Trauma of Cultural Appropriation, decolonizing mental health from a POC viewpoint, & Compassion as a Core Value with Ekta Hattangady
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Show Notes
Today, we highlight 3 important topics...
- The trauma of cultural appropriation on Indian people
- What is 'decolonizing' mental health from a POC viewpoint
- Exploring compassion as a core value
You might be wondering what any of this has to do with yoga? Occasionally, I take a step out of "traditional" or "more-predictable" yoga conversations to bring you topics that will influence your yoga life. This is one such conversation.
Ekta Hattangady is a social worker, psychotherapist, and mindfulness coach. Who practices yoga & Buddhism. With 16 years of work experience in the US, UK & Canada.
We get into learning about...
- What is the difference between Counselling and Psychotherapy?
- Ekta explains what qualifies as good mental health
- What it means to decolonize mental health & its importance
- Ekta talks about yoga trauma for Indians abroad
- What is compassion?
- How empathy and compassion are related
- Compassion: Learned Behavior or Internal Trait?
- How to measure compassion?
- What comes first? Compassion or Mindfulness?
- Different types of compassion
- Ekta's thoughts on the mental health of yoga teachers today
- How to increase your compassio
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