Intro to Sadhana - Day 1 of 40

Welcome to Season 3 and Day 1 of a 40 Day Series on Sadhana! Today is Day 1, because you have to start somewhere. It's about taking the first step, showing up, what sadhana is, who I learned it from and why I'm doing this. Practicing something on your own becomes wholly amplified when being held accountable. Thanks for going on this journey with me!

Episode References:

Connie Viglietti
Michaela Cullen
Christina Alexa

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Transcript

Welcome back to the True For You Podcast. I'm your host, Renee Cupples. This is Season 3, Episode 1, day 1 of 40. We're gonna be walking through a 40 Day Sadhana. I learned sadhana when I was training to become a yoga teacher eight years ago by the incredible Connie Viglietti and Micaela Cullen, who taught me. They're the first people that I learned and practiced sadhana with in a collective called the Emaya Circle. So, so grateful. And I was training to become a yoga teacher with Christina Alexa.

And It completely transformed my yoga practice. I had been a little bit resistant to establishing a personal practice and was mostly just practicing by practice teaching. But once I leaned into personal practice, I was able to tap into my intuition more, I was able to listen to my body more. I was unearthing and discovering things about myself that I didn't even know were under the surface. 

So a sadhana is a spiritual practice that leads to realization, and the idea is it's a disciplined practice, so ideally it's done at the same time every day, ideally right when you wake up. And for me, I learned the formula of practicing yoga for about five minutes, meditating for five minutes, and then processing and journaling or creating for five minutes. So about 15 minutes, carve that out, and that felt totally doable. Sometimes it's just five minutes, right? Just whatever you can carve out and do, and trying not to be super rigid with it. Allow for some flexibility. If you can't do it in the morning, you could do it at different time of day. But that discipline of showing up every single day, especially on days where you're not really feeling it, it just starts to become like muscle memory. And you know, your body's kinda moving, and you're not always, like, aware of the movements that you're doing, especially if you're doing the same consistent yoga movement every day. And It just kind of becomes automatic. 

But it's a great way to... You know, for me, I'm coming out of a difficult season in my life and trying to figure out what's this next phase of my life gonna look like, and I've been a little bit resistant to leaning into a sadhana. So having this podcast, it's something that I can show up for you guys and also show up for myself at the same time. So we're gonna be learning different parts of sadhana. 

The first week's all about grounding and your intention, your why for, for showing up. Why would you want to be doing something like this? And, you know, for me, it's just figuring out what I'm gonna do with the rest of my life or this next phase of my life. No, no big thing, right? Um, absolutely terrifying, uh, parts of it, but also exciting and, um, you know, just leaning into what I can control and, um, what the universe, God does have in store for me, so really leaning into that energy. Thank you so much for coming on this ride with me and holding me accountable. And if you have any questions about sadhana, please send me a message, reach out. I would love to hear your thoughts, and I'll see you tomorrow for day two. Take care.