May 8, 2025 • 45 mins
In this episode, I sits down with yoga teacher Ian Cariaga to explore how our internal energy directly impacts our success in business and life. Ian shares insights from his 36-year journey with yoga, emphasizing how breath, movement, and mindfulness help us regulate emotions, clear energetic blocks, and align with abundance.
The conversation highlights how business reflects our inner state, and that true success comes not from hustling, but from cultivating inner clarity, emotional regulation, and energetic alignment. Practical daily rituals are shared to help listeners shift from stress and scarcity into flow and fulfillment.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
About six months ago, I joined gym because I was
wanting variety.
I love the attitude training,the high intensity workouts,
restorative yoga and reformerPilates.
And I did stumble across one ofIan's yoga classes.
And honestly, it absolutely blewmy mind.
The way he spoke during classdeeply resonated with me.
It wasn't just a yoga session.
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It was a powerful, energetic andemotional reset.
His classes are intense.
We hold postures for a longtime.
But the shift that I feltafterwards was completely
undeniable.
So I started sharing Ian'sYouTube channel with my clients
because what he teaches helpsmove stuck emotions through the
body.
From a somatic perspective, ithelps them break through what's
holding them back.
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So they can actually start tofeel safe to receive and hold
more, whether it's wealth,success or emotional expansion.
So I wanted to invite Ian on ourpodcast to share his incredible
journey, his background and hisamazing wisdom with you.
So welcome, Ian.
SPEAKER_01 (00:55):
Thank you for having me.
SPEAKER_00 (00:57):
So good.
I'm super excited.
If you don't mind sharing alittle bit about your
background.
SPEAKER_01 (01:02):
I started yoga, literally, I'd say over 36
years.
Wow.
One of my early teens.
And I started yoga.
It was meditation initially,like a component of yoga due to
the fact that I had a lot ofpressure put on top of me.
I felt a lot of pressure put ontop of me from school and my
parents.
I played high level sport.
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Right.
So that was there.
And then the expectations ofeveryone around me to do it this
way or that way, or how theywanted it done.
Right.
Was a lot of pressure for me.
So I actually just startedmeditating just to distance
myself from what was happeningliterally on a daily basis.
Right.
And meditation, sport and artactually get me, got me through
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that.
And then the yoga grew fromthere.
that I could heal myself becauseI grew up with a lot of injuries
playing sport.
And for me to, I'd say, overcomethose challenges, I did a lot of
old school rehabilitation,right?
Like my grandmother would putginger on my ankles as an
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anti-inflammatory, right?
She would cut up ginger, boil alittle bit, just put it on the
ankle, she was healed.
So I started getting into thingslike that, Arnica and so on, to
just get my body in the rightplace.
I'd say frame, right?
Body set.
Then laterally to perform at acertain level, right?
And then school, it helped withschool.
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So I was really calm when I hadassessments and exams and tests
and things like that.
And I wasn't a great publicspeaker.
Like I did not like to talk infront of anybody, right?
Maybe it was a confidence thing.
But the yoga actually assistedin that.
Because a lot of the breathingis there that assists you in
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speaking in front of a crowd.
And now, I don't know if you doyoga with hot tub, you know,
hundreds, maybe a thousandpeople spoke in front of.
And yeah, it's like nothing.
SPEAKER_00 (03:04):
You do it very well, I'm asked that.
SPEAKER_01 (03:06):
So it went from there.
And it was very regimented in mylife because I had a family
background in old military.
So everything was...
like by the book and routine andon the dot, timing, right?
So a lot of commands, very,very, very structured.
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And now it's like, it isstructured to an extent, but I
think I'm utilizing my energyfrom within to navigate what
needs to be done because Ibecome more intuitive, right?
And I guess more aware of whatmy energy is like from my mental
standpoint, my emotionalstandpoint, and my physical
standpoint, which then justmakes what I need to get done
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just more efficient.
SPEAKER_00 (03:50):
I love that you say that because you mentioned
before about societyconditioning.
And I talk a lot about that withmy crew is that, you know, we're
so-called expected to do thingsa certain way and it's not the
case.
There's our way.
And that's what I love about youbecause the way that you
incorporate yoga, quantummechanics, consciousness is so
unique.
I've never come across anyoneelse doing what you do.
(04:12):
Do you mind just sharing alittle bit about how that
approach came about?
SPEAKER_01 (04:16):
Yeah, I actually, I love science when I was in
school.
So since I guess when I wasreally, I actually wanted to be
an astronaut when I was a kid.
With stars and moon and planetsand observatory, I used to be
there literally all the time onweekends and school holidays and
things like that.
So I was really fascinated bythat.
And then just getting how thatrelates to a lot of old yoga
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scriptures back in the day.
For example, say, what in theworld?
It's synonymous in yoga for 180.
And that runs off by hertz,which the mantra om resonates
off of, which also in nature,there's a lot of natural things
like bees humming, crickets,also resonate at a certain pitch
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of 108.
And with yogic philosophy, that108 has significance in that the
diameter of the earth is 108times towards the sun or the
distance of the sun.
And then even the moon is, thediameter of the moon is 108
times times distance to theearth.
So the law of science, the yogatechnically is just science,
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like quantum mechanics of howyou can manipulate your energy
within you and then how itrelates to everything around us
at the same time.
So relating everything that'smade up in this existence that
we know of.
SPEAKER_00 (05:33):
That's why I love your classes because you talk
about that in the sessions andwhile we're holding the poses as
much as we sometimes are in.
It's so unique.
It's great.
SPEAKER_01 (05:42):
The postures, yeah.
We hold them for a little
SPEAKER_00 (05:45):
bit.
We do.
In the heat, I might add.
It's like being in a sauna doingthe postures.
Yeah,
SPEAKER_01 (05:50):
you've got the sun on top of you.
SPEAKER_00 (05:51):
Yeah, beautiful.
So in your view, why do you findbusiness is such a powerful
mirror for our internal,emotional and energetic states?
SPEAKER_01 (06:01):
From what I have come across Experience-wise,
really a lot of what we think,how we emote, and then what we
feel, depending on if weactually take action or not, may
determine the next moment in ourlife.
You can put all these listsdown.
This is my wish list or, Iguess, a vision board towards
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it, but you can have that here.
I know that some people do thatfor their business, that I want
to get here, I want to do this,I want to have that.
But is that the goal?
Or is that a consequence of youbeing successful in whatever it
is that you do internally?
And then out of that, you haveprosperity.
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And that includes everything.
You better your relationships.
You better your bank account.
You better your well-being.
So for me, I think with thebusiness side of things, it's
really taking action.
You come up with an idea,everyone has ideas, but unless
there's actions taken towardsideas, they mean nothing.
Like I mentioned yoga, that youcan have a thought or think of a
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word and those words mean zero,right?
Unless you actually injectenergy into that word or that
thought.
For example, someone can say,I'm going to go bash that
person, but are they going to doit?
No, unless they take action,that's just a thought.
Right?
It might change your chemicalbalance towards that.
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But then again, it's just athought.
Or if they're like, oh, I wantto do some bungee jumping just
to get these endorphins racing.
Again, it's just a thought.
But you can also get those samechemicals by just sitting here
and meditating.
SPEAKER_00 (07:40):
Do you find that the thoughts, like you mentioned,
have energy?
And when we take action from apositive stance that has a
greater impact?
rather than if we're takingaction from lack or scarcity?
SPEAKER_01 (07:57):
Yeah, it really comes back to abundance because
if it's lack, it's saying, Idon't have, or I want, rather
than going, I already have theskills in order to get that.
It's just now navigating thesteps to get to that end result.
So I do with me a lot of reverseengineering.
It's like, okay, you want to getto here, now work your way back
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on the steps to get there.
I do that with some youth whoare, I guess, disadvantaged and
get in trouble a little bit withyouth crime.
So I also have an empowermentprogram in regards to that.
And we reverse engineer theirgoals.
Like their goals may change in ayear, two years, but we go break
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it down from a short term tolong term in mini goals and then
go backwards from there becauseit comes back down to you have
what it takes to get there, butsome people don't have the, I
guess, the direction.
SPEAKER_00 (08:49):
That's
SPEAKER_01 (08:51):
really weird.
Like, you know, the loftiestideas, but it's like, okay,
well, how can I navigate to getthere now?
Like GPS for example.
SPEAKER_00 (08:58):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Which, you know, recently, likeI've seen so many people have
been feeling stuck, have been,you know, lost in their
direction.
Like so many things have changedin the world.
It's like, it's got people toreassess everything.
It's like, you know, where tofrom here for me and, you know,
reassessing what's reallyimportant for people.
SPEAKER_01 (09:17):
Yeah, it's pivoting.
I guess COVID had a massive rolein that, that I was teaching
classes, right?
Doing on-hands, in-house, livefakes of fetish and then end up
having to do everything online,right?
Because no one can get anywhere,it's isolated.
But actually that worked outreally well because I was just
doing online things.
People being stuck, it's again,adjusting and aligning the
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frequency that is not consumedby negative thoughts and
emotion.
Really, that's it.
So if you just adjust yourfrequency to a certain level
that, oh yeah, this feels good.
I know it's taking me.
We've all had that, right?
So the key with that is notgetting that sensation, not
getting that feeling, notgetting that frequency.
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Everyone can get that at somepoint, right?
Some people deem it as luck, butit's the key.
And I guess the most challengingpart is can you sustain it?
SPEAKER_00 (10:09):
Yes.
And so when you say adjustfrequency, what do you mean?
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (10:14):
Well, everything comes back from sound, right?
So it goes from vibration,sound, electromagnetic,
electricity, and backwardsagain.
So when it comes to frequency,how you think, which is a
vibration, right?
If you can think of one wordthat is really positive and just
keep thinking about it, thatstarts to send a signal within
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the rest of your cellularstructure that everything starts
to resonate off of that, right?
So if it's something negative,same thing.
You are starting to attractanything that's within that same
frequency.
It's like a magnet, essentially,because everything is energy,
right?
Everything, everything isconsciousness.
It's just determining on whatworks for you, what doesn't work
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for you, but then it is, it'slike a game.
SPEAKER_00 (11:00):
Well, that ties in beautifully to my next question
I was going to ask you is thatmany business owners do
experience income plateaus orthat feast and famine cycle,
like they'll have a great monthand then they'll drop back down
to somewhere that feels safe.
So from your perspective, I wasgoing to ask, but you've covered
a little bit with regards to thefrequency, what is that
emotional energetic patternsthat are usually sitting
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underneath that?
SPEAKER_01 (11:22):
In my sense, it becomes efficiency, right?
It's in a way that's You havethis, I surf, so I don't know
for people that surf, when you,it's funny because when you
surf, you're waiting onsomething that has been
originating 2,000 to 3,000kilometers away over days and
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weeks, right, for a swell tocome in or a wave, and you're
You cannot determine the type ofwave that comes through, the
size of the wave, the speed ofthe wave, right?
