Ep 30: How Meditation Practice Helps Navigate Unsteady Ground as a Black Gay Man w/Djola Branner

In this episode, I sit with down playwright, college professor, and spiritualist, Djola Branner, where we really dig into how meditation practice (and other practices, like writing) creates a solid foundation for us to navigate the unsteady ground of change. Hafiz’s poem “Dividing God” kicks off our conversation with the idea of courage. “It takes courage to be a black gay man.” And then we talk about how meditation creates a different sense of engagement with the world, detachment versus non-attachment, the physical stress of racism, and how it all comes back to the great I AM – that we are all connected. To close the episode, Djola performs his poem “For Robbie”, a tribute to Robbie McCauley, performance artist, playwright, and teacher. It’s not to be missed! * Hafiz’s “Dividing God”, Patricia Smith’s “Skinhead”, and Djola Branner’s “For Robbie” * https://www.hampshire.edu/faculty/djola-branner * http://robbiemccauleyncompany.com * Find me here: https://suryagian.com * This weekend: Goddess Vision Boarding Workshop for Empaths!