EP 29 - From Addiction to Freedom with Simone King

09/19/21 • 66 min

Mark and Simone discuss the roots of addiction, its cause and its cure. Simone relates her journey through her husband's early death and being mother to three little boys through to adulthood. Simone holds a PhD in nursing and works in the field of chronic pain. She is the author of Yoga Rx for the 12 Steps, and working on a new book on helping friends and family deal with addiction in their loved ones. Simone's story is a reminder that Motherhood is yoga. Our teacher Krishnamacharya would say that mothers are the nurturers of the community, therefore they must be nurtured too, and given their yoga and space to practice every day. "I find Simone's story particularly helpful for all people struggling with pain, grief, and addiction of all kinds. So, everyone, really. Most pertinent is that after a long academic career in chronic pain management, it turns out that the skill Simone holds as a yoga teacher proves the most useful healing methodology. It's a story of hope and triumph over circumstances." — Mark In this episode you will hear... 01.30 Seeing a friend in despair, in the grips of alcoholism. How did it happen ?

08.10 Mothers ''get'' Yoga first. Please the mother and everybody is happy.

16.00 Pain and isolation. Tapping into something outside of one's self.

22.25 The birth of feeling loved, cared for and nurtured. Recovery.

26.00 The motivation and inspiration behind the book.

35:00 How the boys are doing in the modern world and their Yoga.

44.30 Four years of western medical education, Simon's journey and revelations.

57.00 The loss of a home. Everything up in flames.

Follow this podcast for new episodes here: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS/XML

If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here:

https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast

You can find more from the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

08.10 Mothers ''get'' Yoga first. Please the mother and everybody is happy.

16.00 Pain and isolation. Tapping into something outside of one's self.

22.25 The birth of feeling loved, cared for and nurtured. Recovery.

26.00 The motivation and inspiration behind the book.

35:00 How the boys are doing in the modern world and their Yoga.

44.30 Four years of western medical education, Simon's journey and revelations.

57.00 The loss of a home. Everything up in flames.

Follow this podcast for new episodes here: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS/XML

If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here:

https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast

You can find more from the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

Previous Episode

EP 28 - Finding Our Own Authority with Minami Takashima

Minami Takashima was a successful business woman in corporate Japan, and here she tells her story of stepping out of exploitation and corporate hierarchy and stepping into her own power. Minami and Rosalind talk about the role of Yoga in this journey and how it has inspired her to teach across different countries and languages. The key theme is finding the authority of our experience and power. Minami offers private sessions in person in Nelson, New Zealand, and over Zoom in English and Japanese. You can find her on Instagram here : @yogawithminami

In this episode you will hear...

01.53 The Belly Of The Beast : Corporate Japan.

05.00 ''Being a woman you are second class...''

07.00 Getting free from the internal and external structure.

11.15 A little shoot of yoga into corporate life. Mother being the first Guru.

17.40 The process of Yoga learning, synchronicity and Bali.

21.15 Awareness of invisible hierarchies, breaking points and gratitude.

30.00 Stuck in Oz during the pandemic and finding the motivation to keep sharing.

37.00 Bringing teachings back to Japan and meeting Japanese culture and suppressed sexuality.

45.00 Tantra, sex and taboo.

50.45 Finding confidence in teaching, where it comes from and the power of one's own experience. Not needing approval.

54.50 Yoga texts and different relationships with knowledge. Being the authority of your own experience.

Follow this podcast for new episodes here: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS/XML

If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here:

https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast

You can find more from the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

Next Episode

EP 30 - Yoga and Psychedelics with Andrew Raba and Mark Whitwell

Since psychedelics first escaped the research environment and sparked the counter-culture in the mid twentieth century, they have been aligned with the traditions of the East. But how do Yoga and psychedelics relate to each other? Are they complementary? Or antagonistic? Mark and Andy discuss the original counterculture, the current "psychedelic renaissance" and latest applications to mental health, as well as their own experiences.

In this episode you will hear...

01.32 High school Yoga catching on. The Divine is not located elsewhere. The colonization of spirit based cultures.

08:00 Screwy mainstream cultures, systems and radical Yoga. Capitalism without a product.

12:00 Spiritual change of states and that thing we all wanna hear more about : psychedelic experiences

23:00 Feeling like there's way to get to absent truths. Heroic quests. The problem is the ego. The solution is to destroy the ego.

28:00 You don't have to untie the knot. The knot never happened. Finding your way back. Psychedelics and prescription drugs. Yoga is a tool.

37:00 No more psychedelics, sex or weed until your practice is established. Yoga and Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation. There's a difference.

46:30 Is the a Yogic framework for the use of psychedelics? A call to stop interfering. Higher defilements.

56:00 Current culture doesn't have the capacity to enjoy mystical experiences without it turning into a problem.

1:04:00 The sublime and the ordinary are one. The secrets of the universe are already given. Putting Yoga in the drinking water.

Follow this podcast for new episodes here: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS/XML

If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here:

https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast

You can find more from the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

If you like this episode you’ll love

On Being with Krista Tippett

Vedanta and Yoga

Daily Intuition

Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson

Aspen Ideas to Go

Episode Comments

Generate a badge

Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode

Select type & size

Copy