ever been told to “just move...
2025-06-2008 minDIVO- TED TalksThe Worthiness Alternator: How Belief Fuels Your Energy & Yoga Practice | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode: “If you can’t get there faster than you’re capable, why work harder trying?”In this episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores a deceptively simple question: Are you worthy of feeling good while doing what you do?What begins as a casual reflection on stacking camera blocks turns into a profound unpacking of how belief systems—especially around worthiness and unconditional love—affect your energy, your yoga practice, and your lived experience.Nicholas draws a compelling metaphor: what if our beliefs acted like an alternator, recharging...
2025-06-1809 minDIVO- TED TalksDivine Timing, Daily Practice & the Power of Words: Rewriting the Inner Script | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode:🎧“If you can’t get there faster than you’re capable, then why work harder to not get there any faster than you are capable?”In this reflective and refreshingly real episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps unpacks the subtle—but massive—power of words: the ones we speak to ourselves, to others, and into the universe. 🌀From self-talk and inherited beliefs to energetic shifts through short getaways and long-awaited breakthroughs, Nicholas explores how our language shapes our reality—and how structure, rest, and divine timing play a role in rewriting the scri...
2025-06-1609 minDIVO- TED TalksThe Yoga of the Moment: Presence, Practice & the Mystery of Being | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode:"Things that cause you to be completely in the moment—that’s the true yoga."📌 Podcast Summary:In this unfiltered, unscripted episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps hits record without a plan—and ends up channeling something timeless. What starts as a reflection on burnout, time, and attention quickly expands into a deeply personal reminder of what yoga really is: a moment of total presence. Not just a pose. Not just a breath. But a dissolution of self into the now.🌀 What if the richest for...
2025-06-1310 minDIVO- TED TalksHair Hair, Everywhere: Ayurveda, Kapha, Chaos & the Call for Structure | DIVO- Ted Talks💬 Quote from the episode: “If you don’t have regular reflection, you won’t see yourself clearly.”Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | DIVO-Ted TalksEpisode Description:In this candid and kapha-filled episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on his own journey from unpredictability and burnout to creating sustainable structure—and what Ayurveda has to say about all of it. From hair everywhere to dinacharya (daily routine), he shares the surprising power of consistency, boundaries, and self-awareness in a world that thrives on hustle.Topics explored:Understanding kapha dosha traits (like hair everywhere 😂...
2025-06-0608 minDIVO- TED TalksShow Up, Speak True: The Transmission Beyond Control💬 Quote from the episode: “I don’t need you to understand me for it to be valid.”Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | DIVO-Ted TalksDescription:In this raw, reflective episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps opens the mic without a script—and what comes through is a meditation on authenticity, cosmic timing, and the power of just showing up. What if your role isn’t to control the impact of your words or actions—but simply to be the clearest channel you can be?What to expect in this episode:A vulnerable look at s...
2025-06-0409 minDIVO- TED TalksMovement Is the Way: Choosing Freedom Through the Self💬 Quote from the episode:“Movement is a verb in all the ways possible… and that is what we want in our life.”Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | DIVO-Ted TalksDescription:In this soul-shifting episode, Nicholas dives deep into the DIVO mantra: Movement is the way. But this time, it’s not just physical. It’s how you move your mind, your energy, your belief systems—even your perception of possibility. What does it mean to be situated in self? Why does subtle awareness lead to radical transformation?This episode invites you to:Reframe movement as...
2025-06-0210 minDIVO- TED TalksProximity Affects Perception: How Context Shapes Reality💬 Quote from the episode:“How clean are your floors today? I guess it depends on how they look. Wouldn’t you say?”Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | DIVO-Ted TalksDescription:In this quietly transformative episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores how our perceptions are often shaped not by truth, but by proximity—what (and who) we stand closest to. From waxed studio floors to sports team rivalries and tribal identity, Nicholas asks: What if how we see the world has more to do with context than content?This episode explores:Why appearances can be deceiving
2025-05-3008 minDIVO- TED TalksAvarice, Attachment, and the Weight of Wanting | DIVO-Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode:“Yoga doesn’t call us to be anything except less attached and more aware.”👤 Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | Founder of DIVO Wellness📜 Summary:In this thought-provoking episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the word that surfaced during his reflection and meditation: avarice—excessive greed, attachment, and the endless hunger to accumulate more.Through the lens of yoga philosophy and Ayurveda, Nicholas unpacks how avarice isn’t just about money or material things—it can show up as hoarding power, clinging to identity, or even obsessing over emotional valida...
2025-05-2809 minDIVO- TED TalksBreathe Better, Live Better: The Power of Breath Awareness | DIVO-Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode:“Your breath is associated with the way you’re feeling, and the way you feel can influence the way you breathe—back and forth and back and forth.” (Your breath is a mirror—and a lever. Use it to shift your mind, body, and spirit.)👤 Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | Founder of DIVO Wellness📜 Summary:In this episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps dives into the most natural and often overlooked tool for healing—breath. Drawing from ancient yogic wisdom and modern understanding, Nicholas explores how your breath isn’t ju...
