Are you collecting yogic wisdom… or in a relationship with Divine mystery? Today we’re opening into Chapter 7 of the Bhagavad Gita, and it’s a true turning point. The first six chapters have been so much about discipline, self-mastery, and effort… but here, we pivot into the bhakti arc: relationship with the divine.
Before we drop into the verses, I frame the big shift this chapter is asking of us — and I weave it through a distinction that changes everything: jnana (intellectual knowing) vs vijnana (realized, embodied knowing).
Here are the 5 biggest takeaways from this episode:
🔹 The pivot from self-effort to reverence + relationship (and why this is such good news if you’re tired of over-efforting)
🔹 Jnana vs vijnana: reading about truth vs living it in your nervous system, your body, your actual life
🔹 Krishna’s reveal: not “worship me as a personality,” but recognize the animating intelligence of reality (taste in water, light in sun + moon, Om…)
🔹 The gunas as weather patterns — and bhakti as remembering the “sky” behind them
🔹 The radical reframe: awakening isn’t a solo achievement… it’s participatory — you’re being met
If you’re loving this deeper dive into yogic texts, come join me inside the Uplifted Membership for the Yoga Sutras Book Club — it’s where we keep studying together (with prompts, practices, and community) so the teachings move from your head into your life.
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I recently went on live television — and it reminded me how much intentionality goes into both getting these opportunities and preparing for them.
In this episode, I share how media invitations actually happened for me (spoiler: it wasn’t cold pitching networks)… and how I prep so live TV doesn’t fry my nervous system. If you have a book, retreat, teacher training, or offering you want to grow, this is the real behind-the-scenes.
In this conversation, I cover:
🔹 The two-part strategy that builds visibility over time
🔹 Why doing “three uncomfortable things a day” changed my business
🔹 How local relationships led to magazine covers and TV invites
🔹 Why credibility and backlinks matter in the age of AI
🔹 My exact rehearsal process for live segments (so I don’t freeze)
This episode is about outreach, alignment, nervous system awareness — and building momentum without overriding yourself.
Because visibility should feel expansive, not depleting.
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📚 Healing with Somatic Yoga Book
🔮 300-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training
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#291 – How to Get an Agent, Write Your Wellness Book and Make a Bigger Impact
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#386 – Stop Selling Products—Start Selling YOU: Human Design for Visibility & Flow with Juliette Stapleton
#396 – Rewire Your Nervous System + My New Somatic Healing Book is HERE!
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