WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.430 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Welcome, welcome. 2 00:00:05.310 --> 00:00:13.260 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Very excited for today's… Pilgrimage in Puja, lighting a candle for each of us. 3 00:00:13.580 --> 00:00:22.539 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And sending you some beautiful lights, and… Healing and nourishing energy. 4 00:00:26.630 --> 00:00:29.839 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): We'll get started in just a moment. 5 00:00:30.620 --> 00:00:36.420 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And I'd love to invite folks to drop 6 00:00:36.870 --> 00:00:44.740 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): two words in the chat, and I will… And pull a little… Prompt… 7 00:00:55.490 --> 00:01:09.420 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): I'm gonna orient us, and then we'll drop into a little practice. But two words, and you can kind of be letting them gather within you. One thing you're ready to release, and one thing you're ready to reclaim. 8 00:01:09.710 --> 00:01:21.809 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Today is a very, very powerful day. It is Ganesh Chaturthi, which is a sacred kind of crossroads, right? Ganesh is, like. 9 00:01:22.520 --> 00:01:37.610 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): both the remover of obstacles, but also the placer of needful obstacles. Y'all hear, like, in yoga space, like, oh, yes, I… I wore my Ganesh shirt, or whatever, to remove obstacles. It doesn't actually work like that. Ganesh… 10 00:01:37.700 --> 00:01:44.969 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): will place obstacles that are the needed obstacles for us to grow. And I don't know about you. 11 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:48.989 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): folks here, but I definitely feel like this time… 12 00:01:48.990 --> 00:02:06.630 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): this season, this year, has been a lot of that. A lot of, like, placing of obstacles that I guess I'm growing through. So, just naming… naming that it's a sacred crossroads and a powerful time, and I'll share a little bit more about Ganesh in a moment. 13 00:02:06.980 --> 00:02:10.300 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): I also want to name, there's a lot of new folks in the space. 14 00:02:10.430 --> 00:02:16.260 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And welcome. We're beginning the Yoga Social Justice 15 00:02:16.980 --> 00:02:31.350 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): trauma-informed yoga social justice training, which is a combination of… and we'll go way in depth on this tomorrow, so for folks who are in that, don't worry, like, we got you. But I think… let me put my… 16 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:45.749 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): candle down. I think I'm just going to show you, because I think the majority of you are in this training, and if you're not, and you're just in YCC Yoga Class Curator, let us know, because you get, a discount. Like, it's like… 17 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:54.139 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): a break for you. So let me, if you're currently in it, I'm gonna just do this logistical thing first, so y'all… 18 00:02:54.330 --> 00:02:56.759 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Can see it. 19 00:02:56.980 --> 00:02:59.619 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So, if you're in… 20 00:03:01.200 --> 00:03:15.670 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): the Trauma Informed Yoga social justice training, you got an email this morning, and if you didn't, let me just say this first, if you did not get an email, you can email us at hello at ignitebewell.com. 21 00:03:16.100 --> 00:03:33.209 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): To ask. Check your spam, check your, you know, all-mail, green light, hello at, maybe add to your contacts, because that's where most of our emails will come from. And Juliana, who's here to support us, plus me, are in that inbox. 22 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:41.450 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And so, just so you know what you got, because some of us like to be super organized, is a whole program calendar. 23 00:03:41.820 --> 00:03:46.370 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): every single call, like, we're in August, that's, … 24 00:03:46.610 --> 00:03:59.759 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Today, and the link is there, plus future calls. And we're working on… we don't have it in there yet, but we're working on a Google Calendar where you can click it, and it'll just all populate to whatever calendar you use. 25 00:04:00.010 --> 00:04:02.160 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Also sent you a portal. 26 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:16.760 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So you've got, this portal that has everything you need to know, and for folks who are in Yoga Class Curator, just a reminder, Yoga Class Curator is sort of like our practice space, and so, … 27 00:04:18.290 --> 00:04:31.600 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): it's a separate portal, because it is, so beautiful, and, like, nourishing, and, remember, you can always, if you forget your password, right? So you can go there. 28 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:44.449 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): To… to practice. And just a reminder for folks who are in Yoga Class Curator, you have introductory course, you have monthly issues, and the way you can use these… I have all of them, because I have… I'm, like, an alumni. 29 00:04:44.580 --> 00:04:45.540 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): But… 30 00:04:45.910 --> 00:04:56.629 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): starting with, say, Ahimsa, and if you're in YCC and you're like, oh, I've done, I've done it, right? Remembering there's a Dharma talk there for you. There's a practice. 31 00:04:56.700 --> 00:05:04.150 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): like, a mudra, a meditation, and an asana class there for you, right? So just a reminder of what you have. 32 00:05:04.210 --> 00:05:22.140 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And for folks who are just starting, don't worry if it's all like, wow, there's a lot going on. We'll… we'll guide you through it in a supportive way. But I did just want to let you know, we got you, we'll go through the logistics tomorrow. You should have all that in your inboxes. 33 00:05:22.330 --> 00:05:23.380 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): … 34 00:05:24.930 --> 00:05:44.669 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Also, because sometimes it's so helpful to, like, know for our nervous systems that we're supported, right? So we can just kind of lean, lean in. And I want to just check in for folks who came in. I invited you to drop two words, one thing you're releasing, and one thing you're reclaiming. 35 00:05:44.700 --> 00:05:58.609 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Naomi, releasing frustration, reclaiming ease. Heather, releasing expectations. My feet on the ground. Hannah, attachments, releasing, reclaiming inner power. And you can keep 36 00:05:58.700 --> 00:06:03.200 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Sharing, Erica, releasing self-doubt, trust in my path. 37 00:06:03.490 --> 00:06:07.099 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Ready to release anger, Emma, ready to reclaim joy. 38 00:06:08.220 --> 00:06:17.300 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): I don't know who that is, because your name is Sysadmin, but hi! You're releasing angst and reclaiming confidence. 39 00:06:18.180 --> 00:06:27.249 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Amy is releasing self-doubt, reclaiming intuition, Tani Sinan, releasing anything that no longer serves me, reclaiming my freedom. 40 00:06:27.510 --> 00:06:34.380 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Louise, releasing fears, reclaiming my voice. Joanna, releasing fear. 41 00:06:34.990 --> 00:06:41.290 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Reclaiming authenticity. Karen, releasing anxiety. Reclaiming hope. Yes. 42 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:56.529 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And you can keep them coming. Welcome, Lori. Let me see you. So you're welcome to have your cameras on if you would like. You also can have them off, just kind of titrate to what supports you. And if you have a candle. 