Yoga for Skillful, Joyful Living
What does it mean to live skillfully? Join Molly McManus, yoga therapist and Ayurvedic chef, as she discusses the chemistry of joy and yoga. Discover how yoga therapy can help to promote healing of mind, body, and spirit through movement, postures, breathwork and meditation.
Molly McManus is an IAYT-certified yoga therapist, E-RYT 500, somatic educator, Ayurvedic health counselor, and Ayurvedic chef offering private instruction, training and continuing education opportunities. Molly is the President of the Board for the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), co-owns Yoga North International SomaYoga Institute, and is co-founder of the methodology SomaYoga.
WEBSITE: YogaNorthDuluth.com
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THE YOGA HOUR TEAM COMMENTS: This is a podcast you won't want to miss. Molly McManus shares a rich, broad and deep kmowledge of Yoga philosophy and Yoga therapy. I so appreciate how Molly continually frames the various practices of Yoga and Ayurveda as both self-care and self-knowledge. She beautifully outlines skillful living as living for her highest good and the highest good of others. The discussion about the Yamas and Niyamas which focused on contentment and non-attachment is so supportive to understanding how to live joyfully as well.
DR. TRUJILLO’S COMMENTS: I really enjoyed our conversation about how yoga can help us to live more skillfully and joyfully. As I mentioned, skillful action is one definition of the Sanskrit word yoga that is given in the Bhagavad Gita (2.50). I liked her definition of skillful living as living in accordance with dharma—living in harmony with oneself, and living in ways that move us towards the greater good. We discussed harmlessness (ahimsa), one of the Yamas or yoga practices that help us to live ethically with others, also translated as kindness and nonviolence. I appreciated that she began her comments on ahimsa with the need for us to be kind to ourselves. We also discussed the practice of contentment as a way to live more skillfully and joyfully. Given that she is an Ayurvedic chef, her discussion of using food as spiritual practice was inspiring along with some tips that can help listeners begin this journey.