Productive Flourishing
Ashley Zuberi, yoga teacher, author, and former team...
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Dec 2 2021 50m
Chapter 1 2 mins
For many people, doing yoga, and cultivating a meditation or mindfulness practice are on their to-do list. Yet, people struggle with actually starting and maintaining these practices. Ashley addresses why people can get stuck before beginningChapter 2 1 min
Creating a meditation or yoga or spiritual practice is hard, and it's because it requires experimentation where people are looking for someone to tell them what to doChapter 3 1 min
One way to approach these practices is by integrating these practices into our lives in a more practical way. Ashley outlines how this plays out in her own lifeChapter 4 4 mins
Charlie reflects on how his relationship with yoga has changed since 2020. Yoga is much more than just practicing poses. In its original form, yoga was a meditation practice!Chapter 5 2 mins
It can be just as, if not more, helpful to do shorter periods of yoga more frequently rather than longer sessions at larger intervals. What has happened is the assimilation and co-opting of other traditions into a Western paradigmChapter 6 2 mins
A lot of what drives our actions is being more efficient and doing things more as efficiently as possible. However, that's not the goal in a spiritual practiceChapter 7 3 mins
Even hugs can be a part of your yoga practice if you are tuning into the present moment and practicing presenceChapter 8 1 min
Spirituality is what happens in the moment and not just what happens in the special containers we create for themChapter 9 2 mins
Charlie and Ashley discuss what it means to truly be able to show up as your full self at work, particularly now with COVID-19 and working from homeChapter 10 58 sec
COVID-19 has had some negative impacts on this generation of children, but looking beyond the arbitrary constructs and structures, we can see some other benefits like children seeing their parents at work, and parents being able to spend more time with their kidsChapter 11 3 mins
Charlie explains more about different types of reality, the objective, subjective, and interest objective, and how this ties into spiritual practicesChapter 12 4 mins
Our understanding of what yoga is evolves and changes with time. Charlie and Ashley share what it means for each of them and how it influences how they show up in the worldChapter 13 9 mins
What are some steps we can take to move forward from this conversation and start our spiritual practice?Chapter 14 4 mins
Each of us has our own challenges and struggles with our spiritual practice. What is Ashley feeling most challenged by now?Chapter 15 1 min
Ashley invites you to try something today that helps you find more peace