Looking for the perfect gift for the yogi or wellness lover in your life? Or maybe you're building your own holiday wish list?

In this fun and cozy episode, Corinne and I share our favorite yoga gear, wellness hacks, and self-care staples—just in time for Black Friday and the holiday season.

We dive into everything from yoga clothing and props to supplements and skincare tools, giving you a yogi-approved guide to all things supportive, stylish, and soul-nourishing. You'll hear:

🔹 Our go-to yoga clothing brands (from luxe to budget-friendly!)

🔹 Wellness staples we swear by—AG1, protein bars, electrolytes + more

🔹 Weird-but-awesome upgrades like face tape + at-home laser hair removal

🔹 Thoughtful gift ideas for yogis, wellness lovers + self-care enthusiasts

✨ Whether you're shopping for others or treating yourself, this episode is packed with ideas to inspire your holiday shopping and elevate your practice.

Many of the items mentioned in this episode can be found at Brett's Amazon storefront (please also support local retailers, this was just the easiest place to assemble): https://www.amazon.com/shop/brettlarkinyoga

Additional Vendors Mentioned:

Uplifted Abundance Journal & Guidebook

Uplifted Chakra Journal

Kroma Wellness

Pique Life - please note this is a referral link

Stars and honey protein bars

Wear Pepper - small bust bras

Calia Clothing- also sold at dick's sporting goods

Finding Morgan Tyler - bite size strength workouts

GUEST EXPERT: Corinne Maples (RYT 500) | @maplesyoga

Corinne has been doing yoga since 2011 and has practiced every style of yoga under the sun, loving them all for different reasons; leading her to go through Uplifted 200 and 300 hr YTT as well as additional training in kundalini, chair, and prenatal yoga. In 2024, Corinne also became a certified Embodied Yoga Life Coach, working one on one with people to help move energy, release stuck patterns and become more embodied.

She loves to help people maximize their yoga practice by giving them access to potent practices that can be done in as little as 15-30 min.

Corinne teaches one on one Embodied Yoga Life Coaching privates, workshops, corporate classes, and retreats.

Book an Intro Session with Corrine: https://bookme.name/Mapleswellness/eylc-session

For more information on her offerings please reach out to [email protected]

FREE Practice: Evening Yoga to Relax & Sleep Better - Yoga Flow 😴

Relevant to Today's Episode:

✅ 200-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🔮 300-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🐍 Yoga for Self Mastery

💖 Uplifted Membership

🌀 Somatic Yoga Life Coaching

💫 Somatic Certification

🎧 Also Listen to:

#343 – Holiday Gift Guide for Yogis 2024

#350 – Do a "Yoga Life Makeover" with Corinne Maples

© 2025 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com

What does it mean to act with wisdom—and make every moment sacred?

In Chapter 4 of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna reveals how true wisdom isn't passive—it's a call to action. He teaches Arjuna how knowledge, action, and sacrifice are deeply intertwined, offering a timeless guide for navigating moral crises with clarity and courage.

Today, we explore how these teachings apply to your modern life, showing you how to transform every choice, breath, and moment into an offering aligned with your highest purpose.

Here's what you'll learn:

🔹 What it means to put wisdom into motion in your daily life

🔹 How to meet crisis with clarity, courage, and spiritual alignment

🔹 The deeper meaning behind Krishna's words: "When righteousness fails, I create myself"

🔹 Practical ways to bring a sense of devotion and meaning into everyday action

If you've ever asked yourself, "What should I do next?"—this chapter offers a profound answer: Act with awareness. Move from wisdom. Make it sacred.

Loved this episode?

👉 Dive deeper into yoga's origins with my History of Yoga Course🐍 Or explore my 200-Hour Feminine Form Kundalini Training

📖 Different translations mentioned:

Barbara Stoler Miller: https://www.amazon.com/Bhagavad-Gita-Krishnas-Counsel-Bantam-Classics/dp/0553213652

Godsong by Amit Majmudar: https://www.amazon.com/Godsong-Verse-Translation-Bhagavad-Gita-Commentary/dp/1524733474

Eknath Easwaran: https://www.amazon.com/Bhagavad-Gita-2nd-Eknath-Easwaran/dp/1586380192

Bhagavad-Gita As It Is by Swami Prabhupada: https://www.amazon.com/Bhagavad-Gita-As-Bhaktivedanta-Swami-Prabhupada/dp/0892131233

FREE Practice: Yoga for Energy & Courage: Power Yoga Sequence, 30-Min Yoga Class

Relevant Blog: Kundalini for Feminine Energy: Ignite Your Creative Power and Passion

Relevant to Today's Episode:

✅ 200-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🔮 300-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

💖 Uplifted Membership

🎧 Also Listen to:

#358 – Intro to The Bhagavad Gita: How Do You Navigate Moral Dilemmas?

