Okay, we're doing this.

Hello.

My name is Jay Brown.

Welcome to Yoga Talks podcast.

I've been off for two weeks, and when I was last with you, I mentioned that while I was

gone, the election was going to happen. Boy, did it happen, didn't it? And I've talked about this

on the podcast before that I have this thing about yoga teachers not trying to sound wise about things that they know not of.

Like, just because you're a yoga teacher doesn't mean you have this wisdom that just applies to everything, you know.

So you could just speak on all topics

from a place of, like, wisdom. I don't, I don't think that, like, actors trying to talk about

politics, yoga teachers really have a place necessarily. Now, some people, they're socially

engaged and that's their thing.

And that's fine.

But just because you're a yoga teacher doesn't mean you have to say something about everything, you know?

And I haven't been saying anything about this election because I don't think I have anything to add that you can't get somewhere else

in a better way that I'm going to be able to say it.

But it has to be mentioned because it does feel like I'm in a different reality

than when I last turned on this little recorder to speak with you.

And for me, personally, where it's hitting most home is just with my dad.

You see, my dad voted for the president-elect, and I didn't know that before the election

because my dad and I stopped talking about politics together some years ago,

which is a real shame because originally talking about politics was something that brought us

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