E415 – Inner Voice: A Heartfelt Chat with Dr. Foojan Zeine & Reema Datta | The Yogi’s Way In this inspiring episode, Dr. Foojan Zeine sits down with Reema Datta, author of The Yogi’s Way: Transform Your Mind, Health, and Reality, to explore yoga’s powerful role in emotional healing, mindfulness, and spiritual growth. Drawing on her deep roots in Ayurveda and Vedic philosophy passed down through generations, Reema shares her transformative journey from the London School of Economics and the United Nations to becoming a global yoga teacher and healer. 🔹 Emotional Healing with Yoga: Discover how Reema overcame anger and anxiety through ancient yogic wisdom, combining breathwork, movement, meditation, and self-inquiry to cultivate inner peace beyond physical yoga poses. 🔹 Mindfulness Yoga Integration: Learn about Reema’s 12-week transformational course that blends asanas, pranayama, meditation, and mantra practice to help you address destructive emotions (kleshas) and foster mental wellbeing. 🔹 Transforming Emotions Through Consciousness: Explore practical insights on managing challenging emotions like anger by sitting in awareness — a space free from judgment — to unlock compassion and healing. 🔹 Overcoming Mind’s Obstacles to Spiritual Growth: Dive into yogic concepts including the five koshas (body layers), the nature of the mind as a barrier, and how intentional practice and journaling help shift from reactivity to wisdom. 🔹 Yoga, Mitras & Spiritual Friendship: Understand the importance of spiritual companions (mitras) and Reema’s three-step process (Manan, Shrevan, Nidtiyasana) to deeply receive and integrate spiritual teachings. If you’re ready to transform your mind, health, and reality through yoga and mindfulness, this episode offers timeless wisdom and practical guidance. 🔗 Learn more and join Reema’s 12-week online course starting this September: www.ReemaYoga.com 00:00 - Introduction 00:14 – Welcome to Inner Voice with Dr. Foojan Zeine 00:19 – Understanding emotional triggers: Anger, jealousy, and attachment 00:50 – How to compassionately work through difficult emotions 01:04 – New Foojan App update: AI-guided mindfulness & journaling tools 01:35 – About Dr. Foojan Zeine: Awareness Integration Therapy creator 01:54 – Meet Reema Datta: Author of The Yogi’s Way 02:26 – Reema’s journey from UN work to global yoga teaching 03:03 – Emotional crisis that led to writing The Yogi’s Way 05:09 – What is a yogi vs. doing yoga as exercise? 05:35 – Reema’s personal struggle with separation, anger, and anxiety 06:22 – Turning to ancient yoga texts for emotional healing 07:13 – Developing movement and meditation practices for transformation 08:33 – Teaching yoga for emotional healing worldwide 09:10 – How mindful yoga shifts emotional energy 10:07 What Is Conscious Yoga? Action with Wisdom & Mind-Body Connection 10:55 Using Yoga to Face Emotions: Anger, Jealousy, Attachment 12:11 12-Week Transformational Yoga Course Overview 13:20 “Heal Yourself Now” – Breathwork, Movement & Mantra Practice 14:54 What Are Kleshas? Ancient Mind Poisons Explained 20:06 Emotions: Healing or Harmful? How Approach Matters 22:43 Sitting in the Seat of Consciousness: Awareness Beyond Judgment 27:06 Transforming Anger Into Compassion 27:36 The Mind as the Root Obstacle in Yoga Practice 30:12 The Five Koshas: Body, Energy, Mind & Bliss Layers 33:10 Moving From Lower Mind to Higher Mind Through Breath 34:30 What Is a Mitra? The Spiritual Friend in Your Journey 37:25 How to Receive and Apply Spiritual Teachings: 3 Steps 39:58 Final Thoughts: Accessing Peace and Love Through Practice 1 on the 20 Best California Mental Health Podcasts list by FeedSpot. https://podcasts.feedspot.com/califor… Check out my website: www.FoojanZeine.com, www.AwarenessIntegration.com, www.Foojan.com 🎧 Listen, Learn, and Level Up. 📖 Never Date a Broke Dude – Available now! 🌐 www.pattieehsaei.com *iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i...) *Google Play (https://play.google.com/music/m/Inpl5...) *Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/) *YouTube ( / drfoojan ) *Facebook ( / drfoojanzeine ) *Instagram ( / dr.foojanzeine ) *Twitter ( / drzeine ) *LinkedIn ( / drfoojanzeine ) *Tiktok (https:///www.tiktok.com/dr.foojanzeine)