{"podcast":{"title":"The Universe Within Podcast","slug":"the-universe-within-podcast-1273864","podcast_index_feed_id":1273864,"rss_url":"https://jasongrechanik.squarespace.com/podcast?format=rss","website_url":"https://jasongrechanik.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56796d68841abae3f5e4fae3/bbf2a40c-895c-4e35-b145-659973be5c8a/UWP+Album+Cover.JPG?format=1500w","author":"Jason Grechanik","episode_count":198,"summary":"A podcast delving into plant medicines, consciousness, holistic health, philosophy, psychology, science and myriad related topics. Hosted by Jason Grechanik. This podcast was created to give voice to the doctors, shamans, guides, facilitators, visionaries, anthropologists, linguists, scientists and wisdom-keepers working on the ground day in and day out within their respective fields.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T02:17:20.616215+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-universe-within-podcast-1273864"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 181 - Simon Borg-Olivier - Yoga: The Flow of Life & Happiness","slug":"ep-181-simon-borg-olivier-yoga-the-flow-of-life-happiness","published_at":"2026-01-21T13:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-universe-within-podcast-1273864/ep-181-simon-borg-olivier-yoga-the-flow-of-life-happiness","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-universe-within-podcast-1273864","url":"https://jasongrechanik.com/podcast/simon-borg-olivier","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/static1.squarespace.com/static/56796d68841abae3f5e4fae3/t/696963c5f43a266dc7abc2d8/1768514848726/181+episode+audio+new.mp3","summary":"Hey everybody! Episode 181 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Simon Borg-Olivier. Simon was recommended to me by a listener of the podcast and I was very happy to connect with him. We spoke about his varied life and journey and really focused on his lifelong practice of yoga. Simon has a very nuanced and rooted view of this practice and much more than just sitting on a mat. We spoke about its history, his journey with Pattabhi Jois, Iyengar, and Desikachar, his time in India and China, Qigong, and many other things well. Simon is a great sharer of wisdom and I really enjoyed this conversation and think you will gain much it. Even if you’re not a “yoga” practitioner, Simon has so much wisdom to share. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy! This episode is sponsored by Real Mushrooms. As listeners, visit their website to enjoy a discount of 25% off your first order: https://www.realmushrooms.com/universe To learn more about or contact Simon, visit his website at: https://simonborgolivier.com To learn more about our work, visit our website: https://NicotianaRustica.org To view the recent documentary, Sacred Tobacco, about my work, visit: https://youtu.be/KB0JEQALI_w I will be guiding our next plant medicine dietas with my colleague Merav Artzi (who I interviewed in episode 28) in: September 1-8: Remote Online Dieta November 2-30: Sacred Valley of Peru If you would like more information about joining us and the work I do or about future retreats, visit my site at: https://NicotianaRustica.org Integration/Consultation call: https://jasongrechanik.setmore.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/UniverseWithin YouTube join & perks: https://bit.ly/YTPerks PayPal donation:…","meta_description":"Hey everybody! Episode 181 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Simon Borg-Olivier. Simon was recommended to me by a listener of the podcast…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7259,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-universe-within-podcast-1273864/episodes/ep-181-simon-borg-olivier-yoga-the-flow-of-life-happiness/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-universe-within-podcast-1273864/ep-181-simon-borg-olivier-yoga-the-flow-of-life-happiness.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}