WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.780 --> 00:00:09.360 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Hello! Hello! 2 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:11.640 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Welcome! 3 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:17.380 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Hi! Oh, so good to see you! 4 00:00:19.010 --> 00:00:28.729 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): It's great to be together. We are going to explore a little bit for our office hours for October. 5 00:00:29.450 --> 00:00:33.150 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and I thought we could begin with a little bit of a practice. 6 00:00:33.470 --> 00:00:38.720 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): There may be a few other folks joining us, but I think it'll be a nice small group. So 7 00:00:39.020 --> 00:00:44.099 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): wherever you are, if you're at work or you're at home. 8 00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:49.950 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Let's let's just drop into our practice so you can 9 00:00:50.010 --> 00:00:52.530 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): find an easeful way to be 10 00:00:53.770 --> 00:00:58.059 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and lengthen up through your 11 00:00:58.870 --> 00:01:02.150 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): spine and out through the crown of your head. 12 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:05.340 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then down. 13 00:01:05.580 --> 00:01:08.519 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): rooting down into the earth. 14 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:13.810 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): maybe rocking a little bit left and right. 15 00:01:26.650 --> 00:01:28.429 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and forward and back. 16 00:01:36.750 --> 00:01:45.519 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then, if you would like, and you can, inhaling, lifting one arm up, stretching any amount away from the earth 17 00:01:45.570 --> 00:01:47.720 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and over to one side. 18 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:54.970 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and you can turn your face up towards your hands or down towards the earth. 19 00:01:58.910 --> 00:02:01.479 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): breathing through your side body 20 00:02:03.110 --> 00:02:05.820 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and on your next exhale 21 00:02:05.970 --> 00:02:10.190 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): switching sides, one arm down, other, arm, up. 22 00:02:14.420 --> 00:02:15.890 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): gazing up 23 00:02:15.940 --> 00:02:17.360 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): or down. 24 00:02:24.100 --> 00:02:27.669 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then inhale both arms. Come back 25 00:02:28.030 --> 00:02:34.880 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): down towards your side and back behind you, maybe reaching for the back of the chair, or clasping one another 26 00:02:34.950 --> 00:02:38.849 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and stretching your shoulders. 27 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:44.750 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Open your heart open. Perhaps, if it feels good gazing up. 28 00:02:44.910 --> 00:02:47.229 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): releasing your head back. 29 00:02:49.420 --> 00:02:52.419 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): opening and closing your jaw. 30 00:02:58.150 --> 00:03:08.169 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then exhale, releasing your hands, folding forward, and you can rest your hands on your desk, or even if it feels supportive. 31 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:14.990 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): clasp your hands around the back of your neck. So you give yourself a little bit of traction for this forward fold. 32 00:03:30.570 --> 00:03:31.260 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then 33 00:03:31.390 --> 00:03:34.580 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): inhale when you're ready, coming back up. 34 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:36.620 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): arms come up 35 00:03:37.030 --> 00:03:42.109 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): towards the sky, and exhale twisting from your belly. 36 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:48.249 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): then your chest, then your chin twists around last, and if you've got a chair or you want to twist. 37 00:03:48.440 --> 00:03:53.400 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): helping yourself twist, using a support, then please do 38 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:56.249 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): let your eyes twist around. Last. 39 00:04:05.530 --> 00:04:07.950 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): One more breath on this side 40 00:04:13.200 --> 00:04:19.460 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and inhale coming back through center. Take a moment here at center, and then 41 00:04:19.550 --> 00:04:21.120 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): lengthen and 42 00:04:21.260 --> 00:04:23.350 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): lift your arms up 43 00:04:23.670 --> 00:04:29.600 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then exhale twisting in the other direction. Yeah, really nice. 44 00:04:30.660 --> 00:04:38.620 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Knowing that we're not symmetrical beings. We don't have symmetrical sides or lives. So this side might feel different. And that's okay. 45 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:47.530 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Deepening into the twist from your belly chest, chin, and eyes twisting around. Last 46 00:05:04.050 --> 00:05:06.359 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): one more breath on this side. 47 00:05:10.370 --> 00:05:14.439 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Inhale arms. Come back, body comes back. 48 00:05:14.650 --> 00:05:19.890 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and we'll come into a gentle forward fold once more, exhaling. 49 00:05:19.970 --> 00:05:24.429 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): folding down over your body or over your desk, over your 50 00:05:24.640 --> 00:05:26.830 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): wheel wherever you are 51 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:44.119 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): slowly coming back up. 52 00:05:45.490 --> 00:05:54.030 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Then we'll do a gentle cat and cow, so hands can be on your thighs or on the desk in front of you, inhale 53 00:05:54.930 --> 00:06:00.339 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and send your chest forward. Chin comes up, exhale, rounding your back. 54 00:06:03.300 --> 00:06:05.639 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): inhale, coming forward. 55 00:06:07.190 --> 00:06:09.010 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): exhale back. 56 00:06:12.390 --> 00:06:14.490 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): inhale forward. 57 00:06:16.270 --> 00:06:19.440 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): exhale, releasing and rounding. 58 00:06:19.610 --> 00:06:24.320 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and you can stay with this cycle, or, if you'd like, start to circle your 59 00:06:24.330 --> 00:06:33.199 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): shoulders around your torso, around on your hips, perhaps pushing into the earth with your feet in one direction. 