Podcasts by Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler
Jivamukti Yoga classes live from the mother ship in New York City's Union Square. Jessica teaches musically infused and philosophically amused classes that aim to inspire, uplift, incite, and ignite! Jivamukti classes combine physical technique with music, spiritual scripture, non-violence, and meditation.
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Podcast #131 - Who are you? Identity and Yoga from 2022-02-14T17:05:24
The theme of the class is based around the Jivamukti Focus of the Month which can be read in full here: https://jivamuktiyoga.com/fotm/god-in-drag/
The class is focused on leg work, primar...
Podcast #130 - Let Go from 2022-01-28T19:23:15
The theme of the class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month,
which can be read in full at https://jivamuktiyoga.com/fotm/dying-daily/
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Podcast #129 - Connection, Community from 2021-12-01T16:13:05
The theme of the class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month,
which can be read in full at jivamuktiyoga.com
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Podcast #126 - The Strength of the Yogi from 2021-06-04T21:30:03
The theme of this class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month which can be read in full here: https://jivamuktiyoga.com/fotm/what-is-strength/
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Podcast #125 - Mothering the Mother from 2021-06-03T12:38:54
The theme of this class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month which can be read in full here: https://jivamuktiyoga.com/fotm/mothering-the-mother/
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Podcast #124 - Beginnings and Endings from 2021-01-15T21:55:13
The theme of this class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month which can be read in full here: https://jivamuktiyoga.com/fotm/what-now/
The physical practice portion of the practice ...
Podcast #123 - Re-connection from 2020-09-29T20:13:13
The theme of this class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month which can be read in full here: https://jivamuktiyoga.com/fotm/reconnection/
The physical practice has some hips and co...
Podcast #122 - The Laughing and The Crying from 2020-08-28T03:37:44
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Podcast #121 - Friendliness from 2020-08-20T17:15:43
The physical practice is a focused on legs/hamstrings.
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Podcast #120 - Compassionate Communication from 2020-05-17T15:57:47
The theme of this class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month which can be read in full here: https://jivamuktiyoga.com/fotm/spiritual-activism/
The physical practice is a focused o...
Podcast #119 - Life is a Contrast from 2020-04-09T13:58:40
The theme of this class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month which can be read in full here: https://jivamuktiyoga.com/fotm/the-crown-of-creation/
The physical practice is a pretty...
Podcast #118 - Steps on the Path from 2020-03-22T16:14:49
The theme of the class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month, which can be read in full at jivamuktiyoga.com
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Podcast #117 - The Flow of Time from 2020-03-02T17:23:19
This class was recorded live at Jivamukti Yoga School in Jersey City,
NJ
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The theme of the class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month,
which can be read in full
https:/...
Podcast #116 - Now is all there is from 2020-01-25T05:00
This class was recorded live at Jivamukti Yoga School in Jersey City, NJ
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The theme of the class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month, which can be read in full https://jivamuktiyo...
Podcast #115 - Inner Wisdom from 2019-12-11T05:00
This class was recorded live at Jivamukti Yoga School in Jersey City,
NJ
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December 2019 Jivamukti Yoga Focus of the Month
https://jivamuktiyoga.com/fotm/unlocking-wisdom-within/
Podcast #114 - Om Namah Shivaya from 2019-11-14T14:30:05
This class was recorded live at Jivamukti Yoga School in Jersey City, NJ
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The theme of the class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month,
which can be read in full here: https://j...
Podcast#113 - Sound and Silence from 2019-10-28T05:00
This class was recorded live at Jivamukti Yoga School in Jersey City, NJ
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The theme of the class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month, which can be read in full here: https://jivam...
Podcast #112 - The Alchemy of Yoga from 2019-09-12T19:39:34
Recorded at Jivamukti Jersey City
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Podcast #111 - The Qualities of Krishna from 2019-08-14T23:50:50
This class was recorded at Jivamukti Yoga Jersey City, the theme is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month, which can be read here: https://jivamuktiyoga.com/fotm/the-divine-qualities-of-krishna...
