Yoga Happiness Podcast by Burgundie

For the month of August, 2018, our YOGA Talks topic is Compassion. In this first session, we're just covering some basic concepts and ideas related to Compassion, Ahimsa, and so forth. Practicing compassion, compassionate thoughts, and compassionate actions, toward others as well as ourselves isn't always as easy as we think it should be.

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YOGA Talks meets Wednesdays at the Yoga Happiness Studio from 7:30-8:30 PM.

Believe it or not, our discussion about mental health and wellness that ranged from the rate of suicide among white men to the concern about the impact of social media on adolescent girls really was delightful.

Whether you're a caregiver or simply someone who cares, wellness is a subject we can all learn more about. It looks different for everyone.

What I really like about this discussion is that wellness, here, isn't discussed as being part of yoga, which can be a daunting thing for some. Call it yoga or don't, it doesn't matter. Practice wellness!

This is our last discussion about death this month. In this session we each told our own stories, shared what we learned about death or because of death, and talked about some different customs regarding death. And, of course, I talked a lot about what I had learned from TED Talks (thus...YOGA talks...you see?).

Enjoy!

This episode is audio only for the privacy of the folks that attended the class to discuss one woman's experience with a near death experience. Gigi describes her heart condition, episodes of passing out, 4 minutes and 27 seconds of death, and life with a pacemaker. All of this happened to her when she was only 29! We ask questions and I even get to touch her pacemaker. Gigi is now going through yoga teacher training here in Columbus, Ohio at Yoga on High.

Death is a part of life and there are many interesting aspects of death worthy of thought and discussion.

In this video, Jeremy (off camera) and Burg discuss the funeral parades in New Orleans, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and more.

Death, in one form or another, will touch us all. Let's talk about it!

This last YOGA Talks regarding the Ganzfeld Experiment was supposed to be a discussion with my students but the audio didn't record well. I've summarized and added some food for thought in this quick monologue. Let me know your thoughts on telepathy and "real magic". What are your beliefs?

In my interview with Elizabeth Miller, owner of Reden Yoga in Columbus, Ohio, she explains viniyoga and Thai Yoga Massage - two primary aspects of the services she provides her clients. Elizabeth describes how she came to yoga as well as how she decided, early on, to teach yoga. We discuss how and why to find a yoga teacher, and what yoga can mean for you.

We finally made it through the entire book "The Yamas & Niyamas" by Deborah Adele. What a wonderful book! This last chapter ended up being a solo discussion. I hope you enjoy my thoughts and comments on the Niyama: Ishvara Pranidhana, or surrender. Are you willing or able to let go? What needs to be released? Do you have a fear of letting go even though you know your life might open up because of it?

It was such an honor and a pleasure to talk with Juan about how his life has changed in the past 20+ years. A young man (age 18!) with the hopes of becoming a mountain guide is tossed into the hectic life of a CEO due to the death of his father. This was not the life he had wanted and it caused inner turmoil. He was not happy and this was not a healthy life for him. Listen as we talk about his meditation lessons with an ex-Buddhist monk, how he met his wife, when he finally quit his life as a CEO, and finally became a teacher and coach himself.

This sequence is perfect to get your day going.

This 45 minute sequence includes warm ups, sun salutes (A&B), some triangle poses, bridge poses, seated forward folds, twists, dolphin pose (an beginner level inversion)and a 5 minute savasana (final relaxation).