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J. Brown Yoga Talks

Sukadev Bretz - "How a Spiritual Community is Created"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

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

4.4696 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Sukadev Bretz, founder of Yoga Vidya, talks with J about going from being a disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda to founding a democratically run non-profit spiritual Yoga organization. They discuss what it was like to become a disciple and take vows in the eighties, when institutions become more about rules than people, bearing witness to the hypocrisies of gurus, choosing to leave and creating something with community rights and safeguards, adapting to the needs of our passing times, and allowing ourselves to be guided by the Divine.

 

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0:29.1

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0:35.2

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0:40.5

into yoga or perhaps you have interest in becoming a teacher or maybe you're already a teacher

0:46.6

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0:53.2

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0:55.0

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1:49.9

All right, here we are.

1:53.2

This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast.

1:55.6

My name is Jay Brown.

1:57.5

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1:59.5

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2:04.7

Thanks to everyone for being here. First things first,

2:14.4

for those who were here last week, especially anyone who sent me a note of well wishes. I want to give you an update on how my daughter Annabelle's return to school was this week.

2:20.2

I am happy to report that it couldn't have gone any better.

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