60 00:06:33.770 --> 00:06:35.820 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and we'll go the other way, too. 61 00:06:37.730 --> 00:06:41.999 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Kind of like you're mixing a pot or stirring 62 00:06:43.250 --> 00:06:44.570 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): nice. 63 00:06:45.540 --> 00:06:48.770 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and this movement can stay more calm and 64 00:06:49.220 --> 00:06:57.169 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): sedate, or it can be more wild head that can be circling whatever feels supportive to you. 65 00:07:03.370 --> 00:07:06.800 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And if you're circling in one direction 66 00:07:06.850 --> 00:07:10.499 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): now taking maybe a few more circles. 67 00:07:10.890 --> 00:07:13.050 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then we'll go the other way. 68 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:23.919 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): moving with your breath, focusing on your inhale 69 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:26.739 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and X, 70 00:07:38.330 --> 00:07:43.080 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): allowing this side to be as large or small as you would like 71 00:07:47.450 --> 00:07:49.630 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): few more circles here. 72 00:07:53.500 --> 00:07:57.660 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then let your circling get smaller and smaller 73 00:07:57.720 --> 00:07:59.550 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): until you find 74 00:07:59.770 --> 00:08:02.630 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a place that feels like center. 75 00:08:05.060 --> 00:08:23.110 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then option to try a downward dog in your chair. So that's feet and arms kind of out palms pushing against the like the sky and then wrists up. So imagine that you're in downward dog, and you can 76 00:08:23.540 --> 00:08:27.609 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): stretch between your legs and your arms. 77 00:08:30.220 --> 00:08:37.120 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Feel as if you can equalize the weight between your arms and legs, softening your shoulders away from your ears. 78 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:39.570 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Nice 79 00:08:40.610 --> 00:08:42.289 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): deep breath in 80 00:08:43.630 --> 00:08:46.655 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and release on your exhale 81 00:08:47.810 --> 00:08:54.229 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): with the sound, and then exhaling, lengthening up, and arms come down. 82 00:08:55.570 --> 00:08:57.400 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): deep breath in 83 00:08:57.430 --> 00:08:59.200 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): full breath out 84 00:09:01.170 --> 00:09:04.870 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): finding your mount or your Tadasana 85 00:09:05.310 --> 00:09:11.099 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): mountain shape in your chair. So that's like your strong, solid mountain 86 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:15.400 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): lengthening up through your spine, releasing 87 00:09:15.490 --> 00:09:17.960 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your skin and your muscles 88 00:09:19.400 --> 00:09:22.229 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): all around your bones. 89 00:09:24.950 --> 00:09:26.890 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Continue to breath in 90 00:09:28.010 --> 00:09:29.780 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): full breath out. 91 00:09:35.230 --> 00:09:38.920 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and we'll practice a few calming breaths. 92 00:09:41.100 --> 00:09:42.930 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Durga Pranayama 93 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:44.730 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): breathing in 94 00:09:45.980 --> 00:09:54.580 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and out in 3 parts, so inhaling into your belly, expanding your belly, then the sides of your ribs. 95 00:09:55.340 --> 00:09:57.070 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): upper chest. 96 00:09:57.920 --> 00:10:00.280 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): then full long. Exhale. 97 00:10:02.490 --> 00:10:04.300 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): inhale belly. 98 00:10:04.870 --> 00:10:07.789 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): ribs, upper chest, and back 99 00:10:10.050 --> 00:10:11.710 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): exhale. 100 00:10:14.710 --> 00:10:19.159 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): seeing if you can keep your shoulders and neck and jaw relaxed 101 00:10:19.280 --> 00:10:22.030 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): one more time, inhale to belly 102 00:10:23.140 --> 00:10:27.310 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): expanding ribs out to the side, upper chest and back. 103 00:10:28.740 --> 00:10:30.420 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Exhale 104 00:10:36.050 --> 00:10:39.269 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your breath, come back to its own natural rhythm. 105 00:10:53.290 --> 00:10:58.460 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and we'll do the opposite breath voluma breath, so as if 106 00:11:00.410 --> 00:11:12.299 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): durga pranayama we breathe, exhaling or inhaling through 3 parts, but with Voloma we exhale in 3 parts with a gentle pause, so it sounds kind of like this. 107 00:11:17.950 --> 00:11:20.660 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Inhale fully through your nose. 108 00:11:21.350 --> 00:11:28.850 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Let the mouth gently open, and then exhale in 3 parts. With a slight pause, exhaling from the belly 109 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:31.630 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): chest, upper chest. 110 00:11:42.570 --> 00:11:44.440 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Inhale. 111 00:11:45.760 --> 00:11:46.725 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): exhale 112 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:54.650 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): 2 more times on your own rhythm. 113 00:12:12.330 --> 00:12:18.330 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): now returning to your own breath, and being present with the energy 114 00:12:18.570 --> 00:12:20.170 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): of ease. 115 00:12:28.220 --> 00:12:31.190 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your nervous system recalibrate. 116 00:12:33.730 --> 00:12:37.589 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and if you notice that there's still any tension, or 117 00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:44.620 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your mind is focused on something else, and perhaps counting your breaths. 118 00:12:45.470 --> 00:12:48.930 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): noting, and I'll just do this twice 119 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:53.450 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the length of the inhale. 2, 3, 120 00:12:53.510 --> 00:12:54.560 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): 4, 121 00:12:54.640 --> 00:12:55.710 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): 5. 122 00:12:56.200 --> 00:13:03.339 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Exhale 2, 3, 4, 5, and your account may be different. 123 00:13:04.100 --> 00:13:08.970 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Inhale 2, 3, 4, 5. 124 00:13:09.310 --> 00:13:14.380 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Exhale 2, 3, 4, 5. 125 00:13:17.550 --> 00:13:19.859 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): We'll sit in meditation 126 00:13:19.890 --> 00:13:25.879 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): for a few minutes, and then I'll guide us with my voice when it's time. 127 00:16:24.930 --> 00:16:27.360 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Okay, breath in 128 00:16:28.040 --> 00:16:30.470 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and full breath out. 129 00:16:44.010 --> 00:16:49.110 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): This is a time of reverence for the goddess 130 00:16:49.450 --> 00:16:53.679 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Navratri, or 9 nights to celebrate the goddess. 