65. Eddie Stern | How To Calm Your Nervous System

About this episode

Eddie Stern discusses calming the nervous system through yoga and breath practices while sharing insights on personal integrity and discipline.

Gwyneth Paltrow… true or false: she blew her nose into Eddie Stern’s pocket square while he was officiating her wedding ? True. 😂 This week on Permission to Shine , I’m sitting down with the one-and-only Eddie Stern. A New York City original, one of the most respected yoga teachers alive, and the kind of teacher your favorite celebrities (and your favorite teacher’s teacher) quietly trust. Eddie has been practicing yoga since the 1980s and teaching since the late 80s. He’s the founder of Broome Street Yoga (opened in 1993) and he runs the Broome Street Ganesha Temple in SoHo. An actual temple, on Broome Street, that’s been a spiritual home in lower Manhattan for decades. In this conversation, we go deep; and in a way you can actually use today . We talk about: What the nervous system really is (and why so many of us are living in chronic “fight or flight” without realizing it) The simplest “brake pedal” you have access to 24/7: your exhale A practical way to tell if you’re stuck in sympathetic vs. parasympathetic (and what to do about it) Why telling someone “just relax” is basically emotional gasoline 😅 Eddie’s daily routine (yes… he wakes up around 3:45am like a peaceful…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Namanny

Guest: Eddie Stern

Topics covered

• nervous system
• yoga
• breath practices
• personal development
• integrity
• celebrity culture

Keywords

• nervous system
• yoga
• breath
• personal development
• integrity
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Eddie Stern

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Broome Street Yoga

Places: SoHo, New York City

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