Luminous Recovery Yoga Podcast
An exploration of the intersections of yogic philosophy, twelve step recovery wisdom, and a little yoga practice for embodied understanding. You can use this podcast as a resource if you need a little calm, a little laugh, or you're in crisis and don't want to feel alone. Whatever your problems, there are those among us who have had them too. Luminous Recovery Yoga Podcast is hosted by Kari Doherty--RYT-500, Certified Yoga of 12 Step Recovery Space Holder, and Yogi in Recovery.
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Taking a break | Burnout
05/15/2023
Taking a break | Burnout
Taking a break | Burnout ❤️Welcome to the Luminous Recovery Yoga YouTube channel! Our mission is to create high-quality yoga videos for people in Twelve Step Recovery programs. In these videos you will find simple, but powerful yoga and meditation practices that support sustainable recovery. We welcome all levels, all bodies, all genders, and all recovery programs! SUBSCRIBE to the channel to join our recovery family! Discover new yoga practices and recovery themed talks that include recovery principles with yoga. Learn what it feels like to practice these principles in all of your poses! - - - - - - - - - 📣 Please tell us what you think of this episode? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Omg, I did something so silly. 😂 Normally, when I produce my podcast episode, I set up the camera and film myself talking. I put that version on YouTube, and then I put an audio only version out for Apple, Spotify, etc. This week, I accidentally had the camera flipped around without knowing it. I went to a beautiful park, picked a gorgeous place to sit, and then filmed the street instead of me in the pretty spot. Lmao. The funny thing is, just like the camera was facing the wrong way, I’ve realized I’ve been pushing in the wrong direction too. I am forced to face something that I’ve avoided admitting for some time: I am deeply burnt out. Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It's characterized by feelings of overwhelming fatigue, cynicism, detachment, and feelings of ineffectiveness or lack of accomplishment. If you’ve never experienced burnout—and I hope you haven’t—it feels like the kind of tiredness that sleep cannot cure. It’s beyond exhaustion. And it’s affected how I’m showing up as a teacher and in my whole life. What I know is that the cure for this type of burnout is savasana—deep rest. I often say when students lie down for final resting pose: “Rest requires as much practice as work itself.” It’s time for me to practice savasana for myself right now. Starting June 1st, I’ll be taking June, July, and August off for recovery and deep rest. That means no live classes or new video content. My hope is that with some rest I’ll rediscover my passions and have something new to share. In this week’s episode of the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast, I share my process behind my need for a break. I’ve also shared how I intend to spend this time and my plans for the fall. I want to reassure you that while I'm taking a break, the podcast isn't disappearing. While new episodes won't be released for a while, there is a treasure trove of past episodes that you can explore and revisit on my YouTube channel. It's my hope that these episodes can continue to provide guidance, inspiration, and company during your yoga journey, even while I'm recharging. Currently, my plan is to head to Mexico for the summer. I’ll recuperate on the beach in the sun. I’ve been craving that for years. For the fall, I’ve been accepted in the Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) program at Portland State University. I’m definitely not done with yoga. But, I need to change my relationship with how I do things right now. I’m rediscovering my own practice and need to cultivate stillness on my mat. One of the most important yogic principles is sthira sukha asanam, or the balanced action between effort and ease. It’s about knowing when to retreat and restore, and respecting the signals from our bodies. This is the lesson I’m embracing now. I hope it inspires you to listen to your own needs and grant yourself permission to rest, renew, and revitalize when needed. With love, ~Kari ⌚ SCHEDULE: ⌚ New yoga and recovery videos EVERY Monday 👉 Subscribe to my channel. And press the bell🔔 icon. Thank you for supporting “ Luminous Recovery Yoga ” you can follow me on the Social Media Links Below: ❤ Instagram: ❤ Facebook: ❤ Website: ❤Patreon: - - - - - - - - - - 📧 For Business Inquiries 📧 Mail: ⚠️ "DISCLAIMER:⚠️ This Channel DOES NOT Promote or encourage Any illegal activities, all contents provided by This Channel is meant for EDUCATIONAL purpose only. ⚠️ Transcripts: ------------------------------------ taking a break === [00:00:00] Hello my friend. This is Kari and you are listening to the Luminous Recovery Yoga Podcast. I am in a beautiful park today, the same park that I was in last time, Laurelhurst Park in Portland, Oregon. We are having a hot AF day and everyone in Portland is out and it's beautiful and I'm so happy to be here and I'm happy to be here connecting with you. This podcast has served and does serve as a space. It's a space that I've created where I can talk about my recovery and the principles that help me in everyday life and how that relates to yoga. The physical practice, also the principles. I like to say something that I've heard one of my teachers say, we practice principles not poses. So for me, this is a principles based practice, whether I'm talking about recovery principles [00:01:00] or principles of yoga, practicing principles keeps it clean. For me, when I'm practicing principles, it's like having a roadmap. And when I have that map in front of me, I can more clearly see where I'm going. As opposed to when I'm just going on straight feelings or how I feel about a particular person or situation, that stuff fluctuates so much. I was recently asked to reflect on how my leadership stance has shifted in the last five years, and one of the things that I've really learned from recovery, I think it's tradition 12. I don't have any literature in front of me, but it's principles above personalities, and that has really helped develop my leadership stance, which is when I live a principal's based life personalities. Shift. They come, they go. There are some personalities that [00:02:00] I like and some personalities that I don't like, and that could even include myself. There are moments when I'm hungry, angry, lonely, tired, and my personality sucks. And then there are moments where I'm calm and centered and I feel clued into the world around me, and I have a shining, dazzling personality. But when I live a principal's based life, it doesn't really matter. The personality because I'm acting on principle. And so principles above personalities has really helped develop me as a leader. And so when living this principles based life and this life of recovery and learning to practice, practice these principles in my affairs, you know, it's really one of those things where I wanna practice what I preach and I'm constantly telling students, take a rest, take a break. If the pose is too much, find your wisdom posture. Find the posture that speaks to you, the pose that helps you downshift. When you lose connection [00:03:00] to your breath, find that connection first. You know, if you're in a pose that's causing your breath to get jagged or rough or you know, you're feeling that like, like panting for air stop and. I guess that's easier for me to practice when I'm in a physical pose. And one of the things that I've said frequently on this podcast is that for me, the pose is really a metaphor for life. The pose is kind of a, the micro in the macro. It's, it's what's happening right now. It's how you do anything is how you do everything. And so how I'm being in the pose is how I'm being in the world, and the pose becomes this little microcosm to see myself through. And so one of the things that I've come to realize lately is that I need rest, like full on. And, and it's the kind of rest that sleep doesn't cure. [00:04:00] It's not about sleep, rest, it's, it's deep rest. It's shavas. And my therapist always says to me, what's your Shaba practice like? And I'm like, what the fuck are you talking about? I don't rest. And, and it's almost, you know, it's, it's an addiction. It's, it's not, I'm not even saying workaholism, like it's some of that, but it's like that resistance to rest is an addiction to how I see myself in the world. Like I am addicted to my worldview, which is. That if I rest, I'm weak. And I know that that's not true. Like I would never say to a student who was tired, you're weak. Like that's crazy. And yet, why do I treat myself that way? Like why do I behave as though needing rest makes me a weak person? And yet I have this like thing in the back of my head where like I just don't take breaks. [00:05:00] Like I can't. I literally can't tell you the last time I took a vacation, and I don't mean like went away for a, a Saturday and Sunday night or like, but really took a vacation where I didn't work, I didn't answer emails, I didn't, you know, I wasn't planning for what I was gonna do when I got back in terms of, you know, like I, I, you know, I haven't gone anywhere further than two hours away from the office kind of a thing, you know? And so what I've really come to see is that I need rest, like the kind of rest that sleep. It's beyond sleep, you know? It, it's like there's a hunger that food won't cure and an exhaustion that sleep won't cure. It's, it's something deeper. And so I've really come to see how I need deep rest. I need Shavasana. I need corpse, like rest, like the kind of rest that. [00:06:00] Means I need to set things down. And that's really hard for me emotionally because I've really been the type of person who finds myself worth my self-worth. Self-worth came out, and that's probably a slip my self-worth based on my work, what I'm doing. You know, like that corny cliche, like you're not a human doing. You're a human being. Like it's corny and it's trite, but it's true. I have been a human doing going through all of the actions, and I could just feel myself as a nub, like a nub of a person. I have a friend who is a medical sociologist, and recently I was telling her about some of the things that I was feeling, and she told me that I have clinical burnout. Like she actually, she shared a presentation that she does. She gives this lecture based on that's about burnout with therapists. And she shared her slide [00:07:00] deck with me. I was like, what were those things that you had said again about burnout? And she shared her slide deck with me just so that I had like all of the information. But like I have clinical burnout. I was probably burned out three years ago, but now I'm really burned out. So there's this question of what is there to do about it and what there is to do about it is to take deep rest. And what that means for me, what that means for you is that I have to set everything down and I have to prioritize my rest. I have to set everything down. That includes making my podcast, that includes making YouTube videos. That includes teaching live classes. Everything that I'm doing needs to get set down. I'm at the point where I don't even have creativity left. Like if someone were to say to me, Carrie, teach a workshop, I'd be like, about what? What would I pa like? And that's [00:08:00] actually one of the signs of burnout is not being able to recognize your own progress, not being able to see your improvements. Like I can't even. Like, I, I just, I have no creativity in me. Like that's really how it feels. It's like I, I'm running on, like, we were running on fumes years ago, but now I'm running just, it's like a, like there's a part of me that feels like a shell of a person and it's probably not great that I let it get this far, but it's, I guess it's how I learn. And, you know, a year ago I probably had an opportunity to take a break. But I had left a romantic relationship. I had left a business partnership. I had left a business that I had like put so much of my time and energy into that. The thought of stopping felt. Terrifying and traumat, like as traumatizing. It's all of the change I was going through, so I decided to jump right back into work and not even jump back in. Like there was no back in. I just kept [00:09:00] going at full speed and I, I thought that I was doing something different, but it turns out I was actually just doing the same thing with new colors on it. And so now the thing that's really different, like the thing that will be the different thing is to put it all down and to take a break. So what that looks like for me is I'm going to Mexico. I'm gonna go to Mexico for a couple few months and I'm gonna relax. I'm gonna sit on the beach. I'm going to do my very, very best to not make plans. Which is funny cuz I'm like, I'm not making plans. And then I'll be like, Ooh, I could find myself making plans for, oh, I'm gonna do this thing, I'm gonna do that thing. And I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're doing that thing again. Will you make plans? And we're not making plans. So I keep making plans for my unplanned time and I have to catch myself in the act while I'm doing it and be like, no, we're not doing that. We're setting that aside, like we're gonna see what happens. So I'm going to Mexico, I'm going to rest. [00:10:00] I'm going to do only what I must, which is take care of myself. And I'm gonna take the summer off, like fully, completely off. I'm setting aside any timelines for myself, any expectations. As of right now, I'm setting the podcast down. You know, there's a part of me that's like, oh, I'll be back in a month, but I don't know, you know, like, I'm gonna give myself the time to feel inspired again. Like when I feel inspired to pick up the camera and to pick up the microphone and to start talking again. That's what I really need is to feel a sense of excitement and creativity and inspiration again, because I've really sort of lost that. Like I just, sometimes I feel like I'm reaching so deep, like, oh, what am I gonna talk about? And it's like, I have tons to talk about and yet I don't like there's, there's this little spark that has, it's really dim right now, so I'm gonna take [00:11:00] time to rejuvenate to get some sun. I've been practicing yoga again, which is just phenomenal. I, it's not that I ever stopped practicing yoga, but I was going through the motions. I was, you know, mostly practicing. When I was teaching. I was really begrudging about getting on my mat. I would do it, but it was like, ah, okay. And like that might sound, you know, silly or crazy, but I had really lost like my spark for it, even though I was going through the motions. And so I've been going to yoga again. I've been taking classes back at hot yoga, which I really love. And and that's been really good. Like I really need to separate my teaching practice from my own practice. And those need to become two distinct things again, like I was really good in solid in that boundary several years ago. And that boundary has gotten really fuzzy. Those lines have really gotten fuzzy. So I'm rediscovering my own practice, like what it feels like to be [00:12:00] on the mat for myself, not having to teach other people, but just to really be focused on myself, my own breath, my body movement, how I feel. And that's been spectacular. So I'm getting back on the mat and that's wonderful. And I'm on day 373 of meditation. So meditation is going good. But I'm just, I really, I'm in like this self renaissance, like I really need to rediscover myself. And then another big thing that's coming up is I'm actually going to grad school starting in September, 2023. I'm going to grad school to get an mba, a Master's of Business administration. I love business. I love being in business. I, one of the things I love most about having a yoga studio is having a business. And so I've decided I wanna go deeper into my business practice. One of the things that Portland State University is known for is sustainability and innovation. And, [00:13:00] and that's like what I really want is sustainability and innovation. One of the things that I have not found in business for myself is sustainability. Like I have been my own worst boss. I work myself to the bone. I've never had a boss who worked me to the bone, like I worked myself to the bone. So when I say sustainability, it's like it's micro and it's macro. It's sustainability of society, of structures, of systems, but it's also sustainability of self. Like being able to get up day after day after day and do the things that need to be done and not feel like I'm burning myself into the ground, which I have not figured out how to do yet. So when I say sustainability and innovation, I mean for business, but I also mean for me. So that's what I'm doing is I'm resting, I'm gonna take the summer to rest and, and then I'm gonna go to grad school and I'm gonna see how I feel. I'm gonna see if that spark comes back, that creativity, that [00:14:00] feeling of, yes, I want this, I wanna do this. Cause right now nothing sounds good. Which is another. Manifestation of burnout is that nothing sounds good. Like if you were to say to me, do you wanna do X, Y, or Z? I would be like, none of those things. Like I just, I don't even know what sounds good to me anymore, but I do know what sounds good is taking a break, taking an extended vacation, taking a sabbatical, if you will. The thing about sabbatical is that there's this. Like, you're gonna come back and right now I just don't know what I'm doing. You know, I want to believe that I'll come back to teaching, but I don't know what that will look like because right now, I, I, my creativity for it is so diminished. So right now I need to back it all up. I need to set it all down and I need to rejuvenate like deep rest. That's the only way I could really say it is deep rest, not sleep. Sleep is fine. I sleep well. I [00:15:00] sleep plenty. Although, you know, I don't take a day off, like even like Sunday, which is my day off is the day that I write my newsletter and produce my podcast. And, you know, I, I actually at this point in time, don't have one day that is dedicat dedicated to me. Every day has something that I'm doing for whether it's my business or for my day job or. You know, even working my program, you know, all of the things, it, it's, it takes up my whole week and there isn't one day that is set aside for me, and that is my own shortcoming. Like I did that. So I need to rediscover what it feels like to give myself time and space and prioritize myself and take care of myself. And the only way that I know how to do that right now is by setting everything down, because I've really lost my way. I, I really just need to set it all aside because I don't know what brings me joy. I have lost my sense of joy. And[00:16:00] and there's this dullness to that. Like nothing tastes quite good. Nothing sounds quite good. There's this dullness to how I feel about myself and the world around me. There's a melancholy a cynicism. And again, all classical signs of burnout. I'm just emotionally tapped out signs of burnout, and I've been saying that I've been burnt out for years. And so what there is to do about that is to set it all down and to take a break. So that's what this is. This is me telling you my wonderful, beautiful listener. That I am going to be taking a break, and when it's time for me to return, you'll be rehearsed to know. So in the meantime, I've got, I think, like 180 YouTube videos. So, you know, you could go back into the archives, like, I've made so many different practice videos and different episodes of this podcast. So please feel free [00:17:00] to dip your toes into the, the content that I've created and I'm hoping that, that, you know, that lives on the internet in perpetuity. So. Take the time that you need to go through that stuff and when I feel rested and rejuvenated, I'll be back. And in the meantime, take care of yourself. I love you. I appreciate you, and when I feel rested and...
