#84 - Peace and Reconciliation - Yoga in Northern Ireland with Susan McEwen

Welcome to Episode #84 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! My conversation with Susan McEwen, a yoga teacher from Northern Ireland, was powerful as we took a deep dive into huge issues like peace, injustice, reconciliation, racism, and religion, as they relate to yoga and to Northern Ireland. I hope that this conversation opened your eyes to new perceptions, conceptions, and the need to investigate misconceptions around yoga. If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about yoga in Northern Ireland then this is the conversation for you.

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For the skimmers - What’s in the yoga in Northern Ireland episode?

Working for peace and reconciliation
Creating the possibility of change on your doorstop
Be careful of spiritual bypassing 
Is Vinyasa a Western re-styling of yoga?
Yoga and Celtic traditions 
Yoga encompasses everything NOW, it’s this unfolding and inhabiting of this very moment

Tell me more about Susan McEwen

Susan McEwen is a yoga studio co-owner in Northern Ireland, in Belfast, of Yoga Quarter. Susan and two of her friends opened the studio just a few months after Susan competed her first 200-hour yoga teacher training. Susan loves learning and has also completed 100-hour Yin Training, as well as training in trauma-informed yoga with Hala Khouri and Yoga for Social Justice with Yoga For Humankind. Susan teaches Vinyasa and Yin regularly at her own studio. Additionally, she teaches in a yoga teacher training and has just developed a course called Radical, which looks at the container of yoga to explore social justice and trauma. Susan developed this course along with two of her yoga teachers.

What to expect in the Yoga In Northern Ireland episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

Susan McEwen is a Belfast-based yoga teacher who encourages inclusivity and understanding of differences, particularly in a community like Belfast, Northern Ireland, where sectarianism persists. She stresses the importance of understanding the impact of difference and avoiding spiritual bypassing. Susan McEwen is also involved in social justice through yoga and highlights the ongoing work that needs to be done to address the violence that persists in society.

Susan’s advice to yoga teachers who want to open their own studio is to start small and work with like-minded people. McEwen describes yoga as an unfolding and inhabiting of the present moment, encompassing all aspects of one's being with challenge and acceptance.

In addition to her yoga practice, Susan is involved in promoting social justice through yoga and working to create change in her community. She emphasizes the importance of grassroots communities coming together and acknowledges the growing sense of poverty and scarcity, which is contributing to anxiety and mental health issues. Overall, Susan's message is one of inclusivity, acceptance, and community building through yoga.

Connect with Susan McEwen

www.yogaquarter.com

https://www.facebook.com/yogaquarter

https://www.instagram.com/yogaquarter/

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