Molly Lannon Kenny - "Pioneering Radical Yoga Service"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

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

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Molly Lannon Kenny, founder of The Samarya Center, is an old friend of J’s and in this talk they discuss her formative work in yoga service and the trajectory of the industry over the last twenty years. Molly shares her insights into the early ashtanga scene, working in clinical environments, yoga therapy and standardization, mystical and contemplative aspects of practice that make yoga as a spiritual path dangerous, and a return to the essence of connecting with people right where they are. This episode is sponsored by Karmasoft.

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0:00.0	Okay, the time is now.
0:13.1	This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast.
0:16.2	My name is Jay Brown.
0:18.3	Konichiwa, my friends.
0:20.7	I'm coming to you from a hotel room in Tokyo, Japan.
0:25.9	I've been here for two and a half days now,
0:29.2	and I have to be honest with you,
0:31.1	I am not at all adjusted to the time yet.
0:34.2	It's like 7.45 p.m.
0:37.2	But I could easily fall asleep right now. I'm recording this because I'm
0:44.7	afraid that if I fall asleep, I'm going to wake up. It's going to be the middle of the night,
0:49.7	like two or three in the morning. Everybody's going to be sleeping. I'm going to feel self-conscious
0:53.6	to be recording. So I'm deciding feel self-conscious to be recording.
0:55.3	So I'm deciding that I just got to do this right now.
0:58.6	It's got to happen now, or I'm worried it's not going to happen at all.
1:03.6	Hopefully, I will be coherent enough to get through this, but I'm not promising anything.
1:14.5	Oh, but man, it's good to be back in Japan.
1:18.2	I did come here on a number of occasions in years past, but it's been a little while,
1:23.1	almost two years since I was last here.
1:26.2	I am in Meguro Yutenji, which is a fantastic little hip,
1:31.9	cool part of Tokyo. And it's great because I've been to Japan enough times that I know how
1:41.1	to get around. I don't need a, like, a map, and I feel comfortable being here.
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