43 00:06:56.680 --> 00:07:10.819 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And water near you, maybe drinking some water. We're gonna be moving some energy in our practice today. You can also just receive the energy of this candle, right, the light, the insight of… 44 00:07:10.960 --> 00:07:14.039 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Wisdom of yoga coming to each of us. 45 00:07:14.330 --> 00:07:33.620 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And we're going to move into a practice in a moment, but I do want to just check, are there any questions? Just again, because so many folks are kind of new or coming back in. Any questions? Anything, like, on your heart or mind before we begin? And you can drop it in the chat or ask out loud. 46 00:07:44.990 --> 00:07:49.380 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Hmm… Nice, alright. 47 00:07:50.190 --> 00:07:56.280 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): You can always ask, you know, like, drop it in there if it arises. 48 00:07:56.760 --> 00:08:01.560 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And… if… meaning, if any questions arise. 49 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:06.220 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Okay. 50 00:08:09.630 --> 00:08:15.220 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So, it is a very profound day, this day. It's a day of… 51 00:08:15.370 --> 00:08:21.759 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Celebrating and commemorating a depth of practice. 52 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:30.229 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Right? Remembering, kind of, our natural rhythms in our world, we get really disconnected from those natural rhythms. 53 00:08:30.470 --> 00:08:35.060 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And colonization also disrupts, like… 54 00:08:36.549 --> 00:08:51.419 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): capitalism, you know? All of these things that we're like, oh, I have to work, I have to be productive, you know, I can't, like, listen to myself, my body, right? Yoga invites us back into relationship with that. 55 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:54.749 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And so our guiding question… 56 00:08:54.810 --> 00:09:01.350 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And I also just want to say, like, I don't know if anyone else is feeling this, but I, especially yesterday and today. 57 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:16.100 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): I feel like something is happening, like, quantum leaping of… and people, like, in different worlds talk about, kind of, quantum leaping, or, like, a deepening. I feel like… 58 00:09:16.160 --> 00:09:23.470 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): my understanding and my experience is, like, gone to some other level. And a big part of it 59 00:09:23.580 --> 00:09:32.510 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Is… reflecting on… this question that one of my mentors, who just recently passed, his name is Larry Ward. 60 00:09:33.420 --> 00:09:35.610 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And I don't want you to answer this 61 00:09:35.930 --> 00:09:45.300 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): yet in the chat. We're gonna explore this, but his question, and he is, wonderful… … 62 00:09:48.750 --> 00:09:54.539 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Well, I'll tell the story of how I know him in a second, but he asked the question, what is my seat? 63 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:58.329 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): At the table of transformation and healing. 64 00:09:59.340 --> 00:10:00.360 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): What? 65 00:10:00.990 --> 00:10:12.749 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): is my seat at the table of transformation and healing. And I'm gonna spotlight myself, but you can always go to, gallery view, so you can see everyone just for the… 66 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:14.320 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): For the recording. 67 00:10:14.590 --> 00:10:27.080 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So I met Larry at a meditation sit about 20 years ago, and he was the only person of color in the room, Black man. I walked into the rooms. 68 00:10:27.260 --> 00:10:36.369 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): a lot of white folks in this meditation sit. I was probably, like, in my 20s, early 20s, right? And he looked at me, and he said, hey, you! 69 00:10:36.560 --> 00:10:40.009 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Come sit right here. Come sit next to me. 70 00:10:40.550 --> 00:10:41.950 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And… 71 00:10:43.310 --> 00:11:01.330 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): it was so… nourishing. It was like he had my back, right? He understood. For me, as a young woman of color, walking into that space, decades younger than most people there, and definitely having had a different experience, he was like, I got you. 72 00:11:01.410 --> 00:11:07.689 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): I got you, right? Larry was someone who truly understood his seat. 73 00:11:07.820 --> 00:11:14.259 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): at the table of transformation and Healing. And he wrote the book, I should look the name, I think it's, … 74 00:11:14.410 --> 00:11:16.409 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): America's Racial Karma. 75 00:11:16.590 --> 00:11:21.139 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And… He passed a week ago. 76 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:41.840 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): he helped change the direction of my life, and helped me understand my seat at the table of transformation and healing, and I think we always can be reflecting on that question. What is my seat? What am I here to do? Right? Yoga uses the language of dharma, our unique role. 77 00:11:42.040 --> 00:11:47.960 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Our right action. And then there's Rutta, and I'll put these in the… in the chat. 78 00:11:48.250 --> 00:11:49.909 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Dharma… 79 00:11:50.600 --> 00:12:02.430 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): is like… it's many things, but for the purposes of what we're gonna talk about today, it's like our… our purpose, our why, it's like a deep sankalp, a deep, intentional… 80 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:13.869 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): relationship, right? Our unique role, but we're not just here sort of navel-gazing and not thinking about the whole, right? So, it's… 81 00:12:13.940 --> 00:12:23.429 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Dharma is… each individual Dharma is deeply connected to Ritta, which is the greater flow of life. 82 00:12:24.050 --> 00:12:26.680 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Oops, it, auto-corrected. 83 00:12:27.290 --> 00:12:32.810 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Let me see… yeah, RITTA, RTA, RITTA. 84 00:12:33.170 --> 00:12:41.159 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So Dharma is deeply and intimately connected with Ritta, the idea of, like, that intersection of 85 00:12:41.780 --> 00:12:59.489 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Your why, your purpose, your reason for being, perhaps the obstacles, those deep obstacles that may have shown up in your early life, in your life now, that can sometimes be the guide for the purpose and the gifts that you share in the world. 86 00:12:59.570 --> 00:13:14.829 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And then the world, right? What the world needs, and how your unique role and experience also continues to help that flow, the greater flow of life and evolution towards wholeness, oneness. 87 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:33.179 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): That's what's inside, for me, that question, and I'm offering to you that question of what is your seat at the table of transformation and healing? What is your destiny? Might be another way of putting it, right? Dharma and destiny. 