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Ep. 31 | Recovery from Cannabis Use Disorder | My Sober Story | Meditation
05/01/2023
Ep. 31 | Recovery from Cannabis Use Disorder | My Sober Story | Meditation
My Recovery from Cannabis Use Disorder | My Sober Story | Meditation ❤️Welcome to the Luminous Recovery Yoga YouTube channel! Our mission is to create high-quality yoga videos for people in Twelve Step Recovery programs. In these videos you will find simple, but powerful yoga and meditation practices that support sustainable recovery. We welcome all levels, all bodies, all genders, and all recovery programs! SUBSCRIBE to the channel to join our recovery family! Discover new yoga practices and recovery themed talks that include recovery principles with yoga. Learn what it feels like to practice these principles in all of your poses! - - - - - - - - - Join the Luminous Recovery Yoga online studio! Your online membership includes LIVE weekly yoga classes with Kari and access to a full video-on-demand library with styles like Vinyasa, Yang/Yin, Mellow flows, Power flows, and Recovery themed yoga practices. This is your one stop shop for yoga, recovery, meditation, and all things Luminous! 📣 Please tell us what you think of this video ? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - One of the habits I resolved to give up a few years ago was looking at my phone first thing in the morning. Inevitably, there was usually a text, email, or communication that would inspire me to become immediately crabby upon waking. I started to notice how this behavior could spiral into a whole morning, or even full day, of aggravation—not good. The changed behavior was to get out of bed and head to my meditation cushion first thing. In fact, the rule became no phone contact until I’ve done my prayer and meditation practice. Excepttttttttttttt, if I decided to blow off meditation that morning. I could come up with all kinds of reasons to blow off my practice for the day. Some of the excuses ranged from ‘it’s Sunday and I don’t meditate on Sunday’ to 'I slept late and I just don’t feel like it’. I could be pretty consistent unless I didn’t want to and then I would break the chain—so to speak. Well, last April I didn’t meditate at all. Not one day in the whole month. I was traveling and it felt inconvenient. By the time I got home from all the traveling I felt like a basket case. I was tired of my excuses for not committing to a daily meditation practice. I decided to commit to a one-year daily meditation practice. Every day, no matter what, I would sit on the cushion as soon as I woke up and practice. May 4th, 2023 will be my one-year meditation-aversary. Ok, I’ll just go ahead and say it—May The Fourth Be With You! One of the major life changes—among many—to happen for me this year has been sobriety. It’s not lost on me that my sobriety journey also fell within my one year of meditation commitment. I am learning to hone in on one of the hardest things of all—how to sit with my feelings of discomfort rather than reaching for something to put in my mouth and change the subject. This year I have learned how to be with myself in a whole new way. I am embracing the practice of feeling my feelings rather than turning them away. In this week’s episode of the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast I decided I wanted to share more about my journey to sobriety and healing from cannabis use disorder. It’s not that meditation got me sober, but meditation has helped me to get present. My general M.O. for using substances—especially smoking pot— was to actively escape the present moment. I want to be clear that I do not believe that everyone who uses cannabis has a substance use disorder. But my usage became obsessive and something I was finally ready to look at more closely. In my active pursuit of a daily meditation practice I am learning how to heal my relationship with the present moment. There have been many mornings where I wake up with big feelings. I go to my cushion, and I sit with the physical sensations that I’m experiencing in the moment. I am learning that emotions arise as physical sensations in the body. I first revealed my sobriety during my interview episode with Durga Leela . As a result of that episode I had many people reach out with questions and comments, so I decided it was time to spend an episode talking more about it. I share only my experience, strength, and hope in recovering. This is in no way representative of any program or specific method. It just felt like time to share. If you’re curious about starting a daily meditation practice or sobriety and you need support, or have questions, please feel free to respond to this email. If you find this episode helpful, I would love it if you share it, comment on it, like it, and subscribe to my YouTube channel. Happy May Day! With love, ~Kari ⌚ SCHEDULE: ⌚ New yoga and recovery videos EVERY Monday 👉 Subscribe to my channel. And press the bell🔔 icon. Thank you for supporting “ Luminous Recovery Yoga ” you can follow me on the Social Media Links Below: ❤ Instagram: ❤ Facebook: ❤ Website: ❤Patreon: - - - - - - - - - - 📧 For Business Inquiries 📧 Mail: ⚠️ "DISCLAIMER:⚠️ This Channel DOES NOT Promote or encourage Any illegal activities, all contents provided by This Channel is meant for EDUCATIONAL purpose only. ⚠️ Transcripts: ------------------------------------ My sober story === Kari Doherty: [00:00:00] Thank you for listening to the Luminous Recovery Yoga Podcast, hosted by Kari Doherty. The views and opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what you like and leave the rest. These views and opinions do not represent any specific 12 step program, only my experience, strength, and hope in recovering from the dise of addiction and codependency. If you'd like to learn more, please visit my website at www. Dot Luminous Recovery yoga.com. Hello my friend. Thank you so much for joining me today on this episode of the Luminous Recovery Yoga Podcast. I'm Kari, and welcome to today. I am in a beautiful Portland Park, Laurelhurst Park. It is an amazing sunny day. And I thought, what better than to just take my camera and my tripod outside and to film an episode? Which is funny, like I have this moment of needing [00:01:00] to get over myself. Like, oh my gosh, people are gonna see me talking to myself. Well, I see people talking to themselves all the time. I think that's one of the interesting things about Bluetooth is when Bluetooth started to really pick up. I had this like is that person talking to themself or are they having a full-blown conversation? Because sometimes you really don't know, like you see people talking to themselves all the time in Portland and you don't really know who they're talking to, whether it's like an ethereal being or somebody on the other line of a phone. So I had to get over myself for a minute of like, yeah, I'm gonna do this here because. This is where I want to enjoy myself today, and yes, I'm going to perhaps be seen in the park by people. Doing something that they don't know what I'm doing. So here I am. I found a cozy, beautiful little nook in the park and I'm so grateful to be outside. I'm so grateful that the season is changing. It's almost hard to be grumpy when the sun is [00:02:00] out. Like I could feel sometimes like that urge to complain or gripe, but. When the sun is out and it's warm, it just feels harder to get those thoughts to penetrate through. So anyway, with all of that being said, if you hear some noises or see somebody passing behind me on a trail, that's because I am out and about in the world and I wanted to take this time to stop and talk to you today. So I'm really happy to be here. Thank you so much for sharing this space with me. This is a place where I like to come and share. I share about what I'm going through in the world, how that relates to my recovery, how that relates to yoga. I like to share a little yoga at the end of the practice with what I call embodied understanding, where we practice these principles in our affairs and our affairs. Could be. Situations that we're going through in the world, but our affairs could also be our yoga poses or just the places [00:03:00] where we find our body in space, whether that's in a situation or a moment in time. So practicing these principles can become a way to try them on in our body to see how it feels to put that practice into place in the moment. Recovery only ever happens in the moment. That's one of the things that I'm really, I've been thinking about a lot lately, is that recovery happens in the moment. I don't recover in the past. I don't recover in the future. I don't breathe in the past. I don't breathe in the future. All of those things happen in the moment, so in a, in a moment where I'm activated, right, where like where my nervous system is activated, where I'm. You know, hungry, angry, lonely, tired, or there's a situation that's bringing stuff up in those moments where I choose not to use a substance or abuse myself in some way, or send a vicious text or [00:04:00] email, any of those moments where I choose to be present with the experience that my body is going through. Those are the moments that I recover. Those are the moments where I call my spirit back from the people, places, situations, things, moments where I tend to lose my grip on reality, where I tend to act out, and any moment that I choose to not act out in any of those behaviors, I am calling myself home. I am calling myself back to the present moment, to be in the experience of the emotion. Of the feeling. And you know, I, I read lately, and I've talked about this before on the podcast, that I think I just read this in the New York Times. That's what it was. And if it's in the New York Times, it must be true. Well, you know, I read the New York Times every day and they have some good stuff in there. And one of the things that I read recently was that emotions, when we experience them, when we [00:05:00] take the time to be with it, we are much more likely to pass through it. It's when we don't experience it, it's when we shove it aside or shove it down or cover it up with a behavior that we extend. The experience that we make. It really a longer experience. So the more able we are to experience the emotion, the feeling in the present moment, the more likely it is to pass. And, and I can say that from experience lately, the more I'm willing to sit in the muck of the feeling, the sooner I am able to move through it. I like to say one of my little quips, my little isms it's like sitting in a pile of your own shit and wondering what smells. And if you're sitting in cold, old, crusty shit and it, that smell just follows you around, right? Rather than being like, oh no, [00:06:00] I'm sitting in shit. This stinks. I'm gonna go bathe. I'm gonna go wash this smell off of me. And that's kind of how I see the emotion. It's like I could sit there in the experience of like, oh my gosh, I just sat in shit or stepped in shit. I need to acknowledge that, be in that, and then, Go get myself clean as opposed to ignoring the smell, right, ignoring the smell, pretending it's not happening. And yet that smell just keeps lingering around me. And, and so I guess that's the analogy that I can make around that, that it, that makes sense in my head. So let's see if that lands on you. So I'm here in this beautiful place. I'm here with you, my dear friend. And. I've got some things on my mind today that I want to talk about. First I wanna say, if you're new to the podcast, welcome. I'm Carrie. I'm so happy to be here with you. I'm a person in recovery. I'm recovering from [00:07:00] codependency bad attitudes recovering from mood altering people, recovering from cannabis addiction and food addiction. And you know, sometimes anything I can get my hands on can become. An obsession. So I suffer from obsessive behavior, whether that's people food or substance. And so what I wanna say is welcome that, I'm glad you're here. I have created this space as a place to share because I find that sharing. Is is good for me. It helps me to process and to understand myself better in the world. But also when we listen to other people sharing, if we're listening, we could hear our own story in somebody else's share. So if there's anything that I say today that resonates with you, I'm grateful. I'm grateful that my experience can benefit you in some way because it's in listening to the experiences of others that I've been able to recover myself. Bring in more recovery. I [00:08:00] never say that I'm recovered. That's like jinxing it, right? We're never recovered. We're always in recovery. Practicing recovery. Our recovery time gets quicker if we stick with it. Sometimes not, sometimes, you know, they say that you gain a second of pause for every year you've been in recovery. I'm coming up on seven years, so possibly a seven second pause. But I'm glad you're here. And please, if you wanna help a fellow creator out like the episode, hit that little thumb up icon. Share the episode. If you found something valuable and you think somebody else would find this valuable, please share it and subscribe