unrolled: yoga, meditation and other shenanigans

TRIGGER WARNING: talk of depression and suicidal thoughts... please take care of yourself. 

Welp, it's been 6 months... Kate and Ryan dive right back into the deep end and discuss their struggles with the state of the world, yoga, and well... everything.

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Happy New Year! 

Kate made another human and so the pod has been on hiatus, but Ryan + Kate are BACK! Reflections on the past year, pregnancy, the yoga world, and more...

 

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Kate makes Ryan uncomfortable by bringing up the ongoing malarkey in the Boston Yoga World AGAIN! 

They argue about student-teacher relationships in the yoga world.

Kate tells us about a weird tattoo she wants. 

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I know y'all were worried... but Kate and Ryan are still here. Maybe a bit depressed... but still here. 

This week we check in after a long break, Kate get's dark, Ryan tries to make sense of it all. We talk about an article from Matthew Remski, and of course - the globe article. You know the one. 

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Ryan and Kate lament the fact that post pandemic everyone is going back to the same ole s**t. 

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PLEASE NOTE: The editing on this is a little rough, apologies for the differential in volume and distortion. 

Kate and Ryan address the elephant in the room... contract free :-). 

Links: 

Open Letter for Former Down Under Employees

Intial Response from Down Under

Other Studio Owners Response

Down Under's Second Response

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Hi Friends,

We decided in a moment of adult behavior that ep 153 isn't quite for public consumption. We have a lot to say on what's going on the in the yoga world and we will regroup, rest and return next week with some thoughts, rants and general shenanigans. 

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A zen-like fugue state that culminates in a spontaneous peom.

Enjoy! 

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Kate embarks on an epic rant about the nature of wel... everything. Ryan shares their emotional hangover from the previous episode. 

They then discuss whether they should both quit yoga. You know, a normal monday episode. 

 

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alt title - Ethel Merman on Ketamine  

Kate and Ryan wax poetic on J Browns most recent episode.

Resources:

Alok Vaid-Menon Reading List

The Laverne Cox Show

Trans Yoga Project

ACLU Anti-Trans Legislation

We'll add more, but we wanted to get the podcast up for all to listen. 

 

 

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