88 00:13:35.110 --> 00:13:38.929 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And so we'll do a little bit of a practice. 89 00:13:43.970 --> 00:13:48.839 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): But I want to, again, give context for Ganesh, … 90 00:13:49.050 --> 00:13:52.939 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): all over India today and through the next week. 91 00:13:53.500 --> 00:14:12.940 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): folks will be welcoming Ganesh into their homes, creating small altars with flowers, with water, maybe with a candle or fire, offering sweets, offering flowers, offering prayers. And some, you know, many yogis just do this in their mind's eye, in their… in their… they… 92 00:14:12.940 --> 00:14:18.569 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): part of what yoga is, is an internalization of ritual, right? And we all have… 93 00:14:20.130 --> 00:14:23.040 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): The ability to relate to 94 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:42.019 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): these energies, like… for some, they're like actual beings, right? Like a grandmother, a grandfather, like a loving being that's outside. And for many, they're like energies, right? They're different faces of different manifestations of that whole that we all have access to. 95 00:14:42.300 --> 00:14:44.279 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And that makes all of us up. 96 00:14:46.460 --> 00:14:53.479 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And Ganesh helps us On our journey, especially when we're at a kind of crossroads. 97 00:14:57.730 --> 00:15:04.730 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): In yoga, crossroads are not times to fear, right? They're times, they're like sacred thresholds. 98 00:15:04.900 --> 00:15:14.150 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And so, in Sanskrit, there's this word, sandhya. Sandhya, which refers to sort of this in-between space, like, in between dawn and dusk. 99 00:15:14.520 --> 00:15:22.090 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): the solstice, the equinox, right? Clarity can come in. If we pause. 100 00:15:22.340 --> 00:15:28.200 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): to become aware of that… that transition, right? These cycles. 101 00:15:29.290 --> 00:15:40.379 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And our bodies remember. The Earth is always there, kind of, like, communicating with us. And yoga, when we return to its roots, invites us to remember, too. 102 00:15:45.280 --> 00:15:55.389 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): I'm just looking to see if there's anything. Yeah, okay, we're gonna move a little bit into… into our practice. I'll invite the bell. 103 00:15:56.710 --> 00:16:03.839 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So for the practice, you can have your notebook or a journal if you'd like, but you can also just, you know, sit. 104 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:09.349 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Stand, lie down, any way that feels easeful and supportive. 105 00:16:09.570 --> 00:16:16.230 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And allow yourself to move or find stillness as… comes to you. 106 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:20.149 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): We'll invite the bell. Three times. 107 00:16:36.260 --> 00:16:40.789 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Listen, listen… This beautiful sound. 108 00:16:42.040 --> 00:16:43.219 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Guides me back. 109 00:16:43.570 --> 00:16:45.209 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): To my true home. 110 00:16:45.800 --> 00:16:47.270 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Home within. 111 00:17:42.290 --> 00:17:46.040 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Invitation to lengthen your spine. 112 00:17:47.320 --> 00:17:54.220 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And as you do, take a slow breath in, a long breath out. 113 00:17:56.250 --> 00:18:03.190 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): With each inhale, feel your body becoming more awake, more alive. 114 00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:11.559 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And with each exhale… Feel yourself softening and receiving. 115 00:18:15.760 --> 00:18:28.210 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): We'll start by gently circling our spine on our torsos. So if you're seated on the earth, wonderful. You can have your legs crossed or out in front of you if you're on a chair. 116 00:18:28.580 --> 00:18:40.840 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Circling your spine in one direction, and this circle can be as large or as small as you need. Maybe really getting into your shoulders, and… 117 00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:42.150 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Hips. 118 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:55.830 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Moving with your breath. 119 00:19:01.150 --> 00:19:04.420 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And then circling the other way. 120 00:19:07.770 --> 00:19:11.810 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): When you go to… a temple… 121 00:19:13.020 --> 00:19:19.990 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Ganesh is one of the first that we Commemorate, that we acknowledge. 122 00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:27.350 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So just feeling the flow. 123 00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:39.680 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): of your body, of the energy moving in your body, and also that focus, right? Like, makes sense that as we begin any journey, that we honor the part of us 124 00:19:41.010 --> 00:19:44.099 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): The quality of clearing the way. 125 00:19:44.280 --> 00:19:48.760 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Of moving through obstacles with a bit more ease. 126 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:53.889 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And one more circle. 127 00:19:56.070 --> 00:20:02.599 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): I'll continue to… Open up our spines, so exhaling, and… 128 00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:14.349 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Tilting your chin down, rounding your back behind you, or if you're on the floor, up towards the sky, and then inhale, opening your chest forward. 129 00:20:15.170 --> 00:20:18.139 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Face comes up towards the sky. 130 00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:25.569 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Rounding into Marjoryasana and Bhittalasana, cat and cow, with your breath. 131 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:49.250 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Continuing to move, and if you'd like. 132 00:20:49.860 --> 00:20:56.750 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Maybe beginning to bring a little fluidity into… this… 133 00:20:57.930 --> 00:21:03.269 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): This motion, so, like, spiraling or circling around… 134 00:21:24.060 --> 00:21:33.040 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And then releasing… That movement, coming back to center. 135 00:21:33.520 --> 00:21:43.729 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Inhale, reaching your arms up towards the sky. And exhale, gently pulling, maybe grasping one hand. 136 00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:46.299 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Around the wrist of the other… 137 00:21:46.550 --> 00:21:56.330 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And stretching through your side body, allowing there to be a little bit of softness, maybe a bounce, or maybe that fluid motion here. 138 00:21:56.590 --> 00:22:07.789 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And you can play, does it feel good to lean forward, to lean back, maybe even to release the arms and see what it's like to let them flow in space. 