Danny Mintz - "Busting Myths and Questioning Teachers"
J. Brown Yoga Talks
J. Brown
4.3 • 710 Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2025
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Danny Mintz is a listener of the show who reached out to J about the origins of yoga postures and it lead to this conversation about depictions of practice and the inner workings of being a teacher. They discuss whether modern yoga is 5000 years old or 500 years old, finding good teachers, Alison West, different stages of life, studio closures, finding your edge, Anusara, Jivamukti, personal practice, using music, yoga competitions, inversions, injuries, speaking out against abuse, and the testament for practice being the person it produces.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, Jay here. |
| 0:03.4 | Wanted to let you know that you have until the end of this month, December 2025, |
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| 0:33.5 | Again, use promo code Holiday 50 to get 50% off any of my on-demand videos until the end of this month. |
| 0:41.7 | To take advantage, go to jbrownyoga.com. All right, here we are. |
| 1:01.1 | This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast. |
| 1:04.6 | My name is Jay Brown. |
| 1:06.4 | Welcome to you, whoever you are. |
| 1:08.8 | Whether you are a new listener or a returning friend. |
| 1:12.5 | I so appreciate that you are listening. |
| 1:14.9 | Thank you. |
| 1:16.5 | This episode is being published three days before Christmas. |
| 1:22.2 | And it has become a tradition of mine over the last few years to fly solo and do a year-end check-in on this week |
| 1:31.2 | of Christmas, except this year due to unforeseen life events and just the way that the days |
| 1:40.9 | have fallen on the calendar. |
| 1:43.4 | It simply wasn't possible for me to do the year and check in this week. |
| 1:47.8 | So I'm going to do it next week, |
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