Yoga Podcast Episode #11 - I Had To Go!

06/08/15 • 37 min

I had to go. Badly. But one of my three roommates was taking a luxury long shower in the only bathroom. What to do?! No oh no! The thought crossed my mind...

Use the Indian bathroom? Me?

None of the four of us sub-leasing that house in Mysore, South India circa 2008 had yet opened THAT door.

None of us had dared step into the vortex of how two thirds of the world do their business.

But I had to. What was the alternative?

So I did.

I opened the door.... Slowly. Would the walls be splashed? Would there be water in the pot next to it? Would it even be clean? Would I fall into an infinite tunnel of shit?

No. Phew! Very clean.

I went outside to refill the pot with clean water, grabbed some extra toilette paper, closed the door, and did what I had to do.

Wait. What is this?

Fascinating!

Even though it was uncomfortable, everything was easy... It almost felt... Hm, what is the word? NATURAL, human, normal. DIFFERENT.

Imagine my delight when I saw the episode of Shark Tank in which Bobby and Judy presented what they have come to call "Squatty-Potty" a company that created a stool so we can, IN THE WEST, squat easily...

Here is the episode which is fun to watch

Because I have this habit of calling anyone who helps me evacuate my intestines better I picked up the phone and gave Bobby and Judy a call and they agreed to go on the podcast that I do with lovely husband, "Ask Altucher".

The four of us had a lot to talk about. Almost every illness out there starts in the intestines.

Bobby shipped me two Squatty-Potties ahead of the podcast recording so I could try it myself, and I have to tell you, I noticed a few things right away...

If you get put off by talk of how the body works, maybe skip these points...

As a yogi, I am fascinated by this type of things

1) It works JUST like the Indian toilette, only it is EASIER because my muscles don't have to hold me in position, my legs simply raise to the occasion

2) It works. It is the right position in which to do "our business"

3) This is only for women... I know... But I noticed that I was able to empty my bladder to an extent I had never done before... I mean, it kept going and going... Like the pink bunny

I will let you hear the episode and I hope you try it...

I had to go. Badly. But one of my three roommates was taking a luxury long shower in the only bathroom. What to do?! No oh no! The thought crossed my mind...

Use the Indian bathroom? Me?

None of the four of us sub-leasing that house in Mysore, South India circa 2008 had yet opened THAT door.

None of us had dared step into the vortex of how two thirds of the world do their business.

But I had to. What was the alternative?

So I did.

I opened the door.... Slowly. Would the walls be splashed? Would there be water in the pot next to it? Would it even be clean? Would I fall into an infinite tunnel of shit?

No. Phew! Very clean.

I went outside to refill the pot with clean water, grabbed some extra toilette paper, closed the door, and did what I had to do.

Wait. What is this?

Fascinating!

Even though it was uncomfortable, everything was easy... It almost felt... Hm, what is the word? NATURAL, human, normal. DIFFERENT.

Here is the episode which is fun to watch

The four of us had a lot to talk about. Almost every illness out there starts in the intestines.

Bobby shipped me two Squatty-Potties ahead of the podcast recording so I could try it myself, and I have to tell you, I noticed a few things right away...

If you get put off by talk of how the body works, maybe skip these points...

As a yogi, I am fascinated by this type of things

1) It works JUST like the Indian toilette, only it is EASIER because my muscles don't have to hold me in position, my legs simply raise to the occasion

2) It works. It is the right position in which to do "our business"

3) This is only for women... I know... But I noticed that I was able to empty my bladder to an extent I had never done before... I mean, it kept going and going... Like the pink bunny

I will let you hear the episode and I hope you try it...

Previous Episode

Julie Piatt The Plant Power Way + Yoga = Raise Your Vibration

Julie Piatt is my woman crush... She is the embodiment of a yoga teacher, mother, musician, artist, supportive mother and wife, healer, and song writer.

Listen to her for a few minutes and you will feel elevated. She excudes calm confidence and centeredness.

Ever since I spoke with her last week I have been doing the meditation she "downloaded" - I cried on the first try, it touched something very deep within me. Then I was able to just sing to the beautiful humming and mantras, and I plan on continuing for 40 days.

