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Episode 154: Rahshaana Green
Practice You with Elena Brower
English - February 18, 2023 11:00 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 394 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Health & Fitness Alternative Health business meditation yoga essentialoils personaldevelopment selfhelp Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On the teachings and vitality in discomfort, and the smallest moments of recognition and awareness that can quietly change us all.
A conversation surrounding the individual and group work of developing compassionate and diversely represented spaces.
0:41 – Introducing Rahshaana Green; https://www.rahshaanagreen.com/ 3:20 – Inviting people to occupy and be in discomfort with me. Avoiding discomfort becomes a barrier in creating and maintaining community. 7:10 – Working with organizations on confronting and being with various aspects of tension and discomfort on behalf of diversity, equity and inclusion. 10:15 – The brain is naturally wired for bias and habit patterns. Even well intentioned, it may not be optimized for inclusion or equity. 12:45 – Facilitating belonging through the work we do. Less ‘othering’, more connection. 16:55 – Build a bridge; incrementally change the world. 18:15 – Yoga/Mindfulness/Compassion – based organizations risk bypassing this work because simply knowing concepts is not the same as daily application. 20:15 – Small things speak to the foundational shifts of introspection. Belonging in a space means the ability to show up in an authentic way. 24:55 – Go put yourself into a position that isn’t comfortable. Listen and learn. Find opportunities to learn about ourselves in community. 27:30 – This is not just beneficial for people of color, or marginalized groups. We all learn and grow with diverse representation. 29:40 – The core of cultivating belonging – As our hearts grow, others feel seen, understood and heard. 32:30 – Create opportunities for you to get deeply uncomfortable with the status quo in order to change it. Create safe spaces around curiosity.