Brian Dana Akers - "Open Source Software for the Soul"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

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

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Brian Dana Akers, author of The Yoga Manifesto, talks with J about the intrinsically free and historically egalitarian nature of yoga. They discuss the appeal of little orange books, the yoga scene in Kalamazoo, his Great-Great-Great-Grandfather's infamous speech to Abraham Lincoln, his fathers ministry and activism, studying and translating Sanskrit, training with Swami Vishnudevananda, grassroots word of mouth phenomena, science and religion, money, possible scenarios for the future, and why yoga matters now more than ever.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, Jay here. Just want to make sure you know that I have a new group starting from my teacher
0:06.7	training on October 21st. If you are already a teacher and you're looking for some new
0:12.4	inspiration or to expand your teaching, or maybe you're not a teacher, but you practice some
0:18.1	and you're interested in a deeper inquiry. And you've probably considered doing teacher trainings in the past
0:24.0	but didn't do them for one reason or another.
0:26.6	Well, you might check out the program I put together.
0:30.0	It's designed to adapt to your individual needs
0:32.7	and be flexible enough that it feels like a support rather than a burden.
0:37.6	If that sounds like something that might be of interest to you, then again, there is a new group
0:42.6	starting on October 21st. I encourage you to get in on it. You can find out more and
0:48.1	register at jbrownyoga.com slash training.
1:05.0	Music Brownyoga.com slash training. All right.
1:06.8	Buttons have been pressed.
1:09.2	And here we are.
1:11.0	This is Jay Brown Yoga Togs podcast.
1:14.3	My name is Jay Brown.
1:15.8	If this is your first time here, let me welcome you.
1:20.1	Everyone else, what's up?
1:23.6	How are you doing?
1:26.7	I hope that in choosing to listen today,
1:30.2	you are also setting aside all the other stuff that might be occupying our senses,
1:40.8	all the bad news that is predominant because it's too much.
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