Chats Over Coffee With My Yoga Teacher

Peter Brush & Kayla McCormack
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Chats Over Coffee With My Yoga Teacher

Comedian Peter Brush and yoga teacher Kayla McCormack chat over a hot drink about meditation, yoga, mindfulness, happiness, philosophy, anatomy, how to live a well balanced life, and other stuff like that. We're currently on hiatus and may or may not be back, but all episodes are still up. They're generally not topical and still should provide good contemporary listening so please don't hesitate to dive in! You can start from the beginning, the end, or wherever sounds interesting. If you explore our show on our YouTube channel you'll also find playlists grouping episodes into series on yoga and meditation basics, the Yamas and Niyamas, philosophy existentialism and ethics, and anatomy https://www.youtube.com/@COCWMYTPod Also please check out our websites and socials for our latest personal/professional news and content: Peter's Website https://www.peterbrushcomedy.com/ Kayla's Website https://www.kaylamccormack.com/ Peter's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/peterbrush_/ Kayla's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kaylamccormackyoga/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 2 AUG

    Episode 64 - A Trauma Informer

    In this episode Peter (a stand-up comedian) and Kayla (a yoga teacher) chat about what trauma is, Kayla’s trauma informed yoga teacher training, fight/flight/freeze responses, playing possum, consent frameworks, human’s attempts at domesticating various animals, what to do in a bear attack, Werner Herzog’s film ‘Grizzly Man’, exorcisms, and framing situations so that people feel in control. Plus Peter discusses his recent reading of the gospels and disputes whether a little boy really did help feed the 5000. Peter’s Website: https://www.peterbrushcomedy.com Kayla’s Website: https://www.kaylamccormack.com Peter’s Substack Piece: https://peterbrush.substack.com/p/on-joke-formations Peter’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterbrush_/ Kayla’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylamccormackyoga/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    38 min

  2. 2 JUL

    Episode 63 - The 'I Have a Meme' Preach

    This time out Peter (comedian) and Kayla (yoga teacher) chat about The Bible (don’t get put off yet!). They discuss the differences in the tones of the gospels and why that may be, gospels and Bible books that didn’t make the canon, Jesus as a moral philosopher, how Christianity's malleability meant it could move with the enlightenment, miracles, Paul vs Jesus, the historical accuracy of the nativity, whether modern Christians really believe in the virgin birth and resurrection, the problems with translation of ancient texts, religions and churches as successful memes and evolutionarily successful ideas, Tom Holland and the idea that all Western civilisation is culturally Christian, if humans rights, the abolition of slavery and the climate movement have all been based on a Christian framework, and whether societal moral progress is a solely Christian idea or if Eastern traditions have something to say about this. Plus there’s some other stuff on having to fact check literally everything these days, the trouble with having humans as role models and whether it is now totally uncool to be on TV. Peter’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterbrush_/ Kayla’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylamccormackyoga/ Peter’s Website: https://www.peterbrushcomedy.com Kayla’s Website: https://www.kaylamccormack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    49 min

  3. 3 JUN

    Episode 62 - Laughter: Best Medicine vs The Dark Side of Humour

    Our yoga teacher and stand-up comedian duo once again meet up to chat over a hot drink. This time it's about whether we've lacked unifying cultural references since 1997, and then there's a long discussion about laughter. They discuss why we laugh in certain settings, why one person falling over might be funny but another person falling isn't, the concept of punching up and down, comedy or laughters use in breaking tension and creating in/out group dynamics. Why we fear being laughed at, embarrassment, involuntary noises in yoga classes, self-deprecation as a tool, being addicted to getting laughs, laughter yoga, laughters health benefits, experiencing transcendent moments as part of a group and how that can turn dark, dignity, true confidence and the lies in Jurassic Park. Kayla's Website: https://www.kaylamccormack.com Peter's Website: https://www.peterbrushcomedy.com/ Kayla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylamccormackyoga/ Peter's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterbrush_/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    40 min

  4. 7 MAY

    Episode 61 - Hip Opera

    The yoga teacher Kayla McCormack and the comedian Peter Brush return to chat about the hips, memory and the perception of time. Discussion includes stuff on hip anatomy, flexibility, whether emotions are really stored in our hips as some in the yoga community believe, the fallibility of our memories, repressed memories and the scandal of the recovered memory movement, Freud, when we form our fundamental beliefs, if our political opinions and morals are formed around hardwired personality traits, whether it's harder to change our minds on things in the internet age when we all have a written record of our past opinions, if time really does speed up as we get older and why, plus there's a stupid joke about Eartha Kitt. Peter’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterbrush_/ Kayla’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylamccormackyoga/ Peter’s Website: https://www.peterbrushcomedy.com Kayla’s Website: https://www.kaylamccormack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min

