66. Russell Simmons: From Hip Hop Mogul To Yoga Master
The Life Stylist
Luke Storey
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2017
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever wondered how to find a balance between being an entrepreneurial beast, making tons of cash, while still making a difference in the world and keeping grounded spiritually? Is it possible to achieve a high level of material success and public notoriety, yet remain faithful to your spiritual values and principles? Not many people manage to reach for the stars while keeping their feet on the ground, but we managed to find a very special guest who seems to have figured out how to walk this tightrope of high performance, yet keep his heart and soul very much intact along the way.
In this episode, we sit down with 'the godfather of hip-hop' himself, Russell Simmons, and learn how he's used yoga and meditation to not only build an empire but also to teach thousands of people around the world about the value of the yogic lifestyle through is many books and philanthropic ventures.
You'll learn the history of Russell's spiritual journey, the most powerful practices he's discovered along the way, and what motivates him to keep pushing the boundaries of personal growth and enlightenment.
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- How yoga has transformed Russell's life, and led him to open his own studio called Tantris in LA
- How he first found yoga, and what technique he practices
- Sobriety, faith, and how he built the habit of meditation into his life
- What are the biggest benefits of meditation?
- On commercializing yoga lifestyle
- What drives him to share his life and message with the world, even though he’s achieved enough material success to just chill and retire
- What he had to say to someone who believes that money and fame will make them happy?
- The most important spiritual principles to learn and live by
- How being ‘rich' has little to do with living in a mansion and everything to do with living in a positive state of consciousness
- How can someone avoid having material, or even spiritual success go to their head? How to keep the ego in check?
- Lifestyle recommendations
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| 0:00.0 | The Lifestylist, Episode 66, featuring Russell Simmons. |
| 0:11.5 | I'm Luke Story, a former celebrity fashion stylist and founder of School of Style. |
| 0:17.5 | For the past 20 years, I've been relentlessly dedicated to my deepest passion, designing the ultimate lifestyle based on the most powerful principles of health and spirituality. |
| 0:28.8 | The Lifestyleist podcast is a show dedicated to sharing my discoveries and the experts behind them with you. |
| 0:38.3 | Well, well, well, it looks like you've stumbled into a party known as the Lifestyleist |
| 0:42.9 | podcast, and I am, of course, your host, Luke's story. |
| 0:46.0 | Today's guest is none other than music legend Russell Simmons. |
| 0:51.0 | We sit down with Russell and talk about all things yoga and meditation. If you don't know |
| 0:56.5 | who Russell Simmons is, you might be living on Mars, so I'll bring you up to speed really quick. He's |
| 1:01.3 | known as the Godfather of hip-hop. He co-founded Def Jam Records with Rick Rubin. Has been |
| 1:07.2 | enormously successful as an entrepreneur and a philanthropist. He's produced TV shows, |
| 1:13.1 | records, films, authored books, and more than anything, he's known for really launching the |
| 1:19.0 | careers or helping to launch the careers of artists like the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, |
| 1:23.2 | run DMC, and L.O. Cool J. He is an official OG. But what's really cool is that he got sober at 30 years old, |
| 1:30.9 | found meditation, yoga. This is going way, way back. And that's what he's going to talk to us about |
| 1:36.4 | today. So it's a really inspirational talk from someone who's made it on the material, physical, |
| 1:42.0 | monetary plane, but has decided to stay in the game and carry his |
| 1:45.9 | message to people that are interested. So what we talk about is how he first found meditation |
| 1:51.5 | and what techniques specifically he practices and how to build the habit of meditation into your |
| 1:57.2 | life so that it's not just something you brag about on Instagram, but some shit you really do. |
| 2:01.1 | You know what I'm saying? And then what are the biggest benefits of meditation? How has it helped him |
| 2:05.1 | in business and in his personal life? And then what drives him to share his message and life with the |
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