1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,040 Aaron and Danny to lifelong best friends, take turns, pick in 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,000 topics and they see where it ends. 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,440 So wild. It's weird and sometimes 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:11,480 specific. Whatever it is, you know it will 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:15,680 be terrific. It's hyperfixation time. 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,600 Hi everyone. Welcome back to Hyperfixation 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:19,840 Time. I'm Aaron. 8 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,960 And I'm Danny. And this is the podcast where we 9 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,200 go down some rabbit holes together each week. 10 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,880 The topic is led by one of us and the other person doesn't 11 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,880 know what it's going to be. And yeah, it could be any topic. 12 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:40,360 Weird, you know, weird, random, just you never know what it's 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:44,800 going to be. And today is Danny's turn and I 14 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,360 have no idea what it's going to be. 15 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:51,320 So let's catch up a little bit. First talk about our micro 16 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,760 fixations and then we can jump into it. 17 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:58,000 All right. Do you have any? 18 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,840 Do you have any? No, not really. 19 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:01,840 OK, I don't have anything either. 20 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:06,120 OK, I was gonna say like, what are fans called? 21 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,600 You know how people got, But I'm like, OK, we're not not ready 22 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:14,080 yet. But are you little fixators out 23 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:15,120 there? I don't know. 24 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,480 Yeah, fixators. What did I oh hype crew, that's 25 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,120 what I. Oh, that's cute. 26 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:22,840 We're not gonna need the hype crew. 27 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:28,320 That's funny though, I like it. Do you have any microfixation of 28 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:31,520 the week? Do you want a serious one or? 29 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:35,280 Do I get to choose again? Or like a completely just not 30 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,040 serious one. Yeah, serious or not serious, 31 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,920 Really. Mine I feel like is kind of not 32 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,880 serious. So should we be on theme this 33 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,040 week? Yep Yep, let's do it. 34 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:51,520 Mine is tops or long sleeve shirts or sweaters or, you know, 35 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,360 pullovers that have the hole for your thumb. 36 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:55,600 Oh. OK. 37 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,400 I only, I have like two or three of them and like they're 38 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,400 constantly in my rotation because I for some, especially 39 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,640 in the winter for some reason, I just really love having those 40 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,160 with the holes in it. I don't know what it is like. 41 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,000 It's like a dress with pockets for me, you know, like you get 42 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,920 excited about it. So yeah, I have been wearing, 43 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,560 I'm not wearing 1 today, but I was wearing 1:00 earlier this 44 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,680 week and I just was like, I'm obsessed with these. 45 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,760 I don't know why. So cozy it's. 46 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,480 Just cozy, yeah. It's funny that you say that 47 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,680 because I just got Leon a new winter coat today and it 48 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:33,240 actually has like a little extra sleeve where you can do that. 49 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,680 It has a little thumb hole and I put that on him and he was just 50 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:41,120 like yay, like so excited about it, thought it was the greatest 51 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,600 thing. No, you introduced him to it. 52 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,000 That's so funny. Good timing. 53 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,680 Do you have the microfixation? Yeah, so again, nothing too 54 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,920 crazy, nothing too serious, but essentially for Christmas I got 55 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:59,800 some new knives from my mom, some new kitchen knives, and 56 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:04,600 it's just really nice because we had some dull ass knives in 57 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,480 here. And now, like especially with 58 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:12,760 Dwight baking bread pretty often still like we didn't really have 59 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,840 a good bread knife. And now it's just like just 60 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,800 slice right through and you just get this nice clean cut bread. 61 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,640 And also you can cut like thinner slices, you know. 62 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,800 Mm Hmm. So it's a game changer, game 63 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,240 changer for sure. Yeah, I know. 64 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,400 I I need a new set of knives. I have like a few random ones 65 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:37,880 but famously my one of my sisters came over and she was 66 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,600 went to my like knife block and grabbed one to cut a lime in 67 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,520 half and they like just indented the lime. 68 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,760 Nice. So I was like, yeah, I should 69 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,480 probably get some new dives. So it's you just don't know what 70 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,360 you're missing until you have really good ones. 71 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:59,680 So that was good gifts though. I asked for it, but, you know, 72 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:00,600 good. Yeah. 73 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,240 I was like, I need these. And so thank you, Mom. 74 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,120 There you go. Wow. 75 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,680 Well, I think this is going to be like a record for us getting 76 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,680 through the beginning part of this episode, which is probably 77 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,840 good because I think I have a lot to talk about today. 78 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:21,079 So you're ready? Well, was there? 79 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,040 No, you didn't have a clue. Because you didn't change your 80 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:24,640 topic. Yeah, I changed it. 81 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,640 Yep. So my clues on the spot for you 82 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:35,800 will be that it's an activity I do that I don't really think you 83 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,880 do. Maybe you have a little bit, but 84 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:40,920 I don't really know. Is it running? 85 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:45,040 Not running a lot more OK. But you're kind of close though. 86 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:47,880 Some sort of like workout then or? 87 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:52,520 Some sort of physical activity? OK, I don't know. 88 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:53,760 Yeah. What is it? 89 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:58,440 Yoga. OK, I was going to guess that 90 00:04:58,440 --> 00:04:58,920 too. Dang it. 91 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,720 OK, I love yoga. Do you? 92 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,640 Yeah, I don't do it enough, but I need to get back into. 93 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,800 It well, hopefully this inspires you today because yeah, it's 94 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,360 definitely inspiring me to like keep up with practicing it. 95 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,640 I didn't realize that you, I don't know, like like I said, I 96 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,400 think in my head I thought you'd tried it maybe a little bit, but 97 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,200 you know, maybe not a lot. So like, what's your experience 98 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:26,520 with doing yoga? Only really at home for the most 99 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,800 part. So I just kind of, I will follow 100 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:35,080 like a YouTube video of an instructor typically just to, 101 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,040 you know, stretch and and whatnot. 102 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:42,840 I, I tried it every morning for a while and it was lovely, but I 103 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:44,600 don't know why it's like the cold shower thing. 104 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,480 Like I know it's good for me, so why don't I do it and like I 105 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:49,360 enjoy it I. Hear you. 106 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,360 Yeah. And I am somebody who doesn't 107 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:56,280 like to get like, I don't, I can't do a ton of cardio just 108 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:59,880 for health reasons and whatnot. So like, yoga is the perfect 109 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:04,360 thing for me to not get too like worked up, but also enough of a 110 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,320 workout that it it means something. 111 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,520 Yeah, I totally hear you. And like, one of my favorite 112 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,000 things about yoga is that you can like, do it while your eyes 113 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,520 are closed. Yeah. 114 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:16,560 Oh, you do? Yeah. 115 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:18,880 It's like half meditation, half yoga. 116 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,080 It is and that, you know, yoga actually involves a lot of 117 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,960 meditation. So for sure what I'm curious, 118 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,880 like do you follow a specific YouTube when you do the videos 119 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,760 or just like somebody random that you find? 120 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:33,720 Oh. There was I can't remember her 121 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:39,520 name but I I followed 1 one girl for a long time that was like I 122 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,440 just only watched her videos. Yeah, I'm gonna assume it's the 123 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,120 same one that I do. I want to go with Adrian. 124 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,800 Yes, OK. Yeah, Yeah, he has a dog, right? 125 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:49,360 Doesn't he? Yeah. 126 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,160 She has a dog named Benji. He's a, he's an Australian 127 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,160 Cattle Dog, Yeah. He's a blue Keeler. 128 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:57,880 OK. Yes, yes. 129 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,600 Yes, that's actually how he's gonna open the episode. 130 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:01,800 Was talking about her a little bit. 131 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:07,800 OK, it's so random that we both. Well, I think as we've learned, 132 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,760 it's not so random. Yeah, you're right. 133 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:10,920 You're right. Yes. 134 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,520 We're just so similar and also it's really not random because 135 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,000 she's like extremely popular. Yeah, yeah, OK. 136 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:25,520 So my yoga journey started in about, I think it was 2017. 