This week, I am joined by my friend and very wise woman, Kathryn C. Robinson. Kathryn is a beautiful, mellifluous being, who (you will hear!) expresses her unique essence and earthbound medicine through use of her voice. She is a movement and body-based practitioner who focuses her expressions on helping others unearth and release trauma often experienced (or expressed) by grief in its many forms. She uses various therapies, such as yoga, kirtan, and meditation, and her musical background and talent employs her into a wider range of modalities, including sound and vocal expression to help regulate and discharge emotional material from an individual essence. During our conversation, she takes us on a bodily journey; one that brings us to moments of hallelujah in the body. Though we can experience great pain, she urges us to understand that anytime we access and move emotion from within, it is deep cause for praise and celebration, as the result is a piece of the Self being returned, renewed and restored. From our own grief stories, to the empowered agency we can create from the physiological awareness generated by body based practices, you will find yourself having more than just a moment with your own grief. Our time together in conversation is one of reckoning, recognition, and true release, leading to wider understanding of our own expression and power.
In our conversation, we discuss:
yoga as a practice of self-inquiry
resistance and blocks to meditation and what may actually be behind them
latent, compounded and unprocessed grief
how our culture discourages evolution by encouraging bypassing
invitations to the internal
deep intimate self-relationship
moving energy in order to truly move into relaxation
using romantic relationships to perpetuate first family dynamics (first family feedback/trauma loops)
using a body-based practice to move through flight/fight/freeze nervous system patterns
storing experiences on a cellular level
liberating and freeing the voice
expressing the ineffable through sound
what it can mean to live cleanly
power in the act of witnessing
If you are ready to explore these themes and more in a loving conversation, please join us. We love to have you hear.
Show Notes:
Find Kathryn on her website at http://www.kathryncorinne.com ; Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health; Quote by Tara Brach; Quote by Mister Rogers; Musician who taught the class we met in is Peia;, Also mentioned were David Kessler, Grief Expert and author; Paul Denniston, Grief Yoga Practitioner,
