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154 - Love Is A Clay Heart Apr 15, 2022

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We cover a lot of interesting topics for a podcast about yoga, but yoga is so much more than what we do with our bodies. So much of my own yoga practice is how I interact with others, how I open up my heart to them.

I want my heat to be a piece of clay. I want to be able to take pieces from my heart and give it to others, and to have others give me pieces of clay from their hearts. I want my heart to be so open to others that the clay is misshapen and lumpy and full of love.

That is love to me: a lumpy heart, with people at the center.
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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

Photo: Jess Keating

Podcast Producer: Courtney Mauss

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Produced by: Grey Tanner

153 - Finding Play within Your Voice Apr 07, 2022

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How do you feel about your voice? Do you love the tone of it, how you can hear the sound of your joy, how it makes others feel? What don’t you like about it? How could you speak that would convey to others a sense of comfort, peace, or playfulness?

I want to talk to you all about our voices, and how important our voice is as yoga teachers and how we lead others. We have the power to shift the energy in the rooms we are in. If we are playful with our voice, in turn we are encouraging others to play as well, to feel comfortable experimenting and trying new things. Voice is a big part of how we hold space in a room.

How do you express your unique voice?
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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

Photo: Jess Keating

Podcast Producer: Courtney Mauss

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Produced by: Grey Tanner

152 - Teaching the Biomechanics of Yoga with Jules Mitchell Mar 31, 2022

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Jules Mitchell is a teacher of teachers. She leans into science, where others might turn away, and makes us all the better for it. Jules is leading the way to the conversations that we need to be having.

It’s important that we pay attention to the language we use as teachers. What do we truly understand (rather than just regurgitating) and how do we communicate that? How can we clearly express what something as simple— yet as complex—as “stretching”? How can we facilitate those conversations?

How can we celebrate the feedback we receive from our students, rather than feel discouraged by it so we can better serve them, and the practice of yoga itself? We can start with the biomechanics.
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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

Photo: Jess Keating

Podcast Producer: Courtney Mauss

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Produced by: Grey Tanner

151 - The Tabernacle Retreat: Let's Talk About Sex with Taylor-leigh Mar 18, 2022

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I have something to share with you today, something that’s been in the works—and in my dreams—for a while now. I am so thrilled to share with you the Tabernacle Retreat.

What if our bodies are a holy place, a place of worship? A tabernacle. I want to celebrate my body. I want to celebrate yours, too.

Join us at Tabernacle

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

Photo: Jess Keating

Podcast Producer: Courtney Mauss

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Produced by: Grey Tanner

150 - The Beauty and Brutality of Poetry with Joy Sullivan Mar 10, 2022

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If yoga is the the practice of paying attention then so, too, is poetry. A poem defies definition. It is something deeply personal, untranslatable. We use poetry to create meaning of the beautiful, brutal things around us.

I find poetry and yoga to be so similar: how we connect breath and movement and words, how we bring attention to every moment, the creation of friction, the feeling of empathy.

In this episode, I speak with poet, Joy Sullivan, about the urgency and the magic of poetry. We define what it is, how it provides us a haven, and how even though it might not save the world… it is the beginning.

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

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Podcast Producer: Courtney Mauss

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Produced by: Grey Tanner

149 - Finding the Fun In Failure with Britany Williams Mar 03, 2022

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Had a conversation with Britany Williams this week where we discussed many things (and may have gone on a few tangents) but I loved every second of it. There is always so much to learn from the people who are really moved by what they’re doing in the world, and Britany is one of them.

If there’s one thing I’d want you to take away from this episode, it’s that even if you “fail” a thousand times, as long as you get back up and laugh it off a thousand and one times, you never really fail. Look for the fun. It’s right there, waiting for you.

Connect with Britany: Instagram, TikTok, sweat.com/BritanyWilliams
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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

Photo: Jess Keating

Podcast Producer: Courtney Mauss

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Produced by: Grey Tanner

148 - The Beauty of Metamorphosis Feb 24, 2022

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I wanted to share a funny story this week about roundabouts, caterpillar soup, and hope. Change comes a little bit at a time, and what a beautiful thing that is. We're all gonna come out on the other side of this life a little more understanding.
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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

Photo: Jess Keating

Podcast Producer: Courtney Mauss

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Produced by: Grey Tanner

147 - Redefining Strength with Lianne Saffer Feb 17, 2022

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I think we often view “strength” as this intangible thing, out of grasp for many of us to ever reach it. But what if it was way more simple than that? What if strength was just letting yourself be seen, simply existing?

Lianne Saffer knows a thing or two about being strong. She knows what it’s like to be many things all at once, how to give energy the space it needs to live and grow, how to knock down walls, and to wait and just sit with it. Learning to “just be” isn’t easy. Let’s figure it out together.

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

Photo: Jess Keating

Podcast Producer: Courtney Mauss

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Produced by: Grey Tanner

146 - Finding Your Life's Flow with Jane McCann Feb 10, 2022

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Had a wonderful, vulnerable conversation with Jane McCann—a magnetic, exuberant, honest soul. We talked about going grey (on your head… and beyond), the joy found in aging, understanding the femininity that exists outside of us, lessons in parenthood, and the exploration of what it means to be alive in our own bodies as they change… And change they do.

Life, just like our yoga practices, is all about finding flow.

Connect with Jane: Instagram, Fitted By Jane

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

Photo: Jess Keating

Podcast Producer: Courtney Mauss

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Produced by: Grey Tanner

145 - We Can All Be Better Teachers With Emily Mariola Feb 03, 2022

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It’s been a bit since we’ve had a guest here on the podcast, and I’m so glad Emily Mariola could be here with us today. We talked a lot about yoga as a business, and what it looks like not only to be a yoga teacher, but to be a student in the art of paying attention.

200 hours is only the beginning, we can always be learning and getting better as teachers, and it’s never been more possible.

Connect with Emily: Instagram, Flex Yoga, Website

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

Photo: Jess Keating

Podcast Producer: Courtney Mauss

Weekly stories by email from Bonnie HERE

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Produced by: Grey Tanner