December 14 – Monday
Meditation (15 min)
I am this body and yet I am not limited to this. I am beyond any limitation. The Yogis acknowledge our body – it is the vehicle of our life’s experience. But we move beyond its limitations.
December 14 – Monday
Sutra (45 min)
What is the truth? How can I know what is true and allow truth to guide me and keep me safe and assured? Let’s look at “pramana”.
December 15 – Tuesday
Weekly Podcast (1 hour)
I sat down with Leslie Kaminoff author of Yoga Anatomy, founder of The Breathing Project and 40 year plus practitioner inspired by his teacher Deskichar. I have known Leslie since our gritty downtown Yoga days in NYC. We had so much fun talking about our shared history of Yoga. Leslie is energetic, knowledgeable and very entertaining. We spoke for over two hours! Find the FREE podcast on my YouTube channel starting Tuesday, 8am EST.
I will be a guest on MeatRx on Youtube LIVE at 12pm EST talking about the history (and neo-politicization) of Yoga and vegetarianism, the harm of my 35-year vegetarian diet and the benefits of Yoga, and really understanding what Yoga is and why it works.
December 17 – Thursday
Insider (Thrive!) KikiTV Expert Event: Tim Shieff (1 hour)
In the early days of YouTube, I watched a lot of movement arts. It seemed like parkour/free running and extreme sports were early on the wave of uploading watchable videos. I can recall being in Mysore India studying Ashtanga Yoga and a small group of us were like “have you seen this parkour stuff?”
Timothy Shieff is an innovative and ever-learning and exploring movement artist and athlete (one of the first sponsored parkour athletes with a career in tv and film and perhaps most known for the Ninja tv series). I was so happy to sit down with Tim and hear about his search for human meaning and experience through movement and nature. I have to say I was a little star struck. But we share a similar path of seeking and searching, working with innovators and mentors as well as losing health and recovering from a vegan lifestyle.
What to Stream
1. Meditation (15 min)
What I Think And Say And How I Act Are Aligned
What I Think And Say And How I Act Are Aligned. This is integrity. Union. This standing and acting on my truth. We welcome peace of mind daily. Step by step. Join me in this meditation.
2. Chant! Yoga Practice Chapter 2 (Sutras 1-18) (30 min)
In the chapter on practice, Patanjali let’s us know that there is an active path, techniques, that we can commit to and reduce the obstacles that keep us in suffering and inhibit our Yoga experiences. Let’s delve in. I also chant word by word on each sutra so you can begin to learn each term. Let’s chant together!
3. Kiki Says: Thrive – Lessons for Optimal You (15 min)
Our mind repeats old messages, and swirls in concerns that may be past or which we have no control over. Our embedded and habituated scripts limit our behaviour and many are obstacles to our goals and life of happiness. Try this new script and practice daily. Watch my Thrive event now!
4. Expert Events: Optimal Living (2 hours)
Yoga Files: Modern Yoga & How We Got Here – Leslie Kaminoff Yoga Educator & Author of Yoga Anatomy
Welcome to Yoga Files. This is part of my Expert Events Podcast with a focus on Yoga Teachers and Yoga practitioners with at least 30 years of Yoga experience.
***Please note! I did not upload the full video – as it is 2 hours long. But it is still private just for you on YouTube and you can watch it here – https://youtu.be/lOuldnGnZy0***
Leslie Kaminoff is a Yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He is an internationally recognised specialist with four decades of experience in the fields of Yoga and breath anatomy. He leads workshops for many of the leading Yoga associations, schools and training programs in the world.
Leslie and I have known each other since the late 1980s in downtown New York’s gritty arts and Yoga community.
Although I have only seen Leslie once since 1994 – he is that rare person with a great memory and feeling for people who can easily pick up a relationship as though no time at all has passed.
Yes, we did speak for 2 hours (actually longer before I hit record and after I powered off). I was going to turn this into 2 Parts but did not want to disrupt the flow, as I listened I just couldn’t bring myself to chop it up. I hope you’ll take the time to watch in stages, and do listen to the whole thing!
Leslie has so many insights as to how people and events from LA and NYC converged to shape our modern yoga. He has been involved in so much of the momentum; which you will hear all about in this podcast. Leslie’s vision and breadth of knowledge and commitment to his quest to study and to share Yoga are enormous.
