Kelly and Michelle sit down to reflect on the highs and lows of season one of the Ritual Sisters Podcast! We then share about the goals for the Patreon and how it can help you to up your ritual game as well as support the show. Clink on the link below to connect with us on Patreon! And stay tuned at the end of the show for highlights of the bonus content that is available now on the Patreon.

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What are the roots of yoga? How can yoga help us fire up to engage in activism and our communities? How can we practice yoga if we don’t fit into the images we most commonly see of yoga practitioners? In today’s episode, we speak with Susanna Barkataki, certified yoga therapist and Ayurvedic practitioner, #1 bestselling author, and founder of Ignite & Yoke Yoga. Susanna dives into topics from her books, Embrace Yoga’s Roots and Ignite Your Yoga, to help us understand what yoga is all about and how everyone can use rituals within yogic philosophy to enhance their lives.

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Resources from today’s episode:

Embrace Yoga’s Roots

https://www.susannabarkataki.com/book

Ignite Your Yoga

https://www.susannabarkataki.com/iyy

Susanna TED Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T37-I8A6iXY

8 Limbs of Yoga

https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness/the-8-limbs-of-yoga#bottom-line

How can we explore and understand our gender identity? How can we support people in our lives who are questioning their gender? In today’s episode, we speak with Cass Howlett (they/them/theirs), a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate and Dance/Movement Therapist to answer these questions and more! Cass works for The Rainbow Circles, an LGBTQIA+ led and affirming therapy practice in Fort Collins, Colorado. They share many wonderful insights into how members of the trans and cis communities can explore and affirm gender identity!

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Resources from today’s episode:

The Rainbow Circles

https://www.therainbowcircles.com/

Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611537/beyond-the-gender-binary-by-alok-vaid-menon-illustrated-by-ashley-lukashevsky/

Neuroqueer Heresies by Dr. Nick Walker

https://neuroqueer.com/neuroqueer-heresies/

“Sort Of” - HBO Max

https://www.hbomax.com/shows/sort-of/fd2a57e4-c0cc-497f-9989-34971877ff41

Ballez

https://www.youtube.com/@ballez.company

How can we connect with the culture and people of the places we visit? How can we be stewards of the environment while traveling? In today’s episode, we speak with travel writer, speaker and author of “The New Tourist,” Paige McClanahan. She has worked as a journalist, reporting from more than a dozen countries, and is now shifting her focus towards travel writing. Paige talks about the ways that we can engage more deeply in our travels, approach new people and places with curiosity, and be a more respectful tourist overall.

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Resources from today’s episode:

The New Tourist

https://www.paigemcclanahan.com/book

Paige’s Newsletter

https://www.paigemcclanahan.com/newsletter

Black Paris Walking Tours

https://blackparistour.com/

How can we help our youth navigate childhood/adolescence in the age of technology? What is the impact of technology on mental health? How can families successfully navigate mental health diagnoses? We dig into all of this and more with Dr. Justin Romano, child/adolescent psychiatrist and co-host of Millennial Mental Health Chats Podcast! He answers all of your burning questions about kiddos and mental health - from ADHD/Autism Spectrum diagnoses to medication to setting limits on screen time.

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Resources from today’s episode:

Justin TED Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ldLwkj4dRc

“Stolen Focus” by Johann Hari

https://stolenfocusbook.com/

“The Anxious Generation” by Jonathan Haidt

https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/book

“Lifestyle psychiatry”

https://www.appi.org/Products/General-Interest/Lifestyle-Psychiatry

How can we better support the military and their families? How can people feel more confident transitioning into and out of the military? In today’s episode, we talk about these questions and more with Jerry Pierson. Jerry is a retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant and current Licensed Practical Counselor. He is working on his PhD in Counseling Education and Supervision and focusing his dissertation on foreign-born military spouses.

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Resources from today’s episode:

SkillBridge

https://skillbridge.osd.mil/

International Association for Resiliency and Trauma Counseling

https://iartc.org/

National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center

www.niwrc.org

How can birding help us feel more connected and committed to the natural world? Who gets to call themselves a “birder”? We discuss this and more in this week’s episode with Hannah Wurster, PhD. Hannah is a Early Childhood Mental Health expert and birding enthusiast. She discusses how she fits birding into a busy schedule of being a full time working toddler mom - and how you can too!

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Resources from today’s episode:

“The Bird Way” by Jennifer Ackerman

https://www.jenniferackermanauthor.com/the-bird-way

A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold

https://www.aldoleopold.org/products/a-sand-county-almanac

Invisibilia Saving the Whales Episode

https://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/812703083/two-heartbeats-a-minute

Merlin Birding App

https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/?utm_source=adgrant&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=merlin&utm_content=birdidapp&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=367929544&gbraid=0AAAAADzNbpx6-E__fRZTy__Ct6xep-G0Z&gclid=CjwKCAjw3f_BBhAPEiwAaA3K5JYrTkxmSgL-uJgwznUXBplY76Jt46sdh9Ariw1Q5oMWb0zNV3ZDdBoCU8wQAvD_BwE

How do we slow down and notice what’s happening within and around us? How do we build a great connection to the universe? On today’s episode, we speak with spiritual mentors, Jon and Susan Hokama. We talk about spending time in nature, ancestral wisdom, and getting comfortable with the unknown.

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Resources from today’s episode:

Center for Action and Contemplation

https://cac.org/

Wisdom and Money

https://wisdomandmoney.org/

“Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver

http://www.phys.unm.edu/~tw/fas/yits/archive/oliver_wildgeese.html