Ep 93: Lessons in Loosening: Juneteenth, Summer, and Shmita

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅As we celebrate Juneteenth, enter the summer and welcome the concluding months of the Shmita year, we think about all the lessons we can learn from this season. There are internal and external insights to be gained from the confluence of these holidays and this season. We can work to balance the desire to control different aspects of our lives with the benefits and need for loosening in our lives, as we work to expand and feel into joy and liberation this summer. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.comLearn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and Tracie is a senior partner.: https://joyousjustice.com/Support the work our Jewish Black & Cherokee woman-led vision for collective liberation here: https://joyousjustice.com/support-our-workListen to our 2021 Juneteenth episode, “Juneteenth and the Importance of Rest”: https://jewstalkracialjustice.buzzsprout.com/1146023/8744570-ep-42-juneteenth-and-the-importance-of-restListen to our conversation about the shmita year, “The Shmita Year, the Year of Release”: https://jewstalkracialjustice.buzzsprout.com/1146023/10674801-ep-90-the-shmita-year-the-year-of-release-mvpSee Tracie’s Gratidoodles at her Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/tracieguydecker/Listen to “Loosen Loosen” by Aly Halpert:https://soundcloud.com/aly-halpert/loosen-loosenSupport the showDiscussion and reflection questions:What in this episode is new for you? What have you learned and how does it land?What is resonating? What is sticking with you and why?What, if anything feels hard? What is challenging or on the edge for you?If relevant. what feelings and sensations are arising as you reflect on themes from this episode, and where in your body do you feel them?What key insights or strategies are you carrying forward and how do you want to weave them into your living and/or leadership?