to my channel. Whether that's, if you're listening to this on podcasts like Apple, Spotify, or anywhere where you take in your podcasts, or if you're listening to this on YouTube, I would just love to build a community of people who are interested in yoga and recovery, because that's actually what really is [00:09:00] interesting to me. I developed yoga and recovery alongside of each other. I found both of those practices at roughly the same time in my life, and so, I noticed that things that were happening in the meetings were also things that were coming up on the map. And so my recovery journey has evolved where those two practices have helped me a lot. So that's why I bring these things together because I find that I can't quite separate them and, and that it, it actually works better together for me. Okay, because I've got the emotional, mental stuff, but then I also am in this physical body and I learn how to try these principles on in my physical body, which goes back to what I was saying earlier, embodied understanding because 100% of our experiences happen through this body. So our body holds a lot of that story, a lot of that trauma. If you want to go that way. A lot of whatever is going on with us happens in the body. So [00:10:00] one of the things that I wanna talk about today, or the topic of today's share and episode is my cannabis use disorder. I came out a few months ago, let's see, it's like April right now. And so I actually, it was like last month that I released an episode with Durga, who is the creator of Yoga of Recovery. And in that episode I. Revealed for the first time on this podcast that I have. As of today, right now I'm going on coming up on nine months of sobriety. Actually it's eight months in this month. It's eight months of sobriety. And, and what was funny is that after I came out and said that on the episode, I had many people get ahold of me asking me about it cuz it's not something that I've talked about a whole lot. Partly because I was still trying to understand it, and so it's something newer to [00:11:00] me, but I feel like more and more I'm ready to talk about it and, and this is kind of a place where I have created to do that. So I'm gonna talk about it here. And you know, since I've embraced sobriety, It's, you know, things don't necessarily get easier. They, they get a little bit simpler in that I'm not adding in additional things on top of whatever's going on. But for me, I always raced to the bong. That was a place where I found solace. Getting high. Smoking weed. That was one of my very first outside of food, which is something that I learned at a very young age as far as a, a way to deal with stress. Weed was like the second substance I ever picked up in terms of a way to [00:12:00] manage stress. And it's funny cause I'll never forget the first time I got high. I was a junior in high school. And I was tutoring middle school choir or something like that. It was like middle school music. Cause I was into choir in high school and I was helping for. You know, credit, I was doing tutoring in the middle school, and I remember the middle schoolers, which as middle schoolers are, were particularly terrible on this particular day, and they were so terrible and so rough that I found myself rattled. Like just absolutely rattled and I couldn't shake it. And so I remember going into chemistry, like I went back to the high school cuz I would go offsite for this tutoring. I went back to the high school and I was in chemistry and I just remember sitting in my desk being like deeply stressed and couldn't seem to shake [00:13:00] this feeling of induced stress. And so I remember, I think it was that day or that. Afternoon after school, I called up one of my best friends and I was like, today's the day I'm ready to get high. And there was like something in me that knew that a substance would help me unravel this stress, at least at that time. So I remember going over to my friend's house, they got me high for the first time. Still love these people. These are still beautiful people in my life. But I remember the first time I ever smoked weed was because I was stressed. And in that moment, I think that's how, like that became a new way to de-stress through a substance. And what's funny is that as my life progressed, stress became a really easy way to be like, oh, I gotta get high because I'm stressed. And so it, it just, I really associated that behavior with how to [00:14:00] unstress myself. And that could probably show up in lots of different ways for lots of people. Like how you first learned to deal with stress. And for me it started out with food and then it evolved into cannabis use. And at the time, I mean this was like, Hey, this was the early two thousands, like took a lot to get weed, took a lot to find it. It took a lot to get ahold of it. You had to go find a place to smoke it, which was never like at home, which usually resulted in driving around in a car also a. Weird behavior to pick up at a young age. Like, yeah, let's drive around and get high. So, you know, I'm just bringing you my honesty, unfiltered, raw because this is the way I experience it. And so then I went to college and I remember I had a rule at first. I would only get high on the weekends and then a friend. Who again, still [00:15:00] love. This person today suggested to me one day, Hey, let's get high tonight. And I was like, well, I have homework to do. And she said, well, after your homework is done. And I was like, oh, I don't have to wait till the weekend. I just have to get my homework done. So I got my homework done. We went, we smoked weed, and I started smoking weed every day after that. I mean, it really only took one person to give me permission. That I was looking for, like it, it really was a lot of times at that time based on exterior validation of like someone being like, no, you could just do it this way. And then being like, oh, okay. So from then on I just started getting high every day. Like, okay, get the homework done, let's go get high. And then it creeped into let's get high early in the morning before class. Like, I mean, it just started to really creep into one permission, led to. Well, if it's okay to do it after school, once my homework is done, then why not in between class? Why not before class? Why not in the morning? As soon as I wake [00:16:00] up, why not have it on the table while I'm eating dinner? Like it just became this behavior that crept into every single facet of my life. And at that...
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Ep. 30 | The Power of "It Depends" | My interview with Melissa Leach | Functional Anatomy Expert
04/17/2023
Ep. 30 | The Power of "It Depends" | My interview with Melissa Leach | Functional Anatomy Expert
Ever met someone and instantly thought, "Yup, we're destined to be yoga BFFs?" That's how I felt back in April 2019 when I attended the Baptiste Institute's Assisting Course in San Francisco, led by the amazing Melissa Leach! Melissa is not only a total bad@$$ yoga teacher but also down-to-earth, knowledgeable, and highly experienced in her understanding of yoga, functional anatomy, trauma, and mental health. During that course, she introduced me to the world of assists in teaching yoga – a game-changing approach that focuses on co-creation between student and teacher, rather than just correcting or adjusting. Fast forward to today, and I'm thrilled to share that Melissa is joining me on this week's episode of the Luminous Recovery Yoga Podcast! 🎉 Get ready to dive into: Melissa's unique approach to teaching yoga The power of "it depends" when understanding the human body How pain can be trauma surfacing in the body Want more of Melissa? Find her on and check out her own podcast, . If you enjoy this episode with Melissa, please like, comment, and share! Your support means the world to me. With love, ~Kari Transcripts: ===================== Interview with Melissa === Kari Doherty: [00:00:00] Thank you for listening to the Luminous Recovery Yoga Podcast, hosted by Kari Doherty. The views and opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what you like and leave the rest. These views and opinions do not represent any specific 12 step program. Only my experience, strength, and hope in recovering from the dise of addiction and codependency. If you'd like to learn more, please visit my website at www dot luminous recovery yoga dot. Hello, my friend. Thank you for listening to the Luminous Recovery Yoga Podcast. This is Carrie, and I just wanted to take a minute to tell you how excited I am to present this interview to you with Melissa Leach. Melissa is someone that I met many years ago at a Baptiste Institute training. She is a phenomenal yoga teacher and functional anatomy enthusiast. In this episode, you'll hear all about what Melissa is up to and why [00:01:00] our favorite phrase is "it depends". So I hope that you enjoy this episode. If you like it, please feel free to share it. Give us a comment and subscribe to my channel and over to Melissa's channel and support the work that we're doing in the world. It really helps to have people like you supporting the work and to keep spreading the word about good information. So with that being said onto the episode, Hello, Melissa. This is so exciting. Sometimes I have nightmares that I'm in an interview and I forget to press record. I've actually had this nightmare where I'm like in the interview and I'm like, I gotta press record. So I press record and, Melissa Leach: And I see the little, little button. Kari Doherty: Just the little button. I'm so happy to be here with Melissa Leach. This is truly it's an honor to know you and to be friends with you, but also to consider you my precious, precious yoga [00:02:00] teacher. So I wanna introduce Melissa Leach. Melissa, say hello to everyone. Melissa Leach: Hi everybody. Thank you for having me. I'm, I'm honored and very grateful to be, to be here and to be with you. Kari Doherty: Absolutely. I wanna just give everyone a little intro of how I met Melissa. So, I met Melissa in 2019. I was taking a. Assisting course through the Baptist Institute in San Francisco. So I flew from Portland to San Francisco to take this course, and Melissa was the lead trainer of this Baptist Institute assisting course. And it was phenomenal. I just remember being like, this woman is so freaking cool and I really liked Melissa. And so I went home and immediately started following Melissa on Instagram and Facebook and then you know, followed you along just as we do with the people that we admire through social media. And then recently Melissa released a course [00:03:00] called the Queuing Course. And I was like, oh, that's so badass. I'm gonna take that course. So I go to sign up for Melissa's course, and I notice that Melissa still had stock photography on her website of some other woman. And I was like, who? What is going on? Who is this a woman? And then I was like, oh, Melissa needs a little help with her website, so I. Privately messaged Melissa and I was like, Hey, you probably don't know me, but I took a course from you years ago and I think you're really cool and I would love to trade coaching to help you on your website. And Melissa wrote back, this is what you exactly said. You said, wow. And then you said, yeah, that'd be great. So that butted a wonderful friendship. Melissa and I actually meet every week to talk about yoga and to talk about running an online business. And really, I think that we coach each [00:04:00] other. Mm-hmm. Melissa Leach: Yeah. Oh, absolutely. It is such a, i, I vivid, I actually vividly remember you from the assisting course because you left an Absolutely. Like I remember just in the interaction of that weekend, cuz that was back in the day when it was a two day course. I real, I remember talking to you and the questions that you asked were very, like, they were very insightful, and your presence and interaction both with me and the other people was very real. And there was something where I'm like, I actually really enjoy this person. Wow. I didn't because there are Oh, abso, absolutely. And so when you reached out, like it had been a while, I mean, 2019, it like, you know, like last year? No. I mean, I know it's been longer than that. Mm-hmm. But I, I was actually, I was like, I totally remember this person. Wow. So Kari Doherty: I didn't know that. See, I have this assumption when I'm in a group of people, although in some ways I stick out like a sore thumb, that, that nobody notices me. Like there's that tendency to believe that. [00:05:00] I am unnoticeable when really it is almost the opposite. That becomes true. Melissa Leach: No, you left, you left a very positive and very real. I'm like, I, I very much like authentic and real interactions and it, it, that was the impression that was, was left. No, like just a, that is a Kari Doherty: being alarm. I didn't know that. I I really didn't. So thank you for Thank you for saying that. Well that's, Melissa Leach: that's also why I was open to, you know, the, the, when you reached out, cuz you know, pe people do and so when you reached out, I was like, I, that