Short questions with Dana Perino for Ross Rayburn

For quite a lot of months now, I’ve loved checking in with a few of your favourite Fox personalities to study extra about who they’re behind the scenes. 

But as you could recall, I did promise to throw in some shock appearances right here and there!

This week I needed to introduce you to Ross Rayburn, a Peloton teacher and scholar of bodily therapeutic.

Ross has traveled to greater than 30 international locations to show — and loves connecting individuals with numerous backgrounds via yoga. In his lessons, he invitations individuals “to faucet into their genuine selves via motion, exploring the energy of the human spirit alongside the manner,” as he notes in his bio.

He’s additionally the writer of a brand new ebook, “Turning Inward: The Practice of Introversion for a Calm, Joyful, Authentic Life” (Jan. 9, 2024, Hachette Go). 

Read on to study extra about him and discover out his terrific insights into life, yoga, meditation and wellness.

(You may hearken to my interview with him right here!) 

Dana Perino talks with Ross Rayburn, a Texas-born prime yoga teacher with Peloton — who says that it is “never too late” to recollect to take a deep breath. “When you remember, you remember. And the good news is, you start to remember sooner and sometimes so soon it’s before,” he says. (Fox News)

Q: You had been born in Texas — what’s your favourite meals from the Lone Star State? 

RR: It was Whataburger, however now I’m largely vegetarian/pesca … so my favourite meals is hummus. 

But shoutout to Blue Bell. I simply don’t like sweets.

Q: Best random account to comply with on Instagram that at all times makes you snort? 

RR: @dadsaysjokes.

Q: How can somebody keep in mind the necessity to take a deep breath and switch inward to reset within the second they want it? For me, I really feel like I keep in mind too late! 

RR: It’s by no means too late. When you keep in mind, you keep in mind. 

And the excellent news is, you begin to keep in mind sooner and generally so quickly it’s earlier than.

Q: Is social media harmful to turning inward — when you’re itching for the dopamine hit from scrolling or hurting from a remark (particularly from individuals you don’t even know)? How can one finest flip that churn off in your head?

RR: There’s quite a bit there.  

Let me say it this manner: Thoughts can’t be stopped. Even moments of sluggish, refined, obvious stillness are observed (thus thought of).  

“Aim for proximity to and recurrence of apparent stillness.”

So goal for proximity to and recurrence of obvious stillness. And re: social media, it’s harmful if it’s dangerous. 

If, nevertheless, your relationship with it’s aware and you utilize it when it affirms you, relaxes you or simply offers you an escape — then simply notice that point as helpful and aware and use that later while you want it; and notice the instances when it’s dangerous and attempt to do much less of that.  

Ultimately, see if this technique offers you company and energy. 

Q: You determined to jot down — gently — about political discord. What is your finest recommendation for dealing with this?

RR: Read my ebook.

Q: Best three fast suggestions for dealing with disappointment, anger and worry? 

RR: Quick reply is that everybody should skeptically authenticate it for themselves. 

• For disappointment, discover one thing that elicits surprise (like a sundown).
• For anger, discover some approach to be brave in service.
• For worry, discover a approach to generate honest compassion.

Q: I titled my final ebook “Everything Will Be Okay” as a result of I really consider it’s a phrase that may resonate with everybody. In your new ebook, you describe a turning level in your life when your performing coach instructed you that you simply’d be OK. Tell me why that is had such an impact on you? 

RR: Forgive the avoidance, however that is such a very good query I’d discuss with the intro chapter after which all of “Turning Inward.”

Q: If you may invite any superstar or historic determine to affix your yoga class, who wouldn’t it be and why? 

RR: I’d select two: Jesus and Buddha. And it could be to speak after class about how they suppose we’re doing immediately. 

Q: If you had been to design a particular yoga class for animals, which animals do you suppose can be essentially the most enthusiastic yogis? 

RR: Dogs, after all.

Q: Imagine you might be forming a group to compete within the final escape room competitors. Who would you need by your facet? Name 3 further Peloton instructors to affix you, no matter their health self-discipline.

RR: I’d have so many decisions … but when I had to decide on three: Tunde Oyeneyin (power of nature), Matt Wilpers (drawback solver) and Adrian Williams (for extra causes to listing in brief questions).

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To learn all of Dana Perino’s earlier “Short Questions” interviews for Fox News Digital, take a look at this (lengthy) listing!

For her interview with Mark Meredith, click on right here. 

For her interview with Emily Compagno, click on right here. 

For her interview with Chad Pergram, click on right here. 

For her interview with Mike Emanuel, click on right here. 

For her interview with Gillian Turner, click on right here. 

For her interview with Madison Alworth, click on right here. 

For her interview with Nate Foy, click on right here.

For her interview with Laura Ingraham, click on right here. 

For her interview with 5 New York FOX reporters, click on right here. 

For her interview with Katie Pavlich, click on right here.

For her interview with Guy Benson, click on right here. 

For her interview with Pete Hegseth, click on right here. 

For her interview with Sandra Smith, click on right here. 

For her interview with Nicolas Yannicelli, click on right here. 

For her interview with Abby Hornacek, click on right here. 

For her interview with Elise Bitter, click on right here. 

For her interview with Brian Kilmeade, click on right here.

For her interview with Kennedy, click on right here. 

For her interview with John Roberts, click on right here. 

For her interview with Janice Dean, click on right here. 

For her interview with Charles Payne, click on right here. 

For her interview with Trey Gowdy, click on right here. 

For her interview with Johnny “Joey” Jones, click on right here. 

For her interview with Bill Melugin, click on right here. 

For her interview with Jimmy Failla, click on right here. 

For her interview with Tyrus, click on right here. 

For her interview with Ainsley Earhardt, click on right here. 

For her interview with Lawrence Jones, click on right here. 

For her interview with Dr. Arash Akhavan, click on right here. 

For her interview with Martha MacCallum, click on right here. 

For her interview with Bret Baier, click on right here. 

For her interview with Kayleigh McEnany, click on right here.

For her interview with Harold Ford Jr., click on right here. 

For her interview with Shannon Bream, click on right here. 

For her interview with Jessica Tarlov, click on right here.

For her interview with Leo Terrell, click on right here.

For her interview with Geraldo Rivera, click on right here. 

For her interview with Clay Travis, click on right here.

For her interview with Bill Hemmer, click on right here. 

For her interview with Greg Gutfeld, click on right here. 

For her interview with Benjamin Hall, click on right here. 

For her interview with Judge Jeanine Pirro, click on right here.

For her interview with Jesse Watters, click on right here. 

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