Radiant Calm with Linnie

What is it that you want to feel? How can your life support that? Where is your HELL YES? Where does your body get excited?!Alex Cordovi, lunar astrologer, womxn's empowerment leader, and creatrix of moonalchemy.co discusses her background in practicing and teaching trauma-informed yoga and how that's empowered her to honor moments of shift and live in accordance to what makes her body come alive.Your body is wise and Alex shines a light on simple practices and rituals for reclaiming your own experience and sense of autonomy before external expectations and "should's" takeover the day.Learn the I think, I feel, I need meditation so that you can more deeply pay attention to where your body is saying HELL YES! That's where your passion and purpose lie.Discover goal setting that sparks joy and allows space for change.

Feeling shame and guilt for your privilege isn't helpful for you or anyone else. Doing something is.Paula Ramirez co-founder of Breathe International, an International NGO combining Peace-building + Mindfulness walks us thru how growing up in an armed conflict, studying anthropology and experiencing an auto-immune illness led her to be curious about ways in which human beings can build peace from within, and how resilience and healing could be inspired and guided through the body.Paula has worked closely with teachers and survivors of torture, gender-based violence and landmines in Colombia, South Sudan and Bangladesh. She teaches trauma-informed MBSR and mindfulness-based interventions in these contexts. Her years of work and time spent studying and practicing compassion offer us insight into being compassionate with yourself, with however you're processing everything right now; and shines a light on how not being able to see your privilege, and own it, is a form of oppression.Acknowledging and embracing your privilege is liberating and gives space for you to ask yourself, as many have this week, what can I do with it?Learn more about Paula, her big heart and her tremendous purpose at Breathe.International

Rev.Dr. Masaki Matsubara was born into and grew up in a Zen temple family in Japan. Following his Zen monastic training, he earned a PhD in Asian religions from Cornell University. He taught Buddhist studies and East Asian languages and cultures, as well as religious studies, at UC Berkeley and was the BDK Fellow at the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford University. He is a research associate at the Contemplative Studies Initiative at Brown University. He is the head priest of Butsumoji Zen Temple, supervising the nearby affiliated International Zen Center in Japan and traveling between the States and Japan to lead retreats and seminars. He has published 3 books in Japanese and is writing a new one in English. Rev.Dr. Masaki has been self-quarantined for the past 20 days in New York City and reports that making his morning coffee and connecting with friends are some of the happiest moments of the day. In this show, Masaki teaches us his top tips for managing our mind and emotions in difficult times. We explore the power of our imaginations, the gifts of quarantine, the wisdom of the natural world, our freedom to revise perceptions, how to know when it’s time to make a change, and why everyday is a good day.Masaki's website: http://questinitiative.us