Season 2, Episode 5

Title: Letting the Dust Settle: Yoga Sutra 1.2 with Elissa Marshall

by | May 16, 2024 | Episodes

Listen in as three moms talk about living their yoga and stilling the fluctuations of the mind in this guest episode of Theme Weavers Podcast. Hosts Heidi and Farin interview New York City-based yoga teacher and new mom Elissa Marshall as she shares her back pocket theme for teaching yoga classes. Tune in for insights (“Yoga is about the practice, not the postures.”) and teaching techniques to help you inspire you in your next yoga class.

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Show Notes

Intro: Who is Elissa Marshall?

  • New York Yoga teacher
  • Bilingual and married to her Columbian soul mate
  • New mom 
  • Former dancer
  • Yoga and fitness teacher
  • World traveler

Segment 1: Back Pocket Theme

  • Yoga Chitta Vritti Nirodha – yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind
  • Yoga is not the postures, it’s the practice

Segment 2: Living your yoga

  • Everything is a yoga practice
  • The yoga sutras only contain 2 sutras about physical postures

Segment 3: Thematic Throughline Phrase

  • Strength in variety of phrases
  • “Let the dust settle”

Segment 4: Wrap-up

  • Let savasana be the peak pose

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