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228: How to see beyond your own bias | Light Watkins

The mindbodygreen Podcast

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Light Watkins: “If you haven trained yourself to think differently, your mind and body will revert you back to old ways." Watkins, a meditation teacher, mbg class instructor, and author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss why a regular meditation practice is crucial right now, plus: *Why discomfort is the true sign of progress* *The next step after educating yourself about anti-racism* *How to reconfigure your mind away from implicit bias* *Why consistency is more important than intent* *Why you shouldn't be afraid to say the wrong thing* Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Additionally, if there are any anti-racism resources you wish we would cover, please let us know at: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, Jason here. I'm excited to bring you our new series called Healing From Here.

0:07.0

With all the deep social unrest that we're experiencing right now, there are so many questions we face as a community. Where does wellness go from

0:15.4

here? How can we create real meaningful long lasting change that ultimately

0:19.9

builds a more inclusive community. How can we as individuals make our own

0:25.4

contributions? How can we collectively heal? In this series we'll be talking to

0:30.6

minority leaders in the wellness world as we look to answer these very questions.

0:35.1

We are all in this together.

0:37.0

You, we, all.

0:41.0

Light walking Light Walkins is quite simply one of the best when it comes to teaching meditation.

0:49.0

In addition, he's the best-selling author of Blissmore, the founder of The Shine, and he's a member of the My Buddy Green

0:54.8

Collective and an MBG class instructor. And right now he's putting out some of the best

0:59.9

messaging and all the deep social unrest we're all experiencing collectively.

1:05.1

Some of the questions we all have, what do we do? How do we make an impact? What do we say? What do we not say?

1:10.1

We're all going to cover that with Light today.

1:16.0

Light, welcome. Thanks man.

1:17.0

Good to be here.

1:18.0

Good to see you, good to hear you.

1:20.0

So the last time we talked, was when COVID struck and here we are.

1:26.5

You're my go-to man for times of crises.

1:30.3

You're my shortlist.

1:31.8

And so... you're my very shortlist and so you know there is deep social unrest and

1:38.8

rightfully so and you know we're in a crisis right now and so you know I'll start with the big question to you so where do we as a wellness community you, where does wellness go from here?

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