Okay, here we are. This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast. My name is Jay Brown.

Welcome and thanks to whoever you are that has chosen to listen today.

I'm glad you're here.

And honestly, whether or not I was going to be able to be here today was in some question,

I have taken sick with flu-like symptoms.

Maybe it's the thing, I don't know.

But I was down pretty bad yesterday.

I'm feeling better today.

Thanks to a couple of Tylenol,

I've created a little window where I feel decent enough to do this.

And my own symptoms aside, in general, it's been a rough couple of days in our house.

My daughter had a couple of bad days, and that was after four weeks of really encouraging things. It seemed like

things were going better and we were feeling positive. And then we just had a couple of days just

now that felt like a backslide.

And I know they say that the healing is not linear and it's not good to think of it like that,

but it sure felt like it.

So I've had kind of a one-two punch and I'm barely here.

But I'm glad to be here because, you know, as I've said, many times doing the show and teaching my classes is really my saving grace these days.

And I'm very happy to be bringing you today's talk with Shomani Jane.

My friend Alma, shout out again to Alma.

She's been sending me all these wonderful guest ideas.

She sent me a link to a TED talk that Shomani had done.

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