Skillful Means Podcast

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The word embodiment is becoming as ubiquitous as mindfulness these days. Wondering if the word is drifting in meaning, Annie and Jen look at what embodiment is through several lens including spirituality, philosophy and psychology. They also point out ways in which something may appear to be embodied but not. 

And this is all a lead up to a series of upcoming explorations in what Annie has dubbed "The 12 Embodiments of Yoga." 

Mentioned in this episode:
"Years and Years" on HBO
"Upload" on Amazon Prime
"Futurama"
Bo Forbes
John Schumacher
"Radical Wholeness" by Philip Shepherd (Note that neither Annie nor Jen have read this book nor are we familiar with the author. So this is not an endorsement. We just mentioned it on the show. If you've read this book, we'd love to know what you think. )

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Reach out to us on  Facebook and Instagram. We also welcome your messages at [email protected] or in our voicemail box on SpeakPipe.

You can get in touch with Jen through her website (http://www.sati.yoga). Check out her upcoming in-person class in Arlington, VA .

Find Annie at  Sun & Moon Yoga Studio (https://www.sunandmoonstudio.com) on Wednesday nights (in person or online) for meditation  and dharma talks

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SMP welcomes your comments and questions at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with Jen through her website: https://www.sati.yoga

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In our fifth and final Short Yin Yoga Practice Snack, Jen shares offers some relief for the upper back, a common area of tension for a lot of people. 

Throughout the practice, she'll also help you mindfully attend to your breath as a way of gathering and calming the mind. 

Postures in this practice: 

• rolling panda x2
• butterfly variation

Props you might need:

• block
• yoga blanket or stiff beach towel

Visit our Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/skillfulmeanspodcast/) for a time lapse video of this practice if you aren't familiar with the postures.

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Skillful Means Podcast offers these guided practices to help you deepen into your yoga and mindfulness journey.

We welcome your comments. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram, send us a note at [email protected], or leave us a voicemail at https://www.speakpipe.com/skillfulmeanspodcast.

You can get in touch with Jen directly at https://www.sati.yoga where she offers yoga and mindfulness classes, workshops, trainings, and IFS coaching.

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SMP welcomes your comments and questions at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with Jen through her website: https://www.sati.yoga

Fill out this survey to help guide the direction of the show: https://airtable.com/appM7JWCQd7Q1Hwa4/pagRTiysNido3BXqF/form

To support the show, consider a donation via Ko-Fi.

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In this month's conversation, Annie and Jen are exploring the question: who's the real teacher in the yoga room? To put another way, how do we balance listening to our own inner guidance with that of the person standing at the front of the room? 

The discussion spans a range or themes around agency, autonomy and what's the purpose of the teacher in spiritual life and practice. 

Mentioned on the Show
Sarah Powers
Stephen Bachelor
adrienne maree brown

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Reach out to us on  Facebook and Instagram. We also welcome your messages at [email protected] or in our voicemail box on SpeakPipe.

You can get in touch with Jen through her website (http://www.sati.yoga). Check out her upcoming Yin Yoga & Taoism training.

Find Annie at  Sun & Moon Yoga Studio (https://www.sunandmoonstudio.com) and check out their upcoming 200hr Yoga Teacher Training. 

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SMP welcomes your comments and questions at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with Jen through her website: https://www.sati.yoga

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In our fourth Short Yin Yoga Practice Snack, Jen skillfully and tenderly guides you through a sequence of postures for the thighs and back. Because the thighs, in particular, can be a challenging target area, she also offers nervous system support with gentle breath work and visualization.

Postures in this practice: 

• dragon x2
• caterpillar

Props you might need:

• block 
• bolster or firm cushion
• yoga blanket or stiff beach towel

Visit our Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/skillfulmeanspodcast/) for a time lapse video of this practice if you aren't familiar with the postures.

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Skillful Means Podcast offers these guided practices to help you deepen into your yoga and mindfulness journey.

