Simon Borg-Olivier - "Bandhas, Natural Body, Essence of Yoga"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

Yoga, Health & Fitness, Yogateacher, Alternative Health, Yogaindustry, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Simon Borg-Olivier, co-founder and owner of Yoga Synergy, talks with J about both the science and metaphysics in his work uncovering the essence of yoga. They discuss his experience of studying with the gurus and pioneering yoga in the west, the influence of tradition in the process of innovation, science behind energy in the human system, modern body vs traditional body, natural breathing and active movements, and clearly understanding the purpose of yoga to be a recognition of our inherent interconnectedness and mutuality.

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0:00.0	All right. Here we are. This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast. My name is Jay Brown.
0:19.2	What's going on?
0:22.6	Man, I hope everybody's doing okay.
0:25.7	If you're new, welcome to you.
0:28.1	Everybody else, glad you're here.
0:32.0	I got to tell you, I was having a pretty good week.
0:36.0	And then all of a sudden today, out of nowhere,
0:39.7	I had this pain flare up in my thoracic spine.
0:43.5	I don't know where it came from.
0:44.9	It's usually I know this spot in my back.
0:48.6	It's not like something new.
0:50.3	It's like an old friend, this pain I've had.
0:54.0	And I haven't had any trouble in that area for a long time.
0:59.9	And I know the things that normally set it off.
1:03.6	And I've been taking good care of myself.
1:06.3	I've been sleeping.
1:07.3	I've been, you know, doing the things that I usually need to do to not have that happen.
1:15.1	And then out of nowhere, maybe like eight hours ago earlier today, just sort of like I felt it
1:21.6	sort of creep in. I was like, what's that? And then it sort of got a little bit progressively worse.
1:26.6	So the day I was even resting it still
1:28.5	didn't stop it and like now I'm like sitting here getting ready to do this and I'm like what the
1:33.6	fuck with the pain and you know like I said usually if it's a physical thing I know what I did if I'm
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