Recognizing Your Self Through Yoga: Aimee Bohn at TEDxFlourCity

Aimee shares her personal journey and its central influence, yoga. She will introduce the audience to the philosophy behind yoga and emphasize how yoga is gaining mass appeal not by strengthening its students physically, but spiritually.
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  • @cecilia333
    @cecilia3333 жыл бұрын

    yoga the greatest thing happened in my life.. Now I'm in the midst of my teacher yoga training in three mos I become a professional yoga teacher.... My body full of bliss and ecstacy all the time... its my lifetime journey that no one could ever take away it from me.

  • @sico6246
    @sico62464 жыл бұрын

    It should be compulsory in all schools to start the day with Yoga, and end in Meditation. It would solve a lot of problems

  • @rahulgogoispyder9471

    @rahulgogoispyder9471

    4 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely.

  • @ramonazamora1924

    @ramonazamora1924

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have really wanted to do this in my classes, but I am nervous that I would be accused of teaching a specific "religion" or "philosophy" in my public school. Not only that, the younger students have a difficult time sitting still! LOL.

  • @jonneiss7562

    @jonneiss7562

    2 жыл бұрын

    The great Hindu poet and playwright, Rabindranath Tagore did exactly that. He had a school with the children practiced meditation, had outdoor classes, a lot of creative arts...

  • @lll2282

    @lll2282

    2 жыл бұрын

    in india we tried to make yoga a compulsory health practice but muslims were like hindus are imposing their religion on us so we had to cancel it althogh 80% indians are hindus and 6% other dharmic relgions like sikh,jain,buddist and they all believe in yoga and meditation

  • @cathrinekatsigianni8823
    @cathrinekatsigianni88236 жыл бұрын

    You are so inspirational! I had a similar story! It was dance that gave me the willingness to live but I am still struggling with self- acceptance! Until recently when I realised that yoga has this transformational power and listening to you today something was awakened! Thank you so much!

  • @hannahg39
    @hannahg392 жыл бұрын

    I have lived most of my life as my own worst enemy.I have been diagnosed with with bipolar 1,CPTSD,ADHD,panic attacks,and a dissociative disorder as well as developing epilepsy in my 20s as a result of my drug use.I am now 46,seizure free,and am happier and healthier than I have ever been!I eat a whole food diet(fruits,veggies,whole grains,limited fish and dairy,and no processed foods,meat,or sugar).I exercise every day,I meditate,do yoga,stopped watching the news and limit my screen time.More importantly though I began to develop true compassion for myself and stopped fighting against myself.The mind/body knows how to heal itself,I just had to get out of my own way!

  • @lesleet1
    @lesleet110 жыл бұрын

    Wow. PHENOMENAL. Aimee packs so much heart, transperancy, knowledge and passion into a short 10 mins. Incredible perspective/inspiration to understand what narrative we are choosing for ourselves.

  • @2011ariesrules
    @2011ariesrules4 жыл бұрын

    Yoga is a scared union with the divine like no other, resulting in the most inner peace as you practice daily with discipline.

  • @danatracy8120
    @danatracy812010 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. And I loved how Aimee explained why we "forget" that we are One with the Divine. This is something that I've been wondering, but the way she explained it made an incredible amount of sense. Beautiful talk :)

  • @nfcoard

    @nfcoard

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Dana Tracy Yes, and the experiential forgetting that we are One with The Infinite One, allows us to experientially remember that we are One. That experience is a feeling of the highest bliss and theexperience of perfect love. The full awareness/experience of Oneness is the ultimate goal of meditation and yoga. In that experience there is no consciousness of separation. You experience yourself as The One/The Divine without losing awareness of the individuated aspect of you. Some call it Samadhi.

  • @BreatheFeelAwaken
    @BreatheFeelAwaken8 жыл бұрын

    This is a good presentation of the true yoga teachings. Go girl.

  • @TheRealSamPreece

    @TheRealSamPreece

    4 жыл бұрын

    science of self

  • @dprfail

    @dprfail

    3 жыл бұрын

    that was boring and totally worthless

  • @SD-xx7nu

    @SD-xx7nu

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @IntegralYogaPodcast
    @IntegralYogaPodcast4 жыл бұрын

    This is wonderful. Very thankful to Aimee for sharing the insights! "When we start paying attention to the services we receive, stop and really see the person who is doing it and take the time to say thank you, our entire day will change."

