Prana For Life with Siobhan Fitzgerald
We are delighted to share with you today a conversation— a chai stall chat, with a dear friend in the pranayama teacher Siobhan Fitzgerald. A woman who is presumptively Scottish, but we soon learn who is from nowhere and every where all at the same time.
Recently a listener of the show wrote in to say how endearing it is that Russell tries so hard to connect and relate to our guests. He seems to try, as she says, to ‘out gay the gays.’ It’s not so patronizing as it sounds we hope. There is something sincerely interested and empathetic about this earnestness with a desire to understand each person’s position in life, what makes them tick, why did they do the things they chose to do, and did we also make those choices? Would we have done the same in the same circumstance? This kind of search is the opposite of a judgmental attitude, no? It is the spirit of curiosity and learning, becoming, and yoking.
Russell and Siobhan are both affected by the same distinction of personality, say, that comes with the constant movement, the traveling of the nomad. A nomadic child can write off a person, never speak to them again. For often in their lives the nomad did just that, and had too. But, a nomadic child can also selflessly merge into a group like a chameleon, taking on the trappings and customs of the people in their milieu. Alienated as they are they can be real joiners.
So all this to say that the three of us, on the podcast, are all children of alcoholics, and we are the children of nurses. However, even with all that, we took to yoga to heal ourselves. We have tried, in our way, to unify ourselves to our own communities.
Sibhan has taught Ashtanga Yoga as a led practice and Mysore drop in sessions and Traditional Hatha Yoga since 2004 and specialises in breathing practices in Yogic therapy. She has been teaching within Yoga teacher trainings in this specialist area the past 5 years. Her own Breath master has been her mentor since 2005. Recently due to his age he opened up the knowledge on a 3 year programme for his lifelong students at this amazing research Institute in India .....She completed these studies in India 2015-2019, with her guru Sri O. P. Tiwari and his son Sudhir Tiwari.
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Opening and closing music compliments of my dear friend teaching Ashtanga yoga in Eindhoven, Nick Evans, with his band “dawnSong” from the album “for Morgan.” Listen to the entire album on Spotify - Click Here.
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