Episode 42 - Standing in humanity during precarious times with Lydia Violet Harutoonian & Barrie Risman

What does it mean to be alive during these precarious times ? 

In episode 42 of the Wisdom of Yoga Podcast, Saraswati interviews Lydia Violet Harutoonian + Barrie Risman.

Lydia + Barrie share with us 

• The inspiring work and vision of Joanna Macy and the Work that Reconnects. 

• The ways in which yogic practices align with Work That Reconnects vision. 

• How practices of yoga can replenish our vitality and enrich our experience of the Work that Reconnects. 

• How when we turn our awareness inward and connect with our inner wisdom, this helps us shift toward a more collective consciousness. 

• How to integrate our path of personal growth with our motivation to contribute to a more life-sustaining world.

• How to metabolize our grief, anger, overwhelm, and fear into compassionate connection with our communities and our world.

• How can we strengthen our capacity to take part in the healing of our world.

Find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Sticher

Leave a review to help make it easier for others to find us and benefit from these discussions. Thank you!

---

About our guests

Lydia Violet Harutoonian

Lydia Violet Harutoonian founded the School for the Great Turning, an online and in-person education organization that is dedicated to continuing the legacy of deep ecology elder and wisdom keeper Joanna Macy. After fifteen years of sustained study, mentorship, and co-facilitation of WTR workshops with Macy, as well as immersion in anti-oppression education and adrienne maree brown’s Emergent Strategy, Lydia continues to facilitate workshops and help empower new facilitators. She is an Iranian-Armenian American dedicated to ancestral healing, reconciliation, and community liberation.

Where to find Lydia Violet HarutooniaN

• Website

• School for the Great Turning

• Instagram

Barrie Risman

Barrie Risman, E-RYT 500, YACEP, is an internationally recognized yoga teacher, public speaker, and author. Her book, Evolving Your Yoga: Ten Principles for Enlightened Practice, is a guide for teachers and continuing students to deepen, expand, and integrate the benefits of yoga in their lives. Widely regarded as a teacher’s teacher, she shares yoga around the globe through classes, workshops, retreats, and trainings, both online and in person.

As a Work That Reconnects facilitator, Barrie leads experiential group work designed to help individuals find clarity of vision and emotional sanctuary while living through this

Where to find Barrie Risman:

• Website

• Instagram