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TSM Season 3 Episode 38: Bridging Cultures, Yoga, Violence Prevention & Healing Of Generations

Welcome to Episode 38, Season 3 of “Triggers and Spiritual Medicine” with your host, Laura Bonetzky Joseph, and our Everlutionary guest, Hawah Kasat.

In this episode, Laura and Hawah engaged in a rich discussion on personal experiences, cultural identities, spiritual practices, and what it takes to be truly “Everlutionary”. They emphasized the importance of creating safe spaces and addressing global challenges with love, empathy, and cooperation.

Hawah shared stories of his upbringing in New Jersey and summers in India, which shaped his views on racism, xenophobia, and the need for healing. He discussed navigating cultural identities, founding the nonprofit One Common Unity, and becoming a UN delegate. Hawah highlighted the importance of expanding perspectives, finding joy in service, and the mental attitude necessary for spiritual growth.

Both Laura and Hawah discussed the challenges of translating spiritual practices like Reiki and yoga across cultures and spoke about the need for fostering belonging and redefining success.

We conclude with Hawah sharing 3 tips that emphasize the importance of creating safe spaces, fostering understanding, and addressing global challenges through love, empathy, and cooperation.

As always, please share, like, and support if you found this episode helpful.

 

About Hawah:

An award-winning author, educator, non-profit leader, TEDx speaker, poet, and yogi. For over 20 years, Hawah has been teaching violence prevention, social-emotional literacy, conflict transformation, the healing arts, trauma-informed care, mindfulness, and yoga to all types of students, from diverse demographics, around the globe.

Since childhood, Hawah has been exposed to the living traditions, culture, philosophy, and practices of his ancestral homeland of India, and offers a rare perspective on Eastern and Western dichotomies.

Hawah is co-founder and former Executive Director of One Common Unity (OCU), an award-winning non-profit organization that has impacted the lives of over 40,000 youth and families.

In 2018, OCU was awarded the National SHIFT Award for its pioneering work in integrating the healing arts with environmental stewardship. In 2019, Hawah was honored to receive Georgetown University’s “Legacy Of A Dream” Award at the Kennedy Center. The University presents the award annually to an inspirational emerging leader whose work embodies the values and spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In the years prior, Hawah worked as an Americorps community organizer and mentor in Washington, D.C.’s most under-resourced neighborhood.

After graduating from American University, he was awarded a fellowship with the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation to work as a special representative to the United Nations and the World Conference Against Racism.

Hawah has made appearances on XM National Satellite Radio, BBC, Fox News, NBC, ABC, CNN, The Washington Post, NPR, and Al Jazeera.  He has also been a guest speaker at Yale University, George Washington University, U.C.L.A., University of Colorado, Rollins College, University of Maryland, Georgetown University, Brown University, and many others.

Most recently, he helped launch Roots to Sky Sanctuary, a 125-acre BIPOC led regenerative farm and healing arts center situated in northern Appalachia where he serves as a Managing Partner. Over the years he has authored 4 books and produced 3 documentary films, including the widely acclaimed, “Fly By Light.”

Hawah Links

  • www.HawahKasat.com
  • Everlutionary Podcast on Spotify – https://spoti.fi/3yxTpXD
  • https://linktr.ee/everlutionary
  • IG & FB – @hawahkasat

8-Week Learn to Meditate with Eileen Shaw

Learn to Meditate – Part 1

This 8-week series explores enduring practices that steady the mind, expand the heart, and support us to engage our lives with kindness, awareness, and wisdom. You will learn the step-by-step techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits.

Audience: People interested in learning how to relax or reduce stress through meditation.

Class Length: 1 1/2 hour sessions, once a week for eight weeks

Description: Meditation can bring balance, rest, and a growing inner peace to those who practice it. The benefits to both the mind and body can impact a person on many levels – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this eight-week series, you will be taken step-by-step through techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits. You will learn how to:

  • Reduce tension and stress
  • Feel happier, more relaxed, and at peace with yourself
  • Improve your health, mental clarity, and vitality
  • Discover and explore your inner spiritual nature

Each one-and-a-half-hour session will include a talk, guided and silent meditation, and interactive practices including time to talk with each other.

This series is designed for those with no meditation experience.

