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What Happens When You Die Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Explained
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
What will your final thought be? In Chapter 8 of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna gives a surprising answer: your last thought isn’t something you can control in the moment — it’s the result of what you’ve practiced thinking about your entire life. So this chapter isn’t really about death — It’s about attention. In this episode, I explore: 🔹 Why your final thought reflects your lifelong mental patterns 🔹 The powerful teaching: “Remember me and fight” — spiritual awareness inside real life 🔹 How attention shapes your consciousness and future trajectory 🔹 The meaning of...
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Yoga Doesn’t Have a Devil. So What’s the Enemy? Part 2
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
If yoga doesn’t really have a Satan figure…what’s the enemy? In this second part of my comparative theology series, I explore what Hindu philosophy names as the real obstacle on the spiritual path: ego, desire, delusion, and ignorance. We continue tracing parallels between Jesus, Buddha, and Hindu mythology — but here the focus sharpens around one big idea: the deepest danger isn’t pleasure or power. It’s misidentification. In this episode, I explore: 🔹 Why the “enemy” in yoga often sounds like self-doubt, ego, and identity insecurity 🔹 What Hindu myths reveal about...
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Healing Painful Joints with Scott Hogan
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If joint pain has ever made you afraid to move, this episode is for you. In this conversation with Scott Hogan, we talk about what actually helps painful joints heal — and why doing nothing often makes things worse. We explore the relationship between movement, compensation patterns, nervous system safety, and how to rebuild strength without constantly re-triggering pain. In this episode, we cover: 🔹 Why people get afraid to move after injury — and what to do instead 🔹 The difference between mobility and stability (and why both matter for healthy joints) 🔹 How pain compensation...
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How the Yoga Sutras & Bhagavad Gita Were Originally Taught (And Why It Feels So Different Today)
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
Have you ever wondered what the original learning environment of yoga philosophy actually looked like? In this episode, I share why texts like the Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, and Upanishads were never meant to be read alone—and how studying in community can completely transform your understanding. As I’ve been leading my Yoga Sutras Book Club, I’ve seen how powerful it is to learn this way—and why it might be the missing piece in your own practice. We explore: 🔹 Why reading alone is actually a modern anomaly 🔹 How sutras were designed to be unpacked together 🔹 Why commentary...
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Guided Meditation for Busy Women to De-Stress (16 Minutes)
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
If you’ve been working all day, running around, or living a little too much in your head, this short guided meditation is designed to help you shift out of “doing” mode and back into being. In this visualization, I guide you into a peaceful nighttime beach setting where you encounter a radiant goddess figure who bathes you in what I call the nectar of compassion — a symbol of the feminine qualities many of us forget to give ourselves: softness, warmth, receptivity, and care. You can practice this meditation lying down and return to it anytime you need to release stress, reconnect with...
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Are the Chakras Just New Age Woo? Yoga, Anatomy & the Truth Behind the Energy Centers
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Are chakras just a New Age myth—or is there real wisdom behind the energy centers? In this episode, I unpack the skepticism around chakras—and why it’s totally valid. We explore how chakras are not physical organs, but symbolic energy centers that correlate with real anatomical structures like nerve plexuses and endocrine glands. I also share how the chakra system evolved in ancient yogic texts, and how yoga teachers can present chakras in a way that feels grounded, inclusive, and relevant. You’ll learn: 🔹 The historical roots of chakras in ancient yogic texts 🔹 How chakras align...
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Hip Replacement & Yoga What Teachers Need to Know w Cyndi Stewart
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What happens when your hips can no longer do what your yoga practice asks of them? In this deeply honest conversation, Uplifted alum Cyndi Stewart shares her journey toward hip replacement surgery — and the identity crisis that followed. As a longtime yoga teacher, intuitive healer, and movement lover, she opens up about navigating chronic hip pain, reduced mobility, and the emotional spiral that can come when your body no longer “performs.” We talk candidly about: 🔹 Early signs of hip degeneration and what yoga teachers often miss 🔹 Why strengthening matters more than stretching...
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From Self-Improvement to Reverence (Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7)
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Are you collecting yogic wisdom… or in a relationship with Divine mystery? Today we’re opening into Chapter 7 of the Bhagavad Gita, and it’s a true turning point. The first six chapters have been so much about discipline, self-mastery, and effort… but here, we pivot into the bhakti arc: relationship with the divine. Before we drop into the verses, I frame the big shift this chapter is asking of us — and I weave it through a distinction that changes everything: jnana (intellectual knowing) vs vijnana (realized, embodied knowing). Here are the 5 biggest takeaways from this episode:...
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How I Get TV Segments & Talk on Camera (Without Stressing Out)
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
I recently went on live television — and it reminded me how much intentionality goes into both getting these opportunities and preparing for them. In this episode, I share how media invitations actually happened for me (spoiler: it wasn’t cold pitching networks)… and how I prep so live TV doesn’t fry my nervous system. If you have a book, retreat, teacher training, or offering you want to grow, this is the real behind-the-scenes. In this conversation, I cover: 🔹 The two-part strategy that builds visibility over time 🔹 Why doing “three uncomfortable things a day” changed my...
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Yoga Doesn’t Have a Devil. So What’s the Enemy? (Part 1)
The Uplifted Yoga Podcast
Let’s talk about something a little controversial today… the forces of evil. 👀 How do different wisdom traditions frame temptation, demons, and the dark forces that often appear right before a spiritual breakthrough? I’ll explore the story of Eve in the garden, Jesus in the desert, and Buddha under the Bodhi tree, comparing how each figure faces illusion, doubt, and distraction—and what we can learn from them in our own practice. I’ll also break down how yogic philosophy (and Hinduism more broadly) defines the “enemy” very differently—from the ego as adversary to karmic...
info_outlineWhat happens when a 20-year-old decides to completely unplug—from smartphones, social media, and the digital world?
In this episode, I talk with Yunus Maximus, a bold, creative soul who's chosen a countercultural path in today’s tech-saturated world. We explore how living without a phone has deepened his art, saved his mental health, and strengthened his human connections. His story will make you rethink your relationship with technology—and your own creativity.
We talk about:
🔹 Why Yunus ditched his phone and never looked back
🔹 The link between digital detox and artistic expression
🔹 Finding community and purpose offline
🔹 What it means to trust your own path in a hyper-connected world
If you’ve been craving more presence, art, or authenticity—this one’s a must-listen.
🎁 Don’t forget to grab my new book: Healing with Somatic Yoga: A 6-Week Journey to Release Emotions, Rewire Your Nervous System, and Reclaim Your Body → https://amzn.to/3WGulGG
GUEST EXPERT: Yunus Maximus
Yunus is an artist and musician helping pave the way in technology and internet counterculture. Through experimentation and therapeutic integration he discovered that stepping away from technology has enabled him to not only connect with his unique gifts but his local community in powerful ways. Yunus encourages everyone to step away from the noise the internet brings, do the art that you love, and trust that opportunities will come your way.
Contact Yunus: yunusmaximusmusic@gmail.com
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