Gregor Maehle - "Truth and Reconciliation in Ashtanga Yoga"

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🗓️ 12 November 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Gregor Maehle, founder of 8 Limbs Ashtanga Yoga, discusses the history of Patabhi Jois’ sexual assaults and the need for the Ashtanga tradition to evolve. He talks about the studies and motivations that led to his adoption of Ashtanga Yoga, direct experience of observing the abuse and attempting to raise concerns, the injuries that led to his separation, admitting complicity, deeper philosophical and evolutionary factors in the creation of stratified power structures, and how to sublimate and grow. This episode is brought to you by YogaAnatomy.net.

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0:00.0	So let's say you're teaching a yoga class and there's this one person in class who clearly
0:08.9	isn't into what you're doing.
0:11.7	This person is going out of their way to communicate to you that they're not into your class.
0:18.8	And that can easily throw you.
0:21.3	It's very uncomfortable.
0:23.2	Sometimes we go into a deep inward spiral of insecurity.
0:29.6	So what do we do in that situation?
0:31.3	How do you handle that?
0:33.5	And it also goes to something I talk a lot about in terms of purpose.
0:38.3	People do asana for different reason.
0:40.3	Like, what are the asana for?
0:42.3	Is it to master your body?
0:45.3	Is it to purify so you can become enlightened?
0:48.3	Or is it some intimate participation with a non-dual existence.
1:00.7	These are the kind of questions that we were asking ourselves in my teacher's class this week.
1:12.6	And if you don't feel like you have a group of yoga teachers around you that you could engage in dialogue on these kinds of questions and you would like that, I want to invite you to join us.
1:18.9	It's the J. Brown Yoga Weekly Teachers class. You can find it at J.Brown Yoga.com. Okay, here we are.
1:32.4	This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast.
1:35.5	My name is Jay Brown.
1:37.7	And wow, if you're a returning listener,
1:40.3	that was a quick week, right?
1:42.9	Welcome to you if you're new. i don't know about anybody else but while i don't feel
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