Squawk Box with Alexandria Crow

#34 - Three Philosophy Nerds Walk into a Bar

We did something a little different this week…I went live with two YST alumni who are amazing, you’re going to love them.Nina (@ninastarr 1111 [https://instagram.com/ninastarr1111]) is a yoga student and teacher and Jeremy (@full_panther_music [https://instagram.com/full_panther_music]) doesn’t teach and has no problem admitting he isn’t much for a vinyasa class, but both of them are deeply into these teachings and always bring something thought provoking and insightful to the YST discussions they’ve been a part of twice over now. I asked them three questions. Where were you before YST and what made you invest twice? What shifted? What do you want someone on the fence to know? Their answers were exactly why I do this work and why you’ll adore the course too. If you’re ready to understand these texts so deeply that you can live them when life feels like a complete shit show you can’t control, and you’re done with even a single ounce of impostor syndrome when a student asks you a philosophy question because you know this stuff well enough to riff on it for hours, don’t take my word for it. Give this a listen. LINKS & SUCH: Interested in the upcoming YST course mentioned during this episode? * Yoga Student Training (YST) - Philosophy Course - Doors open now - Click here [https://yst.yogaphysics.com/webinar-registration1683231030138] to learn more + enroll - doors close April 30 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]

#33 - I Asked 1000's of Yoga Teachers This Question

* It all started with some books * Philosophy Fridays or it’s just calisthenics * 35 cities, same questions, same results * Room of 50. One hand up. * Just read it on your own…sure * Goat yoga, glow sticks, missing foundation * “It’s my fountain of youth” * Inspirational quotes=dopamine hit * 2025 was brutal, zero downward dogs, practiced daily * Patterns built into the poses (suspiciously convenient) * The community where nobody’s weird about philosophy LINKS & SUCH: Interested in the upcoming YST course mentioned during this episode? * Yoga Student Training (YST) - Philosophy Course - Doors open now - Click here [https://yst.yogaphysics.com/webinar-registration1683231030138] to learn more + enroll 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]

#32 - My partner caught me doing something embarrassing

* Midnight. Dishes. Pillows askew. * “You know you’re doing it right now, right?!” * Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic * Feet on floor. Brain: but what about the credit card bill * The Zoom mute button that moved * Finger up. Feet down. Found it. * The sandwich that cannot go to school imperfect * The retreat email edited 73 times (unsent) * Coping mechanisms: terrible AND your best friend * Warning lights, not character flaws * Surprise: there was a lesson hiding in plain sight * Kleshas hiding in your kitchen at midnight * Vedic Jeopardy vs. actually living it * “Foundation, not parsley sprig on top” * Butt cheeks no longer making diamonds LINKS & SUCH: Interested in the upcoming YST course mentioned during this episode? * Yoga Student Training (YST) - Philosophy Course - Doors open now - Click here [https://yst.yogaphysics.com/webinar-registration1683231030138] to learn more + enroll 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]

#31 - You're Practicing Your Patterns Instead of Breaking Them

* Your nervous system is training right now, mat or no mat * Every thought is a rep (yes, that one too) * Dan Brown wrote a yoga book and doesn’t know it * You inherited a channel you didn’t choose * Great Depression scarcity, three generations later, still running * Your brain isn’t negative, it’s just really well trained * “No signups yet” is a station, not a fact * The kleshas called, they want their pattern back * Knowing your patterns won’t break them (hard truth) * New city, new relationship, same signal, every time * The mat is a training ground, not the finish line * 95% of a practice happens off the mat * Yoga philosophy and neuroscience are in the same meeting * What are you actually giving reps to this week LINKS & SUCH: Interested in the upcoming course mentioned during this episode? * Yoga Student Training (YST) - Philosophy Course - Click here [https://yst.yogaphysics.com/ystwaitlist] to be the first to know when the doors re-open. 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]

#30 - God Forbid We Talk About God

* Yelling at a neuroscience video (relatable content) * That’s just yoga. That’s just yoga. * Nikola Tesla, unlikely yoga ally * Dan Brown’s prologue did not expect this * One foot in, one foot out, hoping nobody notices * God. Yeah, she said it. * Particles getting smaller, questions getting bigger * The map runs out. Then what? * The kleshas on a physics grant * Certainty is not coming. Sorry. * Come find her at the edge of the map * Diamond-between-the-butt-cheeks loosening (clinical term) * The stroke, the doctors, the “we don’t know why” * Thank God for yoga, literally * Utopia? No. Less suffering? Absolutely. LINKS & SUCH: Interested in the upcoming course mentioned during this episode? * Yoga Student Training (YST) - Philosophy Course - Click here [https://yst.yogaphysics.com/ystwaitlist] to be the first to know when the doors re-open. 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]