#361 – Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1: Dharma, Emotions & Intellect

#367 – Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 – Part 1: Should You Follow Your Emotions? Or Your Responsibilities?

#374 – Karma Yoga & the Detached Yogi: Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Part 2

#379 – Acting Without Attachment in a Messy World: Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3

© 2025 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com

It's time to dive deeper into the subtle energy system that powers your yoga practice—and your life.

In Part 2 of our exploration of the Vayus, I explore Udana Vayu (upward-moving energy) and Vyana Vayu (the expansive force that integrates everything), and how they influence expression, circulation, and embodiment. We connect the Vayus to chakras, Ayurveda, mudras, and practical tools you can use to balance these energies in your body and teaching.

You'll learn:

🔹 The roles of Udana Vayu (expression, growth, communication) and Vyana Vayu (circulation, integration, wholeness)

🔹 How to use mudras to enhance your energetic balance

🔹 The link between prana, apana, agni, and ojas

🔹 How understanding the Vayus can refine your personal practice and your teaching

🔹 Why self-assessment of your energetic patterns can change everything

This episode brings the Vayus to life—and shows you how to harness them to support your body, emotions, and path as a practitioner or teacher.

💖 Ready to deepen your practice and live from your true nature? Explore the Uplifted Membership here => https://www.brettlarkin.com/uplifted/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=uplifted

FREE Practice: 10 Min Easy Guided Meditation | MORNING MEDITATION FOR BEGINNERS

Relevant Blogs:

Prana Vayu: The Breath of Vitality

Apana Vayu: The Energy of Release & Surrender

Samana Vayu: The Energy of Balance & How to Access It

Udana Vayu: The Ascending Wind

Vyana Vayu: The Energetic Secret to Flow

Relevant to Today's Episode:

✅ 200-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🔮 300-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🐍 Yoga for Self Mastery

💖 Uplifted Membership

🎧 Also Listen to:

#385 – The 5 Vayus: How Energy Moves Through Your Body (Part 1)

Transcript

© 2025 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com

Join my 90-Day Profitability Roadmap for Yoga Teachers webinar–so you create income without confusion and burnout: https://www.brettlarkin.com/live-90day/

What happens when yoga philosophy becomes a living, breathing part of your life—and your business?

In this episode, I sit down with Carla Cline Thomas, a graduate of the Uplifted™ 300-hour teacher training, to explore the Koshas—the five subtle layers of being—and how they influence everything from energy management to authentic leadership. Carla shares her journey of working with the Koshas to find deeper alignment, both on and off the mat, and how this wisdom has transformed her approach to business coaching.

Here's what we cover:

🔹 How the Koshas can guide personal and professional evolution

🔹 Why prana isn't just breath, but your relationship to vitality

🔹 The connection between energy management and financial integrity

🔹 How Carla integrates yogic wisdom into her business coaching

🔹 Why creating nervous system safety is the key to sustainable transformation

Whether you're on your own teacher training path or looking to live your yoga more fully, this episode offers both inspiration and actionable insights.

💖 Don't miss this: Reserve your seat for the 90-Day Profitability Roadmap for Yoga Teachers webinar and learn how to create income without confusion or burnout: https://www.brettlarkin.com/live-90day/

GUEST EXPERT: Carla Cline Thomas | @carlaclinethomas

Carla Cline Thomas is an experienced Performance, Mindset and Business Coach with 22 years of working in management, real estate, marketing, and sales. After years of leading teams, designing marketing campaigns, and creating trainings for corporate America, she became the branding strategist, business mentor, lead trainer, and go-to coach for new yoga teachers and wellness leaders. Carla helps visionary entrepreneurs and light workers turn their passion into profit to get what is in your head and heart out into the world in the most authentic way possible.

