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Squawk Box with Alexandria Crow
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Join Alexandria Crow for bold, irreverent, and honest conversations that go way beyond the yoga mat. From teaching yoga and yoga business to ancient philosophy applied to modern life, plus so much more that goes way beyond yoga alone. Buckle up – Squawk Box is about to ruffle some feathers.
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#39 - The "When I'm Ready" You're Waiting for Will Keep You Waiting Forever
2w ago00:20:54Tap to summarize* “I should be able to figure this out myself” (the thought that’s costing you years)* Hospital bed, contract renewal, said yes anyway* Best business year ever, while she couldn’t physically work* Feast and famine income isn’t a yoga tax, it’s a structure problem* $5 masterminds and YouTube videos that gave you pieces, never the whole thing* “I’ll invest when I have enough saved up” (the excuse that keeps moving)* Hired support, still tried to implement everything alone* Thinking investment has an end date instead of being ongoing* Prices went up every year, said yes every year anyway* You don’t hire a mentor once you’ve already succeeded, that’s backwards* “It only takes me 10 minutes” (the math that’s keeping you small)* Reframing cost to investment until it actually clicks* A client panicking two days before a launch, certain it was failing* Same launch, day of, oversold past goal* “You don’t know how it ends until it ends”* Decades of experience, still pays for outside eyes* Dancers don’t outgrow dance teachers, you won’t eitherLINKS & SUCH:Interested in the podcast episodes and D2R Biz course mentioned during this episode?* D2R The Business of Yoga - Business & Marketing Course - Click here to learn more + save your spot* Listen to the episode about my stroke - Click here to listen This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com
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#37 - You Keep Saying "Transformation" and Nobody Cares
3w ago00:24:48Tap to summarize* Do you actually know how your work helps people?* Elevator pitch. Two minutes. No buzzwords.* The yoga world’s dirty little secret (it’s not the splits)* More than poses! But also... only poses in every photo* Vedic Jeopardy vs. knowing what karma looks like on a Tuesday* Traffic. Late. Honking. Dragging it into your evening.* The little wave that ends the whole spiral* Accessibility doesn’t mean anything without a story* Your secret magic sauce (currently invisible to everyone)* Inspirational quote. Date. Time. Cricket sounds.* The 6pm class nobody signed up for and why* “Yoga is restraint of the fluctuations of the mind” (lands on nobody)* Learning philosophy isn’t just respectful to yoga, it’s good for business* Chemistry teacher. Periodic table. Vague gesture. Sound familiar?* Rant complete. Hard? Good. Come find me. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com
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#36 - You give too many f*cks
4w ago00:22:38Tap to summarize* Smartest teachers in the room, too scared to say anything* The fictitious mob waiting to pounce* (They’re not real. Probably.)* Meanwhile: confident, factually wrong, thriving* More certifications won’t fix this, sorry* Two hours on a caption, still not posted* Plato’s cave but make it social media* Sand the edges off enough to end up saying nothing* Your nervous system genuinely thinks you’re about to die* Not trying to make everyone happy, not even a little* Unsubs happen. Unfollows happen. So do the right people.* Yoga practice: not for the mat apparently* D2R Biz people always say this is the hardest yoga they’ve ever done* Arjuna had to act anyway too* Something’s coming (the art of giving zero f*cks, basically)* Big following does not mean big knowledge (she said it plainly)* Write down what you actually know. Read it back. Then go.* This week’s homework: name the bear, check if it’s real This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com
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#35 - Eat the Cookie, Skip the Workout, the World Won't End
May 2800:17:25Tap to summarize* Famous podcast host: two glasses of wine, three days of suffering* Sir, that’s called being human* Checking sleep score at 6am (irony, thy name is data)* Optimization culture or extremely expensive anxiety* Have the diet coke or cookie. I’m begging you.* Rogue student post goes viral, comment section tells on itself* “You’re missing nuance” (I assure you, I’m not missing nuance)* Bill doing chaturangas nobody asked for, somehow not the emergency* Conformity with good playlists is still conformity* Yoga world: more perfectionists per square foot than anywhere* The trap where you optimize so hard you recreate the prison you left* Arjuna also wanted a guarantee before getting up (Krishna was not impressed)* Cookie eaten, workout skipped, world still spinning* Running a business is just yoga with spreadsheets apparently* Getting good at not being in control (hardest pose in the syllabus)* Expectations meet reality: that gap is the whole practice* Still on the journey, just further along and slightly less annoying about itLINKS & SUCH:* The Rogue Episode - Click here to listen to the episode mentioned about going rogue. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com
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#34 - Three Philosophy Nerds Walk into a Bar
