Why I'm Walking Away From Yoga Studios & Toward Yogasana Sadhana | a Curious Yogi

Are you treating your yoga practice as a checklist item, or as a splendid return to your essence?

In this episode, I’m talking to you straight about what it means to bridge the gap between modern postural yoga and the ancient spiritual depths. Hello, yogasana sadhana. We dive into the reality of spiritual burnout, escaping the rigid "box" of mainstream studio culture, and how to treat your physical practice as a doorway to the divine rather than the final destination.

Here’s what I share:

• The Seed vs. The Branch: Recognizing that while modern postural yoga is a beautiful physical doorway, it is just a single branch of a deeply rooted, magical tree
• Overcoming Burnout: My journey of "hitting the wall" while teaching within profit-driven spaces, and how returning to sadhana saved my mental health and my yoga
• Finding the Middle Ground: Exploring vivek (discernment) and vairagya (dispassion) to find the non-judgmental middle path in a highly commercialized yoga world
• Ancient Wisdom for Modern Seekers: Words from Chapter 6 of the Bhagavad Gita to anchor ourselves in THE STATE of Yoga
• Ditching the Spiritual High Horse: Maturing into spiritual study means expanding our compassion, not looking down on those who are on the mat just for mobility

Links Mentioned:

• The Curious Yogi Online Practice Community: Join My Momence Community Here (Migrating soon from Patreon—download the Momence app to track your practice, book 90-minute classes, and join our monthly Satsangs!)
• Listen to Stewart’s Latest Episode (There’s two!):On What Yoga is NOT 
• Listen to Nikki’s Episode from Season 1:On Finding The Middle

Yoga is not a mechanical checklist; it is an act of remembering the light, clarity, and love that is already sitting quietly with you.

How do you maintain and relate to your sadhana? I’d love to hear how you are riding these waves.

In oneness,

Bobbi

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