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Susanna Harwood Rubin is back! Susanna was my guest on episode 165, and we continue our intimate conversation here. Our conversation runs the gamut (but somehow all ties together), ranging from her recent trip to her spiritual home in India, to living fully and joyfully with metastatic breast cancer, to her passion for teaching her own form of "embodied writing." Shownotes for this episode can be found at yogalandpodcast.com/episode329 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Our reaction to others teaches us about ourselves." - Susanna Harwood Rubin, Yoga 365.
On this road to the Divine Feminine, Theresa & Sherry take many turns. They share stories & opinions, while quoting articles and asking questions, all in service of understanding a little bit better. The Maiden, The Mother, and The Crone are the three major stages of the Divine Feminine. In this episode, the hosts touch on the qualities of each stage and how they are not confined to chronology alone. They reveal how these energies arise as metaphor in many ways throughout life's journey. In partnership, to be in divine sisterhood means we get to challenge AND inspire each other, without fear or threat. We learn to navigate rocky terrain and resolve conflict by accessing our inner (Divine) feminine energies, including trust, support, sisterhood, receptivity, and compassion. In service of balance, masculine energy is required to find external expression & manifestation. Words have power and having all the options allows the communicator to be more nuanced or direct, so she can most honestly express herself. Direct, outward expression may come from masculine energy, but crafting the communication may come more from the feminine. This topic is so juicy, the hosts opted to extend this conversation into two episodes, with distinct approaches to the same subject. Links from mentions on today's episode: Articles: https://www.innertraditions.com/blog/autumn-and-wise-old-women (Autumn & Wise Old Women) https://blog.yogamatters.com/5-hindu-goddesses/ (5 Hindu Goddesses, by Emma Newlyn) Amazing Teacher (Yoga, Writing, and more), https://susannaharwoodrubin.com (Susanna Harwood Rubin) https://www.balboapress.com/en/search?query=%22Sherry+Sadoff+Hanck%22 (Books of Poetry by Sherry Sadoff Hanck) (Direct from publisher – preferred) Love's Wild Journey – Poems from an Untamed Heart Wild & Free – Poetic Prisms Wild Fire – Poetry of Living, Loving and Letting Go They can also be foundhttps://www.amazon.com/s?k=Sherry+Sadoff+hanck&crid=3FENAM7PWB54K&sprefix=sherry+sadoff+hanck%2Caps%2C52&ref=nb_sb_noss ( here, on Amazon) Practices: Use your tools. Know what you want so you can harness, cultivate, call-in the appropriate energy to resolve or thrive in the situation. Abhaya Mudra: Gesture of fearlessness & reassurance. Symbolic of safety, protection, peace, & reassurance. Call on it during challenging times (from Yogapedia) . Practice daily (up to 30 minutes). Anecdotal Anatomy's Amazing Team: http://www.tobereel.com/ (Judith George) - Editor (video & audio) https://www.keithkenny.com/ (Keith Kenny) - Music http://cindyfatsis.com/ (Cindy Fatsis) - Photography
In this, our final episode of season one, we return to the yoga landscape and dive a bit deeper into the bliss body through stories of deities, personal practices and connections to the teachings of yoga philosophy. The universal themes that emerge from this niche are sensory examples of how to connect with the layers of our beings. Susanna Harwood Rubin is a noteworthy writer and yoga teacher who lives in NYC. Whether she is telling a story about a goddess, leading embodied writers workshops, writing, teaching or creating art, Susanna moves through her process with beauty and grace. Check out https://susannaharwoodrubin.com (Susanna's website )for more information and inspiration. Susanna talks about her teacher, Dr. Douglas Brooks (who is easy to Google for more information on his courses in Yoga philosophy and more) What's interesting to note from the production perspective is that this was our first recorded interview, yet is the season finale. Thank you all for tuning in! We appreciate your continued support and have a great season coming up! Until next time!
