Community Interview // Parenting, Discomfort + Dream Yoga ft. Jeff Alexander
Our first community interview featuring the one and only Jeff Alexander! Tune in to hear us jam out on parenting, physical challenge + the power of discomfort, dream yoga, Burning Man + more 🛸
MEET JEFF ALEXANDER ~
Jeff is our first brave soul from the community to come be on the podcast! He’s a dad, martial artist + all around amazing human being. I’m excited for you guys to meet each other 💜
FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM THIS EPISODE ~
some of my favorite lines of conversation that came up in this episode:
Raising kids for an unknown future world
How physical challenge impacts our sense of self
Mental health + movement
Working with dreams to problem solve in our sleep
BURNING MAN! As an experiment in alternative society
DETAILED EPISODE BREAKDOWN ~
0:00 - 10:00 ish:
Ways you can support the podcast by sharing!
Movies from our childhood
The art of storytelling
10 - 20:00 ish:
Becoming who we’re meant to be
How having kids changes your life
Raising kids for an unknown future world
Essential skills for navigating the unknown
Balancing individualism and connection
Getting comfortable in discomfort
20 - 30:00 ish:
Physical challenge as a practice of navigating discomfort
Rock climbing and meditative movement
Sharing our weightlifting journeys
30 - 40:00 ish:
How physical challenge impacts our sense of self
Mental health + movement
Describing the foggy feeling that comes with lack of movement
Emotional literacy + our dads’ generation
40 - 50:00 ish:
Tibetan dream + sleep yoga
Working with dreams to problem solve in our sleep
Jeff’s recurring dream about trying to fly!
50 - 60:00 ish and beyond:
Attempting to interpret our dreams!
Cultivating trust in the answers we get from our subconscious
Social media as a tool for ‘micro-culture’ experiments
BURNING MAN! As an experiment in alternative society
The culture of burning man
And Caroline’s yurt building at the moment