Book with Carla: https://calendly.com/carlaclinethomas/yoga-biz-breakthrough-call

Get your Yoga Biz Breakthrough Blueprint Free Guide:

https://www.carlaclinethomas.com/Soul-Statement-Guide

FREE Practice: YOGA TO CONNECT WITH NATURE 🌱 | Beginner Yoga to Connect with the Universe & Yourself | 5 ELEMENTS 💫

Relevant Blog: Understand the Koshas and Discover 5 Deeper Dimensions of You

Relevant to Today's Episode:

🔮 300-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🐍 Yoga for Self Mastery

🌀 Somatic Yoga Life Coaching

💫 Somatic Certification

🎧 Also Listen to:

#354 – Redefining "Niche" with Carla Cline Thomas

#384 – Do Less, Heal More: 7 Invitations to Resolve Trauma from Organic Intelligence

#386 – Stop Selling Products—Start Selling YOU: Human Design for Visibility & Flow with Juliette Stapleton

#387 – Book 4 of the Yoga Sutras: The Mystical Path to Liberation Explained

© 2025 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com

Join my 90-Day Profitability Roadmap for Yoga Teachers webinar–so you create income without confusion and burnout: https://www.brettlarkin.com/live-90day/

Do you know the difference between revenue and profit? Are you tracking your cash flow—or avoiding it?

In this episode, I sit down with Uplifted 300-Hour graduate Kristin Svetz, a fractional CFO for soulful entrepreneurs, to talk all things money, metrics, and mindset. We explore how yoga teachers and wellness practitioners can take empowered control of their business finances—without losing the heart behind the work.

You'll learn:

🔹 What a CFO actually does—and why your business needs one (even if it's you)

🔹 How to understand and manage cash flow, revenue, and profit

🔹 The mindset shifts that unlock true financial empowerment

🔹 Why investing in your business can be the key to sustainable growth

🔹 Simple steps to start making data-informed decisions that feel good

Whether you're spreadsheet-averse or ready to scale, this episode will help you become the soulful CFO of your own yoga business.

💖 Don't forget to grab your seat for the 90-Day Profitability Roadmap for Yoga Teachers webinar: https://www.brettlarkin.com/live-90day/

GUEST EXPERT: Kristin Svets | @kristinsvetscoaching

Kristin Svets holds an MBA in Finance and spent over a decade in corporate banking, before merging her financial expertise with over 1,000 hours of coaching and mindfulness certifications. As the founder of Illuminated Finance, she helps heart-led entrepreneurs master financial strategy, deepen money literacy, and cultivate an empowered money mindset. Kristin teaches CEOs how to think like a CFO—balancing the yin of energetic alignment with the yang of strategic financial knowledge and action. She is also the author of Designed to Shine: Living Intentionally to Discover Your Inner Light and a mentor for visionary business owners ready to grow with purpose, peace, and profits.

Connect with Kristin: @illuminatedfinance

https://illuminatedfinance.com

https://www.kristinsvets.com

FREE Practice: Somatic Morning Workout for Beginners | Yoga to Find Your Center 🎯

Relevant Blogs:

The Ultimate Guide to Creating Yoga Business Plans (With Template)

13 Types of Yoga Teacher Tax Deductions (And Other Tax Tips)

Managing Cash Flow and Profit In Your Yoga Business

Relevant to Today's Episode:

✅ 200-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🔮 300-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🐍 Yoga for Self Mastery

🎧 Also Listen to:

#354 – Redefining "Niche" with Carla Cline Thomas

#360 – Insider YouTube Secrets for Yoga Teachers

#386 – Stop Selling Products—Start Selling YOU: Human Design for Visibility & Flow with Juliette Stapleton

© 2025 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com

Join my 90-Day Profitability Roadmap for Yoga Teachers webinar–so you create income without confusion and burnout: https://www.brettlarkin.com/live-90day/

How do you run a thriving yoga business and stay energetically aligned?

In this episode, I talk with Uplifted 300-Hour graduate Meli De Los Santos—a spiritual business mentor and AI-savvy yogi—about how tools like AI and funnels can actually amplify your authenticity instead of replacing it. We explore how to bring chakra wisdom into your marketing, overcome tech resistance, and streamline your systems to stay focused on what really matters: connection, clarity, and growth.

You'll learn:

🔹 How to build a soulful funnel that reflects your unique energy

🔹 What AI can (and can't) do for your yoga business

🔹 How to apply the chakra system to marketing strategy

🔹 Tips to overcome tech overwhelm and start building systems that serve you

If you've ever felt torn between staying spiritual and getting strategic—this episode shows you how to do both.

📈 Ready to build a career in yoga that feels aligned, purposeful, and profitable? Sign up for my upcoming webinar: https://www.brettlarkin.com/live-90day/

GUEST EXPERT: Meli De Los Santos | @the_dreaming_yogi

Meli De Los Santos, also known as The Dreaming Yogi, is the founder of Funnel Chakras, where she helps conscious creators and wellness coaches simplify their tech and build businesses that honor their energy instead of deplete it. With a background in engineering and a self-proclaimed tech nerd, Meli teaches her unique Funnel Chakras Framework, which aligns each stage of business with the energy centers. Her work grew out of her own healing journey, overcoming anxiety and panic attacks through yoga and dream work, which first led her to support others in understanding their dreams, and eventually to guide yoga teachers in bringing their businesses online. Today, she bridges the mystical and the practical, making funnels feel less overwhelming and more like a natural extension of wellness work.

