1 hr 5 min
25. The impossible task of explaining yoga, with Barbara Benagh and John Schumacher The Weeks Well
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I wanted to bring Barbara Benagh and John Schumacher back onto Practicing Well to take the conversation on yoga lineage further. They have been teaching yoga for decades—100 years between the two of them—so I brought them back to talk about what it means to be an elder in this craft. We discussed how teaching and learning have changed over the years, and how in their cases, their practice and teaching have both evolved. Both Barbara and John shared how difficult it is to teach yoga, to pass on these deep, truthful experiences, and to make that relevant for anyone. We also got into the business of yoga and where to place aging yoga teachers at a time when tastes between millennials and baby boomers (such as John and Barbara) are so different.
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Terms:
1. Kapalabhati: a breathing practice taught in hatha yoga for internal cleansing
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References:
1. John Schumacher Yoga
2. Barbara Benagh's Yoga Studio
3. What is yoga lineage and why does it matter? Practicing Well episode with John Schumacher, Gary Kraftsow, and Monique Schubert
4. Taking refuge from the world together. Practicing Well episode with Barbara Benagh, Richard Freeman, and Mary Taylor
5. Malcolm Gladwell
6. Angela Farmer
7. Donald Moyer
8. Erich Schiffmann
9. Jon Kabat-Zinn
10. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
11. Washington Post article on 5-minute breathing exercises
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Episode credits:
Original music by Kim's band Governess.
Produced by Alyssa Yeroshefsky and Kim Weeks.
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Subscribe to the Weeks Well newsletter. For more info on Kim Weeks, visit www.weekswell.com.
Follow Kim on Instagram (@weeks.well), Facebook (@weeks.well), Twitter (@weeks_well), YouTube (@weekswell), Patreon (Weeks Well), and TikTok (@weekswell).
Copyright © 2023 Weeks Well®.
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I wanted to bring Barbara Benagh and John Schumacher back onto Practicing Well to take the conversation on yoga lineage further. They have been teaching yoga for decades—100 years between the two of them—so I brought them back to talk about what it means to be an elder in this craft. We discussed how teaching and learning have changed over the years, and how in their cases, their practice and teaching have both evolved. Both Barbara and John shared how difficult it is to teach yoga, to pass on these deep, truthful experiences, and to make that relevant for anyone. We also got into the business of yoga and where to place aging yoga teachers at a time when tastes between millennials and baby boomers (such as John and Barbara) are so different.
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Terms:
1. Kapalabhati: a breathing practice taught in hatha yoga for internal cleansing
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References:
1. John Schumacher Yoga
2. Barbara Benagh's Yoga Studio
3. What is yoga lineage and why does it matter? Practicing Well episode with John Schumacher, Gary Kraftsow, and Monique Schubert
4. Taking refuge from the world together. Practicing Well episode with Barbara Benagh, Richard Freeman, and Mary Taylor
5. Malcolm Gladwell
6. Angela Farmer
7. Donald Moyer
8. Erich Schiffmann
9. Jon Kabat-Zinn
10. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
11. Washington Post article on 5-minute breathing exercises
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Episode credits:
Original music by Kim's band Governess.
Produced by Alyssa Yeroshefsky and Kim Weeks.
____
Subscribe to the Weeks Well newsletter. For more info on Kim Weeks, visit www.weekswell.com.
Follow Kim on Instagram (@weeks.well), Facebook (@weeks.well), Twitter (@weeks_well), YouTube (@weekswell), Patreon (Weeks Well), and TikTok (@weekswell).
Copyright © 2023 Weeks Well®.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-weeks-well/support
1 hr 5 min