Hi everyone, it's Arundhati and welcome to another episode of the Let's Talk Yoga podcast. Today, we're diving

deep into two concepts that have become synonymous with yoga and the wellness culture. And that is

meditation and mindfulness. I got the idea for this conversation when I was in southern Italy, I was there to attend a restorative

yoga retreat and one afternoon I was just lying in this lovely hammock staring into space

and that's when I was contemplating some things about meditation and mindfulness.

And to be honest, we see these pretty much everywhere, right?

From social media to phone apps in yoga studios, in corporate boardrooms and even in hospitals, it's being used as therapy.

But I want to do a breakdown of what is meditation and what is mindfulness for the yoga teacher teaching a yoga class in a

modern day yoga studio. Let's talk about the similarities, the differences, the history and

origin, some cultural context. What do you teach first? Is it mindfulness? Is it meditation? Does one lean on the other? Who should practice meditation? Who should practice mindfulness? And to be honest, often, we misrepresent meditation. We wrongly label some mindfulness practices as meditation. So I wanted to have this clean, clear-cut conversation on the podcast.

And we'll even look at how to measure your own success when you are meditating or being

mindful.

And I'll share some examples that you can share with your students in classes as well. Okay. So before we get to

it, please remember to rate and subscribe to this podcast. And if you have an extra 10 seconds in

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