So you have to adjust yourselfto ride that wave as best you
can in that moment.
And for people that do surf,maybe snorkeling, but more
surfing because that's, in manycases, not even controllable
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other than you and your board.
And that once you start tobecome more in tune with your
inner, because all it is isbreathing, right?
And in yoga, it's like up dogwarrior two when you get up on a
board.
So there's a lot of relation toyoga.
It's about maintaining a levelof calmness.
That's the key.
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If there's panic, if there'sstress, then your nervous system
changes its frequency.
And then you have to nowreadjust your nervous system,
readjust all the other systemsin your body to accommodate for
what it is that you're doing atthat time.
Right.
So whether, to me, it's how wellcan you self-regulate your
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emotions in that moment?
SPEAKER_00 (12:52):
I love that analogy.
That would have to be myfavorite analogy I've ever heard
when it comes to that.
SPEAKER_01 (12:57):
Yeah.
Cause I think, like, I guesswhen people buy, you know, buy
stocks and things like that,that they become precautionary
with a lot of things andthey're, they're, I guess, being
in tune with certain things, butthey're still guessing.
Right.
So then they become hesitant toguess.
purchase something or buy a lotof shares because of what the
market's doing, not going on,okay, well, this is the
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information that I have.
I'm confident with that becauseI'm clear on what needs to be
done.
I'll just go with it, right?
Because in terms of volatility,that's what I see within certain
people that come to yoga thatthey might be baseline or median
at some point and then thevolatility comes with a thought
or emotion when they'rechallenged and then it just
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starts to fluctuate.
And then it's trying to get backto that same flow of energy
where it's more fluid ratherthan the peaks and the valleys
and then the stutters.
With surfing, you need to besomewhat in a calm state because
if you're nervous, your paddlingwon't be efficient, right?
You start to panic, miss thewave possibly or not catch it at
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the right, the timing isincorrect.
Where in yoga, it's very similarin that you might have someone
that is initially calm, And thenthey start to become challenged.
And then the challenges bring upcertain memories, right?
Or traumas or PTSD or somethinglike that, or imagination even.
And then that starts to throwthem off guard.
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And then they begin to focus onthat as in terms of a reaction
now, right?
So then it's a compulsivebehavior.
They start to go back, okay,well, I'm challenged here.
I'm relating it to somethingthat happened 10 years ago, last
week, two years ago, orcurrently now.
So they'll go back to that samebehavioral pattern to feel safe
rather than overcoming thechallenge and just maintaining
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that level of balance.
So then it's more of a responsenow.
SPEAKER_00 (14:51):
Right.
And so that level of calmness,that level of balance comes from
the breathing.
SPEAKER_01 (14:56):
Correct.
Yeah, the breathing will slowdown your heart rate, it'll calm
your nervous system down.
And the key with that too, it'snot so much lying down, it's
like really maintaining anupright position.
Because if your head is kinkedforward or down, right, the
nervous system is really smartin that if it's bent in a
certain way from any point, it'snot as strong.
SPEAKER_00 (15:18):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (15:19):
Yeah.
We can do a test at yoga one dayand I'll explain it to you.
So when we sit in yoga, wealways say sit upright.
Yes.
Because with the nervous systemand your spinal cord and column,
on a physical note, but also onan energetic note, we have nadis
or chapras, which is the moreconcentrated.
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They need to be aligned as well.
It's for efficiency of energy,but then again, it's strength at
ease, or we call it shtira andsulka.
SPEAKER_00 (15:48):
So just that simple understanding that, okay, I'm
feeling better.
I'm going to freak out a littlebit here.
Just coming back to that breathis just such a powerful thing
that someone can do just tomaintain that level of calmness.
SPEAKER_01 (15:59):
Right.
That's the most rudimental wayto meditate as well.
It's just follow your breathing.
If you have to think of the wordinhale as you inhale and think
of the word exhale, that's agreat tool or resource to assist
you in bringing you back tobalance or coherence.
SPEAKER_00 (16:15):
Extremely powerful.
Like that tip right therewill...
blow someone's mind.
That's incredible.
Yeah.
So we've all had those timeswhen we feel stuck.
And what do you find thatfeeling stuck usually signals at
a deeper level?
SPEAKER_01 (16:29):
Again, I think it has to do with lack.
That's, am I doing this right?
Or should I change it up?
Right.
So then it's like, it comes backto confidence again, right?
So if the results aren't thereinitially, people question their
own ability to All right.
Or blame the external of whythis is not happening.
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But it comes back down tofrequency again, because if,
when it comes to business, ifsomeone wants to purchase
something or buy something,right, they see the value in
that.
But really what they're doing isaligning their product or
service to the emotion thatsomeone else can relate to.
So for me, I sell happiness andjoy, right?
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A little frustration sometimes,depending on how long you're
sitting in the posture.
So I was just going to say that.
Yeah, it is.
Right.
But then that's what challengesyou because you get frustrated
and it's like, well, get throughit.
Right.
We don't go over something.
We don't go under something.
We go around things.
We go through things.
We go through it.
SPEAKER_00 (17:29):
Yeah.
Like,
SPEAKER_01 (17:31):
um, especially for me in the past couple of weeks
of, I know I mentioned to youwhat was going on with me.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I still taught classes.
I still did the yoga.
Right.
And none would be the wiser withwhat was going on, so.
SPEAKER_00 (17:46):
Yeah, that's exactly right.
And you did mention that inclass and none of us did know,
like you showed up at thoseclasses in full energy, like
just gave that to us over those,that duration.
It was, yeah, very inspiring.
SPEAKER_01 (17:59):
Yeah, because it comes back down again.
It comes back into frequency,right?
So for me, it was a healingprocess.
Excuse me, and I tapped intothat frequency, like I do in all
classes, right, that I'm givingyou a thousand percent because
In some way, it may spark yourcuriosity, which has happened
right now, in order to empoweryour life in some way.
Now you're doing that for othersby putting the podcast.
SPEAKER_00 (18:20):
Yeah, like I remember the first session, like
I said, I've never been to ayoga class.
I walked away going, oh mygoodness, what the hell just
happened?
And having the knowledge aboutfrequency and energy is like,
this dude has so much to offerand so much to share with
people.
Your frequency was justundeniable.
And that's what I loved aboutit.
And you continue to show upevery week.
SPEAKER_01 (18:40):
Yeah.
And it's funny.
People say they need to have mein person because they do like
online stuff with me.
It's good.
They say it's really great.
But for those of you, for thoseof the people that have come to
the classes in person live,they're just saying it's just,
you know, not to tip on hope,but it's like next level because
the energy that they feel.
SPEAKER_00 (19:00):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (19:02):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (19:02):
I do agree with that.
Yes.
A hundred percent.
SPEAKER_01 (19:05):
So I just got to host yoga events around the
world.
SPEAKER_00 (19:08):
And that you do.
Yeah.
And that's why, you know,they're always booked out.
Like as soon as the notificationcomes up, it's open, like book
because you won't get a seat.
That's how good it is.
So then when it comes tofrequency, what's your take on
like the final financialexpansion is emotional
expansion.
SPEAKER_01 (19:24):
With frequency, I think, again, people would deem
it as luck, right?
It's like riding that wave andmaintaining that wave when it
comes to financial expansion.
It's like if you're going to betrue to what it is that you're
selling, right, or promoting orsharing, and it's in your
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experience as well, then it'sjust way easier to promote that
and to sell it and to share it.
So the expansion is, again,coming back down to, well, if I
maintain a level of frequencythat is attractive, outgoing,
joyful, conscious, andprosperous, then the person that
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I'm trying to sell to will alsosee that or feel that or sense
it, and that will encourage thatperson to buy the product or
even go take it further fromthere.
UNKNOWN (20:23):
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_00 (20:24):
Yeah, it's definitely.
SPEAKER_01 (20:24):
It's really just energy.
You're just exchanging that box,right?
That really, that quantumentanglement is what.
SPEAKER_00 (20:32):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (20:34):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (20:34):
Cause you can, you see a post on social media, you
can feel it.
Like you don't even need to readany words.
It's a feeling that you get.
You just know.
SPEAKER_01 (20:42):
Exactly.
Like when people's like,they'll, they start tearing up
with certain things that theysee on
SPEAKER_00 (20:47):
like a
SPEAKER_01 (20:48):
video or an ad or a movie, things like that.
Right.
So they're connecting.
to that emotion of what is beinggiven to them.
Yes.
Right.
I think that's what it is.
SPEAKER_00 (20:58):
Yeah, for sure.
So in yoga, there's the conceptof moving stuck energy through
the body.
How does unprocessed emotionphysically impact someone's
ability to grow their business?
SPEAKER_01 (21:09):
It becomes debilitating in many ways in
that if you're stuck in certainaspects of your life, then that
will translate to the frequencyin your mind that is causing
that.
And then that will start toshift into other parts of your
physical body.
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Uh, and then from there, you'llbe less mobile, less active.
So then your health will startto deteriorate.
All right.
So it's a good thing to alwayshave, I guess, if you were to
say like a routine, it doesn'thave to be exact same time every
day, the exact same lengthduration, but as long as you're
incorporating a type of wellnessin every single day of your
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existence, of your life.
SPEAKER_00 (21:54):
Which I'm a huge advocate for.
That self-care of looking afteryourself first.
I hope that answers yourquestion, yeah.
Yeah, no, it absolutely does.
Yeah.
Because what would be some ofthe signs that someone's body or
energy system is holding ontoemotional blockages and how
might that show up in theirbusiness as well?
SPEAKER_01 (22:10):
I'd say it'd be like a victimization.
SPEAKER_00 (22:14):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (22:15):
that the whole world's against them per se, and
nothing is going their way interms of they're thinking that
everything is blocking theirprogress or their advancement.
But then it's like when shitgoes wrong or goes down, you
don't look around you, you lookwithin you.
Because then that's thefrequency.
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You're emitting a frequencythat's causing that to be
attracted to you.
SPEAKER_00 (22:40):
Yes.
It's a mirror, isn't it?
SPEAKER_01 (22:42):
Yes, like this whole podcast is about, yeah, the
mirror.
SPEAKER_00 (22:45):
I noticed in class, and especially for me as well,
like there's some certain posesthat I find very easy.
There's some poses that I findvery challenging.
And the ones that I find easy, Isee some other people really
struggle with that.
So do you mind just speaking alittle bit about, you know, the
certain areas that you find,like I know hips, you mentioned
a lot, people have lots ofblockages in.
(23:06):
Do you mind just speaking alittle bit about the common ones
that you see in your sessions?
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (23:11):
Yeah, I think, okay, we'll go to hips.
Hips relate to the subconsciousmind in yoga and the fact that
it's a chakra called Svahistanaand it represents the
subconscious mind.
