Clarity is a Threat to Dominant Culture - Pranayama for Clarity

Welcome back to Yoga Solutions! Today, we explore how clarity is a threat to domination with guest Melissa Shah, yoga therapist and founder of Find Your Breath. Melissa shares how cultivating inner clarity helps us challenge systems that depend on our confusion, drawing on her work making yoga and Ayurveda accessible and adaptable.

 

Melissa reframes clarity as an ongoing process rather than a destination and guides us through a specific Pranayama for Clarity—using breath and Samana mudra—to help us process experiences, prioritize our energy, and find the focus needed to stand strong.

 

Key Takeaways from This Episode:

• [01:36] How overwhelm sustains confusion in dominant culture. 
• [02:06] The challenge of prioritizing energy and finding your role when feeling overwhelmed.
• [03:09] Viewing clarity as a process, not a destination, and the power of drawing inward.
• [08:06] Samana Vayu breathing practice.

 

Quotes from the Episode:

• The opposite of clarity is confusion. One way confusion is sustained is through overwhelm – which is a big part of how our dominant culture functions
•  Just ask yourself, what kind of support or nourishment do I need to get clear?

 

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Please know any yoga wellness or health advice presented is not meant to replace the advice of your personal physician or other healthcare professional always seek competent medical care.