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The Sassafras Podcast

Sassafras Yoga

A meditation podcast by Forrest Jenkins

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00:22:20

New Year's Notions: Gratitude for Peas and Cornbread

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2023/01/01

The New Year's Day meal in this part of the Deep South is peas, cornbread, and greens. Usually also pork. I've been thinking about how this meal evolved from what folks ate for dinner most days every week--simple, everyday foods that you just have around--to a once-a-year meal that requires stress and planning and extra efforts to obtain the "right" foods for the prosperity ritual.My ancestors made this meal, and spent time New Year's Day cultivating gratitude for the ordinary, cultivating desire

00:23:30

Holiday Contemplations--What's At My Table?

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2022/12/22

The Feasting Table. Human beings have loved to build a fire, share food, and tell stories, for as long as we have had them. Annual celebrations and gatherings are places where we learn what we "should" be grateful for. What we learn depends on our family culture and the values it emphasizes. In this visualization, you are invited to engage with an imagined Feasting Table, and the personal meanings it carries for you. I invite you to explore the ways your family and other social systems value

00:20:49

Count Your Blessings, but Name Your Needs

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2022/11/19

As we head into the coming Abundant week, I've been thinking about two things: 1) The difference between Accumulation vs. Abundance 2) The complexities of Abundance for those missing lost loved ones, experiencing health challenges, or struggling in whatever way Noticing Abundance is about being engaged with the world, celebrating its gifts, and using only what we need. Indulgence at the table as celebration is connection with Abundance, as long as we don't make it our daily mode. We can't truly be

00:15:36

Balance Meditation for the Equinox

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2022/10/04

I love that human beings recognize the two days of the year when light and dark are most equally balanced, and the two days of the year when they are the most polarized. As you consider your own Being, as part of nature, as reflective of and in need of natural processes, consider Balance. Is Balance a rigid, permanent state? Or is it simply one of many natural states within a greater process of dynamic Alignment? If you are "out of balance," you are exactly like the sun cycle, 363 days out of the

00:39:33

River of Jewels Sahasrara: Sahasrara (Crown) Chakra

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2022/09/08

This has been on my Patreon for a few weeks, and now it's here! The place where the metaphysical becomes the physical, where information, realization, and epiphany occur. White light, beyond ultraviolet, beyond the physical spectrum. Ether, beyond air, untouchable. The thousand-petaled lotus, connecting the limited body to limitless expansion. I hope you've enjoyed this series, and I would LOVE to hear how well this worked (or didn't), any yoga or wellness topics you're interested in, or meditation

00:16:01

Bonus Episode: Excerpts From Black Liturgies

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2022/02/14

I ramble a little bit about love, and then read a few reflections from the Instagram account Black Liturgies. This account is written by Cole Arthur Riley who has a book, "This Here Flesh," coming out this month. I have been turning to this account for mantras and appreciation of the complexity we are all negotiating daily. I'm excited about the book, and I hope you will check out her work! https://colearthurriley.com/about https://www.instagram.com/blackliturgies/

00:43:38

River of Jewels Six: Ajna Chakra

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2022/01/31

I almost didn't record this episode. I love my strong imagination, and I use it for everything from my own enjoyment to working through practical problems. But we are in such a fraught time for this part of human life and perception. How do I invite you into working with this energy, entertain concepts like "seeing more clearly" and understanding multiple perspectives, when we are all surviving a constant onslaught of disinformation and manipulation from media, politics, and our own social

00:46:11

River of Jewels Five: Visuddha Chakra

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2021/04/23

If you listened to the free bonus episode, you might have noticed me processing why I say the things I say, and how I am heard or received by others. I talked about the importance of creativity to rise up and out of structures that are not working. In this meditation, explore the energy of self-expression and articulation, of strong listening and mutual understanding.

00:19:14

Working My Way Back

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2021/04/20

Working my way back to you, babes! Talking a little bit about what I've been up to during this terribly long pause, and trying to get my allergy-impaired voice warmed up for your next soothing meditation!

00:40:14

River of Jewels Four: Anahata Chakra Meditation

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2021/01/25

Love. Connection. Resonance. Equilibrium. Unity. The heart chakra energy moves all of these, and balances the earthy energies closer to the ground with the ethereal energies reaching toward the sky. Dive in for rest and rejuvenation in this vital energy center.

00:29:50

BONUS EPISODE: Grounding and Context for River of...

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2021/01/19

Conspiracies and dissociation from each other and from the truth are dangerous parts of our world. Unfortunately, a good many teachers in yoga, fitness, wellness, health, supplements, and coaching offer up these dangers in order to tantalize and gain market share. As someone who wants to do what I call "ethics out loud" in the way that I frame and offer yoga and meditation, I found it important to take a pause between the dense, earthy energies of muladhara, swadisthana, and manipura and the airy,

00:56:16

River of Jewels Three: Manipura Chakra Meditation

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2021/01/03

Connect to your inner fire--will, power, and transformation--your third chakra. This meditation is meant to open and interconnect the experiences of your body and mind, not to transcend your body by denying it, but by accepting the whole truth of your lived experience, understand your needs, identify the things that are meaningful to you, and to connect your power to purpose. This was a very windy recording day, so there are a few extraneous sounds as well as cat contributions.

00:46:11

River of Jewels Two: Swadisthana Chakra Meditation

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2020/12/18

Discussion of sacral chakra energy, a yoga nidra for deep relaxation, and a guided visualization to cleanse and rejuvenate the "seat of the self."

00:46:33

River of Jewels One: Muladhara Chakra Meditation

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2020/12/08

A brief introduction to Muladhara or Root Chakra, followed by a deep relaxation Yoga Nidra and a Guided Visualization.

00:21:27

River of Jewels Chakra Series: Intro and...

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2020/12/07

With love and appreciation for all those who have taught and shared with me to make this podcast possible.

00:11:01

Sassafras Trees

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2020/11/30

Have you ever seen a sassafras tree? Know what one looks like? Why it might be THE perfect tree to name a yoga business after? Relax and learn, and hear about a series of new episodes, coming up!

00:15:48

Silence is Golden: Intro to Meditation

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2020/10/01

If you have never meditated before, here is some introduction to meditation practice and suggestions for common problems. If you're an experienced meditator, just close your eyes and enjoy hearing a few meditation and mindfulness basics again before simple silence and deep breaths. You can turn on some tones or sounds or white noise in the background if you want. Sounds for meditation can be very personal. What one person loves, another person might find distracting or unpleasant. As much as I enjoy

00:02:11

The Sassafras Podcast Intro

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2020/09/28

Join Forrest from Sassafras Yoga for 10-15 minute meditations after the Weekly Wednesday Community Yoga class on Facebook Live. Stay tuned for announcements of guided meditation series to come. Thanks for listening!

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