Episode Description
In this YogaScussion, Sophie Malahieude shares her 28-year yoga journey from rejection by her first teacher to discovering home in embodied practice. A life coach for midlife women, she bridges yoga, Ayurveda, and emotional intelligence—teaching how to trust the body over intellect, rebalance through awareness, and transform emotions from obstacles into messengers. Sophie discusses her new book Beyond Emotions, inherited trauma, ego versus intellect, and why yoga is ultimately about coming back home.
About YogaScussion: YogaScussion is a dynamic podcast that goes far beyond the yoga mat. Each episode brings together passionate practitioners, teachers, experts, and thought leaders from various backgrounds to dive deep into the rich, nuanced world of yoga. Hosted by Brendon Orr and Gina Clingerman, the show explores yoga’s intersection with philosophy, wellness, culture, personal growth, and social issues. Expect authentic, thought-provoking discussions, personal stories, and insights that challenge and expand your understanding of what yoga has meant in the past and what it means today. In each episode of Yoga Scussion, Gina and Brendon are joined by guests and paid member listeners to share in a collective discussion about what yoga is, what it’s not, what it was, what it wasn’t, what it is becoming, and what it can be.
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Chapters
- (00:00:05) - Yoga is stillness
- (00:00:45) - Gina Yoga: Beyond Emotions
- (00:02:08) - Sophie's yoga story
- (00:05:55) - Trust the Body Over the Mind
- (00:11:15) - Understanding the emotion in yoga
- (00:18:31) - On Grief and Emotional Intelligence
- (00:24:35) - How to Manage Anger
- (00:29:03) - Why I get angry in yoga
- (00:34:35) - A message of interconnectedness in yoga
- (00:39:31) - Q1, Quantum Entanglement
- (00:42:12) - The Ego and Our Future
- (00:48:10) - Yoga's sister: Ayurveda
- (00:54:04) - Beyond Emotions, Book Review
- (00:59:57) - How to Describe Yoga in 3 Words