left a mark and that allowed for Kari Doherty: that. So it wasn't just like, yeah, my website needs work. I'll just throw this one a Melissa Leach: bone. Oh no, totally. It's because, it's because of who you are. I mean like, listen, I'm lot of marketing in my website is not one. Kari Doherty: Oh, that's so great. [00:06:00] Thank you for saying that. That just means so much. I guess I never stopped to ask like, Melissa, did you remember me? Because I remembered you. That's just so funny. And that just is so my own psychosis of how I'm like, I am very unmemorable and people are like, actually, you're wearing yellow right now. You stick out. Like, there's just something that I do to myself where I minimize the impact that I have. So thank you for saying that. You traveled with the Baptist Institute for a while. That was like a, a big part of your life. What, what did you do for the Baptist Institute? Melissa Leach: I did a couple things for the institute. It was, I, I trained with Baron and the Institute for a lot of years a lot of years. And I was fortunate to be the programs director of the Baptist Foundation, which was the nonprofit arm. And through that, Nonprofit arm. We launched two programs that are very near and dear to me. Because it's through yoga, being able to reach [00:07:00] groups of people that might not ever set foot in a yoga studio has always been something that's very important. And so we developed the Unstoppable Program in conjunction with some amazing people. I partnered with Karen Terone, who's an just an amazing force of nature. Mm-hmm. And with her, we co-facilitated and led the unstoppable training, which was bringing the tools of yoga to people who work with children primarily to school teachers, but open to coach, just anyone. Mm-hmm. Who works with, with kids in a very, not in like, Hey, teach an afterschool one hour yoga class, but like, how actually do you take these parts and pieces and bring it into the classroom as a normal part of the day? And then the other part was being able to work with Sean Silvera and Dan Nevins with the Unbreakable Program, which was geared towards veterans active duty and first responders in a very similar fashion and mm-hmm. So I was able to do that. And then also on the [00:08:00] institute side, was very fortunate to be able to go lead programs, including the assisting course, the the teacher's course, and then also the anatomy course. It was Art of True North Alignment at the time. Mm-hmm. So I was able to scoot around and, oh, I also led, at the time we had a 200 hour teacher training program called Expand Your Power, and so was able to lead that at a lot of different studios around the country as well. So. Kari Doherty: Cool. Melissa Leach: It was fun. It was a great time. Very grateful. I'm very grateful to Baron, to the Institute to the Foundation for that time. Absolutely Kari Doherty: appreciate, I really appreciate the time I spent in the Baptist Institute trainings. I mean, honestly, it, it really made me the yoga teacher that I wanted to be. So I, I really do value everything I got out of Baptist yoga. And so, you know, being a certified Baptist teacher, to me that means something. Melissa Leach: Mm-hmm. Absolutely. Mm-hmm. Yep. Kari Doherty: When did you start practicing yoga? Like I'm, I want a little bit of a taste of your [00:09:00] yoga journey. Like, were you the kind of person who was like, I always wanted to be a yoga teacher, or were you Oh, someone who went in a little bit more kicking and screaming, I'm a kicker and screamer. I was like, I don't want it. And it just kept coming back. So I'm curious what got you into yoga and, and were, was there resistance? Melissa Leach: I'm, I would, I guess I would. For in a lot of areas, describe myself as somewhat of a person. Very. I'm skeptical. How about that? I'm very skeptical. Mm-hmm. With a lot of things. I have always enjoyed like exercising and working out and have been in the fitness industry for probably just as long as, maybe a little longer than. Than yoga. And so I was like, I mean this is, back in the day, it was like kickboxing and lifting and mm-hmm. Any kind of group exercise class that I could do to push myself. I was doing, and at the time I was out in California actually. And I like to say that I started practicing when I [00:10:00] was two because I've been practicing for over 25 years. So we'll just leave that at that a Kari Doherty: little longer. You day over 25, babe. Melissa Leach: I greatly appreciate that. Okay. I went to, you know, started hearing about like this hot yoga thing and so I just picked a place and I went and I wore, I remember wearing light gray, I mean light gray leggings and showed up and it was a full eye. Cause I was like, 90 minutes, I can do 90 minutes. It was a 90 minute class and it was the, I left looking like I peed myself and it was just, Awful. I was like, so that's the yoga thing and I hate it and I'm not going back. Mm-hmm. And then I went back, I ended up going back and I don't know why I just, I decided I was gonna try it again and I went and I ended up going to another studio. I never went back to that studio. Actually, the room smell like there was just so much about it that I did. It was not a enjoyable, or Kari Doherty: it's a distinguish those things [00:11:00] like was it a bad class or do I hate yoga? You know, and it's really, those could get very confusing. Melissa Leach: Well, and here's the thing, and I guess as someone who's trained teachers, like, what I would like to say to all of the teachers who might be listening is, I don't remember the teacher at all. I don't remember if it was a man. I don't remember if it was a woman. I don't remember. I don't, I don't even remember if there was another person in the room. I'm assuming some, someone else was in the room because mm-hmm. We did things. So I really do not remember the teacher. And so, All of us who feel so responsible with our classes. Good point. Know, yeah. Know that like, that it was the class, it was not the, it had nothing to do with the teacher. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I ended up going to a Vinyasa class, power Vinyasa class cooler. It was a, it was a, it was a warm studio. It was a heated studio, but it wasn't hot. And I liked it. It was fun. It was there, as it turns out, there was no music. It was just a vinyasa flow class. And I had a great time. And so I [00:12:00] kept going back and I made it Cause I had heard it, just heard. And I didn't know the specifics. I just heard it was good for me. And it was a good compliment to the other things that I was doing. So I wouldn't say that I like dove into it when I was hooked and I, I had spiritual awakening. I just, like, I liked it. It was a great compliment to what I was doing. Yeah. And the way I got into it was, it was a good workout. And then the way I got into teaching is I eventually moved to New York and the place that I Started practicing at I liked the people. Mm-hmm. And I started to ask, I heard they might be doing a teacher training that fell through and they referred me out to a weekend certification for Yoga Fit. And I was like, that doesn't seem like enough education, but mm-hmm. Okay. And then I did a couple levels with yoga. And I think that's when I started to look for bigger trainings and I ended up reading Baron's Book Journey Into Power. And I was like, oh, this has, [00:13:00] yeah, well it just had all of the, like you would, I would find a 200 hour teacher training. And I was like, okay. The physical part of that resonates. I'm not fully, there's some other components that maybe I didn't feel comfortable with. And Baron's book was kind of the, the whole mm-hmm. Picture. And as it turned out at the time, he was leading a level one in Mela, New York. And I was like, okay, I usually don't travel for yoga teacher trainings, but this is in driving distance, so I'll go. And I did the hundred, I did the level one, and that was enough at the time to let, let me start teaching. I still didn't feel like that was enough. And that set me Kari Doherty: on. Melissa, did you have a breakthrough at Level. I did, Melissa Leach: I had a great time at level one and this is me, like, this is not like, I don't want anyone to think that this is coming off as like a judgment against yoga or the trains. I just didn't, that wasn't my experience. It was a great [00:14:00] experience overall. It was a great experience, but I wouldn't say I walked out of there a totally different person. I think a lot of people I did level Kari Doherty: one blew my head open. I had no idea what I was getting into. Yeah. And it was funny cuz I'm a nut, I'm like a nutty student. Like if you tell me I'm gonna have a breakthrough, I'm like, oh, okay. What day will I, what time? I was terrified the whole week to go to the bathroom because I was like, what if I go to the bathroom and I miss my breakthrough? And so that just like added another, Melissa Leach: that's amazing. Kari Doherty: What if I miss, what if I miss the breakthrough when I'm on the toilet? Like, you know, so it's just created a lot of anxiety. But I did, I had a few breakthroughs that week. So, you know, I think level one is like, it's like what you want from it, you know? I wanted a breakthrough. Melissa Leach: I, you know, but this is, I wanted one and I went through, so it started me on the path of doing level one, level two, level three, fit to lead [00:15:00] assistant. Like anything I could get my hands on with the institute I did willingly. But I would say there, and I would watch people get up at the microphone and be like, And I had had this breakthrough and I'm crying and it changed my life. And I was like, what am I doing wrong? It was so like, I was like, what? Where's mine? And I'm going through these trainings, doing it wrong. I'm, I'm not, Kari Doherty: I had my level one and two with Paige and I actually went up to page after, like day three, and I was like, I said to her, I'm not crying the way that other people are here. Am I missing something? Am I not doing? And she was like, well, are you getting something from the work? I was like, yeah. She was like, then don't worry about it. Melissa Leach: Everybody's, everybody's process looks different. Kari Doherty: And I was like, they must be getting some more money's worth because they're [00:16:00] a mess. Maybe I'm not getting my money's worth because I am not a puddle. And so, yeah. But you know, it's interesting how like, Yoga teacher. I mean, I like, do they do that at other types of trainings? Of just other exercises in general where like people get real emotional and cry all the time? I don't know. Cause I haven't been Melissa Leach: to other ones, but I've been to like Landmark. I've done Landmark and stuff like that. Mm-hmm. And it's similar cuz I, like, I, it's funny cause I did Landmark after Baptiste. Mm-hmm. And I was sitting there, I was like, right. And I was sitting there watching similar things and I'm like, well here I am again years later not doing Landmark right. Because I'm not having, but they all cumulatively as I sit here today, like kind of looking back on all that, have all. It's been a cumulative effect. Mm-hmm. Where I wouldn't, I just, I wouldn't be the teacher, I wouldn't be the person that I am today without all of those experiences. Right. And it didn't happen in one transformational moment up at the mic as much as that's what I wanted. Right. Cuz that's what I thought it needed [00:17:00] to look like. Mm-hmm. And forcing it, you know, as, as I'm like, oh, if I had knew now or if I knew then what I know now, there would've been a little bit more freedom around it. And like, I'm not, I'm not doing level one or level two or level three are fit to lead wrong. It's just part, it's just the process. Right, right. And that's my thing. It's like, and I, you know, if any of my people who have coached me, In the gym, they'll probably, they'll appreciate this, but like, I don't do anything fast. Like there is nothing like big and explosive about me. Like I very slow and very steady. And it's funny as, as I'm, the connection that I'm making is like, oh, it shows up everywhere. Kari Doherty: Right? How you do anything is how you do everything. I really do believe that. I, I do see that that plays out, you know? Totally. So so keep going. You went through all the levels. You, you found a calling through this particular method? Melissa Leach: Yeah, I found a calling through this particular [00:18:00] method and, and I started teaching and then it became just something that I enjoyed doing and I don't necessarily, I know a lot of yoga teachers that I train are very, I love their passion and they want to make people's, they wanna improve people's lives, make an impact. And I just, it was fun. Mm-hmm. And I loved the practice and I loved teaching and it all just kind of worked together. And so I started only teaching a handful of classes as we probably all do. And I swung the pendulum swung too far the other way where I think I was teaching, like at one point I think I was up to like, I don't know, 14, 17 classes a week. Which has Kari Doherty: its place...
