Nicole Wild on Facing Death as an Extension of the Yoga Practice
In this episode, yoga teacher Nicole Wild shares what she's learned about life and yoga from confronting death: both in the cadaver lab and through working in hospice, being with people in their last moments. She shares how sitting with grief and impermanence are part of her yoga practice, bringing in a deeper reverence for life. This conversation is about fear, discomfort, embodiment, gratitude, and embracing your life (and teaching) as you are, today.
"Allowing space for letting go, allowing space for endings, allowing space for deaths in all forms, whether that's actual human lives or just the little things we have to let go of on a day-to-day basis…doing that work is absolutely a part of the yoga practice." - Nicole Wild
Quote on the fires of the heart mentioned is by Edmund Wilson. View full quote here
Death as a Surprise Party poem from Make Believe by Victoria Hutchins
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Book mentioned: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
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Time Stamps:
00:00 intro
08:38 the cadaver lab
13:01 fear around discussing death
17:30 griefwork
19:59 what got you into this work?
25:34 hospice work: there is nothing to be afraid of
27:26 being with people in their last moments
30:07 how does yoga help us approach our fears?
32:45 addressing the body and mind as a whole
35:35 the therapeutic process
38:15 yoga can be both confronting & comforting
42:36 yoga and creativity
45:38 what you look for you will find
48:01 you don't just teach what you know, you teach who you are
50:48 how can yoga shape our values?
55:20 rapid fire questions
59:56 the billboard question
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