139 00:22:08.670 --> 00:22:12.690 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Inhale… And exhale. 140 00:22:14.170 --> 00:22:18.579 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Releasing any stuckness, inviting in clarity. 141 00:22:23.780 --> 00:22:30.399 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And then slowly flowing to the other side, maybe formal stretching. 142 00:22:31.260 --> 00:22:33.510 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Through your side body. 143 00:22:35.770 --> 00:22:38.370 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Flowing intuitively. 144 00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:04.679 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And then, on your next exhale… 145 00:23:04.870 --> 00:23:15.639 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Arms come up towards the sky and twist to one side, so now doing a formal twist from your belly, chest, chin, eyes twist around last. 146 00:23:20.270 --> 00:23:22.380 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Breathing deeply here. 147 00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:34.410 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): We're moving… Obstacles… Just creating space alongside your ribs. 148 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:39.020 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): For your breath. 149 00:23:41.350 --> 00:23:47.530 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Inhale… Coming up, exhale. 150 00:23:47.690 --> 00:23:56.639 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Twisting to the other side… From your belly, chest, chin, and eyes twist around the… 151 00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:25.820 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Back to center, and when you find your way to center, inhale, lengthening, maybe arms come up, exhale, hands come down, and allow yourself to lift up one of your legs, any amount, right? So. 152 00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:34.480 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Bringing your leg towards your body, just kind of cradling it, maybe cradling your hand under your knee, and then… 153 00:24:36.450 --> 00:24:41.400 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): This down so you can see, and then circling that leg. 154 00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:57.829 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): If you'd like, you can stay right here. If you're on your… on a chair, you can place your leg on top of the other knee, and just gently lean forward for stand at your seated figure 4, rocking back and forth. If you are on the ground, you can… 155 00:24:58.520 --> 00:25:01.900 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Lay down, do Figure 4 on the earth. 156 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:19.830 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And after you've rocked a little bit, find an easeful place to be. It doesn't matter how far you come, but you're bringing your face down towards the earth. If you'd like a little more intensity, a little more heat, maybe resting the same elbow on that knee to deepen the stretch there. 157 00:25:20.550 --> 00:25:23.449 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And bringing your face down towards the earth. 158 00:25:25.950 --> 00:25:33.149 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Releasing… Inhale, and exhale. 159 00:25:35.730 --> 00:25:39.050 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So the story goes… that… 160 00:25:39.690 --> 00:25:50.589 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Ganesh was one day with his mother and father, and many of you, or some of you, might have heard me tell this. It's always a little bit different, right? All these stories are ones that… 161 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:55.149 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Or passed down, we hear from our teachers, or from our family. 162 00:25:56.470 --> 00:26:02.220 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And… He had a brother, An older brother. 163 00:26:02.550 --> 00:26:05.030 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And they were rather competitive. 164 00:26:06.750 --> 00:26:21.039 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And so, Shiva, his father, was like, okay, you know, you each, each of you, the brothers, needs to go and go around the world and find the most beautiful gift to prove to your mother, Parvati, that you love her. 165 00:26:22.300 --> 00:26:25.139 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And whoever has the most… 166 00:26:26.070 --> 00:26:33.849 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): beautiful gift, the most impressive gift, will be the one that we all worship first, right? So this is that story of… 167 00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:42.870 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): sometimes it's, like, deep, and sometimes it's petty, right? Like, why do you get worshipped first? 168 00:26:43.550 --> 00:26:56.129 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And so there, the brothers looked at each other, and, you know, Ganesh's elephant, head, and… and a nice, like, round, kind of voluptuous human body. 169 00:26:56.440 --> 00:27:10.140 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And his brother, Kartike is strong, muscular, light, super fast, a known warrior, and said, okay, you know, it's alright, I'll agree to this battle. One more breath here. 170 00:27:12.530 --> 00:27:18.840 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Just thinking about those times where maybe you feel… outmatched, right? Like… 171 00:27:19.570 --> 00:27:23.999 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): how can I do this thing, this challenge, this… whatever it might be, like… 172 00:27:24.190 --> 00:27:40.029 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): play on this team, this thing at work, this personal goal, this thing in my own life with my family, right? Like, I just feel like I'm not enough, not good enough, or I don't have it, or I just… they have the natural talent, and I don't, right? That feeling. 173 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:45.140 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So, so deep, and so familiar. 174 00:27:46.230 --> 00:28:03.950 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And those feelings started to come up for Ganesh. On your next inhale. That was a very long last breath there. That's okay. On your next inhale, as you come up, really taking some time, some care with your body, like circling your leg, maybe stretching it. 175 00:28:04.230 --> 00:28:11.439 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Lengthening it out, and as you're ready, placing it back down, and then switching sides. 176 00:28:11.630 --> 00:28:24.930 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Lifting up your other leg, cradling it, kind of like you're rocking a baby, right? Like, your own body is that baby that you can care for, that you can nurture and love. 177 00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:33.630 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And if you feel like it, placing the opposite ankle and the opposite knee. 178 00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:39.260 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Maybe rocking side to side here, forward and back. 179 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:42.580 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Noticing that… 180 00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:50.900 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): maybe your sides are not equal, the side of mine is much tighter than the other side, and that's just life, right? We're not… 181 00:28:51.390 --> 00:28:56.850 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): symmetrical, we don't live symmetrical lives. We don't have even sides. 182 00:28:57.090 --> 00:28:58.739 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And that's okay. 183 00:29:01.190 --> 00:29:08.750 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Bringing awareness. And when you're ready, perhaps resting your elbow or your forearm on your knee. 184 00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:12.060 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Coming forward any amount towards the earth. 