Leadership and Yoga yoga & politics: bad leaders, spiritual bypassing, & good activism as a yogi
So much of the wellness world has become busy work to keep up from focusing on the bigger problems in the world. But our own selfish pursuits don’t bring happiness anyways. So can we take more accountability for what’s happening around us?
In a season of world politics and wars that feels like spiritual wintertime, let’s talk about ignorance and neutrality vs standing up, jumping to conclusions vs thinking for yourself, and how we can stay informed while not losing our power and sanity.
Who is the bad leader? Is it them, “up there?” Is it you? Is it me? Let’s find out. Today’s episode is a combination of poetic interpretations of the current state of events and its effect on our state of being.
My substack piece mentioned “What’s going on up there”
Piece by Jeff Foster “Behind the Curtain”
Video about meditation mentioned
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Time stamps:
00:00 intro
03:30 the mental whirlwind of being in a season of winter
06:00 who this episode is for
07:30 my turn to answer: can yoga change the world?
9:30 OfferingTree
11:00 my story: burnt out on news
15:58 we create what we consume, but that doesn’t mean..
17:23 what does this have to do with yoga?
22:00 2 steps for better democracy
25:20 beliefs are tea steeping in your water
26:30 desire to “belong” to a group
28:00 being a real activist means
31:30 the 3rd option
36:00 when is it enough?
40:00 survival mode does not gift the privilege of contemplating
43:50 news
48:50 bad leaders characteristics
50:00 just trying to get through the week
51:20 Jeff Foster “I saw behind the curtain”
56:00 spiritual bypassing
59:30 “it’s all divine plan”
1:00:00 take accountability, you are not a hamster
1:05:00 how to make real change