Susanna is the author of Yoga 365: Daily Wisdom for Life On and Off the Mat. She is a yoga teacher, writer and artist, whose work is rooted in South Indian Philosophy. Her spiritual home is in the great Nataraja and Tillai Kali Temples of Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India, where she has travelled for darshan annually since 2008 . Susanna created Devi Soul Yoga, an approach to teaching that includes Hindu myth, mantra, mudra, and meditation in each of her classes. She combines these practices with a careful attention to alignment and an emphasis on the breath to guide flowing movement sequences. Her classes are challenging with a powerful spiritual component, inviting students into the deep sweetness of svadhyaya, or self-study. Based in NYC, Susanna leads workshops internationally, mentors, trains teachers, and speaks on yoga philosophy, meditation, and Hindu myth. Teaching since 2002, she is E-RYT-500 and YACEP. Off the mat, Susanna spends her time writing and drawing. Her book, Yoga 365: Daily Wisdom for Life On and Off the Mat, has sold over 30,000 copies and is currently being translated into Korean and Vietnamese. Susanna writes for numerous publications and created the popular Writing Your Practice and 30Things workshops and online courses, which apply yoga philosophy and myth to the practice of writing, unlocking yogis' creativity and refining their self-expression. Students from over 25 countries have participated since 2011. Previously Susanna worked at NYC's Museum of Modern Art where she lectured and wrote, including co-writing the book Looking at Matisse and Picasso(2003).Susanna is deeply grateful to Dr. Douglas Brooks, Leslie Kaminoff, and Sianna Sherman for continually inspiring, supporting, and challenging her.If you haven't listened to my first episode with Susanna you can listen here:https://stuartwatkins.org/podcast/susanna-harwood-rubin/Follow Susanna here:https://susannaharwoodrubin.comGet Susanna's book:https://susannaharwoodrubin.com/yoga-365-book/Much gratitude to the sponsors of this podcast:https://blessitbee.com.auEnter promo code STUART for 10% offhttps://www.themilkcleanse.comEnter promo code STUARTWATKINS for 10% offhttps://sacredtaste.comEnter promo code STUARTWATKINS for 10% offWith love,StuSupport the show (https://stuartwatkins.org/podcast/)
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It's October. Which means it's Breast Awareness Month. It's not an easy month for breast cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, or for those who have lost loved ones to the disease. So, for this episode I spoke to Susanna Harwood Rubin, a yoga teacher who has been raw and real about her own struggle with breast cancer this past year. Susanna shares specific ways that her practice supported her through her cancer experience, what you can do to support a loved one with cancer and more. I both hope this episode helps anyone who has been touched by breast cancer -- and even those who haven't. (That said, this episode could be triggering, so please take care of yourself and only listen if it is helpful to you.) Show notes: http://www.jasonyoga.com/podcast/episode165SHOUT-OUT TO OUR SPONSORSStitchfix makes it possible for you to have a professional stylist curate your everyday look.When you complete your style profile, an expert stylist will pick out 5 items and send them to you based on your style and preferences. Choose between automatic shipments or get a box on demand. For an extra 25% off when you purchase all the pieces in your box, visit Stitchfix.com/yogaland today.Cirkul is a water bottle and flavor cartridge system that lets you can choose how much or little flavor you want added to your water. So, you’re getting hydrated without added sugar, artificial flavors or colors. There are 30 flavors, and each flavor cartridge is good for six full sized bottles of water. Right now you can get your own Cirkul water bottle plus two flavor cartridges for $5 by going to drinkcirkul.com/yogaland and entering promo code YOGALAND.AUrate is a fine jewelry company made in New York City that was founded by women for women. They sell jewelry directly to the consumer, which keeps the quality high and the prices reasonable. For 15 % off your first purchase, go to AUratenewyork.com/yogaland and use promo code YOGALANDWe Love You (And So Can You) is a new podcast by Stitcher, a spin off on the show By the Book On the show, they send listeners on their own self help journey and they bring us around for the ride. Tune in at the end of this episode for a bonus episode of We Love You (And So Can You) or subscribe now on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you get your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Susanna Harwood Rubin is the author of Yoga 365: Daily Wisdom for Life On and Off the Mat. She is a Yoga teacher, writer and artist, whose work is rooted in South Indian Philosophy. Her spiritual home is in the great Nataraja and Tillai Kali Temples of Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India, where she has travelled for darshan annually since 2008. Susanna created Devi Soul Yoga, an approach to teaching that includes Hindu myth, mantra, mudra, and meditation in each of her classes. She combines these practices with a careful attention to alignment and an