Okay, here we are. This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast. My name is Jay Brown. Welcome to new people, returning friends, whoever you are. I appreciate you tuning in.

How was the last week of your life? How did it go? Let's start with the best moments. So what were the best moments? Did you have any moments in your

life in the last week that you could look back at and feel fulfilled in or feel that there was a

beauty or that life had meaning.

Were there any of those? If not, it's okay. If you can't think of any of those moments, it's okay.

But if you have any of those, let's start with that. I have one. I have a very significant and important moment as a parent that happened this week.

And I think my yoga practice prepared me for it in a very unique way.

And I'll tell you what happened on the other side of today's conversation if you want to stick around for that. I do want to keep this intro a bit short, partially because my talk

with James Matthew Brown is a little bit lengthier than others, and I don't want to push the

overall length of the episode too long.

But also just because, honestly, that good moment I had as a parent was amidst a whole bunch of

not good feeling. Like, there's a lot about what seems to be happening in my even small scope of looking into the future, I guess.

Maybe that's the problem.

I'm looking into the future.

I mean, if I'm just here in the moment, I do feel fine. But there just is a feeling of things really being off and that

there's a lot of dark, dark vibe about. I don't know how to say that.

Maybe that's like a superstitious kind of sentiment,

but I felt okay in myself,

and I did have this good moment,

but it just feels like things have been a challenging time

in a lot of sometimes subtle and sometimes overt ways.

And I don't know that I would really want to try to get into talking about any specifics.

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