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Podcast #110 - With Time Magic Arises from 2019-07-24T05:00
This podcast focuses on practice and non-attachment as well as working with intense and challenging emotions. Thoughts and Emotions are energy and they can give us information but aren't in and of ...
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Podcast #109 - Interconnectedness, Part 2 from 2019-05-28T10:05:10
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Podcast #108 - Interconnection from 2019-05-08T10:32:54
This podcast explores standing asana and our connection to the earth, the reading is from an interview with Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement in Africa and Nobel Peace Prize laure...
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Podcast #107 - Who am I from 2019-04-21T18:54:31
Yoga practices help us to overcome stuckness and realize our ultimate capacity and potential
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The philosophical theme of the class as always is drawn from the Jivamukti Focus of the Month,...
Podcast #106 - For the Birds! from 2019-03-11T11:42:05
Today, we talk about taking action and bird intelligence and feeding the birds! And, yes, we practice LOTS of bakasana (crow pose)
The theme is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month, w...
Podcast #105 - Truth and Chatturanga from 2019-02-06T15:33:02
Yeah, that's right... in this class we take a deep dive down to chatturanga land. Its an often overused and overlooked pose that we never really give proper attention or credit to. The trouble is, ...
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Podcast #104 - Nature and Technology from 2019-01-17T21:06
The reading from class is from the book "The Monkey is the Messenger" by Ralph de la Rosa
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Podcast #103 - Mother Earth from 2018-12-18T15:58:59
This podcast is a full length Jivamukti Open Level class, recorded at Jivamukti Jersey City on December 8th, 2018 -- the theme is drawn from the Jivamukti Focus of the Month, which can be read here...
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Podcast #102 - Community and Individual from 2018-11-12T12:28:54
The theme of this class is based on the Jivamukti Yoga focus of the month, which you can read here: https://jivamuktiyoga.com/fotm/big-brother-watching/
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Podcast #100 - Radical Dharma from 2018-10-05T09:28:29
Wow, 100 episodes! I started this podcast a little over 8 years ago... Thank you everyone for listening and for supporting the podcast! Let me know where all of you are listening from by tagging me...
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Podcast #97 - Birthday Bash from 2018-05-11T22:31
Class recorded on April 27th, 2018 to celebrate my birthday and ten years of teaching yoga! Bryan Hayslett plays the cello for class.
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Podcast #94 - With Great Love All Is Possible from 2018-02-13T08:57:43
This jivamukti yoga open level class was recorded at Jivamukti Jersey City, the class focuses on standing poses and the theme is inspired by the Jivamukti Focus of the Month.
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Podcast #92 - Making Meaning of Community from 2017-12-12T09:55:17
Reading is from Bell Hooks - "All About Love"
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Podcast #91 - A Version of Inversion from 2017-11-19T15:56:31
Class is based on the Jivamukti Focus of the Month: https://jivamuktiyoga.com/fotm/a-version-of-inversion/
Reading at the beginning of class is from:
"Holy Madness," by George Feuerst...
Podcast #90 -- Navarathri from 2017-09-24T13:29:49
This full length jivamukti yoga open level class was recorded at Jivamukti Yoga Center Jersey City on Sept 23rd, 2017.
More classes are available via: jivamuktiyogalive.com
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Podcast #89 - Fed Up from 2017-09-12T14:40:41
Theme of the class is based on the Jivamukti Yoga Focus of the Month, which can be read here: http://jivamuktiyoga.com/focus/fed-up
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Podcast #88 - Bhakti/Devotion from 2017-08-09T02:24:31
This is a full length jivamukti yoga class, recorded at Jivamukti Yoga School in New York City.