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Ep. 29 | How going with the flow aids recovery
04/03/2023
Ep. 29 | How going with the flow aids recovery
❤️Welcome to the Luminous Recovery Yoga YouTube channel! Our mission is to create high-quality yoga videos for people in Twelve Step Recovery programs. In these videos you will find simple, but powerful yoga and meditation practices that support sustainable recovery. We welcome all levels, all bodies, all genders, and all recovery programs! SUBSCRIBE to the channel to join our recovery family! Discover new yoga practices and recovery themed talks that include recovery principles with yoga. Learn what it feels like to practice these principles in all of your poses! _____________________________________________ Join the Luminous Recovery Yoga online studio! Your online membership includes LIVE weekly yoga classes with Kari and access to a full video-on-demand library with styles like Vinyasa, Yang/Yin, Mellow flows, Power flows, and Recovery themed yoga practices. This is your one stop shop for yoga, recovery, meditation, and all things Luminous! 📣 Please tell us what you think of this video ?? ===================================== I’ll never forget the time my friend called to tell me that he had an extra ticket to see Beyoncé in Seattle that night and asked if I wanted to go. He called me in the morning while I was already at work and said that if I wanted the ticket, it was mine. I just needed to get there by the time the show started. ⏰ At the time, I was working as a chef in a private Catholic school. I never called in sick or took a day off that wasn’t pre-planned weeks in advance. I decided my best course of action to get out of there immediately was to tell my boss that I had an emergency. 🚨 I told her everything was ok, but that I needed to leave and I couldn’t talk about it. 😶 She was a little concerned, but granted my request to leave with this vague explanation. 🤔 Now, as far as I was concerned, this was an emergency—a Beyoncé emergency. 🐝🎶 As a young, unmarried person without children, I believed an emergency was mine to define and according to my standards, this was one. 👩🎤🚀 I ran home. Grabbed the coolest outfit I could find and headed to Seattle to see Queen Bey. 🏃♀️👗👑 The concert was phenomenal. I was happy as a clam. The seats weren’t great, but who cares! I was in the physical presence of greatness! 🎉🎵 I slept for about 3 hours at my friend's apartment. I left Seattle at 3 am and arrived back in Portland to be at work by 6:30 am when my shift started. 😴🌃 No one pried into the nature of my emergency and except for one or two close work friends, I kept the experience inside the confines of my heart and mind. ❤️🤐 Maybe you can relate—most days I’m happy to follow my plans and routines, but once in a while, I am handed an opportunity to break business as usual and go with the flow. 🌊 When the opportunity to see Beyoncé presented itself, I embraced the spontaneity of the situation and chose not to let my work routine or the short notice get in the way of the flow. I made a last-minute decision, thought on my feet, and didn’t allow the lack of sleep or the need to be back at work the next morning deter me from enjoying the experience and having a fantastic time. 🌜🥳 This week’s episode of the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast is about going with the flow. In the episode, I discuss how going with the flow is a way to greet life on life’s terms. Flow is the absence of resistance. When I am not in resistance, I am more open to my Higher Power’s will for me. 🧘♀️🌿 Going with the flow means being open and adaptable to whatever life brings your way, without resisting or trying to control the outcome. It's about embracing change, being spontaneous, and accepting situations as they are, rather than stressing over what you think they should be. When you go with the flow, you're able to navigate life with more ease and flexibility. 🧭🤸♀️ Going with the flow often involves trusting the process, letting go of rigid expectations, and being present in the moment. 🙏 If you’re interested in physically experiencing the flow this week, join me for a live yoga class! Take a break from your status quo routine and join me on the mat. 🏠➡️🧘♂️ We’ll move, breathe, and end with a little meditation to let it all settle in. 💨🕉️ However, if there’s an opportunity to see Beyoncé and I need to cancel class, I’ll give you full disclosure without any vague excuses. 😉🎤 With love, 💖 ~Kari ⌚ SCHEDULE: ⌚ New yoga and recovery videos EVERY Monday 👉 Subscribe to my channel. And press the bell🔔 icon. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 👉 Don't forget to tell us your opinion in the comments below. Thank you for supporting “ Luminous Recovery Yoga ” you can follow me on the Social Media Links Below: ❤ Instagram: ❤ Facebook: ❤ Patreon: ❤ Website: -------------------------------------------------------------- 📧 For Business Inquiries 📧 Mail: ⚠️ "DISCLAIMER:⚠️ This Channel DOES NOT Promote or encourage Any illegal activities, all contents provided by This Channel is meant for EDUCATIONAL purpose only. ⚠️ |TRANSCRIPTS| Kari Doherty: [00:00:00] Thank you for listening to the Luminous Recovery Yoga Podcast, hosted by Kari Doherty. The views and opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what you like and leave the rest. These views and opinions do not represent any specific 12 step program, only my experience, strength, and hope in recovering from the dis-ease of addiction and codependency. If you'd like to learn more, please visit my website at www. Dot Luminous Recovery yoga.com. Hello my friend. Welcome back. Thank you so much for joining me for the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast. My name is Carrie and I am so grateful to share this space with you. This podcast is an opportunity for me to share. Two really important modalities in my life. One of those things is recovery. How I recover my spirit from all of the people, places, things and situations where I left myself behind, and [00:01:00] also yoga. Yoga is a practice that has helped me to learn to live inside my body. When I first found yoga, Well, not only did I hate yoga, but I hated my body. And so both of those things were true for a while. Took me a long time to find yoga in a way that felt accessible. That felt meaningful. And so I bring this space to you because I discovered yoga and recovery really at the same time. And the two have developed alongside of one another for me, as I couldn't even begin to separate one from the other. So when I think about my life, oftentimes I think about my life in terms of a yoga pose. Like I have learned that how I show up in the yoga pose is often how I show up in other areas of my life because my yoga mat [00:02:00] has become this safe place to explore how I am and how I show up. And so if there are certain things that I struggle with on the yoga mat, chances are I struggle with those same things. Out in the world because it becomes almost this snapshot. So for me, what I love about yoga is, It's actually very metaphorical. Like the practice itself is the practice. Like the poses are the poses, and yet I tap into the pose as a metaphor for life. And so that's what I love about yoga is it gives me this. Place to explore myself on a deeper level. And so when I bring you the, these topics of this podcast, luminous Recovery Yoga podcast, I generally like to bring in a recovery related topic, but then how I also see that through the lens of a yoga practice. But then there's also yoga history and philosophy. And I [00:03:00] don't get so deeply into that all the time, but there are just all of these different layers about how we can start to explore how we show up in the world. And so for me, yoga is one of those things. And you know, there are ways to take these principles that we practice. Into the rest of our lives. And you know, one of the things that we say in 12 Step Recovery is that we practice these principles in all of our affairs. And the same applies for yoga. We practice these principles in all of our poses. And so for me, the pose becomes this place to try on principles. And it's not so much about the pose itself, but it's about who I'm being, how I'm showing up. And how I am use, utilizing the practice, using the practice in a way that helps me to try on principles. And, and so that's, that's why it works for me. So that's what I bring you in this space. A place to one, [00:04:00] listen to how somebody else is doing it. One of the things that I really get out of going to meetings is that I get to listen. I learn how to listen for myself in others sharing. So, you know, take what you like and leave the rest. If there are things that I say that resonate awesome, and if there are things that I say that don't, Take what works for you. And I just find that listening to other people share helps me to realize that I'm not alone, that I'm not going through life as this deeply unique individual that nobody could possibly understand that my life is my life, but also the human experience is. Not that unique. Like there might be unical details that could make each one of us unique and there certainly are, but ultimately being a human is a pretty standard experience in a lot of ways. Like we live in these bodies. [00:05:00] Many of us struggle with these bodies, whether it's like the body itself or the things that happen while we're living in the body and you know, so I find that more often than not I can, I can. How I'm more like somebody than not, and that is such a gift because there was a time when I was walking around acting like the things that were happening to me were so unique that nobody could possibly understand me, and that's a really lonely existence. Like if I don't believe I can, Be with others or, or that I can't hear myself and others sharing like that just feels really lonely. So I hope that you hear something today that helps The flow of every episode is that I share on a recovery related topic. I often bring in how yoga also fits into that, and then, We'll take it to the mat because one of the things that I've really learned is that the issues live in our tissues. And I don't mean your Kleenex, although, yeah, [00:06:00] like sometimes the issues are also living in your Kleenex, but ultimately everything that happens happens 100% through our bodies. Our bodies are the vehicles for how we get through this world. So the things that happen in the world are happening through our physical experience and our body. Has this tendency to hold onto it, and so the yoga mat also becomes this place to sort of work out that tension or to find some relaxation or to even get physically present to the experience of being in the body. I know that oftentimes I get so wrapped up in my thinking that sometimes it's like my mind and my body are in two very different places. Physically I am here, but mentally I could. Back to when I was 17 years old, you know? So sometimes our minds and our bodies are just not in the same place at the same time. And so the yoga mat also becomes this place to [00:07:00] get present. And, and that might happen for a minute. Like you might get on that mat and you might be stewing about what's going on with you and, but maybe for a minute you get your breath, your body, and your mind all in the same place. And if that is what you got out of the practice today, then God bless that one minute where you got present. So, you know, give up the idea that you have to do this right. Give up the idea that it has to be a certain way. And that is why I really like to integrate a little bit of yoga into each of. Episodes because it becomes a place to explore the principle on the mat and to see what it feels like to physically embody these principles. I like to call it embodied understanding where our, our body is a part of understanding these. Mental, heady, philosophical topics that it's one thing, you know, maybe you've been in this experience, I know this has [00:08:00] been like this for me, where I know the thing, like I know I should forgive or I know how to do this, or I know the, like I know in my mind what I need to do, but I can't seem to get my body to go along with it. You know? Sometimes our mind. Hold information that we just can't seem to like get into the rest of us. So that is what this podcast space is for me. It's a way to try on a. You know, wisdom, a philosophical topic, but then also integrate it into the rest of the body. And, and that to me is where it becomes an integrated practice where it's not just about what I say and what I think, but it's about how my body is moving through this world and, and living these principles. So that is what this space hopefully. Is, you know, provides or attempts to provide or, you know, again, [00:09:00] take what works and leave what doesn't. So, you know, you might listen to the first half of this podcast and then you might come back to the practice later on in the week. Or maybe you don't, you know, it really just is up to you. And I provide both because if you do have time for both, you might discover something new. So that's what this space is for. The other thing I wanna say before I get into the topic for today is, Smash that like button and hit subscribe. I hear YouTubers say that, and I think it's funny. Smash that like button and hit subscribe. So if you would smash that like button and hit subscribe, that would help me so much. I'm growing this channel, I'm growing this podcast, and I would love for you to be a part of that. So, You know, spread the message. If you find something in here that's helpful to you and you pass it along to, you know, a person who's in recovery with you, or maybe someone that you think might enjoy this, like, please share [00:10:00] it. So like it subscribe, share it, leave a comment or a review. These are all things that you can do to help me that are free. So if you get something out of this that helps you and you wanna help me back, please hit the like button. Subscribe, any of those things are helpful. Leave a comment. And then one last thing. I teach live yoga classes and I would love for you to join me live. I teach several yoga classes a week, and there's a button in the subscript in the description of this podcast or the show notes. If you're listening on Apple or Spotify or one of the other podcast outlets, sign up to take a free class with. Like I would really love to see you live, if that works for your schedule. It would be wonderful to actually share real time and space with you. So if you go into that link, it's gonna take you to a page where you can sign up to get your first class with me for free. [00:11:00] And it would just be really great to have you in person, not in person virtually. It would be virtual, but we would be in the same time space continuum together. So all of my classes are virtual. Sign up, come and take a class with me. So that's what I have for you. Housekeeping, you know, administrative. Great. We've done all that. So now I wanna jump into my topic for today. My topic for today is Flow. Flow, F L O W, flow and. I recently was in a meeting where we talked about flow and I thought, Hmm, I wanna talk about that a little bit more. Just wanna explore it a little bit further, and I wanna explore it with you. Flow right off the bat. What I wanna say about flow, flow is the absence of resistance. I'm gonna say that again. [00:12:00] Flow is the absence of re. Now, let me start by saying I am or have traditionally been one of the most resistant students that I know. I start most things with resistance where it's like I don't want to, don't make me, you know, like, Ugh, why do we have to do that? Ugh, I don't wanna do that. Ugh, ugh. Lot of clenching, right? A lot of contract. I approach most things with resistance. You know, yoga, I tried yoga so many different times and I hated it. Like I was very resistant to yoga. A couple of like brief funny stories, I'll never forget a time I was in college and I signed up to take a yoga class for credit and at the time, you know, cell phones were much smaller and they only really like took phone calls and. Text messages with [00:13:00] T nine, you know, and so I had a cell phone and I didn't turn my cell phone off it, I did not mute it or turn it off. It was not on do not disturb. It was very disturbing. And anyway, I'm in this college class a room full of but probably 60 people in this class. And my cell phone rang like four. Now, after the first time that my cell phone went off, I was like, oh shit, that's my phone, and I was embarrassed. Couple minutes later, the phone starts ringing again. Now I'm really embarrassed. By the third time that the phone went off, I was so deeply embarrassed. One, I was not gonna get up to silence the phone because I believed then people would know that I was the idiot asshole who did not turn it off the two times. So I was really afraid of what everybody in the room was already gonna think of me if I got up to silence the phone. So I didn't. And then that just reiterated how much I hated yoga. [00:14:00] So like that was like, that is burned into my memory. Like, oh, why didn't I do yoga? Because my cell phone went off during class and it embarrassed me so much that I blamed yoga for it. Or you know, I can give you so many different reasons. Yoga wasn't for me at the time. I just was chock full of resistance and any excuse that I could find to not do yoga, that was it. Like, oh, my cell phone went off. I hate yoga. You know, like it, it was really just where I was at the time. Another kind of funny story is I had a friend who was like, you know what, Carrie? You should do yoga. And I was like, why would you say that to me? What do you mean I need to do yoga? You know, like I was so mad about it and I was like, why? Like, it was all of these like silly things where like yoga was knocking on my door and I was like, no, not you again. You know? And the same thing happened with recovery. The first time it was [00:15:00] suggested to me that I. Consider checking out a recovery meeting. I was mad about it. I was like, what is that supposed to mean? You know? So like I can tell you that at every juncture there has been resistance. And when I'm in resistance, I'm not in the flow. And by flow I mean things are moving. I'm in, I'm moving in the direction of God's will and I'm not pushing against that. Like I'm not beating my head against the wall saying, no, no, no. You know, cuz there's a lot of that. So one of the things that I have learned from Yoga and recovery is that oftentimes where there is resistance, that's actually where I'm meant to go. Like that is actually. More in the direction of God's will than the thing I'm resisting. So now I know that when an idea comes up or somebody mentions something and my immediate reaction is [00:16:00] no, or like it's to clench or contract, that there is something there. So I now know that that resistance is actually a sign that there is something. And maybe I'm just not ready to hear it. Maybe I'm not ready to explore it, but that seed has now been planted and I know myself well enough now to know that that is actually the breeding ground for like, huh? There's something there I'm probably gonna have to eventually look at. I'm just not ready to do it today. And that's fine. Like that is absolutely fine to say, you know what, not today. But what I now know is that that resistance is actually telling me where I am not in the. So resistance has taught me a lot about flow. So when I say that flow is the absence of resistance, I now know that resistance is where I am blocking the flow. Like I am the dam, you know, like the dam in the river or the...
