In this episode of the Yoga Inspiration Podcast, I sit down with astrologer and teacher Gahl Sasson for a thoughtful conversation on cycles, change, and finding meaning during times of transition.

Together we explore how astrology and yoga intersect as tools for self awareness, timing, and personal growth. Gahl shares insights into understanding cycles of challenge and opportunity, the importance of perspective during uncertain times, and how spiritual practices can help ground us when life feels overwhelming.

This conversation offers practical wisdom for anyone navigating change, seeking clarity, or wanting to deepen their relationship with practice as a source of stability and insight.

What You'll Learn in This Episode

• How astrology can be used as a tool for self reflection rather than prediction
• Understanding life cycles and why periods of difficulty often precede growth
• The relationship between yoga practice and navigating personal transitions
• How awareness and timing can support wiser decision making
• Finding meaning, resilience, and perspective during uncertain times
• Using spiritual tools to stay grounded while embracing change

As this conversation reminds us, timing matters. When we understand the cycles we are moving through, we can meet them with intention rather than force. If you're feeling called to begin the new year with greater awareness and consistency, the January 30 Day Flexibility Challenge on Omstars offers a supportive way to do just that. Through just 20 minutes a day of guided practice, you can align your body and mind with the rhythms of change and start the year grounded, steady, and connected.

https://omstars.com/courses/30-day-flexibility-journey-with-kino-macgregor



This episode is a reflection on a year marked by grief, loss, and profound inner reckoning. I share openly about the death of my teacher, the unraveling of relationships I once trusted, and the disorienting experience of being misunderstood, judged, and rejected in ways I did not expect.

What began as a single loss rippled outward, touching every area of my life. Along the way, I was forced to confront painful truths about friendship, projection, and the limits of compassion when others are committed to misunderstanding you.

Through it all, one thing remained steady: practice.

Yoga has never been performance or achievement for me. It is where effort becomes prayer, where breath becomes an offering, and where I reconnect with something deeper than circumstance. Practice did not erase the pain of this year, but it gave me the strength to keep standing inside it.

In this episode, I explore:

• Grief as a force that reshapes identity, relationships, and belief

• The difference between honest feedback and cruelty rooted in unprocessed pain

• Why some people react with hostility to joy, light, and devotion

• The limits of persuasion when someone has decided who you are in their story

• How social media amplifies judgment, outrage, and division

• Why tending the "garden of the heart" is the only real work we can do

• Falling and rising in practice as training for resilience in life

• Strength as the courage to keep the heart open rather than shutting down

• The power of speech, intention, and conscious listening

• Community as imperfect, fractured, and still sacred

• Why yoga remains unbroken even when people and institutions feel divided

I also reflect on the teachings that continue to guide me, including the idea that the true practitioner remains steady in praise and blame, friend and foe. I am not there yet. The words still sting. The grief still enters. But I am learning what strength actually means.

This episode is an offering to anyone who has felt shaken, misunderstood, or tempted to dim their light in order to belong. It is a reminder that joy and sorrow can coexist, that devotion does not require approval, and that the practice lives on through sincere breath, effort, and presence.

As long as yoga is practiced with honesty, the lineage has a future.
And within that future, there is light.

Continue the Practice

If you are looking for a steady place to practice, I invite you to join me on Omstars for the January 30 Day Flexibility Challenge. In just 20 minutes a day, we return to breath, movement, and consistency as a way to build strength, flexibility, and resilience on and off the mat.

Omstars members can join the challenge at no additional cost. If you are new, you can sign up for the Omstars email list and try the first three days of the challenge free.

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