Julie has just released THE PLANTPOWER WAY: Whole Food Plant-Based Recipes and Guidance for The Whole Family together with her Vegan Ultraman husband Rich Roll

In this episode we talk about how what kept her going even when she was first married to Rich and he would eat so differently (he was a recovering alcoholic), what is like to UN-SCHOOL 4 children, why the plant power way is so powerful, how it healed her and how it can heal you and me too.

Oh.... And I also ask her to marry me.

The meditation she offers can be found here, at her husband's Rich Roll page

It's the best 9 dollars I ever invested, and I don't say that lightly.

Find more about Julie at SriMati.com

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Claudia

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Laruga Wakes Up at 2:45 AM For Yoga!

Laruga Glaser couldn't help but being a yoga teacher... It kept calling her, even when she was kicked out of a yoga teacher training!

What is Special About Laruga

Even though she experienced hardships growing up, meaning abuse, which I can relate to, she learned through yoga to transcend and heal.

I was taken by her presence and her pace. She exudes stillness, and she is very friendly.

As a teacher she has a heavy international traveling schedule as well as a Mysore program she runs daily in Stockholm.

I also appreciated how she helps us all give ourselves a break when she says (talking about the brutal winters in the Northern hemisphere)...

I do feel it is important to be sensitive to the seasonal shifts and adjust the rhythm of one’s practice during these times of external extremes, instead of trying to force the same pacing month after month

What we talked about

How she grew up in the United States and stepped into yoga by "chance"
How Ashtanga picked her curiosity at a very young age
The role abuse played in her life as she developed into her own
How teaching came to her
How she met her boyfriend in Mysore exactly four months before I met James!
Her daily routine (she wakes up at 2:45 AM people!)
How she teaches and what her schedule is like
How she manages her energy
The one thing that took Laruga a LONG time to understand...

About Laruga:

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TRANSCRIPT:

Claudia A. Altucher: Let me ask you something. It’s 4:00 PM in Stockholm, so I’m wondering: what did you do today?

Laruga Glaser: Oh, okay. Well –

[Laughter]

Yeah, my usual schedule is – I’ll – first thing in the morning, I practice – I’ll do my practice, which is quite early.

Claudia A. Altucher: What is “quite early”?

Laruga Glaser: My alarm come – goes off at around 2:45 AM.

Claudia A. Altucher: Oh, my goodness.

Laruga Glaser: So – but that doesn’t mean that I necessarily get up right away. It depends on – sometimes I hit “snooze” a few times to be perfectly honest.

Claudia A. Altucher: Well, you’re very allowed. Anyone who puts the clock at 2:45 AM is allowed to “snooze it” in my world.

Laruga Glaser: Yeah, sometimes I need a little bit of a buffer. Sometimes I do pop out of bed right away, but sometimes I’ll – you know, it’s a good way for me to kind of segue myself out of bed.

Claudia A. Altucher: So what time do you go to bed then?

Laruga Glaser: In a perfect world: 8:00 PM. That doesn’t always happen. Usually, I really start winding down between 8:00 PM or 9:00 PM, but the best time for me to be in bed is before 8:30 PM, really.

Claudia A. Altucher: Yeah, you need that. For me, too, only I don’t wake up that early. That’s very impressive to me.

Laruga Glaser: Yeah, yeah, that’s important.

[Laughter]

So –

Claudia A. Altucher: And then what did you do?

Laruga Glaser: Then – so I’ll do my practice, then it’s like I have to, very quickly, kind of shower and get ready to head to the studio to teach. So my commute isn’t too bad – it’s about, from door-to-door, it’s maybe about 20 minutes?

Claudia A. Altucher: Do you go by train, I guess? Or –

Laruga Glaser: Yeah. Twenty – twenty-five minutes, really, actually. So, yeah, I catch a train into the city center and make my way to Yogayama to teach. So I start around – a little after 6:30AM is when I start teaching. So my boyfriend leaves, actually, earlier to open the doors; he opens the doors at the studio at 6:00 AM. So some students lik...