137 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,800 I was experiencing a lot of like, shoulder pain at the time. 138 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:32,080 And I ended up going for a couple of massages to see if 139 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,320 that would help. And one of the massage 140 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,840 therapists was kind of like asking me questions about it. 141 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,200 And he was like, oh, you should try doing yoga like that. 142 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,840 Really like will strengthen the muscles back here and can really 143 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,880 help, like relieve a lot of shoulder pain. 144 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,800 And so I was, you know, pretty desperate for anything to help. 145 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:55,640 And so I just gave it a go and I stumbled upon Adrian. 146 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:59,200 I think like maybe I found her on a Reddit page like someone 147 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,960 recommending her. And I just followed like one of 148 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:08,080 her 30 day playlists basically. And pretty much my life has been 149 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:12,200 changed since then. Like I, I never thought, you 150 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:16,480 know, that I would love yoga as much as I do, but I like what 151 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,360 you were saying. Like it's just like a workout 152 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:23,080 that you feel good after. You do feel like the benefits of 153 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,480 a workout, but you don't necessarily get like all sweaty. 154 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,160 And it's not like like I can just go and do it in my living 155 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,720 room. I don't have to go anywhere or, 156 00:08:33,159 --> 00:08:37,120 you know, change really. It's just simple and, and it 157 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,880 feels good. And I like Adrian a lot. 158 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,360 Have you ever done like a in person class, yoga class or 159 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:45,320 anything? Me neither. 160 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,080 We have. I have a studio like 5 minutes 161 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,720 from me that I should go to but I haven't. 162 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,760 Yeah, it's just like not something I'm really interested 163 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:59,240 in. I'm the whole group setting of a 164 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,120 workout, like that's just not something I'm interested in. 165 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,440 I feel like I would just feel really self-conscious the whole 166 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,480 time and not really be able to focus on like what I'm actually 167 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,360 doing. And so, yeah, I feel like that 168 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,200 would take it like take a big portion of it away from me, 169 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:13,840 honestly. I think you're right too. 170 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,320 For me, yeah. I'd just be worried about what 171 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,200 everyone else is doing and if I'm doing it right or if I'm 172 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,120 doing it wrong. Or in the class. 173 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:23,800 Like I don't want someone like looking at my butt while I'm 174 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,880 doing downward dogs. Yeah, exactly. 175 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,960 I just, yeah, I don't think I'd be able to focus on the actual 176 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,440 class. But at the same time, like it's 177 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,960 something that I like. I should push myself and like 178 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,720 get out of the house more. So like maybe that would be 179 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,240 about to do that. Yeah, but I don't know, I think, 180 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:44,400 I think that. There's other ways the. 181 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:46,120 Cut. Yeah, exactly. 182 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,240 I think that there's a better route for me so. 183 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:54,280 All right, well, here's where it gets complicated, I guess. 184 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,800 So basically, you know, I was texting you last night and I was 185 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,840 like, this just ended up being a lot more complicated in my 186 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,240 research than I thought, to the point that I almost gave up 187 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:07,000 talking about this today. Like, you know, Yoga's history 188 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:13,200 is like thousands of years old and trying to like come up with 189 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:17,800 a way to like talk about that history in a format, you know, 190 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,680 that's going to be shortened and trying to get all the important 191 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:23,640 details in there and also understanding all the important 192 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,920 details. It was quite complicated. 193 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,080 I learned a lot of words that I didn't know before, a lot of 194 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:30,680 history that I didn't know before. 195 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,480 And hopefully you find this interesting today because I'm 196 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:35,880 going to deep dive into the history of yoga. 197 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,760 So we're going to talk about the history and then we are going to 198 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,920 talk kind of like about, you know, like different types of 199 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,480 yoga and that will be kind of like involved in the history of 200 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:49,920 it and just talking about like the benefits of yoga on the body 201 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:55,680 and also just kind of like modernized yoga as well. 202 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,440 OK. All right. 203 00:10:57,560 --> 00:10:58,960 I'm ready. Ready. 204 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,640 To learn. OK and here is my giant 205 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:06,280 disclaimer saying that I am not an expert. 206 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,880 People literally go to like school for this. 207 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:15,960 They study for years yoga and there's literally thousands of 208 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:17,640 years of history involved with this. 209 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:23,480 I'm doing my best we've. Had a fit fit it in one episode, 210 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:30,720 you know? OK, so yoga began somewhere 211 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,640 between like 2500 to 5000 years ago. 212 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:38,280 OK. And there is like a fact 213 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:42,360 floating around on the Internet that some of the earliest images 214 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:47,120 of yoga are on soapstone steels from the Indus Valley 215 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:51,040 archaeological site of Mohindo Daro in the third Millennium 216 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,240 BCE. And what you'll see like, like 217 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:58,160 carved on there is basically like a Yogi in a cross legged 218 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,320 posture, which would be the Lotus pose. 219 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:07,160 I did see elsewhere later that there's actually like no 220 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:11,600 detailed descriptions of asanas. Asanas are like the yoga poses, 221 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,040 basically. So just like the general 222 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,560 overarch overarching term for poses with yoga. 223 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,320 Yeah, yeah. I learned a lot of words. 224 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,880 So there's like no detailed descriptions of Asana's found in 225 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:31,240 Indian textual record prior to the end of first Millennium CE. 226 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:36,040 And so like they're saying that that image of somebody doing the 227 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:40,640 Lotus pose is like just speculate speculation that 228 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,320 that's a yoga pose. Like it's probably just like a 229 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,920 coincidence. Yeah, can't really confirm or 230 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:48,520 deny, obviously. Yeah. 231 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,920 Close. So wait, what is CEI? 232 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,320 Only know B, You know BC and AD? I've never heard of CE. 233 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:00,600 Common Era, Oh, secular alternative to AD. 234 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,440 OK, OK. Gotcha. 235 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,720 Well, learn something again. OK, so the original Sanskrit 236 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:13,440 translation of yoga means to yoke, and basically a yolk is 237 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,080 like a wooden cross piece that's fastened over the next of two 238 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,160 animals and attached to like a plow or a cart to pull, 239 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:25,440 typically like a bull, OK. Not an egg yolk. 240 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:30,520 Yeah, not an egg yolk, yolk yolk like Y OK. 241 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:35,360 I also actually thought that when I first read it. 242 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:41,000 And then over time, this definition just kind of evolved 243 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,640 to like actually mean it like the whole chariot itself. 244 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:48,240 So like the whole cart attached to the bulls. 245 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:54,040 And then it kind of evolved from that meaning like like a divine 246 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:58,800 chariot that like the gods would shuttle across the heavens on 247 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:00,120 yoga's. OK. 248 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:07,400 And then it evolved more where like Vedic priests describe 249 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,000 themselves as yoking their minds. 250 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:15,880 So like basically like attaching their minds, uniting their minds 251 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:19,320 to poetic inspiration and journeying within their minds 252 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:23,640 eye. Basically like standing on their 253 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:27,360 chariot shafts as they went forth on a vision quest across 254 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:31,360 the universe, OK. OK, so they run mushrooms and 255 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:35,200 I'm just like, no, I was trying to think like, how does it go 256 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:39,600 from a piece of farming equipment to this chariot to 257 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:44,200 then this practice of stretching and poses and all that stuff. 258 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:45,880 So. Hopefully you're kind of seeing 259 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:51,440 the like, I don't know the transition, the pipeline of no. 260 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,400 I don't I don't see how they're all I mean like I can see to 261 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:58,360 chariot makes sense, but then how does how does like farming 262 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,520 equipment go to like the gods? I guess you said but. 263 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:04,600 Yeah, I think that's like the important step that maybe I 264 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:06,640 didn't describe well enough. Oh, no. 265 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:08,760 So it's just, you know, basically they. 266 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,320 Just feels like a leap. Oh, yeah. 267 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:15,520 So like this chariot just kind of the idea of this became this 268 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,400 like, yeah, godly chariot that they're going across the 269 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:20,920 universe on, you know what I mean? 270 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:24,480 And then, OK, that kind of began to like represent this like 271 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,240 mind's eye. Do you know what I mean? 272 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:29,600 It's like a vision. Yeah. 273 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:32,480 It's like very, like meditative spiritual. 