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Podcast #87 - Living Fully from 2017-07-28T15:43:04
This podcast was recorded at the Jivamukti Yoga studio in Jersey City, NJ -- you can join us remotely from anywhere, anytime by logging on to jivamuktiyogalive.com
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Podcast #86 - Pratyahara from 2017-06-20T14:11:11
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Podcast #85 - Be The Change from 2017-05-31T20:15:52
Full length Jivamukti Yoga class, recorded in Union Square, NYC.
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Podcast #84 - Open Doorways from 2017-05-03T02:39:58
The theme of this class is based on the Jivamukti Yoga Focus of the Month - "Open Doorways" - April 2017: https://jivamuktiyoga.com/focus/open-doorways
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Podcast #83 - Mastayendranath, The Fish from 2017-03-14T16:45:03
This class starts with the story of Mastayendra, a very woke fish. The class focuses on twisting and the connection between yoga and navigating preference and prejudices in the world. We use a yoga...
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Podcast #82 - Range of Motion from 2017-01-31T17:30:02
Live Music by Stephanie Carlin:
http://www.avidyamusic.com/
Check out more live classes via:
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Podcast #81 - Someone to Talk to from 2016-12-14T17:51
Communication is nourishment. We have to choose what kind of food we nourish our relationships with.
This is a challenging twisting sequence, and its helpful if you have a yoga belt to wo...
Podcast #80 - SPECIAL RETREAT CLASS: What is Freedom? from 2016-11-28T17:34:10
This class was recorded at Ananda Ashram in Monroe NY. Ananda is the spiritual home of Sharon Gannon and David Life's teacher, Shri Brahmananda Saraswati. The class is part workshop, part open clas...
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Podcast #79 - Behind the Facade from 2016-10-17T22:43:50
The yogi seeks to uncover the truth, to see beneath the layers of reality -- we can look to the many depictions of the goddess to reveal to us the uncovering of truth to get to our nature and our c...
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Podcast #78 - What's the use? from 2016-09-27T19:21:51
This podcast is about gratitude and humility, focus and perseverance..... and turtles!!
Music by Bryan Hayslett: Support his music bryanhayslett.com
This is a deep hip opening cla...
Podcast #77 - Sri Krsna Sharanam Mama from 2016-08-11T16:36:09
This podcast is recorded live at Jivamukti Yoga School in NYC. The music for this class is by Max ZT, check his band out at houseofwaters.com
Also, check out this short companion video fo...
Podcast #76 - Guru Mantra from 2016-07-21T15:09:17
The guru is the energy that leads to awakening, when we mistake the proximal guru for the ultimate truth, we can run into problems. Live Music by Lisa Apatini and Tiago Ribera. Sequence is very twi...
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Podcast #75 - Why Asana? from 2016-06-20T16:46:19
Why do we practice physical postures? There are so many forms of yoga, and the most common form in the west is the physical yoga.
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Podcast #74 - A Mother's Love from 2016-05-26T13:18:21
This is the story of an Octopus, read from "The Soul of the Octopus." This story takes place in an aquarium, which ultimately I believe all animals should be free from their cages -- perhaps the mo...
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Podcast #73 - Creative Action (Part 2) from 2016-05-03T13:54:52
Our creative development is interdependent and interconnected to all various factors in our lives and especially to our teachers.
Music by Bryan Hayslett: bryanhayslett.com
Podcast #72 - Creative Action from 2016-04-11T00:17:29
Are we bound by our conditioning, or does the possibility of freedom, spontaneity, creativity exist? Where does true spontaneity come from and what is its relationship to practice?
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Podcast #71 - The Potential of Relationships from 2016-03-10T21:53:35
We bring our own assumptions, viewpoints, prejudices, predispositions to each relationship and encounter with another. Yoga primes us to see the potential for more than just one viewpoint, and open...
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Podcast #69 - Wildness from 2015-11-15T17:30:39
A yogi cultivates relationships that are mutually beneficial, not only with other beings but with the earth itself. How are our preferences, our comforts, our habits adversely affecting our ability...
