Spira Power Yoga's Podcast

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONDora is the owner of Spira Power Yoga; she teaches mindfulness, resilience, and burnout prevention classes and yoga teacher trainings. Cam is a yoga student at Spira Yoga who is seeking a new journey at midlife.We sat down and recorded a few casual conversations about life, yoga, philosophy, and books.This recording is our first conversation. Enjoy!This episode is our second meeting where we tackle the midlife issue, meaning of life, you know, just light conversation :-) And pros and cons of technology.

Dora is the owner of Spira Power Yoga; she teaches mindfulness, resilience, and burnout prevention classes and yoga teacher trainings. Cam is a yoga student at Spira Yoga who is seeking a new journey at midlife.We sat down and recorded a few casual conversations about life, yoga, philosophy, and books.This recording is our first conversation. Enjoy!Below you will the timeline: -              Gratitude 1.35      Orientation to place in life 2.15      Involuntary nature of interest 2.55      What about this studio drew my attention 3.30      description of something "missing"  4.12      Autopoietic 6.30      the persistent draw of yoga practice 7.50      Hard to put a finger on it 8.27      difference between yoga and manipulative bodywork 10.15    sacred nature/all in one place at one time 10.15    Operation of imagination  11.55    Loving attention  12.39    Maya - illusion 15.15    Teacher  15.70    What is real (figure it out?) 16.45    Assertion: growth only happens under adversity 17.30    Love and grief  18.15    lila, dukkha 18.41    Figuring it out  18.45    Trickster  18.73    Deadly serious game (nobody gets out alive not even Jesus Christ) 20.15    Everyone is a teacher  20.22    Definition of adult: taking responsibility for one's actions in an honest manner (that's teaching 20.55    Useful pattern of behavior (not necessary to figure it out) 21.62    Joy of sharing motivates teaching  21.74    Not cling the o outcome  22.12    Attempt to manipulate blocks flow of information  22.71    Not feeding the beast limits a certain growth (maybe good future conversation 24.70    "Beast " of capitalist culture/ teaching as opposed to "following" 25.02    Teacher shows way (not one you "follow ") from the book Desikachar - The Heart of Yoga 25.62    Sticky nature of popularity  26.02    Quality of exchange with students after closing "robust" studio. 27.12    Fundamental motivation to act  28.02    Sense of wonder 29.72    Paradox of the world  30.92    The journey is the point  32.02    we mentioned author Jonathan Haidt , The Happiness Hypothesis, The Righteous Mind 32.02    Book mentioned; Fourth Turning 35.42    Relationship between the state of physiology and familiarity with the  36.07    Culture and nature (epigenetic brothers; error to separate) 37.47    Put a pin in nature/nurture dialog 39.16    What is truly necessary ("real need") 40.12    Living necessity/need for order 41.40    Attempt to come back to topic of Fourth Turning and the hopeful message that we are at the end of a speculum (a length of time roughly equal to the potential lifetime of a person or, equivalently, the complete renewal of a human population). 43.32    Proposition: we carry history in our bodies (attribute nose comment to Sadhguru) 43.32    What do we (mid-life and elder) need to let go of, and what are the essential elements of history that the youngsters are ignorant of? Need to "hold space for something greater." 44.47    timeline of yogic teaching 46.32    The nature of how we create love and foster relationship does not change; we (as a species) sometimes forget how; that(continued)

Spend 20 min with Dr. Larry Silber, a Chiropractor, and Functional Medicine doctor, as well as a Crossfit and Yoga enthusiast. Learn why Yoga is essential for folks who love endurance and power sports, and yes, it is beneficial for everybody. Yoga is still mostly considered a “sport for the ladies,” it is time to change this mainstream perception. Yoga is very beneficial for men, and no, you do not need to be able to touch your toes.

Dr. Silber graduated from Life Chiropractic College in Marietta, Georgia with academic honors. He practiced for many years in both the Atlanta and the Seattle areas before continuing his education and focusing on Functional Medicine.

Dr. Silber’s decision to add in a focus on nutritional healing as well as chiropractic care, came out of his desire to help his family. He has seen first-hand the damaging effects of stress, poor diet and lack of physical activity on several family members. In addition, he currently gets to see the impact of sleep, food and stress management on both his own athletic performance and the many athletes with whom he works.