Apr 2400:17:23Tap to summarizeWe did something a little different this week…I went live with two YST alumni who are amazing, you’re going to love them.Nina (@ninastarr 1111) is a yoga student and teacher and Jeremy (@full_panther_music) doesn’t teach and has no problem admitting he isn’t much for a vinyasa class, but both of them are deeply into these teachings and always bring something thought provoking and insightful to the YST discussions they’ve been a part of twice over now.I asked them three questions.Where were you before YST and what made you invest twice?What shifted?What do you want someone on the fence to know?Their answers were exactly why I do this work and why you’ll adore the course too.If you’re ready to understand these texts so deeply that you can live them when life feels like a complete shit show you can’t control, and you’re done with even a single ounce of impostor syndrome when a student asks you a philosophy question because you know this stuff well enough to riff on it for hours, don’t take my word for it. Give this a listen.LINKS & SUCH:Interested in the upcoming YST course mentioned during this episode?* Yoga Student Training (YST) - Philosophy Course - Doors open now - Click here to learn more + enroll - doors close April 30 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com
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#33 - I Asked 1000's of Yoga Teachers This Question
Apr 1800:18:20Tap to summarize* It all started with some books* Philosophy Fridays or it’s just calisthenics* 35 cities, same questions, same results* Room of 50. One hand up.* Just read it on your own…sure* Goat yoga, glow sticks, missing foundation* “It’s my fountain of youth”* Inspirational quotes=dopamine hit* 2025 was brutal, zero downward dogs, practiced daily* Patterns built into the poses (suspiciously convenient)* The community where nobody’s weird about philosophyLINKS & SUCH:Interested in the upcoming YST course mentioned during this episode?* Yoga Student Training (YST) - Philosophy Course - Doors open now - Click here to learn more + enroll This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com
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#32 - My partner caught me doing something embarrassing
Apr 1000:23:18Tap to summarize* Midnight. Dishes. Pillows askew.* “You know you’re doing it right now, right?!”* Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic* Feet on floor. Brain: but what about the credit card bill* The Zoom mute button that moved* Finger up. Feet down. Found it.* The sandwich that cannot go to school imperfect* The retreat email edited 73 times (unsent)* Coping mechanisms: terrible AND your best friend* Warning lights, not character flaws* Surprise: there was a lesson hiding in plain sight* Kleshas hiding in your kitchen at midnight* Vedic Jeopardy vs. actually living it* “Foundation, not parsley sprig on top”* Butt cheeks no longer making diamondsLINKS & SUCH:Interested in the upcoming YST course mentioned during this episode?* Yoga Student Training (YST) - Philosophy Course - Doors open now - Click here to learn more + enroll This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com
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#31 - You're Practicing Your Patterns Instead of Breaking Them
Mar 2800:29:16Tap to summarize* Your nervous system is training right now, mat or no mat* Every thought is a rep (yes, that one too)* Dan Brown wrote a yoga book and doesn’t know it* You inherited a channel you didn’t choose* Great Depression scarcity, three generations later, still running* Your brain isn’t negative, it’s just really well trained* “No signups yet” is a station, not a fact* The kleshas called, they want their pattern back* Knowing your patterns won’t break them (hard truth)* New city, new relationship, same signal, every time* The mat is a training ground, not the finish line* 95% of a practice happens off the mat* Yoga philosophy and neuroscience are in the same meeting* What are you actually giving reps to this weekLINKS & SUCH:Interested in the upcoming course mentioned during this episode?* Yoga Student Training (YST) - Philosophy Course - Click here to be the first to know when the doors re-open. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com
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#30 - God Forbid We Talk About God
Mar 2100:18:51Tap to summarize* Yelling at a neuroscience video (relatable content)* That’s just yoga. That’s just yoga.* Nikola Tesla, unlikely yoga ally* Dan Brown’s prologue did not expect this* One foot in, one foot out, hoping nobody notices* God. Yeah, she said it.* Particles getting smaller, questions getting bigger* The map runs out. Then what?* The kleshas on a physics grant* Certainty is not coming. Sorry.* Come find her at the edge of the map* Diamond-between-the-butt-cheeks loosening (clinical term)* The stroke, the doctors, the “we don’t know why”* Thank God for yoga, literally* Utopia? No. Less suffering? Absolutely.LINKS & SUCH:Interested in the upcoming course mentioned during this episode?* Yoga Student Training (YST) - Philosophy Course - Click here to be the first to know when the doors re-open. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com
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#29 - What If I Fail? (Wrong Question.)
Mar 1300:22:39Tap to summarize* I took a week off, yup, zero apologies…b/c breaks are good* Arjuna whining about meditation being hard (relatable king)* Krishna’s unsympathetic but correct response* “What if I fail?” the question your brain will never stop asking* There is no failing. There’s only forgetting and trying again.* Your biology’s one job: keep you exactly where you are* The invisible bridge in Indiana Jones (yes, really)* Building the bridge by walking toward it, not before* Why sucking at something is literally the only way through* Why feedback is data not death* Fear as proof you’re walking toward something biggerLINKS & SUCH:Interested in the upcoming course mentioned during this episode?* Yoga Student Training (YST) - Philosophy Course - Click here to be the first to know when the doors re-open. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit squawkbox.yogaphysics.com
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