13. Capacity: Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should

Embodied Radiance Podcast · Aug 20, 2026 · 17m

Summary:

We live in a culture that celebrates doing more, handling more, and needing less. But what happens when we perform beyond our capacity for too long? In this episode, we explore what capacity actually is, what it looks like when we've exceeded it, and why tending to it is one of the most countercultural — and necessary — practices we can embrace. Through the lens of the yoga principle of brahmacharya, we'll look at capacity not as a fixed limit but as a living system that grows through tending rather than pushing. Including a personal story of burnout, the signs that your system is…