So all your thoughts, all yourmemories, all your impressions,
which technically is your life,right?
That's all it is.
It's just an accumulation ofdata.
And then you've stored them asmemory, impressions, right?
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Fantasies, memories.
dreams right things like thatand they get stuck in that hip
complex area because in thatarea it's about safety security
foundation right your wants anddesires so other than the
reproductive system that'sincorporates that as well so
it's really like moving forwardso when people get stuck this
area is very rigid and tightright because they're storing
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that energy based on what theywere thinking about or feeling
or emoting and not processing itto release so then it's now like
Physical baggage.
SPEAKER_00 (24:08):
Back in the hips.
SPEAKER_01 (24:10):
Back in the hips.
Another one would be the chest,heart space.
If there was some traumaticexperience or even a possibly a
confidence.
Here, this is about expressionof self.
If there is a little bit ofdoubt within that.
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It's very hard to open up thechest space, like even to just
open up your arms and lift yourchin, right?
You'll get people that willstart to cough or have trouble
actually just breathing, right?
They're like loser breath.
SPEAKER_00 (24:44):
So powerful.
SPEAKER_01 (24:45):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (24:46):
I've learned so much in just such a short period of
time.
It's been
SPEAKER_01 (24:49):
incredible.
It's basically like a conduitfor what's going on mentally and
emotionally.
And then it's how well youfilter that out.
or detoxify from it, if youwould think of it like that.
right?
So we detoxify physically orchemically with taking vitamins
and tonics and all that stuff.
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But then there's also anenergetic detox that we need to
SPEAKER_00 (25:12):
do.
Yes.
So there's obviously aconnection between rigidity in
the body and in results as well.
So how can that physicalflexibility translate to
financial flow?
What can people do to start toallow that flow to come back
into their lives if they do findthat they're a bit tight in
their chest, their hips,different areas of the body?
SPEAKER_01 (25:32):
It comes back down to The fear of suffering, right?
Like if someone is financiallystruggling, they're thinking I'm
going to suffer in some way,right?
It's not so much of what's goingto happen, like, but it's the
fear of it, right?
It's the fear that it's not theactual consequence, but it's the
fear of the suffering that'scausing the tightness and the
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tension and the stress and thedebilitation, the rigidity.
Yeah.
The fear of like, a lot ofpeople are afraid of whatever
this, I'm afraid to do thisbecause of that.
But it's again, it's not thatwill happen.
If it happens, it happens.
But it's the fear of doing it toget to that point is what
they're really afraid of, isthat fear.
They're afraid, right?
SPEAKER_00 (26:14):
Yeah.
And then if we take it toanother level, if it's on the
energetic frequency of fear,then we end up attracting that
into our world.
If that's something that we'refocusing on, if that's where our
energetic alignment happens tobe.
Yeah,
SPEAKER_01 (26:26):
you're stopping yourself short.
So if you were like, You andyour man, you know, you jump off
like a cliff to jump in the lakeor the ocean, right?
There's a fear, there's initialfear, like, oh, what if there's
a rock underneath there?
What if I drown or this, right?
So all these scenarios come inyour head before it actually
happens and you're just standingthere.
So it's that suffering has beencreated by fear rather than that
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actually happening and thencreating the suffering of you
actually getting hurt.
I think that's where people needto address that and the
meditation will get them throughthat.
Because again, this is yourtool.
It's not something that rulesyou.
It's your resource, not theresource is you from your mind.
SPEAKER_00 (27:06):
So then what daily practices would you recommend
for business owners to clearthose emotional blocks and stay
energetically open?
I
SPEAKER_01 (27:13):
would say do two things, maybe three.
Because in the morning when it'squiet time, when no one's awake,
when the first thing that youget up, is not your phone.
It's actually just have a seatand just close your eyes, sit
upright and then just startbreathing.
Right.
And if you want to say Sankalpa,um, which is an intention for
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the day, you can, I don't know,for me, it's just, I just do a
little bit of movement.
I'll sit and meditate for alittle bit and then I'll just do
some movement like the, theNamaskar, like just a brief sun
salutation that we do, uh, justto get the body, I guess,
aligned.
Right.
So we do it three times so thatit adjusts to moon energy, sun
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energy, and earth energy.
So no matter what time of theday you're in, your body will
adjust to these fluctuations ofenergy, really, right?
And these shifts.
Midday would be amazing whenit's like the energy is really
rajasic or sun energy, likehyper, when it's really busy.
When it's busy, just sit five,10 minutes and just do the same
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meditation.
Just breathe.
Right?
Listen to guided meditation.
We have heaps of that online.
And just breathe through thereso that you could regulate again
when things are a little bitcrazy.
You can have all these thingscoming at you, but as long as
your inner is calm, it doesn'tmatter what's happening outside.
Right?
Because you can control this.
You can bend this here.
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And then at night, it's likebasically a detox.
Right?
I like to sit alone late atnight to just I guess it's
almost like you'redefragmenting.
If you're a computer, you'rejust like defragmenting what
you've accumulated for theentire day, right?
Because that can play a lot ofwhether people have enough rest
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in their sleep.
So it's not so much sleep thatpeople need, but it's the rest
within that sleep.
You can have 10 hours, but ifyour rest was like nothing, then
it could be 20 hours.
You still feel the same.
So yeah, at night, lying on theback after, like sitting, after
sitting up, lying on the backwith the legs up against the
wall.
Highly detoxifying.
Yeah, and it'll bring balance tothe body as well.
SPEAKER_00 (29:23):
I find that meditation and that space during
the day is so powerful not justfor me but for my clients as
well like they tell me that whenthey just take that moment of
time just to connect back inwith themselves that's when they
get the intuitive downloads asto what's next instead of this
forcing and I need to followthis person and this person's
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doing this thing I need to dothat it's like coming back to
themselves like what do youactually want what feels right
for you and coming from thatspace and that's the fastest way
that I find my clients aregetting such great results so
damn fast is because They'reconnecting back in with
themselves, not somethingexternal, which you've mentioned
a few times.
SPEAKER_01 (30:02):
So it is that intuition, right?
So as you become meditating andbecoming more intuitive with
your inner body, that's for mewhere my ideas come from.
SPEAKER_00 (30:13):
We too, yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (30:14):
It's an aha moment.
So then you're like, okay, youpark it for a little bit.
Okay, cool.
I'm still meditating.
You go back.
Okay, here's the way to do itnow.
Because if the mind's calm andrested, there's more clarity.
The decision-making skillswithin that become very acute
and sharp.
So that's what you want.
And then you can go about yourday going, okay, well, this is
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what happened during meditation.
But it's not about trying toclear the mind.
You're trying to just distanceyourself from all the other
noise so that those things thatare going to enhance your life
will come in.
Like they're trying to push tocome in, but if you're blocking
it with this, this and that,these thoughts, that thoughts,
it's just going to be parked outinto the side there waiting for
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it to come in.
Like you have to just come in onits own reconnaissance.
It'll come and then you're onyour way.
SPEAKER_00 (31:02):
That I find has been one of the most profound things
that I've done in my business tomake time for that.
And yeah, it's
SPEAKER_01 (31:08):
game change.
SPEAKER_00 (31:09):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (31:10):
Like when you force things, like nothing really
happens automatically.
Well, like the end result isnever a good thing when you try
to force things.
SPEAKER_00 (31:18):
No.
Or control.
SPEAKER_01 (31:19):
Yeah.
Anything.
It's breaking, right?
SPEAKER_00 (31:22):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (31:24):
Something else or push things.
Yeah.
You just wait when it's ready,because if your frequency is not
aligned at a certain point, thatother instance at a different
frequency is not going to comein.
Once it comes in, then you'realigned together and then it'll
just happen.
So then it becomes effortless.
SPEAKER_00 (31:39):
And then you're magnetic, which was what we
love.
And it just comes to you evenbetter.
SPEAKER_01 (31:43):
Yeah.
You're not chasing, you're justattracting.
SPEAKER_00 (31:45):
Yeah.
And something that just to goback, what you said before is
that, you know, something I'venoticed just in general with
society is that everyone's justscrolling on their phones.
Like you go out to dinner now orbreakfast and everyone's sitting
on their phones.
It's like, they have to fill thevoid of this space.
SPEAKER_01 (31:59):
Yeah.
It's funny because I think I wasin Japan, maybe 2000 and the
first time I saw that was like2004.
I was in Tokyo and what peopleare doing now here in Australia,
the Japanese were doing then in2004.
Like you had grandmothers ontheir mobile phones, just like
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in the trains, in the trains,just watching something and
everybody would be on theirdevices watching it.
It happened back then.
SPEAKER_00 (32:27):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (32:28):
But at the same time, when it was time to do
something that was connected tonature, they did something that
was connected to nature.
So they had a good, I find thatthey had a good balance, even
though they were sotechnologically technologically
advanced at that time, right?
That's when I first startedseeing people connected to the
devices nonstop.
SPEAKER_00 (32:45):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (32:46):
Was in, yeah, in Japan, 2004, I reckon.
So that's a while back.
That's over 20 years ago.
Yeah.
But from now, yeah, people here,it's almost like they're trying
to fill a void of something thatthey deem as lacking through
someone else.
SPEAKER_00 (33:03):
So if there's someone brand new to yoga
practices and feeling called todeepen their alignment, where
would you suggest they start?
SPEAKER_01 (33:10):
In their bedroom, in their lounge room, somewhere,
right?
If it's in-house.
uh, do that initially.
And if they wanted to go intoYouTube and for a lot of
beginners, I know that they,they tend to do that first
rather than go to a class,unless it's something social
that they want to attend.
And if you want to do, yeah, goto like a restorative class,
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like a beginner's yoga to get, Iguess, accustomed and familiar
with the yoga.
I would go to really justmeditation classes at the
beginning.
Right, because that'stechnically yoga, right?
Meditation is just a componentof yoga.
So go from there.
Not the physical part.
Well, it is physical in that youhave to sit upright for X amount
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of hours.
I used to sit on my heels,right?
And it was like a game to seehow long, when I was younger, I
could sit.
Initially, it was like 30seconds, and it would just be
just torture.
Which is sometimes what I feelwith yours.
I went from meditation to, youknow, a minute.
five minutes, 10 minutes, 20,30, right?
So it was challenging withinmyself to overcome what's going
on in my mind.
And then eventually it was like,I was so deep into meditation
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that it became like an hour anda half at least.
SPEAKER_00 (34:17):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (34:18):
Maybe that I was just sitting on my heels.
When I got out of it, I couldn'teven feel my knees or my ankles
or my toes, but it was notnecessarily, it didn't
disappear.
It was, I know it is noticeable,but it didn't overcome what my
goal was, was to meditate.