131 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:59.279 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and it's a powerful time of inner reflection. 132 00:17:05.190 --> 00:17:08.070 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and also a time of 133 00:17:08.800 --> 00:17:13.569 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): surrendering and trusting in the divine, in the universe. 134 00:17:16.829 --> 00:17:18.859 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in the power of unity. 135 00:17:27.329 --> 00:17:28.940 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): contrast. 136 00:17:30.430 --> 00:17:35.360 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): surrendering and releasing attachment to controlling outcomes. 137 00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:39.500 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Goddess Durga 138 00:17:39.550 --> 00:17:46.790 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): invites us to trust our practice even these moments as we're on the move, or maybe busy. 139 00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:54.409 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): It is never in vain. These small pockets of practice are so powerful. 140 00:17:55.620 --> 00:17:57.430 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): just as are the 141 00:17:57.800 --> 00:18:00.319 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): forces that shape our lives. 142 00:18:01.020 --> 00:18:03.640 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Part of a cosmic cycle. 143 00:18:07.130 --> 00:18:12.720 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and goddess Durga is a lover of equity, a bringer of justice. 144 00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:20.809 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): sometimes a fierce warrior, other times an absolute, nourishing, nurturing mother and lover. 145 00:18:21.190 --> 00:18:27.729 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a remover of obstacles, guiding us, supporting us, loving us through the challenging 146 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:30.630 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): moments of our lives. 147 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:39.730 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And so we're invited to practice this balance between Stira and Sukha, between effort 148 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:41.699 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and surrender. 149 00:18:43.830 --> 00:18:51.570 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and also reflecting on how we embody these energies, the Durga energies, nurturing, protecting. 150 00:18:51.780 --> 00:18:53.950 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): transforming ourselves. 151 00:18:57.200 --> 00:19:01.130 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And so you might reflect, what are you transforming? 152 00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:04.449 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): We're connecting to during this time. 153 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:19.450 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and we'll close our practice with a chant, and you can chant in your mind if you would like. 154 00:19:21.910 --> 00:19:32.459 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): This is the seed sound of Durga om dum Durgay om Dum Durgay, and we'll see if I can put that in the 155 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:34.430 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in the chat. 156 00:19:35.010 --> 00:19:38.532 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and it is the seed syllable 157 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:41.790 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): is 158 00:19:42.610 --> 00:19:45.009 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): dumb or doom. 159 00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:52.590 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): The that is this the sound kind of like Ohm? It's like creation, preservation, transformation for 160 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:55.830 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Durga Durgay is her name. 161 00:19:55.860 --> 00:19:57.870 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and Namaha is like 162 00:19:59.050 --> 00:20:01.770 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): offering respect, offering, honoring. 163 00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:13.159 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And so wherever you are, it doesn't matter if you're moving or distracted, or just taking this moment to connect to the energy within you the energy of 164 00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:15.499 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the power of the goddess. 165 00:20:16.770 --> 00:20:22.909 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Deep breath in, and we'll chant 3 times someone's just joining us, so 166 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.940 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): invite them in. 167 00:20:25.450 --> 00:20:26.520 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So 168 00:20:26.590 --> 00:20:30.619 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): connecting to the energy of Durga the energy of the goddess. 169 00:20:30.930 --> 00:20:36.760 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and the chant is, Om dum durgaye Namaha! 170 00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:40.700 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): We'll chant 3 times, beginning and ending with Om. 171 00:20:42.790 --> 00:20:44.310 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Oh. 172 00:20:45.650 --> 00:20:50.840 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): damaha 173 00:20:58.000 --> 00:21:02.520 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): om dari 174 00:21:02.550 --> 00:21:05.200 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): now, Maha! 175 00:21:06.330 --> 00:21:08.300 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Oh. 176 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:16.910 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): inhaling 177 00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:19.080 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and exhaling. 178 00:21:20.310 --> 00:21:24.680 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): perhaps placing a hand on your heart or hand on your belly. 179 00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:29.020 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): connecting to the energy of equity, of justice. 180 00:21:29.750 --> 00:21:32.250 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm fighting for what's right 181 00:21:32.410 --> 00:21:34.030 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): of nurturing. 182 00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:41.449 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): knowing that, like each of us, the goddess is very complex and has many, many 183 00:21:43.110 --> 00:21:44.840 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): qualities. 184 00:21:45.590 --> 00:21:53.650 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and so we can connect to these qualities in Durga to enhance and cultivate them in ourselves. 185 00:21:57.330 --> 00:21:58.660 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and if there's 186 00:21:58.830 --> 00:22:07.429 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): any place that needs some care, some energy rubbing your hands together, generating some heat, some light. 