J Brown Yoga Talks
with Catherine Annis - Scaravelli Inspired Yoga
Check out this podcast with J Brown Yoga Talks as we talk about yoga. It was great to connect with J, to chat about how we can slow down the practice to dive deeper and expand our awareness.
The conversation didn’t start quite as I expected (!!) but hey, if you let people in on your secret history, what do you expect??
We talked about our inspirations - for me discovering John Stirk, who has been hugely influential in my yoga practice, teaching and life.
Thank you John xxx
I hadn’t met J Brown before our conversation and, honestly, I was nervous, because he’s interviewed so many exceptional teachers and he’s yoga podcast royalty. But he was great, really open and friendly and we got into a groove of discussing the process of seeking out ease rather than challenge in our yoga practice, how structure plays a part in somatic-based practices, the importance of meeting people where they are while still offering a deeper inquiry.
There’s a bit about the evolution of teacher training generally and how we define parameters for that. Having set up the Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training course back in 2017, this is close to my heart. Providing a sensitive, thoughtful and yes, intelligent, teacher training course is a responsibility. As teachers, we need to provide a space for students so that we can all immerse ourselves in the experience of yoga, so we really understand what it means for you, personally and in detail. To me, it feels as if we need time for our own thoughts and feelings to percolate, so that our point of view to can mature and settle before we have the courage to share it with others and teach from our hearts, with honesty and authenticity.
Thank you J, it was a pleasure to meet you.
Enjoy the listen, folks.
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