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Why your yoga practice isn't transforming you — and what would actually have to change for it to work.Dr. Jivasu walks through the neurobiology behind why an hour of yoga or meditation a day produces real but temporary effects, why the original yogis required 24-hour devotion to reach liberation, and the two specific Soma methods that turn ordinary modern life into the practice itself. If you've ever wondered why the peace from your morning practice evaporates by lunchtime, this episode answers it.Chapters:00:37 — Can yoga twice a week actually liberate you?02:33 — Why modern practice can only borrow part of the original tradition03:37 — The 10,000-hour rule and biological anchoring04:25 — Inner psychedelics: why the change wears off05:53 — Even a daily morning practice isn't enough — and why07:07 — What modern practitioners are missing that ancient ones had08:07 — The real meaning of yoga: linking practice to life08:37 — Passion: when your energy is divided into a hundred streams10:27 — The default mode network and constant distraction11:19 — Flow state, transient hypofrontality, and why high performers transform13:29 — Karma at every scale — personal, ancestral, universal15:34 — When passion has to become obsession18:42 — The parable of King Janak and the oil lamp22:51 — Two birds on a tree: the witness consciousness24:27 — Interoception: the 8th sense, and how to train it27:44 — Somatic personality and 24-hour self-care30:09 — Where physical yoga and meditation actually fit in32:06 — Why we want liberation in the first place — the impulse of lifeWhat you'll learn in this episode:Why short practices release "inner psychedelics" but don't create lasting anatomical change in the brainThe 10,000-hour threshold for biological anchoring, and what it means for serious practitionersHow the default mode network and flow state research from Steve Kotler's Rise of Superman explain why most practice fails to integrateThe two-part method — passion and obsession — that the original yoga texts called the difference between routine and transformationInteroception, the "8th sense," and how somatic awareness becomes a 24-hour practiceThe classical parable of King Janak and the oil lamp — and why it's the Soma model for living an ordinary life with extraordinary attentionAbout Jivasu:Jivasu is a physician, author, and the founder of Soma Path. Soma Path is rooted in the body and grounded in science to awaken the body’s wisdom for trauma healing and transformation. It is accessible to people of all ages, abilities, and beliefs.Jivasu, with his wife, Karen, spent many years volunteering as a doctor at the Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh and in the Garhwal Himalayas. Later, he studied acupuncture and Mind-Body Medicine at Harvard.Over four decades, he taught acupuncture, mind-body medicine, yoga, and meditation programs worldwide.🔗 Explore Soma Path🌐 Website: https://www.somapath.org🎓 Somatic Yoga Teacher Training: https://www.somapath.org/online-somatic-yoga-teacher-training🎧 Listen / Watch▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SomawithJivasu🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0laJc85nHxYzgYyFEK1OfO?si=c569b62584d84f65🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/soma-the-art-and-science-of-somatic-living/id1547156988📲 FollowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jivasumdFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/drjivasu#SomaPath #YogaPhilosophy #Neuroplasticity #Interoception #FlowState #DefaultModeNetwork #Enlightenment #Liberation #SomaPath #DrJivasu #SomaticPath #SomaticLiving#WitnessConsciousness #KarmaYoga #YogaScience #InnerPsychedelics #PatanjaliYoga #Yoga #Meditation #YogaPractice #YogaTeacherTraining #Mindfulness #ConsciousLiving