274 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,600 And we know that those are very related to yoga, you know? 275 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:38,480 Yeah, OK. There is. 276 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,480 Still think it's this bit of a stretch, but that's all right. 277 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,960 And and remember also, this happens over a lot of time. 278 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,600 So yeah, exactly. And there's actually a quote 279 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:51,520 here that I found that I feel like does a better job of 280 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:52,920 explaining this. Maybe, hopefully. 281 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,160 Hopefully this helps. So basically, just as a yoke is 282 00:15:56,160 --> 00:16:00,280 a mechanism of control and unity, yogic practice is a 283 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:04,560 mechanism of controlling the body, breath, senses and mind to 284 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,960 enable more effective meditation for the purpose of liberation. 285 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:10,120 OK. Did that help? 286 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,080 I mean, I, I understood like when you were explaining it too. 287 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,000 It just still it does feel like just I don't know it. 288 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,080 That's an interesting, but like you said over time, so. 289 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:26,120 OK, so now do you know what Vedanta is? 290 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:31,560 OK, so I had to do research on this as well, but basically it's 291 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:35,320 like one of the world's most ancient spiritual philosophies 292 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,880 based on the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of India. 293 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,880 It is a philosophical, philosophical foundation of 294 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:47,080 Hinduism and basically it's universal in its application, 295 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,800 equally relevant to all countries, cultures, and 296 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:54,680 religious backgrounds. It affirms a person's oneness of 297 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:59,760 existence, divinity in the soul, and harmony of all religions. 298 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,680 Basically, you just kind of have to understand like that 299 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,079 spiritual philosophy a little bit as we move forward. 300 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:14,680 And then there's Upanishads, which are texts of the Vedanta. 301 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:20,760 OK, So it's basically like, you know, the written words related 302 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,760 to this spiritual philosophy. OK. 303 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,640 So these upanishads address metaphysical questions about 304 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,400 reality. All right. 305 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:36,640 And there is an important one called Katha Upanishad, written 306 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:41,720 in 3rd century BCE. And in this Upanishad, basically 307 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:46,240 the God of death, Yama reveals the entire yoga regimen. 308 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:52,040 God of Death is responsible for yoga at this point. 309 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,200 At this point. This is like one of the first, 310 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,680 you know, written, Yeah, texts about yoga. 311 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:03,720 OK, so basically in this Upanishad it states, it says 312 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,240 that states of consciousness are tantamount to ascension through 313 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,520 levels of outer space. Basically, yoga is a technique 314 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:14,600 for inner and outer ascent. So at this point, you know, 315 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:19,000 it's, it's very spiritual. We're not anywhere close to like 316 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,800 what we're thinking of yoga as today, OK? 317 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,520 It's going to be a state of mind almost, you know? 318 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:28,320 Yep, OK. In this Upanishad, it's like the 319 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,280 introduction of mantras. Do you know what mantras are? 320 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:33,240 Yeah. Like things that you say to 321 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:37,600 yourself or that are maybe other people also have a mantra that's 322 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,240 similar or something like that. Yeah, basically like, you know, 323 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:43,520 it's like a string of words, a phrase. 324 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:47,000 Usually like positive, you know, like. 325 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:49,280 Yeah. Right for the most. 326 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:51,880 Part And I think like at this point, you know, it's probably 327 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,600 more spiritual leaning. Spiritual, yeah. 328 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:59,560 OK, so then after this point, there is a burst of textual 329 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,920 references of yoga in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist sources. 330 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,320 And like basically most of the principles of yoga theory 331 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,560 formulated during this time. And this is a long period of 332 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,680 time, by the way. So it's like over, you know, 333 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,480 probably like 700 years or so. These following texts come out. 334 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,160 One of them is Yoga Cara School of Maya. 335 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,800 Maya. Oh my God, it's going to be a 336 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,480 lot of that today. It's. 337 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:34,080 Mahayana Buddhism Yoga Cara means yoga practice and in this 338 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:38,040 text, basically it teaches systematic analysis of 339 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:42,800 perception and consciousness with meditative disciplines. 340 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,280 Sorry. And then what? 341 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:51,760 I said disciplines I. Thought it was going to say 342 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,520 disciples. Yeah, OK. 343 00:19:55,600 --> 00:20:00,600 So I started reading it OK and then another one is the Jane 344 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:06,640 source of yoga which. Why does the name Jane keep 345 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,120 coming up in our. Topics like that too. 346 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,320 OK. And this is spelled Jain. 347 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:18,160 IN OK rhymes with or like rain. And I did look it up. 348 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:24,920 It is pronounced Jane. The Jane source of Yoga is text 349 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:30,600 written by Uma Swati in the 4th or 5th century called Tatvartha 350 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,800 Sutra Tatvartha Sutra and basically in here it says that 351 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,360 yoga is activity of the body, speech and mind through 352 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:39,760 meditation. OK. 353 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:45,200 And then a really big one is the Yoga Sutras, OK? 354 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:50,080 And this was written by Sage Patanjali in somewhere around 355 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:54,760 500 BCE. Basically, this text compiled 356 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,920 existing teachings of yoga in like an understandable way 357 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:01,720 because up until this point, yoga teachings were just kind of 358 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,160 like all over the place. And basically Sage Patanjali 359 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,800 wanted to like to make it understandable. 360 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:09,960 OK. And he? 361 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,960 Source of truth almost or like. Yeah. 362 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:15,920 Let's let's get us all like on the same page or similar pages 363 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:16,760 at least. Yeah. 364 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,840 And so he's actually considered like, the father of yoga for 365 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:21,600 writing this. OK. 366 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:24,760 This is an India still or? Yes, yes. 367 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,280 OK. Pretty much all of this is in 368 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,080 India, I thought. OK, I thought so. 369 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,400 I just was. Yeah, no, it's good to confirm. 370 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:35,000 And then so in that text, he goes over like 8 components of 371 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,080 yoga. And he said, like, essentially 372 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,960 the overarching theme here is that yoga is the control of the 373 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,360 conscious mind and mental operations. 374 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:48,480 And these 8 components are like they're considered 8 limbs of 375 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:49,840 yoga. Oh. 376 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:57,000 And it's called Ashtanga yoga, or I also saw Raja Yoga, and it 377 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:01,200 kind of saw these names used interchangeably, mostly using 378 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,400 the term Ashtanga because I believe that that means 8 limbs. 379 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,560 And so I'm going to go over what those 8 limbs are. 380 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,560 Now, you've probably heard some of these terms before. 381 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,200 Yeah. So the first one is called yama 382 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:17,720 which means restraint from unethical actions and niyama 383 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,080 which is observance of positive actions. 384 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,240 The next one is or those were two. 385 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:27,200 But the next one is asana which is the physical postures, 386 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:31,880 pranayama which is breath control and then pradiyahara 387 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,920 which is sense sense withdrawal. And then there's dharana, which 388 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:41,120 is concentration, Diana, which is meditation, samadhi, which is 389 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:43,840 absorption with the divine. Have you heard any of those? 390 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,880 Before I feel like Asana, I've heard before. 391 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,400 We mentioned it at the beginning of this episode. 392 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,440 Did we? Yeah, well, I was saying that 393 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,200 that was the physical postures, like the, Oh yeah, actually yoga 394 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,920 poses, right? Those are called Asana. 395 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:03,600 Oh, you're right. Sorry, the one that I was like, 396 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,320 I definitely heard, you know, before looking this up was 397 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,680 pranayama, which Yoga with Adrian. 