Bridging Humanity with Yoga with Mark Herron

In this episode of Barbell Vitality, Brent speaks with Mark Herron, co-owner of Sukha Yoga Austin and its adjacent grab-and-go coffee shop, Maha Coffee.

Having been an athlete throughout his youth, Mark recalls how mindfulness and meditation always played a big part in his life. It has helped him to the point that he was accused of taking steroids for this above-average size, speed, and skill—all honed through years of intense focus on his sport—playing football and baseball in college. Naturally, his affinity for mindfulness eventually led him to establish Sukha Yoga.

Mark loves the creative freedom that having his own business and living his passion gives him. Not only does he enjoy being a yogi; Mark is also a photographer and interior designer. His eye for beauty is most evident at his very own Sukha Yoga.

Listen in and hear Mark’s refreshing take on how yoga can bring anybody of any faith and background together, allowing for grounded, honest, and authentic human connection amid today’s crazy world.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: 

●      [00:24] Mark Herron background and the origins of Sukha Yoga

●      [15:25] Obtaining interior design inspiration from the world around you

●      [19:00] How 30 days of yoga transformed Mark

●      [26:24] The spirit of yoga, according to Mark

●      [35:56] Life as being defined by duality

 ●      [43:26] The sad phenomenon of sensationalism, especially in today’s world

●      [48:20] Getting into the flow state

●      [57:00] Yoga as a way for people of all beliefs to connect and bring the walls down

Memorable Quotes:

“You can teach design. Composition, colors, textures—all that can be taught. At the end of the day, design is everywhere, and it’s what we’re attracted to and drawn to: cars, furniture, rooms, businesses, places that you frequent. Do what feels good.”

“If you can be lighthearted about what you do, whether you’re designing or running a business, and trying to have fun, everything works itself out.”

“The whole concept of yoga is to become one, to unite. One with the Creator, or you seeing yourself as part of the fabric of it all.”

“The truths are that we are energy, that we know very little about how our consciousness came to be. We know that we’re really connected to it all. We don’t really know how to explain it. These are truths.”

“A guru is a wise teacher that helps you move from shit times to good times.”

“Emptiness is nothing; but it’s everything. Nothing has value; but it also has value. We live in duality." 

“We spend way too much time in our lives consumed with a world that is so fictitious and unreal.”

“I know I have limited time in this body. How much of that time am I spending on something that’s creative and working towards manifesting something that fills me up. Typically, what fills people up is connectivity to others and being in service to others. Or, am I caught up in wishing and wanting and scrolling left or scrolling right and bitching and complaining." 

“It’s important in our practice of meditation, of yoga, and communication with each other as humans, to try and be as honest as we can be.”

Learn more about Sukha Yoga and Mark’s online classes at SukhaYogaAustin.com 

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