Creativity & Trusting Your Own Voice with Linda Sparrowe [Podcast 035]

In Episode 35 of the Accessible Yoga Podcast, Jivana Heyman sits down with Linda Sparrowe to talk about creativity and finding our voice. The former editor of Yoga International and Yoga Journal magazines, Linda has been teaching, talking and writing about yoga for more than 20 years. She has a long and varied career as a writer, editor, speaker, and mentor in the holistic healing arena, with a special emphasis on women’s health. Jivana and Linda talk about how personal practice can help us find our authentic voice and how they each get into the mood to be creative. This conversation invites us to consider how we use our voice and our yoga practice and how we can trust our authenticity to express what we truly wish to communicate to others.

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This week on the podcast:

• Linda talks about how she came to yoga and meditation (spoiler alert: it was not through asana!)
• How coming to yoga with an eating disorder ultimately helped to changed her relationship with her body  
• Jivana and Linda talk about authenticity and finding our unique voice
• Linda discusses how she works with writers to make their language more precise so they can be understood
• Linda goes through a step by step process that gets her unstuck with writing and Jivana adds his own ideas about using imagery to inspire our writing
• We can’t teach what we don’t know, and why a vibrant practice is key for us to be able to share and teach authentically as teachers
• Our words hold power and how we can use ahimsa to take responsibility for that power
• They discuss the difference between an academic “head knowledge” of yoga philosophy and an embodied practice for modern practitioners
• Appropriation vs respect when it comes to the practice
• How we engage with our practice in a creative way, whether that’s writing or another form of playing with voice
• Linda and Jivana both share tips for getting into a creative mode and the importance of editing to the creative process

This week's question to ponder:

• What will it take for you to trust your own voice and offer it as a gift to others?

About Linda Sparrowe

Linda Sparrowe has been teaching, talking and writing about yoga for more than 20 years. She specializes in yoga for women's health issues and in bringing the deeper teachings of yoga to bear on our everyday lives. Linda has a long and varied career as a writer, editor, speaker, and mentor in the holistic healing arena, with a special emphasis on women’s health. As the former editor-in-chief of Yoga International magazine and past managing editor of Yoga Journal, Linda has been instrumental in bringing the authentic voice of yoga to thousands of practitioners—and teachers—who are ready to take their practice to the next level. Learn more about Linda

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