398 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,240 She actually mentions quite a bit, like I don't know, in some 399 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:15,400 of her videos she actually has like more pranayama practices 400 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,640 where you're doing breath control, where you're kind of 401 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,600 like holding the breath and you know, doing different reading 402 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,280 techniques. OK. 403 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:27,000 Anyways, those are important for anyone's understanding of like 404 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,640 what yoga is and like the history of yoga. 405 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:35,160 And then after that in 10th century CE, we see the rise of 406 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,920 Tantra practices and these are basically raising consciousness 407 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:43,760 to level of God consciousness. So it gets really like spiritual 408 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,360 and meditative here as well. It's really complicated. 409 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,800 This is one that like I'm really simplifying. 410 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:52,720 There is like a whole idea where they're like a Yogi. 411 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:57,840 You know, a person doing yoga could like tap into like the 412 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:02,480 spirit of somebody else and like tap into a Serpentine energy 413 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:07,560 called kundalini, which like is like a, you know, like a serpent 414 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,640 that starts at the root of the human spine. 415 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,920 It's like an energy source and tantric yoga. 416 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,160 It was very interesting to read about. 417 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,800 So there's exoteric practices, which would be like 418 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,760 visualization, pure ritual offerings, worship, use of 419 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,760 mantras. And then the esoteric practices 420 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,040 were crazy. There would be like real or 421 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,600 symbolic consumption of forbidden substances and sexual 422 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,560 transactions with forbidden partners. 423 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,840 And basically this was seen as like a fast track to self 424 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,520 deification. So like becoming godly? 425 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,040 A God. OK, so does it have to do like 426 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,080 Tantra has to do with like tantric? 427 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,360 Sex. Isn't there like, yeah, tantric 428 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:55,600 sex is the thing, OK? And so like I said, they would 429 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,960 consume forbidden substances. Any guesses what the forbidden 430 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:03,640 substances are? Well, the first thing that comes 431 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,120 to mind, but I don't know if this is in India, is Ayahuasca 432 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,240 or something. So yes, I don't, I think that's 433 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,000 only like South America. So my hint for you is think of 434 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:20,760 like human liquids. So many thoughts right now, OK? 435 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:22,280 Yeah, well, they're probably right. 436 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,760 Oh, like, wait, I thought, OK. Yeah, the forbidden substances 437 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:30,840 would be like semen, menstrual bread, feces, urine or human 438 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:32,480 flesh bread. Yeah, you know. 439 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,880 OK, I was not OK. I was like, that was where my 440 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:36,720 brain went. But then I was like, oh, I'm 441 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:38,120 just being. No, that's why I was like, 442 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:40,120 you're, you're right. Whatever you're thinking, it's 443 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:43,600 right. I was like coffee, right? 444 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,080 I thought it was like something that you drink. 445 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,760 I know when I got to this part in my reading, I was like, what? 446 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,000 This is crazy. And so basically there's those 447 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:58,080 two different ideas. There's the exoteric practices 448 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:03,000 which were like kind of more pure, and then these esoteric 449 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,320 practices which were like more, yeah, freaky, forbidden. 450 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,800 And then there was some tantric scriptures that would basically 451 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:15,880 urge people to balance the two. OK, do both, but find your 452 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,200 balance. Yeah. 453 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:21,800 So, yeah, this kind of gave a rise to the idea of tantric yoga 454 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,280 and yogi's being kind of almost evil. 455 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,320 I don't know. There was a lot of stuff that 456 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,680 was I was reading about that was kind of interesting where they 457 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,360 were just like talking about the image of a Yogi at like a 458 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:37,120 graveyard doing almost like black magic even. 459 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,880 Like witchy or something. It's pretty interesting. 460 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:42,520 Question. Yes. 461 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:46,520 Was it always were people that do yoga always called yogis? 462 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,200 Well, not always, but I mean like is that. 463 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:49,440 No. Is that? 464 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,640 Something we made-up in in the Western culture or is that 465 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,320 actually? It's not something we made-up in 466 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,720 Western culture. It is complicated. 467 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,960 And I don't want to, like, give you a good answer to it because 468 00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:02,080 it had to do with this time period. 469 00:27:02,360 --> 00:27:05,600 And the idea of, like, a Yogi now is just like somebody doing 470 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,760 yoga is not historically accurate. 471 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,400 It was actually like a whole different thing. 472 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,760 OK. So, yeah, just about if you're 473 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:17,280 interested, yeah. Not related to Yogi Bear, I 474 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:22,080 don't. Know OK so then the next form of 475 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:27,520 yoga that we see is hatha yoga and basically this is yoga a 476 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,760 forceful exertion. It was developed between the 477 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:35,560 10th and 11th centuries CE and it really focuses on breath 478 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:39,640 control like with periods of holding breath and very fixed 479 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,280 pastors those the saunas that we mentioned. 480 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,520 OK. And you know, remember when I 481 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:51,560 mentioned the 8 limbs before? So Hatha yoga basically is very 482 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:55,320 similar to that style of yoga that was Ashtanga yoga. 483 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,320 So Hatha yoga is very similar to that, except it's six limbs. 484 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:02,560 So it basically takes that and it subtracts the limbs. 485 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,960 Yama and Niyama, which we're focused on basically your 486 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:11,280 personal actions more so. OK, so when did it make its way 487 00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:13,400 over the ocean and come to the US? 488 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,920 So there is a man named Swami Vivekan. 489 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,120 I got to say it fast and confidentially. 490 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:26,240 Yes. Swami Vivekananda He introduced 491 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:30,960 yoga to the US in the year 1892 at the World Conference on 492 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,840 Religions in Chicago. Whoa. 493 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:35,200 Yeah, pretty close to us actually. 494 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,400 Yeah, in Chicago. And yeah, I didn't realize it 495 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,520 was actually that long ago. I thought it would be a little 496 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,680 bit more recent so. Well, it's had an evolution over 497 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,960 the last, you know, however many years. 498 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,560 Some call him the founder of modern yoga. 499 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,160 OK. And he, his like style of yoga 500 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:56,040 was kind of a rehabilitation of Raja yoga, which again was kind 501 00:28:56,040 --> 00:29:01,720 of that Ashtanga yoga. He had a disdain for Hatha yoga, 502 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:06,040 which was at like at by this point hatha yoga was kind of 503 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,440 largely forgotten in India already. 504 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,120 Like they were not really practicing that over there. 505 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,560 Yeah. So that was Vivekananda. 506 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:20,040 The next influential person was Krishnamakkarya. 507 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:27,040 So he basically was more interested in hatha yoga and he, 508 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,760 like I said, they weren't really practicing it in India at this 509 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:32,600 point, and that's where he lived. 510 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:37,120 So he travelled to Tibet to like, find practitioners of 511 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:40,880 hatha yoga. And then after that, he became a 512 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,120 yoga teacher at Sanskrit College in Mysore, India. 513 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:48,240 So in Tibet they were they were practicing the Hatha yoga then 514 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,920 or they just. He found, at least he found some 515 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:56,040 people that were and so he, so this person actually never came 516 00:29:56,040 --> 00:30:00,080 to the US, but basically his style of yoga became so 517 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,600 influential. He taught yoga that basically it 518 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:07,840 combined asana, the postures with British military, 519 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,680 calisthenics, regional gymnastic and wrestling traditions of 520 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:16,360 southwestern India. So you can imagine that's kind 521 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,960 of more of like a workout, right, than like a lot of these 522 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,840 other practices that I've mentioned so far. 523 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:26,000 His style of yoga was later turned vinyasa yoga. 524 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,200 You've heard it. Something yeah, Vinyasa isn't 525 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,840 that. Yoga with Adrian or like says 526 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,960 that term, we're going to move through a vinyasa, she says. 527 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,600 And so this is like a form of yoga where you can actually like 528 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:41,200 build physical fitness. And with this type of yoga, 529 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:44,920 basically the movements between each asana should be considered 530 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,640 just significant, like as opposed themselves. 