Latest Stickler Podcast Episodes
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...
Podcast #44 - Union of the Sun and the Moon
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - October 17, 2013 15:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsHatha Yoga means the Union (Yoga) of the Sun (Ha) and the Moon (tha). The goal of the yogi is to become the balanced energies of the sun and the moon. Meaning that we realize the true Self (Sun) in all beings, and we become the perfect reflection (Moon) of the Self to all beings. The way that th...
Podcast #43 - Asana and Bhakti
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - September 20, 2013 14:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsWhat does Asana (the postures) have to do with seeing all as divine? What does seeing all as divine have to do with the physical postures? Sequence is organized through the chakras, a few challenging standing postures. Music by Priya Darshini: http://priyadarshini.com/
Podcast #42 - Krishna's Flute and Nada Yoga
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - August 17, 2013 08:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsWe are fundamentally musical beings, and the practices of yoga are all directed towards becoming musical (being in harmony) with nature and with all that is. We are emptying ourselves of judgement, expectation, habit, anger, fear, assumptions -- in order to become an instrument! In order to allow...
Podcast #42 - Krishna’s Flute and Nada Yoga
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - August 17, 2013 08:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsWe are fundamentally musical beings, and the practices of yoga are all directed towards becoming musical (being in harmony) with nature and with all that is. We are emptying ourselves of judgement, expectation, habit, anger, fear, assumptions -- in order to become an instrument! In order to allow...
Podcasts #41 - You are One with The Highest
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - August 11, 2013 08:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsUsing the Mahavakya (great saying) "Tat Twam Asi" to recognize another's divinity, we in turn recognize everyone's ultimate nature including our own. Live Music by Max ZT of House of Waters houseofwaters.com
Podcast #40 - Backbending and Blessings
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - June 14, 2013 10:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsBackbending and Forgiveness.
Podcast #39 - Fire and Fear
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - May 03, 2013 09:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsYoga Practice as a way to start the process of transforming fear, anxiety, worry -- the very emotions that get in the way of the experience of yoga, the oneness of being. Practice is a pretty intense backbending sequence. It would help to have a tiny bit of wall space, and a blanket or towel.
Podcast #38 - Disease and Disconnection
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - April 24, 2013 09:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsAvidya means thinking of yourself as separate from other beings. Raja (attachment) and Dvesha (aversion) bring us further into the feeling of being seperate, selfish and scared as we divide the world into beings we like and beings we don't. The goal of yoga is to overcome attachment and aversion ...
Podcast #37 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - January 30, 2013 21:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsWhat stops us from taking action in the world? The ego. We think to ourselves "everything is okay," or "i'm no gandhi," or "i don't really care about the suffering of others." Those voices ARE the ego which is stopping us from moving into compassion, and from taking compassionate action.
Podcast #36 - Satsang/Spiritual Community
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - January 16, 2013 17:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsThe story of the mysterious "little green cabin" in alaska, and how community can be sustained over time without even knowing each other! Do a little more for the communities you belong to, make every act a little offering towards the building of your satsang. Live Cello by Kirsten McCord: http:...
Podcast #35 - Aparigraha and Veganism
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - November 29, 2012 17:35 - 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 #34 - Sacred Geometry
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - October 30, 2012 12:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsA very special class with my friend, Moto Fukushima playing bass live for class. His solo music is incredible, and you can find him playing with House of Waters in NYC (www.houseofwaters.com) This intermediate class has a twisting focus.
Podcast #33 - Expanding the Perspective
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - August 16, 2012 13:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratings"Vitarka Badhane Pratipaksa Bhavanam" When disturbed by disturbing thoughts, think of the opposite.
Podcast #32 - Yoga and Sexuality
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - July 12, 2012 07:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsIntroduction to the Focus of the Month, "yoga and sexuality." One take on the focus of the month, is that all of the experiences of life, and all of our current and past relationships can be viewed as necessary for our being right here, right now. That we can potentially use our past experiences ...
Gayatri Mantra -- Calling Earth, Space, Heavens!
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - June 16, 2012 12:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsChanting Gayatri Mantra, Reading from Hazrat Inayat Khan, and Practicing Bird of Paradise!! Happiness!
Being At Ease With Mantra (Fixed)
Jivamukti Yoga with Jessica Stickler - June 16, 2012 12:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsRepetition of mantra can help us to overcome our habitual thinking by re-focusing our attention to a higher intention. Mantra also magically shifts our perception and uplifts our mundane way of seeing the world to an exalted way of seeing!
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