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Let's Talk Yoga

Is Meditation the Answer for Everything? With Anusha Wijeyakumar

Let's Talk Yoga

Arundhati Baitmangalkar

Business, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Entrepreneurship

4.9568 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I talk to Anusha Wijeyakumar, the founder of Shanti Within Wellness. Anusha Wijeyakumar is an author and a motivational speaker with areas of expertise in the science of mindfulness and meditation. Anusha is among the few South Asian women in the yoga industry making a real difference with her work every day. Meditation is a big part of her life and she just launched her first book this January. We chat about meditation, the benefits, the impact, the "best" kind of m...

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0:00.0

Hi everyone. Welcome to episode 24 of the Let's Talk Yoga podcast. I hope your January has gotten off to a good start. Up here in Seattle, it's getting rainy and cold as always. And it's been a couple of crazy days with all things happening on the political front. But I hope wherever you're tuning in from,

0:22.1

your January is actually, you're doing pretty well. In today's episode, I speak to Anusha

0:29.8

Vijayakumar. Anusha is the founder of Shanti Within Wellness and a professional speaker

0:36.7

around the globe on the science of mindfulness

0:39.7

and meditation.

0:41.2

She's also the wellness consultant for Hogue Hospital in Orange County and she's a published

0:46.3

author and her first book on meditation and mindfulness is out.

0:51.9

As you're listening to this, the book has released the previous week.

0:56.1

So we talk about meditation. I ask her some common listener questions that I got on

1:01.8

Instagram and we'd really just get into why meditation, what meditation is all about, where to

1:07.9

start. So I've always found Anisha to be extremely inspirational and I hope you enjoy this

1:14.6

interview.

1:15.4

Before I let you go, just a quick reminder that if you enjoy this podcast, remember to leave

1:22.2

a review on Apple Podcasts, rate it, subscribe.

1:26.1

So every time an episode drops, it's in your podcast app right

1:30.7

away. And find us on Instagram and Facebook. I will be doing more Facebook lives in 2021 and it'll be a

1:38.6

fun place for us to connect. Enjoy this interview with Anusha and I'll see you on the other side.

1:47.0

Hi. My Enjoy this interview with Anusha and I'll see you on the other side. Hi, my name is Arundhati and you're listening to the Let's Talk Yoga podcast.

1:54.3

I'm an ex-Bollywood dancer turned yoga and wellness educator.

1:58.6

I've built a six-figure business as an immigrant, woman of color yoga teacher

2:03.0

with no business background, no handstands, pure instinct and the free information found on Google.

2:10.3

If you love doing yoga and you dream of teaching it someday, this podcast is for you.

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