187 00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:12.659 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then placing your hands wherever you would like on your body. 188 00:22:14.250 --> 00:22:17.760 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): If you're not sure you can always place them over your eyes. 189 00:22:24.710 --> 00:22:25.870 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then 190 00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:29.440 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): let yourself receive 191 00:22:35.800 --> 00:22:41.280 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): once more, because we practice for ourselves, and Durga is all about 192 00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:44.959 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): caring for those who need it, and with 193 00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:50.620 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): those who've been in the path of storm, Helene, in the path of melted 194 00:22:50.710 --> 00:22:52.020 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): right now. 195 00:22:52.030 --> 00:22:55.440 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): or in any way impacted by 196 00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:57.960 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): violence, war. 197 00:22:58.250 --> 00:22:59.590 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): suffering. 198 00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:03.159 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): rubbing your hands together, holding 199 00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:07.320 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the energy of the goddess, is fierce love. 200 00:23:07.390 --> 00:23:09.510 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then sending it out 201 00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:12.100 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to all who could use some care. 202 00:23:19.850 --> 00:23:24.850 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Our prayer is not nothing, our intentions are not nothing, and 203 00:23:24.990 --> 00:23:28.830 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): we can bring our hands together, connecting also to 204 00:23:29.820 --> 00:23:33.570 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): what we can do in our own lives in terms of action 205 00:23:34.970 --> 00:23:36.679 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and gentle bow 206 00:23:36.830 --> 00:23:40.100 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to yourself for taking this time for practice 207 00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:42.470 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in whatever form, whether 208 00:23:43.020 --> 00:23:44.799 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): on the road or 209 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:47.329 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): at work, or at home. 210 00:23:48.930 --> 00:23:50.819 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): bowing to one another. 211 00:23:52.800 --> 00:24:01.409 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then, as you're ready, stretching in any way that you would like looking around, taking in color and shape and form. 212 00:24:06.080 --> 00:24:11.049 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and I would love to invite us into a little bit of reflection. 213 00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:21.239 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): you can write into the chat if anyone would like to share out loud. You can also do that 214 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.660 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): or 215 00:24:23.910 --> 00:24:25.570 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): into your journal. 216 00:24:25.730 --> 00:24:27.750 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and I'm just putting some 217 00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:33.519 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): some questions in the chat. 218 00:24:38.450 --> 00:24:39.200 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Okay. 219 00:24:40.350 --> 00:24:49.110 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so what areas of my life can I practice more surrender and trust in the divine or universe, or yourself? 220 00:24:52.600 --> 00:24:55.409 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that one is big for me right now. 221 00:24:55.500 --> 00:25:00.350 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): what are you transforming, attuning to, grateful for during this time? 222 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:05.549 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): How does your practice, whether on the mat or in daily life. Support your journey. 223 00:25:05.790 --> 00:25:09.210 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): because this is a very powerful time where 224 00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:15.190 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): our practice is amplified is multiplied, and 225 00:25:15.810 --> 00:25:17.179 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm putting in the 226 00:25:18.010 --> 00:25:20.429 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the dark a chance. So 227 00:25:20.890 --> 00:25:31.809 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): we'll take a little time. I'll play some music for us to reflect. In what areas of my life can I practice more, surrender, more trust in the divine and the universe in myself. 228 00:25:32.090 --> 00:25:37.220 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): What are you transforming, attuning to, or grateful for during this time? 229 00:25:37.280 --> 00:25:40.489 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And how does your practice support your journey? 230 00:25:41.930 --> 00:25:46.310 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Play some music, and then we can share, if you would like afterwards 231 00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.920 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): ask any questions. 232 00:30:13.450 --> 00:30:14.120 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the 233 00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:08.660 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): finishing up what you're writing, maybe taking a minute or 2 just to finish 234 00:31:08.950 --> 00:31:10.440 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your thoughts 235 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:43.489 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): as you finish, if you would like. If you've got a candle near you. 236 00:31:43.910 --> 00:31:51.109 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): or there's just a source of light, maybe gazing at that light. I have a candle lit here for us. 237 00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:53.080 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and we'll just take 238 00:31:53.570 --> 00:31:58.759 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a moment gazing into the inevitable, into the infinite. 239 00:31:59.150 --> 00:32:00.929 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): into this flame 240 00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:30.280 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and option, to gaze at the flame with your regular gaze blinking, or to let your eyes 241 00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:35.450 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): be unblinking, which might cause them to start to tear a little bit. 242 00:32:35.910 --> 00:32:39.649 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): not allow that release and that surrender physically. 243 00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:13.119 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): softening your jaw, softening your 244 00:33:13.950 --> 00:33:15.680 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): shoulders. 245 00:33:23.030 --> 00:33:25.189 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): connecting to the light 246 00:33:25.540 --> 00:33:28.040 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the light of Yoga, the light of 247 00:33:28.230 --> 00:33:33.719 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): this inner power that no one can give you, and no one can take away. 248 00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:38.379 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): This is the power that Yoga brings. 249 00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:40.710 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): It's the goddess energy. 