Download Meli's FREE Chakra Business Map: https://thedreamingyogi.org/chakras/

Meli's website: thedreamingyogi.org

FREE Practice: ACTIVATE YOUR THIRD EYE CHAKRA | Kundalini Yoga for Intuition | Breathwork for Creativity & Vision

Relevant Blog: How to Get Traffic to Your Yoga Website With SEO

Relevant to Today's Episode:

✅ 200-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🔮 300-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🐍 Yoga for Self Mastery

✨ AI Training Course

🎧 Also Listen to:

#363 – How to Become a Magnet for Loyal Students & Own the Room with Confidence with Taylor Lorenz

#365 – Launch Ugly! My Top 5 Business Tips for Yoga Entrepreneurs

#383 – Parenting Through the Chakras: Insights from a Mama of Four with Jennica Joyce

© 2025 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com

What's the ultimate goal of yoga? According to Patanjali—it's liberation.

In this episode, I dive deep into Kaivalya Pada, the final and most mystical book of the Yoga Sutras, to explore how we disentangle from the mind's illusions and return to our true nature as pure consciousness (Purusha). We unpack the mechanics of karma, the role of Dhyana in neutralizing mental patterns, and how to finally recognize yourself as the witness, not the mind.

You'll learn:

🔹 The difference between Purusha and Prakriti

🔹 How karma shapes our thoughts, habits, and reactions

🔹 Why meditation (Dhyana) is key to neutralizing karmic patterns

🔹 The role of the gunas in shaping perception and suffering

🔹 How to live from the clarity of the witness, not the chaos of the mind

If you've ever sensed there's more to you than your thoughts, this episode offers a map back to your freedom.

💖 Ready to deepen your practice and live from your true nature? Explore the Uplifted Membership here => https://www.brettlarkin.com/uplifted/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=uplifted

📱 Join my 90-Day Profitability Roadmap for Yoga Teachers webinar–so you create income without confusion and burnout: https://www.brettlarkin.com/live-90day/

Translations Mentioned:

Reverend Jaganath Carrera: Inside the Yoga Sutras: A Comprehensive Sourcebook for the Study & Practice of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras

Barbara Stoler Miller: Yoga: Discipline of Freedom: The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali

BKS Iyengar: Light on the Yoga Sutras

Alan Finger: Tantra of the Yoga Sutras: Essential Wisdom for Living with Awareness and Grace

Edwin F Bryant: The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary

Sri Swami Satchidananda: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

FREE Practice: KUNDALINI YOGA TO RELEASE ENERGY & EMOTIONS WITH MUSIC | Kundalini Yoga for Depression and Anxiety

Relevant Blog: What Are The Gunas In Yoga? A Complete Overview

Relevant to Today's Episode:

✅ 200-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🔮 300-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🐍 Yoga for Self Mastery

💖 Uplifted Membership

🎧 Also Listen to:

#297 – What is Samkhya Philosophy and How is it Different from Yoga?

#279 – Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Summary – BOOK ONE Explained

#282 – Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Summary – BOOK TWO Explained

© 2025 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com

What if your business could energize you instead of draining you? What if the secret to success isn't selling more—but showing up as more of yourself?

In this episode, I'm joined by Juliette Stapleton, an internationally recognized visibility strategist, to explore how Human Design can transform the way you approach marketing, visibility, and entrepreneurship. We dive into how aligning your business with your energy type creates more flow, fulfillment, and sustainable success.

Inside this conversation:

🔹 Why your energy—not your offer—is your most powerful marketing tool

🔹 How to build a "visibility castle" rooted in authenticity

🔹 Why selling access to YOU is more valuable than any product

🔹 The power of resilience, self-trust, and strategic alignment

If you've ever felt out of sync with traditional business advice, this episode will help you design a path that feels good—and works.

✨ Ready to align your energy and build a business that feels as good as it looks? Download my FREE Yoga Business Plan and start creating a business that works for YOU: https://www.brettlarkin.com/businessplan?utm_medium=social&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=businessplan

GUEST EXPERT: Juliette Stapleton | @juliettestapleton | https://juliettestapleton.com

Juliette Stapleton is an internationally recognized visibility strategist and best-selling author specializing in Human Design for marketing. Known for her "Visibility That Sells" framework, Juliette helps coaches, consultants, and solopreneurs create authentic, competition-free online presences. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Addicted2Success, and she's a sought-after speaker and podcast host. Learn more at juliettestapleton.com.

