Common Ground: On the Yoga Path

Common Ground: On the Yoga Path

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Common Ground: On the Yoga Path episodes

  • Energy Shift Breath Interlude

    Enjoy 5-minute breath, meditation, and mantra practices in between the regular episodes! This breath practice, led by Janna, encourages an energy shift to give you a boost.

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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

    7 min
  • Episode 15: Instant Gratification

    "Instant gratification is a term that refers to the temptation, and resulting tendency, to forego a future benefit in order to obtain a less rewarding but more immediate benefit."


    Why do we make easy decisions that may not be the most beneficial long term? We dive into how/why instant gratification shows up, discomfort and resistance (and how they can lead to growth), delayed gratification, and more!

    What do you think? 

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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

    24 min
  • Episode 14: Exploring Isvara Pranidhana

    We have arrived at the very last niyama, Isvara Pranidhana, often understood as surrendering to a supreme being or our truest self. In practice, we learn how to cultivate trust and how to let go of control.


    We discuss surrender and what that means today, how to observe the walls we build in protection that may obstruct this niyama, how it shows up for us personally, worry/rumination, AND there's very amusing entertainment from Jovie the dog.

    It's sometimes helpful to think of this niyama as an "opening to what is," instead of fighting against life. 

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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

    29 min
  • Episode 13: Exploring Svadhyaya

    The next niyama, Svadhyaya, is often understood as self-study. By paying close attention or "studying" ourselves, we become more aware of who we are, and who we are not. 


    “Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the Self” – The Bhagavad Gita 

    In this episode, we discuss different avenues of self-study, pride, music, labels, and experience some real a-ha moments toward the end. Listen now and let us know what you think! Do you have a different way you connect with Svadhyaya?

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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

    32 min
  • Episode 12: Exploring Tapas

    Today we dive into the next niyama, tapas. In Sanskrit "tap" means "to burn" so we think of tapas as a fiery discipline or passion. In this episode, we chat about the word discipline and how it can feel full of possibilities, rather than a punishment. We discuss how tapas helps light us up and burn away the impurities holding us back, the importance of controlled burns, how tapas involves courage, and more!

    “A worthy aim makes life illumined, pure and divine. Without such an aim, action and prayer have no value. Life without tapas is like a heart without love.” – BKS Iyengar

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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

    29 min
  • Episode 11: Exploring Santosha

    Today we discuss the Niyama Santosha, loosely translated to contentment.


    We chat about the surface level of what this means, and also dive in to some ways contentment (or the opposite!) show up on and off the mat. For example, do you say "I'll be happy when..." Do you buy things and then have buyer's remorse? We discuss these and more! 

    Is feeling content currently part of your life? Where does it show up? What helps you find it? Our journeys are all different. 

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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

    25 min
  • Smiling Meditation Interlude

    Enjoy 5-minute breath, meditation, and mantra practices in between the regular episodes! This meditation practice, led by Sydney, might bring a little smile to your face.

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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!

    -----

    Website | www.inspirit.community

    Instagram | @inspiritcommunity

    6 min
  • Episode 10: Exploring Saucha

    Listen to why Saucha, the first Niyama, is about more than simply cleaning your space! Listen and let us know, do you see how it can be like a "clean slate"? How does this Niyama show up for you? 

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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!

    -----

    Website | www.inspirit.community

    Instagram | @inspiritcommunity

    32 min
  • Episode 9: Introducing the Niyamas

    Janna gives an overview of the Niymas, the 2nd limb of yoga in the Yoga Sutras. The Niymas transition us from the last few weeks of studying and discussing and discovering the Yamas, which are our outer behaviors and attitudes to the world to now our inner behaviors and observances of our selves.


    This week, how can you begin to observe yourself through an objective lens. What do you see?

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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!

    -----

    Website | www.inspirit.community

    Instagram | @inspiritcommunity

    33 min
  • Episode 8: Reviewing Yamas

    Closing out the Yamas this week and reflecting on how they are a part of all of us.

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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!

    -----

    Website | www.inspirit.community

    Instagram | @inspiritcommunity

    16 min

About Common Ground: On the Yoga Path

From the publisher's feed

Join Meeraj, Sydney, and Lianna of Inspirit for a deep dive into the ongoing learning of yoga philosophies and ancient traditions and explore how they apply to our lives today. We share our experiences with you in real-life, unedited conversations. Common Ground aims to nurture human interaction and spark the curiosity of self-discovery.