Ep #109: The World Beyond our Knowing with Carlos Tao

In this week’s episode, Michael sits down with Carlos Tao, senior yoga teacher and founder of the FluidUs Academy. Carlos is from Cuban descent, and was born in the United States, now part-time living and working in Bali. Carlos is not your regular yoga teacher, as he’s on a journey to re-enchant myth and ritual, breathing life into old traditions, and helping shift what we do and what we see, and being available for our present living world. Carlos starts by sharing his ‘backstory’ and what led him to exploring life beyond the ordinary, beyond the material world, to find magic and enchantment. He shares about his ‘slow journey’ towards finding ‘ultimate meaning’ and the many ways he explored to ‘see something else’, find answers, and follow his deep longing for something deep and profound. Michael and Carlos discuss big topics, including: ‘magic’, our mythic understanding of ourselves, the cartesian split and other philosophical concepts, reviving ancient traditions, and exploring life outside of our senses. Carlos talks about the ways to shift outside of the horizontal, and move into the vertical, where we can see the world beyond our lenses, experience mystical moments, and explore existence itself. He also explores the left and right brain way of seeing the world. Carlos furthermore shares about the practices that allow us to move beyond our current framing and lenses, and to widen and broaden our vision of an enchanted world. Carlos offers movement, breath and myth practices, to experience the mystery of existence at the FluidUs Academy.  Curious to learn more from Carlos and experience magic? Check out the Podcast Episode or join the FluidUs Fellowship: fluidUs Gathering and Fellowship (fluidusacademy.com)  Instagram: carlostaomovement Episode Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 04:30 Life Beyond the Ordinary 06:30 Carlos’ Backstory 09:20 Mysterious Aspects of Traditional Religions 10:08 Left Brain and Right Brain Capacity 10:50 Exploring Ways to ‘See Something Else’ (Wayne Dyer’s Work, Psychedelics, etc.)  13:00 The Void of Enchantment and Mystery 15:00 Looking for Answers from a Sense of Inadequacy 17:15 Crossing Paths with Yoga 18:30 Talking about Magic 19:58 The Cartesian Split 22:00 Life Beyond our Senses 26:20 Shifting from the Horizontal to the Vertical 30:05 Talking about Judgment 33:45 Mystical Moments and Philosophical Concepts 37:20 The Left and Right Brain Way of Seeing the World  38:45 Reviving Ancient Traditions  41:20 Movement, Breath and Myth Practices 47:35 The FluidUs Fellowship: The Way of What is 48:50 The Plato Experiment 51:45 There is no Courage without Fear 53:00 The Breath 55:30 Final Thoughts --- About Going Pro Yoga: At Going Pro Yoga, we help yoga teachers become even better by teaching them new skills and giving them the tools they need to make their yoga classes safe, fun, and special for everyone. **Right now you can try Going Pro Yoga FREE for 7-days and sample: All Tools Needed to Master Cueing, Sequencing, and Alignment Video Library of over 75 fully Sequenced Classes, Sequence Chunks, and Flows FIRST EVER Yoga Cueing System with Over 160 poses and Hundreds of Variations Wisdom Talks from over 20,000 Hours of Teaching Experience Anatomy and Injury Prevention as it relates to Yoga. To Learn More, Visit Going Pro Yoga, and ⁠⁠⁠Start your 7-Day Free Trial⁠⁠⁠! For more information about in-person trainings in Bali, ⁠⁠https://www.elementsofpoweryoga.com/advancedtrainings⁠⁠