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This book argues for the central role played by absorption in the functioning of the human mind. The importance of absorption makes itself felt in different ways; the two studies combined in this book concentrate on two of them. The first study, 'The Symbolic Mind', argues that, largely as a result of language acquisition, humans have two levels of cognition, which in normal circumstances are simultaneously active. Absorption is a (or the) means to circumvent some, perhaps all, of the associations that characterize one of these two levels of cognition, resulting in what is sometimes referred to as mysitcal experience, but which is not confined to mysticism and plays a role in various "religious" phenomena, and elsewhere. In the second st...
Publisher description: As David White explains in the Introduction to Tantra in Practice, Tantra is an Asian body of beliefs and practices that seeks to channel the divine energy that grounds the universe, in creative and liberating ways. The subsequent chapters reflect the wide geographical and temporal scope of Tantra by examining thirty-six texts from China, India, Japan, Nepal, and Tibet, ranging from the seventh century to the present day, and representing the full range of Tantric experience--Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and even Islamic. Each text has been chosen and translated, often for the first time, by an international expert in the field who also provides detailed background material. Students of Asian religions and general reader...
The human voice is one of the principal conveyers of social and affective communication. Yet relatively little is known about the neural circuitry that supports the recognition of different vocally expressed emotions. We conducted an FMRI study to examine the brain responses to vocal expressions of anger and happiness, and to test whether specific brain regions showed preferential engagement in the processing of one emotion over the other. We also tested the extent to which simultaneously presented facial expressions of the same or different emotions would enhance brain responses, and to what degree such responses depend on attention towards the vocal expression. Forty healthy individuals were scanned while listening to vocal expressions...
How Yoga Migrated From India to Your Local Gym (Submitted, Website)
A short look at the history of yoga from India to modern times.
Historical, Popular, and Scholarly Constructions of Yoga (Submitted, Website)
A short concise look at the term yoga, the movement of yoga, and the evolution of yoga within India and outside.
Ian Whicher on the Integrity of the Yoga Sutras (#70) (Submitted, Website)
Is Yoga Hindu? On the Fuzziness of Religious Boundaries (Submitted, Journal Article)
South Asian Religions Colloquium (SARC): James Mallinson (Submitted, Website)
James Mallinson – Old School Hatha Yoga (Submitted, Website)
The Philosophy of the Yoga Sutra with Karen O’Brien-Kop (Submitted, Website)
A 5 lecture audio book looking at the history and the background of the Yoga Sutras, and the text itself.
Untitled (Submitted, Book)
Īśvara in Patañjali's Yoga Sūtra by Edwin Bryant (Submitted, Audiovisual)
Bryant looks at the concept of the isvara in the Yoga sutras
Origins of Yoga: Quest for the Spiritual (Submitted, Film)
An overview of yoga; its history and practices featuring Georg Feuerstein.
Tips for Dealing with Anxiety, Chronic Fatigue and Hormone Issues! (Submitted, Website)
Anxiety, Cancer, and Mindfulness with Michelle Moorhead (Submitted, Website)
Join Kelli and guest Michelle Moorhead from MoorMindfulness as Michelle shares her experience with anxiety, cancer, and mindfulness.
Katherine Priore: Combatting Toxic Stress in Low-Income Schools (Submitted, Website)
My guest this week is Katherine Priore Ghannam. Katherine is the founder of Headstand, a nonprofit organization that teaches yoga and mindfulness to kids attending low income schools. Headstand is a program that is integrated into the school's curriculum and a large part of its focus is to help children combat "toxic stress." Here's a summary of what we talk about on the episode:* The definition of toxic stress and how it can inhibit a child's ability to learn.
* Learning to see a child's behavior as their way of communicating their needs, difficulties, and emotions.
* The importance of adult self-regulation when teaching children.
* The changes she sees in students from the beginning of the year to the end.
* How yoga and mindfulness have helped create cultures of compassion in the schools that Headstand serves.
* How the job has fueled Katherine's optimism
* Katherine's desire to see social/emotional learning and mindfulness integrated into schools everywhere.
Mark Divine: Beating Stress, Warriors Yoga and Getting Comfortable With Discomfort (Submitted, Website)
The creator of SEALFIT and bestselling author, Mark Divine, is capable of nearly superhuman feats… and he’s here on the show with me today talking about some really deep stuff, including the difference between a Master and a thug and why it’s important to merge the heart and the mind into our actions.