250 00:33:44.770 --> 00:33:53.749 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And when you're ready, perhaps closing your eyes or letting your gaze go soft and visualizing the light within. 251 00:33:53.830 --> 00:33:56.190 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so imagining that light 252 00:33:56.260 --> 00:33:58.930 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in your mind's eye and your heart. 253 00:34:06.830 --> 00:34:08.810 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then exhaling. 254 00:34:10.150 --> 00:34:13.050 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): opening your eyes if they're closed 255 00:34:13.989 --> 00:34:17.310 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and orienting yourself in space 256 00:34:17.370 --> 00:34:21.960 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): connecting to the light all around you. And sometimes it can be so nice to 257 00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:27.270 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): just remember the power of light, right like 258 00:34:27.909 --> 00:34:37.699 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it gives us life. And so yes, there's a spiritual light. But it's not really that different than even electric lights, or the light from the sun. 259 00:34:37.870 --> 00:34:38.760 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that 260 00:34:39.770 --> 00:34:52.820 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it's like loving us, giving us life all the time, and so feeling yourself if it's supportive to you like, surrounded by all of this care, all of this love, all of this power and nourishment. 261 00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:55.889 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Hmm! 262 00:34:56.780 --> 00:35:00.359 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): We'll come together and invitation 263 00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:07.710 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to share out if you would like. My eyes are watering a little from the from the trotec, from the candle gazing. 264 00:35:08.160 --> 00:35:12.219 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and of course no one has to share. If you don't want 265 00:35:12.830 --> 00:35:15.640 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): welcome, Dana, I'm so glad you could join us. 266 00:35:29.950 --> 00:35:34.199 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Eileen. I'm just gonna read out what you said. I love this 267 00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:35.350 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and 268 00:35:38.090 --> 00:35:40.929 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm working to surrender more in motherhood. 269 00:35:41.080 --> 00:35:46.759 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yeah, same. The world feels so overwhelming right now. 270 00:35:47.020 --> 00:35:51.960 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and I want to make the world a safe, happy place for my child and all children. 271 00:35:52.110 --> 00:35:54.009 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): knowing that is beyond. 272 00:35:54.380 --> 00:36:06.399 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I try to surrender to the universe. My practice on and off the mat makes things seem peaceful and manageable at the moment. I'm grateful that I get to do yoga with kids 3 days a week, they make the world seem joyful. 273 00:36:07.030 --> 00:36:12.480 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Thank you so much for sharing that. Wow! That's really beautiful that you get to practice with children 274 00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:14.550 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): 3 days a week. 275 00:36:15.630 --> 00:36:17.569 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yeah, thank you. 276 00:36:19.390 --> 00:36:27.100 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Would anyone else like to share it? I know, Carly said. You're on route to the dentist. But if you're still driving and you want to 277 00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:30.579 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): share, if that's supportive to you, you're more than welcome. 278 00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:46.960 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Hmm! 279 00:36:47.130 --> 00:36:47.790 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I agree. 280 00:36:47.790 --> 00:36:58.229 Carly Joelle: I appreciate that, Susana. I don't feel like I have the the bandwidth to both focus on traffic and share. But I just really appreciate still being able to be here. So thank you. 281 00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.830 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yeah. 282 00:37:00.250 --> 00:37:08.689 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm so glad you could be. That's like, really, really awesome that you're en route somewhere. And you're like, I'm gonna tune in and get 283 00:37:08.910 --> 00:37:23.059 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): some of the seeds. You know. One of my teachers, thich Nhat Han, used to always talk about the Dharma rain, and I've heard other teachers say similar things. The idea that, like we, we let the practice kind of like trickle like rain. 284 00:37:23.070 --> 00:37:46.399 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): just supportive, nurturing the seeds, even if it's the same thing. We're hearing the same thing, or we're doing the same practice, or we're really busy and distracted. It's still percolating in. And one of the ways I like to do that is, listen to mantras on playlists when I'm taking a bath, or, you know, like when I am in the airport, or I go to the. 285 00:37:46.690 --> 00:38:02.479 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): These are very like worldly mundane things, but I go to the gym where my child plays basketball, and it's so loud and so I'll put earbuds in, and I'll listen to mantra just to be like holding that energy of love and calm for all the all the children there 286 00:38:02.520 --> 00:38:05.639 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and myself. So thank you. 287 00:38:07.490 --> 00:38:21.200 Carly Joelle: Thank you. I also want to call out that, like my comfort, with kind of showing up imperfectly comes from having done the the 300 h training with you where you could that decolonized approach of 288 00:38:21.210 --> 00:38:24.140 Carly Joelle: just do what you can when you can, and it's good. 289 00:38:24.540 --> 00:38:25.500 Carly Joelle: So thank you. 290 00:38:26.626 --> 00:38:32.090 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): That's so cool. I love that it's I. I really appreciate 291 00:38:32.690 --> 00:38:33.870 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that 292 00:38:34.050 --> 00:38:35.680 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): understanding 293 00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:47.529 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): of decolonizing right that we don't have to show up a certain way that we don't have to be on, that. We don't have to be a good like good student, whatever that means, or good practitioner, or even good teacher. 294 00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:55.830 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): we can just be how we are and be with the practice. However, it's showing up. So thank you. 295 00:38:56.090 --> 00:38:56.960 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yeah. 296 00:38:57.170 --> 00:38:59.319 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Anyone else want to share. 297 00:39:00.870 --> 00:39:07.000 dana (she/her): Adding to what Carly was saying, I haven't taken your 300 h, but I do. I was just thinking as you were 298 00:39:08.110 --> 00:39:11.410 dana (she/her): sharing, how awesome it is like to 299 00:39:12.720 --> 00:39:17.610 dana (she/her): to be engaging in the way that you can like 300 00:39:17.730 --> 00:39:24.519 dana (she/her): and like the fact that I felt okay coming in, even though I didn't start at 12. I didn't feel like it was gonna be a problem. 