We welcome your comments. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram, send us a note at [email protected], or leave us a voicemail at https://www.speakpipe.com/skillfulmeanspodcast.

You can get in touch with Jen directly at https://www.sati.yoga where she offers yoga and mindfulness classes, workshops, trainings, and IFS coaching.

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SMP welcomes your comments and questions at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with Jen through her website: https://www.sati.yoga

Fill out this survey to help guide the direction of the show: https://airtable.com/appM7JWCQd7Q1Hwa4/pagRTiysNido3BXqF/form

To support the show, consider a donation via Ko-Fi.

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We're continuing our exploration of opposites in the way that yoga is practiced and taught with a look at the debate over form and function when it comes to asana. How do we stay safe in the yoga room? Should we focus on how the postures look and try to work towards alignment paradigms? Or should we focus on the why? We also dive into deeper questions around the overall purpose of asana in the broader context of yoga practice and how Instagram Yogis are impacting how we think about asana.

Mentioned on the Show
How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body - William J. Broad, NY Times
John Schumacher
Angela Farmer & Victor van Kooten
Eric Schiffman
Paul Grilley
Jules Mitchell

Who's Inspiring Us with Innovative & Accessible Approaches to Asana
Matthew Sanford +  Interview with Kirsta Tippett
Jivana Hayman
Theresa Murphy
Heart + Bones Yoga
Dianne Bondy

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Reach out to us on  Facebook and Instagram. We also welcome your messages at [email protected] or in our voicemail box on SpeakPipe.

You can get in touch with Jen through her website (http://www.sati.yoga) and Annie through Sun & Moon Yoga Studio (https://www.sunandmoonstudio.com). 

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SMP welcomes your comments and questions at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with Jen through her website: https://www.sati.yoga

Fill out this survey to help guide the direction of the show: https://airtable.com/appM7JWCQd7Q1Hwa4/pagRTiysNido3BXqF/form

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In the third  Short Yin Yoga Practice Snack, Jen guides three postures for the upper chest and arms. This little practice is a nice antidote to desk posture. 

She also shares encourages to become more familiar with the feelings that arise when we practice, holding whatever arises in a compassionate container. 

Postures in this practice: 

• supported fish
• banana x2

Props you might need:

• block 
• bolster or firm cushion
• yoga blanket or stiff beach towel

Visit our Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/skillfulmeanspodcast/) for a time lapse video of this practice if you aren't familiar with the postures.

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Skillful Means Podcast offers these guided practices to help you deepen into your yoga and mindfulness journey.

We welcome your comments. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram, send us a note at [email protected], or leave us a voicemail at https://www.speakpipe.com/skillfulmeanspodcast.

You can get in touch with Jen directly at https://www.sati.yoga where she offers yoga and mindfulness classes, workshops, trainings, and IFS coaching.

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SMP welcomes your comments and questions at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with Jen through her website: https://www.sati.yoga

Fill out this survey to help guide the direction of the show: https://airtable.com/appM7JWCQd7Q1Hwa4/pagRTiysNido3BXqF/form

To support the show, consider a donation via Ko-Fi.

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In this month's discussion, Annie and Jen unpack sutra 2.33 from "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali." When negative thoughts arise, this sutra advises that we cultivate the opposite.

Is Patanjali advocating for spiritual bypassing? Or is this an early form of cognitive behavior therapy?

And how might more modern interpretations of this sutra be used to inadvertently cause harm?

Mentioned in this episode:
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali translation and commentary by Alistair Shearer
Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga by Georg Feuerstein
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong
Sally Miller's Instagram post on Yin Yoga and Anti-racism

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Reach out to us on  Facebook and Instagram. We also welcome your messages at [email protected] or in our voicemail box on SpeakPipe.

You can get in touch with Jen through her website (http://www.sati.yoga) and Annie through Sun & Moon Yoga Studio (https://www.sunandmoonstudio.com). Listen live to Annie's dharma talks on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/SunMoonYogaStudio/featured). 

