Peter's Podcast

In this episode, Wendy Newton and I discuss the notion of freedom from the perspective of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and elsewhere in yoga language. You also learn what we had for breakfast!

Check out Wendy's upcoming online workshop on the Yoga Sutras.

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Namaste!

In reaction to my previous podcast episode encouraging us not to look for "silver bullet" solutions, I wanted to affirm that there is one silver bullet that addresses everything. I use Elyse Poppers' book The Little Love Book as a prompt to discuss love with Wendy Newton. Poppers, a visual and performing artist as well as a writer, produced this book as a culmination of a project looking for the language with the most words for "love." Her conclusion was that Sanskrit is that language.

In the podcast, I also mention The Yoga of the Nine Emotions, by Peter Marchand.

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In this episode, I discuss the danger of focusing on finding a silver bullet, whether you're talking about the corona virus epidemic or anything else. The reasons I cover include:

• It distracts us from what we should be doing
• It dilutes learning the lessons of what brought us here
• It gets us invested in magical thinking
• It fosters conspiracy theories
• It reinforces tribalism

I mention: 

• Comedian Ronny Chieng's Netflix special.
• Ezra Klein's book, Why We're Polarized.

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Namaste.

I used some of my "shelter-in-place" time to work on a new kirtan recording of a song that always moved me when we chanted it at Paramahansa Yogananda's Self Realization Fellowship. My nephew, Tucker Sody, a professional drummer in Tampa, provided a long-distance accompaniment. Taking a cue from my Psych Rock Kirtan partner Idgy Dean, I played all the rest of the parts myself. I'm looking forward to playing it live in the future, but for now, I hope it gives you some inspiration. 

In his book Cosmic Chants, Yogananda said, “Words that are saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs that have power to remove the rocks of difficulties and to create the change desired.”

Rock on and blow that sh!t up.

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In this episode, Wendy Newton and I do a quick dive into svadyaya, the study of the self and the Self, and the self-reflection and reading of texts that help us "see the light" in the darkness.

We're leading an immersion workshop this Friday 9-3 New York Time, and we set it early enough that hopefully some other time zones can make it, too. Details and registration are available at ishtayoga.com. If you're having financial challenges during this time, email me and we'll work something out.

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Namaste!

I pause my walk in the park to talk about yoga as a practice and a new perspective.

Join me and Wendy Newton in a day-long workshop Bringing Yoga Off the Mat. Details at ishtayoga.com.

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Looking at this time as one to choose #deepliving

How our new challenges with social distancing can be put to constructive purpose.

In this episode, I talk a little about the virus pandemic we're all dealing with. Then I lead us in a meditation to help us stay balanced during this time.

A couple resources:

Brian Lehrer show where there's a March 13 episode with NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/

All Sides Corona Virus news with reference to whether the sources are left, right, or center.

In this episode, I speak with Ulrica Norberg and Wendy Newton about using traditional yoga texts as part of practice. We're going to be leading a workshop using the Gheranda Samhita, Yoga Sutras, and Bhagavad Gita this May in Stockholm. Details are on my website: peterferko.com.

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