Seeker + Sage

Summer Series with Shut Up and Yoga

Tribe, Summer Series with Shut Up and Yoga is here and this week Allison Pots joins to talk about meditation.

Allison drops in today to talk about meditation, and how our life around us or the practice is actually just a piece of it. When we come into the mind, the body is also affected by it, in a positive manner. Allison, a writer for Shut Up and Yoga is also a meditation and wellness coach. Enjoy listening to share some amazing tips as well as:

• How the distractions that arise in a meditation practice are there to help. She dives into how to let the thoughts be part of the natural process in meditation. From creating lists, or thinking about going to the grocery store; these thoughts help nourish the mind into a meditative state.
• The joys of meditation are enjoyed while we are awake, there is also this experience when we are asleep. Tapping into a deeper connection within the parasympathetic nervous system, the rest and digest system, through intuitive meditation. Allowing the conscious thoughts to be part of the organic process.

Don’t forget you can join me in Todos Santos, Mexico for a New Years Retreat.

Thank you to Shut Up and Yoga and all the wonderful guests.

Check out Allison’s website.

FRIEND OF THE WEEK: Check out Nicole Doherty’s Unleash the Priestess Within & Thrive Course. An integrative online coaching and personal healing program that combines the ancient wisdom teachings of yoga, shamanism, reiki, and empowerment coaching for a full body-mind-spirit transformation

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See you on the mat. Much love and good vibes.

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Garrett is an author and writer for Shut Up and Yoga. As a Chiropractor, he has extensive knowledge of anatomy and function of the body. Drop and enjoy listening to:

• Garrett and I talk about what books he's currently reading and nerding over. How he uses his book in knowledge in classes, but also which ones he recommends. From anatomy to books just on the spine, he shares some awesome books.
• We also talk about where the line is when we teach asana or teach movement-based classes. The functional movement that comes out of each practice, but also how we find the yoga in each. He shares his insight on practices that allow us to pause and sit with ourself after whether movement-based or asana based.

Enjoy the collaboration Tribe!

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300-hour Teacher Training.

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Join me in Mexico.

Check out Garrett:

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From personal experiences with his yoga teacher training to why we as teachers get viewed as gurus, Paul McQuillan joins me today to talk about:

• How it's okay to say "I don't know." When were approached with questions about things we are unsure of or don't know about, those three magical words still show that we aren't all knowing.
• What it means to be viewed as a glorified teacher, or even some times as a doctor or guru, and how we keep a healthy awareness that we don't always know. That it's okay for us not to know as yoga teachers because we facilitate yoga and not a medical practice.
• While more and more students and teachers alike grow to ask more questions rather than just be taught at, we talk about what that means for the yoga community. Paul also shares his stories on what it means to take care of the collective energies in the room and leading not from a non-militant standpoint as a teacher.

Enjoy this collaboration with Shut Up and Yoga!

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Welcome to the Summer Series!

Tribe, I'm excited to team with Shut Up and Yoga for this summers session. 

Sharing stories and writings within the yoga community, Shut Up and Yoga is a blog that brings light into the uncomfortable topics that sometimes are overlooked or not talked about. These are important and real conversations that sometimes we should have while we continue to grow together as a community of yogis. 

Sarah Dittmore joins me today, just back from her recent travels in a technicolor van around the United States. She is a writer and editor for Shut Up and Yoga. Joining the blog from the grassroots of it, we talk about the vitality in having these conversations that push the envelope in the yoga world.  

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Thank you to today's guest Sara Dittmore. Follow her adventures.

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Happy Pride Tribe! Dharma Dudes is back.

Some strong language is used, with talk about drug use. These talks come from an authentic place, alongside our typical banter. Rocky Heron and I explore how we experience the balance between being in the world as queer men, but also as a yoga teacher.

As queer men and growing into ourselves, sometimes it involves turning away from expectations and social norms. Trying on different hats and experiencing the yogic path that we enjoy. We talk about the dichotomy of what is being a yoga teacher and a queer man, with the worldly views of both.

Yoga doesn't say that you can't practice it if you enjoy other things that are outside the studio life. As queer men, we have experiences that we have to bring into this world. Knowing where we live, and what is viewed as acceptable practices. By experiencing them we start building the vocabulary around them, and conversations that involve them.

Join Rocky and me in Pachamama, Mexico for a New Years Retreat.

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Tribe, this week I'm joined by Ana Forest of Forrest Yoga and Jose Calarco.

