#40 - What if This is the Last Time?

#40 - What if This is the Last Time?

* Moving through life like there’s an infinite supply * Suddenly feeling how finite everything is * The realization you might never see the thing you’re waiting for * Joy, grief, and wonder arriving all at once * Your brain is being trained toward lack and fear all day * Toxic positivity vs. actually choosing potential on purpose * One shot at moving through this life through your lens * You won’t know which one is the last chocolate cake * Why defeat yourself before you even start * One good thing today, even the tiniest one LINKS & SUCH: Interested in the podcast episodes and D2R Biz course mentioned during this episode? * D2R The Business of Yoga - Business & Marketing Course - Click here [https://d2rbiz.yogaphysics.com/webinar-confirmation1700669633415] to learn more This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com [https://squawkbox.yogaphysics.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

#39 - The "When I'm Ready" You're Waiting for Will Keep You Waiting Forever

* “I should be able to figure this out myself” (the thought that’s costing you years) * Hospital bed, contract renewal, said yes anyway * Best business year ever, while she couldn’t physically work * Feast and famine income isn’t a yoga tax, it’s a structure problem * $5 masterminds and YouTube videos that gave you pieces, never the whole thing * “I’ll invest when I have enough saved up” (the excuse that keeps moving) * Hired support, still tried to implement everything alone * Thinking investment has an end date instead of being ongoing * Prices went up every year, said yes every year anyway * You don’t hire a mentor once you’ve already succeeded, that’s backwards * “It only takes me 10 minutes” (the math that’s keeping you small) * Reframing cost to investment until it actually clicks * A client panicking two days before a launch, certain it was failing * Same launch, day of, oversold past goal * “You don’t know how it ends until it ends” * Decades of experience, still pays for outside eyes * Dancers don’t outgrow dance teachers, you won’t either LINKS & SUCH: Interested in the podcast episodes and D2R Biz course mentioned during this episode? * D2R The Business of Yoga - Business & Marketing Course - Click here [https://d2rbiz.yogaphysics.com/webinar-confirmation1700669633415] to learn more + save your spot * Listen to the episode about my stroke - Click here [https://squawkbox.yogaphysics.com/p/24-a-story-about-why-2025-was-the?r=ttjg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web] to listen This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com [https://squawkbox.yogaphysics.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

#37 - You Keep Saying "Transformation" and Nobody Cares

* Do you actually know how your work helps people? * Elevator pitch. Two minutes. No buzzwords. * The yoga world’s dirty little secret (it’s not the splits) * More than poses! But also... only poses in every photo * Vedic Jeopardy vs. knowing what karma looks like on a Tuesday * Traffic. Late. Honking. Dragging it into your evening. * The little wave that ends the whole spiral * Accessibility doesn’t mean anything without a story * Your secret magic sauce (currently invisible to everyone) * Inspirational quote. Date. Time. Cricket sounds. * The 6pm class nobody signed up for and why * “Yoga is restraint of the fluctuations of the mind” (lands on nobody) * Learning philosophy isn’t just respectful to yoga, it’s good for business * Chemistry teacher. Periodic table. Vague gesture. Sound familiar? * Rant complete. Hard? Good. Come find me. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com [https://squawkbox.yogaphysics.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

#36 - You give too many f*cks

* Smartest teachers in the room, too scared to say anything * The fictitious mob waiting to pounce * (They’re not real. Probably.) * Meanwhile: confident, factually wrong, thriving * More certifications won’t fix this, sorry * Two hours on a caption, still not posted * Plato’s cave but make it social media * Sand the edges off enough to end up saying nothing * Your nervous system genuinely thinks you’re about to die * Not trying to make everyone happy, not even a little * Unsubs happen. Unfollows happen. So do the right people. * Yoga practice: not for the mat apparently * D2R Biz people always say this is the hardest yoga they’ve ever done * Arjuna had to act anyway too * Something’s coming (the art of giving zero f*cks, basically) * Big following does not mean big knowledge (she said it plainly) * Write down what you actually know. Read it back. Then go. * This week’s homework: name the bear, check if it’s real This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com [https://squawkbox.yogaphysics.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

#35 - Eat the Cookie, Skip the Workout, the World Won't End

* Famous podcast host: two glasses of wine, three days of suffering * Sir, that’s called being human * Checking sleep score at 6am (irony, thy name is data) * Optimization culture or extremely expensive anxiety * Have the diet coke or cookie. I’m begging you. * Rogue student post goes viral, comment section tells on itself * “You’re missing nuance” (I assure you, I’m not missing nuance) * Bill doing chaturangas nobody asked for, somehow not the emergency * Conformity with good playlists is still conformity * Yoga world: more perfectionists per square foot than anywhere * The trap where you optimize so hard you recreate the prison you left * Arjuna also wanted a guarantee before getting up (Krishna was not impressed) * Cookie eaten, workout skipped, world still spinning * Running a business is just yoga with spreadsheets apparently * Getting good at not being in control (hardest pose in the syllabus) * Expectations meet reality: that gap is the whole practice * Still on the journey, just further along and slightly less annoying about it LINKS & SUCH: * The Rogue Episode - Click here [https://squawkbox.yogaphysics.com/p/12-rethinking-the-student-who-goes?r=ttjg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web] to listen to the episode mentioned about going rogue. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com [https://squawkbox.yogaphysics.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]