Nurturing Hope in Uncertain Times
A Yoga Teacher's Perspective Episode 1
Conversations about unity based on the wisdom of the human body and its inherent capacity for self-healing.
A Yoga Teacher's Perspective Episode 2
Are you and your significant other or closest friend differing in response to the order to shelter?
Watch this vlog episode to learn a yogic perspective on nurturing hope for unity in the face of our differences.
A Yoga Teacher's Perspective Episode 3
Resistance to opening back up from the COVID shutdown can lead to division--unless we can learn from the wisdom of the body to see it in a new light.
A Yoga Teacher's Perspective, Episode 4
Division increasingly characterizes our national conversation. How can we nurture long-term hope for unity?
Join me in this video as we what the inherent wisdom of the body has to teach us about healing the body across racial lines or any lines between a more privileged people group and a more disenfranchised one.
Related to Episode 2
Adjunct Materials
Stay Human
In his new documentary STAY HUMAN, Michael Franti takes us on a journey through his songs and stories of people who have chosen to overcome cynicism with optimism and hope. Featuring music from Michael Franti and Spearhead’s new album, Stay Human Vol. II, the film is available now on demand, digital, and DVD.
Related to Episode 3
The Holistic Psychologist
Your Reality Is Valid (because it’s yours)
Our (normal) human desire is to have people see our perspective, understand our emotional state, + validate our reality. When this doesn’t happen, our egos can flare + we cause ourselves a lot of suffering. Our work is to allow for differences + honor our own experience. This is a mental flexibility allows for emotional maturity + wellness.
Related to Episode4
Chomsky on courses of intellectual self-defense
Taken from a 1992 documentary "Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media" (2:47:37) which can be seen here.