531 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,360 Oh, I see. Which I really like personally. 532 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,720 I was going to say I really like that too, because like even just 533 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,560 doing like workouts at the gym and stuff like that, it's so 534 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:03,480 important, like your posture, your form, and it's not just the 535 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,200 act of the lifting of the weights. 536 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,760 If you're doing that. It's like the whole thing that 537 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,400 comes, you know, I'm not, yeah, saying I'm not saying anything 538 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:14,840 revolutionary, but it just makes sense that it, it's the whole 539 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:16,360 thing. You have to focus on it all. 540 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,840 And so like this is basically saying like, you know, you're 541 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,400 doing downward dog and then you're going to go to tree pose. 542 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,320 Like it's not just like, OK, now we're doing this pose. 543 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,560 It's like how flows move. Yeah, it flows. 544 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,400 How can we move to that position from this position? 545 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:38,040 And you're basically using breath in time with the 546 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,520 movement, which again, I feel like you'll go with Adrian. 547 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:43,440 This is really like what she does. 548 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:47,200 She always teaches that like, OK, you know, do this and 549 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,440 breathe in, do this and breathe out. 550 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,880 And then and she'll say like, OK, let's move through a vinasa. 551 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,040 And now I know, like what that means, which I love. 552 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,640 And like she'll usually say that when you're moving from kind of 553 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:02,960 like a plank down to the cobra and then up to downward dog. 554 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:08,240 I love that process. Yeah, yeah, I really like that 555 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:09,920 too. I think it's I, I like that, 556 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,440 like you said, she does both like the breath work too, 557 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:15,120 especially for people with anxiety. 558 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,280 I think breath work is very important. 559 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,920 And yeah, I was going to talk about that a little bit later 560 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,680 too. Like why I really appreciate the 561 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,920 learning about breathing and everything as well. 562 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,000 Yeah. And I, I was trying to Google 563 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:33,320 our my assumptions about what yoga with Adrian is doing 564 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,240 correct. And yeah, basically people said 565 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,720 like she does hatha with slow vinyasa. 566 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,400 So like if you find another instructor instructor, they 567 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,080 might consider themselves as doing Vinyasa yoga, but like 568 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,960 maybe it would be like a lot faster, like still focusing on 569 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:54,200 the in between moments, but just faster, more of a workout, you 570 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:55,600 know? Yep, OK. 571 00:32:56,080 --> 00:33:01,640 That was Krishnamakaria, and he had three leading disciples that 572 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:05,720 introduced their own variations on his techniques in the 1950s. 573 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:10,400 So he was super influential. And then he had three more 574 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,520 people under him that were super influential themselves. 575 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,720 And these three disciples are basically what defined the 576 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:21,320 postural yoga that's like now swept the world, you know? 577 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,720 Yeah, like we know of it as today more so. 578 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:29,640 Exactly 1 of the three was Padabi Joyce. 579 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:37,320 He was alive from 1915 to 2009, and he coined like another type 580 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:41,280 of yoga that he also called Ashtanga yoga. 581 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,680 But if you're ever trying to figure out which one is which, 582 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,600 because that was already like a previous yoga that I mentioned, 583 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,160 Joyce's Ashtanga has a capital A. 584 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,440 Capital A. That's the difference, yeah. 585 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,000 That's the difference. And basically his yoga is like a 586 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:02,440 set of choreographed sequences with no variability or freedom. 587 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,880 Like it's like if you're, if you're doing his routine, this 588 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:09,080 is. It it has to be exact or OK? 589 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:10,480 How? Do you feel about that? 590 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:12,960 I don't like that as much, yeah, either. 591 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,560 I think I like a little bit more like relaxed, you know, or yes, 592 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,639 not as I feel like that's a pressure. 593 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,159 It's like a dance routine versus right? 594 00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:27,159 Nice, you know, soothing stretch and exercise at least. 595 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:33,120 What Adrian always says is find what feels good and she very 596 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,800 much encourages you to feel free to like do what you want during 597 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,280 her video. She'll be kind of like, you 598 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,080 know, if you're we're in this pose, maybe you try this, maybe 599 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,679 you try this or, and she always just says like, find what feels 600 00:34:43,679 --> 00:34:46,560 good. And I love that, you know, and 601 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,960 it inspires you to like find what feels good outside of her 602 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:51,800 videos. Like maybe something in your 603 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,159 body is feeling a little bit sore. 604 00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:55,800 Like, let me just kind of move around, you know, that body part 605 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,440 and play with it a little bit and see if it it feels better. 606 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,320 And I don't know. Yeah, I like the freedom. 607 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,080 Yes, that she brings. That's what I was just going to 608 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:06,120 say, like it's up, it's up to you still like I'm going to 609 00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:10,360 guide you, but you are still able to do what you think is 610 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,240 right or think that you know works best for you. 611 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:17,680 Everyone's different. So those are like, you know, 612 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,160 that that's most of the history there. 613 00:35:20,240 --> 00:35:24,480 You got all that and then we kind of reach like closer to 614 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:28,520 today or, you know, modern yoga. Some fads that I just wanted to 615 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:30,640 talk about real quick because I think they're interesting is 616 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:34,440 like Vikram Yoga. Yeah, I was going to ask about 617 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:35,080 that. What? 618 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,920 What does that mean? So it's similar to the last 619 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,160 thing I mentioned, where it's like a sequence of poses. 620 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,960 They always do the same thing but it's hot yoga. 621 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:49,400 Have you heard of this? Yes, my nightmare. 622 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:50,680 No, I know I could. Never. 623 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,480 I could. Never, I didn't even realize. 624 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,840 Like I've never, you know, been interested in trying it, but 625 00:35:56,040 --> 00:36:00,640 apparently the room is 105° with 40% humidity. 626 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,640 I would have a panic attack. Seriously. 627 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,360 Like no thank you. I don't like. 628 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,520 Question, are you somebody that like enjoys saunas, like have 629 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,120 you ever seen the appeal of that? 630 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,280 I don't like being hot. I know I. 631 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:19,240 I feel like, I feel like being like, too hot is actually what 632 00:36:19,240 --> 00:36:20,840 causes me to panic. So. 633 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:22,080 Totally. Yeah. 634 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,760 So that's why it's like, I mean, I'll go in a sauna, but like, I 635 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:27,240 don't seek them out. I do like, a hot tub every once 636 00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:28,760 in a while. Yeah, but same. 637 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,920 That's about as far as I'll go. So hot yoga sounds like a 638 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,400 nightmare. You'd have to pay me $20,000 to 639 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:36,640 go. Really. 640 00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:43,640 No, probably like 5, but still. Like $5. 641 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,440 No, 5000. I would have to take my 5000 642 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,120 yeah to do it. I would do it for. 643 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,480 Like having panic. Attacks just like you think it 644 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,560 would be that bad you would have a panic attack possibly. 645 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,040 Yes. And then if there's other people 646 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:57,400 around. That's fair. 647 00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,560 Yeah. I don't like the idea but I 648 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,120 think I'm on the less extreme end than you are. 649 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,680 But like I would do it for a lot less. 650 00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:07,920 Like what? Like 100 bucks, like what I 651 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:09,560 would if someone isn't paying. Yeah, why not? 652 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,560 Like, OK, whatever, let's go do this thing. 653 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:14,480 I'm not gonna be happy about it, but I'm I'm making money off of 654 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,760 this, so whatever, OK? That's fair. 655 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,800 Yeah, I say that like I'm all talk, but yeah. 656 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:24,040 If someone presented you. Yeah, maybe not 100, though. 657 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,120 I don't think that that's fair. Yes, depends on the day and what 658 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:32,960 state they're catching me in. Well, anyways, the idea of the 659 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:37,120 hot room is that the sweat flushes out toxins and helps you 660 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,320 lose weight. OK I was curious if that was the 661 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:43,840 reason is like because you don't normally sweat a ton with yoga 662 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:48,160 so this is what makes you sweat. That is the purpose. 