Andrea Ferretti: Reframing the Way You Think About Stress (Submitted, Website)
On this episode, I reflect on one of the most important reads of the year for me -- Kelly McGonigal's book, The Upside of Stress. A psychologist and yoga teacher, Kelly's book is filled with compelling research about how the way we think about stress may be more harmful for our health than stress itself
Jason Crandell: You Have to Trust That Yoga Works (Submitted, Website)
We all struggle from time to time with the question -- "Am I doing enough?" This week, Jason and I talk about this question and this fear in the yoga room. His clear message: Trust in the process of yoga. And return to the fundamentals of what we're trying to teach (and learn) in yoga: To hone attention and discipline so that we can remain steady in the face of stress.
Mark Divine: Mental Toughness, Yoga for Guys & Why Stress is a Choice (Submitted, Website)
This week we have a fan-favorite with retired Navy SEAL commander and New York Times bestselling author, Mark Divine. Mark takes his deep training and expertise as a Navy SEAL and applies it to business, mental toughness, and living a better life.
Yoga: The Ultimate Anxiety Antidote with Kelly Haffner (Submitted, Website)
Yoga and meditation are commonly suggested solutions for stress and anxiety, but how well do they actually work? Yoga Instructor Kelly Hafner sits down to discuss her personal mental health struggles, and exactly how yoga can be used as the ultimate brain-balancing tool.
Yoga Nidra Meditation for Stress and Anxiety (Submitted, Website)
Welcome to today's episode and meditation. Before you get settled bring to mind your Sankulpa. This is a personal statement or intention formed by the heart and mind. It is something you want to bring forth into your life. Repeat it silently to yourself three times.
Yoga Nidra/Sleep Yoga for Anxiety | 30 mins Guided Meditation (Submitted, Website)
This full length guided yoga nidra/sleep yoga for anxiety will help you let go of anxiety and stress to experience a deep inner peace and calm. Through the practice of yoga nidra we can surrender the ceaseless nature of the restless mind, let go of the accumulated tension in the body, stop, let go of controlling the uncontrollable and rest into our body’s own well-being.When we are caught up in a cycle of anxiety, we are often trying to do too much. We are caught in a cycle of doing, doing, doing. It is excessive urgency. We feel like we have to control everything and manage everything by doing. To control the anxiety we just try to do more.
Through yoga nidra your body and mind will be led into a relaxation response and excess stress hormones such as cortisol are removed from the system. Your muscles relax, your heart slows down, your breath deepens. Your body releases GABA which is calming, as well as melatonin and serotonin. Yoga nidra restores the parasympathetic nervous system balance, reversing the tendency to move into anxiety under stress.
When we are caught up in a cycle of anxiety, we are often trying to do too much. We are caught in a cycle of doing, doing, doing. It is excessive urgency
We feel like we have to control everything and manage everything by doing. To control the anxiety we just try to do more. We think that one day we will find peace and relaxation, but in truth that day will never come.
During yoga nidra your body goes into a relaxation response and excess stress hormones such as cortisol are removed from the system. Your muscles relax, your heart slows down, your breath deepens. Your body releases GABA which is calming, as well as melatonin and serotonin. Yoga nidra restores the parasympathetic nervous system balance, reversing the tendency to move into anxiety under stress.
Acknowledge yourself for letting go of doing and controlling and opening into a practice that allows your body to release hormones that naturally including: GABA which will naturally relaxes your central nervous system, serotonin which increases neurotransmitters in your brain to help improve mood, and of melatonin which can help you fall asleep more quickly and get deeper sleep.
When you take the time out for yoga nidra for yourself, you serve all those in your indeed your entire life and beyond. Notice how this practice echoes throughout the rest of your day and night.
Yoga for Stress and Anxiety (Submitted, Website)
Yoga for Anxiety: Yoga for Emotional Healing (Submitted, Website)
Today we are going to open to and become aware of anxiety. Just like the other emotions we have opened to experience, we can open to the emotion of anxiety. Anxiety is not good or bad, it is simply an expression of energy. When we open to the free-flowing quality of anxiety we can attend to its energetic nuances in our minds and bodies.Anxiety affects 18 % of adults in the US, approximately 40 million adults between the ages of 18-54. Those numbers are pretty consistent worldwide. Women are twice as likely to be affected by anxiety than men.
