Finding Drishti Podcast: Recent Episodes
Terri Koen
Finding Drishti Yoga Podcast is created by Terri Koen, a yoga teacher based in Austin, TX. In this podcast, you'll hear recordings from workshop sessions and live classes. Terri explores concepts within yoga philosophy and translates them into real-world situations and into the physical postures. She teaches a slow flowing style of vinyasa, pulling from her background in Ashtanga and a love for restorative. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findingdrishti-podcast/support
A little chatty chat to close out Season 5.
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Cleansing practice to lighten our load
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Recommend 2 blocks for this practice.
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Apologies for the slamming of doors, stomping of feet, and children arguing in the background. LOL! Recorded during kids' winter break, and there's no amount of shushing that works.
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For the runners out there, this one focuses on hips, calves, and IT band. (Pardon the screaming children in the background. Hardwood floors and little stomping feet are hard to edit out.)
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Quote by poet/author Morgan Harpers Nichols
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Calf stretches, balance, playing with front to back of mat transitions
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One-legged balancing fun, give yourself space to flow while changing orientation front to back of mat
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Warrior 3, Goddess, Eagle, Tripod headstand prep
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Fun standing flow, with a little bakasana prep, shalabhasana/locust pose
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Guided breath practice with counts. Inhale through nose, exhale through mouth. For instruction on the mechanics, please listen to the Instruction for Technique bonus episode.
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Walk through of what physical aspects to look for when breathing, texture/sound of the breath, and a short guided practice
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Warrior 3, Half Moon, Handstand hops, Reading from Lin Manuel Miranda GMorning, Gnight
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Play with balance, while strengthening the back body and core. Come on to your mat with a sense of humor!
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We're still in a pandemic. Let yoga teach you how to work through discomfort.
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Reflecting on the pandemic & BLM
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Reading from Comfortable with Uncertainty chapter titled, "Root of Suffering" by Pema Chodron
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A little of everything to maintain the body and mind.
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Regulating the mind and breath
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Practice is doing a little bit daily, not solving everything at once
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Yoga helps bring acute attention to subtle changes in sensation and teaches us to listen to our bodies.
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What does it mean to see color? Where can we start learning so we can be anti-racist?
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Nadi Shodhana - alternate nostril breathing - to begin, and then a fun flow and some flight.
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You can't keep your balance if you lock out your knees. You have to soften your stance.
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Discussion about the niyama Tapas
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A little something from top to bottom, playing with tricky balance transitions
Reading from Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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Tonglen Meditation for our shared suffering and to help us adjust to this new current normal.
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Yoga asks us to agree to a social contract. How do we relate 1:1 with those in our direct circle? How do we relate to each other in society? How do our actions impact one another?
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Focused on: Upper back/shoulders, hips, core.
Featured poses: Headstand prep, revolved half moon, standing balance flow
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Hot tip for those distancing at home: Hide in your car.
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Allow the quiet to give us room for creativity or peace or having zero expectations.
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Transitions from chair/utkatasana to boat/navasana, bringing attention to the middle of the body.
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Learning to let go.
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Slowing down the pace of your practice makes it possible to feel more.
Reading from Meditation from the Mat by Rolf Gates.
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Playing with Bird of Paradise and ending with yoga nidra for deep relaxation.
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Give yourself room to be okay with the present, whether that is "good" or "bad" or just blah.
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Tonglen is a meditation practice of giving and receiving, using the breath.
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[60-minute Vinyasa] Featured poses: Tree pose, Standing Split, Fallen Triangle, Crow/bakasana, Flying pigeon, and a li'l bit of everything.
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Making a routine into a ritual doesn't always have to be a grand gesture. Sometimes, the small things are enough to keep you grounded.
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Connection is key to maintaining balance in our society and the relationships with the people who matter to us. Reach out to your network.
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[60-minute Vinyasa] Featured poses:
- Ardha chandrasana/half moon
- Adho mukha vrksasana/Handstand hops
- Bakasana/Crow
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Balancing when to push and when to pull builds resilience in challenging situations.
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When obstacles are placed in our path, learn to pivot and flow around them like a river.
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[60-minute vinyasa] Stay out of a place of isolation by understanding others' struggles
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Reading from Lin-Manuel Miranda's GMorning Gnight, words of genius about not being perfect.
