Bali, Holy Mountains, & the Great Recycling Program

What if aging isn't a problem to solve but a feature of being human? What if what's falling apart is doing exactly what it's meant to do?

Sarah Jessop is a dear friend, fellow mariner, Yoga teacher, artist, and mystic based in Witchcliff, Western Australia. She's been coming to Bali since she was 21, when she first left Australia with a little bit of money and no idea what she was in for. We talk about what it means to be welcomed into a living culture, the ways tourists sometimes misunderstand Bali, and how Balinese society holds itself together through invisible threads of connection.

Sarah speaks so honestly about what it's been like to age, to shift from student to teacher, to feel the tug between visibility and invisibility, and to stay true in the face of frog Yoga and downward dogs with goats. This one gets into the heartbreak and humor of being alive, being a woman, and remembering that life is already working, even in the compost pile.

Key Takeaways

Bali is a Living Culture – The Balinese aren't performing for tourists. They're living their culture, and we're being invited into it.

Ageing is Sacred – Watching the body change is confronting, but it's also part of how life keeps moving and renewing itself.

Breath is What People Really Want – When Yoga is centered in breath and simplicity, people feel the difference. They stay.

Self-Doubt Still Comes Up – Even seasoned teachers wonder if they'll be eclipsed by trendier offerings, but truth finds its people.

Everything is the Practice – Even the pain of losing what you thought you were is part of Yoga. It all belongs.

Life is a Recycling Program – We're made of star stuff, Einstein's hair, and dinosaur toenails. Nothing is ever lost.

Where to Find Our Guest

Sarah Jessop on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahjessopyoga

Links & Resources

You are the beauty. You are the intelligence. You are already in perfect harmony with life. You don't need to seek it. You need only participate in it.

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