SPEAKER_00 (34:34):
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I'll be sharing your YouTubechannel as well, because that's
what I recommend my clients whoare all around the world to go
and obviously they can't come toour local classes, but yeah,
definitely your YouTube channel,which we'll share.
SPEAKER_01 (34:47):
Yeah, there's a beginner series that's posted on
there.
It's 33 days of stretch.
So there's, you can do this forevery day.
There's beginners postures thatare explained.
They're only like eight minutes,six minutes, maybe 10 minutes.
So good.
video, and it's for beginnersand getting you to understand
the posture, the meaning of theposture, and then how to breathe
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within the posture.
So there's a series forbeginners as well.
And then for those of the yogisthat are people that want to
work on their flexibility,there's also flexibility series
on YouTube.
right that uh there's a coupleon there they're professional
athletes but and they'regenerally really tight right
very muscly tight so they wantedto do restorative class just to
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get more flexible and work onagain detoxifying from their
mind their daily grind yeah sothey can do that it's uh ian
karyaga would be the youtubechannel
SPEAKER_00 (35:41):
And I'll pop that in the notes because that's a whole
game changer.
My clients absolutely love thechannel.
Yeah,
SPEAKER_01 (35:47):
that'd be cool.
If anyone wants to just put acomment on what they'd like to
see, right?
I always mention that, but forsome reason people don't.
I don't know what it is, but whoknows?
SPEAKER_00 (35:58):
So how do you personally integrate the wisdom
of yoga into areas likebusiness, wealth, leadership,
purpose?
SPEAKER_01 (36:05):
For me, I think it becomes natural because a lot of
the things that happen to me inmy life when it comes to
business are I just say it'syoga because it's come from
yoga.
Like the relationships and theconnections have literally come
from yoga.
They're not even yoga related,right?
It just comes up.
(36:26):
So because it comes back down toenergy.
So beyond the physical or thevehicle, which is the yoga,
right?
It comes back down to energywhen you break it down, right?
Or frequency.
Sound.
Sound.
SPEAKER_00 (36:38):
all comes back to energy and frequency.
It does.
SPEAKER_01 (36:40):
It does.
Everybody comes back down tothat.
And I guess the EOE is way backthousands of years ago, caught
onto that and understood it andthen just took it to a
humanistic approach because wehave a physical body and that
stuff out there per se isphysical, but really it's
non-physical.
It's not, you can't necessarilysee with your eyes, but it's
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there.
Yeah.
And then just incorporate intosomething you can do now daily
with others.
UNKNOWN (37:08):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (37:08):
Which is great.
And you do that so well.
We all go through challenges inlife.
Do you mind just sharing amoment in your own journey where
clearing an emotional blockcreated a really big external
breakthrough for you?
Because no one's immune tochallenges.
Like we all...
Yeah,
SPEAKER_01 (37:23):
you would get challenged.
And I think that's where thereal growth comes from is that
you were challenged.
If you weren't challenged, it'dbe like very lackadaisical.
Things happen when they happen.
I'll just promote that growth.
SPEAKER_00 (37:34):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (37:35):
In that it...
teaches you to maybe learn a newskill or divert to a different
tactic or strategy.
But then also, again, it comesback down to how well can you
regulate when these challengescome up.
So for me, I guess, just as ofrecent, the job that I have, I
do, because I got two full-timejobs, I've gone down to another
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job with less involvement,right?
And it's a little bit by choice,but a little bit not by choice.
And for me, it's a big challengebecause I'm going back to the
yoga space like full-time,full-time, right?
So I'm going, okay, well, let'sroll with it.
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I did before, I had a studio.
Things have changed since then.
I would not necessarily getanother studio again.
So how can I do this spaceonline and then even consult,
which I've been doing a lot ofrelating to energy and bringing
it onto like the AI space.
So that is coming up for a fewthings.
And yeah, no one's immune tochallenges.
(38:37):
Uh, so I just power through it.
And I think as I was younger, itwas always, I only wanted to be
in a way second best.
Right.
Because I was touted to playgolf at a really young age and I
didn't like golf.
I did, but it was just for fun.
Right.
Yeah.
So if I was second and not thebest, then it wouldn't take me
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far in that type of sport.
Right.
Whereas in other sports.
I didn't think that way.
So it was kind of like in twominds that in like say
basketball or baseball, wonchampionships in every team that
I played with, things like that.
And it was easy, right?
But then with certain one sport,it was like, I don't want to be
the best because I'm, I guess,fearful of where it could take
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me.
Cause then it's really not forme.
It wasn't necessarily my choiceto go further in that sport.
If you get what I'm saying.
SPEAKER_00 (39:31):
I do a hundred percent get what you're saying.
SPEAKER_01 (39:33):
I guess.
In a way, fear of success was achallenge.
SPEAKER_00 (39:38):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (39:39):
Not part of my life, whereas another part, it wasn't,
right?
When it came to art and thingslike that, I was just like,
yeah, just be the best I can beand no fear about anything in
regards to that side, right?
But then in one portion, it waslike, no, I don't want to be the
best.
I just want to sit back in thecorner.
SPEAKER_00 (39:55):
Yeah.
And because you didn't want todo it, then it was like a
sabotage going on.
SPEAKER_01 (40:00):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (40:01):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (40:03):
So knowing, and then I think as I got older, I knew
that that wasn't something thatwas going to happen.
So I was like, okay, I came toterms with it.
I actually forgave myself forit.
I forgave someone else.
It was technically my dad forputting me through coaching and
all this stuff.
Like in here, I forgave him,right?
Because he's the best for me orwhatever it was.
UNKNOWN (40:26):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (40:26):
And yeah, I moved along from it.
SPEAKER_00 (40:29):
Well, you do, don't you?
Like, you know, some of myclients have had some major
challenges the last couple ofweeks and it's like holding the
frequency, hold the energy, keepthe nervous system calm.
Like as you go through this,because that up and down is
what's going to send you up anddown and your business up and
down.
Like you mentioned before, it'sperfectly aligned is that you've
got to hold that frequency andbe okay with the challenge.
(40:50):
Yeah.
So it all just ties inperfectly.
Yeah.
So if you could leave ourlisteners with just one piece of
wisdom about unlocking greaterabundance through inner
alignment, what would that be?
I
SPEAKER_01 (41:00):
would say do yoga every single day, right?
Get more in tune with theirenergy rather than your thoughts
and emotions, right?
And really just be, I'd say begrateful for what you have.
So first thing in the morning isthat, okay, you check in, I'm
alive, right?
(41:21):
Best thing that could happen toyou that day.
Regardless of anything elsehappens to you on top of that,
you woke up a life for you toexperience something else,
right?
And then it's just navigating,okay, well, is it going to
enhance my life or is it goingto be a detriment to my life,
right?
You can make that decision.
We can all make decisions.
And then doing the yoga again isgoing to give you more clarity
on what needs to be done andwhat actually needs to take
(41:42):
place for you to be moreprosperous, abundance, and
successful if you want to go inthat direction, right?
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (41:49):
I agree 100% with that for sure.
At the end, we'll do a rapidfire fun session.
So a hack that has changed yourlife.
SPEAKER_01 (41:58):
I just have fun when I'm doing yoga.
SPEAKER_00 (42:00):
Yeah, you can
SPEAKER_01 (42:00):
tell.
I think that's what it is.
It's like, don't put pressure onyourself.
SPEAKER_00 (42:04):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (42:04):
Whatever you're doing, because that pressure is
created within yourself.
If you can build momentum,right?
I think people get mistaken withmomentum and pressure.
Yes.
And you're pushing throughwhatever it is.
It's just like an irreparableforce, like a juggernaut.
You just keep going, right?
Whether it's slow or fast, itdoesn't matter.
So I think the hack is justrelax in whatever you're doing.
(42:25):
It's like calmness, right?
That's what it is.
It's regulate your breathing,regulate your emotions and stay
calm.
SPEAKER_00 (42:30):
And a daily non-negotiable ritual for you?
SPEAKER_01 (42:33):
Me is yoga again.
You let them breathe.
For some people, I know,depending on where they're in
the world, they're not able todo that.
I try to get to the ocean.
every day or close to it andthen necessarily go into the
ocean, but get there, uh,because the energy of the
negative ions assist in healing,healing property.
(42:54):
Right.
Uh, and in meditating at thebeach is even better.
Right.
First thing in the morning whenreally, even it's cold, just get
up early in the morning and justhead out there when it's quiet,
a little bit of solitude andthen connecting, um, with nature
because, um, For those of youthat have done yoga with me
(43:15):
that's in class, you're confinedwithin these four walls.
It's great.
But if you've done yoga outsidewith me, it's just next level.
It's a different sensation.
It's
SPEAKER_00 (43:23):
a different
SPEAKER_01 (43:24):
experience.
SPEAKER_00 (43:25):
Different frequency.
SPEAKER_01 (43:26):
Yeah.
Yeah.
You're connecting to nature.
SPEAKER_00 (43:28):
Oh, sign me up.
SPEAKER_01 (43:30):
Yeah.
I was there for a while.
We can go do that again.
SPEAKER_00 (43:33):
You were doing it where?
Oh,
SPEAKER_01 (43:36):
we were doing Hoda.
SPEAKER_00 (43:37):
Oh, okay.
SPEAKER_01 (43:39):
I thought
SPEAKER_00 (43:39):
you said Bali.
I was going to say, sign me upfor that.
SPEAKER_01 (43:42):
No, not Bali.
Maybe there's something in thecards for Philippines.
That's something there that wasin the works for a while.
And yeah, just locally on theGold Coast.
SPEAKER_00 (43:54):
Yeah, that'd be awesome.
Beautiful.
Thank you so much.
You ooze authenticity.
Like your answers just...
Like just show that, like youlive and breathe yoga and it's
a, you know, if someone looks atyour Instagram, they would just
be blown away by what you can doalso physically.
Like some of your posts is like,oh my goodness, incredible.
(44:14):
So how can people find, follow,connect with you?
Uh,
SPEAKER_01 (44:17):
they can go onto Instagram.
Uh, it's under Ian Cariaga.
You'll have that posted.
My website.
uh, YouTube, which is IanKeriaga as well.
And if I have a subscriptionbased platform on Patreon.
So it's patreon.com slash om108.
SPEAKER_00 (44:40):
Beautiful.
And I highly recommend that youcheck all of those out.
Follow him because hisknowledge, his energy is next
level.
That's why he's on here.
And I have not met someone whowouldn't benefit from his
YouTube, from his Patron.
It's all absolutely perfect.
So definitely jump on that forsure.
(45:00):
I thank you so much for yourwisdom, your knowledge, for
sharing your insights.
It's absolutely incredible.
And just by implementing whatwe've shared would completely
change someone's life.
So thank you so much.
SPEAKER_01 (45:13):
Thank you.
That was fun.
About six months ago, I joined gym because I was
wanting variety.