2025-05-2604 minDIVO- TED TalksDeconstruction for Reconstruction: How Thoughts Become Disease | DIVO-Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode:"If all disease begins with thought, how would you choose to live differently?"👤 Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | Founder of DIVO Wellness📜 Summary:In this episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores a profound truth from Ayurveda: "All disease begins with thought." But what does that really mean? Nicholas breaks down this ancient wisdom with a modern twist, using a broken flagpole as a metaphor for how we accumulate damage, stress, and unresolved emotions over time.He dives deep into the concept of deconstruction for reconstruction—a process of caref...
2025-05-2409 minDIVO- TED TalksUnique Ability: Knowing Yourself Without Judgment | DIVO-Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode: “Can you love yourself as you are—because that’s exactly as it’s meant to be?” 👤 Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | Founder of DIVO Wellness📜 Summary:In this episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the concept of unique ability—the natural talents, traits, and qualities that make you who you are without draining your energy. But more importantly, he dives into the challenge of self-acceptance and understanding that everything you are (and everything you are not) is exactly as it is meant to be....
2025-05-2106 minDIVO- TED TalksResistance Training for Mind, Body, and Spirit | DIVO-Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode:“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always have what you’ve always had—just maybe a little bit older.”👤 Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | Founder of DIVO Wellness📜 Summary:In this episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores the concept of resistance training beyond the gym—showing how the same principles that build muscle can also strengthen your mind, emotions, and spirit. Drawing on his experience as a yoga studio owner, fitness trainer, and wellness expert, Nicholas reveals how life's challenges—from grief to business ownership—are all...
2025-05-1910 minDIVO- TED TalksJust Hit Play: Overcoming Perfectionism and Exploring New Paths | DIVO-Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode:“If you don’t know there are other options, you’ll always choose from the same set of choices.”👤 Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | Founder of DIVO Wellness📜 Summary:In this episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps dives into a powerful truth: Sometimes, the hardest part is just starting. Whether it's creating a podcast, beginning a new fitness routine, or exploring alternative healing, the biggest barrier is often your own mind.Nicholas shares personal stories, including his experience with chronic sinus infections, Western medical interventions, and a surprising run-in w...
2025-05-1408 minDIVO- TED TalksNavigating Toxic Environments: Pollen, People, and Personal Power | DIVO-Ted Talks💬 Quote from the Episode:“Sometimes it’s not them—it’s you. But that’s the good news. Because you can change you.”👤 Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | Founder of DIVO Wellness📜 Summary:In this episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores a surprising connection between allergies, toxic people, and personal empowerment. Drawing from his own experience with seasonal allergies and his deep knowledge of Ayurveda, yoga philosophy, and mindset coaching, Nicholas reveals how we are constantly exposed to ambient influences—from pollen in the air to difficult personalities in our lives.You’ll learn:✅ How...
2025-05-0909 minDIVO- TED TalksYou Are the Expert of You: Reframing, Releasing, and Reimagining Your World💬 Quote from the Episode:“You are the expert of you—but you are not the expert of every way you could be.”👤 Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | Founder of DIVO Wellness📜 Summary:In this episode of DIVO-Ted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores a radical truth: You are the expert on what it means to be you. But that doesn’t mean your understanding is always complete.Nicholas dives deep into the concept of frames—the mental, emotional, and spiritual boundaries we place on our own experiences. Sometimes, all it takes is a shift in perspective—a...
2025-05-0707 minDIVO- TED TalksYoga Is Not a Verb: Knowing Your Nature and Living It💬 Quote from the Episode:“Yoga isn’t something you do. It’s what happens when you stop doing.”👤 Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | Founder of DIVO Wellness📜 Summary:In this episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps flips the script on a common assumption: Yoga is not something you do—it's something that happens. Drawing from the heart of yogic and Ayurvedic wisdom, he explores the truth of yoga as a state of being, not a practice or pose.Nicholas unpacks how your Ayurvedic constitution (dosha) isn't just about digestion or energy—it’s your unique expression of c...
2025-05-0110 minDIVO- TED TalksThe DIVO Way: Detoxify, Integrate, Vitalize, Optimize Your Life💬 Quote from the Episode:"You have to make room for new things in your life. Then plant them. Then tend to them. Then polish them until they bear fruit."👤 Host: Nicholas Wade Kimps | Founder of DIVO Wellness📜 Summary:In this episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps breaks down the true meaning behind DIVO—Detoxification, Integration, Vitalization, and Optimization—and how these principles guide not just the DIVO Wellness studio but the process of personal evolution itself.He dives into why detoxification goes far beyond the physical—touching the mind and spirit—and how meaningful grow...
2025-04-2908 minDIVO- TED TalksAuthenticity in Action: What It Really Means to Be You in a Functional Community💬 Quote from the Episode:“Authenticity is expressing yourself to the highest degree—without reservation for the beauty that is you—within a functional unit, within a community.”📜 Summary:In this heartfelt and refreshingly real solo episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps—the original DIVO—returns to the mic on Earth Day with reflections from the front lines of launching a wellness studio. He explores the essence of authenticity: not as brutal honesty or impulsive expression, but as fully inhabiting your role within your greater ecosystem—be that your family, your workplace, or your yoga studio.Nicholas draws insp...
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