The past couple of weeks have been a lot. Yani's showcase. Decisions made and plans set in motion around her exit from her job. The habits and systems Shaah has been building quietly crashed as his focus shifted to making sure Yani was good. Not a complaint. That's the nature of marriage, partnership, family. Healthy relationships in general. We pause the outside world to nurture the one within.

The Trigger Word held the spot last week. This episode is where they catch up.

In this episode: Shaah hit a major milestone and got on the mic in the new studio with someone else in the room for the first time in over 20 years, since Tha Beggas (also credited as The Beggaz and The Beggarz on two different Wu-Tang albums). They also open a gift from Malcolm Rose Jr., Shaah’s co-host on the upcoming Better Moves podcast dropping in June, who runs healthwealthandhiphop.com and has been figuring out how to share some serious wins on the financial fitness front. Crew love. 🦾💀

Then the episode opens up into Yani's world. She's in her final week at the studio before crossing into a whole new chapter, three days left, and she's been putting her body through it all week intentionally, stacking up every bit of the space and practice and teachers she's had access to before the threshold. Nine months of aerial. Coming up on a year with something that started as a hobby and quietly became a lifestyle. One-on-one with Jahari. Drill Sergeant Symone's spin pole class followed by a breakthrough flow moment in Jayla's Earthflow. A 40-minute self-session mid-week. Training with Faith the morning they recorded this.

Her instructor also quietly graduated her to intermediate, which she's still processing.

The conversation winds into what it means to have multiple forms of expression, writing, movement, photography, and how they don't all run at the same time. Right now the body is the instrument. That's the season. And that's enough.

Act III. In progress. In public.

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Chapters

0:00 - Cold open

0:27 - Late drop, no stress: finding the rhythm

2:45 - Shaah gets on the mic: first time in 20+ years

3:20 - Gift from Malcolm / Better Moves podcast

6:10 - Yani's final week: crossing the threshold

7:30 - Nine months of aerial, almost a year

8:05 - Monday: serendipitous one-on-one with Jahari

9:15 - Tuesday: Drill Sergeant Symone

10:25 - Jayla's Earthflow and a breakthrough moment

11:00 - Wednesday self-session and the week ahead

12:00 - Thursday plan: Faith, HFR work, Lotus class

13:20 - What is low flow? Yani explains

14:30 - The full schedule through Wednesday

14:50 - Getting graduated to intermediate

15:50 - Last day and the aerial anniversary

16:35 - Aerial as transmutation, writing in waves

17:55 - Wrapping up, excited for the next chapter

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Thoughts in Transit on:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW5x4SwGtMZbjCF3axu1E2NyIQ9rVOs8K

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2TSLB0M1bkITSbBQc7JeYU

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thoughts-in-transit/id1895013301

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Malcolm Rose Jr.: healthwealthandhiphop.com

Better Moves (Podcast dropping June 2026): https://www.patreon.com/posts/grysklls-2nd-of-157381929

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