THE MAT AS A PORTAL | When Practice Becomes Inner Knowing with Shawna Krueger.

The earliest writings on yoga are found in the Vedas, these ancient transcriptions consisting of hymns and spiritual poems were written in Sanskrit and are still studied today. This suggests that yoga originated in India and it would have been practiced well before the Vedas were written.  It is said in the Bhagavad Gita,“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.”  From its earliest teachings, yoga has always been a path of connection back to self and a return to wholeness. What began as a spiritual science has now become a global language, yet at its core, yoga remains what it has always been; a practice of integration, devotion and deep inner seeing. In this episode, we explore that essence with Shawna Krueger - Yoga Teacher, Writer and host of the Leadership and Yoga Podcast, who’s work brings us back to the felt sense of yoga, the part that cannot be captured by posture alone. Her understanding of yoga as presence, as magnetism, as a way of making sense of the world, invites us into a deeper conversation about what yoga truly is and what it is becoming in this moment of collective shift. We speak about Shawna’s journey with yoga, the magnetism of the practice, the self knowledge it unlocks, and the discernment that yogic philosophy cultivates in a world saturated with ego and noise. Shawna shares how yoga helps us make sense of a rapidly shifting world, how it reconnects us to our humanity and why it may be one of the most healing paths for restoring the feminine. We also explore devotion and discipline, the evolution of yoga across generations and the sacredness that is slowly returning to the practice. This episode is an invitation to slow down, to listen inward, and to reconnect with devotional practices such as yoga, that ground you and call you back to the essence of who you are. GUEST @shawnakru Shawna website Leadership and Yoga Podcast  HOST  @tarraleerullo Watch on YouTube  Subscribe to cosmic monthly newletter About Tarra Lee Chapters (00:00:03) - A Taste of Star Being(00:00:25) - Return to Yoga: The Mat as a Portal When Practice Becomes(00:03:05) - Shauna on the Starbing Podcast(00:04:12) - What Is Yoga?(00:07:04) - Yoga Is Like a Magnetic Zone(00:10:28) - THE LEADERS OF YYAM(00:19:31) - Yoga is the way to make sense of the world(00:28:05) - The Restore of the Feminine in Yoga(00:32:02) - What Keeps You Connect With Yoga?(00:33:20) - What Keeps Coming Back to Yoga?(00:38:17) - What do you feel about yoga in the next generation?(00:44:13) - If the Original Yogis Were Appreciating Yoga Today(00:46:06) - Sustainable Yoga: Stable Body(00:54:58) - Starbing: Finding Wisdom in Music(00:55:45) - How To Talk About Beauty and Aging(01:01:54) - Vedic Astrology(01:05:52) - Dreams Are Made for People Like You