When we experience anxiety we feel an overwhelming lack of trust in our world with no sense of inner security or safety. There is a feeling of being out of control and completely groundless. When we experience anxiety, we wear ourselves out with relentless thinking which heightens our nervousness in our bodies and minds. There is a sense of there being a danger or threat or not being able to cope with what may happen. When we experience anxiety we experience irrational fear, we are hypervigilant to the negative and we worry excessively about the future.
With anxiety we are caught in an endless feedback loop. Our minds spiral into continual mental scanning which use up our physical and mental resources, leaving us feeling exhausted.
The experience of anxiety results in hormonal imbalances in our bodies as our adrenal glands increase the secretion of adrenaline and cortisol in our bodies. Adrenaline and cortisol are hormones release in response to fear and stress by the medulla of the adrenal glands and in some neurons of the central nervous system.
Research has shown that yoga is superior to other forms of exercise in terms of lowering cortisol than other types of physical movement. A research study on African dance and yoga for example actually showed higher levels of cortisol after the dance than before compared to yoga where the levels were reduced. In another research study with specific yoga poses, researchers measured the cortisol levels before and after yoga classes and discovered significant decreases after yoga class.
With anxiety we need to ask ourselves, where is my attention? Usually our mind is all over the place and our body is fidgeting. When we practice yoga, we can place our attention with the sensations in our body. Instead of wearing ourselves out with relentless thinking which heightens anxiety, we can connect with our bodies and be still. Yoga offers us a way to connect with the earth, to ground, release all that nervous tension into the earth and connect with a sense of safety. Restoring your body through yoga will help to recover a sense of equilibrium.
The Truth About How Yoga Nidra Helps with Anxiety in 3 Minutes (Submitted, Website)
A 2016 study found that yoga nidra helped employees manage stress in the workplace. The study suggests that the process of yoga nidra accesses the parasympathetic response and decreases the sympathetic nervous system response which results in more physical, mental and emotional relaxation in our bodies. In other words less anxiety.
At some point in our life, we realize that we need to pause, pay attention to our mind, body, and soul. The constant things that we encounter every day might take away our focus in taking care of ourselves. It is then we realize we need to take a shift from our current life's situation.Today's guest, Alma Omeralovic, whose passion is connecting with people, worked in corporate for 50+ hours a week and believe she had her life under control, shares her experience how she transitioned out of corporate America into being a Yogi and meditation leader.
Alma was having a number of panic attacks per day that led her to the hospital. Even the little things she experiences daily was causing too much stress and anxiety. It was until she got a package for one month of yoga and went to try it out. After her session, she felt amazing and thought she needed to learn more about the practice. Discovering the great things that this practice have brought to her, she decided to be more involved and went to a yoga retreat and became certified as a yoga teacher herself!
Changing her focus and listening more to healing her body, Alma wanted to share her experience and journey on how she overcome these obstacles, especially suffering from panic attacks and anxiety.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL:
Discover the benefits of surrounding your self with positive people
Realize the importance of listening to your intuition
Be more focus on taking care of your body
Learn about the benefit of yoga and meditation
INSIGHTS:
"Self-care should feel good if it feels like an obligation then it's something else." -Alma Omeralovic
"Don't let something that you love to do become just another check mark on the list." -Alma Omeralovic
"I love to write things down, especially writing my planner for the week!" -Alma Omeralovic
Mia Togo: Rinsing your anxiety with Yoga (Submitted, Website)
Namaste Yogis, This is Andrew Sealy here to welcome YOU to The YOGA REVEALED PODCAST! Have you ever thought of ways to RINSE yourself of anxiety, self doubt, and fear? In this exciting episode we have the privilege of hearing from acclaimed Yoga Teacher and Personal coach Mia Togo. We go deep into the details of Mia’s journey from practicing Yoga to teaching Yoga, to now Mentoring Yoga Teachers worldwide. Today Mia reveals a method to find clarity in your voice through self acceptance.
Learn to accept your light and learn how to shine, As Mia shows us a path to Rinse away fear and empower your mind on this exciting episode of the Yoga revealed podcast with Mia Togo
Thank you for tuning into the Yoga Revealed Podcast. You can learn more about Mia and her upcoming classes and trainings worldwide at her site a http://miatogo.com/ Until next time Yogis, Live Light Shine Bright!
Managing Anxiety with Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy - 054 (Submitted, Website)
Colette and Amy discuss how to manage day-to-day stress and anxiety and anxiety related disorders with Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy.
