Self-Care Daily with Rachel Brathen

I am so happy I found this podcast. It’s part of my morning ritual now. So uplifting and relevant and based in yoga philosophy and mindfulness. Great short, sweet and powerful practices. I highly recommend this one

Some episodes are literally 50% advertisements. It’s so frustrating feeling just about “there” in terms of coming into the present moment and opening up to hear a nice message just to be interrupted with loud ads for supplements or something. Way too many ads for a 4-5 min episode and also the ads should be at the beginning or the end.

Too many ads now, they should all be at the very beginning or very end

I love Rachel. I listen to her longform podcast weekly. I like the idea of these bite-sized moments of practice, but unfortunately, as others have noted, the execution is not soothing at all. There are simply so many ads that it makes the practice feel like merely a vehicle for delivering ads. I don’t find myself able to sink in and internalize the depth of these practice moments, because the meditation is immediately interrupted by sound effects and ads which take me out of the moment and leave me feeling lost ):