“A seed that sprouts can never be a seed again; it must have nourishment to grow or it will die. This is a universal law and it applies to the spiritual quest. We all hold the seeds. Once aroused, we have no alternative but to continue the process”.

 

Dates: September 11th – October 30th
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Registration opens August 15th

To Register:  Go to Classes (meditation-works.org)

Course Fee: $300

(To provide access to people of all income levels I offer this 8-week “Learn to Meditate” course on a sliding scale for those who need it to be. Please contact me directly to discuss pricing options.)

Place: 185 Lincoln St. Suite 300 Hingham, MA

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course, and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting-edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

 

8-Week Learn to Meditate with Eileen Shaw

Learn to Meditate – Part 1

This 8-week series explores enduring practices that steady the mind, expand the heart, and support us to engage our lives with kindness, awareness, and wisdom. You will learn the step-by-step techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits.

Audience: People interested in learning how to relax or reduce stress through meditation.

Class Length: 1 1/2 hour sessions, once a week for eight weeks

Description: Meditation can bring balance, rest, and a growing inner peace to those who practice it. The benefits to both the mind and body can impact a person on many levels – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this eight-week series, you will be taken step-by-step through techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits. You will learn how to:

  • Reduce tension and stress
  • Feel happier, more relaxed, and at peace with yourself
  • Improve your health, mental clarity, and vitality
  • Discover and explore your inner spiritual nature

Each one-and-a-half-hour session will include a talk, guided and silent meditation, and interactive practices including time to talk with each other.

This series is designed for those with no meditation experience.

“A seed that sprouts can never be a seed again; it must have nourishment to grow or it will die. This is a universal law and it applies to the spiritual quest. We all hold the seeds. Once aroused, we have no alternative but to continue the process”.

 

Dates: September 11th – October 30th
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Registration opens August 15th

To Register:  Go to Classes (meditation-works.org)

Course Fee: $300

(To provide access to people of all income levels I offer this 8-week “Learn to Meditate” course on a sliding scale for those who need it to be. Please contact me directly to discuss pricing options.)

Place: 185 Lincoln St. Suite 300 Hingham, MA

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course, and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting-edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

 

8-Week Learn to Meditate with Eileen Shaw

Learn to Meditate – Part 1

This 8-week series explores enduring practices that steady the mind, expand the heart, and support us to engage our lives with kindness, awareness, and wisdom. You will learn the step-by-step techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits.

Audience: People interested in learning how to relax or reduce stress through meditation.

Class Length: 1 1/2 hour sessions, once a week for eight weeks

Description: Meditation can bring balance, rest, and a growing inner peace to those who practice it. The benefits to both the mind and body can impact a person on many levels – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this eight-week series, you will be taken step-by-step through techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits. You will learn how to:

  • Reduce tension and stress
  • Feel happier, more relaxed, and at peace with yourself
  • Improve your health, mental clarity, and vitality
  • Discover and explore your inner spiritual nature

Each one-and-a-half-hour session will include a talk, guided and silent meditation, and interactive practices including time to talk with each other.

This series is designed for those with no meditation experience.

“A seed that sprouts can never be a seed again; it must have nourishment to grow or it will die. This is a universal law and it applies to the spiritual quest. We all hold the seeds. Once aroused, we have no alternative but to continue the process”.

 

Dates: September 11th – October 30th
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Registration opens August 15th

To Register:  Go to Classes (meditation-works.org)

Course Fee: $300

(To provide access to people of all income levels I offer this 8-week “Learn to Meditate” course on a sliding scale for those who need it to be. Please contact me directly to discuss pricing options.)

Place: 185 Lincoln St. Suite 300 Hingham, MA

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course, and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting-edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

 

8-Week Learn to Meditate with Eileen Shaw

Learn to Meditate – Part 1

This 8-week series explores enduring practices that steady the mind, expand the heart, and support us to engage our lives with kindness, awareness, and wisdom. You will learn the step-by-step techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits.

Audience: People interested in learning how to relax or reduce stress through meditation.

Class Length: 1 1/2 hour sessions, once a week for eight weeks

Description: Meditation can bring balance, rest, and a growing inner peace to those who practice it. The benefits to both the mind and body can impact a person on many levels – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this eight-week series, you will be taken step-by-step through techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits. You will learn how to:

  • Reduce tension and stress
  • Feel happier, more relaxed, and at peace with yourself
  • Improve your health, mental clarity, and vitality
  • Discover and explore your inner spiritual nature

Each one-and-a-half-hour session will include a talk, guided and silent meditation, and interactive practices including time to talk with each other.