Is All Yoga Good for Anxiety? Which Style is Best? (Submitted, Website)
Is all yoga good for anxiety?This is a good question, and most likely it comes from her own experience that some types of yoga causes her to become more restless and some styles of yoga are more calming.
I find turning to Ayurvedic Medicine can be a powerful way to find the answers to the question. According to Ayurvedic Medicine, anxiety is a sign of vata being in excess. People with a predominantly vata dosha tend to be incredibly creative, always on the go, their energy comes in bursts and they are prone to fatigue. Vatas have thin frames, dry skin and hair and cold hands and feet.
Ayurvedic Medicine works on the philosophy that like increases like. So when vata goes into excess and you start to experience anxiety, it is a symptom of too much air, too much thinking, too much movement, too much in your head.
This is no big deal, it is not a problem. It is simply a matter of bringing this imbalance back into balance. So you can imagine if experience has moved up into your head with worry, stress, your mind has sped up - you need practices that are calming, grounding, nourishing, slow to find balance. Vata is the most exquisitely sensitive dosha, so you need to take great care and gentleness.
In my opinion, yoga styles like power yoga, vinyasa flow, ashtanga yoga, kundalini yoga, bikram yoga and hot yoga can leave delicate people that are predominantly vata feeling further exhausted, ungrounded, and stressed out.
For anxiety, I would recommend practices such as yin yoga and restorative yoga. Both these styles have long holds and are incredibly grounding because they are practiced on the floor, and in the case of restorative yoga with many props. I would also recommend practices like yoga nidra which can help to release the anxiety and worry. The focused attention of bringing your awareness back into your body can help to change your neural pathways and release anxiety at its root.
So today I have a gift for you, 7 days of the best and most appropriate yoga to relieve anxiety:
If you made it all the way to the end give yourself a thumbs up and put, I am balancing vata dosha in the comments.
Thanks for watching, Namaste, Melissa
Gernot Huber, founder of Yoga Mind Yoga Body, happened to take a few of J’s live stream classes via a mutual friend and had some constructive feedback and criticism. In this talk, they discuss Gernot’s background in silicon valley, his studies in ecology and evolutionary biology, how he ended up being a yoga teacher, and his ideas on learning to disrupt the stress response. Ultimately, they engage in a spirited and friendly debate on the pros and cons of periodically engaging your edge with mindfulness and non-attachment to achievement.
Ep 006: Tara Tonini | Exhale to Inhale and Trauma Informed Yoga (Submitted, Website)
Tara Tonini is a yoga teacher, Doula, Reiki Master and Acupuncture student with a passion for women's health. She leads trauma informed teacher trainings for Exhale to Inhale and mentors teachers serving survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in New York and Los Angeles.
Chloe Brotheridge: Anxiety, Meditation and Being kind to yourself. (Submitted, Website)
Anxiety affects nearly a quarter of the population and as it's a topic that has come up more than once during podcasts with my guests I felt it was time to dig a little deeper into the topic. While it's completely normal to experience anxiety you may not be aware that you have it. Instead you may feel as though you're just highly stressed, a bit hormonal or just going through a rough patch. I've spoken on this podcast before about anxiety with guests including Luke Hersheson and Pixiwoo's Sam and Nic, as well as my own struggles, and in realising this was a much bigger issue was keen to speak to an expert on the subject. Chloe Brotheridge has written the book The Anxiety Solution, which is a really important read whether you suffer with anxiety yourself, or know someone who does. As well as detailing her own experiences with anxiety and panic attacks the book also offers realistic solutions to bringing down your anxiety levels as well as the comfort of reassuring you that you're not alone.In this podcast we talk about Chloe's book, her own experiences with anxiety, how to spot the warning signs that you're not just stressed, how to help someone you know through anxiety and the benefits of meditation and yoga.
Chloe's website www.calmer-you.com provides another resource with links to helpful sites as well as a downloadable meditation and details of her upcoming events, as well as how to get in touch with her.
I hope you find this podcast helpful. Leave comments on the page here, over on twitter @emmaguns or you can email me at thebeautypodcast@gmail.com
Carol Horton, PhD - Yoga to Unlock the Everyday Wonder of Life (Submitted, Website)
Becoming more consciously embodied! How do you get from PhD in political science to writing books and being a leader in the yoga community? Listen and hear this wonderful woman opened to the deeper dynamics of the mind-body practice. She is living the dream bigger than she has ever planned!Taking your practice to another level by remembering that we are not just our bodies. How to stay grounded in practice and in life with a regular practice.