  • @thewomenempowermentproject8153
    @thewomenempowermentproject81537 жыл бұрын

    Love this so much! Such beautiful said xoxox Thank you Aimee, very moving.

  • @donwetherell8738
    @donwetherell87385 жыл бұрын

    Your body language matches your enthusiasm perfectly, you are an amazing speaker. Yoga combined with really good nutrition is the way forward. Eat healthy for your body and using the spiritual side of yoga, meditation and practice helps in every way of life. But you do have to eat really well.

  • @kiranwingelaar7009
    @kiranwingelaar70096 жыл бұрын

    Really well done. Could not but help pay close attention to your talk. Well explained.

  • @GaryChattem
    @GaryChattem9 жыл бұрын

    add some transcendental meditation for even more insight and higher consciousness - awesome talk!

  • @solo-bitcoin
    @solo-bitcoin9 жыл бұрын

    Great!

  • @AndrewPotterton
    @AndrewPotterton8 жыл бұрын

    yes!

  • @ShengDanLaoRen
    @ShengDanLaoRen6 жыл бұрын

    I liked this speech

  • @sheetalkataria7029
    @sheetalkataria70293 жыл бұрын

    The health benefits of regular yoga practice may include lowering blood pressure, improved posture and circulation, and a sense of wellbeing. Also brahmi capsule can be added to daily regime with exercise for calming you mind and body.

  • @winterpark02
    @winterpark025 жыл бұрын

    Excellent .Wish they could have shown the Power point pictures .

  • @peterprasad6337
    @peterprasad63376 жыл бұрын

    Hi Aimee. When you said NO that the decision made ( you will be in and out of a mental institution) was it a spontaneous or a sudden wake up call / realization ? . In any event I am glad for you that in doing so you are now fully capable of helping others. THANK YOU. Peter Prasad Ontario Canada.

  • @Alyshajade_
    @Alyshajade_9 жыл бұрын

    amazing

  • @Zoza15
    @Zoza1510 жыл бұрын

    I like this talk :D

  • @raquelvalente6937
    @raquelvalente69379 жыл бұрын

    Ashtanga Yoga

  • @derinjturner
    @derinjturner8 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant 🕉

  • @ashikaraut5762
    @ashikaraut57627 жыл бұрын

    yoga means union.i.e. union of inner consciousness(atman) to the cosmic/universal/supreme consciousness(Brahman)

  • @AnimatedV

    @AnimatedV

    6 жыл бұрын

    what she said is also a correct perspective

  • @BrendanMurphy8
    @BrendanMurphy89 жыл бұрын

    Really well done - #startingtoday

  • @Modernstoic1
    @Modernstoic1 Жыл бұрын

    🙏🏻

  • @bsravindranath4875
    @bsravindranath48756 жыл бұрын

    Today YOGA is been tuned to the present world of material, and differing with the meaning of the word YOGA and fighting for it, nobody is worried about the bhavartha, in today's language YOGA can be said as evolution and feel how we have got evolved.

  • @user-ez9ky9ol5u
    @user-ez9ky9ol5u6 жыл бұрын

    Good subject to talk about since yoga unveil the real you

  • @josephfernando4867
    @josephfernando48677 жыл бұрын

    Superawesome

  • @robb6059
    @robb6059 Жыл бұрын

    "The real purpose for practicing yoga is to realize that I am not this body. I want eternal happiness, complete knowledge, and eternal life-that is the ultimate end of the true yoga system." Hare KRSNA.

  • @Rusty1dogshow
    @Rusty1dogshow9 жыл бұрын

    you can feel how yoga is powerful by a simple 15 minutes process called ISHAKRIYA By sadhguru (a type of meditation ).... give it a try ... to know more about it .. just google with words isha kriya

  • @renehenriksen1735

    @renehenriksen1735

    7 жыл бұрын

    What did it do for you?

  • @mumbaiuser1

    @mumbaiuser1

    6 жыл бұрын

    René Henriksen Its very difficult or is nearly impossible to put this experience in words. Please give it a chance for 45 days 15 mins a day You will get the answer.

  • @JohnCalabria
    @JohnCalabria8 жыл бұрын

    Please don't yoke the animals.. the first step on this path is Kindness. Peace. -j

  • @wtff8859
    @wtff88595 жыл бұрын

    Start your journey!

