Name your trauma. Finding Joy in Healing, Part 1 | Vinyasa in Verse Podcast Episode 40

This episode is the first of a 3-part series that explores finding joy in healing. // Healing is hard when you try to go it alone, when you don’t have support. // Most people think that healing is difficult because subconsciously, we feel comfortable with the pain and suffering of trauma. We tolerate it because it’s familiar. // It is important for us to approach ourselves with gentleness, kindness and compassion. // Our egos are not our enemies, but a neglected piece of ourselves that we’ve allowed to take over our lives. We need to show it our love. // Our body can heal itself - with the proper knowledge of its natural processes, proper support, care and love. // Hug your trauma. Embrace it. Accept it. Acknowledge it. It will then transmute all those wounds of hurt and trauma into something that will help you flourish. // Today's poems: “That tree we planted” by Hafiz, "Maganda begins" by Eileen Tabios (from the anthology, The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit) // Visit https://suryagian.com for more insight on healing, offerings to learn how to heal, and invitations to practice.