Get Juliette's books: https://juliettestapleton.com/books/

You Can Also Find Juliette on:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/juliettestapleton.humandesign/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JulietteStapletonMarketingbyHumanDesign

Twitter: https://twitter.com/VisibilitybyHD

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/juliettestapleton

FREE Practice: Connect With Intuition: A Gentle Vinyasa Yoga For Intuition

Relevant Blog: Exploring the Five Human Design Types: A Guide to Self-Discovery

Relevant to Today's Episode:

🔮 300-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

📝 Uplifted Business Launchpad

🐍 Yoga for Self Mastery

💖 Uplifted Membership

💫 Somatic Certification

🎧 Also Listen to:

#359 – Understanding Human Design as a Yogi with Emma Dunwoody

#363 – How to Become a Magnet for Loyal Students & Own the Room with Confidence with Taylor Lorenz

#365 – Launch Ugly! My Top 5 Business Tips for Yoga Entrepreneurs

Transcript

© 2025 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com

Prana isn't just breath—it's your life force, and it moves in five distinct directions within your body, shaping your emotions, digestion, vitality, and mood.

In this episode (Part 1 of a 2-part series), we dive into the 5 Vayus—the energetic currents of prana—and how they influence your inner and outer experience. You'll discover how these ancient teachings connect to the chakras and how yoga practices like pranayama can restore balance and flow.

You'll learn:

🔹 What the Vayus are and how they impact your body and mind

🔹 Why energy stagnation leads to emotional or physical "dis-ease"

🔹 The roles of Prana Vayu (inspiration), Apana Vayu (elimination), and Samana Vayu (assimilation)

🔹 How to identify and rebalance energetic imbalances

If you've ever felt stuck, depleted, or "off" without knowing why, this episode offers a powerful map to understanding the energetic roots of your experience.

🌈 Download My Free Chakra Clarity Meditation! Stop Googling Your Problems & Ask Your Chakras Instead => https://www.brettlarkin.com/askyourchakras?utm_medium=social&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=chakraworksheet

FREE Practice: Quick 10 Minute Morning Meditation To Kick Start Your Day - Use it DAILY! (10-min)

Relevant Blog: Prana Vayu: The Breath of Vitality

Relevant to Today's Episode:

✅ 200-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🔮 300-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🐍 Yoga for Self Mastery

💖 Uplifted Membership

🎧 Also Listen to:

#366 – Is Trauma Actually In Your Hips? The Impact of Stress on Hip & Pelvic Health with Dr. Brianne Grogan

#368 – The 8 Limbs of Yoga for Personal Growth

© 2025 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com

What if the secret to healing isn't doing more—but doing less?

In this episode, we explore the 7 Invitations of Organic Intelligence, a revolutionary somatic framework that helps you unlock your body's natural ability to heal, adapt, and thrive. These invitations aren't about fixing yourself—they're about creating the conditions for healing to unfold effortlessly.

You'll learn:

🔹 Why doing less is the key to nervous system regulation and trauma recovery

🔹 How orienting to your environment fosters calm and connection

🔹 The surprising role of enjoyment, improvisation, and positive perception in healing

🔹 How to stop overriding your body's wisdom and start listening

If you've ever felt stuck in your healing journey or exhausted from trying to "fix" yourself, this episode will inspire you to embrace a more intuitive, compassionate, and sustainable path forward.

🌹 Download my somatic sequences & playlists for teachers https://www.brettlarkin.com/somatic-sequences/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=somatic-sequence

📝 Download the Yoga For Self Mastery Syllabus => https://www.brettlarkin.com/yoga-for-self-mastery/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=ysm

Learn more about Organic Intelligence and Steve Hoskinson: https://organicintelligence.org/steven-hoskinson/

FREE Practice: Everyday Morning Yoga to Feel Incredibly Good | YOGA FOR WOMEN

Relevant Blog: Somatic Yoga for Trauma: Techniques to Reclaim Your Body

Relevant to Today's Episode:

🐍 Yoga for Self Mastery

💖 Uplifted Membership

💫 Somatic Certification

🎧 Also Listen to:

#357 – Your Emotions Want to Move: 3 Ways to Let Them

#369 – Nervous System Masterclass with Kristin Leal

#372 – Can the Sutras Make Space for Pleasure? (Sutra 1.15 Explained)

© 2025 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com