This series is designed for those with no meditation experience.

“A seed that sprouts can never be a seed again; it must have nourishment to grow or it will die. This is a universal law and it applies to the spiritual quest. We all hold the seeds. Once aroused, we have no alternative but to continue the process”.

 

Dates: September 11th – October 30th
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Registration opens August 15th

To Register:  Go to Classes (meditation-works.org)

Course Fee: $300

(To provide access to people of all income levels I offer this 8-week “Learn to Meditate” course on a sliding scale for those who need it to be. Please contact me directly to discuss pricing options.)

Place: 185 Lincoln St. Suite 300 Hingham, MA

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course, and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting-edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

 

8-Week Learn to Meditate with Eileen Shaw

Learn to Meditate – Part 1

This 8-week series explores enduring practices that steady the mind, expand the heart, and support us to engage our lives with kindness, awareness, and wisdom. You will learn the step-by-step techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits.

Audience: People interested in learning how to relax or reduce stress through meditation.

Class Length: 1 1/2 hour sessions, once a week for eight weeks

Description: Meditation can bring balance, rest, and a growing inner peace to those who practice it. The benefits to both the mind and body can impact a person on many levels – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this eight-week series, you will be taken step-by-step through techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits. You will learn how to:

  • Reduce tension and stress
  • Feel happier, more relaxed, and at peace with yourself
  • Improve your health, mental clarity, and vitality
  • Discover and explore your inner spiritual nature

Each one-and-a-half-hour session will include a talk, guided and silent meditation, and interactive practices including time to talk with each other.

This series is designed for those with no meditation experience.

“A seed that sprouts can never be a seed again; it must have nourishment to grow or it will die. This is a universal law and it applies to the spiritual quest. We all hold the seeds. Once aroused, we have no alternative but to continue the process”.

 

Dates: September 11th – October 30th
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Registration opens August 15th

To Register:  Go to Classes (meditation-works.org)

Course Fee: $300

(To provide access to people of all income levels I offer this 8-week “Learn to Meditate” course on a sliding scale for those who need it to be. Please contact me directly to discuss pricing options.)

Place: 185 Lincoln St. Suite 300 Hingham, MA

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course, and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting-edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

 

8-Week Learn to Meditate with Eileen Shaw

Learn to Meditate – Part 1

This 8-week series explores enduring practices that steady the mind, expand the heart, and support us to engage our lives with kindness, awareness, and wisdom. You will learn the step-by-step techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits.

Audience: People interested in learning how to relax or reduce stress through meditation.

Class Length: 1 1/2 hour sessions, once a week for eight weeks

Description: Meditation can bring balance, rest, and a growing inner peace to those who practice it. The benefits to both the mind and body can impact a person on many levels – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this eight-week series, you will be taken step-by-step through techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits. You will learn how to:

  • Reduce tension and stress
  • Feel happier, more relaxed, and at peace with yourself
  • Improve your health, mental clarity, and vitality
  • Discover and explore your inner spiritual nature

Each one-and-a-half-hour session will include a talk, guided and silent meditation, and interactive practices including time to talk with each other.

This series is designed for those with no meditation experience.

“A seed that sprouts can never be a seed again; it must have nourishment to grow or it will die. This is a universal law and it applies to the spiritual quest. We all hold the seeds. Once aroused, we have no alternative but to continue the process”.

 

Dates: September 11th – October 30th
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Registration opens August 15th

To Register:  Go to Classes (meditation-works.org)

Course Fee: $300

(To provide access to people of all income levels I offer this 8-week “Learn to Meditate” course on a sliding scale for those who need it to be. Please contact me directly to discuss pricing options.)

Place: 185 Lincoln St. Suite 300 Hingham, MA

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course, and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting-edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

 

8-Week Learn to Meditate with Eileen Shaw

Learn to Meditate – Part 1

This 8-week series explores enduring practices that steady the mind, expand the heart, and support us to engage our lives with kindness, awareness, and wisdom. You will learn the step-by-step techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits.