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Podcast #68 - Spirit Guides from 2015-10-16T18:59:03
When we speak of the 'guru' in yoga class, we are speaking of that part of ourselves that we cultivate, an attitude of being humble and open to the possibility that we don't know everything, to the...
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Podcast #67 - Life after Life from 2015-09-19T18:10:01
The accumulation of all of our past experiences influences our thoughts, words, and actions in the present moment. Yoga practice helps us to become aware of these subtle causes and conditions which...
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Podcast #66 - Its Not What you Say, Its How you Say it from 2015-08-09T00:20:40
The practice of "nada yoga" or sound yoga tunes our bodies, hearts, and minds to the harmony of the universe.
Live music by Kirsten McCord:
http://kirstenmccord.com/
Podcast #65 - Why We Love War from 2015-07-18T14:22:06
Understanding the nature of conflict, and the nature of our response to conflict or our perceived enemies (external or internal) is key to learning to stop the war. Watching our response to obstacl...
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Podcast #64 - Flesh. Blood. Bones. Empty Space. from 2015-06-22T17:41:14
We are not the solidly material selves we imagine ourselves to be. Our bodies are energy and space, on a quantum level. We imagine that we are solid bodies, resting on other solid bodies. This is a...
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Podcast #63 - What is the meaning of life? from 2015-05-15T19:57:42
We spend much of our lives searching for meaning, when it is in fact up to each of us to create meaning in our lives. Death awareness can help to re-prioritize so that we can focus our precious ene...
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Podcast #62 - Remembering and Forgetting from 2015-04-21T20:57:33
Memory and Forgetting as part of practice, and part of yoga. Memory serves a key role in practice, but we also get caught up in memories as a definition of our individual personality, which can hav...
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Podcast #61 - Untying the Knots that Bind Us from 2015-03-07T04:10:34
Spiritual practice can provide us with the means to overcome our tendencies and habits, unless it becomes another cloak for those very same tendencies. We are challenged to stay alert to the ways i...
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Podcast #60 - Kali (recorded in Grand Cayman) from 2015-03-02T20:00:08
The mother and her tongue.
Recorded at Bliss Yoga Studio on a recent teaching trip to Grand Cayman Island.
Podcast #59 - Time from 2015-01-17T13:23:47
Yoga is now. Our mental excursions to the future and the past are a distraction from the experience of yoga which is only the present moment.
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Podcast #58 - Mantra from 2014-12-15T19:10:01
Yogis use mantra and music to connect more deeply with our true self and with the nature of the universe.
Music by Kevin Nathaniel:
http://mbirasanctuary.com/
Podcast #57 - Soul Power from 2014-11-08T14:25:46
featuring original music by Stephanie Carlin
http://stephaniecarlin.com/
Podcast #56 - Serene Intelligence from 2014-10-17T18:09:22
Intelligence means everything connects -- alignment of body, breath, intention, speech, and action. Misalignment creates tension in the body or in the mind. When all component of the yoga practice ...
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Podcast #54 - Identity, Part Two from 2014-08-28T11:19:04
Most of us identify with our past, specifically our past scars -- the experiences where we feel someone else has hurt us. This identification with past injuries limits our perception of ourselves. ...
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Podcast #53 - Identity from 2014-08-16T08:39:40
Everything is empty of meaning from its own side, and is perceived according to the nature of the mind that is doing the perceiving. The more we are able to expand our perception, the more we are a...
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Podcast #51 - The Bodies Of the Self from 2014-05-15T13:23:08
The five koshas or bodies are the layers or sheaths of embodied experience. The goal of all yoga practices is to purify these sheaths to uncover the Atman or the Divine Self, or "unconditioned cons...
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Podcast #50 - Inversions! from 2014-04-12T09:20:16
Inversions are about going upside down, changing our perspective, expanding our sense of self, and shifting the cultural paradigm. Saleiu Suso plays kora throughout the class. The physical practice...