I love the attitude training,the high intensity workouts,
restorative yoga and reformerPilates.
And I did stumble across one ofIan's yoga classes.
And honestly, it absolutely blewmy mind.
The way he spoke during classdeeply resonated with me.
It wasn't just a yoga session.
(00:21):
It was a powerful, energetic andemotional reset.
His classes are intense.
We hold postures for a longtime.
But the shift that I feltafterwards was completely
undeniable.
So I started sharing Ian'sYouTube channel with my clients
because what he teaches helpsmove stuck emotions through the
body.
From a somatic perspective, ithelps them break through what's
holding them back.
(00:42):
So they can actually start tofeel safe to receive and hold
more, whether it's wealth,success or emotional expansion.
So I wanted to invite Ian on ourpodcast to share his incredible
journey, his background and hisamazing wisdom with you.
So welcome, Ian.
SPEAKER_01 (00:55):
Thank you for having me.
SPEAKER_00 (00:57):
So good.
I'm super excited.
If you don't mind sharing alittle bit about your
background.
SPEAKER_01 (01:02):
I started yoga, literally, I'd say over 36
years.
Wow.
One of my early teens.
And I started yoga.
It was meditation initially,like a component of yoga due to
the fact that I had a lot ofpressure put on top of me.
I felt a lot of pressure put ontop of me from school and my
parents.
I played high level sport.
(01:23):
Right.
So that was there.
And then the expectations ofeveryone around me to do it this
way or that way, or how theywanted it done.
Right.
Was a lot of pressure for me.
So I actually just startedmeditating just to distance
myself from what was happeningliterally on a daily basis.
Right.
And meditation, sport and artactually get me, got me through
(01:49):
that.
And then the yoga grew fromthere.
that I could heal myself becauseI grew up with a lot of injuries
playing sport.
And for me to, I'd say, overcomethose challenges, I did a lot of
old school rehabilitation,right?
Like my grandmother would putginger on my ankles as an
(02:11):
anti-inflammatory, right?
She would cut up ginger, boil alittle bit, just put it on the
ankle, she was healed.
So I started getting into thingslike that, Arnica and so on, to
just get my body in the rightplace.
I'd say frame, right?
Body set.
Then laterally to perform at acertain level, right?
And then school, it helped withschool.
(02:32):
So I was really calm when I hadassessments and exams and tests
and things like that.
And I wasn't a great publicspeaker.
Like I did not like to talk infront of anybody, right?
Maybe it was a confidence thing.
But the yoga actually assistedin that.
Because a lot of the breathingis there that assists you in
(02:54):
speaking in front of a crowd.
And now, I don't know if you doyoga with hot tub, you know,
hundreds, maybe a thousandpeople spoke in front of.
And yeah, it's like nothing.
SPEAKER_00 (03:04):
You do it very well, I'm asked that.
SPEAKER_01 (03:06):
So it went from there.
And it was very regimented in mylife because I had a family
background in old military.
So everything was...
like by the book and routine andon the dot, timing, right?
So a lot of commands, very,very, very structured.
(03:27):
And now it's like, it isstructured to an extent, but I
think I'm utilizing my energyfrom within to navigate what
needs to be done because Ibecome more intuitive, right?
And I guess more aware of whatmy energy is like from my mental
standpoint, my emotionalstandpoint, and my physical
standpoint, which then justmakes what I need to get done
(03:48):
just more efficient.
SPEAKER_00 (03:50):
I love that you say that because you mentioned
before about societyconditioning.
And I talk a lot about that withmy crew is that, you know, we're
so-called expected to do thingsa certain way and it's not the
case.
There's our way.
And that's what I love about youbecause the way that you
incorporate yoga, quantummechanics, consciousness is so
unique.
I've never come across anyoneelse doing what you do.
(04:12):
Do you mind just sharing alittle bit about how that
approach came about?
SPEAKER_01 (04:16):
Yeah, I actually, I love science when I was in
school.
So since I guess when I wasreally, I actually wanted to be
an astronaut when I was a kid.
With stars and moon and planetsand observatory, I used to be
there literally all the time onweekends and school holidays and
things like that.
So I was really fascinated bythat.
And then just getting how thatrelates to a lot of old yoga
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scriptures back in the day.
For example, say, what in theworld?
It's synonymous in yoga for 180.
And that runs off by hertz,which the mantra om resonates
off of, which also in nature,there's a lot of natural things
like bees humming, crickets,also resonate at a certain pitch
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of 108.
And with yogic philosophy, that108 has significance in that the
diameter of the earth is 108times towards the sun or the
distance of the sun.
And then even the moon is, thediameter of the moon is 108
times times distance to theearth.
So the law of science, the yogatechnically is just science,
(05:20):
like quantum mechanics of howyou can manipulate your energy
within you and then how itrelates to everything around us
at the same time.
So relating everything that'smade up in this existence that
we know of.
SPEAKER_00 (05:33):
That's why I love your classes because you talk
about that in the sessions andwhile we're holding the poses as
much as we sometimes are in.
It's so unique.
It's great.
SPEAKER_01 (05:42):
The postures, yeah.
We hold them for a little
SPEAKER_00 (05:45):
bit.
We do.
In the heat, I might add.
It's like being in a sauna doingthe postures.
Yeah,
SPEAKER_01 (05:50):
you've got the sun on top of you.
SPEAKER_00 (05:51):
Yeah, beautiful.
So in your view, why do you findbusiness is such a powerful
mirror for our internal,emotional and energetic states?
SPEAKER_01 (06:01):
From what I have come across Experience-wise,
really a lot of what we think,how we emote, and then what we
feel, depending on if weactually take action or not, may
determine the next moment in ourlife.
You can put all these listsdown.
This is my wish list or, Iguess, a vision board towards
(06:23):
it, but you can have that here.
I know that some people do thatfor their business, that I want
to get here, I want to do this,I want to have that.
But is that the goal?
Or is that a consequence of youbeing successful in whatever it
is that you do internally?
And then out of that, you haveprosperity.
(06:43):
And that includes everything.
You better your relationships.
You better your bank account.
You better your well-being.
So for me, I think with thebusiness side of things, it's
really taking action.
You come up with an idea,everyone has ideas, but unless
there's actions taken towardsideas, they mean nothing.
Like I mentioned yoga, that youcan have a thought or think of a
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word and those words mean zero,right?
Unless you actually injectenergy into that word or that
thought.
For example, someone can say,I'm going to go bash that
person, but are they going to doit?
No, unless they take action,that's just a thought.
Right?
It might change your chemicalbalance towards that.
(07:26):
But then again, it's just athought.
Or if they're like, oh, I wantto do some bungee jumping just
to get these endorphins racing.
Again, it's just a thought.
But you can also get those samechemicals by just sitting here
and meditating.
SPEAKER_00 (07:40):
Do you find that the thoughts, like you mentioned,
have energy?
And when we take action from apositive stance that has a
greater impact?
rather than if we're takingaction from lack or scarcity?
SPEAKER_01 (07:57):
Yeah, it really comes back to abundance because
if it's lack, it's saying, Idon't have, or I want, rather
than going, I already have theskills in order to get that.
It's just now navigating thesteps to get to that end result.
So I do with me a lot of reverseengineering.
It's like, okay, you want to getto here, now work your way back
(08:18):
on the steps to get there.
I do that with some youth whoare, I guess, disadvantaged and
get in trouble a little bit withyouth crime.
So I also have an empowermentprogram in regards to that.
And we reverse engineer theirgoals.
Like their goals may change in ayear, two years, but we go break
(08:38):
it down from a short term tolong term in mini goals and then
go backwards from there becauseit comes back down to you have
what it takes to get there, butsome people don't have the, I
guess, the direction.
SPEAKER_00 (08:49):
That's
SPEAKER_01 (08:51):
really weird.
Like, you know, the loftiestideas, but it's like, okay,
well, how can I navigate to getthere now?
Like GPS for example.
SPEAKER_00 (08:58):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Which, you know, recently, likeI've seen so many people have
been feeling stuck, have been,you know, lost in their
direction.
Like so many things have changedin the world.
It's like, it's got people toreassess everything.
It's like, you know, where tofrom here for me and, you know,
reassessing what's reallyimportant for people.
SPEAKER_01 (09:17):
Yeah, it's pivoting.
I guess COVID had a massive rolein that, that I was teaching
classes, right?
Doing on-hands, in-house, livefakes of fetish and then end up
having to do everything online,right?
Because no one can get anywhere,it's isolated.
But actually that worked outreally well because I was just
doing online things.
People being stuck, it's again,adjusting and aligning the
(09:38):
frequency that is not consumedby negative thoughts and
emotion.
Really, that's it.
So if you just adjust yourfrequency to a certain level
that, oh yeah, this feels good.
I know it's taking me.
We've all had that, right?
So the key with that is notgetting that sensation, not
getting that feeling, notgetting that frequency.
(09:59):
Everyone can get that at somepoint, right?
Some people deem it as luck, butit's the key.
And I guess the most challengingpart is can you sustain it?
SPEAKER_00 (10:09):
Yes.
And so when you say adjustfrequency, what do you mean?
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (10:14):
Well, everything comes back from sound, right?
So it goes from vibration,sound, electromagnetic,
electricity, and backwardsagain.
So when it comes to frequency,how you think, which is a
vibration, right?
If you can think of one wordthat is really positive and just
keep thinking about it, thatstarts to send a signal within
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the rest of your cellularstructure that everything starts
to resonate off of that, right?
So if it's something negative,same thing.
You are starting to attractanything that's within that same
frequency.
It's like a magnet, essentially,because everything is energy,
right?
Everything, everything isconsciousness.
It's just determining on whatworks for you, what doesn't work
(10:58):
for you, but then it is, it'slike a game.
SPEAKER_00 (11:00):
Well, that ties in beautifully to my next question
I was going to ask you is thatmany business owners do
experience income plateaus orthat feast and famine cycle,
like they'll have a great monthand then they'll drop back down
to somewhere that feels safe.
So from your perspective, I wasgoing to ask, but you've covered
a little bit with regards to thefrequency, what is that
emotional energetic patternsthat are usually sitting
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underneath that?
SPEAKER_01 (11:22):
In my sense, it becomes efficiency, right?
It's in a way that's You havethis, I surf, so I don't know
for people that surf, when you,it's funny because when you
surf, you're waiting onsomething that has been
originating 2,000 to 3,000kilometers away over days and
(11:46):
weeks, right, for a swell tocome in or a wave, and you're
You cannot determine the type ofwave that comes through, the
size of the wave, the speed ofthe wave, right?
So you have to adjust yourselfto ride that wave as best you
can in that moment.
And for people that do surf,maybe snorkeling, but more
surfing because that's, in manycases, not even controllable
(12:07):
other than you and your board.