Dr. Silber believes that physical health is the platform for achieving one’s goals and spiritual and emotional expansion. Working with people living with all types of health concerns, including weight gain, fatigue, depression, female hormone and gut problems, Dr. Silber shows people how to build a strong foundation of well-being and re-claim their birthright of physical health.

You can find Dr. Silber teaching yoga Monday nights at Spira. If you wish to get in touch with him, send us an email; [email protected]

Spira Talk Radio, Episode #6

Spend 30 min. listening to Marti, a Spira Yogi, talking about her new venture in life, volunteering at the Doney Coe Pet Clinic in Seattle.

Doney Coe Pet Clinic supports the unconditional love between humans and their pets by offering veterinary services and wellness care to the pets of qualifying low-income families experiencing homelessness in Seattle, Washington.

Why? Because every animal matters, and that all pets deserve to live a happy, healthy life. If you are interested in working with Doney Coe Pet Clinic, send Spira an email; [email protected]. We will get you in touch with the right person.

Spira is gearing up for our annual yoga retreat, Kandie has been our private chef for the past 4 years. Listen to us reminisce about the fantastic food and surrounding.

Spira holds annual retreats at Huntly's lodge. Those of you who have been to the estate, you know; it is spacious and private.

The estate is on a private 20 acres

8 spacious cabins with their own bathrooms.

The cabins are far apart from each other.

Classes are held outside by the pool.

Food is served outside in the garden.

Let's spend a little time together! Let's do it safely, let's make it fun! For more info: https://www.spirapoweryoga.com/yoga-retreat

Fitness is great, we need it, but yoga is so much more than Fitness. Yoga is about health and balance for mind and body; it is not concerned about looking good. Unfortunately, the more prolific yoga gets in mainstream culture with social media and large corporations, the more it loses its content as a wisdom tradition. Ayurveda is about bringing balance to self and the universe. In this episode, we will explain the basic concept of Ayurveda and discuss how these ideas could bring our current culture into greater health in both mind and body.

If you are curious about learning more about Ayurveda, check out the following workshops: https://www.spirapoweryoga.com/events-1/find-balance-through-ayurveda-short-workshop

Get to know your teachers better. Many of you know Chuck from his fun, music-filled classes at Spira. Here is your chance to get to know him as a person; he is also a dad to two amazing teens. Listen to this casual 30-minute conversation about raising a family and how yoga and meditation became his anchor on and off the mat.

Conversation with Kristen, a Licenced Mental Health counselor about difficulties that youth face during Covid-19. We chat about how yoga can be a helpful tool for young adults.

If you are interested she has a workshop coming up at Spira: https://www.spirapoweryoga.com/events-1/young-adult-yoga-workshop-2

Of course, we don't think yoga is the solution in all situations.

If anxiety and depression symptoms are severe Seek Professional help:

Start with a pediatrician, school counselor/social worker, teacher then a therapist.

Help lines:

Seattle Children’s crisis line text HOME to 741741.

https://www.hca.wa.gov/health-care-services-supports/behavioral-health-recovery/mental-health-crisis-lines

1-800-273-8255 National Suicide Help Line

Get to know your teachers better! Spira's Talk-Radio is casual, light-hearted conversations with teachers and the community about anything from Yoga to current events.

Our first interview is with Carina; we will discuss the new book "Breath" by James Nestor, while we learn fun tidbits about each other, like eating rattlesnakes and such.

Spira does not receive any money from any organization or author. We simply talk about stuff we like.

Yoga requires us to let go of perfection and enjoy the flow. The Japanese have an expression for finding beauty in imperfection, or imbalance; Wabi-Sabi. Well, this is a fun Spira Power Yoga flow class where nothing went as planned. Dora taught a perfect morning class on the breath, which went so well that she decided to repeat the class in the afternoon and record it… Well, Wabi-Sabi, the class ended being very different, with emphasis on letting go of perfection. Did we tell you? You can never repeat the past; everything is flow, everything changes. Enjoy wabi-sabi!