How do I find the right yoga class? Mind, movement and breath together!
We close with an amazing discussion on mindfulness and meditations. Wow, I love this!
Bio:
Carol Horton, Ph.D., is the author of Yoga Ph.D.: Integrating the Life of the Mind and the Wisdom of the Body (2012) and Race and the Making of American Liberalism (2005). She served as the lead editor of 21st Century Yoga: Culture, Politics, and Practice (2012) and Best Practices for Yoga with Veterans (2016). Currently, she is editing Best Practices for Yoga in the Criminal Justice System (forthcoming 2017). Carol serves as Vice President of the Yoga Service Council, and was a co-founder of Chicago’s Socially Engaged Yoga Network (SEYN). A Certified Forrest Yoga teacher, Carol has taught yoga in Cook County Jail, a drop-in center for homeless women, a residential foster care facility, a community health center, and several studios in Chicago. A former college professor, Carol holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Chicago. For more information, visit her website, carolhortonphd.com.
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This Interview is with Carmela Danna, Yoga Instructor and Reiki Master.
265 Yoga Practice For Depression & Anxiety – Shahar (Submitted, Website)
Yoga practice adds measured results to recovery with depression & anxiety - affects brain function, neurophysiology, in a constructive, rehabilitative way.
181: Karen Brody shares how Yoga Nidra stopped her anxiety attacks (Submitted, Website)
Suffering from anxiety attacks? Karen Brody talks about how yoga nidra complete stopped her anxiety attacks for good.
Kathryn Budig is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher, author of Aim True, and cohost of the podcast, Free Cookies.She served as the yoga editor to Women’s Health magazine for five years, and regularly contributes to Yoga Journal, and MindBodyGreen.
In this episode, we discuss:
What life was like growing up in Kansas
How the yoga community has changed over the years
What changed yoga?
What initially drew Kathryn to yoga?
Seane Corn showing up to Kathyrn’s yoga class, unexpectedly
Forming a tight knit community off the yoga mat
The message behind “Aim True”
It’s easier being the vanilla cupcake that everyone likes
Feeling totally cool being yourself
Don’t get caught up in needing the approval of others
We all have some level of body image issues
Speak positively for yourself and those around you
Everyone is so beautiful
Writing positive affirmations on your mirror using a Sharpie
Every single day is a new opportunity
Connecting to yourself and loved ones through rituals
Has Kathryn’s focus shifted from yoga?
Kathryn’s morning routine
Turning off your phone
Dana Falsetti is a yoga instructor with a simple but revolutionary idea--yoga should be for everybody. Campaigning for equality, shame disruption, empowerment, sexual freedom and confidence, Dana has gained an online following of more than half a million people. She has traveled worldwide, hosting dozens of workshops for those seeking similar insights, and several of her viral videos have gleaned more than 20 million views. Dana won the 2017 Shorty Award for Health and Wellness on Social Media and had been featured in publications such as Seventeen, Women’s Health, People, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post and Buzzfeed, among others. She has built her own platform where yoga students pay only what they can afford, for a practice that suits their ability status, and where compassion is at the heart of every lesson.Dana’s message really does just boil down to compassion for people of all sizes, all races, all ages, and all ability statuses. The lack of empathy in diet culture and the corporate wellness industry has led to a very visual and commercial understanding of “health.” Dana advocates for a broader, more holistic understanding of health that cannot be determined by your BMI (body mass index).
Like many people, Dana dealt with a lot of shame throughout her life. She believed that she had to be a specific weight and reach a certain standard of beauty, to be allowed to thrive in modern society. Five years ago, she found yoga, and it helped pull her out of the insidious grasp of diet culture. While Dana has had her ups and downs during her yoga journey, she has reached a point where existing as herself and living her best life in the body is her highest truth - and she's helping others do the same.
#32 - Yoga, Meditation and Inspiration For Overcoming Anxiety With Clive Fogelman (Submitted, Website)
In his late 20's, Clive Fogelman lost both his parents within six months. He was then diagnosed with bowel cancer a few years later.Clive credits both yoga and meditation as significant tools for dealing with his anxiety through this challenging time and says that by using these things as a 'toolkit', everyone can benefit. Whether it's focusing on your breathing while waiting for the kettle to boil, or paying more attention to your surroundings when walking to work, everybody can put a little more mindfulness into their day. We spoke about: - The importance of 'inviting yourself' to connect with your body and how you feel. - Breathing techniques to deal with anxiety and stress instantly. - Bringing yourself back to the present. - How becoming more self-aware can help you deal with everyday emotions. - Taking all experiences (good and bad) and seeing them as something to observe - without judgment or feeling like they're going against you. - The power of the mind and belief. - How to use a mindfulness pause. - Letting the journey present itself, and dealing with whatever is part of it without fear dictating how you feel.
