Ishan Shivanand on King’s Yoga vs Merchant Yoga
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2022
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Ishan Shivanand is a mindfulness teacher and founder of Yoga of Immortals. He joins us to talk about the 4 aspects of meditation, integrative healing, starting from a place of joy, the responsibility of organizations, and more.
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👉🏼 Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain.
👉🏼 Patrick Cummings is a long-time CrossFitter, podcaster, and creator of Functional Branding.
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| 0:00.0 | We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control. |
| 0:10.4 | That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think and connect with each |
| 0:14.9 | other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. |
| 0:18.7 | That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible. |
| 0:22.8 | Our mission is to live on the run. |
| 0:25.6 | Always chasing. |
| 0:26.8 | Never stop. |
| 0:28.1 | Go! |
| 0:29.1 | Hello, hello, you chasers of excellence, Patrick here with a quick introduction to this |
| 0:33.8 | week's episode. |
| 0:35.5 | Doing a quick introduction because I was unfortunately not able to be there for the recording of this |
| 0:40.6 | conversation between Ben and Ishaan Shivanand. |
| 0:44.4 | Ishaan is a mindfulness coach, spiritual teacher and the founder of Yoga of Immortals, which |
| 0:50.4 | you can learn more about at yogaofimmortals.com. |
| 0:54.0 | His work brings the ancient yoga wisdom and healing sciences of India to millions across the |
| 0:59.2 | world. |
| 1:00.2 | Ishaan and Ben first met a few months ago when Ishaan did a yoga mindfulness breathwork |
| 1:06.4 | workshop at CrossFit New England, which they talk a little bit about at the end of this |
| 1:10.8 | conversation. |
| 1:11.8 | So I'm excited for you to hear this episode. |
| 1:14.0 | One little thing before we kick it off because I was not there for it. |
| 1:18.4 | I was not there to make sure that the audio quality is up to our usual standards. |
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