Translating Racial Trauma | Vinyasa in Verse Podcast Episode 74

“We see the wound, we see how it got there, now the next thing to ask is how do I heal the wound, how do I stitch it up?” - Leslieann Hobayan

Today’s episode is centered around racial trauma. What does it look like? How does it show up in our lives? How are we affected by the deeply ingrained racism of today’s society? For many of us, people-pleasing or looming fears can be the results of this trauma. We can see it in the small acts of racism many people of color are subjected to daily, and we can see it in the long-term mindsets that we carry as the result of feeling the need to prove that we are equal. Listen along as we discuss how racial trauma is translated into our lives and how we can begin to acknowledge and heal through awareness.

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Today’s poems/ Books mentioned:

• “With That Moon Language” by Hafiz
  
• We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman's Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power by Rachel Rodgers
  
• “Prayer for the Newly Damned” by Ocean Vuong (part of a collection called “The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit
  

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