Ep 24: What's Left? When Roles are Stripped Away W/Neha Duseja

Today’s guest is coming to you from Dubai! Neha Duseja is a yoga instructor, visual artist, and handstand/inversion/hand balance extraordinaire for whom yoga helped guide her out of one of the lowest points in her life when her "identity" was stripped away to nothing. She was faced with this difficult question: who are you without your roles? Our identities are often conflated with the roles we play: dutiful daughter, fiancée, advertising art director. What's the difference? Listen in on our conversation full of goodness as Neha shares her journey of self-discovery and the lessons she’s learned along the way, lessons that we all can use as we evolve as spirit-souls. A few key quotes: “Nothing can replace human contact.” “I’ve head to unlearn so many behaviors I’ve learned as a child that I had to imbibe.” “The universe is always challenging you to rise to the occasion to actually practice the yoga you’ve been doing on your mat: this is the practice. This is the REAL practice.” * Poems in this episode: Hafiz’s “Dividing God” and E.H.’s “Dandelion” * Find Neha on IG: @nehadusejayoga and YouTube: Neha Duseja Yoga * Yoga and Meditation for People of Color, Sundays, 5:30pm at Onyx Yoga Studio https://onyxyogastudio.com * Healing the Decolonized Voice Intimate Retreat in Upstate NY: https://www.suryagian.com/healing-the-decolonized-voice * Empowering Empaths membership community: https://www.suryagian.com/membership-registration * Reach out and let me know what you think of this episode and podcast. I’d love to hear from you! leslieann@suryagian.com