S2 Ep 1 - Susanna Barkataki - Yoga practitioner in the Shankaracharya tradition

Earlier this year, we opened Season 2 of the @heartistrytalkshow with Susanna Barkataki @susannabarkataki powerfully empowering conversation about the importance of honoring tradition, providing cultural context and calling out the white washing of ancient practices and cultural appropriation.Susanna Barkataki @susannabarkataki is an Indian yoga practitioner in the Shankaracharya tradition, supporting practitioners to lead with equity, diversity and yogic values while growing thriving practices and businesses with confidence. Susanna's recently published book "Embrace Yoga's Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice" is a phenomenal history guide to the many facets of Yoga - not just asana as many in the western world have been exposed to - and is an interactive and reflective exercises that allow the reader to reflect on their own assumptions, perspectives, privilege identities as well as target identities.Throughout the month of October, 2021, Susanna is doing a Virtual Book Tour with a series of events and conversations. What Susanna shares in this episode will have you feeling awakened and enlightened, and eager to learn and do more to ensure that we are not perpetuating the systems that degrade and disrespect practices such as Yoga, and instead work towards dismantling them.Take a listen to a few excerpts from this episode which will undoubtedly leave you to wanting to hear the whole conversation!!