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Ep. 28 | Discover the Secret of Yoga-Based Recovery with Durga Leela
03/20/2023
Ep. 28 | Discover the Secret of Yoga-Based Recovery with Durga Leela
Yoga of Recovery | Interview with Durga Leela | Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast ❤️Welcome to the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast! Our mission is to create high-quality recordings for people in Twelve Step Recovery programs. In these audios you will find simple, but powerful yoga and meditation practices that support sustainable recovery. We welcome all levels, all bodies, all genders, and all recovery programs! SUBSCRIBE to the channel to join our recovery family! Discover new yoga practices and recovery themed talks that include recovery principles with yoga. Learn what it feels like to practice these principles in all of your poses! _____________________________________________ Join the Luminous Recovery Yoga online studio! Your online membership includes LIVE weekly yoga classes with Kari and access to a full video-on-demand library with styles like Vinyasa, Yang/Yin, Mellow flows, Power flows, and Recovery themed yoga practices. This is your one stop shop for yoga, recovery, meditation, and all things Luminous! 📣 Please tell us what you think of this video ?? ===================================== ➡️➡️➡️Sign up for a FREE class with me https://www.luminousrecoveryyoga.com/free-class This weekend we passed a collective milestone. Saturday was the three year anniversary of the Covid lockdowns. At least it was for Portland, where I live. I know in other regions of the country and world things may have been different. And, some folks went into lockdown sooner. It’s wild to think of how much the world has changed in the last three years. Heck, I can’t believe how much has changed since last year. Speaking of changes—Today is the first day of spring! Spring is a time of transformation and renewal, a season that symbolizes new beginnings and fresh starts. It's a season that inspires us to reflect on our own lives and consider what changes we might make to bring more joy, fulfillment, and purpose into our days. In this week's episode of the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast, I sat down with Durga Leela, the creator of Yoga of Recovery, to discuss the unique and transformative power of combining Ayurveda with the twelve steps in her new book also called Yoga of Recovery. From her own journey to sobriety to her groundbreaking work in the field of Yoga of Recovery, Durga shares her wisdom and insight in a conversation that is both inspiring and entertaining. Listen in to discover how this revolutionary approach to healing can help you find new levels of joy, purpose, and fulfillment in your own life. Personally, Durga’s book played a role in my sobriety journey and this interview is the first time I open up about my sobriety on the podcast. It feels appropriate for spring. Like renewal and honest sharing. This interview made me laugh. Durga is a hoot! In the description of the video you’ll find all the links where you can find Durga. She has a book, a website, online courses, in-person retreats, and an Instagram you can check out. If you enjoy this episode, I would love for you to leave a review and hit the like button. If you really like it, then please share the episode and the channel. Here’s to a happy spring to you! May the pollen be gentle, the flowers be fragrant, and the sunshine luminous! With love, ~Kari ⌚ SCHEDULE: ⌚ New yoga and recovery videos EVERY Monday ⌚ 👉 Subscribe to my channel. And press the bell🔔 icon. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 👉 Don't forget to tell us your opinion in the comments below. Thank you for supporting “ Luminous Recovery Yoga ” you can follow me on the Social Media Links Below: ❤ Instagram: https://bit.ly/3yCNqxe ❤ Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LdrqAN ❤ Website: https://www.luminousrecoveryyoga.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------- 📧 For Business Inquiries 📧 Mail: [email protected] ⚠️ "DISCLAIMER:⚠️ This Channel DOES NOT Promote or encourage Any illegal activities, all contents provided by This Channel is meant for EDUCATIONal purpose only. ⚠️ ⭐ Thanks a lot for watching this video ------------------------------------------------------------------ Durga's Upcoming Courses: Between the Mat and the Meeting 4/23/23 (access for one year), live from 5/20 - 7/15/23 https://online.yogaofrecovery.com/courses/between-the-mat-and-the-meeting-2023 Second Saturdays Free to register, AND Donations are welcome https://yogaofrecovery.com/events/yor-second-saturdays-by-donation/ Dates: 4/15 | 5/13 | 6/10 | 7/8 | 8/12 Yoga of Recovery Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogaofrecovery #yoga #yogateacher #podcast #flow #breath #recovery #yogapractice #meditation #yinyoga #Luminous_Recovery_Yoga #kari #yogaflow #yogaforbeginners #yogagirl #yogini #healthy #healthtips #yogalife #flow #yogaflow #durga #interview #bookreview #leela
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Ep. 27 | The Gift of Confusion
03/06/2023
Ep. 27 | The Gift of Confusion
The Gift of Confusion | Luminous Recovery Yoga ❤️Welcome to the Luminous Recovery Yoga YouTube channel! Our mission is to create high-quality yoga videos for people in Twelve Step Recovery programs. In these videos you will find simple, but powerful yoga and meditation practices that support sustainable recovery. We welcome all levels, all bodies, all genders, and all recovery programs! SUBSCRIBE to the channel to join our recovery family! Discover new yoga practices and recovery themed talks that include recovery principles with yoga. Learn what it feels like to practice these principles in all of your poses! _________________________________________________ Join the Luminous Recovery Yoga online studio! Your online membership includes LIVE weekly yoga classes with Kari and access to a full video-on-demand library with styles like Vinyasa, Yang/Yin, Mellow flows, Power flows, and Recovery themed yoga practices. This is your one stop shop for yoga, recovery, meditation, and all things Luminous! 📣 Please tell us what you think of this video ??? ========================================= 🔥🔥🔥NEW PODCAST ALERT 🔥🔥🔥 (Read to the end for a special gift!) I once had a teacher who said that “confusion is a mask that we wear to avoid being in our greatness.” That always stuck with me. Sometimes, when I get confused about what I’m doing with my life, I dive into a deep state of reaction and fear. It’s possible that confusion can be a tool for letting me know when it’s not time to act. Rather than becoming too invested in the confusion itself, it can be a guidepost that more will be revealed later. That’s why this week’s episode of the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast is called The Gift of Confusion. Maybe you can relate—sometimes I have a serious need to know everything. I want to know who, what, where, when, why, and how everything will work out. When I don’t have all of the details about how my entire life will unfold, then I convince myself that I’m confused. Really, I’m not confused, it’s just not time to know. When I am confused, often I’m trying to figure things out. I have learned that life is not something to figure out, but rather, to be experienced. I love taking this principle to the mat. Sometimes a yoga class or practice can be confusing. Maybe you don’t know what the teacher is asking you to do, or aren’t sure what the pose is “supposed to look like.” How often do you take that confusion personally? Like, maybe there’s something wrong with you, rather than just allowing yourself to be present to the moment. What happens for you when you become confused? How do you respond or react? I made you a handy PDF for this week’s episode on the Gift of Confusion. There are questions for you to consider about your relationship to confusion. These questions are just for your consideration. Take what you like and leave the rest! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⌚ SCHEDULE: ⌚ New yoga and recovery videos EVERY Monday ⌚ 👉 Subscribe to my channel. And press the bell🔔 icon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👉 Don't forget to tell us your opinion in the comments below. Thank you for supporting “ Luminous Recovery Yoga ” you can follow me on the Social Media Links Below: ❤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luminousrecoveryyoga ❤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luminousrecoveryyoga ❤ Website: https://www.luminousrecoveryyoga.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ❣ SPONSORED ❣ No, this video was not sponsored -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📧 For Business Inquiries 📧 Mail: [email protected] ⚠️ "DISCLAIMER:⚠️ This Channel DOES NOT Promote or encourage Any illegal activities, all contents provided by This Channel is meant for EDUCATIONal purpose only. ⚠️ ⭐ Thanks a lot for watching this video⭐ With love, ~Kari
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Ep. 26 | Starting Your Own Business as Recovery | Interview with Amy Porterfield
02/20/2023
Ep. 26 | Starting Your Own Business as Recovery | Interview with Amy Porterfield
Starting Your Own Business as Recovery | interview with Amy Porterfield ❤️Welcome to the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast! Our mission is to create high-quality yoga and recovery materials for people in Twelve Step Recovery programs. In this podcast you will find simple, but powerful yoga and meditation practices that support sustainable recovery. We welcome all levels, all bodies, all genders, and all recovery programs! SUBSCRIBE to the channel to join our recovery family! Discover new yoga practices and recovery themed talks that include recovery principles with yoga. Learn what it feels like to practice these principles in all of your poses! _________________________________________________ Join the Luminous Recovery Yoga online studio! Your online membership includes LIVE weekly yoga classes with Kari and access to a full video-on-demand library with styles like Vinyasa, Yang/Yin, Mellow flows, Power flows, and Recovery themed yoga practices. This is your one stop shop for yoga, recovery, meditation, and all things Luminous! 📣 Please tell us what you think of this podcast ??? ======================================== ➡️➡️➡️Sign up for a FREE class with me https://www.luminousrecoveryyoga.com/free-class ⭐⭐Things have been a little rough inside of my head lately. I get down and serious about myself like “what am I doing, and why am I here?” If only I could have the play-by-play blueprint of my Higher Power’s plan for me, then I could just chill out, right? I’ve shared pretty openly about the fact that 2022 was a doozy of a year and I’m coming up on the one year anniversary of some of those changes. So, I’ve been feeling reflective. While 2022 was kinda rough, by the end of the year an amazing thing happened… I clicked her calendar, booked a spot, and within 2 minutes had an email confirmation that I had received the interview. My *immediate* reaction was sheer panic. I called a friend of mine (who understands the celebrity that is Amy Porterfield) and I started babbling that Amy’s gonna find out that I don't have a huge email list, she’s gonna cancel this interview spot, so I shouldn't get too excited about it. My friend was like, “Wait, Amy found out you don’t have a big email list and canceled?” I said, “No, she’s gonna find out and then cancel.” My friend said, “Um, I don’t think that’s gonna happen, so just enjoy this moment.” Just enjoy this moment? What does that even mean? Fast forward to three weeks later, and it’s time to sit down for my interview with Amy (because she didn’t cancel it (obvi)). She said if she had one piece of advice to give to new entrepreneurs it’s to “be nicer to yourself.” Wait, wait, wait a damn minute. You’re telling me that even a celebrity entrepreneur has a shitty committee inside of her head? Yep. Because Amy, first and foremost, is a human being with a brain. Hearing that my celebrity-business-mentor-idle says mean things to herself humbled me. Ultimately, it isn’t a unique experience to struggle, it’s human. This interview was so freaking fun to make and I sure hope you enjoy it. You may (or may not) be shocked at how much recovery language is in her book. Amy talks about progress not perfection, and how to keep it simple when it comes to starting your own online business. She identifies as a recovering people pleaser and says that overcommitment is an addiction. Overall, this interview is jam packed with recovery wisdom, tidbits about her new book, and sage advice about leaving the job you do not love to start your online dream business. If you’re interested in learning more about the book, here’s the direct link to the book website: www.twoweeksnoticebook.com I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed interviewing Amy. She’s a doll, and I hope you love it. ⌚ SCHEDULE: ⌚ New yoga and recovery videos EVERY Monday ⌚ 👉 Subscribe to my channel. And press the bell🔔 icon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👉 Don't forget to tell us your opinion in the comments below. Thank you for supporting “ Luminous Recovery Yoga ” you can follow me on the Social Media Links Below: ❤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luminousrecoveryyoga/ ❤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luminousrecoveryyoga ❤ Website: https://www.luminousrecoveryyoga.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ❣ SPONSORED ❣ No, this video was not sponsored ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📧 For Business Inquiries 📧 Mail: [email protected] ⚠️ "DISCLAIMER:⚠️ This Channel DOES NOT Promote or encourage Any illegal activities, all contents provided by This Channel is meant for EDUCATIONal purpose only. ⚠️ ⭐ Thanks a lot for watching this video⭐ With love, ~Kari
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Ep. 25 | The Wisdom to Know the Difference | Serenity Prayer Part 3
02/06/2023
Ep. 25 | The Wisdom to Know the Difference | Serenity Prayer Part 3
