May 15, 2023
The Funny Thing About Yoga
Mental Health, Yoga & Our Experience
Episode No. 14
For Mental Health Awareness Month, Giana and Bradshaw get really real about their mental health and how It led them toward their yoga journey. They both find It important to raise awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding mental health issues by sharing their experiences and the several tools that have helped them cope with and ameliorate stress, anxiety, grief, and depression. Its important to note that these types of issues can affect all of us and there are several different paths towards peace or healing. In this episode rather than offering a guide or how to, they simply get candid. They discuss how and why yoga has become an important part of their mental health-care, as well as share other techniques and outlets. They also provide context around the nervous system, pranayama, yoga as a path to freedom, suffering, compassion, and so much more. For such a heavy topic, you can still anticipate a few good chuckles, as they believe one of the best coping mechanisms has been laughter and finding joy in the little things.
00:00 Intro Song
00:30 Hello and Welcome to our Chaotic Dynamic
02:00 Yoga and Mental Health
04:20 Giana Talks about Grief Leading her to Yoga
10:36 Bradshaw talks about Therapy, Anxiety and OCD
14:05 Obsessive Thinking
19:10 We are NOT our Thoughts
20:40 Yoga is Citta Vritti Nirodha
21:56 Pranayama - Breath Regulation
22:40 The Nervous System
26:22 Being in the State of Flow
28:20 The Minds Jobs is to Think
29:45 Different Types of Mental Healthcare
35:11 Compassion is Key
36:50 Dukkha and Buddhist Inspiration
39:27 How do you teach compassion
42:45 Moments of Connection
44:20 Intrusive Thoughts
47:50 Its a Practice with Many Tools
49:12 Emotional Moments on the Mat
52:13 The Funny Thing About Yoga
56:43 Closing Thoughts
58:40 Outro
BOOKS:
Waking the Tiger by Peter A. Levine Listen on Audible
The Body Keeps the Score by Sean Pratt Listen on Audible
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