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The Honesty Challenge - Getting more truthful with ourselves and our world

The Honesty Challenge - Getting more truthful with ourselves and our world - Most of us value honesty yet are not aware of how regularly we avoid facing what’s difficult inside us, and how we are less

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Meditation: Vipassana – The Practice of Seeing Clearly

Meditation: Vipassana – The Practice of Seeing Clearly - Vipassana, also known as insight meditation, is training in bringing a clear mindful attention to our moment to moment experience. We begin by

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Meditation Party: Magic, Mystery, Intuition, Tattoos, and Non-Efforting | Sebene Selassie a

Welcome to the third installment of Meditation Party, an experiment we’re running with a chattier format – more of a morning zoo vibe, but way deeper, of course. Dan’s co-hosts in this episode are his

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Connecting and Coexisting with Animals Through Asana with Alison Zak

Today's conversation is with Alison Zak, who recently published her first book, Wild Asana: Animals, Yoga, and Connecting Our Practice to the Natural World. Zak's unique nature memoir artfully weave

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Ep. 233 – The Optimum Time for Spiritual Growth

In this radio interview from 1985, Ram Dass touches on identity, the purpose of meditation on the path to enlightenment, working with death as a path to spiritual growth, and much more.Today's podcast

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From the Archives: Setting Boundaries in Your Yoga Business

This week on the podcast we are talking about boundaries! Setting boundaries and sticking to them can be so challenging as yoga teachers and yoga business owners, but it's also one of the most importa

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We Know Nature Is Good for Us. Here’s How To Make Time for It, Scandinavian Style | Linda Å

Today’s guest is Linda Åkeson McGurk, a Swedish American writer and author of There’s No Such Thing As Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom’s Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids. Her

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Ryan Cunningham - Return of Yoga?

Ryan Cunningham, co-founder of Boston Yoga Collective, returns to the show to continue an ongoing conversation with J about the evolution and future of yoga centers. They discuss meeting each other at

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The Present Moment | Bonus Meditation with Pascal Auclair

Get out of the trance of thinking and explore what it’s like to be more generous with your attention directly, here, now.About Pascal Auclair:Pascal Auclair has been immersed in Buddhist practice and

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What Is Mindfulness, Really? And How Do You Know if You’re Doing It Right? | Diana Winston

Mindfulness is a word that is in danger of becoming meaningless. In this episode, we dig into the meaning of mindfulness, how to practice without getting overwhelmed, and how to stop the judgment spir

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Does It Take a Village To Raise a Child?

If you’re a human on this planet, you know just how important self-care is. That is especially true if you’re a mother. We give absolutely everything to our children: our bodies, our minds, our hearts

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The Superpower of Mindful Witnessing

The Superpower of Mindful Witnessing - The capacity to witness what is happening inside us with a non-judging attention allows us to respond to life from our full intelligence and heart. This talk loo

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Meditation: Being a Kind Witness

Meditation: Being a Kind Witness - Learning to witness what is going on inside us is the gateway to inner freedom and deep realization. This meditation guides us in witnessing our experience with a n

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Back to school time! 8 key things to look for in a yoga teacher training

There’s something about fall that just feels like back to school time for me, even as an 200-hour YTT is coming up October 24th, so we thought we’d review what to look for if you’r

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Deep Cuts: Malcolm Gladwell

Gladwell On: the importance of flow states, why people should have a lifelong pursuit or practice, and how he personally Gladwell is the president and co-founder of the podcasting netw

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From the Archives: Diversifying Your Income Streams with Amy Rohrer

This week on the podcast I am joined by Amy Roeher from The Yoga Hut! Amy is a yoga teacher with a small backyard yoga studio and an online membership platform, an Ayurvedic Wellness Consultant, and a

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Deep Cuts: Kryptonite for the Inner Critic | Kristin Neff

The scientific case for and why it doesn’t have to lead to passivity, self absorption, or guest is Kristin Neff, an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at

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Check-In with J - The Economics of a Yoga Center in 2023

J decides to depart from his usual protocol and takes a moment to talk about the economics of opening a yoga center in 2023. He lays out the evolution of common models used for operating yoga centers

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Keeping Things in Perspective | Bonus Meditation with La Sarmiento

Our busy lives rarely afford us time to reflect on what’s truly important. Remembering what matters most empowers us to engage La Sarmiento:La Sarmiento is the the guiding teacher o

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How to Gracefully Handle Defeat I Former Congressman Tim Ryan

Ryan also talks about how meditation helped him ride out a brutal political escaping the grind, and whether he’ll run for office again.Tim Ryan served for 20 years in the U.S. Congress

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Taking the First Step to Finding Your Strength

Today’s episode of From the Heart is a beautiful life update from Rachel to you. She talks about craving community, feeling pain and weakness in her body, and how she has been going through a challeng

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Conscious Prayer – Finding Refuge in Loving Awareness

Conscious Prayer – Finding Refuge in Loving Awareness - Prayer is a communing with our enlarged being. This talk examines less conscious forms of prayer, and how we can evolve the power of our prayers

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Meditation: Openhearted Presence

Meditation: Openhearted Presence -This meditation guides us to arouse mindfulness through attention to our senses, and to rest in that wakefulness with a receptive and tender presence.

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5 ways to bring the yoga tradition into modern classes

On our live episode two weeks ago, we answered the question, Is this thing that we’re doing still yoga?’ Jason shared five principles that make even the most modern practices a yoga practice. On this

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Legendary Record Producer Rick Rubin On: Creativity, Habits, Self-Doubt, Intuition and Medi

We also cover: What to do when you're feeling stuck, the difference between authenticity and sincerity, and his approach to work/life balance.Rick Rubin is a nine-time GRAMMY-winning producer and a Ne

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Ep. 232 – The Dance of Forms

In this radio interview from 1985, Ram Dass discusses the journey of awakening, how reincarnation is within the dance of forms, dysfunctional societal myths, and much more.Today's podcast is sponsored

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From the Archives: How to Run a Corporate Yoga Business with Stephanie Mitchell

This week on the podcast I am joined by Stephanie Mitchell from The Rolling Mat! Stephanie is a corporate yoga teacher who creates corporate wellness programs in Atlanta, GA. In this episode, Stephani

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How to Meditate If You Have No Time to Meditate | Jake Eagle and Michael Amster (Co-Intervi

The great meditation teacher Sebene Selassie said this about today’s guests: “I think their work is going to revolutionize guests in question are Jake Eagle, a licensed mental h

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Michael Hutchinson - Your Breath Wants to Help You

Michael Hutchinson, author of Breath for Health, talks with J about the teachings of TKV Desikachar and developing understanding through experience. They discuss Michael's dual life working in both th

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Podcast #137 - Take Me to the River

Theme of the class is inspired by the Jivamukti Focus of the

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How to Counteract Your Negativity Bias | Bonus Meditation with Oren Jay Sofer

Counteract negativity bias by appreciating the goodness in life: simple acts of kindness, moments of beauty, and even your own good efforts.About Oren Jay Sofer:Oren Jay Sofer teaches mindfulness, med

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Returning to the Mat: How to Approach Movement After Time Away

Welcome to the third installment of Meditation Party, an experiment we’re running with a chattier format – more of a morning zoo vibe, but way deeper, of course. Dan’s co-hosts in this episode are his3