663 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:50,680 Interesting. Yeah, I didn't look into if it's 664 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,600 successful or not, but you know. Yeah. 665 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:54,760 And if it's your thing, no judgment. 666 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:55,600 It's just no. Gosh. 667 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,720 Yeah, we just don't like the heat. 668 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:01,560 We like yoga, obviously. And then another couple fads 669 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,360 that I just had to mention was dog yoga or goat yoga. 670 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,680 Have you ever seen that? Yeah, like on a farm or 671 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:08,600 something. And then the goats will baby 672 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,840 goats will jump on you or you'll have puppies around or 673 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:12,760 something. I know. 674 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,080 I see a lot of shelters doing puppy yoga. 675 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:17,720 Yeah, Yeah. To like raise adoption 676 00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:20,680 awareness. If I ever had a farm I would 677 00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:24,640 100% do that. Yeah, yeah, I think you could 678 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:28,800 definitely find me at a yoga class for those reasons, you 679 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:30,520 know? Yeah, like outside, more 680 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:33,000 breathable. I just mean like I want a goat 681 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,400 standing on me. Are you kidding me? 682 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,800 That's hilarious. Hey that goat, I would like it 683 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:42,280 standing on me, right? Now I do that cow with a goat on 684 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:45,760 top of me. I'm gonna do it, I just need a 685 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:47,200 goat. That's so funny. 686 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,200 Yeah, that would be the only way to get me probably to go to a 687 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,280 class. Like seriously, it would be if 688 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,720 it has the animal involvement. I as long as everybody's like, 689 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:57,800 they're not forcing them, the goats are just. 690 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,360 They can do what they want. Yeah, Yeah, they want, which I 691 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,320 think that they are for the most part, but you know, yeah, 692 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:05,720 there's just wanna make sure that they're consenting to it as 693 00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:06,160 well. Yeah. 694 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:09,000 I. Feel like, yeah, I would just 695 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:12,400 end up being the person in the puppy yoga that's just like in 696 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:16,200 the back of the room, given up on my yoga and just petting the 697 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,880 puppy. I'd be like in bridesmaids where 698 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:20,560 she takes like. Oh my gosh. 699 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,880 Yeah, I. Like having seven dogs, I can't. 700 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,240 I can't leave without them, we mean. 701 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:31,920 So yeah, it's pretty mainstream in the US now and everywhere 702 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,360 really. It's often associated with 703 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:40,400 leisure travel, healing spas and seminars on Eastern Eastern 704 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,240 spirituality. Some have said it's India's 705 00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:47,200 greatest cultural exports, which I could totally see. 706 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,520 Yeah. And pretty much like what we 707 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:55,720 think of yoga now, only dates back, you know, 150 years. 708 00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:01,880 Or so, yeah, yeah, right. It is more modern than yeah, but 709 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:04,600 with the very deep history behind it. 710 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:09,440 I wanted to talk a little bit about like cultural 711 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:13,200 appropriation because I, I just kind of know that that's a 712 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,800 conversation that's out there. And so I just wanted to make 713 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,200 sure I include that and get the opinion of somebody. 714 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,960 So the opinion I got was from Nadia Gulani. 715 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,920 She wrote an opinion article for The Guardian and she's a yoga 716 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:31,680 instructor herself. And here is what she had to say. 717 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:35,800 So she said modern yoga offers many of the same promises, like 718 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:39,080 basically, as you know, old spiritual yoga. 719 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:42,240 OK, so modern yoga offers many of the same promises. 720 00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:45,480 As a physical practice, it can be a powerful antidote to our 721 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:48,240 frenetic lives. But its incarnation as a quick 722 00:40:48,240 --> 00:40:51,680 fix to a clearer mind and buff body is coming at a cost. 723 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,800 While the deeply disturbing trend of cultural appropriation 724 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:58,320 often dominates the headlines, commercial interests have the 725 00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,440 industry in a chokehold. It may look like yoga is 726 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,320 everywhere and that everyone is doing it, but accessibility 727 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,840 remains a stubborn issue on the whole. 728 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:10,160 Classes are expensive and many people aren't getting through 729 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,600 the studio door because they simply can't afford it. 730 00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,920 Others tell me they feel unwelcome or excluded. 731 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,320 There is a serious lack of a diversity among yoga teachers 732 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,600 and students, something I notice every time I walk into a studio 733 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,000 in the UK and often further afield. 734 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:28,240 In 2020, a large survey published in the British Medical 735 00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:33,080 Journal found 70% of respondents had experienced positive 736 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,760 lifestyle changes as a result of their yoga practice, including 737 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,520 improved physical and mental health, reduced stress levels 738 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,880 and better sleep. But the authors noted the 739 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:43,600 majority of respondents were women. 740 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:47,000 White, well educated participants rated themselves as 741 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:51,080 above average in terms of subjective social status. 40% of 742 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:54,720 the sample were yoga teachers. Yeah, it does seem like it. 743 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,400 I don't wanna say basic white girl, but no. 744 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:02,480 It is, and I just wanted to make sure that everybody knows that 745 00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,480 here I am, another white girl and everyone about yoga, you 746 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:06,480 know? That's an interesting 747 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,600 conversation though about the appropriation of it. 748 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,680 Yeah. And I guess I just don't 749 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:15,240 understand how that even happened, really. 750 00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:17,920 You know what I mean? Because if you think about yoga, 751 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:21,640 you don't need any equipment. Like, it shouldn't be this thing 752 00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:26,480 that's like hard for people to have access to essentially. 753 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:31,400 Well, and also now with YouTube, like we talked about with, yeah, 754 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:34,920 before, I'm sure you could get a book and just do the poses or 755 00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:39,240 something too, right? Or like, I mean, workout videos 756 00:42:39,240 --> 00:42:41,240 have existed for a long time already too. 757 00:42:41,240 --> 00:42:43,960 Like I'm sure. I think that I even had a, my 758 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:47,160 mom had like a yoga VHS. Oh really. 759 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,600 And like, I think I tried it. I didn't really like it that 760 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,640 much because to me, that style of yoga, whatever it was, like 761 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:55,520 just didn't feel like it was doing anything to me. 762 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,640 Like I didn't feel it in my body. 763 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,200 I was like when I do a Yoga with Adrian video, like I feel so 764 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:01,960 much better after. But yeah. 765 00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:05,360 And like, I think that that just shows like you have to find the 766 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:07,080 instructor that's going to work well for you. 767 00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:11,520 But yeah, basically the point being, yes, you need a yoga mat, 768 00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:13,360 but you really don't need a yoga mat. 769 00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:15,080 You know, you can do it on the floor. 770 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,360 That's fine. There's no equipment that you 771 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:19,120 need. You just need somebody to show 772 00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:21,400 you what to do. And I mean, once you know what 773 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:25,280 to do, you don't even need that. I do so many yoga poses and 774 00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:28,640 stuff all the time because I've been watching so many Yoga with 775 00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:31,280 Adrian videos for years. Like I don't really need her 776 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:32,480 anymore. Right. 777 00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:37,080 I still like to watch her because like it, it's different. 778 00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:38,640 You know, yeah. Like. 779 00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:41,200 Sometimes it's nice to not think about it, you know not. 780 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,560 Yeah, exactly. And she'll kind of like make you 781 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:46,160 hold the pose for maybe longer than you would otherwise. 782 00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,720 Or true, but. Yeah, that makes sense, though. 783 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:52,440 But you can, yeah, you you get to know the vinyasa of it all 784 00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:57,040 and can put it together. I remember I got to that point 785 00:43:57,040 --> 00:44:00,680 too, of just being like, OK, now this isn't it, you know, run 786 00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:01,880 through it. But you're right. 