A Simple Yoga Pose for Anxiety Relief (Submitted, Website)
In this week's podcast Shann shares the benefits of child's pose, a simple yoga pose that is very helpful for anxiety relief. Listen as she talks you through how to practice for yourself. We hope it helps you feel calm and grounded.
Finding Inner Peace in the Midst of the Chaos - Stress and Anxiety Relief (Submitted, Website)
Finding Inner Peace is not always an easy task. We will talk about it in today’s episode.
3 Ways I Healed my Relationship with Time, Lessened my Anxiety and STOPPED Rushing (Submitted, Website)
Learn to calm down, slow down, and make more time in your day with these 3 techniques I've been using successfully.
My fellow Youtube Yogini Kassandra tells us about her journey to yoga, the tactics she used to overcome anxiety and an inability to fall asleep, plus some of her very own yoga hacks.
Can Yoga Lower Abnormal Anxiety and Help You Find Your Soul Mate? (Submitted, Website)
In this week's episode of The Anxiety Guru Show we explore how yoga can help lower your anxiety and maybe even help you find love.
Yoga for Depression and Anxiety (Submitted, Website)
Welcome to episode 72 of the Therapy Chat Podcast with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. This week’s guest features Amy Weintraub. Amy has been a pioneer in the field of yoga and mental health for over twenty years. She offers the LifeForce Yoga Practitioner Training for Mood Management to health and yoga professionals and offers workshops for everyday practitioners.Amy leads workshops and professional trainings at academic and psychology conferences internationally at such venues as the Boston University Graduate School of Psychology, the University of Arizona Medical School, the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, the Integrative Mental Health Conference, the Cape Cod Institute, Kripalu Center, Omega Institute, Sivananda Ashram, Yogaville, Esalen, Patanjali University in Haridwar, India and Yoga studios throughout the United States. Amy is also a regular contributor on the Goddesses in America blog.
In the episode, Amy talks about her background, the primary practices of Yoga for depression & anxiety and gives an example of the use of “Stair, Step, Breath”. Amy has also won numerous literary prizes for her short fiction, including national prizes from Writer’s Digest Magazine, explorations and Wind. Her novel-in-progress, and her film documentaries have received awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, San Francisco State University, and many other national competitions.
Stress, Anxiety and Accepting The Present Moment (Submitted, Website)
How can we practice being present in the here and now when the moment we are in is particularly challenging? In today’s episode Rachel talks about her latest travels to Europe and how parents should receive awards at the end of long travels with babies. She shares everything that went wrong and how, even with the best intentions, she lost her cool and spent almost two whole days overwhelmed with stress and anxiety. She talks about the power of making peace with the moment and how accepting the here and now can completely transform your life.
Yoga for Stress and Anxiety Breathing Practice (Submitted, Audiovisual)
This week, we offer up a quick 1-minute yogic breathing practice that you can do before potentially stressful situations, like public speaking, or flying. This easy variation of alternate nostril breath (nadi shodhana pranayama) is a way to help you balance your nervous system, clear your head, and find calm. Find a quiet space where you can focus and then hit play.
Yoga for Stress and Anxiety Gratitude Practice (Submitted, Audiovisual)
Gratitude can boost your energy, improve your sleep, and help you reach out for social support—all things that been shown to reduce stress and help us cope with anxiety, and even trauma.For an easy, anywhere, anytime gratitude practice, try this 1-minute meditation from Suzanne Manafort, creator of Mindful Yoga Therapy and our Yoga for Stress and Anxiety course.
Denelle Numis Teaches Nadi Shodhana (Submitted, Website)
Raise your vibration in just a minute. YJ Influencer Denelle Numis takes you through Nadi Shodhana pranayama, or alternate-nostril breathing, to clear the nadis for balanced prana (energy) flow and reduce anxiety.
Eliciting Altruism (Submitted, Magazine Article)
Below are three different strategies that are effective at encouraging kindness and generosity. You can try them individually or in combination with one another. Click on the link at the end of each strategy for more detailed instructions on how to perform it.
