Why We Love Susanna:
An Indian yoga practitioner in the Shankaracharya tradition, Susanna Barkataki is the founder of Ignite Yoga and Wellness Institute and runs Ignite Be Well 200/500 Yoga Training programs. She is an E-RYT 500, Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT). She is the author of the forthcoming book Honor Yoga’s Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice. With an Honors degree in Philosophy from UC Berkeley and a Masters in Education from Cambridge College, Barkataki is a diversity, accessibility, inclusivity, and equity (DAIE) yoga unity educator who created the ground-breaking Honor {Don’t Appropriate} Yoga Summit with more than 10,000 participants. Learn lead to practice and teach to honor yoga’s roots: www.namastemasterclass.com
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On the Pod, We Discuss:
- Susanna’s entry into yoga, and later her struggle to find a studio where she felt welcome
- The consequences of learning about yoga and other wellness practices in spaces that don’t honor their roots
- How the cultural transmission from the east to the west during colonization contributed to the focus on the physical asana practice
- How yoga can provide a vehicle for overcoming internalized place of lack and fuel for social justice work
- Cultural appropriation: what it is, how to identify it and how to combat it
- Tangible ways we can all honor yoga’s roots as students and/or teachers
- What has been helpful in navigating stress and anxiety for Susanna throughout the pandemic
- Her forthcoming book, Honor Yoga’s Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice
- The process of writing and publishing the book and what it was like emotionally
- Spiritual lineage acknowledgement: why it’s important and how we can all do it
- And much more
Helpful Links:
- Learn lead to practice and teach to honor yoga’s roots in Susanna’s complementary video masterclass: www.namastemasterclass.com
- Learn about Suanna’s book, Honor Yoga’s Roots (which will published soon!)
- Visit her website
- Follow her on Instagram
- The Bhavda Ghita
- Our interview with Nicole Cardoza
- Yoga is Dead Podcast
- Join our free Facebook group
- Watch our free Masterclass: 5 Simple Shifts Our Clients Use to Break the Diet Binge Cycle, Snap Back into Control Around Food and Finally Feel Great About Their Bodies
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