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J. Brown Yoga Talks

Pamela Weber - "Keeping Things Going Against All Odds"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

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

4.4696 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Pamela Weber, co-founder of NATA Yoga in Paris, talks with J about the uncertain future that independent centers face and the determination that keeps them going. They discuss her life as an academic and moving to Paris, teacher training before 200hr certification, minimalist teaching styles, giving up tenure for yoga, the subversive nature of opening a center, glory times before COVID, managing lock-downs, erratic attendance and rising expenses, researching Swami Kripalu, and holding true to a current of surrender and love.

 

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, Jay here.

0:03.3

This is me letting you know that I have a new group starting for my teacher training on October 20th.

0:09.1

If you're looking to deepen your personal practice or feel more inspired in your teaching,

0:14.5

perhaps you're interested in expanding your knowledge base and feeling more confident about what you're doing and why.

0:20.7

Or maybe you just want something in your life that invites you into a dialogue with others who are

0:26.6

also inquiring into yoga.

0:29.0

If so, I'm encouraging you to check it out.

0:32.6

The program is flexible and it's designed to be co-creative so it can fit into our lives and feel like a support

0:39.1

rather than a burden. And I've got a new group starting on October 20th. You can find out more

0:46.1

and register at JBrownyoga.com slash training.

0:50.6

Music training.

1:07.2

All right. You've done it. You've hit play. And here we are.

1:14.4

This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast. My name is Jay Brown, and if this is your first time listening, let me welcome you. Everyone else. What's up? How's everyone doing? I'm sitting here

1:24.4

a bit stunned because I can't really believe a week has gone by.

1:30.6

In fact, the last several weeks seem to have just slipped past me.

1:36.4

I think I've mentioned this before, but my favorite analogy for time is to think of time like a river. And sometimes the banks of the river are wide,

1:49.3

and the flow of the river is slow and almost still. It doesn't even feel like time's passing.

1:58.3

And when it's like that, and it spreads out,

2:01.6

there's room for time to kind of pool into eddies and swirl,

2:08.6

and there's all these other like side things that happen with time

2:12.6

when the banks of the river are wide.

2:16.6

But sometimes it feels like the banks of the river are wide. But sometimes it feels like the banks of the river they narrow.

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