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Podcast #49 - Love is Messy from 2014-03-18T11:33:43
Love is messy. Spiritual practice is sometimes rife with doubt and questions. Embrace both darkness and light as part of the path. Use every experience to lead you closer to the light of Self-reali...
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Podcast #48 - Intention from 2014-02-17T10:41:12
Sound is vibration. Thoughts are the subtle vibration of electricity through cells and synapses. Our thoughts affect our minds and bodies, our words, our actions, our habits. Every suggestion the m...
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Podcast #50 - Fed Up from 2014-01-30T14:28:52
We're sitting in a yoga class because we're fed up with being unhappy. We've tried everything. The culture has told us what to read, eat, wear, buy; all with the promise that some combination of th...
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Podcast #46 - Time Management from 2013-12-19T09:57:03
We all have a limited time in this life, and none of us knows how much time we have. Awareness of the imminence of death can powerfully change how we use our time day to day. Death awareness can be...
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Podcast #45 - Progressing Towards Kindness from 2013-11-19T07:44:57
The practice of yoga asks us to examine the prejudices and preferences of the mind, and the way that those prejudices play out in our relationships with others, including animals. As we "progress t...
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Podcast #44 - Union of the Sun and the Moon from 2013-10-17T15:56:52
Hatha Yoga means the Union (Yoga) of the Sun (Ha) and the Moon (tha). The goal of the yogi is to become the balanced energies of the sun and the moon. Meaning that we realize the true Self (Sun) i...
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Podcast #43 - Asana and Bhakti from 2013-09-20T14:01:11
What does Asana (the postures) have to do with seeing all as divine? What does seeing all as divine have to do with the physical postures?
Sequence is organized through the chakras, a few...
Podcast #42 - Krishna's Flute and Nada Yoga from 2013-08-17T08:59:08
We are fundamentally musical beings, and the practices of yoga are all directed towards becoming musical (being in harmony) with nature and with all that is. We are emptying ourselves of judgement,...
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Podcasts #41 - You are One with The Highest from 2013-08-11T08:52:11
Using the Mahavakya (great saying) "Tat Twam Asi" to recognize another's divinity, we in turn recognize everyone's ultimate nature including our own.
Live Music by Max ZT of House of Wate...
Podcast #40 - Backbending and Blessings from 2013-06-14T10:46:57
Backbending and Forgiveness.
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Podcast #39 - Fire and Fear from 2013-05-03T09:35:57
Yoga Practice as a way to start the process of transforming fear, anxiety, worry -- the very emotions that get in the way of the experience of yoga, the oneness of being.
Practice is a pre...
Podcast #38 - Disease and Disconnection from 2013-04-24T09:26:59
Avidya means thinking of yourself as separate from other beings. Raja (attachment) and Dvesha (aversion) bring us further into the feeling of being seperate, selfish and scared as we divide the wor...
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Podcast #37 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day from 2013-01-30T21:34:54
What stops us from taking action in the world? The ego.
We think to ourselves "everything is okay," or "i'm no gandhi," or "i don't really care about the suffering of others." Those voices ARE...
Podcast #36 - Satsang/Spiritual Community from 2013-01-16T17:21:13
The story of the mysterious "little green cabin" in alaska, and how community can be sustained over time without even knowing each other! Do a little more for the communities you belong to, make ev...
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Podcast #34 - Sacred Geometry from 2012-10-30T12:38:13
A very special class with my friend, Moto Fukushima playing bass live for class. His solo music is incredible, and you can find him playing with House of Waters in NYC (www.houseofwaters.com)
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Podcast #33 - Expanding the Perspective from 2012-08-16T13:32:19
"Vitarka Badhane Pratipaksa Bhavanam"
When disturbed by disturbing thoughts, think of the opposite.
Podcast #32 - Yoga and Sexuality from 2012-07-12T07:51:44
Introduction to the Focus of the Month, "yoga and sexuality." One take on the focus of the month, is that all of the experiences of life, and all of our current and past relationships can be viewed...