301 00:39:25.060 --> 00:39:39.610 dana (she/her): because there's this graciousness that I experience in every interaction with you. And if there was a boundary that like have to start at a certain time, I would follow that and say, you know, but there's a graciousness that I feel 302 00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:44.260 dana (she/her): really grateful for. And I 303 00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:53.240 dana (she/her): there's this resource from him. About. If this really great, it was recently put into a graphic about 304 00:39:56.360 --> 00:40:01.860 dana (she/her): white supremacist culture workplaces and characteristics of that with an antidote. 305 00:40:02.740 --> 00:40:05.371 dana (she/her): And it's really beautiful. 306 00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.930 dana (she/her): I'm 307 00:40:08.120 --> 00:40:09.130 dana (she/her): I'm 308 00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:11.410 dana (she/her): I think 309 00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:16.120 dana (she/her): so. It just makes you think of like those decolonizing practices 310 00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:19.039 dana (she/her): that make a big difference in the 311 00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:31.939 dana (she/her): yeah. I just am grateful to experience a lot of the behaviors that the antidotes in in your presence in your in how you teach. 312 00:40:33.080 --> 00:40:34.899 dana (she/her): So thank you. 313 00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:39.030 dana (she/her): I am. 314 00:40:39.250 --> 00:40:40.780 dana (she/her): I 315 00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:48.520 dana (she/her): just got done with the therapy session, so I don't want to make this into an extended therapy session. 316 00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:53.040 dana (she/her): but every like. The the idea of Dorica. 317 00:40:53.080 --> 00:40:56.799 dana (she/her): as like the bringer of justice. 318 00:40:58.105 --> 00:41:09.849 dana (she/her): and lover of equity, is, was exactly exactly the theme of including myself in injustice as I advocate, for, like as I believe in justice for everyone. 319 00:41:09.910 --> 00:41:18.460 dana (she/her): If I don't include myself in that also, then that's the biggest learning that I have to that I think life is teaching me right now 320 00:41:18.750 --> 00:41:19.970 dana (she/her): is 321 00:41:20.180 --> 00:41:21.420 dana (she/her): is that 322 00:41:22.727 --> 00:41:26.390 dana (she/her): so I feel like that's the big lesson of 323 00:41:27.160 --> 00:41:35.179 dana (she/her): returning to the mat is like, I, I think, actually just read something from what it takes to heal by Prentice hemphill 324 00:41:36.324 --> 00:41:40.199 dana (she/her): and it was actually mentioning that you can't. 325 00:41:41.410 --> 00:41:44.340 dana (she/her): You can't be an ally until you grief 326 00:41:46.330 --> 00:41:47.537 dana (she/her): like for yourself. 327 00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:52.509 dana (she/her): And I'm like, Wow, that's so. I'm just thinking about 328 00:41:52.560 --> 00:41:55.580 dana (she/her): that right now that I like that. 329 00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:58.549 dana (she/her): I'm in a really awful 330 00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:03.849 dana (she/her): workplace situation. Where there isn't equity in general. 331 00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:09.429 dana (she/her): and I advocated for my own rights and received a lot of 332 00:42:09.630 --> 00:42:10.810 dana (she/her): terrible. 333 00:42:11.410 --> 00:42:13.710 dana (she/her): terrible, like a terrible response. 334 00:42:14.030 --> 00:42:24.759 dana (she/her): and so to to move through that and ask for justice for myself as I contextualized it. In the 1st place, as like, here's how it could be beneficial and equitable for everyone. 335 00:42:26.856 --> 00:42:28.229 dana (she/her): And just 336 00:42:28.700 --> 00:42:31.070 dana (she/her): just learning how to get. 337 00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:33.139 dana (she/her): So yeah, that's where I'm at. 338 00:42:33.300 --> 00:42:34.220 dana (she/her): Okay. 339 00:42:34.370 --> 00:42:35.430 dana (she/her): I'm done. 340 00:42:39.660 --> 00:42:42.030 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yeah, thank you, Tina. 341 00:42:42.060 --> 00:42:44.780 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm just really resonating. I've been there. 342 00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:46.350 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and also 343 00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:47.770 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): like 344 00:42:50.530 --> 00:43:00.470 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): reading Tama Kun's article has been so helpful for me in naming and noticing those things at work. You know I know they 1st Tama and Kenneth created it, for 345 00:43:00.660 --> 00:43:04.420 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): like white supremacy at work. And so in the workplace. 346 00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:05.940 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and 347 00:43:06.370 --> 00:43:11.619 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it's been helpful to be able to name. I feel like that's part of the Durga, like 348 00:43:11.680 --> 00:43:18.993 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the goddess powers like naming these systems and naming these structures like, it's not me that's a failure. 349 00:43:19.490 --> 00:43:24.859 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it's the structure that's not supportive of my own or other people's well-being. 350 00:43:25.020 --> 00:43:34.730 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And that's been really helpful. And Carly. I wonder if we did this in your 300? But we I had sort of started 351 00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:42.779 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): applying some of the white supremacy culture norms to yoga spaces 352 00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:43.845 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and 353 00:43:44.950 --> 00:43:46.470 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And so 354 00:43:46.610 --> 00:43:47.950 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I think 355 00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:56.645 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'll share it all with you. I just wanna make sure that it's really clear. Yeah. So 356 00:43:58.820 --> 00:43:59.910 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the 357 00:44:00.710 --> 00:44:02.349 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the attribution. 358 00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:04.630 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Let me just look. 359 00:44:10.720 --> 00:44:14.570 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): yeah, okay, cool. And what what was 360 00:44:27.849 --> 00:44:38.239 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm just making sure that it's good. So let me share it, and then let me pull. So you anyone who with the link can comment 361 00:44:38.600 --> 00:44:44.730 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so that way, if you want to look at this because a lot. But what I like about it 362 00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:49.204 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): is, we started to think about remedies. Right? So 363 00:44:50.080 --> 00:44:53.279 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So we talked about white supremacy 364 00:44:53.560 --> 00:44:57.390 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): in yoga studios and spaces, and then name 365 00:44:58.210 --> 00:45:00.700 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): these 16 characteristics. 366 00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:02.439 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): but also 367 00:45:03.050 --> 00:45:07.510 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): contextualize it in terms of Yoga as an essential part of Svadyaya. 368 00:45:08.230 --> 00:45:11.399 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then Union right. Yoga is is union. 369 00:45:11.630 --> 00:45:14.630 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and I gave a little background. 370 00:45:15.430 --> 00:45:22.129 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And then we explore the qualities, how it shows up and then decolonizing remedies. 371 00:45:23.890 --> 00:45:25.869 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And so, for example. 