787 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,880 I think that having a little bit of a, it's not accountability 788 00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:09,600 because they obviously can't see you, but it's also like, bear 789 00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,800 with you. Yeah, a little bit of a, well, 790 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,040 she told me to do, you know, just being told what to do, I 791 00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:18,760 guess. So, yeah, I think I don't really 792 00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:22,600 understand, you know, why it is so like white dominated, why it 793 00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:25,720 is so female dominated. I think that more men should try 794 00:44:25,720 --> 00:44:27,720 it. And I feel like there's a little 795 00:44:27,720 --> 00:44:30,240 bit of sexism there because I feel like it's just kind of 796 00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:34,440 like, oh, that's a girl's thing. Like that's a girl's activity. 797 00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:38,160 I'm not going to do that. You know what I mean? 798 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,440 Yeah, for sure. I was just going to say. 799 00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:44,760 Well, two things came to mind. First, before PJ and I were 800 00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:49,760 dating him and his friend, another guy signed for a yoga 801 00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:54,880 Class 1 semester to meet girls. That's really funny. 802 00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:59,520 And then another thing I was going to say is, but like, you 803 00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:02,320 know, the survey that was taken, people sometimes didn't feel 804 00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:04,160 welcome. So do men just not like it? 805 00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:06,520 Does it go both ways? Do men not feel welcome to go to 806 00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:07,160 the East? Yeah. 807 00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:08,800 You know. Probably like. 808 00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:12,000 Then usually on the women's side for 100% but I could also see. 809 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,560 Oh, I think like, I don't think that probably a lot of men are 810 00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:19,240 are discounting it. How do I put it consciously 811 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,040 almost. I think they're maybe like. 812 00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:24,800 It's just like yoga girl like. Exactly. 813 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:28,360 Yeah, or, and like, I don't know, I think maybe they just 814 00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:29,520 won't. They just don't think they're 815 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:31,560 going to even get anything out of it either. 816 00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:34,640 Or yeah, like you said, maybe they feel less welcome. 817 00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:37,200 They don't want to stick out. But try it out, guys. 818 00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:41,560 Again, just find a video online. If you don't like, you'll go 819 00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:43,800 with Adrian. Go find a guy instructor if that 820 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:47,000 makes you feel better. But like, there's so many people 821 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:48,840 making videos on there now. Exactly. 822 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:50,560 You can, yeah. Like even to your point of 823 00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:53,320 anybody like just find the right the instructor that works for 824 00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,600 you in general, yeah. Yeah, try it out. 825 00:45:56,640 --> 00:46:00,520 And one thing I do like about yoga with Adrienne again is that 826 00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:03,040 she does use a lot of inclusive language. 827 00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:05,720 I feel especially towards, like, different body types, because I 828 00:46:05,720 --> 00:46:07,760 think that that's another way that people might not feel 829 00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:09,400 welcome. They think that yoga is like 830 00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:11,560 just for skinny girls, you know what I mean? 831 00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:15,240 Because like, maybe they're not flexible enough or, you know, 832 00:46:15,240 --> 00:46:17,480 like their body just can't do these certain things. 833 00:46:17,720 --> 00:46:21,320 The point is, my body can't do a lot of that stuff either, you 834 00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:23,080 know what I mean? And everybody is different. 835 00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:26,200 And like, my legs, it's really hard for them to be straight. 836 00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:29,320 My knees just like, to bend, you know what I mean? 837 00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:31,200 Yeah. And so, like, a lot of those 838 00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:33,640 types of positions where you need to have straight legs, I 839 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:37,680 can't do that. And so the point is just of you 840 00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:41,960 trying and also only comparing yourself to yourself, I think, 841 00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:45,280 like, you know, maybe if you've done it for a month, you can see 842 00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:47,720 the progress that you've made in that month. 843 00:46:47,720 --> 00:46:49,480 And that feels so good, you know? 844 00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:51,720 It does, yeah. It's easy to get caught up. 845 00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:54,440 Like if you do it, you know, a couple times a week, just like, 846 00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:56,640 oh, nothing's really changed. But then you actually, yeah, a 847 00:46:56,640 --> 00:46:58,560 month later look into it and you're like, Oh my gosh, I 848 00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:01,160 couldn't get this far down or right. 849 00:47:01,720 --> 00:47:03,920 My legs this straight when I first started. 850 00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:06,400 It's a good. Yeah, It's a good feeling for 851 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:09,600 sure. And some more gushing about yoga 852 00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:14,640 with Adrian is just, she also, I think, adjusts poses for 853 00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:16,560 different levels of expertise as well. 854 00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:20,440 You know, like she might be like, OK, if you can't do this, 855 00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:23,520 you know, maybe put your knee down here or you know what I 856 00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:24,880 mean? There's different things like 857 00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:27,400 that. And even to the when I watched 858 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:29,120 her, she even did it for the opposite. 859 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:34,040 If you're more advanced, do this crazy, I don't know, bend OR 860 00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,840 twist or something like that that I can only dream of ever 861 00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:39,200 being able to do. But it would be interesting. 862 00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,320 It's cool that she kind of, yeah, includes everybody. 863 00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:43,560 Like you said, it's inclusive language in general. 864 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:49,440 And I also feel like she does respect yoga. 865 00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:51,000 Like we were talking about all of this. 866 00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:54,120 I think that, you know, like I said, she uses a lot of these 867 00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:57,400 words that I learned about. And it's just, like, obvious 868 00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:01,320 that she has a deep understanding of yoga, and she 869 00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:06,520 just kind of applies it in, like, a very digestible way, not 870 00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:10,160 incredibly like a spiritual person, but she does talk about 871 00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:13,200 spiritual stuff in the episode sometimes. 872 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,400 And it's like, it is very meditative. 873 00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:18,160 Like, it's not just do these poses, you know? 874 00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:22,160 Yeah, it's a process for sure, for the spirit and body and 875 00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:22,760 mind. I don't know. 876 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:27,040 Yeah, well, and just respectful to the practice itself, you 877 00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:30,720 know, I think it, yeah, that's where my brain went a little bit 878 00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:33,720 of just like she understands it well enough, but she also like 879 00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,920 is pulling in where it came from a bit more too, I think. 880 00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:39,640 I don't know. Totally. 881 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:44,680 She also has really specific videos for every single type of 882 00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:46,440 person. Like, I know she has a video for 883 00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:48,240 golfers. Oh really? 884 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:51,720 Yeah. Or like for runners or teachers 885 00:48:51,720 --> 00:48:55,320 or literally, you know, every random specific person. 886 00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:59,200 She has a yoga for you so. That's cool, I didn't know that. 887 00:48:59,240 --> 00:49:02,360 Yeah. And also lastly, she does not 888 00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:04,800 play ads during the middle of the videos, which I think is 889 00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:07,480 really cool. It's like, imagine if you're in 890 00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:09,200 the middle of your workout and then all of a sudden like a 891 00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:10,640 commercial comes on. That would be annoying. 892 00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:12,640 Oh my God. But that never happens. 893 00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:14,280 That's awesome. I didn't. 894 00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:16,360 Yeah, that would totally throw me off. 895 00:49:16,440 --> 00:49:18,120 It's like one of those things you don't even think about. 896 00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:19,880 But at some point I did think about it. 897 00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:22,160 And I was like, wait, there's never been a commercial in the 898 00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:24,160 middle of the video? Like, you know, she had to set 899 00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:25,320 that up. For sure. 900 00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:27,400 So she does it at like the beginning and the end pretty 901 00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:28,480 much. I think so. 902 00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:30,600 Probably OK. Yeah, that makes sense. 903 00:49:30,720 --> 00:49:35,720 So back to Nadia Galani. She just had another quote that 904 00:49:35,720 --> 00:49:38,680 I thought was good here. She says Yoga's mainstream 905 00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:42,080 adoption by the masses is undoubtedly positive. 906 00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:44,720 It's what it's Indian and forefathers would have wanted. 907 00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:47,760 Many themselves traveled the world to spread its message and 908 00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:50,000 I'm sure they would have encouraged foreigners visiting 909 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:52,280 India to go back to their communities and share what 910 00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:54,720 they'd learned. But the true essence of yoga as 911 00:49:54,720 --> 00:49:58,240 a spiritual practice of self inquiry has been distorted and 912 00:49:58,240 --> 00:50:01,960 repackaged in the West in platitudinal love and light 913 00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:05,600 slogans to the detriment of the many it now excludes from the 914 00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:08,920 people of color who created it to low income households, older 915 00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:11,840 people, children, those who don't have slim bendy bodies, 916 00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:14,320 disabled people, ill and injured people. 917 00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:17,240 The list is endless. And she basically suggests 918 00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:22,760 bringing classes to school, yoga classes to schools, and suggests 919 00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:27,240 having like low income classes, particularly during hours where 920 00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:30,520 people aren't working. It's like OK place would have a 921 00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:33,400 low income class but it'll be like Tuesday at 1:00. 