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Gayatri Mantra -- Calling Earth, Space, Heavens! from 2012-06-16T12:22:08
Chanting Gayatri Mantra, Reading from Hazrat Inayat Khan, and Practicing Bird of Paradise!! Happiness!
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Being At Ease With Mantra (Fixed) from 2012-06-16T12:21:11
Repetition of mantra can help us to overcome our habitual thinking by re-focusing our attention to a higher intention. Mantra also magically shifts our perception and uplifts our mundane way of see...
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Its All About Vibration! from 2011-12-19T12:37:09
"If you wish to find the secrets of the universe, think of energy, frequency, and vibration" -Nikola Tesla
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Special Hurricane Class from 2011-08-27T21:34:57
Stormy Weather in the Northeast, Emotional Storms inside. How do we keep our cool in the storm?
Kirsten McCord plays Cello for this class.
Mother Earth as Teacher from 2011-07-21T23:41:43
The sanskrit word "Asana" literally means 'seat,' the atual physical thing you sit on. It also refers to our connection, physical and metaphysical, to the Earth. Our connection to the Earth, and th...
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Animal Stories from 2011-07-19T09:28:22
In many traditions, there are stories about animals as our first teachers. And they probably were! We likely learned many things about how to live from our animal friends, by watching them. Just im...
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Nada Yoga - Music by Matthew Lombardo and Christian Montegut from 2011-04-21T10:10:48
Original class: March 4th, 2011
Sound is the ground of the universe. All is vibration, all is sound, all is music. We cultivate our ability to hear the vibratory nature of the universe, ev...
Music and Activism from 2011-04-21T09:21:02
In Yoga, we make shapes with our body (our instrument) in order to move vibration, or sound. We also learn how to use our instrument, our body, to act and serve in the world.
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"Nirmalananda" - Mia plays Celtic Harp from 2011-03-21T12:19:08
Swami Nirmalananda was a saint in India, and one of the gurus of our founding teachers Sharon and David. Nirmalananda lived in the hills of southern India and practiced social activism. He maintain...
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Activism and Yoga from 2011-03-01T12:47:02
When we think of "Activism," many of us automatically think of picket signs and protests. Each of us has different talents and inclinations, and its up to each of us to find our way in....our way o...
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Fire Ceremony from 2011-02-06T08:09:05
We offer up all of our limitations, including our mental afflictions, our unwillingness to learn, and our notions of ourselves that are holding us back. Offer it into the fire, swaha!
Asan...
Alchemy and Housekeeping from 2011-01-16T20:03:58
What does Cooking, Gardening, and Cleaning have to do with Alchemy? We are going to explore this month of January with a story about Sharon Gannon's Alchemy teacher, and her first lessons as a spir...
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Christmas Day Class - Garlands from 2011-01-04T19:50:21
Garlands are not simply things we put on trees, they too are an offering to the divine or a way to welcome a special guest. Spiritual Practice requires a continual investigation of habit and ritual...
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Turkey Girl, Live Cello with Kirsten McCord - Nov 20th, 2010 from 2010-11-28T20:16:54
"Asteya Pratishtayam Sarva Ratnopastanam"
To one who is established in non-stealing, abundance (material, spiritual, mental) arise. Or, literally JEWELS (ratna) are given.
I chose...
Podcast #14 - Asteya and Veganism - November 13, 2010 from 2010-11-13T21:50:08
"Asteya. Offering back everything that you've been given. It's the opposite of feeling entitled to things. It's the sense that nothing is yours. Everything is on loan--even your body, even your min...
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Being Uncomfortable - October 25th, 2010 from 2010-10-29T08:48:38
When the going gets tough, the tough go deeper into their practice. Sometimes the hardest thing to do when our practice reaches a plateau or seemingly stagnates is to stick with it. The way to get ...