  5. 3 APR

    Episode 60 - This Is EFT Tapping

    Peter and Kayla (a yoga teacher and a stand-up comedian) chat about what EFT tapping is, and its possible therapeutic benefits. Also discussed are acupuncture and meridian lines, Chinese medicine, how the geography of a region may affect the culture of the people who live there, echinacea, placebos and the problem of self-reporting in medical studies, limiting beliefs, the genuine positive effects of priming in a yoga class, and what those ancestry websites are doing with all of our DNA. Also Peter scratches his car and due to his meditation practise is definitely not dwelling on it and barely mentions it continuously throughout the episode. Kayla's Website: https://www.kaylamccormack.com Peter's Website: https://www.peterbrushcomedy.com/ Kayla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylamccormackyoga/ Peter's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterbrush_/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    41 min

  6. 2 MAR

    Episode 59 - The Triumph of 'The Pill'?

    Our yoga teacher (Kayla) and comedian (Peter) combo chat about the contraceptive pill, how it works, it's physical and cultural impact, the potential for a male contraceptive bill, theories of evolutionary psychology for differences in sexual behaviour, managing menstrual cycles whilst playing elite sport, and whether we've been seduced into thinking there's a technological or pharmaceutical answer for all of life's problems (a pill for all ills, you could say). There's also a discussion about what the best time of the day/month/year to exercise, meditate or write funny jokes actually is. Kayla's Website: https://www.kaylamccormack.com Peter's Website: https://www.peterbrushcomedy.com/ Kayla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylamccormackyoga/ Peter's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterbrush_/ Subscribe to Peter's Substack here: peterbrush.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    39 min

  7. 6 FEB

    Episode 58 - Experience, Resilience, Fashionable Manes and Storytelling Brains

    In this episode a yoga teacher (Kayla) and a comedian (Peter) chat about aging, whether western society actually reveres the elderly, lost knowledge, the invention of the teenager, living in a high-tech image-based culture, if solar flares will knock out all of our technology one day, cycles of fashion and political thought, the demographics of people in political life, representative democracy vs direct democracy vs communism, extended adolescence, whether we're ever actually ready to do anything until we've done it, resilience and triumphing over adversity, the lack of medical research that has been done on women, emotions creating narrative shortcuts in the brain, and mullets. Phew, that was a mouthful. So yeah, loads of stuff this month, hope you enjoy. Kayla's Website: www.kaylamccormack.com Peter's Website: https://www.peterbrushcomedy.com/ Kayla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylamccormackyoga/ Peter's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterbrush_/ Subscribe to Peter's Substack here: peterbrush.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min

  8. 6 JAN

    Episode 57 - Viva La Resolution

    A yoga teacher (Kayla) and her faithful student (Peter, who is also a comedian btw) discuss resolutions, how easy it is to set and keep them, whether having a moral focus underpinning a resolution makes it easier to keep rather than just setting a specific goal, fake meats, the ethics of certain diets, the flaws and potential politicisation of nutritional information, the naturalistic fallacy, eunuchs, the menopause, the opposite of green, and the demonisation of sugar. Kayla's Website: www.kaylamccormack.com Peter's Website: https://www.peterbrushcomedy.com/ Kayla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylamccormackyoga/ Peter's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterbrush_/ Subscribe to Peter's Substack here: peterbrush.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    39 min
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Comedian Peter Brush and yoga teacher Kayla McCormack chat over a hot drink about meditation, yoga, mindfulness, happiness, philosophy, anatomy, how to live a well balanced life, and other stuff like that. We're currently on hiatus and may or may not be back, but all episodes are still up. They're generally not topical and still should provide good contemporary listening so please don't hesitate to dive in! You can start from the beginning, the end, or wherever sounds interesting. If you explore our show on our YouTube channel you'll also find playlists grouping episodes into series on yoga and meditation basics, the Yamas and Niyamas, philosophy existentialism and ethics, and anatomy https://www.youtube.com/@COCWMYTPod Also please check out our websites and socials for our latest personal/professional news and content: Peter's Website https://www.peterbrushcomedy.com/ Kayla's Website https://www.kaylamccormack.com/ Peter's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/peterbrush_/ Kayla's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kaylamccormackyoga/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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