185 00:29:13.800 --> 00:29:15.810 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And so the two brothers… 186 00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:24.360 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): start to get ready. Kartike is doing, like, lunges, and, you know, has his arms behind his back, flexing his muscles. 187 00:29:25.290 --> 00:29:34.139 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): kind of gets down in a runner's stance, ready to take off as soon as Shiva gives the word, and Parvati and Shiva are standing in front of the two boys. 188 00:29:34.510 --> 00:29:40.290 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And Shiva says, okay, are you ready? And yes, we're ready, both of them say. 189 00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:43.489 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And… he says, okay, go. 190 00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:45.380 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And Kartikeya. 191 00:29:45.520 --> 00:29:50.520 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): It's gone. Flash of… Light and is off. 192 00:29:51.410 --> 00:29:54.799 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And Ganesh just sits there. 193 00:29:55.670 --> 00:29:57.180 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Legs crossed. 194 00:29:57.580 --> 00:30:02.760 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Hands folded, eyes… Half closed. 195 00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:06.450 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Deeply breathing, a soft half-smile. 196 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:09.190 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): On his lips. 197 00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:19.280 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And Shiva looks at Parvati like, well, what? Did he not understand what… what we're doing here? 198 00:30:19.760 --> 00:30:21.619 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): What's going on? 199 00:30:22.520 --> 00:30:23.590 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Ganesh? 200 00:30:24.030 --> 00:30:25.100 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Ganesh? 201 00:30:26.060 --> 00:30:36.779 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And Ganesh just peacefully sits there, he's like, ugh, Shiva, impatient, competitive, right, in this moment. Okay, I'm gonna go check on your brother, see where he is, what's going on out there. 202 00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:39.779 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And he takes off, another flash of light. 203 00:30:41.230 --> 00:30:48.000 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): comes back, It says, your brother is already halfway around the universe. 204 00:30:48.750 --> 00:30:54.269 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And he has found the most beautiful flowers that only bloom once in a millennia. 205 00:30:54.760 --> 00:31:05.749 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): He found an incredible jewelry, like, golden diamond necklace that shines with the light of all civilizations combined. 206 00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:10.019 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Ganesh, what are you doing? Why are you just sitting here? 207 00:31:11.300 --> 00:31:13.470 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And Ganesh, breathe. 208 00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:15.900 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Gentle smile. 209 00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:18.489 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Brown's down. 210 00:31:20.510 --> 00:31:24.489 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And she was like, ugh, he's useless, I don't know what to do with this guy. 211 00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:31.230 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Goes back to check on his other son. 212 00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:33.340 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Okay, Kim's back. 213 00:31:33.710 --> 00:31:35.670 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Halfway, he's almost back! 214 00:31:36.520 --> 00:31:38.720 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): What are you doing? You haven't even moved! 215 00:31:40.090 --> 00:31:43.700 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And slowly… one more breath here. 216 00:31:44.540 --> 00:31:55.369 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Just like we might slowly walk up, an invitation to walk your body up, and gently unfold your leg, cradling it, and then… 217 00:31:55.730 --> 00:31:59.679 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Releasing it, maybe stretching it out, down. 218 00:32:01.390 --> 00:32:08.599 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And coming back to your mountain pose, your mountain seat lying on the earth or stance. 219 00:32:09.790 --> 00:32:14.330 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Standing or lying on the ground, strong, mountain shape. 220 00:32:17.510 --> 00:32:24.519 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Ganesh gets up, and if you'd like, you can bring your hands up into Anjali Mudra. 221 00:32:24.670 --> 00:32:27.439 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Places his hands at his heart. 222 00:32:28.530 --> 00:32:29.880 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Bows. 223 00:32:30.020 --> 00:32:31.410 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): To his mother. 224 00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:34.239 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And touches her feet. 225 00:32:37.010 --> 00:32:40.030 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Brings his hands back to heart center. 226 00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:49.699 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And then begins to walk around her mindfully, one foot at a time, slowly, unhurried. 227 00:32:52.130 --> 00:32:55.420 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Walks around her once, and bows. 228 00:32:56.840 --> 00:32:59.020 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Walks around her again. 229 00:32:59.780 --> 00:33:00.830 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Boweth. 230 00:33:02.750 --> 00:33:04.220 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Third time. 231 00:33:07.150 --> 00:33:12.630 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Shiva's… Wants to tell him to hurry. 232 00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:17.580 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): But is struck by the transmission of his presence. 233 00:33:20.280 --> 00:33:28.890 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Final time, he bows, Ganesh bows to his mother, Parvati, touches her feet, and out of respect, and says. 234 00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.800 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): You. 235 00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:35.170 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Are the beautiful, most beautiful gift in the world. 236 00:33:38.570 --> 00:33:40.070 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): It's you, Mom. 237 00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:45.459 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And Parvati starts to cry, she understands. 238 00:33:45.810 --> 00:33:47.210 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): There's nothing. 239 00:33:47.950 --> 00:33:57.929 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): No… no thing in the world more valuable than this love, the love, pure love, pure connection. 240 00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:07.430 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): At that moment, Kartikeya bursts in, oh, I have these gifts, and Parvati's like, oh, no, no, don't even worry. Your brother's already won. 241 00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:20.529 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Deep breath in, expanding your spine, arms up over your head. Exhale, forward fold, bowing down towards the earth. 242 00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:29.449 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So many… Lessons in this story, right? 243 00:34:30.080 --> 00:34:36.559 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Like, not fighting against who we are. Ganesh was never gonna win on speed. 