What happens when ancient yogic wisdom meets modern embodiment? 🤔One of my students recently asked how Sutra 1.15’s focus on non-attachment aligns with Somatic Yoga’s emphasis on pleasure and healing. This episode unpacks that question with heart, humor, and a whole lot of nuance.

We’ll explore:

🔹 Whether pleasure is a distraction—or a doorway to healing

🔹 What Patanjali really meant by non-attachment

🔹 How to reconcile classical teachings with modern self-care

If you’ve ever wondered whether embracing joy is spiritual enough, this one’s for you.

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📖 Different translations mentioned:

Edwin F Bryant: https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Sutras-Pata%C3%B1jali-Translation-Commentary/dp/0865477361

Sri Swami Satchidananda: https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Sutras-Patanjali-Swami-Satchidananda/dp/1938477073

Alan Finger: https://www.amazon.com/Tantra-Yoga-Sutras-Essential-Awareness/dp/1611806151

BKS Iyengar: https://www.amazon.com/Light-Yoga-Sutras-Patanjali-Iyengar/dp/1855382253

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What if your inner chaos is sacred?

When I first pictured a yogi, I imagined someone always calm, serene… maybe even a little untouchable. But the more I’ve learned—through somatics, spirituality, and lived experience—the more I believe that true healing means feeling everything. Even rage.

In this episode, we dive deep into:

🔹 Why stress isn’t an emotion (and how that changes everything)

🔹 How Kali represents sacred rage, transformation, and nervous system completion

🔹 The trap of spiritual bypassing and the myth of “staying calm”

🔹 How to embrace the full spectrum of your emotions—and finally close the stress cycle

If you’ve ever felt like you were “failing” at healing because you weren’t calm enough… this one’s for you.

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Many students seek the unbroken lineage of yoga, and as someone who has extensively explored the origins and evolution of yoga I want to tell you… it’s time to let that notion go. Yoga has a rich and diverse history that has been shaped through social and historical contexts. It has evolved from a spiritual endeavor to its modern physical interpretations with large impact from the industrial revolution. It’s so important to understand the historical and cultural influences on yoga today, and how this practice has changed over time. So that’s what I’ll dive into in today’s episode.

Listen to learn:

🔹Misconceptions around unbroken lineages in yoga.

🔹How yoga has evolved significantly since the industrial revolution.

🔹The way historical and social context has always influenced yoga.

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