Is There a Difference Between Giving It Up and Not Giving Up?

In this interview I host a conversation between iconoclastic yoga teacher Angela Farmer, and internationally renowned counsellor, workshop teacher, and author of ‘The Wild Woman’s Way’, Michaela Boehm. Michaela shares her admiration for Angela’s work, and Angela describes the journey of her relationship to her body, including childhood struggles , meeting her pain, and beginning a love affair with the body. Angela discuses her life’s process of teaching and eventually going beyond traditional yoga, as well as sharing the remarkable account of recovery from severe injuries received in a recent fall. Angela and Michaela also discuss Milarepa and the feminine, surrender vs giving up, the wisdom of the body, structure and imposition, learning to receive, and how to meet the world with all one’s fullness. … Video version: www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep165-wisdom-and-the-body-angela-farmer-michaela-boehm Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’. … Topics Include: 00:00 - Intro 00:57 - How Michaela first encountered Angela 05:31 - Angela’s struggle to connect with her body 08:08 - Finding yoga 09:25 - The story of the body and judging oneself 12:30 - The spiral and childhood challenges 13:53 - Meeting one’s pain and disfunction 23:03 - Beyond the social persona 24:24 - Freedom from traditional yoga 30:32 - Learning about women 31:20 - Students’ projections 35:05 - Milarepa and the feminine 37:20 - Women’s empowerment 38:50 - A love affair with the body 43:38 - Deepening practice in pandemic sabbatical 45:47 - Angela’s recent fall 48:54 - Angela’s remarkable recovery process 52:09 - Be here now 56:26 - Surrender vs giving up 58:06 - Being in the head and being stuck in the underworld 01:01:27 - Wisdom of the body 01:04:36 - Structure and imposition 01:08:23 - Learning to receive 01:10:55 - Softening inside to meet the world 01:14:58 - Role models and learning through resonance 01:17:45 - Animals as role models 01:21:58 - Inspiring others 01:24:05 - Zoom vs in-person teaching … Previous episode with Angela: - https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep117-angela-farmer-a-life-in-yoga Previous episodes with Michaela: - https://www.guruviking.com/search?q=michaela%20boehm To find our more about Angela, visit: - https://angela-victor.com/ To find out more about Michaela, visit; - https://www.michaelaboehm.com/ … 
For more interviews, videos, and more visit: - www.guruviking.com … Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James