emphasis on the breath to guide flowing movement sequences. Her classes are challenging with a powerful spiritual component, inviting students into the deep sweetness of svadhyaya, or self-study. Based in NYC, Susanna leads workshops internationally, mentors, trains teachers, and speaks on yoga philosophy, meditation, and Hindu myth. Her online course "30 Things About The Goddess" begins on October 7th and she has a retreat in Goa at the end of January 2020. Check out both of these events and other offerings of Susanna's online at http://susannaharwoodrubin.comFollow Susanna on IG at https://www.instagram.com/susannaharwoodrubin/I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!To support the podcast please visit https://stuartwatkins.org/podcast/Support the show (https://stuartwatkins.org/podcast/)
In this episode, we discuss: Yoga’s evolution in New York City immediately following 9/11 and how Susanna found a yoga practice rooted in an intelligent spiritual worldview Does everything happen for a reason? How Karma and Lila (divine play) interact in our lives. Yoga of cancer as a deep inner conversation with the body rather than the language of battle. What is pilgrimage? Can we engage in pilgrimage even if we can’t travel to spiritual sites? Susanna’s pilgrimage with Kali, the Mother Goddess who represents all possibility. Choosing who to walk through your (inner) life with. Susanna Harwood Rubin is the author of Yoga 365: Daily Wisdom for Life On and Off the Mat. She is a yoga teacher, writer, and artist whose work is rooted in South Indian Philosophy. Based in NYC, Susanna teaches internationally and speaks on yoga, meditation, and Hindu myth. Her spiritual home is in Chidambaram, at the great Nataraja and Tillai Kali Temples. She teaches Devi Soul Yoga, combining yoga asana with mantra, myth, and mudra, and is the creator of 30 Things and Writing Your Practice workshops and online courses that apply yoga philosophy and myth to the practice of writing. Susanna writes for numerous publications and has been featured on HuffPostLive, MSNBC Today, SHE Summit, Yoga Journal, Mantra Wellness, and more.
Today's show is a very special one, and I am super grateful for the fearlessness of this woman in sharing her story, wisdom and heart with us. Susanna is a longtime, devoted wild woman yogini, a Scorpio, and she shares with us poetry, wisdom about the goddess, her journey healing breast cancer and all the intensity that entails. I read some of her deeply moving writing, have a few laughs and a good time with my friend, and now yours, Susanna. Please enjoy the episode, learn more about Susanna's teaching and writing here. Follow us on instagram @artofloving and please contact me through my website at artoflovingyou.com. May God bless your heart and bring healing to those who are suffering.
In today's episode my soul crush is Jupiter in Scorpio and all the painful blessings in disguise we are asked to live through to learn the hard lessons in life. I share some words of wisdom from my friend and astrologer Heidi Rose Robbins on Jupiter in Scorpio and how I have been working with this energy as it is in my natal chart. I also share words from my sister and collegue Susanna Harwood Rubin on her experience navigating breast cancer, some poetry on grief by Jan Richardson and musings on explore the darkness, the shadows, and truth telling on the path of living in our Truth. For most of us this has been a challenging year to feel our ways through, adn still is. My wish is that this episode leaves you with some relief and connection to the Truth that we are all all One Body. That your feelings matter and can help create beautiful change and transformation, and that we are all saying YES to the surrender and resurrections we are asked to in this life step by step. May we dance with the darknes with more curiosity and compassion. Find me @artofloving for healing support, info. on retreats, workshops and join me in an online class this full moon. All info on my website here. Rate us on iTunes and send us feedback!
In this episode I discuss the power of myth, metaphor and mantra with yoga teacher and writer Susanna Harwood Rubin. Guest Bio: Susanna is a yoga teacher, writer, and artist whose work is rooted in South Indian Philosophy. An artist by training and a former educator at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New... The post #002: Myth, Metaphor and Mantra: The Power of Language and Narrative with Susanna Harwood Rubin appeared first on Hacking The Self.
Melanie is joined by yoga instructor and author, Susanna Harwood Rubin, for a conversation around finding our own path in both spiritual practice and life.
J hangs out with Susanna Harwood Rubin, author of Yoga 365, in her Manhattan apartment for an intimate conversation about the early years of the NY scene and how things have gone since then. Susanna shares some early shaping experiences transitioning from art world to yoga world, her perspective on the rise and fall of Anusara, and her love of studying yoga philosophy. They also talk about how she relates to Hindu deities, her feelings about the issue of cultural appropriation, and the process of writing her new book. This episode is part of our premium podcast subscription. To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.