Audience: People interested in learning how to relax or reduce stress through meditation.

Class Length: 1 1/2 hour sessions, once a week for eight weeks

Description: Meditation can bring balance, rest, and a growing inner peace to those who practice it. The benefits to both the mind and body can impact a person on many levels – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this eight-week series, you will be taken step-by-step through techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits. You will learn how to:

  • Reduce tension and stress
  • Feel happier, more relaxed, and at peace with yourself
  • Improve your health, mental clarity, and vitality
  • Discover and explore your inner spiritual nature

Each one-and-a-half-hour session will include a talk, guided and silent meditation, and interactive practices including time to talk with each other.

This series is designed for those with no meditation experience.

“A seed that sprouts can never be a seed again; it must have nourishment to grow or it will die. This is a universal law and it applies to the spiritual quest. We all hold the seeds. Once aroused, we have no alternative but to continue the process”.

 

Dates: September 11th – October 30th
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Registration opens August 15th

To Register:  Go to Classes (meditation-works.org)

Course Fee: $300

(To provide access to people of all income levels I offer this 8-week “Learn to Meditate” course on a sliding scale for those who need it to be. Please contact me directly to discuss pricing options.)

Place: 185 Lincoln St. Suite 300 Hingham, MA

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course, and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting-edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

 

8-Week Learn to Meditate with Eileen Shaw

Learn to Meditate – Part 1

This 8-week series explores enduring practices that steady the mind, expand the heart, and support us to engage our lives with kindness, awareness, and wisdom. You will learn the step-by-step techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits.

Audience: People interested in learning how to relax or reduce stress through meditation.

Class Length: 1 1/2 hour sessions, once a week for eight weeks

Description: Meditation can bring balance, rest, and a growing inner peace to those who practice it. The benefits to both the mind and body can impact a person on many levels – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this eight-week series, you will be taken step-by-step through techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits. You will learn how to:

  • Reduce tension and stress
  • Feel happier, more relaxed, and at peace with yourself
  • Improve your health, mental clarity, and vitality
  • Discover and explore your inner spiritual nature

Each one-and-a-half-hour session will include a talk, guided and silent meditation, and interactive practices including time to talk with each other.

This series is designed for those with no meditation experience.

“A seed that sprouts can never be a seed again; it must have nourishment to grow or it will die. This is a universal law and it applies to the spiritual quest. We all hold the seeds. Once aroused, we have no alternative but to continue the process”.

 

Dates: September 11th – October 30th
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Registration opens August 15th

To Register:  Go to Classes (meditation-works.org)

Course Fee: $300

(To provide access to people of all income levels I offer this 8-week “Learn to Meditate” course on a sliding scale for those who need it to be. Please contact me directly to discuss pricing options.)

Place: 185 Lincoln St. Suite 300 Hingham, MA

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course, and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting-edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

 

8-Week Learn to Meditate with Eileen Shaw

Learn to Meditate – Part 1

This 8-week series explores enduring practices that steady the mind, expand the heart, and support us to engage our lives with kindness, awareness, and wisdom. You will learn the step-by-step techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits.

Audience: People interested in learning how to relax or reduce stress through meditation.

Class Length: 1 1/2 hour sessions, once a week for eight weeks

Description: Meditation can bring balance, rest, and a growing inner peace to those who practice it. The benefits to both the mind and body can impact a person on many levels – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this eight-week series, you will be taken step-by-step through techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits. You will learn how to:

  • Reduce tension and stress
  • Feel happier, more relaxed, and at peace with yourself
  • Improve your health, mental clarity, and vitality
  • Discover and explore your inner spiritual nature

Each one-and-a-half-hour session will include a talk, guided and silent meditation, and interactive practices including time to talk with each other.

This series is designed for those with no meditation experience.

“A seed that sprouts can never be a seed again; it must have nourishment to grow, or it will die.  This is a universal law, and it applies to the spiritual quest.  We all hold the seeds.  Once aroused, we have no alternative but to continue the process”.

Dates: April 24th – June 12th

Course Fee: $300

To Register:  Go to Classes (meditation-works.org)

To provide access to people of all income levels Eileen offers this 8-week “Learn to Meditate” course on a sliding scale for those who need it to be. Please contact her directly to discuss pricing options.

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course, and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting-edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.