Sheela and Ravi Shankar - "Desikachar, Chanting, and Ishvara"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

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

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Sheela and Ravi Shankar, co-founders of Yoga Nidhi, talk with J about TKV Desikachar and the transformative power of yoga. They discuss the history of their relationship and how Ravi discovered TKV Desikachar, Sheela's religious upbringing, how she got to meet Desikachar and the different contexts she observed his teaching, chanting as meditation or prayer, whether God is fundamental to yoga, defining Ishvara Pranidana, OM, Satva dominance in the mind, characteristics of a yogi, and the greater purpose behind practice.

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0:00.0	All right. Here we are.
0:13.2	This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast.
0:16.7	My name is Jay Brown.
0:18.7	Welcome to you, whoever you are, whether you're a new listener or a returning friend.
0:24.9	Thank you for choosing to listen.
0:30.4	I hope that this moment is finding you reasonably well
0:35.2	and that you're able to cherish the life that you're having.
0:45.7	I know that's a very intense way to start off this week's podcast, but I'm in an intense kind of mood to be frank with you.
0:58.3	You see, two weeks ago, my next-door neighbor was found dead in his home.
1:07.1	I didn't mention it last week because it was so raw and fresh.
1:12.3	I felt like I couldn't talk about it, but there was a service today in his honor that I attended only a few hours ago, really.
1:23.1	And it's fresh in my mind now.
1:25.5	And I don't think I could record this intro if I didn't. And it's fresh in my mind now.
1:33.2	I don't think I could record this intro if I didn't acknowledge it.
1:36.7	His name was Paul Deary.
1:39.2	And I didn't know Paul very well.
1:41.4	But he was right there.
1:42.1	He was my neighbor.
1:44.8	I saw him pretty much every day.
1:47.5	I waved hello to him at least four times a week.
1:55.5	He was an artist who has a piece that's at our local arch trail.
1:59.2	One of my favorite pieces in that arch trail is his.
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