372 00:45:26.930 --> 00:45:37.539 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): like privileging the individual right? Privileging, personal practice that Yoga is just in like a room or something you do for an hour. Kind of like what we're talking about. Right? 373 00:45:38.990 --> 00:45:42.739 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): white supremacy separating all of us from one another. 374 00:45:42.820 --> 00:45:46.010 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): from ourselves, promoting jealousy or fear. 375 00:45:46.160 --> 00:45:54.880 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And so a healing mindset or decolonizing would be like creating collective connections, interdependence. 376 00:45:55.240 --> 00:46:02.149 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): social economies, integrating rhythms like connecting here together. And I read one more. 377 00:46:02.160 --> 00:46:09.760 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): a culture of anxiety and fear. Right? That idea that we're not good enough, or we need to show up a certain way, or we need to perform 378 00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:12.279 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): competition, specialization. 379 00:46:13.650 --> 00:46:15.560 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): imposter syndrome. 380 00:46:16.700 --> 00:46:18.019 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And then 381 00:46:19.760 --> 00:46:24.990 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the sort of remedies patients practice collaboration 382 00:46:25.030 --> 00:46:29.210 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): caring for one another. Compassion, love. 383 00:46:29.320 --> 00:46:31.549 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): just like you were saying. 384 00:46:33.230 --> 00:46:37.550 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): caring for yourself. A few of you have mentioned this like caring for yourself. 385 00:46:37.720 --> 00:46:43.620 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So there's a place to give like you are included in social justice. 386 00:46:44.910 --> 00:46:49.639 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): giving to yourself and supporting yourself and others play. 387 00:46:49.950 --> 00:46:54.559 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and it goes through all 16. I won't go over all of them. But 388 00:46:54.570 --> 00:46:58.224 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the other thing I wanted to just point out is 389 00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:04.590 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the resources? Right? So. And this is 390 00:47:04.630 --> 00:47:11.589 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): from embrace Yoga's roots. The book which maybe some of you have. Maybe you don't. But it's also all here on this sheet 391 00:47:11.700 --> 00:47:12.550 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that. 392 00:47:13.510 --> 00:47:17.129 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): of course, white supremacy, culture, or any kind of 393 00:47:17.190 --> 00:47:22.110 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): control. Dominant culture causes trauma and 394 00:47:22.480 --> 00:47:27.049 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): trauma is, you know, part of life, like things happen that overwhelm us. 395 00:47:27.090 --> 00:47:33.660 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): But there's also all these resources to support us so from ayurvedic frameworks to even mantra. 396 00:47:33.810 --> 00:47:36.879 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to different grounding techniques. 397 00:47:37.317 --> 00:47:42.189 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): All of yoga, like what we started with, is here to to support us. 398 00:47:42.750 --> 00:47:51.760 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And then I also wanted to say, like, here's all the gratitudes and acknowledgments, because it's like this, work is always continuing 399 00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:57.519 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And so naming Tamo Kun's white supremacy culture, but also 400 00:47:57.830 --> 00:48:02.189 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): all the other folks who've contributed to this work. It's it's down there 401 00:48:02.630 --> 00:48:03.660 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and more. 402 00:48:03.710 --> 00:48:08.394 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So I hope that's supportive. I'll stop sharing now and then, 403 00:48:10.110 --> 00:48:14.250 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): yeah, just invite in any other reflections. Yeah, Dana. 404 00:48:14.250 --> 00:48:16.419 dana (she/her): Can I? Can I ask if the 405 00:48:18.090 --> 00:48:26.890 dana (she/her): if what you shared you said? It's also in in your book. Embrace your ghost roots. Is that like entire like, I'll be able to find that entirely. 406 00:48:27.220 --> 00:48:28.050 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): No, the. 407 00:48:28.050 --> 00:48:28.590 dana (she/her): Or. 408 00:48:28.590 --> 00:48:37.870 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): The practices from Yoga's roots that support us in dealing with trauma is entirely there. I would say my book was sort of the 409 00:48:38.140 --> 00:48:51.660 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I began talking about how white supremacy culture shows up in Yoga spaces. But this goes much more in depth, this Google, Doc, or whatever, just because was like continuing to 410 00:48:51.890 --> 00:48:54.070 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): to develop it. Yeah. 411 00:48:55.150 --> 00:48:55.990 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): yeah. 412 00:48:56.470 --> 00:49:04.890 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it's helpful, right? Like, kind of overwhelming sometimes. And I'm like, Oh, yeah, there's all these things. But then, as I just read the anxiety and fear one. I'm like, right? 413 00:49:05.250 --> 00:49:11.909 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm experiencing that. There's it's not just me. It's these systems, and I can return to the antidotes. 414 00:49:15.950 --> 00:49:24.719 dana (she/her): I love. I like what we love. What you said Jerga, is is really in naming the structures it's like to be able to say, here are the behaviors. 415 00:49:25.550 --> 00:49:29.390 dana (she/her): Here's the here's here's how this is working. It's like 416 00:49:29.670 --> 00:49:31.509 dana (she/her): there's this feeling of like 417 00:49:32.860 --> 00:49:34.037 dana (she/her): cutting through bullshit. 418 00:49:36.340 --> 00:49:38.064 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Absolutely. Yeah, like 419 00:49:40.460 --> 00:49:43.800 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): clearing it out. Just some water. 420 00:49:53.010 --> 00:49:55.020 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): so I'd love to know 421 00:49:55.150 --> 00:49:59.790 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): if you wanna share in the in the chat or out loud. If there's anything that you're 422 00:50:00.030 --> 00:50:04.499 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): gonna take away today with you. And I think for me. 423 00:50:04.680 --> 00:50:05.860 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): it's no 424 00:50:06.040 --> 00:50:11.574 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): invited my bell with my journal, but I think for me it's 425 00:50:14.310 --> 00:50:23.070 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): It's that insight of caring for myself, too, as a practice of social justice, and trusting myself so self-trust and self-care. 426 00:50:25.150 --> 00:50:28.690 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I think that talking with a friend this morning 427 00:50:28.910 --> 00:50:32.609 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): who has a chronic health condition, a heart condition. 