Doing Good Better (Submitted, Website)
Tony’s guest this week:William MacAskill, author of “Doing Good Better” and associate professor of philosophy at Lincoln College, Oxford.
I Was Just Trying To Help (Submitted, Website)
Stories of people doing the noble thing and stepping up to help, only to find out that others think what they're doing isn't helping at all. Planet Money looks at a charity that's decided to just give people money, and a sheriff in California devises a plan to let farmers grow weed — as long as they register with him.
Do The Most Good (Submitted, Website)
Oxford’s Center for Effective Altruism and of 80,000 Hours, a service which helps determine how best to use your time to do the most good.
Doing Good Better: William MacAskill on 'Effective Altrusim' (Submitted, Website)
Ultra-athlete & bestselling author Rich Roll talks with Oxford professor of philosophy William MacAskill about Effective Altrusim & how to maximize our positive global impact.
Benjamin Todd on 80,000 Hours (Submitted, Website)
If you want to choose a career that helps other people effectively, which should you pick? Medicine? Research? Non-profit? The answers may not be as straightforward as you think. This episode of Rationally Speaking features special guest Benjamin Todd, the co-founder and executive director of 80,000 Hours, an organization devoted to helping people choose career paths to do good better. Ben, Massimo and Julia debate the heuristics that should go into career choice, utilitarianism vs. virtue ethics, and what exactly we mean by "doing good."
Peter Singer on Being a Utilitarian in the Real World (Submitted, Website)
Few philosophers have as wide of an impact on the general public as ethicist Peter Singer, this week's guest on Rationally Speaking podcast. Singer's utilitarian arguments about how we should treat animals, why we have a moral obligation to give to charity, whether infants should count as "people," and more have won him widespread fame -- and notoriety -- over the last few decades, and launched multiple movements. Tune in to hear his discussion with Massimo and Julia about why he's a utilitarian, and how his views of utilitarianism have recently changed (and find out how he influenced Massimo's life years ago).
Holden Karnofsky on Evidence-based Philanthropy (Submitted, Website)
Our guest Holden Karnofsky joins us to discuss Givewell, the nonprofit organization he founded. Givewell is devoted to investigating charities and NGOs to determine how much of an impact they’re having. You could call it “evidence-based philanthropy.” He discusses how Givewell evaluates charities, and what the research has to say about various controversies as well as the conventional wisdom in the nonprofit world: Can large charities be efficient? Is the percentage of the donation that goes to expenses really a useful metric? Should we focus on problems closer to home instead of giving to foreign countries? Do microfinance NGOs like Kiva or Grameen Bank live up to their claims? And should or can charities be evaluated objectively?
Will MacAskill on Effective Altruism, Y Combinator, and Artificial Intelligence (Submitted, Website)
Peter Singer on Effective Altruism (Submitted, Website)
This podcast discusses the effective altruism movement.
Peter Singer - Maximizing Morality with Reason (Submitted, Website)
Peter Singer has revolutionized the way we think about morals and values. He’s lead the way in providing evidence for some of the toughest moral controversies such as animal rights, abortion, and wealth inequality. Singer’s newest book is entitled The Most Good You Can Do, and it’s an exploration of the philosophical movement known as effective altruism; the desire to make the world its best possible version using reason and evidence.
Peter Singer - The Life You Can Save (Submitted, Website)
Peter Singer has been called “the world’s most influential living philosopher,” by The New Yorker and Time Magazine listed him in “The Time 100,” their annual listing of the world’s 100 most influential people. He is DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, and laureate professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne. He writes a regular column for Free Inquiry magazine, and is the author of dozens of books, including Practical Ethics, Rethinking Life and Death, and Animal Liberation (which has sold more than a half million copies), Writings on an Ethical Life, One World: Ethics and Globalization, The President of Good and Evil (about George W. Bush), and The Way We Eat. His most recent book is The Life You Can Save: Acting Now To End World Poverty.
Peter Singer on poverty, animal ethics and utilitarianism (Submitted, Website)
Dr. Singer may be, as The New Yorker calls him, the planet's "most influential living philosopher." He specializes in applied ethics, to which he takes a secular, utilitarian approach -- minimize suffering, maximize well-being. He gained recognition in the 1970s with his groundbreaking book Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals, which questions society's tendency to put human needs above those of members of other species.
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