The Vital Side Podcast 44. Connecting with Happiness While Living In An Era of Overwhelm with Jai Dev Singh
Are you overwhelmed by the daily inundation of crises happening around our world? We’re talking with renowned international teacher of Kundalini yoga and Ayurveda, Jai Dev Singh, to discuss how we can connect with our own happiness and what that looks like in our everyday lives. Jai also discusses what makes Kundalini different from other yogas, the values of interconnectedness, moving away from conditional happiness, and moving through change by practicing self-compassion.
Jai Dev Sing is the founder of Life- Force Academy (LFA), a global training academy for the yogic arts and sciences with members in over 60 countries around the world. LFA offers (virtual and in-person) courses and workshops on Kundalini yoga, Ayurveda, and meditation. The courses are designed to improve your health, mental wellness, inner confidence, increase prosperity, and so much more.
Show Notes:
-Jai’s childhood journey with food health struggles which led him to Ayurveda
-Real health is intertwined with real happiness
-Dharma practice - an exercise system regulating the nervous system, balancing the glandular system, and connecting with your resilient physiology in order to connect with your prana, the life force
-Definition of Kundalini Yoga - adjusting the body, the mind, and the nervous system; anyone can do it!
-Intuition is natural and available to everyone
-Ayurvedic Medicine (‘life wisdom’) - a modality used for healing & health and how it supports bio-individuality
-The 5 element system: earth, water, fire, air & space
-The key to happiness is prioritizing it and having patience with the process
-Jai’s relationship with his priorities: put it on the calendar
-When dealing with a chronic condition or symptoms, this is an opportunity to prioritize happiness & connect with health
-Moving through any change by practicing self-compassion
-Being an investigator of our minds
-Subconscious beliefs can cause us expansiveness & suffering
-How to operate in a society of interconnectedness to all events - positive & traumatic ones alike
-The hypnotizing nature of social media and the news & how to have discipline in our relationship to these information platforms and sources
-Engaging in information & the dialogue happening around world events without so much polarization
-Being of service to others and seeing our shared collective happiness as an important tool to support ourselves and others
-Accessing unconditional happiness and joy in spite of what’s happening in our lives
-The dance between desire and detachment
-If we have self-compassion, we won’t be scared to be real with ourselves in order to be loving to ourselves
-A quick breathwork tool to use when feeling overwhelmed & in need of self-compassion
Resources:
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