The Wisdom to Know the Difference | Serenity Prayer Part 3 ❤️Welcome to the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast! Our mission is to create high-quality yoga and recovery materials for people in Twelve Step Recovery programs. In these videos you will find simple, but powerful yoga and meditation practices that support sustainable recovery. We welcome all levels, all bodies, all genders, and all recovery programs! SUBSCRIBE to the channel to join our recovery family! Discover new yoga practices and recovery themed talks that include recovery principles with yoga. Learn what it feels like to practice these principles in all of your poses! _________________________________________________ Join the Luminous Recovery Yoga online studio! Your online membership includes LIVE weekly yoga classes with Kari and access to a full video-on-demand library with styles like Vinyasa, Yang/Yin, Mellow flows, Power flows, and Recovery themed yoga practices. This is your one stop shop for yoga, recovery, meditation, and all things Luminous! ========================================= ➡️➡️➡️If you enjoy this weekly content, it would mean everything if you could share it with someone, and leave me a review. 🔥🔥🔥NEW PODCAST ALERT 🔥🔥🔥 I think one of the goofiest things I hear yoga teachers say is that we store our emotions in our hips. I’ve heard the hips referred to as the body’s “junk drawer.” If you’ve taken enough yoga classes, you’ve probably heard this “wisdom" before. Aside from the fact that this statement isn’t rooted in any science, it’s not exactly how hips or emotions work. Have you ever stubbed your toe and let out a big ol’ “fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!,” because that shit hurt like hell, and then maybe got angry for a second (or many, multiple seconds)? Would we say that anger is stored in our big toe? Um, no—no, we would not. I think rather than saying certain body parts hold emotions, we could say that our whole body holds all of our emotions, and that sometimes pain or other bodily sensations can evoke emotions or thoughts, sometimes unexpectedly. Sensations can evoke emotions in the body and can bring out all sorts of stuff that may or may not have anything to do with what’s actually happening right now. Our emotions can serve as data, but they don’t tell the whole story. Feelings are not facts. The serenity prayer says: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Often times, in a moment of distress over people, places, things, and situations, I take a moment to break down a situation into three components: Accept the things I cannot change. Courage to change the things I can. Wisdom to know the difference. In this episode I talk about wisdom to know the difference as a process of discernment. To discern means I can learn to know the difference between what is mine and what is other peoples; things I can change and things I can’t change; feelings from facts. The wisdom to know the difference is a reminder that our thoughts and emotions are not always accurate reflections of reality. It's important to acknowledge our thoughts and emotions, but also to recognize when they are clouded by fear, anger, or frustration. When we have the wisdom to know the difference, we can choose to respond, rather than react to the challenges that come our way. I love taking this principle to the mat. A yoga practice can teach you to surrender to the present moment, to release the desire to control everything, and to accept what is. This practice helps you cultivate the wisdom to know the difference between what you can control and what you can't, your body as it is versus how you wished it would be, and to not waste energy on things that are beyond your control. By doing so, we can live a more present and content life. You can learn to cultivate discernment on the mat. So, the next time you stub your big toe and it brings up all of the dumb things Brad at the office said to you last week at the photocopy machine, remember, wisdom to know the difference. If you enjoy this weekly content, it would mean everything if you could share it with someone, and leave me a review. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⌚ SCHEDULE: ⌚ New yoga and recovery videos EVERY Monday ⌚ 👉 Subscribe to my channel. And press the bell🔔 icon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👉 Don't forget to tell us your opinion in the comments below. Thank you for supporting “ Luminous Recovery Yoga ” you can follow me on the Social Media Links Below: ❤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luminousrecoveryyoga ❤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luminousrecoveryyoga ❤ Website: https://www.luminousrecoveryyoga.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📧 For Business Inquiries 📧 Mail: [email protected]
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Ep. 24 | My Interview with Nikki Myers | Creator of Y12SR
01/23/2023
Ep. 24 | My Interview with Nikki Myers | Creator of Y12SR
My Interview with Nikki Myers | Creator of Y12SR (Giveaway opportunity!) ❤️Welcome to the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast! Our mission is to create high-quality yoga and recovery materials for people in Twelve Step Recovery programs. In this podcast you will find simple, but powerful yoga and meditation practices that support sustainable recovery. We welcome all levels, all bodies, all genders, and all recovery programs! SUBSCRIBE to the channel to join our recovery family! Discover new yoga practices and recovery themed talks that include recovery principles with yoga. Learn what it feels like to practice these principles in all of your poses! _________________________________________________ Join the Luminous Recovery Yoga online studio! Your online membership includes LIVE weekly yoga classes with Kari and access to a full video-on-demand library with styles like Vinyasa, Yang/Yin, Mellow flows, Power flows, and Recovery themed yoga practices. This is your one stop shop for yoga, recovery, meditation, and all things Luminous! 📣 Please tell us what you think of this video ??? ======================================== 🔥🔥🔥NEW PODCAST ALERT 🔥🔥🔥 It was an honor to interview Nikki Myers, the creator, mastermind, and pioneer behind Yoga of 12 Step Recovery, affectionately known as Y12SR. Y12SR is a 12-step based discussion and yoga practice open to anyone and everyone dealing with their own addictive behavior or affected by the addictive behavior of others. If you aren’t in recovery, this group is also for the recovery curious. If you’ve been a listener of the podcast or in my realm for a while, you know I talk about Y12SR quite a bit. It’s actually the blueprint for the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast. In this week’s episode of the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast I share my fabulous interview with Nikki Myers. Nikki shares about the disease of the lost self, what a wisdom posture is, and the impact that Y12SR has had on the recovery community and how it has contributed to the larger conversation around addiction and recovery. To celebrate my first interview of the year, I’m doing a giveaway! Hooray! 🥳 Leave a five star review for the show on Apple Podcasts 🎊🎊🎊 ➡️➡️➡️https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/luminous-recovery-yoga-podcast/id1631244226 5-star reviews help with visibility so much and assure more folks can find the podcast. I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it. It’s my goal to bring you more interviews this year from folks who are yoga and recovery change makers. I hope you enjoy this week’s episode of the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⌚ SCHEDULE: ⌚ New yoga and recovery videos EVERY Monday ⌚ 👉 Subscribe to my channel. And press the bell🔔 icon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👉 Don't forget to tell us your opinion in the comments below. Thank you for supporting “ Luminous Recovery Yoga ” you can follow me on the Social Media Links Below: ❤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luminousrecoveryyoga/ ❤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luminousrecoveryyoga ❤ Website: https://www.luminousrecoveryyoga.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ❣ SPONSORED ❣ No, this video was not sponsored -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📧 For Business Inquiries 📧 Mail: [email protected] ⚠️ "DISCLAIMER:⚠️ This Channel DOES NOT Promote or encourage Any illegal activities, all contents provided by This Channel is meant for EDUCATIONal purpose only. ⚠️ ⭐ Thanks a lot for watching this video⭐ With love, ~Kari
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Ep. 23 | Courage to Change the Things I Can--Serenity Prayer Part 2
01/09/2023
Ep. 23 | Courage to Change the Things I Can--Serenity Prayer Part 2
➡️➡️➡️ ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon 🔥🔥🔥NEW PODCAST ALERT 🔥🔥🔥 In November I started teaching yoga twice a week at a local charter high school called Harmony Academy. I was contacted to teach yoga to the students for their PE period. The crazy part is that that makes me their PE teacher. If you would’ve told high school aged, seventeen year old Kari that someday she would teach high school PE, she would’ve been pissed. PE was the bane of my existence in high school. Gym teachers made my life a living hell. A huge amount of my body shame and trauma sources back to that time in my life. Now, being an adult who leads others through movement practices means huge changes have occurred since that time in my life. That’s why this week's episode of the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast is about finding the courage to change the things I can. This is part 2 of our 3 part series on the Serenity Prayer. The serenity prayer says: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Often times, in a moment of distress over people, places, things, and situations, I take a moment to break down a situation into three components: Accept the things I cannot change. Courage to change the things I can. Wisdom to know the difference. If I’m applying the wisdom of the Serenity Prayer to my current PE teachership, I can accept the fact that high school gym, to say the least, was not my strongest subject. I cannot change, and I cannot alter the past. Having the courage to change the things I can, means I get to look at my life now and ask who and how I want to be in the world. I get to change my story based on new data and information. When I left high school, young Kari promised herself she would never move or exercise again. It was a pact I made with myself that led to consequences later down the line. Later, I discovered yoga, which became a form of movement that generated empowerment and self-discovery for me. I discovered recovery, which allowed me to call my spirit back from the people, places, things, and situations that have caused me grief. Having the courage to change means I get to retell the story of my body, and my whole self. Maybe you can relate—sometimes I have to find the courage to do something that I don’t yet have the confidence for. In this episode, I suggest that you ought not confuse the two. Having courage doesn’t always, and in fact might not, mean that you have found the confidence to act. Confidence may develop over time, but it is not required to find the courage to change. I love taking this principle to the mat. By taking time to focus on your breath and body, you can quiet the mind and find a sense of inner peace and calm. You can learn to let go of your fears and to trust yourself and your abilities. When you practice this kind of surrender, you can find the courage to embrace the unknown and to face the challenges that come your way with more grace and resilience. Courage is about finding the inner strength and resilience to take on new challenges and to persevere, even when things feel scary. If you're feeling stuck and unsure of how to move forward, try taking some time on the mat to find your inner strength and courage. I created an interactive PDF to get your juices flowing about courage to change. You can use this guide on its own or as an accompaniment to the episode. It contains some thoughtful questions for consideration you might find helpful. ➡️➡️➡️ And once you’ve listened, consider joining me for a LIVE yoga class in-person or virtually. Come and find out how it feels to practice courage on your mat. With love, ~Kari
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Ep. 22 | Accept the Things I Cannot Change--Serenity Prayer Part 1
12/19/2022
Ep. 22 | Accept the Things I Cannot Change--Serenity Prayer Part 1
➡️➡️➡️ ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon Maybe you can relate—The end of the year always brings up a lot of reflection time for me. Honestly, if you would’ve asked me this time last year how my life would look a year from now in December 2022, nothing could’ve prepared me for all the changes that were to come. I’ve left relationships, a business, started a new business, I moved, and I even saw Lizzo in the front row. (I could see her boob sweat. I was so close!) There have been (and still are) many moments of uncertainty. Many moments of disbelief that my life looks so different than it did this time last year. And yet, if there’s one thing I’ve had to do in order to keep moving, it’s accept the things I cannot change. That’s why this week's episode of the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast is about learning to accept the things I cannot change. This phrase comes from a line in the serenity prayer. Over the course of the next few episodes, I’ll be breaking down the serenity prayer into three components. If you’re not familiar with the Serenity Prayer, it's a jam packed little goodie that helps in many of life’s sticky situations, and it goes like this: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Often times, in a moment of distress over people, places, things and situations over which I cannot control, I take a moment to break down a situation into three components: 1. Things I can’t change. 2. Things I can change. 3. Wisdom to know the difference. Maybe you can relate—-when I am not in acceptance of life’s circumstances, I can start to spin out. When I’m wishing things were different, I am not being present to life as it is, and it causes suffering of varying degrees. When I’m in a pit of despair—aka suffering—I am not open to the gift of serenity. One of my favorite quotes from the AA Big Book on acceptance says: “When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation—some fact of my life—unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.” (Mic drop 🎤) I love taking this principle to the mat. What does it feel like in your body to accept the things you cannot change? Where might this show up for you on the mat? Perhaps it is reconciling with injury, tension, or tightness. Perhaps it’s been awhile since you’ve gotten to practice. Rather than wishing your body or circumstances were different, what would it look like to accept the things you cannot change? I created an interactive PDF to get your juices flowing about accepting the things you cannot change. You can use this guide on its own or as an accompaniment to the episode. It contains some thoughtful questions for consideration you might find helpful. ➡️➡️➡️ And once you’ve listened, consider joining me for a LIVE yoga class in-person or virtually. Come and find out how it feels to practice acceptance on your mat. With love, ~Kari P.S. This will be the last newsletter and podcast episode for 2022. Have a wonderful holiday season and I'll see you in January! I have some awesome interviews coming up for the podcast in 2023. Stay tuned!
