3. If Loneliness is a Teacher, then what?

Rev. Syd Yang welcomes Sandra Kim onto the show to speak about loneliness as a spiritual and dharma practice, rooted in their early-pandemic care-team connection and the creation of the Asian Mystics sangha. They discuss loneliness as a workable teacher that guides people back into right-relationship, belonging, and care, including the necessity of giving and receiving. Sandra shares their history of learning aloneness, becoming “the rock” for others, and a healing journey of staying with herself, releasing repression, and opening to intimate human care alongside spiritual support. In this episode, Rev Syd shares excerpts from the poem, A Teacher Looking for His Disciple by Thich Nhat Hanh. Loneliness as ConnectionCare, Consent and BelongingLeaving Groups for AlignmentFollowing Spiritual CallingsTrusting Loneliness About Sandra: Sandra Kim (she/they) is a mystic for the (r)evolution — with Spirit working with her and through her as a movement chaplain, spiritual midwife, and shamanic healer. Sandra guides people from the intersection between personal healing and collective liberation and between the human realm and the spirit realm. She believes that social liberation and spiritual liberation are interdependent and need one another to fully exist. Drawing on 20 years of spiritual and healing practices in multiple lineages from Zen Buddhism, Korean shamanism, and energy work, Sandra supports people committed to social justice and collective liberation in healing from internalized oppression and reconnecting with Spirit and their soul's calling. She is the Founder of Re-Becoming Human. For more than 25 years, she has been supporting people impacted by trauma and oppression in finding their truth and living from it — so they can show up for themselves, their communities, and their movement work with greater wholeness, joy, and sustainability.Book a free spiritual care discovery call hereConnect with Syd:Email: [email protected]: www.bluejaguarhealingarts.comRead Syd’s Substack - Being in a Body: revsydyang.substack.comInstagram: @bodyliberationchaplainBuy Me A Boba Tea: Venmo @bluejaguarloveProduced by Wowow PodcastsMusic by Lee Frisari