244 00:34:37.030 --> 00:34:40.230 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Ganesh was never gonna win. On. 245 00:34:41.969 --> 00:34:42.889 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): power. 246 00:34:43.520 --> 00:34:47.050 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And he didn't even care about winning. 247 00:34:48.560 --> 00:34:58.430 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): What he did have is that presence and groundedness to slow down and connect to the truth of his seat. 248 00:34:58.750 --> 00:35:01.649 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): At the table of healing and transformation. 249 00:35:02.020 --> 00:35:03.270 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Just love. 250 00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:05.230 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Connection. 251 00:35:05.790 --> 00:35:08.360 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Deep devotion to his own. 252 00:35:08.790 --> 00:35:09.800 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Mother. 253 00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:18.480 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And so where can you… Perhaps take the unexpected route. 254 00:35:20.310 --> 00:35:25.200 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Do something differently with those things that are obstacles. 255 00:35:27.870 --> 00:35:31.980 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Not necessarily fight the fight, but perhaps love. 256 00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:38.009 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Even if it's just loving yourself a little more deeply. 257 00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:46.939 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And then one more breath in this forward fold. 258 00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:49.639 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): We'll gently come up. 259 00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:55.760 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Find our way into a shape where you can do a guided meditation. 260 00:35:55.970 --> 00:36:01.870 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): I know this has been very meditative asana, but we're gonna do a little bit of a guided journey. 261 00:36:02.120 --> 00:36:08.810 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So, if you like to sit, that's wonderful. If you like to lie down, that is also wonderful. 262 00:36:08.970 --> 00:36:13.269 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Stand. It doesn't have to be a formal meditation shape. 263 00:36:14.060 --> 00:36:17.049 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So we're gonna take an inner pilgrimage. 264 00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:18.860 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): An inner journey. 265 00:36:19.620 --> 00:36:23.350 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Towards that deepest knowing, that question. 266 00:36:23.710 --> 00:36:26.940 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Of your seat at the table. 267 00:36:32.690 --> 00:36:39.860 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Finding a shape of stira and Sukha, of effortless ease. 268 00:36:40.490 --> 00:36:46.280 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And if your body is not so comfortable allowing the visualization to… 269 00:36:46.430 --> 00:36:54.799 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Take you away, and if you prefer not to follow this visualization, just coming back to any practice that's supportive to you. 270 00:37:03.110 --> 00:37:06.260 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Inviting you on this inner pilgrimage. 271 00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:16.249 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So, in your mind's eye… Imagine yourself walking along a quiet path. 272 00:37:18.950 --> 00:37:21.490 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And that might be through a forest… 273 00:37:23.640 --> 00:37:28.670 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Desert, or chaparral, along a riverbank, or into the mountains. 274 00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:42.609 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And with visualizations, I just want to say, some of us actually see these things in our visual space that often appears behind the eyes, or in front of the face, in front of the forehead. 275 00:37:42.610 --> 00:37:54.739 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And for others, it's more of an auditory journey, or like a felt sense. So you're not doing it wrong if you don't actually see things. I, as a meditator, do not see. 276 00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:56.310 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Visually. 277 00:37:56.570 --> 00:37:59.910 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): I just kind of imagine and feel. 278 00:38:00.030 --> 00:38:01.759 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So, it's all welcome. 279 00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:07.160 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So you're walking along this path, peaceful space. 280 00:38:07.930 --> 00:38:16.820 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Wherever you are, The earth beneath you feels steady and alive, like it's holding you up. 281 00:38:18.790 --> 00:38:23.480 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And as you walk, you hear the gentle rhythm. 282 00:38:23.610 --> 00:38:25.339 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Of your own breath. 283 00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:28.340 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Like waves against the shore. 284 00:38:29.310 --> 00:38:33.820 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Your heartbeat matches the heartbeat of the earth. 285 00:38:34.570 --> 00:38:36.860 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): There's no urgency. 286 00:38:38.430 --> 00:38:40.740 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Only an unfolding. 287 00:38:41.120 --> 00:38:42.180 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Journey. 288 00:38:45.830 --> 00:38:51.890 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): As you move through this space, whether it be forest, or a river, or… 289 00:38:53.390 --> 00:39:01.119 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Even it could be your home, right? Eventually, this path opens to a sacred crossroads. 290 00:39:03.250 --> 00:39:10.320 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And you see 4 paths now stretching out before you, meeting at a perfect center. 291 00:39:11.210 --> 00:39:14.860 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And at the center, there is an altar. 292 00:39:15.170 --> 00:39:24.910 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Covered with flowers, stones… And you realize that this altar is a symbol 293 00:39:25.120 --> 00:39:28.910 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Of the energy of the guardian of the threshold. 294 00:39:30.580 --> 00:39:37.740 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And there might be, if you'd like it to be there, a statue of Ganesha, or just the energy. 295 00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:43.210 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And the air here is potent and charged. 296 00:39:43.910 --> 00:39:49.120 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): You feel… That you are standing in the sandya. 297 00:39:49.240 --> 00:39:51.620 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): The sacred in-between. 298 00:39:53.910 --> 00:39:58.040 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): This threshold where clarity is possible. 299 00:39:58.290 --> 00:40:00.210 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): If you open to it. 300 00:40:02.700 --> 00:40:08.330 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): The energy at the altar shifts, and you realize that a guardian 301 00:40:08.730 --> 00:40:12.899 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Someone who deeply cares for you is there. 302 00:40:13.820 --> 00:40:20.540 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): This could be an energy… an ancestor… Teacher. 303 00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:26.850 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Your own higher self. Could be Ganesha, if you like to visualize. 