Meeting in an elevator by chance, Ana Forrest and Jose Calarco start by sharing their mystical story of how they meet. The magical weave of time that placed them together at particular moments in their life. Each sharing the story from their point in life and how the first time they meet was a divine gift.

Listen to the astounding stories of each of their personal studies before the union, to the link and entanglement of them as they grew to know each other. Putting a calling out into the universe, and the thoughts and actions making its way back to both Ana and Jose. Sometimes as a bolt of lightning into the soul, or the sound of a didgeridoo to the heart.

Finding such a spiritual connection within each other and how they have woven their experiences into the layers of Forrest Yoga. This divine, deep connection that brought the two of them together, creates such a profound experience just listening to it.

Sit back and enjoy!

Asana Anatomy Alignment Workshop

Flight School Videos

Find out more about Ana and Jose:

Ana Forrest

https://www.forrestyoga.com/

https://www.instagram.com/forrestyoga/

Jose Calarco

www.descendance.com.au

Friend of the Week: Check out Nicole Doherty's Unleash the Priestess Within & Thrive Course. An integrative online coaching and personal healing program that combines the ancient wisdom teachings of yoga, shamanism, reiki, and empowerment coaching for a full body-mind-spirit transformation.

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Tribe, welcome back to another collaboration with Fierce Calm #yogasavedmylife.

I love doing shows with Fierce Calm and the platform that was created around it. If you haven’t listened to previous episodes with Fierce Calm, it's a great way to share these stories of how yoga saved the lives of different people from around the world. That’s exactly what I’m talking about today with Melanie Klein & Jennifer Kreatsoulas.

Both Jennifer and Melanie share a similar story as to how yoga had a positive impact on their lives. Coming both from athletics as well as a world of body images ideas for women. Sharing these similarities helps bring light and normalization to these conversations. Julia and Melaine talk about what they have used and still use to this day to share empowering messages and help the lives around them.

They share the knowledge of asana, which is one of many tools we have in our toolbox as yoga teachers. Jennifer, Melanie and I dive into how not only asana, pranayama, meditation and other aspects of yoga help live yoga on and off the mat. From daily practices, to what they’re studying and even finding the value in just taking a quick breath in the middle of the day. These tools we have can help shift and change our lives, and even save them.

Enjoy another amazing Fierce Calm collaborations.

Also enjoy two additional bonus stories.

Free Arm Balance Course

Danni's schedule 

Find more about our guests:

Jennifer: Yoga For Eating Disorders

Melanie: Yoga and Body Image Coalition

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Dharma Dudes is back! Buck up for this one!

This week, Rocky and I start by talking about the natural progression of fear when sitting in the seat of the teacher. How we encounter and encourage stepping out of our comfort zone and taking on uncharted waters.

There is an unease of taking on these risk factor when we step into the seat. From opening the doors of learning more, or expanding our business, we take the chance to grow and open ourselves up to the unease.

Come dive into how we find the beauty and magic in being pushed out of comfort zone.

Sit back and enjoy!

Did you know Rocky and I are leading an NYE retreat together? Check it out here:

https://www.dannipomplun.com/retreat/new-years-eve-mexico-2018-2019/

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Hey tribe, this week I'm joined by the amazing Kelley Carboni Woods. Kelley is the "Peace Filled Mama" and is on a mission to empower woman and people of color in her community. We talk about the ability to create equitable access to resources for black communities and her drive to make this happen.

One of the reasons I love hosting this show is because of the platform it creates for others to share their voice. It's a gift and a please to host conversations I feel should be brought to light with an open heart and an open mind. We dive deeper into the privilege of yoga and how it can be really unaccessable to those that don't share that privilege.

Kelley drives her mission to empower the people of color community of all body types, current life situations and past to have a dedicated space for the healing of the community. When she speaks to her missions, she lives every moment of it and from that manifests the ability to provide this for her community. Listen and enjoy.

Learn more about Kelley:

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Tribe, this week I am joined by the amazing Trina Altman. She has reshaped how I teach. Being such a fan of hers, I couldn’t wait to jump into this and talk to her about her course Yoga Deconstructed.

Coming from the fashion industry and seeing designers who deconstructed fashion, by putting stitches on the outside of the pants, she wanted to understand how that could translate into the body. Not only with yoga, but Pilates as well.

Developing courses, that are structured around the critical thinking skills, deeper anatomy of the body, and understanding the individual goals of the students rather than the standard vinyasa classes. We dive into what deconstruction is in yoga, Pilates as well as physical therapy. How interdisciplinary training and teachings come into play for all.

Enjoy!

Learn more about Trina:

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See you on the mat. Much love and good vibes.

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