428 00:50:32.620 --> 00:50:33.809 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): And it's like 429 00:50:34.140 --> 00:50:44.580 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): we're reflecting on how hard actually resting is like truly taking care and resting. It's it's actually really hard. The impulse to produce or to work or to distract 430 00:50:44.640 --> 00:50:47.939 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): is so strong and so really like 431 00:50:48.580 --> 00:50:50.200 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): connecting to 432 00:50:50.640 --> 00:51:05.129 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): like. It's okay to surrender. And, like my dog, Harmony is right here, you know, like watching the other beings that are really good at rest and care, and maybe taking a cue from them. So that's what I'm taking away. 433 00:51:05.170 --> 00:51:07.260 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): I'm grateful to each of you for 434 00:51:07.420 --> 00:51:10.170 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): your presence and for your insights today. 435 00:51:37.920 --> 00:51:38.660 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So 436 00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:43.370 Carly Joelle: I think, in the same thread that value of 437 00:51:43.620 --> 00:51:46.269 Carly Joelle: pausing and taking care, because it's 438 00:51:46.280 --> 00:51:49.780 Carly Joelle: every month when this session comes around. 439 00:51:49.900 --> 00:51:54.309 Carly Joelle: I do an alright job, but a lot of the times I'll like. I would have maybe let 440 00:51:55.070 --> 00:52:11.280 Carly Joelle: my having to travel like just my poorly planned dentist appointment disrupted. And then this refills my cup so much, even though I'm not able to be sitting. How I would like at my altar. But I'm still here and receiving, and then that 441 00:52:11.290 --> 00:52:18.179 Carly Joelle: motivates me to continue to set aside time each day to tend to tend to it all. 442 00:52:19.070 --> 00:52:20.850 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yeah, thank you. 443 00:52:27.990 --> 00:52:29.850 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Anyone else. 444 00:52:35.710 --> 00:52:36.770 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Hmm! 445 00:52:37.400 --> 00:52:39.630 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Do you know that I'm not alone? 446 00:52:39.790 --> 00:52:42.009 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Am I yearning for justice 447 00:52:42.160 --> 00:52:44.479 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): for everyone that this love 448 00:52:45.180 --> 00:52:51.700 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): that has very deep roots are in alignment with the practice of others around the world, and throughout time. Yes. 449 00:52:52.530 --> 00:52:55.050 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): my takeaway was the sprinkle Utah 450 00:52:55.110 --> 00:53:00.459 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): about what was it called. Oh, Eileen, what are you? What did I say? 451 00:53:01.138 --> 00:53:12.601 Eilene Franco Brooks (she/her): About Carly driving in that, I think, even if you're busy just immersing yourself in it something like that. You said it much more eloquently. 452 00:53:13.670 --> 00:53:19.479 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Yeah, yeah, no, the Dharma rain. So. And I put it in the chat. So allowing, like 453 00:53:19.540 --> 00:53:37.900 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the teachings, the the supportive teachings, and you can listen to like dharma talks, or you know things in yoga class curator, right? Even putting on a meditation or a practice, or listening to playlists, mantra playlists on spotify, or whatever your music app of choice is 454 00:53:37.920 --> 00:53:48.930 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): all of that is like watering these good seeds or watering seeds of liberation, of freedom, of joy, of peace. And 455 00:53:49.410 --> 00:53:51.049 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): you know, the truth is. 456 00:53:51.130 --> 00:54:15.480 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): often we are the Dharma rain for other people like through like, I think about the kids that you're teaching, you know, like you're giving them those sprinkles. Not all of them may receive it, and the way you want them to. At the moment they might be very haywire, but but it's still dharma rain, you know. It's still like it's there. And so it's this beautiful process of letting ourselves get kind of filled up. 457 00:54:15.590 --> 00:54:19.930 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and then we also are pouring that out and sharing it. 458 00:54:22.450 --> 00:54:24.240 Eilene Franco Brooks (she/her): Thank you. It's beautiful. 459 00:54:27.090 --> 00:54:35.519 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Hmm! Well, thank you so much to each of you. I'm just so grateful for you all being here and for your practice. 460 00:54:35.550 --> 00:54:40.619 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and I thought maybe we could close with one of the Shanti mantras 461 00:54:40.650 --> 00:54:43.300 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the the one that 462 00:54:44.780 --> 00:54:46.159 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): type it in there. 463 00:54:53.500 --> 00:54:57.459 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): It sends well, wishes to ourselves 464 00:54:57.570 --> 00:54:59.390 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): the 1st time we chant. 465 00:54:59.520 --> 00:55:05.849 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): then to a particular person the second time, and then the 3rd time is to all beings 466 00:55:06.050 --> 00:55:15.130 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and all beings can sometimes feel a little bit abstract. So you can also think of like a particular group of people I know for me right now. 467 00:55:15.250 --> 00:55:23.080 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): because of living in Florida. And you know, having gone through what so many people they're going through. I've really got 468 00:55:23.130 --> 00:55:27.290 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): folks there on my heart right now, and so I'll be 469 00:55:27.310 --> 00:55:37.110 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): holding all of them, and all beings, like all the animals you know in in care, and it essentially translates to may 470 00:55:37.570 --> 00:55:39.059 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): we all be 471 00:55:39.270 --> 00:55:42.790 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): safe? May we all be free from suffering. 472 00:55:43.990 --> 00:55:49.900 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Maybe I'll be healthy. Maybe I'll be happy and full of everlasting joy. 473 00:55:50.450 --> 00:55:55.339 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): So if you'd like to chant aloud, you can, if you'd like to just receive or 474 00:55:55.370 --> 00:56:06.119 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): visualize it internally, or repeat the word peace in your mind, whatever you would you would like. We can bring your hands together at your heart 475 00:56:06.600 --> 00:56:08.410 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): deep breath in 476 00:56:08.870 --> 00:56:10.740 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): full breath, out 477 00:56:11.210 --> 00:56:13.829 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): let me begin and end with Om. 478 00:56:15.410 --> 00:56:17.110 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Oh. 479 00:56:20.290 --> 00:56:25.999 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Loca, Sam hastaha 480 00:56:26.010 --> 00:56:31.480 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): suki no pavantu. 481 00:56:33.470 --> 00:56:44.129 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Lucaha, Samastaha, Sukino pavantu 482 00:56:46.990 --> 00:56:57.760 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Lucaha, Samastaha sukino avantu! 483 00:56:58.410 --> 00:57:01.800 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Oh. 484 00:57:08.810 --> 00:57:13.759 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): thank you so much for your presence. Thank you so much for your practice. 485 00:57:14.160 --> 00:57:15.979 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): Thank you to each of you. 486 00:57:16.120 --> 00:57:20.599 Susanna Barkataki (she/her): and have a beautiful, beautiful day and week, and I'll see you soon. 487 00:57:22.240 --> 00:57:24.769 Eilene Franco Brooks (she/her): Thank you for your time today. Appreciate it. 488 00:57:25.780 --> 00:57:26.533 dana (she/her): Thank you.