Latest Jivamukti Podcast Episodes
Podcast #71 - The Potential of Relationships
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - March 10, 2016 21:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsWe bring our own assumptions, viewpoints, prejudices, predispositions to each relationship and encounter with another. Yoga primes us to see the potential for more than just one viewpoint, and opens up the potential for limitless possibility and and expansion of sense of self through compassion f...
Podcast #70 - Evolution
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - December 16, 2015 17:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsJivamukti Yoga classes live from the mother ship in New York City's Union Square. Jessica teaches musically infused and philosophically amused classes that aim to inspire, uplift, incite, and ignite! Jivamukti classes combine physical technique with music, spiritual scripture, non-violence, and m...
Podcast #69 - Wildness
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - November 15, 2015 17:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsA yogi cultivates relationships that are mutually beneficial, not only with other beings but with the earth itself. How are our preferences, our comforts, our habits adversely affecting our ability to relate with the earth and with all beings.
Podcast #68 - Spirit Guides
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - October 16, 2015 18:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsWhen we speak of the 'guru' in yoga class, we are speaking of that part of ourselves that we cultivate, an attitude of being humble and open to the possibility that we don't know everything, to the possibility that other people, other experiences, even animals, a piece of music.... these can all ...
Podcast #67 - Life after Life
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - September 19, 2015 18:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsThe accumulation of all of our past experiences influences our thoughts, words, and actions in the present moment. Yoga practice helps us to become aware of these subtle causes and conditions which influence our behavior and reactions.
Podcast #67 - Life after Life
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - September 19, 2015 18:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsThe accumulation of all of our past experiences influences our thoughts, words, and actions in the present moment. Yoga practice helps us to become aware of these subtle causes and conditions which influence our behavior and reactions.
Podcast #66 - Its Not What you Say, Its How you Say it
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - August 09, 2015 00:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsThe practice of "nada yoga" or sound yoga tunes our bodies, hearts, and minds to the harmony of the universe. Live music by Kirsten McCord: http://kirstenmccord.com/
Podcast #65 - Why We Love War
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - July 18, 2015 14:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsUnderstanding the nature of conflict, and the nature of our response to conflict or our perceived enemies (external or internal) is key to learning to stop the war. Watching our response to obstacles or hinderances during practice can give us insight as to how we are waging war with our inner dem...
Podcast #64 - Flesh. Blood. Bones. Empty Space.
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - June 22, 2015 17:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsWe are not the solidly material selves we imagine ourselves to be. Our bodies are energy and space, on a quantum level. We imagine that we are solid bodies, resting on other solid bodies. This is an illusion. What if we identified with the space and energy that comprise our bodies rather than t...
Podcast #63 - What is the meaning of life?
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - May 15, 2015 19:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsWe spend much of our lives searching for meaning, when it is in fact up to each of us to create meaning in our lives. Death awareness can help to re-prioritize so that we can focus our precious energy on those things that give our lives the most meaning. The practice is a hamstring/hanumanasana...
Podcast #63 - What is the meaning of life?
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - May 15, 2015 19:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsWe spend much of our lives searching for meaning, when it is in fact up to each of us to create meaning in our lives. Death awareness can help to re-prioritize so that we can focus our precious energy on those things that give our lives the most meaning. The practice is a hamstring/hanumanasana...
Podcast #62 - Remembering and Forgetting
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - April 21, 2015 20:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsMemory and Forgetting as part of practice, and part of yoga. Memory serves a key role in practice, but we also get caught up in memories as a definition of our individual personality, which can have limiting effects. We have to remember to forget what we think we know sometimes in order to advanc...
Podcast #61 - Untying the Knots that Bind Us
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - March 07, 2015 04:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsSpiritual practice can provide us with the means to overcome our tendencies and habits, unless it becomes another cloak for those very same tendencies. We are challenged to stay alert to the ways in which spiritual practice might provide a convenient justification to avoid our difficult experienc...
Podcast #60 - Kali (recorded in Grand Cayman)
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - March 02, 2015 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsThe mother and her tongue. Recorded at Bliss Yoga Studio on a recent teaching trip to Grand Cayman Island.
Podcast #59 - Time
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - January 17, 2015 13:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsYoga is now. Our mental excursions to the future and the past are a distraction from the experience of yoga which is only the present moment.