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[60-minute vinyasa] Hot mess is normalcy. When things run smoothly, THAT'S the unicorn moment. Because of impermanence, balance is hard to achieve and maintain, so we must shift our expectations.
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Using meditation to examine our samskaras, or habitual patterns.
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Anthropologist Margaret Mead noted that a healed femur was the key to civilization. "Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts."
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Amid the chaos of this pandemic, suddenly, we were gifted time.
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[60 minute gentle flow] Recorded at a Peaker Gathering retreat in Blanco, TX
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Instruction for setting up your seat for meditation, and reading from Pema Chodron's Comfortable with Uncertainty about maitri
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What a time to re-launch the podcast. Hope everyone's staying safe and at home!
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Yes, yoga has many wonderful physical and mental health benefits, AND its benefits are even more apparent when coupled with other therapies and lifestyle changes.
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[60 minute vinyasa] With time and experience, we learn something new about ourselves and become more clear about our purpose and intention. Practice for you and only you.
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Instead of all the ways we try to extinguish and drown out discomfort, can we be quiet and listen in?
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Release any leftover tension in the body with a soothing vin yin practice, focused on hip and heart opening. Learn how to embody surrender (ishvara pranidhana) through transitions and uncertainty.
Recorded at Austin Bouldering Project.
Readings from Comfortable with Uncertainty and When Things Fall Apart, both by Pema Chodron.
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It's all about the breath.
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Release the need to hoard old thoughts and stories by rebooting your brain. Through balancing yoga postures, breathing techniques, and guided meditation, you will explore how to practice presence with impermanence (antiya) and reduce mental hoarding with non-attachment (vairagya).
Recorded at Austin Bouldering Project.
Readings from Comfortable with Uncertainty and When Things Fall Apart, both by Pema Chodron.
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A reminder to mono-task, simplify, and bring focus to one thing.
Reading from Lin-Manuel Miranda's Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
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Some thoughts and feelings need to be cleared out of the mental closet, and others need to be organized. In this practice, you'll learn how the KonMari method and yogic concept of non-grasping (aparigraha) can be used as tools to declutter your mind. Gentle yoga flow and guided meditation.
Recorded at Austin Bouldering Project.
Readings from Comfortable with Uncertainty and When Things Fall Apart, both by Pema Chodron.
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Adulthood can feel overwhelming. How do some people never seem to worry while others worry constantly? How do we worry just enough to jumpstart action into our spiritual path?
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We all have mental baggage. Learn how to unpack yours using techniques like self-study (svadhyaya), movement, and meditation. This workshop session will leave you feeling lighter and more mentally clear.
Recorded at Austin Bouldering Project.
Readings from Comfortable with Uncertainty and When Things Fall Apart, both by Pema Chodron.
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Let go of being who we THINK we are, and instead, use yoga to be who we already are. Reading from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates
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[60 minute vinyasa] Practicing patience is a necessity, especially dealing with things out of our control, like crowds and scooters and traffic. We welcomed special guest BlqLab during SXSW 2019 to grace us with live music.
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Welcome back to Finding Drishti Podcast - Season 3!
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Finding Drishti Podcast will go on break for the summer. New episodes will resume in the fall!
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Connect with Peace. Experience what happens when you put away your to do list and quiet your mind. Learn how to connect with peace and pure bliss.
Recorded at Austin Bouldering Project and includes readings from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates.
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Dhyana asks us to move out of fear and into the present reality. Reading from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates.
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Meditation 101. Do you struggle with being still? Learn how to strategically prepare your mind and body for meditation.
Recorded at Austin Bouldering Project and includes readings from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates.
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Dharana starts to turn the focus inward on Patanajli's 8 limbs path of yoga.
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Grow Your Focus. Set aside the many distractions of your fast-paced life, strengthen your concentration and your mind’s ability to command your full attention.
Recorded at Austin Bouldering Project and includes readings from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates.
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Asana has much more meaning than "pose" - it's how you sit in and experience the pose that makes it asana. Reading from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates.
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8 Limbs of Yoga workshop series - Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara. Learn How to Mono-Task Quiet the busyness of your mind with sensory withdrawal and learn to redirect your energy for mono-tasking.
Recorded at Austin Bouldering Project and includes readings from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates.
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If you're new to yoga practice, here's a quick pep talk to help you get past any worries or anxiety. Practice often and the easier it gets.
