the poll results are in and i have dragged myself and all of you through 14 pages of enneagrams. get to know my personality through the process of listening to me prattle on about it, get my results with me, and finally realize that we should have done the shorter version to get my elaborate horoscope.

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basic info on enneagram on wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enneagram_of_Personality

 

the free enneagram test i took plus a quicker "intuitive variant" that relies on a likert scale and only has 52 items (sorry) https://www.eclecticenergies.com/enneagram/test

 

intro/outro music is " Ｗｏｒｋ　Ｍｕｓｉｃ" by Anonymous 420 available on the Free Music Archive http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Anonymous420/

well, here you have it i guess, my too-short incomplete explanation of my involvement in the world of instagram yoga, along with my justification for continuing to do whatever the h*ck i think i'm doing for the ""community."" i talk a little bit about Kino, Dana and the Alo/Cody saga, the Big 3 yoga influencers including my apology following one influencer's public outing by an account that is not as good at this as me, my rationale for posting the crap that i do and why i think this is ultimately all a very good exercise in educating myself.

 

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Kino's blog about the Alo/Cody dramz on Elephant Journal, the online tabloid for spirituality/wellness/white nonsense http://tiny.cc/g19b3y

Kino's blog about how she leveraged Dana's lawsuit and the sincere efforts of the online yoga community into her own business dealings  http://tiny.cc/e79b3y

Morgan, The Southern Yogi, offers an empty apology following her mission trip to Uganda https://www.thesouthernyogi.com/blog/2018/7/20/uganda-africa

 

can you tell i'm not happy with anything anyone is doing with yoga online right now? there's a lot more i could talk about and maybe i will eventually. this is enough for now.

 

intro/outro music is "Time to Go Home" by Anonymous420 available on the Free Music Archive http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Anonymous420/

today i wanted to share with you about my personal retreat experience at Magnolia Grove Meditation Practice Center because it was just so nice. i spent a long weekend practicing sitting meditation, walking meditation, mindful eating and dharma sharing alongside the monastic brothers and sisters who live there. this time was a crucial turning point and period of respite from work-related suffering.

 

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learn more about Magnolia Grove Meditation Practice Center including information on making your own personal retreat https://magnoliagrovemonastery.org/

 

find a local sangha to join https://plumvillage.org/about/international-sangha-directory/

 

read the five contemplations before eating https://plumvillage.org/news/new-contemplations-before-eating/

 

download the Plum Village app for chants, guided meditations and practices https://plumvillage.app/

 

watch the Walk With Me trailer and find the film on Netflix https://youtu.be/u9V4cKTffLU

hey. today i just wanted to talk with you all a little about my mundane journey with mindfulness and meditation. like a lot of white western people, i just started with an app. i quit that in an anticlimactic way and eventually found my way to the writing of Thich Nhat Hanh, a local sangha and a renewed commitment to trying to live in a more mindful way with an awareness of how my meditation practice can connect to and edify my yoga practice, my relationships and my everyday life. it's still really hard to sit tho.

 

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The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga entries on dharana (p. 85) and dhyana (p. 88-89) were mentioned. You can find the book here https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/425038.Shambhala_Encyclopedia_of_Yoga

 

The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh is the book that introduced me to the practice https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95747.The_Miracle_of_Mindfulness

 

How to Walk by Thich Nhat Hanh helped me make a contract with my stairs http://www.parallax.org/product/how-to-walk/

 

Download Headspace, there are 10 free sessions to try https://www.headspace.com/headspace-meditation-app

 

Download the Plum Village App and turn on the mindfulness bell https://plumvillage.app/

 

Download the Breathing App http://ayny.org/breathing-app/

in this episode we're talking about ashtanga yoga. we're talking about Pattabhi Jois, who sexually assaulted and violated countless female yoga practicioners during his time as a yoga teacher. we're talking about one woman's story, and Kino MacGregor's version of events. i also share about how i practice ashtanga primary series, set boundaries, and seek to reconcile what i know about Jois with my continued commitment to the practice.

 

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read Kino's blog post here

read Karen Rain's response to Kino's blog post here

TRIGGER WARNING--video of Pattabhi Jois applying "adjustments" to female students here

listen to J. Brown's podcast episode with Karen Rain here

audio of chanting and Gwyneth Paltrow saying Pattabhi Jois is "very cute" taken from here

intro/outro music is "Time to Go Home" by Anonymous420, available on the Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Anonymous420/

on today's episode i just wanted to give you a li'l background on how i came to the practice of yoga, from a year of gentle nudging from my yoga teacher coworker to wearing full on assed sweatpants to my first class at a hot studio to where i am now with my ashtanga primary practice.

intro/outro music is "Time to Go Home" by Anonymous420, available on the Free Music Archive http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Anonymous420/