Podcast #58 - Mantra
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - December 15, 2014 19:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsYogis use mantra and music to connect more deeply with our true self and with the nature of the universe. Music by Kevin Nathaniel: http://mbirasanctuary.com/
Podcast #57 - Soul Power
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - November 08, 2014 14:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsfeaturing original music by Stephanie Carlin http://stephaniecarlin.com/
Podcast #56 - Serene Intelligence
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - October 17, 2014 18:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsIntelligence means everything connects -- alignment of body, breath, intention, speech, and action. Misalignment creates tension in the body or in the mind. When all component of the yoga practice are working together, harmony, serenity, peace of mind, and joy arise.
Podcast #55 - Food and Nourishment
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - September 23, 2014 09:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsJivamukti Yoga classes live from the mother ship in New York City's Union Square. Jessica teaches musically infused and philosophically amused classes that aim to inspire, uplift, incite, and ignite! Jivamukti classes combine physical technique with music, spiritual scripture, non-violence, and m...
Podcast #54 - Identity, Part Two
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - August 28, 2014 11:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsMost of us identify with our past, specifically our past scars -- the experiences where we feel someone else has hurt us. This identification with past injuries limits our perception of ourselves. The goal of yoga is to clear out all the gunk, all the baggage, all the dirt, so that we can live ha...
Podcast #53 - Identity
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - August 16, 2014 08:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsEverything is empty of meaning from its own side, and is perceived according to the nature of the mind that is doing the perceiving. The more we are able to expand our perception, the more we are able to let go of the clinging to identity. The class is a very hamstring focused physical sequence.
Podcast #52 - Union Through Others
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - June 17, 2014 12:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsJivamukti Yoga classes live from the mother ship in New York City's Union Square. Jessica teaches musically infused and philosophically amused classes that aim to inspire, uplift, incite, and ignite! Jivamukti classes combine physical technique with music, spiritual scripture, non-violence, and m...
Podcast #51 - The Bodies Of the Self
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - May 15, 2014 13:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsThe five koshas or bodies are the layers or sheaths of embodied experience. The goal of all yoga practices is to purify these sheaths to uncover the Atman or the Divine Self, or "unconditioned consciousness."
Podcast #50 - Inversions!
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - April 12, 2014 14:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsInversions are about going upside down, changing our perspective, expanding our sense of self, and shifting the cultural paradigm. Saleiu Suso plays kora throughout the class. The physical practice includes a few tripod headstands, which you may skip or modify if its appropriate for your practice.
Podcast #50 - Inversions!
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - April 12, 2014 09:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsInversions are about going upside down, changing our perspective, expanding our sense of self, and shifting the cultural paradigm. Saleiu Suso plays kora throughout the class. The physical practice includes a few tripod headstands, which you may skip or modify if its appropriate for your practice.
Podcast #49 - Love is Messy
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - March 18, 2014 11:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsLove is messy. Spiritual practice is sometimes rife with doubt and questions. Embrace both darkness and light as part of the path. Use every experience to lead you closer to the light of Self-realization, enlightenment. The sequence is a little twisty and turny with lots of right/left switching....
Podcast #48 - Intention
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - February 17, 2014 10:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsSound is vibration. Thoughts are the subtle vibration of electricity through cells and synapses. Our thoughts affect our minds and bodies, our words, our actions, our habits. Every suggestion the mind makes, sends a direct message to the body. Change the thoughts, change the habit!
Podcast #47 - Fed Up
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - January 30, 2014 14:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsJivamukti Yoga classes live from the mother ship in New York City's Union Square. Jessica teaches musically infused and philosophically amused classes that aim to inspire, uplift, incite, and ignite! Jivamukti classes combine physical technique with music, spiritual scripture, non-violence, and m...
Podcast #46 - Time Management
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - December 19, 2013 09:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsWe all have a limited time in this life, and none of us knows how much time we have. Awareness of the imminence of death can powerfully change how we use our time day to day. Death awareness can be a powerful way to ensure that we live as happily and compassionately as possible in our lives and w...
Podcast #45 - Progressing Towards Kindness
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - November 19, 2013 07:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsThe practice of yoga asks us to examine the prejudices and preferences of the mind, and the way that those prejudices play out in our relationships with others, including animals. As we "progress towards kindness," we are able to see others as the same, as KIN, which is the root of the word kindn...