I fell in love with yoga because of a teacher at a dirty studio down the street, because of the ones who taught me to float and fly, and because of the teachers who called me by name before I was sure I belonged.
After interviewing over 100 yoga teachers—from living legends like Sri Dharma Mittra and David Swenson to daily studio instructors—I realized the real magic isn't in theory or instant gratification. It’s in the stories, the trust, and the willingness to keep figuring it out when there is no clear path.
In Part 1 of this mini-series, we’re cutting through the noise and diving deep into three core lessons on Abundance & Trust:
It’s in the living, not the theory
The relentless energy to figure things out (and why having "no Plan A" might be your greatest creative power).
How to move with trust, drop the fear, and recognize when you already have enough.
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Time stamps:
00:00 intro
03:50 Trevor, Kino, Arundhati, Carling & future of the series
05:36 what is this podcast?
06:00 this 100 yoga teachers series
11:00 creative support
12:30 from self-imposed chaos to systems
14:45 airplane game
17:00 lesson one: it’s in the stories, not in the instant gratification
18:20 David Swenson fired from teaching yoga
21:20 David Swenson’s scrap of paper
24:20 lesson 2: the energy to continuously figure things out
28:25 no plan A, let alone B
31:38 lesson 3: trust and have no fear, mysteriously it works out
34:10 Sri Dharma Mittra on money arriving for his mission
37:50 hermit crab theory of change
39:28 Sri Dharma Mittra on not having students in his yoga class
41:20 scholarship for listeners idea
42:30 enough
44:00 writing prompt
