A Kora, and the Cycles in Life

Come and listen to our Host, Gia-Raquel, as she chats with today's guest, Ann Scheerer, for our “End of Year, Beginning of Me” Podcast Series.A powerfully themed mini-series helping women close the year with clarity and step into the next one with grounded self-love and vision.Ann Scheerer, PhD, is a professor of environmental sciences and sustainability and a longtime meditation and yoga practitioner. Ann's courses explore the current "unsustainable" planetary situation and engage students in designing social responses to prepare for changing conditions. Ann believes contemplative practices like meditation and yoga are crucial for personal resilience in these complex and uncertain times. She came to Yin Yoga practice to slow down and listen to her body. Through deep and long Yin yoga poses, she found a deeper connection to her body and to the earth. These practices have supported Ann's teaching and influenced her curriculum. As a proponent of slowing down, Ann encourages students to be more aware of our choices and self care. Ann embraces change and has shifted her career a few times following her curiosities and earning multiple degrees. In addition to her PhD, Design and Planning, she has obtained two Master's degrees - MSLS (Master of Strategic Leadership for Sustainability) and MPA (Master of Public Administration).A high-altitude pilgrimage around Mount Kailash meets a joyful Santorini yoga retreat to explore release, completion, and the sacred pause between endings and beginnings. We share Buddhist insights on compassion and impermanence, practical rituals for letting go, and how travel reshapes identity.• Circumambulating Mount Kailash as a ritual of completion• Body, speech, mind practices at high altitude• Compassion and generosity modeled in Tibetan culture• The infinity symbol, prayer flags, and Green Tara• Impermanence, bardos, and the sacred pause• Decluttering stories and things to create space• Joyful flow and laughter on a Santorini yoga retreat• Integrating lightness through journaling and reflection• Creativity as a path forward: writing, mandalas, song• Carrying new energy back into work and lifeFor more Divas That Care Network Episodes visit www.divasthatcare.com