Common Ground: On the Yoga Path

We can become fixated on the outcome when it comes to personal projects, work, and creative endeavors. We tend to seek external validation to prove the worth of our work. 

How can we become captivated by the process, rather than the outcome? Because oftentimes "doing the thing", and not the result, is what fills our days. 
In this episode, learn how mindfulness and yoga help us to be more involved in the present, rather than only thinking of the result in the future. We talk about trust, boats, the dip, and more. Listen now! 

“Your work is to discover your work and then, 
With all your heart, give yourself to it.” - Buddha 

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Join Lianna, Meeraj, and Sydney to explore how most of (y)our yoga practice happens outside of the four walls of a studio. Join four yoga teachers (and forever students) as we chat candidly about how our yoga lives unfold on and off the mat.

We share from the heart about our experience of yoga philosophies and other traditions and how they apply now. We gather to nurture human interaction, community, and the conversations you crave.

For those looking to enhance the well-being of (y)our world.

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Join us for 28+ asana, breath, and meditation classes, community conversations, and more!

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Website | www.inspirit.community

Instagram | @inspiritcommunity

Have you ever been in a happy situation and a tinge of anxiety creeps in? If things have been going well and find yourself waiting for the shoe to drop - this episode is for you!

In this candid discussion, we talk about self-sabotage. We remember that pleasure and joy are life-giving sources of energy. We explore how to "participate joyfully in the world's sorrows." We chat about vulnerability, contentment, the importance of neutrality, and more. Listen now! 

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Join Lianna, Janna, Meeraj, and Sydney to explore how most of (y)our yoga practice happens outside of the four walls of a studio. Join four yoga teachers (and forever students) as we chat candidly about how our yoga lives unfold on and off the mat.

We share from the heart about our experience of yoga philosophies and other traditions and how they apply now. We gather to nurture human interaction, community, and the conversations you crave.

For those looking to enhance the well-being of (y)our world.

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Join us for 28+ asana, breath, and meditation classes, community conversations, and more!

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Website | www.inspirit.community

Instagram | @inspiritcommunity

Enjoy 5-minute breath, meditation, and mantra practices in between the regular episodes.

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This podcast explores how most of (y)our yoga practice happens outside of the four walls of a studio. Join four yoga teachers (and forever students) as we chat candidly about how our yoga lives unfold on and off the mat.

We share from the heart about our experience of yoga philosophies and other traditions and how they apply now. We gather to nurture human interaction, community, and the conversations you crave.

For those looking to enhance the well-being of (y)our world.

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Join us for 28+ asana, breath, and meditation classes, community conversations, and more!

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Website | www.inspirit.community

Instagram | @inspiritcommunity

In today's episode, we discuss Jnana yoga the final pathway of the four we've shared over the last few weeks. We can succeed on this pathway by putting our ego down and remaining curious and patient. How do you show up for Self and practice discernment? Can you reach a wisdom that moves beyond the mind and into the heart?

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Join Lianna, Janna, Meeraj, and Sydney to explore how most of (y)our yoga practice happens outside of the four walls of a studio. Join four yoga teachers (and forever students) as we chat candidly about how our yoga lives unfold on and off the mat.

We share from the heart about our experience of yoga philosophies and other traditions and how they apply now. We gather to nurture human interaction, community, and the conversations you crave.

For those looking to enhance the well-being of (y)our world.

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Join us for 28+ asana, breath, and meditation classes, community conversations, and more!

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Website | www.inspirit.community

Instagram | @inspiritcommunity

In today's episode, we discuss Raja Yoga - the royal path of yoga.  On this path, we observe our minds and moral values. We understand that we can use our mental powers to allow our minds to become still and unobscured, allowing us to connect with the divine Self within us.
In this discussion, big words come up, like "power," "quiet," and "authenticity". Listen now to explore together!

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Join Lianna, Janna, Meeraj, and Sydney to explore how most of (y)our yoga practice happens outside of the four walls of a studio. Join four yoga teachers (and forever students) as we chat candidly about how our yoga lives unfold on and off the mat.

We share from the heart about our experience of yoga philosophies and other traditions and how they apply now. We gather to nurture human interaction, community, and the conversations you crave.

For those looking to enhance the well-being of (y)our world.

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Join us for 28+ asana, breath, and meditation classes, community conversations, and more!

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Website | www.inspirit.community

Instagram | @inspiritcommunity

In today's episode, we discuss Bhakti yoga, one of the 5 pathways. Bhakti yoga is the path of love and surrender. Bhakti is a very deep and intense emotion of love of the devotee for the Divine, but as we talked about during the episode the Divine is whatever you decide and resonate wholeheartedly with.