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[Full 60-minute vinyasa practice] We tend to re-live both the highlights and the lowlights in our lives. Instead, yoga teaches to live in the present and accept that everything is temporary.
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While we experience tragedy and loss either personally or societally, there's universal connectivity in that someone else has experienced something similar. We are never alone. We can use this shared experience for connection and change.
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[Full 60-minute vinyasa practice] Non-violence also applies to when we are witnesses to violence. Do we act? Do we not? Let ahimsa stoke up our compassion.
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Working through the layers of the body, we can feel not only where we physically begin and end, but we can sense energy reverberate even after the action is done.
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[Full 60-minute vinyasa practice] Begin with Tonglen meditation, which uses the breath in a practice of giving and receiving.
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Fear of the unknown holds us back. Fear of rejection, fear of judgment, fear of uncertainty. Get past the discomfort.
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[Full 60-minute vinyasa practice] Instead of running away from discomfort and fear, find courage. Life is always changing. There's always room to grow.
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When we let go of attaching to the results, we are less likely to set ourselves up for failure. Failure is part of the process.
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[Full 60-minute vinyasa practice] Lessons from a weekend intensive with David Swenson ask us to simply show up, breathe, and feel better. This full 60-minute vinyasa practice focuses more on breath than nitty-picky alignment points.
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Brene Brown's insightful explanation of Empathy vs. Sympathy offers another perspective on how we can connect with others when they feel pain or loss. See the original video here: https://youtu.be/1Evwgu369Jw
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[Full 60 min vinyasa] Learn not to run away from discomfort and instead stay with those emotions, so transformation can happen. Perfect for a rainy day, or at least a rainy mood.
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Closing out the year for hibernation and examination of samskaras
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Understanding when to use energy and when to conserve it
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[Full 60 min vinyasa] Strip the practice back to the basics, especially when you're feeling overwhelmed in time of transition
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Voting is one of the most important ways we live our yoga. You can either vote, frozen by fear. Or you can vote with courage within that uncertainty that keeps us growing.
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Step into vulnerability to conjure up courage
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Full 60-minute Vinyasa class. Stand in the ocean, get grounded, become one with the waves.
Reading from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates
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This is svadhyaya (self-study) in play: Sometimes being forced out of one job opens up opportunity to listen to your inner passion
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Niyamas: Svadhyaya (self-study), Ishvara Pranidhana (surrender), Kumbhaka pranayama, Vipassana meditation (insight), Restorative practice
Recorded July 2018 at Austin Bouldering Project, Austin, TX Readings from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates Recommended props: 1 Bolster, 1 Blanket, 2 Blocks
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[Quick Bite] Learning Tapas changes from receiving the practice fully from the teacher as a beginner to letting the inner fire and desire for practice lead the way.
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Niyamas: Saucha (cleanliness), Santosha (contentment), Tapas (self-discipline), Samatha meditation (calm abiding), Sun salutations & moving practice Recorded July 2018 at Austin Bouldering Project, Austin, TX Readings from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates The Breathing App (Apple & Android) by Eddie Stern & Moby
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[Quick Bite] Yoga teaches us to let go of resentment, anger, and all things that become a burden in our lives. Quick Bites are 5-10 minutes, shared at the start of class to introduce a theme or yogic philosophy, based on real world experiences. Reading from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates
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Yamas: Brahmacharya (non-excess), Aparigraha (non-hoarding), Tonglen meditation (giving and receiving), Lion's breath, Gentla asana practice Recorded July 2018 at Austin Bouldering Project, Austin, TX Readings from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates
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[Quick Bite] How to bring Satya (non-lying, truthfulness) into play in the workplace, as demonstrated by improper use of jargon "flushing" and "fleshing" out of creative ideas.
Quick Bites are 5-10 minutes, shared at the start of class to introduce a theme or yogic philosophy, based on real world experiences.
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Yamas: Ahimsa (non-violence), Satya (non-lying), Asteya (non-stealing), Metta meditation (loving kindness), Nadi Shodhana alternate nostril breathing
Recorded July 2018 at Austin Bouldering Project, Austin, TX Readings from Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates
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Why a yoga podcast and not video? Let me be your guiding voice in the room - slow flow, juicy stretchy softening, yogic philosophy, go inward. Reach out via Twitter/Insta/FB at findingdrishti.
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