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Compassion and Obstacles - October 16, 2010 from 2010-10-28T08:10:07
What are the obstacles to our practice? What are the obstacles to compassionate action? When do I decide to take action or not?
Extra Twisty Classy.
Intention and Mastery, September 27th 2010 from 2010-10-06T12:11:12
The practice supports what you infuse it with. Yoga can support the ego or it can support egolessness. Intention leads to mastery. Twisting class.
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Surya/Sun and Equanimity, September 14, 2010 from 2010-09-28T08:14:53
Sun salutations are our opening practice. The sun rises and sets without tiring, regardless of the weather conditions. The yogi practices daily regardless of the conditions of the mind.
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Living on the Edge, Live Cello w/ Kirsten - Sept 10, 2010 from 2010-09-19T08:04:30
Yoga practice puts you in uncomfortable spaces. A daily yoga practice should be a little bit uncomfortable, whether its sacrificing time in your busy schedule, or challenging yourself to do things ...
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"The Magic Ten" - Ten Minute practice for THOSE DAYS! from 2010-09-06T15:14:42
Refined by Sharon Gannon, co-founder of Jivamukti Yoga. This is a great practice for those days when you can't get to a class, or squeeze in a full practice! Ten postures, approximately ten minutes...
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LIVE MUSIC: Michael Hewett, Solo Guitar - August 27, 2010 from 2010-09-06T14:59:21
Michael Hewett joins us for a very special live music class, and he leads a surprise "Tong Len" meditation at the end! Focus on "Secret Prayer" and the value of keeping your practices secret.
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"The floor, it needs sweeping" - Daily Practice/Detachment from 2010-09-06T14:58:26
Daily practice is detaching from the attachments to the body and mind, which we identify as self. Instead of identifying with the apparent self, we learn to identify with the principle of change it...
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Death and Inversions, August 24, 2010 from 2010-08-27T08:31:51
This class is dedicated to my dear Chad. Confronting the reality of death can sharpen our priorities. What is important to do with this life? Contemplation of death heightens compassion. Everyone's...
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SPECIAL CLASS: From Wild Woodstock Ashram from 2010-08-24T18:21:52
A very special 2 hour long class, taught in the ashram of my teachers, Sharon and David. Hips and Hammys....leading to half kurmasana. Yikes! Blessings and Breathing.
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Open Class, Raja Kapotasana (King Pigeon), August 8th, 2010 from 2010-08-09T10:53:03
You can change other people, by changing yourself. Emptiness of other people. Planting the seeds of change in your mind through blessing meditation. Intermediate backbending series, ending in rajak...
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Open Class, Live DJ Trent Wolbe, July30th, 2010 from 2010-08-09T10:29:36
Open class enhanced by rockin' set list from DJ Trent!
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Crushes have an energy and focus all their own. from 2010-08-09T10:17:09
The feeling of having a crush gives you huge energy! You skip down the street! Focus! Its all you can think about! Cultivate that energy and focus as a way to achieve the goal of yoga, divine union.
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Open Class, Live Cello With Kirsten McCord - July 23, 2010 from 2010-07-24T23:47:27
Karma and relationships, work the karma to find or keep the relationship you want. Deep forward bending class includes Kurmasana (Tortoise) and Titibhasana (Firefly). Live Cello by Kirsten McCord.
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Open Class, Pachimottanasana, July 152010 from 2010-07-24T23:44:20
Everything is amazing and you are perfect.
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Open Class, Live DJ Noah Keating, July 9th, 2010 from 2010-07-10T22:24:58
Open Level class enhanced by Noah Keating's electro-disco-funk-psychadelia fusion. Forward bending focus. To perfect your relationships, realize that they are already perfect.
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Open Class, Live cello with Kirsten McCord - June 25, 2010 from 2010-07-07T19:26:06
Open level class, enhanced with Kirsten McCord's ambient cello landscapes. Jessica reads from Sharon Gannon's new essay "Yoga and Music", which appears in John Zorn's Arcana compilation, and discus...
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