  • @markkromer1238
    @markkromer1238 Жыл бұрын

    she teaches at Midtown???😮

  • @happyearthkitchen8097
    @happyearthkitchen80977 жыл бұрын

    Thought yoga means union

  • @happyearthkitchen8097

    @happyearthkitchen8097

    7 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. But that's not what she's saying ;)

  • @LVXMagick

    @LVXMagick

    4 жыл бұрын

    The word yoga comes from is the Sanskrit word for yoke which does mean to bring together or unite. You can translate the word differently but the essence is the same. 😊

  • @bustystone
    @bustystone9 жыл бұрын

    curry asana is the best.

  • @gshrdy5415

    @gshrdy5415

    7 жыл бұрын

    You are a matured person.

  • @Thewonderingminds
    @Thewonderingminds9 жыл бұрын

    Pretty girl ! I am certain, real love realization would be her ultimate contentment, surpassing all static treatises, man ever conceived.

  • @AnimatedV
    @AnimatedV9 жыл бұрын

    Yog = Union (Sanskrit)

  • @AnimatedV

    @AnimatedV

    9 жыл бұрын

    shekhar macharla It is yog. Yoga is a misappropriated term like many other Sanskrit words.

  • @LokiLoki

    @LokiLoki

    8 жыл бұрын

    +AnimatedV Yoga-Sanskrit Yog-Hindi both mean the same

  • @ashikaraut5762

    @ashikaraut5762

    7 жыл бұрын

    union of inner consciousness to the universal consciousness.

  • @zyavanasharmann853

    @zyavanasharmann853

    7 жыл бұрын

    YOGA is the CORRECT WORD --YOG is a CORRUPTED WORD

  • @zyavanasharmann853

    @zyavanasharmann853

    7 жыл бұрын

    SEKHAR--ANIMATEDV--CAT MAN - RAUT => This Lady is telling ALL LIES ABOUT YOGA --being HINDUS why don't you people CONTEST her with REFERENCES from THE scriptures AND present correct information ? => (1) BHAGAVAT GITA --(2) KATHA UPANISHAD (3) SVETASVATAARA UPANISHAD --(5) MAANDOOKYA UPANISHAD (5) TAITTTRIYA UPANISHAD ( 6) YOGA PAADHANJALAM (7) YOGA SVAATHMAARAAMAM ( 8) YOGA VAASISTAM ( 9) 19 YOGOPANISHADS ????

  • @longnhiinh1241
    @longnhiinh12418 жыл бұрын

    C

  • @williamskinner2732
    @williamskinner27327 жыл бұрын

    Sadly this talk is shot through with inaccurate references and paradoxical arguments. She talks about 'narrative' rather a lot. I understand that by this she means "the internal dialogue" that goes on in the background of the mind continuously. The serious student of yoga aims to stop this dialogue. When this is achieved, true freedom is also achieved. Different yogas use different means to achieve this. By the way Eienstein was never described by his teachers as 'slow' or 'backward' This is a mis-quote that is often repeated but is quite untrue.

  • @aimeesenise

    @aimeesenise

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi! I appreciate you took the time to give feedback on my talk. Sorry to perpetuate the Einstein misquote. I admit I did not do primary research for that inclusion. By narrative, I mean the explanatory stories we create about ourselves to understand who we are. For instance, having a fixed idea of what a serious student of yoga is and should or shouldn't do is a narrative. That is, it's not a fact. It's just a personal idea held to keep your vision of the world holding together.

  • @ashishkhanduri1327

    @ashishkhanduri1327

    7 жыл бұрын

    Aimee Senise Conners ...ur r right in the case of Einstein ...this damm world doesn't give a heck untill u get something​ in ur life....I'm sure u Capture​d the essence by adding thoes examples​ in ur speech....even Einstein would agree with u on that.... thanks for the speech ..

  • @supersagarsagar
    @supersagarsagar9 жыл бұрын

    The crazy Cat Lady does not understand even a single word of sanskrit

  • @ashishkhanduri1327

    @ashishkhanduri1327

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sagar Sagar ya like ur the god of Sanskrit......

