Rebels On Purpose

Join Lindsay & Jamie as they explore and dig into the last Yama - Aparigraha, or Non-Grasping. This is the last of the five spiritual tenets of Yoga, and this one is deeply fruitful and complex. It is also such a simple principle in that it asks us to trust life more than we trust our own egos. It asks us to embrace a faith that is bigger than our little mind can govern, which is why this one can be tricky and challenging to integrate.

L&J share their own experiences with how this Yama has come alive and unfolded for them, and how space, presence, breath, vulnerability and awareness are key ingredients for practice and embodiment of Aparigraha. 

This episode offers many strategies and tools for practicing non-grasping, as well as where and how to start if this is new for you. This discussion is dynamic and rich with paradox, as is always the case when talking about these life tenets! L&J explore how attachment, aversion, clutter, control and F.O.M.O are culprits that prevent us from living a Sacred life - and how ultimately, they keep us stuck in the ‘small stuff’ and missing the wondrous life we are meant for.

This conversation pinpoints a fundamental sticking point that keeps us small in our lives, and critical in our minds. It is a piece that is so elusive because it is so deeply connected to our humanity, and yet, when we understand the trap that it creates, we instantly regain personal power within our lives. 

Join us Rebel Pack, for a passionate, honest and raw discussion about bravery, letting go and listening to the voice that is more fierce and more true than the little one that narrates our experience, the voice of Life itself - the voice of the Divine. 

In this episode, we sink into the concept of Walking with the Divine, or in Sanskrit, Brahmacharya. This 4th Yama, one that is more nuanced and complex than the first three, is a principle that awakens wisdom, discipline, energy and ultimately, reveals to us our sacred responsibility. Lindsay and Jamie dig in to all the ways that we miss out on our Sacred life connection due to our conditioning, and how feeling our feelings is a crucial ingredient to awakening our Soul. They discuss how a conditioned life of ‘doing’ is the greatest thief of purpose and how alignment with our Soul’s calling only comes alive when we sit in the quiet spaces of our 'being', acknowledge our fears and listen for the Sacred call. 

They take time to explore all the various interpretations and applications of Brahmacharya in regular life, and how liberating it is when we get a taste of the wonder that is connection with a Source greater than our humanness. Lindsay & Jamie share how when we become willing to open ourselves up to the entirety of our humanity, to let our heart align with something greater, we receive abundant gifts that come through this level of presence and surrender.

The greater our sense of personal authority and connection to our humanity only serves to feed our Divine awareness and awaken joy, energy, nourishment, boundaries, and alignment. Join us for a spirited discussion about Brahmachaya in this episode, where we dive deep into the living practice and explore the tendrils of subtlety that emerge from observing this traditional tenet.

This week is the third in a ten part series exploring the philosophical tenets of the Yamas & Niyamas, yoga’s ethical life principles. This episode, Lindsay & Jamie share about Asteya, or non-stealing - diving into all the ways we steal in our lives and take away from ourselves, others, nature and even from life itself. There is a recognition of how greatly this tenet is needed in today’s world if we are to bring about change and balance in our society. Lindsay & Jamie go deep in discussing the causes of this kind of theft in our culture, and how hyper-individualism and greed are driving forces behind the absence of Asteya in our world.

L & J discuss how grasping, self-absorption, righteousness, competition, (and even the pandemic) contribute to stealing, and what the primary root cause is behind these attributes. Listen in and get some answers: What are the ingredients for Asteya to be present in your life and being, how is tension a necessary experience to feel for truth and reciprocity to prevail, and what are the two absolutes required to embody Asteya in our day to day lives?

Lindsay & Jamie discuss and share examples of how to sit in the ‘front seat of your life’ without stealing from others while simultaneously lifting others up through encouragement and celebration. They discuss how we must earn the right to have and know things by building our competence, and how much courage it takes to be willing to call out stealing when it is witnessed, even when it makes things uncomfortable. When this competence exists and the truth is in the space, this presents a massive opportunity for connection and reconciliation, both interpersonally and intrapersonally.

An over-arching theme in this podcast is the weaving together of the first three Yamas and how L & J feel they are inextricably interconnected as foundational life practices. Fondly referring to them as the ‘Power Three’ - Lindsay & Jamie describe these tenets like a pyramid, inside of which we can live a life full of transformation, healing, growth and ultimately, wholeness.

Join Jamie & Lindsay, self proclaimed as two 'recovering nice girls', while they share their journey in coming to the heart of the matter - Truth! Not just everyday don't tell lies kind of truth, but the big T kinda truth, which in yogic philosophy is termed Satya. 

In this deeply honest and vulnerable episode, J & L discuss how being real is fundamentally more authentic and trustworthy than being nice, how our social systems contribute to the masks we wear and so often reward a 'chameleon' way of being in the world. Jamie & Lindsay share personal stories about how they have removed many of their own masks, and come to identify with a greater truth and self-identity that lives beyond the personas. 

J & L explore how turmoil, drama and anxiety so often come from self-betrayal and abandonment, and ultimately how these troubles are sustained when we hide from the Truth of who we are. They share experiences of liberation, depth, presence and joy that emerge from living aligned with big T truths, and how to begin to feel into what that might look like for you. Learn some of the ingredients to truth telling, and what telling the truth can cost, both for better and for worse. In this thorough and organic discussion, J & L also dissect what truth isn't, and how to begin to discern this in ourselves so we have an appropriate compass in the outside world when speaking our truth. 

