Today’s talk is a particularly powerful post-led conference that my teacher, Taylor Hunt, gave to us in July 2024—right after the Led Class that we filmed for Sādhaka Studio. 

After led classes, Taylor usually gives a conference—an opportunity for students to ask questions, talk about their practice, or, sometimes, Taylor has something he wants to share.

I fully believe that everyone needs a teacher. No matter what you are doing—yoga or otherwise—you need a mentor or someone who has carved out a little bit of that path before you. I know why Taylor is mine, but I’m not sure I have ever adequately articulated it to all of you. He said a few things in this conference that made me go, “oh, that’s why.”

If some of this resonates with you, too, then you’re in good company.

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Timestamps: 

00:00 Intro

1:57 The purpose of conferences

4:02 Ashtanga gives us an opportunity to look past the stories we tell ourselves

5:21 What we do has to be signed up for

7:28 When your whole life has changed how can you go back to sleep 

9:28 Figuring out your why

10:58 If you want to do different things, you need systems, not just the goal

13:26 Plateauing as a result of being stuck in your stories about why you can’t change

14:00 Looking in the mirror, being okay with getting uncomfortable and failing

16:12 Each yoga shala has a different deity quality

17:18 What a Shiva studio feels like

18:36 It feels like every day we lose a little bit of ourselves to gain something better