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David Swenson - "Broke Hippies and Traditional Knowledge"

·1 hr 30 min·5 clips
David Swenson wrote a letter to Pattabhi Jois asking about the eight limbs and samadhi—and never got a reply.
J. Brown interviews David Swenson, an OG Ashtanga teacher, about his new memoir and reflections on yoga's evolution from counterculture roots to mainstream. They discuss guru dynamics, personal seeking, and how Ashtanga influenced modern vinyasa yoga.

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Yoga history and the economics of keeping a practice alive.

Jay Brown opens the show from his attic in Easton, Pennsylvania, thanks listeners, and lets the summer heat and fireflies outside hang in the air before the conversation settles into the uneasy economics of being a yoga teacher.

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For when you want early Hare Krishna yoga life and the money side, told from inside the community.

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