A central theme of Satya is that the 'Truth Moves': That if what's being offered is real and and tethered to 'Ahimsa' (Be sure to listen to episode 1 in the series to learn about this!) then it will always take us forward to our next opportunity for freedom in our hearts and lives. That if we begin moving towards the 'life-giving opportunities' that the Truth offers us in the moment, then we can begin to expand in relationship with ourselves and others instead of constantly seeking relief through avoidance, lies, and maladaptive coping mechanisms that keep us in the dark. Although it can be difficult and scary to be truthful at times, J & L share how this practice consistently yields a self-reliance and trustworthiness that allows for unconditional love to emerge.

Jamie & Lindsay refer to Deborah Adele's beautiful and transformative book, Exploring the Yamas & Niyamas as a touch point in this conversation, and highly recommend that you read it! It is from the deepest well of gratitude for Deb that this podcast series is being offered.

In this episode, James and Linz explore the human experience of navigating the ‘inner critic’, aka the ‘Itty Bitty Shitty Committee’. Together, they unpack their ten year journey into befriending these once cruel parts of themselves and share about how they have learned to use their critic for their highest good. This listen is loaded with tools, strategies and stories to help you develop a greater awareness, tenderness and compassion for your own critical voices inside. Self-doubt, scarcity, inadequacy, fear of failure and self-distrust are but a few of the patterns that assault us when we leave our critic to run the show in our lives. Discover some of the main ingredients required to tend and befriend these shadowy parts of our personality, and how core values are fundamental for its’ healing and integration. 

Lindsay & Jamie dive in deep with this episode, where they explore body image ideals and the preposterous beauty standards that are upheld by our society and culture. It is indeed a heavier topic to explore and yet, Lindsay and Jamie somehow find a way to make this subject matter approachable. It is a rebellious, passionate and humorous conversation that will stir questions, awareness, and personal inquiry, that's a guarantee. L & J would argue that this is their most vulnerable podcast yet, and the risk feels so worth the potential for change that comes from being honest about this topic. They share personal stories that have impacted their view on their own body image, while simultaneously challenging the status quo and external authority that has been placed on women's bodies for centuries. 

Core emotions emerge within these unrealistic beauty standards, and Lindsay & Jamie are the first to admit that they are not immune to the conditioning and indoctrination that the beauty industry, patriarchy and capitalistic society creates. They breakdown the paradox of these intense feelings, normalizing them alongside ALL bodies and appearances. They share tools that have worked to support them in exposing these narratives, breaking through the lie that a certain body type/size and appearance of a woman is correct and healthy, while another is wrong, bad and unhealthy. There is a core component that feeds the hamster wheel of chasing an ideal beauty standard, and L & J expose this truth with potency throughout this episode. 

This conversation is a dance between the pain of subjugation that lives inside the beauty standard, juxtaposed with what is possible when we break free from the cage of smallness that is society's obsession for women. Lindsay & Jamie bring consciousness to the messages that women are being fed, and how we can take our power back so we may reclaim our bodies. The result is an emergence of a women who is fully expressed...and what woman doesn't want to be more wholly-expressed? 

Join Jamie & Lindsay as we circle up to talk about openheartedness. Not the fluffy, airy fairy type of openheartedness that often gets preached in spiritual communities as a sunshine and rainbow way of looking at the world (ie-toxic positivity). Nope, we are looking at the raw and real reality of what it takes to actually stay open in our hearts even when life is cruel, painful and harsh. We explore the ingredients required to live an open hearted existence, and the unwinding it takes to disarm ourselves from the conditioning that has caged our hearts. There is a paradox inherent to most spiritual practices, and openheartedness is no exception. Join in to hear how we make sense of the tightrope walk between softness, risk, vulnerability and boundaries, and how these essentials unlock our hearts to Love.

We believe that this topic is a key ingredient to healing our wounded world, so we can all walk together with wide open hearts, solid boundaries in a body that feels safe. This is a human right but most of us have work to do to get there. And....in the words of Jack Johnson, 'It’s better when we're together," so CIRCLE UP with us and tune in!

A few one liners that might hook you to take a listen ;)

“…The manage a trois of openheartedness.”

“Do I have the courage to tell the world the story of me and let that be witnessed?”

“Just because something is hard to hear doesn’t mean it’s bad or wrong or needs to be defended against.”

“Setting boundaries opens us up to a deeper intimacy.”

“By setting boundaries I don’t have to take on what isn’t mine anymore.”

Long time besties Lindsay Knazan and Jamie Mathiasen are having real conversations about what it means to live a life with purpose, on purpose. For years, friends and family have urged these two 'chosen sisters' to share their musings with the world, and at long last they have plunged into podcasting to circle up with you and expand the conversation. They believe that having REAL conversations in our world today is an act of rebellion and their vision with this podcast is to invoke and inspire a 'modern day circle' that brings our community together in healing, honesty, hope and joy.

In this premier episode, we explore what being a Rebel on Purpose means to us, and what it actually takes to live from this place in our day to day lives. We unpack the core truth that lives at the heart of authenticity and real relationships while sharing stories of how we have come to arrive at this understanding. You will learn what sacred responsibility is and how to move towards it for yourself, while sinking into a greater understanding of your own truth. 

If you are interested in getting raw, real and rebellious, then circle up with us and tune in.