All right, here we are. This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast. My name is Jay Brown. Welcome to you, whoever you are. whether you're new today or you're a returning friend.

Thank you so much for listening. If you are a regular listener, you might notice something distinctly

different about the audio quality to this introduction today. I don't even know if this is going to work. It's awfully

windy out here and hopefully this sounds okay and I'll be able to use this. But I am not coming to

you from my usual perch in my attic. I am coming to you from the woods, from a very special place. And before I tell

you where I am, let me tell you why I'm here. You see, normally, I record the intro and

this week's podcast, the Sunday before it posts on Monday.

So usually that means on Sundays I spend quite a bit of time up in the attic, recording and

editing and doing stuff for the show. And I've also been talking a lot about wanting to go out,

like leaving my house and making myself go out like every day for like a little while.

And I've been pretty good about it of late.

Since last week when I spoke to you,

I've really been making myself get out.

And today I finished editing the podcast, talk with my friend Joe Simic, which I'll tell you about in just a moment, a little while ago.

And then I was just like up in the attic and I was looking at the window and it was like a really beautiful day out.

And I felt like I had to choose between

going outside and recording the intro for the podcast and I thought well maybe I don't have to

choose between those and it made me think of a suggestion I got from a listener shout out to you

nan nan is a long time friend she's been listening to the show for a very long time A suggestion I got from a listener. Shout out to you, Nan.

Nan is a longtime friend.

She's been listening to the show for a very long time.

And she emailed me and said,

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