7: Moving Softly through Transformation | Series 2: Origin Story

Welcome to episode 3 of our Origin Story series. We invite you to join our Future Selves as we reflect and comment on the Vegetation session from exactly a year ago, where we first connected with many of the themes that are still relevant to us today and named this sacred practice of Vegetation.
Some of the themes that have arisen for us throughout this series have centered around our attempts to cultivate relationships with our ancestors, our parents’ homelands, and our cultural heritage, while also being submersed in discomfort about never fully fitting into the American life around us. We shared the ways we have worked through feelings of shame and developed more Self-trust.
In this episode we reflect on what it has been like living through our personal transformations of Self-trust and fostering connections that are beyond our own lineage. All while living in the reality of multicultural households where not everyone may be ready to open up and engage in ancestral and cultural connections, including our partners.
The focus of our conversation evolves as we dive into an intimate introspection of how our physical bodies sometimes comprehend that we’re on a path of transformation before our thinking brains become aware of the journey. We go into our personal experiences dealing with life-changing physical conditions and the loss of control over one of the few things that truly belongs to us, our bodies.
Warning: Between minutes 32-33 of this episode, we mention the word rape. There is no description of assault or violence, but the word is said. We also advise that we talk about physical sensations associated with mental, spiritual, and physical pain. These topics may be sensitive for folx and we wanted to provide notice on what to expect when listening in. We are not providing any medical advice and we acknowledge that the path for healing looks and feels differently for each person.
RESOURCES and LINKS
Cultural Appropriation - 2 points of view:
How I (unintentionally) Quit Yoga and What it Taught Me About Being White, Marika Heinrichs
How to Decolonize Your Yoga Practice, Susanna Barkataki
Human Design Profiles: Meaning 
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk
My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa Menakem
Episode Music from Pixabay:
Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic
Second Wind, madirfan
Summer Forest, NaturesEye
Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ
Pause, madirfan
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