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SMP welcomes your comments and questions at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with Jen through her website: https://www.sati.yoga

Fill out this survey to help guide the direction of the show: https://airtable.com/appM7JWCQd7Q1Hwa4/pagRTiysNido3BXqF/form

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In this second  Short Yin Yoga Practice Snack, Jen shares three postures that target the inner and outer thighs to help promote gracefulness and mobility in areas that are often stiff. 

Jen also sprinkles in a dash of mindfulness of body sensation while encouraging you to also notice the way your mind reacts to being in the postures. 

Postures in this practice: 

• dragonfly
• reclined, single leg twist x2

Props you might need:

• block 
• bolster or firm cushion
• yoga blanket or stiff beach towel

Visit our Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/skillfulmeanspodcast/) for a time lapse video of this practice if you aren't familiar with the postures.

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Skillful Means Podcast offers these guided practices to help you deepen into your yoga and mindfulness journey.

We welcome your comments. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram, send us a note at [email protected], or leave us a voicemail at https://www.speakpipe.com/skillfulmeanspodcast.

You can get in touch with Jen directly at https://www.sati.yoga where she offers yoga and mindfulness classes, workshops, trainings, and IFS coaching.

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SMP welcomes your comments and questions at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with Jen through her website: https://www.sati.yoga

Fill out this survey to help guide the direction of the show: https://airtable.com/appM7JWCQd7Q1Hwa4/pagRTiysNido3BXqF/form

To support the show, consider a donation via Ko-Fi.

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In the next few discussion episodes, Annie and Jen will explore some of the common opposites that show up in our practices spaces and in conversations among practitioners and teachers.

They start things off with the friction between purusha (unbounded consciousness) and prakriti (form/matter), which are outlined in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras as the framework for understanding our existence in the universe. How does one balance the needs of the form body with the spiritual aims of practice? Are we too enamored with the physical aims of practice or too pre-occupied with transcending form? 

Mentioned on the show:
Your Atomic Self by Curt Stager

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Reach out to us on  Facebook and Instagram. We also welcome your messages at [email protected] or in our voicemail box on SpeakPipe.

You can get in touch with Jen through her website (http://www.sati.yoga) and Annie through Sun & Moon Yoga Studio (https://www.sunandmoonstudio.com). Listen live to Annie's dharma talks on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/SunMoonYogaStudio/featured). 

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SMP welcomes your comments and questions at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with Jen through her website: https://www.sati.yoga

Fill out this survey to help guide the direction of the show: https://airtable.com/appM7JWCQd7Q1Hwa4/pagRTiysNido3BXqF/form

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This is the first practice in a series Jen is calling "Yin Shorts: Short Yin Yoga Practice Snacks with a Dash of Mindfulness."

Kicking things off, Jen focuses on the low back with three poses that will hopefully help you feel a little more mobile and comfortable in the low back. She'll also guide you through a survey of the three centers of your inner world: body, heart, and mind. 

Postures in this practice: 

• sphinx
• 1/2 butter variation x2

Props you might need:

• block or two
• bolster or firm cushion
• yoga blanket or stiff beach towel

Visit our Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/skillfulmeanspodcast/) for a time lapse video of this practice so you can see what the postures look like.

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Skillful Means Podcast offers these guided practices to help you deepen into your yoga and mindfulness journey.

We welcome your comments. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram, send us a note at [email protected], or leave us a voicemail at https://www.speakpipe.com/skillfulmeanspodcast.

You can get in touch with Jen directly at https://www.sati.yoga where she offers yoga and mindfulness classes, workshops, trainings, and IFS coaching.

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SMP welcomes your comments and questions at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with Jen through her website: https://www.sati.yoga

Fill out this survey to help guide the direction of the show: https://airtable.com/appM7JWCQd7Q1Hwa4/pagRTiysNido3BXqF/form

To support the show, consider a donation via Ko-Fi.