Episode 4: Yoga, Navrātri or Divine Goddess Festival, Coronavirus, India subcontinent Culture and Diaspora Edition

This episode covers a yogic holistic approach to support our immune systems during Covid.  

This Episode explores how do we have Contentment or Santosha 

during this Holiday Season 2020 from a Yogic Perspective. 

How do we celebrate Navratri or Divine Goddess Festival during the Coronavirus? Come listen to understanding the meaning of Navratri through the Goddesses or Devi, my personal experiences, the spiritual significance, and how it is celebrated in India and America. 

Who is missing traveling? This Episode talks about my authentic experience of traveling to Pondicherry, a coastal city in south India.  I weave culture, history, Indian spirituality, contemporary day and curate an immersion that expands on Sadhana or yoga practice.  My travel to Pondicherry is almost a pilgrimage for me.  

As we are undergoing the Coronavirus Pandemic, this Special Edition covers what is occurring in the American front, the Racism against those of Asian descent and African-Americans, brutal killings of African-Americans, Racial Profiling in Western American Yoga, and how to have Courage, Important in Yoga.  I am joined by a special guest, Tamisha Ponder, an African-American Yoga instructor and Yoga co-business studio owner.  

As we are undergoing the Coronavirus Pandemic, this Special Edition covers what is occurring in the American front, the Racism against those of Asian descent and African-Americans, brutal killings of African-Americans, Racial Profiling in Western American Yoga, and how to have Courage, Important in Yoga.  I am joined by a special guest, Tamisha Ponder, an African-American Yoga instructor and Yoga co-business studio owner.  

How can we seek a better understanding what Mother Earth is asking us with the Coronavirus/Convid-19 through a Yoga Perspective? Mother Earth is considered a Goddess or Devi through the teachings of Yoga, and we will explore the themes of Mother Earth, the Coronavirus, Laws of Nature and Harmony, and Yoga.

Welcome to the Heart of Yoga Podcast. 

Darshini Shah wants to start new conversations about Yoga in our contemporary lives.  The purpose is to connect to the timeless teachings to our everyday lives that is authentic.  

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