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Join Lianna, Janna, Meeraj, and Sydney to explore how most of (y)our yoga practice happens outside of the four walls of a studio. Join four yoga teachers (and forever students) as we chat candidly about how our yoga lives unfold on and off the mat.

We share from the heart about our experience of yoga philosophies and other traditions and how they apply now. We gather to nurture human interaction, community, and the conversations you crave.

For those looking to enhance the well-being of (y)our world.

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Join us for 28+ asana, breath, and meditation classes, community conversations, and more!

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Website | www.inspirit.community

Instagram | @inspiritcommunity

This week's episode discusses Karma yoga as one of the 5 pathways.  Karma, in this instance, means "action." The path of Karma Yoga is "the yoga of action, the path of selfless service."  

To be genuinely selfless can be challenging. We share personal struggles and stories of inaction in an effort to be transparent with you all and to show that this doesn't just occur overnight.Karma yoga can be attained when we are in line with our dharma (duty in life) and is an effective means of spiritual development. Give it a listen and share your journey with us! :)

P.S. Here's the quote Sydney shared:

“The one who sees inaction in the midst of action, and action in the midst of action is wise and can act in the spirit of yoga. With no desire for success, no anxiety about failure, indifferent to results, this person burns up their actions in the fire of wisdom. Surrendering all thoughts of outcome, unperturbed, self-reliant, this person does nothing at all, even when fully engaged in actions. There is nothing this person expects, nothing that this person fears. Serene, free from possessions, untainted, acting with the body alone, content with whatever happens, unattached to pleasure or pain, success or failure, this person acts and is never bound by those actions. When a person has let go of attachments, and is grounded in wisdom, everything this person does is an act of sacred joy, and all actions melt away.” ~ Bhagavad Gita ch. 4 v. 18-22

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Join Lianna, Janna, Meeraj, and Sydney to explore how most of (y)our yoga practice happens outside of the four walls of a studio. Join four yoga teachers (and forever students) as we chat candidly about how our yoga lives unfold on and off the mat.

We share from the heart about our experience of yoga philosophies and other traditions and how they apply now. We gather to nurture human interaction, community, and the conversations you crave.

For those looking to enhance the well-being of (y)our world.

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Join us for 28+ asana, breath, and meditation classes, community conversations, and more!

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Website | www.inspirit.community

Instagram | @inspiritcommunity

We discuss Hatha yoga as one of the five pathways. Although this was not one we all learned as a pathway, we can all agree it is the gateway to the other paths in the western world. Is that a bad thing? We don't think so!

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Join Lianna, Janna, Meeraj, and Sydney to explore how most of (y)our yoga practice happens outside of the four walls of a studio. Join four yoga teachers (and forever students) as we chat candidly about how our yoga lives unfold on and off the mat.

We share from the heart about our experience of yoga philosophies and other traditions and how they apply now. We gather to nurture human interaction, community, and the conversations you crave.

For those looking to enhance the well-being of (y)our world.

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Join us for 28+ asana, breath, and meditation classes, community conversations, and more!

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Website | www.inspirit.community

Instagram | @inspiritcommunity

Enjoy 5-minute breath, meditation, and mantra practices in between the regular episodes! Let's practice viloma breathing or "against the natural flow" breathing on the exhales. How do you feel being empty in this way?

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This podcast explores how most of (y)our yoga practice happens outside of the four walls of a studio. Join four yoga teachers (and forever students) as we chat candidly about how our yoga lives unfold on and off the mat.

We share from the heart about our experience of yoga philosophies and other traditions and how they apply now. We gather to nurture human interaction, community, and the conversations you crave.

For those looking to enhance the well-being of (y)our world.

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Join us for 28+ asana, breath, and meditation classes, community conversations, and more!

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Website | www.inspirit.community

Instagram | @inspiritcommunity

Today we dive into the 5 Kleshas (Sanskrit for "poisons or "afflictions"). They are negative mental patterns that cloud our true nature and ultimately cause suffering. Sounds fun, right? 

But there are paths to remembering our true nature! The 4 paths of yoga help us to re-establish our connection to Oneness. Karma, Bhakti, Raja, and Jnana yoga. Let's dive in! 

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Join Lianna, Janna, Meeraj, and Sydney to explore how most of (y)our yoga practice happens outside of the four walls of a studio. Join four yoga teachers (and forever students) as we chat candidly about how our yoga lives unfold on and off the mat.

We share from the heart about our experience of yoga philosophies and other traditions and how they apply now. We gather to nurture human interaction, community, and the conversations you crave.

For those looking to enhance the well-being of (y)our world.

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Join us for 28+ asana, breath, and meditation classes, community conversations, and more!

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Website | www.inspirit.community

Instagram | @inspiritcommunity