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🗓️ 6 August 2018
⏱️ 46 minutes
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R. Sriram comes to the Unites States of America for the first time to attend a celebration of his longtime teacher T. K. V. Desikachar and sits down with J for this conversation about the man and the legacy he left the world. They discuss Sriram’s early studies in Madras, T Krishnamacharya, moving from India to Germany, his views on cultural appropriation and the popularity of yoga in the west, the scandal around T.K.V.’s son Kausthub, and the simplicity and authenticity at the heart of the tradition. This episode is brought to you by YogaAnatomy.net.
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0:00.0 | Wow. This week I had my first teacher's class and it totally blew my mind. It was a pretty big-sized |
0:11.5 | group of people, many of which I had not met before. They were all podcast listeners. |
0:18.0 | And it was so engaging. And it felt like, you know, what I do here on the podcast |
0:26.3 | on like a one-to-one level was happening in this group, and they were interacting amongst |
0:33.5 | themselves and with me. And it just felt like really powerful inquiry. |
0:41.2 | And it felt like a really cool space that we were entering into together to have it. |
0:47.1 | And I'm just like super excited about the really great thing is that it's ongoing. |
0:52.2 | It happens again next week. |
0:54.1 | It's a weekly meeting |
0:56.3 | and a monthly subscription, and I'm just excited to find out what we get and do next week. I can't |
1:03.6 | wait. And if you want to get in on it, it's the Jay Brown Weekly Teachers class. You can find it at J.Brownyoga.com. |
1:16.9 | All right. We're on. This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast. My name is Jay Brown. Here we are again. That is, of course, |
1:31.3 | if you're a returning listener, maybe you're not, maybe you're new, in which case, let me welcome you. |
1:37.4 | I appreciate that you are choosing to listen whoever you are. How are things with you all? I had a whirlwind of a week, |
1:49.7 | you know, things kind of picked up quick since I got back into town, which is, you know, |
1:56.4 | something I've always thought about, like it is summertime. And I felt like there was a time in my life |
2:02.6 | in the past when summertime felt like things slowed down, you know, felt like you could relax |
2:10.9 | and you didn't have to work. Maybe that's just me, like, reminiscing to the days when I, like, |
2:15.4 | was in school and you had summers and, you know, I wasn't working. |
2:21.5 | I can't remember when that was, but I don't know, summers don't feel all that different, you know. |
2:26.6 | Still had a lot on my plate. |
2:28.7 | A lot of it was good. |
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