304 00:40:27.640 --> 00:40:34.240 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Just a felt sense, a sense of love, a sense of… Affirming. 305 00:40:37.630 --> 00:40:43.880 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Whoever appears, or whatever appears, trust that they're here to guide you. 306 00:40:49.230 --> 00:40:52.260 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): What is my seat? 307 00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:56.950 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): At the table of transformation and healing. 308 00:40:59.740 --> 00:41:01.469 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): What are the gifts? 309 00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:04.920 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): That are mine. 310 00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:06.870 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): My Dharma. 311 00:41:11.530 --> 00:41:15.719 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): That flow with Ritta, the sacred flow. 312 00:41:18.220 --> 00:41:20.000 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): For all of life. 313 00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:42.659 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): My guide now offers… You a gift to symbolize your gifts. 314 00:41:43.070 --> 00:41:44.730 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Your sacred seat. 315 00:41:45.510 --> 00:41:50.309 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): A word, a phrase, an image, a sensation. 316 00:41:50.930 --> 00:41:55.390 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): It might come as a whisper, as a feeling in your body. 317 00:41:56.850 --> 00:41:59.669 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): You can trust whatever arrives. 318 00:42:31.600 --> 00:42:35.250 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Holding this gift, receiving it. 319 00:42:36.220 --> 00:42:40.329 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Knowing that it carries within it the seeds of your sankalpa. 320 00:42:41.660 --> 00:42:46.910 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): What you're receiving, your intention for this next cycle. 321 00:42:47.930 --> 00:42:52.000 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And perhaps… You spontaneously… 322 00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:59.189 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Wish to give an offering. And this is your visualization, so you can give whatever you want. 323 00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:02.460 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): It can be as simple as a flower. 324 00:43:02.570 --> 00:43:06.829 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): A bowl of water, fruit, It can be… 325 00:43:07.570 --> 00:43:12.249 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Stacks of gold, or jewelry, anything you wish to give. 326 00:43:14.610 --> 00:43:17.650 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): About… Whisper. 327 00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:26.510 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Knowing that this guide is always in your corner, always rooting for you. 328 00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:32.700 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And you can come back through this visualization to connect with them at any time. 329 00:43:38.580 --> 00:43:40.140 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Thao. 330 00:43:40.710 --> 00:43:49.359 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And you choose one of the pathways, perhaps the one you came in on, or perhaps one of the other three. 331 00:43:51.200 --> 00:43:53.290 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And slowly begin. 332 00:43:54.010 --> 00:43:56.130 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Mindful footsteps. 333 00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:58.929 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): To leave the altar. 334 00:44:05.210 --> 00:44:09.599 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): You touch this place within that already knows. 335 00:44:10.400 --> 00:44:13.269 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Honoring what you're releasing. 336 00:44:15.400 --> 00:44:17.639 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Reclaiming your gifts. 337 00:44:18.090 --> 00:44:19.270 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Your seat. 338 00:44:23.690 --> 00:44:29.400 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): When you're ready, you can feel yourself landing back in your body. 339 00:44:34.160 --> 00:44:36.510 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Inhale, receiving. 340 00:44:37.410 --> 00:44:39.790 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Exhale, softening. 341 00:44:41.250 --> 00:44:49.740 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And we'll slowly come back into the space, but keeping a meditative… Quality… 342 00:44:50.060 --> 00:44:55.300 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Maybe looking around you, taking in form and color and shape. 343 00:44:57.550 --> 00:45:00.300 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And then picking up your journal. 344 00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:11.430 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And journaling, anything that came, any ahas or insights, it doesn't have to be written, it could be images, it could be fragments, poems. 345 00:45:11.850 --> 00:45:16.410 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): If you'd like a little bit of guiding questions, we'll take… 346 00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:19.859 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): About 4 minutes, 4 or 5 minutes. 347 00:45:20.070 --> 00:45:21.430 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Put them in the chat. 348 00:45:21.650 --> 00:45:29.189 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): What is my seat at the table of transformation and healing? And you may not have the full answer, but maybe a little bit. 349 00:45:29.460 --> 00:45:37.509 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): What gifts are mine to offer? My destiny, right? Like, where is my Dharma calling me now? 350 00:45:40.190 --> 00:45:46.579 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And I'll play some music with no words that was specially made for our program. 351 00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:50.490 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So we can have some time to journal. 352 00:51:17.120 --> 00:51:17.900 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Hmm. 353 00:51:19.300 --> 00:51:21.770 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Now, taking a deep breath. 354 00:51:22.210 --> 00:51:26.539 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Knowing you can come back to this journaling at any time. 355 00:51:28.380 --> 00:51:37.440 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And I wanted to just give a little bit of space to invite in any reflections, any questions, anything that's emerged. 356 00:51:38.230 --> 00:51:39.770 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): You know, as we… 357 00:51:40.910 --> 00:51:52.350 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): transition, right, from this sort of liminal place into the world again. It's like remembering that your gifts are needed, even those gifts that have come through obstacle. 358 00:51:52.490 --> 00:51:53.370 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): … 359 00:51:53.700 --> 00:52:00.430 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And not in that gaslighting way that says, like, oh, you're gonna be so much better for… no, like, but, like. 360 00:52:00.910 --> 00:52:04.560 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): When… on your terms, and as you feel, right? 361 00:52:04.720 --> 00:52:13.900 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): The challenges through the obstacles, and that your body holds the wisdom. Your own inner knowing holds the wisdom. 362 00:52:14.400 --> 00:52:23.879 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Dharma and Ritta are inter… inter-R in yoga. They interconnect, and so your rhythms matter. You matter. 