Leadership and Yoga 27 Lessons in 27 Years: Birthday Special
Not life hacks. My brain babies from the past 27 years. Yoga teacher, podcaster edition. See the chapters for a complete overview.
Disclaimer: I will have to listen again when I am 72 in order to confirm or deny if any of this is true.
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Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
02:00 Start a podcast with me?
04:40 Look the problem in the eye. My interview disaster.
08:30 Sometimes there’s no one there to help, do whatever it takes.
10:40 You can’t climb a ladder to the sun. The more yin energy you can be in, you will receive the yang of the universe.
12:15 Body and energy care is number 1. Dust collects in the corners.
15:30 Discipline and precision, a form of self-love. Team work.
19:00 the miracle of when things “don’t work out”
22:30 High stakes: preparing for something big.
26:30 Low info diet, take time to do nothing. Break the information addiction. What is contemplation?
29:45 Acceptance opens the door for healing. My acne journey.
32:30 Hard times make strong people. Every system needs stress to grow.
38:00 It’s all a gift. Helps with rejection.
39:30 It’s not all or nothing. You can recover.
41:00 What gets done in the morning is what gets done. How to get stuff done.
43:30 Make a greenlight list.
49:00 Make an IOS - get my template.
51:15 Let less simmer for longer, creatively.
54:00 Work on holding your breath. Apnea training.
55:10 Muscle is an organ of vitality.
57:00 On dedicating yourself fully to yoga.
1:00:00 Haters are a good sign. Also, disco ball theory.
1:03:00 We have to bring ourselves to the surface in order for the magic to occur. Dragonfly transformation.
1:07:00 If they can see it in you, they can see it in themselves: the sleeping giant.
1:09:00 Perfectionism, confidence, and self-compassion.
1:10:50 Purpose is a state of being.
1:12:00 Poetic, illogical, wild, free, yet simple.
Magic in the mundane.
1:14:00 Feel the heartbeat of life.