07/22/2025
I was playing a ๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฅ card game with my husband recently when this question came up:
โ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ?โ
Without hesitation, I said:
๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐จ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐโ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
How you do anything is how you do everything (most of the time). So if you want to become a better friend, partner, or parent, start by shifting your yoga practice into a listening practice.
When you listen (๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป) you begin to:
โจ embody the poses rather than perform them
โจ discover deeper layers of your practice
โจ train yourself to listen to understand, not just to respond
Thatโs where the real magic of yoga begins.
I say this with love: truly great listeners are rare. But when I meet one, I instantly think, โTheyโd be a damn good yoga student.โ
With love,
SAM
P.S. Adamโs answer?
โ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.โ
Heโs a marketing guru, and it drives him bananas when people conflate the two. I asked him, โmarketing is the sociology of the business world, right?โ He was proud of me for that one ๐
๐ป
Pss. Get the card game and play with your partner. Trust me.
