136: Holding Our Seat with Ethan Nichtern

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Written By Francesca Cervero

Holding grounded space as a teacher is one of the most important and most hard to teach skills for new yoga teachers. How can you be confident doing something you are new at? Do you need to actually be confident? What do we do when challenging situations knock us off our center?

To answer these questions and more, I’m so honored to have my teacher and friend Ethan Nichtern with us today. Ethan Nichtern (he/him) is a renowned contemporary Buddhist teacher and the author of Confidence: Holding Your Seat through Life’s Eight Worldly Winds and several other titles, including the widely acclaimed The Road Home.

In this episode you’ll hear:

  • how we define confidence, and why as a teacher of buddhism, Ethan wanted to write a book about it

  • how a conversation about privilege and social location is necessary when talking about confidence

  • the myth that Buddhist teachings advocate for overcoming a sense of self and how fits into a Buddhist book about confidence

  • an overview of the 8 worldly winds and how they show up in our lives

  • US election thoughts and predictions! 😬

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