Life in Commune

Finding ways to limit your expectations while still having excitement for what is to come can be a complicated path to walk. In this episode Patrick and Carling chat about there own process wrangling their expectations while staying open to joy on and off the mat! 

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We all work everyday towards our jobs, passions, relationships, hobbies, and interests in order to make our lives better, but we often forget to look at if these efforts are actually working for us in the way we want them to. 

In this episode Patrick and Carling explore the relationship between being good and having your talents work for you.

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Inspired by our recent Awakening Inversions training at Commune Yoga over the last weekend we chat about three tips to help you find balance in any inversion. We discuss the importance of learning what your mental challenges are as you go upside down, finding time to get comfortable, and embracing your foundations. 

Join us for our next inversion training in London this October! for info visit www.patrickbeach.com 

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When Carling gave birth to Harvey we spent a good amount of time in the hospital, which led to us discussing when are our experiences nurturing growth versus when are we becoming numb to get through the moment. 

In the yoga practice we all strive to be as present as possible and not wish moments of our life away, but in reality that is only a goal at which we can strive for. Life comes in waves, some of them you will wish would never end and others that you wish would never start. Either way you see things currently how can we live with an opportunistic mindset to explore what is in front of us at the moment to continue to grow as people. 

For workshops and trainings visit www.patrickbeach.com

Music by www.purple-planet.com 

In this episode we discuss what exactly "Alignment Yoga" is and how we might define the differences between "Good" and "Bad" alignment. With the rise in popularity of group yoga asana classes, the need for standard cueing and aesthetics may have led us to believe that there are right and wrong ways to practice so we wonder who exactly gets to decide many lineages gilded alignment rules, and if we really can apply them as students and teachers.

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After a week off of podcasting to welcome the newest member of the family into the world, Patrick and Carling are back chatting about the age old question, can you teach it if you can't do it?

They discuss how embodiment, rather than performance, is the attribute that can help a teacher trans,mute their concepts with integrity & passion. How the same concept can be taught more diversely when we come from  a place of personal experience, no matter what level it is.

For all teacher training and workshops visit www.patrickbeach.com 

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How do we mix pregnancy and the yoga practice? Well, hopefully with experience, intuition, and grace. But the journey isn't always a smooth one and in this episode Patrick sits down with Carling to discuss her transitions, modifications, and experience through the Yoga asana practice during this pregnancy. 

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We've all been there. New, a bit nervous, and not quite sure how to start. but as teachers, it can be all to easy to forget about the sensations of being a new student. Join Patrick and Carling for a conversation about why teaching beginners is deeply important to your skills as a teacher, and to their experience being welcomed into a practice we care so much about.

5 tips coming your way to help you craft better classes, welcome students with more joy, and open the practice up with authenticity and depth.

for all teacher trainings and workshops visit :: www.patrickbeach.com

music by : www.purple-planet.com 

We all procrastinate. It is one of the most impossible things to avoid, sometimes we all need that sense of urgency to kick in so we can transform into our best selves, but other times it can lead to stress and negativity. 

Carling and Patrick posit the effectiveness of their unique procrastination tactics, and wonder if there may be some upside to deadlines and urgency. With the baby-countdown in full effect, they admit it might have actually be easier to get ready mentally and spiritually, than it has been physically.

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