  • @DanyelHawkes
    @DanyelHawkes8 жыл бұрын

    She does not seem grounded or connected at all. Really didn't like how she looked down on people who prescribe to cardio fitness as their form of exercise. She is definitely everything yoga is NOT.

  • @AimeeSeniseBohn

    @AimeeSeniseBohn

    8 жыл бұрын

    Sorry my talk didn't resonate for you, Dan

  • @Yogamama100

    @Yogamama100

    8 жыл бұрын

    Totally agree with her

  • @TheGrapplingMonkey

    @TheGrapplingMonkey

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Aimée Senise Thank you for the Talk. I started doing Yoga a year ago and i feel the benifits. I currently reading Iyengars Light on Yoga. Are there any books you would recommand for further reading into yogic philosophie?

  • @AimeeSeniseBohn

    @AimeeSeniseBohn

    8 жыл бұрын

    +damuschka Thank you for reaching out! I'm so glad you want to deepen your appreciation of yoga & its philosophy. I really like Stephen Cope's books, especially "the wisdom of yoga". They are very readable and not too technical or academic. Enjoy!!

  • @LipstickLoco86

    @LipstickLoco86

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Dan Taylor Hmmm, it seemed more to me that she was contrasting the mental benefits of two forms of physical activity and not necessarily the people who prescribe to those activities. I can see how that could be implied, though. She would have done better to note that everyone isn't on the elliptical searching for enlightenment. There are many who enjoy both elliptical and yoga, as each has it's own set of benefits. Those who are on the search for a deeper meaning in life, are probably not just going to the gym and doing nothing else, but couldn't we argue that any form or workout could, in fact, be yoga? It's really about mind over matter, not asanas.

  • @WizEL
    @WizEL6 жыл бұрын

    White women have really taken up yoga now that it pays 😂😂

  • @kw5961

    @kw5961

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wiz EL a human being has taken up yoga.

  • @braveheart3847
    @braveheart38477 жыл бұрын

    chu.rch will never approve yoga as it promotes hinduism

  • @adamlambertforeva

    @adamlambertforeva

    7 жыл бұрын

    Brave Heart yoga promotes self discipline and union not religion, cut the bullshit. Ignorant much.

  • @ashishkhanduri1327

    @ashishkhanduri1327

    7 жыл бұрын

    ya it promotes Hinduism which is the name of oldest civilisation of the planet ...go Google it ......where science comes to end Vedas opens the Pandora box... don't be pissed it's a fact of the world ...and u have to live under it ....

  • @gshrdy5415

    @gshrdy5415

    7 жыл бұрын

    Agree, church hates Yoga.

  • @gshrdy5415

    @gshrdy5415

    5 жыл бұрын

    And Jesus was born to God.

  • @lll2282

    @lll2282

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol yes it does promotes hindusim , infact in hindusim we are asked to do yoga and meditation more then praying for god and its advaita vedanta philosophy. yoga means union of u ,urself ur mind,body, universe. there is no difference between u and "divine" (what is referred as god)

  • @elderberry6699
    @elderberry66995 жыл бұрын

    Wow, that is some seriously outdated and stigmatising language to describe inpatient psychiatric care. The speaker’s contempt for relapsing/remitting anorexia nervosa is palpable. Recovery does not give people an excuse to talk about mental illness in this way.

  • @zoopyjoobles
    @zoopyjoobles10 жыл бұрын

    You do not achieve higher conciousness by following trends and stampeding with the herd.

  • @GaryChattem

    @GaryChattem

    9 жыл бұрын

    well maybe in this universe, but how could it not exist like that elsewhere in eternity?

  • @lll2282

    @lll2282

    2 жыл бұрын

    in hindusim we are asked to do yoga and meditation more then praying for god and its advaita vedanta philosophy. yoga means union of u ,urself ur mind,body, universe. there is no difference between u and "divine" (what is referred as god)

  • @kichuparthan
    @kichuparthan6 жыл бұрын

    So fake.she does not know anything regarding actual meaning of yoga..not a genuine speech

  • @sarajoachim2186

    @sarajoachim2186

    6 жыл бұрын

    Oh well since you clearly know everything, why don't you fill us in on what yoga REALLY is? Or do you just enjoy criticizing others rather than bothering to contribute anything remotely worthwhile to the discussion?

  • @user-cp8zu6kj4j
    @user-cp8zu6kj4j4 жыл бұрын

    amazing

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