And that once you start tobecome more in tune with your
inner, because all it is isbreathing, right?
And in yoga, it's like up dogwarrior two when you get up on a
board.
So there's a lot of relation toyoga.
It's about maintaining a levelof calmness.
That's the key.
(12:29):
If there's panic, if there'sstress, then your nervous system
changes its frequency.
And then you have to nowreadjust your nervous system,
readjust all the other systemsin your body to accommodate for
what it is that you're doing atthat time.
Right.
So whether, to me, it's how wellcan you self-regulate your
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emotions in that moment?
SPEAKER_00 (12:52):
I love that analogy.
That would have to be myfavorite analogy I've ever heard
when it comes to that.
SPEAKER_01 (12:57):
Yeah.
Cause I think, like, I guesswhen people buy, you know, buy
stocks and things like that,that they become precautionary
with a lot of things andthey're, they're, I guess, being
in tune with certain things, butthey're still guessing.
Right.
So then they become hesitant toguess.
purchase something or buy a lotof shares because of what the
market's doing, not going on,okay, well, this is the
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information that I have.
I'm confident with that becauseI'm clear on what needs to be
done.
I'll just go with it, right?
Because in terms of volatility,that's what I see within certain
people that come to yoga thatthey might be baseline or median
at some point and then thevolatility comes with a thought
or emotion when they'rechallenged and then it just
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starts to fluctuate.
And then it's trying to get backto that same flow of energy
where it's more fluid ratherthan the peaks and the valleys
and then the stutters.
With surfing, you need to besomewhat in a calm state because
if you're nervous, your paddlingwon't be efficient, right?
You start to panic, miss thewave possibly or not catch it at
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the right, the timing isincorrect.
Where in yoga, it's very similarin that you might have someone
that is initially calm, And thenthey start to become challenged.
And then the challenges bring upcertain memories, right?
Or traumas or PTSD or somethinglike that, or imagination even.
And then that starts to throwthem off guard.
(14:24):
And then they begin to focus onthat as in terms of a reaction
now, right?
So then it's a compulsivebehavior.
They start to go back, okay,well, I'm challenged here.
I'm relating it to somethingthat happened 10 years ago, last
week, two years ago, orcurrently now.
So they'll go back to that samebehavioral pattern to feel safe
rather than overcoming thechallenge and just maintaining
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that level of balance.
So then it's more of a responsenow.
SPEAKER_00 (14:51):
Right.
And so that level of calmness,that level of balance comes from
the breathing.
SPEAKER_01 (14:56):
Correct.
Yeah, the breathing will slowdown your heart rate, it'll calm
your nervous system down.
And the key with that too, it'snot so much lying down, it's
like really maintaining anupright position.
Because if your head is kinkedforward or down, right, the
nervous system is really smartin that if it's bent in a
certain way from any point, it'snot as strong.
SPEAKER_00 (15:18):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (15:19):
Yeah.
We can do a test at yoga one dayand I'll explain it to you.
So when we sit in yoga, wealways say sit upright.
Yes.
Because with the nervous systemand your spinal cord and column,
on a physical note, but also onan energetic note, we have nadis
or chapras, which is the moreconcentrated.
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They need to be aligned as well.
It's for efficiency of energy,but then again, it's strength at
ease, or we call it shtira andsulka.
SPEAKER_00 (15:48):
So just that simple understanding that, okay, I'm
feeling better.
I'm going to freak out a littlebit here.
Just coming back to that breathis just such a powerful thing
that someone can do just tomaintain that level of calmness.
SPEAKER_01 (15:59):
Right.
That's the most rudimental wayto meditate as well.
It's just follow your breathing.
If you have to think of the wordinhale as you inhale and think
of the word exhale, that's agreat tool or resource to assist
you in bringing you back tobalance or coherence.
SPEAKER_00 (16:15):
Extremely powerful.
Like that tip right therewill...
blow someone's mind.
That's incredible.
Yeah.
So we've all had those timeswhen we feel stuck.
And what do you find thatfeeling stuck usually signals at
a deeper level?
SPEAKER_01 (16:29):
Again, I think it has to do with lack.
That's, am I doing this right?
Or should I change it up?
Right.
So then it's like, it comes backto confidence again, right?
So if the results aren't thereinitially, people question their
own ability to All right.
Or blame the external of whythis is not happening.
(16:52):
But it comes back down tofrequency again, because if,
when it comes to business, ifsomeone wants to purchase
something or buy something,right, they see the value in
that.
But really what they're doing isaligning their product or
service to the emotion thatsomeone else can relate to.
So for me, I sell happiness andjoy, right?
(17:15):
A little frustration sometimes,depending on how long you're
sitting in the posture.
So I was just going to say that.
Yeah, it is.
Right.
But then that's what challengesyou because you get frustrated
and it's like, well, get throughit.
Right.
We don't go over something.
We don't go under something.
We go around things.
We go through things.
We go through it.
SPEAKER_00 (17:29):
Yeah.
Like,
SPEAKER_01 (17:31):
um, especially for me in the past couple of weeks
of, I know I mentioned to youwhat was going on with me.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I still taught classes.
I still did the yoga.
Right.
And none would be the wiser withwhat was going on, so.
SPEAKER_00 (17:46):
Yeah, that's exactly right.
And you did mention that inclass and none of us did know,
like you showed up at thoseclasses in full energy, like
just gave that to us over those,that duration.
It was, yeah, very inspiring.
SPEAKER_01 (17:59):
Yeah, because it comes back down again.
It comes back into frequency,right?
So for me, it was a healingprocess.
Excuse me, and I tapped intothat frequency, like I do in all
classes, right, that I'm givingyou a thousand percent because
In some way, it may spark yourcuriosity, which has happened
right now, in order to empoweryour life in some way.
Now you're doing that for othersby putting the podcast.
SPEAKER_00 (18:20):
Yeah, like I remember the first session, like
I said, I've never been to ayoga class.
I walked away going, oh mygoodness, what the hell just
happened?
And having the knowledge aboutfrequency and energy is like,
this dude has so much to offerand so much to share with
people.
Your frequency was justundeniable.
And that's what I loved aboutit.
And you continue to show upevery week.
SPEAKER_01 (18:40):
Yeah.
And it's funny.
People say they need to have mein person because they do like
online stuff with me.
It's good.
They say it's really great.
But for those of you, for thoseof the people that have come to
the classes in person live,they're just saying it's just,
you know, not to tip on hope,but it's like next level because
the energy that they feel.
SPEAKER_00 (19:00):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (19:02):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (19:02):
I do agree with that.
Yes.
A hundred percent.
SPEAKER_01 (19:05):
So I just got to host yoga events around the
world.
SPEAKER_00 (19:08):
And that you do.
Yeah.
And that's why, you know,they're always booked out.
Like as soon as the notificationcomes up, it's open, like book
because you won't get a seat.
That's how good it is.
So then when it comes tofrequency, what's your take on
like the final financialexpansion is emotional
expansion.
SPEAKER_01 (19:24):
With frequency, I think, again, people would deem
it as luck, right?
It's like riding that wave andmaintaining that wave when it
comes to financial expansion.
It's like if you're going to betrue to what it is that you're
selling, right, or promoting orsharing, and it's in your
(19:47):
experience as well, then it'sjust way easier to promote that
and to sell it and to share it.
So the expansion is, again,coming back down to, well, if I
maintain a level of frequencythat is attractive, outgoing,
joyful, conscious, andprosperous, then the person that
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I'm trying to sell to will alsosee that or feel that or sense
it, and that will encourage thatperson to buy the product or
even go take it further fromthere.
UNKNOWN (20:23):
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_00 (20:24):
Yeah, it's definitely.
SPEAKER_01 (20:24):
It's really just energy.
You're just exchanging that box,right?
That really, that quantumentanglement is what.
SPEAKER_00 (20:32):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (20:34):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (20:34):
Cause you can, you see a post on social media, you
can feel it.
Like you don't even need to readany words.
It's a feeling that you get.
You just know.
SPEAKER_01 (20:42):
Exactly.
Like when people's like,they'll, they start tearing up
with certain things that theysee on
SPEAKER_00 (20:47):
like a
SPEAKER_01 (20:48):
video or an ad or a movie, things like that.
Right.
So they're connecting.
to that emotion of what is beinggiven to them.
Yes.
Right.
I think that's what it is.
SPEAKER_00 (20:58):
Yeah, for sure.
So in yoga, there's the conceptof moving stuck energy through
the body.
How does unprocessed emotionphysically impact someone's
ability to grow their business?
SPEAKER_01 (21:09):
It becomes debilitating in many ways in
that if you're stuck in certainaspects of your life, then that
will translate to the frequencyin your mind that is causing
that.
And then that will start toshift into other parts of your
physical body.
(21:29):
Uh, and then from there, you'llbe less mobile, less active.
So then your health will startto deteriorate.
All right.
So it's a good thing to alwayshave, I guess, if you were to
say like a routine, it doesn'thave to be exact same time every
day, the exact same lengthduration, but as long as you're
incorporating a type of wellnessin every single day of your
(21:52):
existence, of your life.
SPEAKER_00 (21:54):
Which I'm a huge advocate for.
That self-care of looking afteryourself first.
I hope that answers yourquestion, yeah.
Yeah, no, it absolutely does.
Yeah.
Because what would be some ofthe signs that someone's body or
energy system is holding ontoemotional blockages and how
might that show up in theirbusiness as well?
SPEAKER_01 (22:10):
I'd say it'd be like a victimization.
SPEAKER_00 (22:14):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (22:15):
that the whole world's against them per se, and
nothing is going their way interms of they're thinking that
everything is blocking theirprogress or their advancement.
But then it's like when shitgoes wrong or goes down, you
don't look around you, you lookwithin you.
Because then that's thefrequency.
(22:36):
You're emitting a frequencythat's causing that to be
attracted to you.
SPEAKER_00 (22:40):
Yes.
It's a mirror, isn't it?
SPEAKER_01 (22:42):
Yes, like this whole podcast is about, yeah, the
mirror.
SPEAKER_00 (22:45):
I noticed in class, and especially for me as well,
like there's some certain posesthat I find very easy.
There's some poses that I findvery challenging.
And the ones that I find easy, Isee some other people really
struggle with that.
So do you mind just speaking alittle bit about, you know, the
certain areas that you find,like I know hips, you mentioned
a lot, people have lots ofblockages in.
(23:06):
Do you mind just speaking alittle bit about the common ones
that you see in your sessions?
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (23:11):
Yeah, I think, okay, we'll go to hips.
Hips relate to the subconsciousmind in yoga and the fact that
it's a chakra called Svahistanaand it represents the
subconscious mind.
So all your thoughts, all yourmemories, all your impressions,
which technically is your life,right?
That's all it is.
It's just an accumulation ofdata.
And then you've stored them asmemory, impressions, right?
