The Peacock Cometh
Sister and Brother duo and fellow yogis Alison J. Kay PhD and David M. Kay CMT go beyond the standard personal development talk to get underneath the hood of today's unprecedented, universal spiritual awakening to help us discover indeed what else is possible.
The Peacock Cometh
Episode 11: A Year of Calmness
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In Episode 11 of The Peacock Cometh, Alison J. Kay and David M. Kay explore why calmness isn’t something you “try harder” to get… it’s something you train, receive, and remember - especially in times of rapid change.
In this episode, you’ll explore:
• Why chakras are far deeper than surface-level “clearing”
• Why yoga postures refresh you (even when you don’t know why)
• Chanting vs. silent meditation (yin/yang mechanics)
• Calmness as a devotional state you can cultivate
• Why practicing calmness when life is easy matters
• Expectations, unconscious storylines, and what you’re projecting onto life
• Visualization: “the thing” vs. the energy behind the thing
• The surprising spiritual power of embracing being wrong
Chapters:
00:00 Chakras are deeper than “quick clearing”
02:10 Why yoga poses open chakras (and why you feel refreshed)
05:05 Chanting first: why it works (heart-opening + devotion)
08:20 Harmonium + fading from outer sound to inner chanting
11:05 Yin/yang mechanics: outward practice vs inward stillness
13:45 Fire Horse energy + why restlessness can spike this year
16:20 Calmness as a divine quality (the 8 aspects + how to use them)
20:10 Practice calm when life is easy (so it’s there when it’s not)
22:40 Walking meditation + “everything I hear is for me”
25:05 Embodiment: returning to the body (simple chakra anchors)
27:35 Expectations + unconscious storylines (what you’re projecting)
30:10 Visualization: don’t limit the outcome - tune into the energy
33:00 The gift of being wrong (ego softening + purification)
35:10 Consistency, momentum, and choosing what actually fits you
The way to feel calmness or joy is neither a tool or a technique but a relationship to the source of all uplifted feelings that we can cultivate in various ways. One of the most effective and accessible ways is to start relating to that which we already feel.
Have you felt calmness at some point in your life? Joyful? Peaceful? Wise?
Then you already know and have these - it's a matter of removing the conditions and circumstances surrounding those feelings to tune into the feelings themselves which require no specific conditions or circumstances.
In this entertaining episode, David and Alison dive into some different ways to think about relating to Divine aspects such as calmness, joy, peace, love and wisdom in ways that make them real and that we can incorporate into our central way of being in the world. And the closer we begin to relate to these aspects of the Divine, the less our li