922 00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:37,120 Yeah, exactly right. No, that's a good point. 923 00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:39,840 Yeah, make sure it's accessible in that way too, right? 924 00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:42,760 OK. And then just to kind of wrap it 925 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:46,480 up, I wanted to talk quickly about the benefits of yoga, what 926 00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:49,640 it does to your body so it improves strength, balance and 927 00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:53,080 flexibility. I personally, when I've been 928 00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:56,560 practicing a lot, I noticed the way I'll hold myself is 929 00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:58,560 different. Like maybe while I'm walking, I 930 00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:00,600 don't know, I just somehow all of a sudden I'll be like, oh, I 931 00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:02,680 should straighten my back a little bit. 932 00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:05,760 Like I don't need to be so slouched or you know what I 933 00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:07,080 mean? I don't have recognized. 934 00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:09,640 That a little bit more Yep. Yeah, you recognize it a little 935 00:51:09,640 --> 00:51:11,880 bit more when you find what it What's her phrase? 936 00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:13,360 Find. Find what feels good. 937 00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:16,840 Yeah, yeah. So like your posture, I oh God, 938 00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:19,000 I need that so bad. I'm like hunched all the time. 939 00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:22,320 So kind of it feels good. And then as you keep going, that 940 00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:26,120 is gonna be something that feels better than the hunch, you know? 941 00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:28,800 Totally, because your like muscles will also be stronger 942 00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:29,640 back there. Yep. 943 00:51:30,240 --> 00:51:32,600 Exactly. And similarly, it helps with 944 00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:35,080 back pain relief. Like I said, I started because I 945 00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:38,400 was having shoulder pain and I've not been practicing enough. 946 00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:41,360 So part of why I'm recording this is, you know, as 947 00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:43,600 inspiration for myself to remember to do it. 948 00:51:44,040 --> 00:51:46,640 And I've, yeah, I've been having some bad shoulder pain again. 949 00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:49,840 And so like, I just need to get practicing. 950 00:51:50,160 --> 00:51:53,800 Yep, strengthen those muscles. And like we mentioned with the 951 00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:57,080 breathing techniques, it's another reminder that you have 952 00:51:57,080 --> 00:52:01,000 in the back of your head when you maybe you are experiencing 953 00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:06,320 anxiety or something and you just kind of like start slow 954 00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:08,040 breathing and focusing on your breath. 955 00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:14,200 Fun fact, when I was in labor, I just focused on my breath, and I 956 00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:17,160 feel like that helped me be really calm during contractions 957 00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:19,200 and stuff. It's just like, OK, this is kind 958 00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:21,840 of like holding a yoga pose. Yeah, it's gonna hurt. 959 00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:25,160 Let me just breathe in. Yep. 960 00:52:25,600 --> 00:52:27,400 Well, and that's what you're supposed to do with meditation 961 00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:30,120 is just focus on your breath and quiet your mind. 962 00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:33,960 I can never do that like fully for longer than 10 seconds, 963 00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:36,600 which just means I need to keep going with it to get better at 964 00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:37,920 it. But like, you know. 965 00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:41,520 Riding your mind aspects. Yeah, and like, only focusing on 966 00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:44,920 my breath, yeah. I don't know, I wonder if people 967 00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:48,680 truly are good at that. Like I cuz with Adrian she kind 968 00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:52,440 of talks about OK, once you feel your mind wander, just bring it 969 00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:55,760 back, you know? OK, I thought about this and 970 00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:57,680 bring it back. Yeah, yeah. 971 00:52:58,080 --> 00:52:59,400 You know. Yeah, I got to get better at 972 00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:01,920 that. More things, more benefits is it 973 00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:05,600 eases arthritis symptoms, reduces stress levels and 974 00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:08,440 inflammation, contributing to healthier hearts. 975 00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:11,520 It helps your body fall asleep and stay asleep. 976 00:53:11,640 --> 00:53:14,600 I feel like that's another thing I definitely notice is if I'm 977 00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:18,160 laying in bed and you know, maybe my body hasn't done much 978 00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:20,440 that day, I definitely feel restless. 979 00:53:20,520 --> 00:53:24,840 If I've done yoga, my body feels like it's OK to relax. 980 00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:27,320 It's comfortable, you know? Yeah, for sure. 981 00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:30,240 Do you when you do it, is it normally in the morning or is it 982 00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:32,880 like like an afternoon or just depends? 983 00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:36,360 It totally just depends. It's kind of like a whenever I 984 00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:38,520 can fit it in type of thing, which is another reason why I 985 00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:40,880 love it, because it's like, yeah, literally you can just do 986 00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:42,720 it whenever, you know? Yeah, true. 987 00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:47,360 It increases mental and physical energy, often causing brighter 988 00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:49,840 moods. It's a form of self-care. 989 00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:52,840 And lastly, I just saw this study. 990 00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:56,600 It was a study done in 2019 that showed 5 year old 991 00:53:56,600 --> 00:54:00,120 kindergarteners doing yoga twice a week in school in place of 992 00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:03,600 standard physical education, showed less inattention and 993 00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:07,760 hyperactivity, and completed a task faster than a 5 year olds 994 00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:10,280 doing physical education or no exercise. 995 00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:14,000 Oh wow, that's, that's incredible. 996 00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:17,360 Wow, actually, you know what, I just remembered when I worked in 997 00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:21,680 a daycare in college and I had 4 year olds, I think 4:00 and 998 00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:25,280 5:00, No 4 year olds. We did yoga like two or three 999 00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:27,960 times a week. You know, we just had like these 1000 00:54:27,960 --> 00:54:31,200 flash cards that we would do. It was obviously nothing too 1001 00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:34,000 crazy, but they yeah, that's awesome. 1002 00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:36,760 That it, I didn't realize that it would obviously like affect 1003 00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:39,440 that much in terms of kids and energy levels. 1004 00:54:39,520 --> 00:54:41,360 You know, like you just think you got to tire them out. 1005 00:54:41,720 --> 00:54:44,920 And also I just kind of liked that stat or that study because 1006 00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:49,200 because obviously I have a four year old and he now likes to do 1007 00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:50,880 yoga with me. It's adorable. 1008 00:54:51,960 --> 00:54:54,560 Did it today. And he's, I don't know, he just 1009 00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:56,720 always is like amazed by what I can do. 1010 00:54:57,400 --> 00:54:58,920 He. Like, thinks that I'm, like, the 1011 00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:02,000 best person at yoga ever. It's so sweet. 1012 00:55:02,600 --> 00:55:05,800 But yeah, he's very excited to listen to this episode. 1013 00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:11,480 Good shout out, Leon. Hey little guy, that is all I 1014 00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:14,360 had to say today. That was really interesting. 1015 00:55:14,360 --> 00:55:17,000 I didn't realize the the history and the evolution of it. 1016 00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:19,480 It's something that like I probably like, I kind of knew 1017 00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:23,400 but never really looked into it. So this was and also just a kick 1018 00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:25,240 in the butt to get back into yoga. 1019 00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:28,360 And I was thinking like, you know, hopefully it's a good time 1020 00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:31,320 of year to release this as well. Like, I know, you know, it's 1021 00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:33,800 January. A lot of people are trying to 1022 00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:35,920 find new workout routines and everything. 1023 00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:38,680 So maybe this is your year to try yoga. 1024 00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:41,840 Yeah, don't knock it till you try it. 1025 00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:46,080 That was fun. I liked it. 1026 00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:47,720 Hey. It's good, all right. 1027 00:55:47,720 --> 00:55:49,120 Do you have a hint for next week? 1028 00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:53,720 I was trying to think you're such a good detective, so I'm 1029 00:55:53,720 --> 00:55:55,120 scared to go out too much. It's totally. 1030 00:55:56,600 --> 00:56:01,840 Fair. I'll just say it has something 1031 00:56:01,840 --> 00:56:08,560 to do like in the medical field. OK, I'll leave it at that. 1032 00:56:08,920 --> 00:56:11,120 OK If I say. Another thing I have like my 1033 00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:12,240 head. I know you do. 1034 00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:13,120 That's. Great. 1035 00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:16,880 I'm sure, I'm sure you do. But yeah, that'll that's my 1036 00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:18,120 plan. Cool. 1037 00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:20,720 Well, I'm excited to hear about it. 1038 00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:24,640 All right, shall I close it out? You shall. 1039 00:56:25,240 --> 00:56:29,080 OK, well that was fun, but that's it for this week's rabbit 1040 00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:31,640 hole. Next week medical. 1041 00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:35,000 That's all I'm giving you. Danny will find out in that 1042 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:37,240 moment. But tell us what you're hyper 1043 00:56:37,240 --> 00:56:40,560 fixated on. Drop it in the comments, DM us, 1044 00:56:40,560 --> 00:56:44,160 send us an e-mail. We're on TikTok, Facebook, 1045 00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:48,240 Instagram, YouTube, and everywhere you can find your 1046 00:56:48,240 --> 00:56:50,960 podcasts. So curious to know what people 1047 00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:55,280 are interested in as well. Until then, embrace the spiral, 1048 00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:57,760 stay curious, and we will see you next time. 1049 00:56:59,640 --> 00:57:01,640 Oh. Like that had that in my head 1050 00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:02,400 from the beginning. You. 1051 00:57:03,640 --> 00:57:09,040 Should have told me sorry. OK, goodbye. 1052 00:57:09,320 --> 00:57:11,920 Bye. Aaron and Danny to lifelong best 1053 00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:15,280 friends, take turns, pick in topics, then they see where it 1054 00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:16,440 ends. So wild. 1055 00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:19,040 It's weird and sometimes specific. 1056 00:57:19,160 --> 00:57:22,320 Whatever it is, you know it will be terrific. 1057 00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:25,360 It's hyper fixation time.