Colin Dunsmuir - "TKV Desikachar and Relationship"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

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

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Colin Dunsmuir, founder of True Yoga and author of How to Find Stillness Within, talks with J about the teachings of TKV Desikachar and the nature of yoga transmission. They discuss Colin's decision to forgo the final stages of authorization in Ashtanga Vinyasa and become a yoga therapist, the training process he went through, distinguishing characteristics of an individualized approach, Desikachar's unique example, principles of personal practice, and understanding the stages that lead to deeper spiritual truths and awareness.

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0:00.0	Okay, somehow, some way, here we are.
0:17.0	This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast. My name is Jay Brown. Who are you? Is this your first time here?
0:25.5	If so, hi, welcome. Everyone else, glad to be with you again. First things first, let me express my deep thanks to all of you who listened last week to the outro
0:40.8	when I was working through whether or not it was foolhardy of me to buy a family vacation to
0:49.7	Hawaii on credit with a hope and a prayer that I'm somehow going to make the money to pay for it at some
0:55.9	point.
0:58.0	Well, some of you emailed me, and I'm just so grateful for the support and the encouragement and one
1:08.4	person in particular went above and beyond.
1:12.6	Lindy, I know you're probably listening to this.
1:16.3	And the gesture that you made,
1:18.9	it just, it really touched my whole family.
1:21.4	Myself, my wife, and my daughters,
1:23.1	we were really moved by what you did.
1:27.7	So thank you so much.
1:30.8	And even if you didn't email me or reach out in any kind of way,
1:35.5	even if you were just listening last week,
1:38.4	and when I was talking about it,
1:39.8	you thought in your mind,
1:42.3	just do it, Jay, go for it. Life's short, you know. If you had that thought,
1:48.0	thank you. I did it. I bought the tickets. We're going to Hawaii in June, whether it's
1:57.8	stupid or not. We're doing it. And everybody's very excited about it. And I really felt
2:05.0	that there were people listening who sent me their good wishes. And it's happened a couple of times
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