Homecoming with Sarah Elaine Nelsen

About Homecoming with Sarah Elaine Nelsen

(Formerly Swimming & Singing) Conversations and practices for returning to your true self.

Publisher

Sarah Elaine Nelsen

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 May 2022

Latest episode

26 Apr 2024

Latest episodes

56 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Apr 2024

   #53 Resilience Through Writing & Yoga Practices with Nadia Colburn

   This chat is also available on my YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@sarahnelsenyogatherapy8327) The Homecoming podcast is sponsored by the Homecoming membership, an online therapeutic yoga membership for people looking to connect with their true self through gentle movement, breath work, stillness, and contemplation. In order to reach as many people as possible, the Homecoming membership is offered at a sliding scale starting at $25/month. About Homecoming (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/homecoming-membership) Join Homecoming (https://homecoming.heymarvelous.com/) NEW: Loving Kindness meditation for the earth with Sarah on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiOqUHI0FsM&t=30s) In this episode I chat with Nadia Colburn. Some of the topics we cover include: How we can hold suffering and joy at the same time Nadine's process of writing I Say the Sky How meditation and yoga influence her writing How poetry can build bridges Getting clarity and speaking your truth How practices fortify us and enable us to take action Meditation with writing prompt Nadia's Bio: Nadia Colburn is the author of the poetry books I Say the Sky and The High Shelf, and her poetry and prose have appeared in more than eighty publications, including The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Spirituality & Health, Lion's Roar, and the The Yale Review. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University, is a yoga teacher and serious student of Thich Nhat Hanh and is the founder of Align Your Story Writing School, which brings traditional literary and creative writing studies together with mindfulness, embodied practices, and social and environmental engagement. The school has a community of over 30,000 mindful writers. Nadia lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and two children. Find her at nadiacolburn.com, where she offers meditations and free resources for writers. Nadia's Links: website (https://nadiacolburn.com) Free Mindful Writing challenge (https://nadiacolburn.com/free-mindful-writing-challenge/) I Say the Sky  (https://www.amazon.com/Say-Sky-Poems-Contemporary-Poetry/dp/081319864X) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nadia.colburn/) If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like: Poetry & Mindfulness with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/podcast-swimsing/poetry-amp-mindfulness-with-rosemerry-wahtola-trommer) Yoga & Writing with Erin Joosse (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/podcast-swimsing/yoga-amp-writing-with-erin-joosse) Sarah's Links: (https://homecoming.heymarvelous.com/product/60751/about)Join Homecoming (https://homecoming.heymarvelous.com/) About Homecoming (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/homecoming-membership) Sarah's newsletter (https://mailchi.mp/sarahnelsenyoga/eye-of-the-storm-opt-in)(receive the FREE Guide to Creating a Yoga Habit) Sarah’s website (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/) Sarah on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sarah.elaine.nelsen/) Sarah's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLgU4NECpcMcXxwPaatABvg) Podcast archive (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/podcast-swimsing)

2. 

   16 Jan 2024

   #52 Yoga Nidra with Rita Jimenez

   Sarah's Feb 1st FREE online Rest & Contemplation class (https://mailchi.mp/sarahnelsenyoga/rest-contemplation-free-feb-1-2024) The Homecoming podcast is sponsored by the Homecoming membership, an online therapeutic yoga membership for people looking to connect with their true self through gentle movement, breath work, stillness, and contemplation. In order to reach as many people as possible, the Homecoming membership is offered at a sliding scale starting at $25/month. About Homecoming (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/homecoming-membership) Join Homecoming (https://homecoming.heymarvelous.com/) In this episode I chat with Rita Jimenez about Yoga Nidra. We talk about: What yoga nidra is and how its different from the yoga many Westerners are accustomed to Falling asleep vs staying awake in yoga nidra The goal of yoga nidra Benefits and impacts of yoga nidra Programming your mind with a yoga nidra sankalpa (intention) Rita shares a short yoga nidra practice (don't do while driving!) Rita's Bio: Rita Jimenez is passionate about offering yoga nidra and asana in English and Spanish. Her offerings are rooted in both trauma-informed training and her lived experiences.   In 2013 she started teaching yoga with two non-profits, first Street Yoga and later with Living Yoga, in Portland, Oregon.  In 2020 she received her 300 hour yoga teacher training certification with Bhakti Yoga Movement Center.  In 2021 Rita became a Daring to Rest Yoga Nidra Facilitator.  During the pandemic she offered free yoga nidra classes online to Latina community health workers, creating a virtual space for her community to connect and heal.  Rita now lives in Oaxaca, Mexico, where she paints, writes and hikes with her dog Sorpresa.  Learn more about her passion for yoga via her blog (http://yogawithrita.blogspot.com) Rita's Links: Blog (http://yogawithrita.blogspot.com) Yoga Nidrea with Rita at the Bhakti Yoga Movement Center (https://www.thebymc.com/post/short-sweet-yoga-nidra-2) (January 22 & 29, 2024) Book mentioned (and quoted from): Yoga Nidra: The Art of Transformational Sleep (https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Nidra-Art-Transformational-Sleep/dp/0940676397) If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like: Mindfulness Meditation with Shedeka Marriott (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/podcast-swimsing/mindfulness-meditation-with-shedeka-marriott) Restorative Yoga & Yoga Therapy with Jules Payne (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/podcast-swimsing/restorative-yoga-amp-yoga-therapy-with-jules-payne-of-ajna-yoga-college) Interoception, Anxiety, & Yoga (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/podcast-swimsing/interception-anxiety-amp-yoga) Sarah's Links: (https://homecoming.heymarvelous.com/product/60751/about)Join Homecoming (https://homecoming.heymarvelous.com/) About Homecoming (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/homecoming-membership) Rest & Contemplation FREE Feb 1st class (https://mailchi.mp/sarahnelsenyoga/rest-contemplation-free-feb-1-2024) Sarah's newsletter (https://mailchi.mp/sarahnelsenyoga/eye-of-the-storm-opt-in)(receive the FREE Guide to Creating a Yoga Habit) Sarah’s website (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/) Sarah on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sarah.elaine.nelsen/) Sarah's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLgU4NECpcMcXxwPaatABvg) Podcast archive (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/podcast-swimsing)

