Ida Jo - "Woman of Yoga"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

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

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🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Ida Jo, musician and Ghosh Yoga teacher, reached out to J to talk about the research project she is undertaking on Woman of Yoga. Ida worked alongside Jerome Armstrong while he was writing his book, Calcutta Yoga, and is picking up the thread to tell some of the untold stories of woman yogis. They also discuss Ida’s music and art, aspects of prescriptive or therapeutic yoga in the Gosh tradition, the grind of creative pursuits, and the importance of sharing stories. This episode is sponsored by Yogic Studies and Ropana CBD.

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0:00.0	All right. Hello there. The time has come again. This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast. My name is Jay Brown. Welcome to you, whoever you are, especially if you're new.
0:25.1	Thanks to all of my returning friends, how is everyone doing this week? Did you make it through the
0:32.9	holiday? I'm back home. I'm back in PA.
0:40.7	And man, news this week, news. First, let me take a moment to express my condolences for the loss of Mati-Israti.
0:48.7	I'm sure many of you listening already know, but just in case you didn't,
0:53.5	Mati-Israti passed away suddenly
0:56.3	out of nowhere. There's not a lot of information. She was in Tokyo. I saw a post from someone who
1:04.5	was with her the day before saying that there was no indication of anything being wrong. She was
1:10.8	her usual self.
1:13.4	And the police report said that she died in her sleep.
1:18.5	We don't know the cause of death.
1:22.8	But to just die in your sleep at age 55,
1:34.7	wow, I know it sent shutters down the spines of the yoga world, did mine. I'm 47, you know. And I think I have a dual response.
1:47.5	One is a fear, feeling gripped by a fear,
1:51.9	but the other is this impulse to want to cherish.
1:57.7	Because it's really fleeting, incredibly fleeting.
2:02.4	I mean, we really could go at any second, any of us.
2:07.3	Like brain aneurysms happen all the time, you know?
2:10.2	It's like it could happen to any of us at any moment.
2:14.5	And that truth, that fact, makes me want to appreciate that I am here and having these moments
2:27.0	all the more.
2:30.4	I never got to meet Mottie.
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