LYP Podcast

Drishti is a Sanskrit word in Yoga meaning a "point of focus." A Drishti is a way to "Set Your Gaze" within each pose or during meditation, improving our focus, concentration, and balance. The North Star during the holiday season is a symbol of hope. As we look for ways to live our yoga practice, the stars we see scattered all around us this time of year can serve as a Drishti off the mat, to rest and concentrate our eyes and our focus upon. 

Welcome to The Edge Podcast. I'm Maggie Pounds, a yoga teacher and joy facilitator. May this week’s theme anchor and guide your days moving forward. May you weave the practices I share into your yoga practice and daily life, allowing you to truly discover what it means to live a life of connection to who and what you really are both on and off your yoga mat. 

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Lately I’ve been reflecting on what it was that drew me to yoga in the first place? What was it that captivated me? What has kept me so driven to continue down this path and daily practice? The answer, true for me then and now, is the feeling and experience of connection. Connection is what drew me, why I stayed, and why I continue. But connection to what exactly? And the answer to this question is at the very heart of why I kept taking classes, and why I continue to carve out space for connection on my mat. From my first encounters with yoga, I was discovering and finding a connection to Me. To my Inner Voice. And those first words and whispers where the encouragement that, "It's Okay."

Welcome to The Edge Podcast. I'm Maggie Pounds, a yoga teacher and joy facilitator. May this week’s theme anchor and guide your days moving forward. May you weave the practices I share into your yoga practice and daily life, allowing you to truly discover what it means to live a life of connection to who and what you really are both on and off your yoga mat. 

The song I invite you to listen to in this episode is called "Kinder" by Copper Wimmin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlh83v_B1qg

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Whether on or off your mat, I invite you to find a comfortable seat and allow yourself to listen and enjoy this short meditation. Together we will connect with the movement in your body, quieting the mind, and gently coming back to your center, your home of connection and stillness. 

To dive deeper into this concept listen to the previous podcast episode, Pathways to Connection.

In almost everything we do, want, and seek, there is a desire and need within us for connection. This week I paid attention to the ways that I seek connection in my life. I noticed that in my desire to spend time with loved ones, to eat well, to practice yoga each morning, to spend time in nature, and to have space for creativity, my need for connection was at the heart of it all. As I held my need for connection at the forefront of my mind while moving through these activities, I discovered that Connection is simply the result of feeling good.

Welcome to The Edge Podcast. I'm Maggie Pounds, a yoga teacher and joy facilitator. May this week’s theme anchor and guide your days moving forward. May you weave the practices I share into your yoga practice and daily life, allowing you to truly discover what it means to live a life of connection to who and what you really are both on and off your yoga mat. 

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Whether on or off your mat, I invite you to find a comfortable seat and enjoy creating the refreshing gift for yourself of "space around space" in your body, mind, and heart!

To dive deeper into this concept listen to the previous episode, "Space Around Space."

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Join me in exploring the concept of "space around space." Creating space around space encourages me to rethink the events in my day as blocks of space. My mind shifts from linear to more rounded, taking into account not just time but everything around it. And in this broadening of awareness and perspective I find my presence.

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In the transition from summer to fall, my body is naturally inviting me to grow roots, slow down, and ground myself. Fall is a time to release old stories, let go of past holdings, make space for the new, and let die what needs to die. With the transformation of fall on its way and change at the forefront of our daily experience, seen in the colors out the window, I sit in deep appreciation for my personal yoga practice. It’s like an anchor and a pathway I have built into my days for Me to align with Me. In this week's episode I explore the concept to "Slow Down and Ground," both on and off our yoga mats.

Welcome to The Edge Podcast. I'm Maggie Pounds, a yoga teacher and joy facilitator. May this week’s theme anchor and guide your days moving forward. May you weave the practices I share into your yoga practice and daily life, allowing you to truly discover what it means to live a life of connection to who and what you really are both on and off your yoga mat.

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This week episode we explore both on and off our yoga mats a beautiful quote by Thich Naht Hanh.

"We can smile and relax. Everything we want is right here in the present moment."

With the reminder that we can first smile and relax, we hold ourselves in a posture to explore this sometimes uncomfortable relationship we feel in regards to our wants and desires. This quote gracefully and simply opens the door to align with what it is that we really do want and can have right now in this present moment. It helps me find peace, clarity, and connection to what it truly is that I desire for myself and my life.

Welcome to The Edge Podcast. I'm Maggie Pounds, a yoga teacher and joy facilitator. May this week’s theme anchor and guide your days moving forward. May you weave the practices I share into your yoga practice and daily life, allowing you to truly discover what it means to live a life of connection to who and what you really are both on and off your yoga mat.

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In this episode I explore the concept of "Healing" as the never ending process of being guided, pointed, and reminded of our inherent wholeness. Together we explore “healing” both on and off our yoga mats not in terms of fixing what is broken, but “healing” in terms of a reminder of wholeness.

Welcome to The Edge Podcast. I'm Maggie Pounds, a yoga teacher and joy facilitator. May this week’s theme anchor and guide your days moving forward. May you weave the practices I share into your yoga practice and daily life, allowing you to truly discover what it means to live a life of connection to who and what you really are both on and off your yoga mat. 

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