3. 

   8 Jan 2024

   #51 Dreams & Dreaming with Michelle Cassandra Johnson

   Sarah's Feb 1st FREE online Rest & Contemplation class (https://mailchi.mp/sarahnelsenyoga/rest-contemplation-free-feb-1-2024) The Homecoming podcast is sponsored by the Homecoming membership, an online therapeutic yoga membership for people looking to connect with their true self through gentle movement, breath work, stillness, and contemplation. In order to reach as many people as possible, the Homecoming membership is offered at a sliding scale starting at $25/month. About Homecoming (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/homecoming-membership) Join Homecoming (https://homecoming.heymarvelous.com/) In this episode I chat with Michelle Cassandra Johnson about dreams. Some of the topics we cover include: How Michelle lost (and recovered) her ability to dream Ways to remember & connect with dreams Understanding your dreams begins with being awake to messages in our waking life Where do our dreams & nightmares come from? Do you have to be asleep to dream? Using our dreams for collective freedom & liberation Michelle's Bio: Michelle Cassandra Johnson is an author, activist, spiritual teacher and practitioner, racial equity consultant and trainer, and intuitive healer. She approaches her life and work from a place of knowing we are, can, and must heal individually and collectively. Michelle teaches workshops and immersions and leads retreats and transformative experiences nationwide. As a dismantling racism educator, she has worked with large corporations, non-profits, and community groups. Michelle was a Tedx speaker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEJ_F8NCD2Q) at Wake Forest University in 2019 and has been interviewed on several podcasts in which she explores the premise and foundation of Skill in Action, along with embodied approaches to racial equity work, creating ritual in justice spaces, our divine connection with nature and Spirit, and how we as a culture can heal. Michelle published the first edition of Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World (https://www.michellecjohnson.com/skill-in-action-book/) in 2017; and the 2nd edition of Skill in Action in November 2021, published by Shambhala Publications. Her second book,Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief (https://www.michellecjohnson.com/finding-refuge-book), was published by Shambhala Publications in 2021. Her third book, We Heal Together: Rituals and Practice for Building Community and Connection (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717903/we-heal-together-by-michelle-cassandra-johnson/), published by Shambhala Publications, explores the deep knowing and truth that we are interconnected; we belong to one another. We Heal Together offers rituals and practices meant to dream us into a new way of being to benefit the highest and fullest good. Her latest book, A Space For Us: A Guide For Leading Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Affinity Groups (https://www.aspaceforusbook.com/), was published by Beacon Press in August 2023. Michelle leads courageously from the heart with compassion and a commitment to address the heartbreak dominant culture causes for many because of the harm it creates. She inspires change that allows people to stand in their humanity and wholeness in a world that fragments most of us. Michelle's Links: website (https://www.michellecjohnson.com) Go to Michelle's website to find all of her books, events, and retreats and to sign up for her bimonthly newsletter 2024 Dream Retreat (https://www.michellecjohnson.com/events/dreamscape-retreat-wild-rice) We Heal Together (https://www.michellecjohnson.com/we-heal-together) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/skillinaction/) If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like: Yoga & Writing with Erin Joosse (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/podcast-swimsing/yoga-amp-writing-with-erin-joosse) Yoga Doesn't Have a Dress Code with Tawnia Converse (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/podcast-swimsing/41-yoga-doesnt-have-a-dress-code-with-tawnia-from-a-soulful-space) Sarah's Links: (https://homecoming.heymarvelous.com/product/60751/about)Join Homecoming (https://homecoming.heymarvelous.com/) About Homecoming (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/homecoming-membership) Rest & Contemplation FREE Feb 1st class (https://mailchi.mp/sarahnelsenyoga/rest-contemplation-free-feb-1-2024) Sarah's newsletter (https://mailchi.mp/sarahnelsenyoga/eye-of-the-storm-opt-in)(receive the FREE Guide to Creating a Yoga Habit) Sarah’s website (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/) Sarah on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sarah.elaine.nelsen/) Sarah's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLgU4NECpcMcXxwPaatABvg) Podcast archive (https://www.sarahnelsenyoga.com/podcast-swimsing)

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