363 00:52:24.160 --> 00:52:25.389 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So much. 364 00:52:25.970 --> 00:52:30.689 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And so just coming out, if anyone would like to unmute and share. 365 00:52:30.960 --> 00:52:33.429 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): I'm just keeping the awareness of, like. 366 00:52:34.590 --> 00:52:41.490 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Yoga-focused, if you're gonna share something that's activating, maybe giving us a little activation, you know? 367 00:52:41.780 --> 00:52:48.400 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And… yeah, I'd love to just invite in… Also, knowing, too, that… 368 00:52:48.810 --> 00:53:00.240 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): sometimes some things like an aha that's for you, but it's for someone else in the circle as well, because that's the other piece, is we're not doing this alone. We're a sangha of people growing with yoga. 369 00:53:00.430 --> 00:53:10.419 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And really valuing yoga and social justice. And so, feeling into that generosity of sharing your experience, your gifts, your challenges. 370 00:53:12.970 --> 00:53:17.129 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Circle is open. We probably have time for one, maybe two people to share. 371 00:53:28.760 --> 00:53:32.079 Karen McMillan: The visual, kinda, I'm like you. 372 00:53:32.250 --> 00:53:39.429 Karen McMillan: The road doesn't have to be straight to be smooth and guide you or direct you to where you're supposed to be. 373 00:53:54.850 --> 00:53:55.959 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Thank you, Karen. 374 00:53:56.730 --> 00:54:00.579 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So beautiful, and so good to be in circle with you again. 375 00:54:33.110 --> 00:54:39.330 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Santa, pure love, pure connection. Life is a journey and a gift. 376 00:54:40.680 --> 00:54:45.469 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Hmm… I sometimes so forget that, you know? 377 00:54:46.130 --> 00:55:00.999 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): What a blessing. In the Buddhist tradition, Tibetan Buddhism specifically, they really spend a lot of time thinking about the blessing of being in this form, in this human form, and being alive at a time where we have access to the teachings. 378 00:55:01.580 --> 00:55:04.990 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Teachings like this. Like, it's no small thing. 379 00:55:06.970 --> 00:55:17.100 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Thank you for reconnecting that, and you may have a different experience of what your words evoked, but thank you for sharing. 380 00:55:18.160 --> 00:55:19.469 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Anyone else? 381 00:55:45.240 --> 00:55:52.819 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Naomi, a realization, my heart is in my hips. I love this. My voice is in my shoulders. 382 00:55:53.560 --> 00:56:01.500 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And those parts are so connected, too, right? Like, as we move here, we kind of move, like, the different girdles. 383 00:56:01.670 --> 00:56:02.740 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Repeats. 384 00:56:03.090 --> 00:56:05.939 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): That feels so beautiful and powerful. 385 00:56:06.660 --> 00:56:07.910 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Thank you. 386 00:56:10.150 --> 00:56:11.370 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Hmm… 387 00:56:14.940 --> 00:56:17.980 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Mmm… and I love how, like. 388 00:56:19.130 --> 00:56:22.759 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): ethereal it feels right now. I feel like we're still in that… 389 00:56:22.960 --> 00:56:26.789 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): the Sandhya, you know? The in-between worlds. 390 00:56:27.040 --> 00:56:40.429 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Hani Sanand, I just want to share the seeds that came up for me during the practice. My seat at the table, connection, community, cultural preservation, love and peacekeeping. 391 00:56:41.000 --> 00:56:46.129 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): My guardian angel is my mother, whose presence is with me always. 392 00:56:48.880 --> 00:56:50.109 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Thank you. 393 00:56:56.650 --> 00:57:05.880 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So we'll close our time. I want to give enough space for the dedication, dedication of merit and dedication of this practice. 394 00:57:06.230 --> 00:57:08.959 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Offering it up and beyond us. 395 00:57:09.360 --> 00:57:12.660 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So if you would like, particularly 396 00:57:13.060 --> 00:57:18.380 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): with it being Ganesh to Tothi today and through the next few days. 397 00:57:18.530 --> 00:57:30.599 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): You know, you can notice the transitions, notice the thresholds as you step outside, as you come back in, right? Like, literal transitions, but also metaphorical ones. 398 00:57:31.050 --> 00:57:36.730 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And we'll close with the Ganesh Mantra. 399 00:57:37.040 --> 00:57:44.290 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): I'm gonna patier… Whoops. 400 00:57:45.020 --> 00:57:50.779 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): If you prefer not to chant, you never have to. 401 00:57:51.060 --> 00:57:54.299 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Again, like, for some, this may be… 402 00:57:55.030 --> 00:58:06.649 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): the essence of that protection, of that, like, self-possessedness, right? That brilliance that Ganesh has to be like, oh yeah, it's me. Like, you are the gift, mom? 403 00:58:06.670 --> 00:58:15.240 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): But also on the gift, right? Like, you saw that. Ganesh was like, yeah, I got this. I know how to do this. I know myself. I trust myself. 404 00:58:15.300 --> 00:58:19.579 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): So you could be chanting to that quality, those qualities. 405 00:58:20.040 --> 00:58:26.069 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Or a visualization, right? Or however you want to take it. And so… 406 00:58:27.640 --> 00:58:30.590 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): I'll chant once you can kind of get the… 407 00:58:31.370 --> 00:58:34.670 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Three times, we'll repeat it 3 times, so it's 9 times. 408 00:58:35.440 --> 00:58:39.039 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Deep breath in, full breath out. 409 00:58:41.090 --> 00:58:50.379 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And so you can join in, we'll do it 9 times. 410 00:58:51.170 --> 00:58:57.610 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Namaha. 411 00:58:58.130 --> 00:59:04.120 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Wong gum, ganapatie, namaha. 412 00:59:04.750 --> 00:59:10.840 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Gum, ganapati namaha. 413 00:59:13.030 --> 00:59:33.210 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Oum Gam, ganapati na ma-ha Warm gum, gana patier, namaha Oum Gum, ganapati na-maha. 414 00:59:34.420 --> 00:59:40.699 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Boom, gum, ganapati, namaha. 415 00:59:42.110 --> 00:59:48.430 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Warm gum, ganapati na ma-ha 416 01:00:10.520 --> 01:00:16.020 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Thank you so much for your presence. Thank you so much for your practice. 417 01:00:16.670 --> 01:00:22.019 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): Wishing easeful and smooth transitions to all. 418 01:00:22.220 --> 01:00:35.669 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): And you're welcome to unmute, say goodbye, and I'll see you soon. Many of you, I will see tomorrow for our first call. Let me know now, I'm happy to hang out if anyone has any questions or needs any support. 419 01:00:36.300 --> 01:00:38.650 Susanna Barkataki (She/They): You can unmute and say goodbye. 420 01:00:38.980 --> 01:00:41.219 Louise Brown (She/Her): Bye! Thank you! 421 01:00:41.220 --> 01:00:42.289 Erica Boland, she/her: Aw, thank you.