yogic philosophy

Delve into the powerful influence of mindfulness, yoga, and outdoor adventures on today's youth. Discover how Preston Slaughter empowers youth with essential self-care, mindfulness, and compassion skills through her organization, LOCAL RVA. Explore the authentic connections forged among youth, centered on critical themes such as stress management, trust building, and self-acceptance.

Preston's journey began when she returned to the United States after two years of teaching English in Thailand and traveling across Asia. Struggling with mental health challenges, she found solace in yoga, meditation, and nature, ultimately restoring balance to her nervous system and rediscovering her joy. Today, she has transformed her passion into a career, educating young minds about the same practices that have consistently brought her healing and happiness.

In this podcast, Preston reveals how she integrates yogic philosophy into outreach programs and offers valuable insights on tapping into the koshas – the layers of the physical, mental, emotional, energetic, and joy bodies-- and cultivating inner toolkits.

Explore the pivotal role of nature in this transformative process and uncover hobbies and self-care practices that promote mindfulness and alignment. Tune in to learn how to  work with nature-based methodologies that enhance connections and holistic well-being and discover the profound impact of mindfulness, yoga, and outdoor experiences on today's youth with Preston Slaughter.

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Hit Follow/like if you enjoyed the episode! - Swami Nityananda is the spiritual teacher of the Awake Yoga Meditation community. Consecrated by Swami Shankarananda, her teachings helps listeners and readers connect with the reality of love, wisdom, liberation, joy, harmony, and kindness. People who meditate with her find Swami Nityananda practices a selfless way of living in the world that asks, "How may I be of service?" and models through open-hearted, generous, and effervescent guidance, a path for us all to recognize our own inherent divine qualities, and to see the same in everyone.

As Juniper Ellis, she is Professor of English at Loyola University, where she teaches American Literature and World Literature Written in English. She earned her PhD at Vanderbilt University. Her talks are filled with wisdom, good humor, and authenticity.  She teaches nondual awareness and the yogic tradition in ways accessible to contemporary audiences who love real-life stories and examples of humans living beyond limits. She is the author of the book Tattooing the World: Pacific Designs in Print and Skin. Her scholarly articles have appeared in respected journals in many English-speaking countries and she has spoken to audiences in ten countries and been a featured speaker on NPR and Radio Ireland among many other platforms and podcasts.

In this chat, Swami Nityananda and Jacob discuss yoga and some of the philosophies of yogis, identity, the voice of the heart, death, non-dualism, awareness, oneness experiences, the flow state, various meditation teachings, how to be more of yourself, gettings boosts of spiritual energy, obtaining focus and clarity of pure creative energy, residing in the flow of joy and harmony, and much more. Swami brings a peaceful and welcoming presence, with a nice dose of joyful laughter.

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A couple of notable quotes from the episode:

"We become increasingly aware of wherever our pain points are, or our reactivity is, we become aware of those, and able to NOT react, and not enter into the lower frequencies of anger, fear, frustration, doubt, limitation - wherever we have humanly felt blocked before - that increasingly dissolves and melts away. We are bringing healing, compassion, wisdom, and awareness in." - Swami Nityananda

"Of course, if you are a human facing loss, there's an adjustment and it's really honest spiritually to say 'This is a big adjustment that I'm going through, and humanly I'm experiencing grief right now.' And it becomes much easier to move through it gracefully, to not push down the feelings, not deny them, but also to connect with that wholeness, if we're able to connect with that connectedness which goes so far beyond the physical." - Swami Nityananda

"Stay here. Every moment that you have to stay here in the body, stay here. Be fully here, and, when the time comes, do not fear. Absolutely do not fear." - Swami Nityananda

In this episode, we explore the meaning of "sat nam", which roughly translates to "truth is my name." We drop into inner knowing, deep internal truth, and conscious wisdom. By accessing this deep inner well of light, we are able to meet others in our lives with the spirit of "namaste"--the light in me sees and honors the light in you. When we can open to and acknowledge the core of truth that exists within each of us, we are able to create connections build on that solid foundation of honoring.

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