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

#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]

#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]