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Ep. 21 | The Practice of Gratitude--A Reframe
12/02/2022
Ep. 21 | The Practice of Gratitude--A Reframe
➡️➡️➡️ ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon 🔥🔥🔥NEW PODCAST ALERT 🔥🔥🔥 ‘Tis the season where there’s social peer pressure to be grateful. Scrolling through my Instagram feed there are gratitude challenges, memes, and reels galore about how I should be grateful. Before I go any further, I will tell you that I have a daily gratitude practice, but it took time and patience to get me there. (Listen to the episode for more about my process. 🎧) Maybe you can relate—when I’m suffering, hurting, or feeling badly, being told to feel grateful that I have a roof over my head, food to eat, and all of my limbs does not deescalate my pain. In fact, sometimes this comes off as disingenuous. That’s why this week's episode of the Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast is about reframing the importance of gratitude. I want to distinguish a difference between gratitude and toxic positivity, or the “good vibes only” club. Toxic positivity often silences the pain by suggesting we ignore our suffering and replace it with positivity. This is not the same thing as gratitude. Cultivating gratitude creates space for both/and thinking. We both acknowledge the suffering and see there is good available. Gratitude helps to reframe our experience to see where good is present. If you’re like me, you can walk into any room and pick apart what’s going wrong. Gratitude retrains our eyes to see something beyond the big dumpster fire. It can be true that there is both a dumpster fire, and it’s keeping us warm. 🔥 Cultivating a gratitude practice is similar to having a yoga practice. Doing yoga or gratitude once in a while is just fine. If too much time and space goes between it can feel hard to pick it up, and it doesn’t help when we’re in a pinch. Having a practice, something that we do with regularity, makes it easier to conjure up feelings of gratitude when the metaphorical shit hits the fan. 💩It’s a preemptive strategy, so that our brain will default to gratitude when we need it most. I love taking this principle to the mat. Meister Eckhart says “If thank you is the only prayer you ever say, that is enough.” This week, try pairing your inhale and exhale with the phrase thank you. On the inhale say, “thank,” and on the exhale say, “you.” See how it feels in your body to build this short mantra into your breath. You can listen to this week's episode on Gratitude using YouTube, Spotify, or Apple podcasts. I created an interactive PDF to get your juices flowing about gratitude. You can use this guide on its own or as an accompaniment to the episode. It contains some thoughtful questions for consideration and even has a gratitude practice you can try if you want to—zero pressure from me! ➡️➡️➡️ And once you’ve listened, consider joining me for a LIVE yoga class in-person or virtually. Come and find out how it feels to practice gratitude on your mat. So, when the shit hits the fan you have goggles on! 🥽🤣 With love, ~Kari
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Ep. 20 | Savasana as a Revolutionary Act
11/18/2022
Ep. 20 | Savasana as a Revolutionary Act
➡️➡️ ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon In our modern, fast moving society, rest feels like a luxury. In this episode I talk about Savasana and how rest is not only a human right, but overall makes us more productive. I offer my experience, strength, and hope in recovery and why savasana practice matters. Every episode includes a little bit of yoga too. #yoga #baptiste #recovery #savasana #rest
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Ep. 19 | J.A.D.E. (Justify, Argue, Defend, Explain)
11/11/2022
Ep. 19 | J.A.D.E. (Justify, Argue, Defend, Explain)
➡️➡️➡️Join me for Yoga of Twelve Step Recovery ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon In this episode of Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast I discuss the idea of J.A.D.E, which stands for justify, argue, defend, explain. This is an acronym that I love to use in order to assess how much information I need to offer in any given situation. If I find myself offering an explanation for myself as a way of people pleasing, then I ask myself if I really need to share this information. J.A.D.E helps me to remember that I don't have to explain my motives when I'm engaging in self care or needing to do what's best for me. This is a recovery tool that I also find works well when I bring it to my yoga practice. Every episode has a little bit of yoga for embodied understanding. If you enjoy this content, please consider subscribing to my channel and leaving a comment. #yoga #recovery #yogaphilosophy #baptiste
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Ep. 18 | Neti, Neti (Not That, Not That)
11/04/2022
Ep. 18 | Neti, Neti (Not That, Not That)
➡️➡️➡️Join me for Yoga of Twelve Step Recovery ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon In this episode of Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast I discuss the idea of "neti, neti," or "not that, not that." I think of this as our misidentifications and what we believe gives us value. The wise sages would say "neti, neti" whenever someone would try to describe ultimate reality or samadhi. It's not that, not that!, they would say. Every episode has a little bit of yoga for embodied understanding. If you enjoy this content, please consider subscribing to my channel and leaving a comment. #yoga #recovery #yogaphilosophy #baptiste
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Ep. 17 | Learn to Listen
10/28/2022
Ep. 17 | Learn to Listen
➡️➡️➡️Join me for Yoga of Twelve Step Recovery ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon In this episode of the Luminous Recovery Yoga Podcast I share about how I learned to listen. Through my practice of yoga and recovery, I learned to cultivate listening skills in a way that serves me in all areas of my life. If you're interested in learning how to listen I suggest you check out Stone Cairns website as they teach a technique called CLARA, which stands for center, listen, affirm, respond, and add. Stone is an incredible teacher and these practice listening sessions are free! To learn more about Stone and the CLARA method, check out: https://www.findstonecairns.com
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Ep. 16 | Contrary Action to Cultivate the Opposite
10/21/2022
Ep. 16 | Contrary Action to Cultivate the Opposite
➡️➡️➡️Join me for Yoga of Twelve Step Recovery ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon In this episode of Luminous Recovery Yoga podcast, I explore the principle of contrary action. Basically, do the opposite. One of my favorite episodes of Seinfeld is "Opposite George." George realizes all of his instincts are wrong, so he does the opposite and has impeccable results. Sometimes, when we're changing our behaviors we don't know what the right action may be. So, we can try to do the opposite. If it feels like natural to be impulsive, what happens if you do nothing. If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got. This could be a way to try on new behaviors with low impact. It's also written in the Yoga Sutras (2.33). "When negative thoughts present themselves, cultivate the opposite."
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Ep. 15 | Boundaries Are a Container For Behavior
10/14/2022
Ep. 15 | Boundaries Are a Container For Behavior
➡️➡️➡️Join me for Yoga of Twelve Step Recovery ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon One of the most revolutionary things that I learned about boundaries is that they are to contain my own behavior. When I talk about this to most folks for the first time, they usually ask me to say it again slower. lol. It's a pretty interesting idea to consider that boundaries are not things I place on other, but rather tools for keeping myself in check.
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Ep. 14 | Practice T.H.I.N.K
10/07/2022
Ep. 14 | Practice T.H.I.N.K
➡️➡️➡️Join me for Yoga of Twelve Step Recovery ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon Last week, we discussed mantras, affirmations, and slogans. This week I share my favorite slogan called T.H.I.N.K. It stands for Thoughtful, Honest, Intelligent, Necessary, Kind. This is my five point checklist whenever I need to respond to something. Whatever text, email, or correspondence I'm engaged in needs to pass all five thresholds. When I do this, it keeps me out of trouble and in my own lane. Let me know if this works for you too!
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Ep. 13 | Mantras: Instruments For Thinking
09/30/2022
Ep. 13 | Mantras: Instruments For Thinking
➡️➡️➡️Join me for Yoga of Twelve Step Recovery ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon Slogans, affirmations, and mantras are instruments to guide our thinking. In this episode, I offer the Sanskrit meaning of the word "mantra" which means an instrument for thinking. This helps guide my understanding of how short, powerful phrases can pull our thinking out of obsession and downward spiral. What slogans, mantras, and affirmations work in your life today? Every episode includes a little bit of yoga for embodied understanding.
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Ep. 12 | Practice the Next Right Thing
09/23/2022
Ep. 12 | Practice the Next Right Thing
➡️➡️➡️Join me for Yoga of Twelve Step Recovery ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon In this episode of Luminous Recovery Yoga, I explore one of my favorite recovery concepts "do the next right thing." This helps me both on and off the yoga mat. When I practice doing the next right thing on my mat, it teaches me how to bring this into the rest of my life. Whether it's the next right pose to take or time for a rest, this is something that takes practice. When I do the next right thing, I become more available in the moment to the great unfolding of life.
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Ep. 11 | The Practice of Drishti, On and Off the Mat
09/16/2022
Ep. 11 | The Practice of Drishti, On and Off the Mat
➡️➡️➡️Join me for Yoga of Twelve Step Recovery ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon In this episode of Luminous Recovery Podcast I talk about the yogic principle and practice of drishti. Drishti is setting a focused gaze in the pose. I find that drishti helps me immensely on and off the mat. Anytime my mind starts to wander and I become lost in my thoughts, drishti brings me back to the present moment.
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Ep. 10 | The Tyranny of Should
09/09/2022
Ep. 10 | The Tyranny of Should
➡️➡️➡️Join me for Yoga of Twelve Step Recovery ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon In this episode of Luminous Recovery Yoga, I explore the word "should." Or as I like to say "should-ing all over." The definition of 'should': used to indicate obligation, duty, or correctness typically when criticizing someone's actions. How often are you "should-ing" on yourself and others? Where does this tend to come up for you?
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Ep. 09 | Wishing Things Were Different Causes Suffering
09/02/2022
Ep. 09 | Wishing Things Were Different Causes Suffering
➡️➡️➡️Join me for Yoga of Twelve Step Recovery ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon In this episode I share my experience, strength, and hope on the cause of suffering as laid out by the second noble truth of Buddhism. This ancient wisdom tells us that the root of suffering is wishing things were different and not accepting things as they are. This hit me like a ton of bricks this week. Every episode includes a little bit of yoga. I hope you enjoy it.
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Ep. 08 | Easy Does It
08/26/2022
Ep. 08 | Easy Does It
➡️➡️➡️Attend a Yoga of Twelve Step Recovery Meeting with Kari ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon If hard doesn't do, easy does it. This episode explores how easy does it helps me through the hard stuff. Life can be challenging, but often times I make it harder. We can get through challenging stuff without adding in the extra hard. Where in your life are you making it harder than it needs to be? Let me know in the comments.
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Ep. 07 | Getting Honest Aids Recovery
08/19/2022
Ep. 07 | Getting Honest Aids Recovery
➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon This episode gets real honest. I share things in this episode that I tend to leave out of my recovery story. Lately, I've been struggling. Part of my struggle is that I'm not sharing what's really going on. So, I'm going to share that now and with you. It takes courage to change, and the first part of that is becoming aware. Thank you for listening.
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Ep. 06 | Yoga and Recovery Help With Stinking Thinking
08/12/2022
Ep. 06 | Yoga and Recovery Help With Stinking Thinking
➡️➡️➡️Sign up for a FREE class with me ➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon This episode explores the topic of "stinking thinking." If you're familiar with the rooms of recovery, this is something you'll hear about. It references the idea that our thinking can become distorted and sometimes feels like it's turning on us. The practices of yoga, meditation, and recovery can help us to recognize when our thinking becomes distorted and we can choose something different. In this episode I reference the Alanon daily reader Courage to Change April 14th. Check out my website https://www.luminousrecoveryyoga.com
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Ep. 05 | Yoga and Recovery to Find Right-Size
08/06/2022
Ep. 05 | Yoga and Recovery to Find Right-Size
➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon There's an idea I've heard before in the rooms of recovery called "right-sizing." As I've worked to raise my self-esteem and self-awareness, this concept of right-sizing has helped me to find myself more clearly in the present. What do you think about right-sizing and how does this play out for you?
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Ep. 04 | Healing Our Relationship With the Present Moment
07/29/2022
Ep. 04 | Healing Our Relationship With the Present Moment
➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon In this episode I explore presence. I struggle with presence like every other modern human on earth. I explore different tools that help me to access presence. Breath and higher power are only available to me in the present moment. I am in the process of healing my relationship with the present moment.
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Ep. 03 | Yoga and the Twelve Steps to Process Grief
07/22/2022
Ep. 03 | Yoga and the Twelve Steps to Process Grief
➡️➡️➡️Join my Patreon In this episode I explore the grief I'm going through. In recovery we talk about "grief of the dream." Grief doesn't only happen when we experience death. Loss can often feel very similarly to death, even if everyone is alive and well. In this episode I share my recent experiences with grief and how I'm using yoga and my twelve step recovery to process this. Every episode is an exploration about how I use the Twelve Steps of recovery and yoga to manage the stress and beauty of life.
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