Author, therapist, yoga teacher Mariana Caplan joins the show to discuss psychological healing, spiritual longing, bypassing, why yoga needs therapy and therapy needs yoga, guru scandals, premature enlightenment fantasies, doing the personal work as a teacher, trauma, transpersonal psychology, integrating East and West, Reggie Ray, the reasons for lack of integration of therapy and yoga, being discerning, open brain/heart surgery, making sure you’re qualified and knowing your scope, cultural integration, USA vs. the world, the dangers of California, gratitude, how asana and therapy actually combine, Peter Levine, titration and palpitation. A deep integrative dive.
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