Conscious Yoga Podcast

What is the ego? Should you lose or abolish your ego like most yoga and new age philosophy says? Why are cultures that propagate the idea of getting rid of the ego always the most controlled and enslaved? In episode number four, Ian Cattanach argues you should do the opposite and build your ego! Most people associate the ego with the bad parts of our character. The jerk at work who is arrogant, mean, condescending and talks too much about himself is has an ego. We break down the real definition of the ego stemming from Latin in this episode, and see that the ego is your whole self and personality. Do you want to lose your honesty, courage, well formulated morals and personality? Well, on the path of no ego all those have to go! Yoga's war on the ego is a dangerous idea, that has hurt many more people than it's helped. There are many techniques to become less angry, controlling, arrogant and imbalanced. So why not get rid of those and build a strong sense of self in other areas? What is the point of playing a weak character? Those who abolish their ego too much become fragmented and weak characters. We examine cultures and people on this path of abolishing the ego in this episode and see where they end up! Listen to this episode if you want experience life more, instead of running away from reality.

Do you trust reality? What would be possible if reality was 100% on your side? In this podcast, Ian Cattanach lays out how to connect with your yoga reality from a place of trust, abundance and non-neediness instead of a place of scarcity and neediness. If this foundational trust is not present, then your future yoga practice, relationships in yoga and heart orientated path will manifest issues. Some of the tools discussed to strengthen this relationship are dialoguing, journaling and cultivating a better relationship with reality. For show notes and more information about these concepts go to savvyzen.com/conscious-yoga-podcast

Are you living in a simulation? Episode two dives into building your yoga reality from scratch, and redefining not just your yoga practice but your life through subjective reality. After establishing the true definition of yoga in episode yoga (the creation and flow of energy,) we are now able to start to construct a new reality in yoga free of limitations. In this episode, Ian Cattanach guides you through on how to start that process.

Definitons are important. The base of our foundation in yoga rests on our definiton of yoga. What is the true definiton of yoga? Union or to yoke? Should we base our definiton off classical yoga or the new wave of yogis redefining yoga on social media? Do their definitons align with our personal heart orientated path in yoga? In this podcast Ian Cattanach establishes a new definiton of yoga that serves our unique journey in yoga, and sets the foundation for a new vision in yoga.