(23:35):
Fantasies, memories.
dreams right things like thatand they get stuck in that hip
complex area because in thatarea it's about safety security
foundation right your wants anddesires so other than the
reproductive system that'sincorporates that as well so
it's really like moving forwardso when people get stuck this
area is very rigid and tightright because they're storing
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that energy based on what theywere thinking about or feeling
or emoting and not processing itto release so then it's now like
Physical baggage.
SPEAKER_00 (24:08):
Back in the hips.
SPEAKER_01 (24:10):
Back in the hips.
Another one would be the chest,heart space.
If there was some traumaticexperience or even a possibly a
confidence.
Here, this is about expressionof self.
If there is a little bit ofdoubt within that.
(24:30):
It's very hard to open up thechest space, like even to just
open up your arms and lift yourchin, right?
You'll get people that willstart to cough or have trouble
actually just breathing, right?
They're like loser breath.
SPEAKER_00 (24:44):
So powerful.
SPEAKER_01 (24:45):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (24:46):
I've learned so much in just such a short period of
time.
It's been
SPEAKER_01 (24:49):
incredible.
It's basically like a conduitfor what's going on mentally and
emotionally.
And then it's how well youfilter that out.
or detoxify from it, if youwould think of it like that.
right?
So we detoxify physically orchemically with taking vitamins
and tonics and all that stuff.
(25:09):
But then there's also anenergetic detox that we need to
SPEAKER_00 (25:12):
do.
Yes.
So there's obviously aconnection between rigidity in
the body and in results as well.
So how can that physicalflexibility translate to
financial flow?
What can people do to start toallow that flow to come back
into their lives if they do findthat they're a bit tight in
their chest, their hips,different areas of the body?
SPEAKER_01 (25:32):
It comes back down to The fear of suffering, right?
Like if someone is financiallystruggling, they're thinking I'm
going to suffer in some way,right?
It's not so much of what's goingto happen, like, but it's the
fear of it, right?
It's the fear that it's not theactual consequence, but it's the
fear of the suffering that'scausing the tightness and the
(25:54):
tension and the stress and thedebilitation, the rigidity.
Yeah.
The fear of like, a lot ofpeople are afraid of whatever
this, I'm afraid to do thisbecause of that.
But it's again, it's not thatwill happen.
If it happens, it happens.
But it's the fear of doing it toget to that point is what
they're really afraid of, isthat fear.
They're afraid, right?
SPEAKER_00 (26:14):
Yeah.
And then if we take it toanother level, if it's on the
energetic frequency of fear,then we end up attracting that
into our world.
If that's something that we'refocusing on, if that's where our
energetic alignment happens tobe.
Yeah,
SPEAKER_01 (26:26):
you're stopping yourself short.
So if you were like, You andyour man, you know, you jump off
like a cliff to jump in the lakeor the ocean, right?
There's a fear, there's initialfear, like, oh, what if there's
a rock underneath there?
What if I drown or this, right?
So all these scenarios come inyour head before it actually
happens and you're just standingthere.
So it's that suffering has beencreated by fear rather than that
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actually happening and thencreating the suffering of you
actually getting hurt.
I think that's where people needto address that and the
meditation will get them throughthat.
Because again, this is yourtool.
It's not something that rulesyou.
It's your resource, not theresource is you from your mind.
SPEAKER_00 (27:06):
So then what daily practices would you recommend
for business owners to clearthose emotional blocks and stay
energetically open?
I
SPEAKER_01 (27:13):
would say do two things, maybe three.
Because in the morning when it'squiet time, when no one's awake,
when the first thing that youget up, is not your phone.
It's actually just have a seatand just close your eyes, sit
upright and then just startbreathing.
Right.
And if you want to say Sankalpa,um, which is an intention for
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the day, you can, I don't know,for me, it's just, I just do a
little bit of movement.
I'll sit and meditate for alittle bit and then I'll just do
some movement like the, theNamaskar, like just a brief sun
salutation that we do, uh, justto get the body, I guess,
aligned.
Right.
So we do it three times so thatit adjusts to moon energy, sun
(27:56):
energy, and earth energy.
So no matter what time of theday you're in, your body will
adjust to these fluctuations ofenergy, really, right?
And these shifts.
Midday would be amazing whenit's like the energy is really
rajasic or sun energy, likehyper, when it's really busy.
When it's busy, just sit five,10 minutes and just do the same
(28:19):
meditation.
Just breathe.
Right?
Listen to guided meditation.
We have heaps of that online.
And just breathe through thereso that you could regulate again
when things are a little bitcrazy.
You can have all these thingscoming at you, but as long as
your inner is calm, it doesn'tmatter what's happening outside.
Right?
Because you can control this.
You can bend this here.
(28:40):
And then at night, it's likebasically a detox.
Right?
I like to sit alone late atnight to just I guess it's
almost like you'redefragmenting.
If you're a computer, you'rejust like defragmenting what
you've accumulated for theentire day, right?
Because that can play a lot ofwhether people have enough rest
(29:02):
in their sleep.
So it's not so much sleep thatpeople need, but it's the rest
within that sleep.
You can have 10 hours, but ifyour rest was like nothing, then
it could be 20 hours.
You still feel the same.
So yeah, at night, lying on theback after, like sitting, after
sitting up, lying on the backwith the legs up against the
wall.
Highly detoxifying.
Yeah, and it'll bring balance tothe body as well.
SPEAKER_00 (29:23):
I find that meditation and that space during
the day is so powerful not justfor me but for my clients as
well like they tell me that whenthey just take that moment of
time just to connect back inwith themselves that's when they
get the intuitive downloads asto what's next instead of this
forcing and I need to followthis person and this person's
(29:44):
doing this thing I need to dothat it's like coming back to
themselves like what do youactually want what feels right
for you and coming from thatspace and that's the fastest way
that I find my clients aregetting such great results so
damn fast is because They'reconnecting back in with
themselves, not somethingexternal, which you've mentioned
a few times.
SPEAKER_01 (30:02):
So it is that intuition, right?
So as you become meditating andbecoming more intuitive with
your inner body, that's for mewhere my ideas come from.
SPEAKER_00 (30:13):
We too, yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (30:14):
It's an aha moment.
So then you're like, okay, youpark it for a little bit.
Okay, cool.
I'm still meditating.
You go back.
Okay, here's the way to do itnow.
Because if the mind's calm andrested, there's more clarity.
The decision-making skillswithin that become very acute
and sharp.
So that's what you want.
And then you can go about yourday going, okay, well, this is
(30:34):
what happened during meditation.
But it's not about trying toclear the mind.
You're trying to just distanceyourself from all the other
noise so that those things thatare going to enhance your life
will come in.
Like they're trying to push tocome in, but if you're blocking
it with this, this and that,these thoughts, that thoughts,
it's just going to be parked outinto the side there waiting for
(30:55):
it to come in.
Like you have to just come in onits own reconnaissance.
It'll come and then you're onyour way.
SPEAKER_00 (31:02):
That I find has been one of the most profound things
that I've done in my business tomake time for that.
And yeah, it's
SPEAKER_01 (31:08):
game change.
SPEAKER_00 (31:09):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (31:10):
Like when you force things, like nothing really
happens automatically.
Well, like the end result isnever a good thing when you try
to force things.
SPEAKER_00 (31:18):
No.
Or control.
SPEAKER_01 (31:19):
Yeah.
Anything.
It's breaking, right?
SPEAKER_00 (31:22):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (31:24):
Something else or push things.
Yeah.
You just wait when it's ready,because if your frequency is not
aligned at a certain point, thatother instance at a different
frequency is not going to comein.
Once it comes in, then you'realigned together and then it'll
just happen.
So then it becomes effortless.
SPEAKER_00 (31:39):
And then you're magnetic, which was what we
love.
And it just comes to you evenbetter.
SPEAKER_01 (31:43):
Yeah.
You're not chasing, you're justattracting.
SPEAKER_00 (31:45):
Yeah.
And something that just to goback, what you said before is
that, you know, something I'venoticed just in general with
society is that everyone's justscrolling on their phones.
Like you go out to dinner now orbreakfast and everyone's sitting
on their phones.
It's like, they have to fill thevoid of this space.
SPEAKER_01 (31:59):
Yeah.
It's funny because I think I wasin Japan, maybe 2000 and the
first time I saw that was like2004.
I was in Tokyo and what peopleare doing now here in Australia,
the Japanese were doing then in2004.
Like you had grandmothers ontheir mobile phones, just like
(32:20):
in the trains, in the trains,just watching something and
everybody would be on theirdevices watching it.
It happened back then.
SPEAKER_00 (32:27):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (32:28):
But at the same time, when it was time to do
something that was connected tonature, they did something that
was connected to nature.
So they had a good, I find thatthey had a good balance, even
though they were sotechnologically technologically
advanced at that time, right?
That's when I first startedseeing people connected to the
devices nonstop.
SPEAKER_00 (32:45):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (32:46):
Was in, yeah, in Japan, 2004, I reckon.
So that's a while back.
That's over 20 years ago.
Yeah.
But from now, yeah, people here,it's almost like they're trying
to fill a void of something thatthey deem as lacking through
someone else.
SPEAKER_00 (33:03):
So if there's someone brand new to yoga
practices and feeling called todeepen their alignment, where
would you suggest they start?
SPEAKER_01 (33:10):
In their bedroom, in their lounge room, somewhere,
right?
If it's in-house.
uh, do that initially.
And if they wanted to go intoYouTube and for a lot of
beginners, I know that they,they tend to do that first
rather than go to a class,unless it's something social
that they want to attend.
And if you want to do, yeah, goto like a restorative class,
(33:30):
like a beginner's yoga to get, Iguess, accustomed and familiar
with the yoga.
I would go to really justmeditation classes at the
beginning.
Right, because that'stechnically yoga, right?
Meditation is just a componentof yoga.
So go from there.
Not the physical part.
Well, it is physical in that youhave to sit upright for X amount
(33:52):
of hours.
I used to sit on my heels,right?
And it was like a game to seehow long, when I was younger, I
could sit.
Initially, it was like 30seconds, and it would just be
just torture.
Which is sometimes what I feelwith yours.
I went from meditation to, youknow, a minute.
five minutes, 10 minutes, 20,30, right?
So it was challenging withinmyself to overcome what's going
on in my mind.
And then eventually it was like,I was so deep into meditation
(34:15):
that it became like an hour anda half at least.
SPEAKER_00 (34:17):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (34:18):
Maybe that I was just sitting on my heels.
When I got out of it, I couldn'teven feel my knees or my ankles
or my toes, but it was notnecessarily, it didn't
disappear.
It was, I know it is noticeable,but it didn't overcome what my
goal was, was to meditate.
