In Conversation With Jo Tastula

Jo has been teaching yoga and especially vinyasa flow for over twenty years, she leads retreats, has lived with Ram Dass, and is one of the brightest stars of the online yoga world. In this wide-ranging conversation with vinyasa flow yoga teacher Jo Tastula, we discuss among many things; the cycles of the moon, the evolution of her yoga practice, her thoughts on authenticity and how her whole life has become an integral practice, the importance of family, how we can live alongside others whose views may be very different from our own, the importance of vulnerability in meeting ourselves and each other, the evolution of spiritual life so that our ordinary lives that are the forefront of spiritual awakening and practice, how Jo has integrated that into her teaching and practice, and how meditation reveals our true self, helping us move beyond fear into the wholeness of life.

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Thanks John for this podcast with a fellow Aussie! It really resonated with me, especially in terms of family and the meeting the beings/ stretching over the divide. Not needing to be right! The family is the definitely the practice and even more so in lockdown. It’s really interesting to think about us being predominantly made up of water and how we cycle with the moon. 🙏🏻

Beautiful! Thank you! Really needed this! No striving, loving with nature!❤

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to follow your beautiful conversation! It led me to a very sensual state of being in the now, very pure and very healing.

Thank you.
❤ beautiful podcast.

So timely for me! Really a lovely conversation that brought some profound realization to my own current cycle. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing your beautiful practice. Inspiring. ❤️🙏🌙

Great talk, and wonderful information!! Thank you!🙏🏽

Thank you for that deep and beautiful discussion. Definately not way out for me :-)

Loved this.
So much of this talk resonated with me. Inspiring 🧡
Thank-you 🙏

In so many ways for me this was such a beautiful conversation to listen. The experiences, observations and insights shared helped to nourish my soul on a Saturday morning. Thank you for sharing ❤️🙏❤️

So many beautiful insights from this talk--thank you!

Thank you for bringing this interview to IT, John!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻In the past years, I have experienced a lot of loss, my parents, several family members that I was close to, several friends, yet nothing of those losses quite prepared me for the loss of my life partner and soul mate. Inevitable, as is everything on this earth plane, it's part of living in a body with all the senses. Whatever is happening in my world, that's what I am focusing on. Each time new aspects of life are revealed. So a couple of weeks ago, the life partner of my best friend transitioned, just like that, the night before we had still been together, the 3 of us, the next day, he was gone, just like that, no illness, no signs. It definitely brings up my own mortality: I can be "gone" just like that as well. How do I feel about that? What would I still like for this life? It suddenly all becomes very crystal clear...Hearing other people talk about their experiences with life and death helps shaping that clarity. So thank you and Jo! 🙏🏻🦋😇💙🌅🌟✨💫

I’ve been teaching yoga for nearly 20 years and I could relate to sooo much of what you discussed. I truly believe that my purpose is to introduce folks to yoga. I think I’ll always be a dabbler! Thanks for this wonderful time together 🙏🏼

As in description, a very beautiful and inspiring talk, many things that resonated with me and I will return to listen again! 🙏🏽✨💖

Interesting and helpful. Reassuring.

Thank you John for sharing such a wonderful conversation. There is so much here. What resonated most for me was the part about the aspect of loss (parents etc) that actually teaches you how to live in love ‘now’. It has certainly done that for me. Even the topic of the moon connects with this.

Mostly (for me) the practice is about realizing your connection to all things. Blessings 🙏🏼✨

Wonderful and honest and so inspiring