Steve James - "Fields of Inquiry with Guru Viking"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

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

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Steve James, creator of the Movement Koan Method® and host of the Guru Viking Podcast, joins J for a comparative inquiry into spiritual traditions and philosophical viewpoints. They discuss living on a boat, the value of survival training, some of the experiences and people who have influenced Steve's understanding, working with Michaela Boehm and The Non-Linear Movement Method®, the purpose of long-sitting meditation, and appreciation for a multiplicity of contemplative disciplines and wisdom teachings.

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0:00.0	Okay, I did it. I hit the record button.
0:17.5	You, you just hit play on your side.
0:23.4	And here we are.
0:27.6	This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast.
0:29.7	My name is Jay Brown.
0:33.6	Hello, whoever you are.
0:42.0	If you're new, welcome, and I almost feel like I have to apologize because you're really not getting me at my best today. If you were here last week, I mentioned that I've been having a
0:48.8	hard time, and I wish I could say that things got better this week, but they did not.
0:57.2	In some ways, they got worse.
1:01.3	And it's rare that I'm not really feeling up to doing this.
1:08.4	You know, I usually am able to summon inspiration.
1:16.7	But I've run out of time and I don't want to take a week off.
1:22.4	I feel like if I didn't put the show out, I'd feel worse.
1:29.4	And longtime listeners... put the show out, I'd feel worse. And long-time listeners might remember in the early formative time of this show,
1:37.9	I would just vent everything in the intro.
1:41.6	I would have like big time yoga celebrities on and I would do like a 20 minute intro of
1:48.7	just like dumping all my emotions and angers and pain. And sometimes I think it was maybe useful or
1:59.7	it was at least pergative for me, but a lot of times I don't. I don't think it was
2:03.2	helpful. I don't think it served me or the show. So I'm not going to vent everything here.
2:15.3	At the same time, I'm not going to try to put on a mask, you know.
2:22.0	If I try to fake it, I think those of you who have come to know me over the years,
2:30.0	even if you didn't really know, you'd feel it.
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