2.11 What does my heart need to be well?
Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen is a Kenyan-American based in Finland, passionate about making wellness through yoga and meditation seamlessly engaged in equity and justice so that more people of the global majority can live well and thrive. Wambui is deeply inspired by spiritual teachers and communities that seek ways to apply the insights from our various practices and teachings to situations of social, racial, political, environmental and economic suffering and injustice. She would like to see wellness spaces engage more in social justice + collective change and activist spaces learn to breathe deeply and practice sustainable self-care in the midst of dismantling systemic oppression. This is her definition of community care.
In this interview we discuss:
Dedication to a Yoga Practice
Ancestors
Listening to the Ancestors
Medicine
Tending the Heart
How Spiritual Practice Changes Over Time
Black and Brown Solidarity in the Wellness Community
Healing the Past Present and Future
Letting go of the Need to be Productive
Slowing Down
Resting
Healing Trauma
Resilience
Collective Healing
Collective Care
To learn more about Wambui and her offerings, visit her website, Patreon and Instagram @wellnesswithwambui.
Podcast music by Charles Kurtz