Involution with Veronica
A podcast about being human and learning how to meet life more consciously.
Through spoken reflections, lived experience, and teachings rooted in yoga as an art and practice of attention, Veronica explores the questions, patterns, and practices that shape how we experience ourselves and participate in our lives.
The word involution describes the inward movement of attention, not to escape the world, but to meet it more consciously.
Each episode is an invitation to slow down, become curious about what is present, and consider what another way of meeting it might make possible.
Slow down. Gather yourself. Return to what is true.
Involution with Veronica
How Images Teach Us What to See
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Transforming the Established Self
What happens when the image stops simply representing reality and begins teaching us what reality is supposed to look like?
In this reflection, Veronica brings the work of French philosopher and cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard's ideas of simulation, simulacra, and hyperreality into conversation with attention, perception, conditioning, identity, and conscious participation.
This reflection explores:
- how representations can participate in training perception,
- how standards teach attention where to look, and
- how repeated attention gives significance to particular features, beliefs, identities, and ways of seeing.
Maybe the question isn't only... what am I seeing?
Maybe it's... what taught me to see it this way?
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If you're a visual learner: the video includes several diagrams I created to help map some of the more conceptual parts of this conversation. The audio stands on its own, but you may find the visual version especially helpful.
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About Veronica
Veronica Penacho explores conscious participation and what it means to be human, offering embodied practices and contemplative reflections that invite you to slow down, gather yourself, and return to what is true. Her work brings yoga philosophy into conversation with lived experience through reflection, breath, meditation, and embodied practice.
Disclaimer: The reflections and practices shared through Involution with Veronica are offered for educational and contemplative purposes. They are not medical or mental-health advice and are not a substitute for diagnosis, treatment, psychotherapy, or care from a qualified professional. Please meet all breath, meditation, and movement practices in a way that respects your own body, circumstances, and needs, and seek appropriate professional guidance when needed.
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