SPEAKER_00 (34:34):
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I'll be sharing your YouTubechannel as well, because that's
what I recommend my clients whoare all around the world to go
and obviously they can't come toour local classes, but yeah,
definitely your YouTube channel,which we'll share.
SPEAKER_01 (34:47):
Yeah, there's a beginner series that's posted on
there.
It's 33 days of stretch.
So there's, you can do this forevery day.
There's beginners postures thatare explained.
They're only like eight minutes,six minutes, maybe 10 minutes.
So good.
video, and it's for beginnersand getting you to understand
the posture, the meaning of theposture, and then how to breathe
(35:08):
within the posture.
So there's a series forbeginners as well.
And then for those of the yogisthat are people that want to
work on their flexibility,there's also flexibility series
on YouTube.
right that uh there's a coupleon there they're professional
athletes but and they'regenerally really tight right
very muscly tight so they wantedto do restorative class just to
(35:30):
get more flexible and work onagain detoxifying from their
mind their daily grind yeah sothey can do that it's uh ian
karyaga would be the youtubechannel
SPEAKER_00 (35:41):
And I'll pop that in the notes because that's a whole
game changer.
My clients absolutely love thechannel.
Yeah,
SPEAKER_01 (35:47):
that'd be cool.
If anyone wants to just put acomment on what they'd like to
see, right?
I always mention that, but forsome reason people don't.
I don't know what it is, but whoknows?
SPEAKER_00 (35:58):
So how do you personally integrate the wisdom
of yoga into areas likebusiness, wealth, leadership,
purpose?
SPEAKER_01 (36:05):
For me, I think it becomes natural because a lot of
the things that happen to me inmy life when it comes to
business are I just say it'syoga because it's come from
yoga.
Like the relationships and theconnections have literally come
from yoga.
They're not even yoga related,right?
It just comes up.
(36:26):
So because it comes back down toenergy.
So beyond the physical or thevehicle, which is the yoga,
right?
It comes back down to energywhen you break it down, right?
Or frequency.
Sound.
Sound.
SPEAKER_00 (36:38):
all comes back to energy and frequency.
It does.
SPEAKER_01 (36:40):
It does.
Everybody comes back down tothat.
And I guess the EOE is way backthousands of years ago, caught
onto that and understood it andthen just took it to a
humanistic approach because wehave a physical body and that
stuff out there per se isphysical, but really it's
non-physical.
It's not, you can't necessarilysee with your eyes, but it's
(37:01):
there.
Yeah.
And then just incorporate intosomething you can do now daily
with others.
UNKNOWN (37:08):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (37:08):
Which is great.
And you do that so well.
We all go through challenges inlife.
Do you mind just sharing amoment in your own journey where
clearing an emotional blockcreated a really big external
breakthrough for you?
Because no one's immune tochallenges.
Like we all...
Yeah,
SPEAKER_01 (37:23):
you would get challenged.
And I think that's where thereal growth comes from is that
you were challenged.
If you weren't challenged, it'dbe like very lackadaisical.
Things happen when they happen.
I'll just promote that growth.
SPEAKER_00 (37:34):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (37:35):
In that it...
teaches you to maybe learn a newskill or divert to a different
tactic or strategy.
But then also, again, it comesback down to how well can you
regulate when these challengescome up.
So for me, I guess, just as ofrecent, the job that I have, I
do, because I got two full-timejobs, I've gone down to another
(37:55):
job with less involvement,right?
And it's a little bit by choice,but a little bit not by choice.
And for me, it's a big challengebecause I'm going back to the
yoga space like full-time,full-time, right?
So I'm going, okay, well, let'sroll with it.
(38:15):
I did before, I had a studio.
Things have changed since then.
I would not necessarily getanother studio again.
So how can I do this spaceonline and then even consult,
which I've been doing a lot ofrelating to energy and bringing
it onto like the AI space.
So that is coming up for a fewthings.
And yeah, no one's immune tochallenges.
(38:37):
Uh, so I just power through it.
And I think as I was younger, itwas always, I only wanted to be
in a way second best.
Right.
Because I was touted to playgolf at a really young age and I
didn't like golf.
I did, but it was just for fun.
Right.
Yeah.
So if I was second and not thebest, then it wouldn't take me
(38:59):
far in that type of sport.
Right.
Whereas in other sports.
I didn't think that way.
So it was kind of like in twominds that in like say
basketball or baseball, wonchampionships in every team that
I played with, things like that.
And it was easy, right?
But then with certain one sport,it was like, I don't want to be
the best because I'm, I guess,fearful of where it could take
(39:22):
me.
Cause then it's really not forme.
It wasn't necessarily my choiceto go further in that sport.
If you get what I'm saying.
SPEAKER_00 (39:31):
I do a hundred percent get what you're saying.
SPEAKER_01 (39:33):
I guess.
In a way, fear of success was achallenge.
SPEAKER_00 (39:38):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (39:39):
Not part of my life, whereas another part, it wasn't,
right?
When it came to art and thingslike that, I was just like,
yeah, just be the best I can beand no fear about anything in
regards to that side, right?
But then in one portion, it waslike, no, I don't want to be the
best.
I just want to sit back in thecorner.
SPEAKER_00 (39:55):
Yeah.
And because you didn't want todo it, then it was like a
sabotage going on.
SPEAKER_01 (40:00):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (40:01):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (40:03):
So knowing, and then I think as I got older, I knew
that that wasn't something thatwas going to happen.
So I was like, okay, I came toterms with it.
I actually forgave myself forit.
I forgave someone else.
It was technically my dad forputting me through coaching and
all this stuff.
Like in here, I forgave him,right?
Because he's the best for me orwhatever it was.
UNKNOWN (40:26):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (40:26):
And yeah, I moved along from it.
SPEAKER_00 (40:29):
Well, you do, don't you?
Like, you know, some of myclients have had some major
challenges the last couple ofweeks and it's like holding the
frequency, hold the energy, keepthe nervous system calm.
Like as you go through this,because that up and down is
what's going to send you up anddown and your business up and
down.
Like you mentioned before, it'sperfectly aligned is that you've
got to hold that frequency andbe okay with the challenge.
(40:50):
Yeah.
So it all just ties inperfectly.
Yeah.
So if you could leave ourlisteners with just one piece of
wisdom about unlocking greaterabundance through inner
alignment, what would that be?
I
SPEAKER_01 (41:00):
would say do yoga every single day, right?
Get more in tune with theirenergy rather than your thoughts
and emotions, right?
And really just be, I'd say begrateful for what you have.
So first thing in the morning isthat, okay, you check in, I'm
alive, right?
(41:21):
Best thing that could happen toyou that day.
Regardless of anything elsehappens to you on top of that,
you woke up a life for you toexperience something else,
right?
And then it's just navigating,okay, well, is it going to
enhance my life or is it goingto be a detriment to my life,
right?
You can make that decision.
We can all make decisions.
And then doing the yoga again isgoing to give you more clarity
on what needs to be done andwhat actually needs to take
(41:42):
place for you to be moreprosperous, abundance, and
successful if you want to go inthat direction, right?
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (41:49):
I agree 100% with that for sure.
At the end, we'll do a rapidfire fun session.
So a hack that has changed yourlife.
SPEAKER_01 (41:58):
I just have fun when I'm doing yoga.
SPEAKER_00 (42:00):
Yeah, you can
SPEAKER_01 (42:00):
tell.
I think that's what it is.
It's like, don't put pressure onyourself.
SPEAKER_00 (42:04):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (42:04):
Whatever you're doing, because that pressure is
created within yourself.
If you can build momentum,right?
I think people get mistaken withmomentum and pressure.
Yes.
And you're pushing throughwhatever it is.
It's just like an irreparableforce, like a juggernaut.
You just keep going, right?
Whether it's slow or fast, itdoesn't matter.
So I think the hack is justrelax in whatever you're doing.
(42:25):
It's like calmness, right?
That's what it is.
It's regulate your breathing,regulate your emotions and stay
calm.
SPEAKER_00 (42:30):
And a daily non-negotiable ritual for you?
SPEAKER_01 (42:33):
Me is yoga again.
You let them breathe.
For some people, I know,depending on where they're in
the world, they're not able todo that.
I try to get to the ocean.
every day or close to it andthen necessarily go into the
ocean, but get there, uh,because the energy of the
negative ions assist in healing,healing property.
(42:54):
Right.
Uh, and in meditating at thebeach is even better.
Right.
First thing in the morning whenreally, even it's cold, just get
up early in the morning and justhead out there when it's quiet,
a little bit of solitude andthen connecting, um, with nature
because, um, For those of youthat have done yoga with me
(43:15):
that's in class, you're confinedwithin these four walls.
It's great.
But if you've done yoga outsidewith me, it's just next level.
It's a different sensation.
It's
SPEAKER_00 (43:23):
a different
SPEAKER_01 (43:24):
experience.
SPEAKER_00 (43:25):
Different frequency.
SPEAKER_01 (43:26):
Yeah.
Yeah.
You're connecting to nature.
SPEAKER_00 (43:28):
Oh, sign me up.
SPEAKER_01 (43:30):
Yeah.
I was there for a while.
We can go do that again.
SPEAKER_00 (43:33):
You were doing it where?
Oh,
SPEAKER_01 (43:36):
we were doing Hoda.
SPEAKER_00 (43:37):
Oh, okay.
SPEAKER_01 (43:39):
I thought
SPEAKER_00 (43:39):
you said Bali.
I was going to say, sign me upfor that.
SPEAKER_01 (43:42):
No, not Bali.
Maybe there's something in thecards for Philippines.
That's something there that wasin the works for a while.
And yeah, just locally on theGold Coast.
SPEAKER_00 (43:54):
Yeah, that'd be awesome.
Beautiful.
Thank you so much.
You ooze authenticity.
Like your answers just...
Like just show that, like youlive and breathe yoga and it's
a, you know, if someone looks atyour Instagram, they would just
be blown away by what you can doalso physically.
Like some of your posts is like,oh my goodness, incredible.
(44:14):
So how can people find, follow,connect with you?
Uh,
SPEAKER_01 (44:17):
they can go onto Instagram.
Uh, it's under Ian Cariaga.
You'll have that posted.
My website.
uh, YouTube, which is IanKeriaga as well.
And if I have a subscriptionbased platform on Patreon.
So it's patreon.com slash om108.
SPEAKER_00 (44:40):
Beautiful.
And I highly recommend that youcheck all of those out.
Follow him because hisknowledge, his energy is next
level.
That's why he's on here.
And I have not met someone whowouldn't benefit from his
YouTube, from his Patron.
It's all absolutely perfect.
So definitely jump on that forsure.
(45:00):
I thank you so much for yourwisdom, your knowledge, for
sharing your insights.
It's absolutely incredible.
And just by implementing whatwe've shared would completely
change someone's life.
So thank you so much.
SPEAKER_01 (45:13):
Thank you.
That was fun.
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