Reawakening Our True Belonging

SUMMIT SESSIONS

Sebene Selassie

Reawakening Our True Belonging

This video is no longer available for free viewing!

Want to support the Science & Wisdom of Emotions Summit and receive unlimited access to all Event Recordings?

If you purchased the Summit Recordings, click here to login.

What You'll Learn

  • Consider how the many global crises we are now experiencing can be heard as a call to reawaken our true belonging

  • Explore how gently opening to all that has been cut off in ourselves, our societies, and our ancestral lineages can be a profound gateway into deeply re-embodying our true belonging and ability to love

  • Be guided in a mindfulness of the 4 elements practice and directly feel the nourishing primal energies of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air circulating through your body and connecting you with the natural world

About Sebene Selassie

Sebene Selassie is a teacher & author who guides people to remember and trust their belonging. Born in Ethiopia and raised in Washington DC, she began studying Buddhism 30 years ago as an undergraduate at McGill University. She has an MA from the New School, where she focused on race and cultural studies. She offers courses, workshops and retreats online and in person and teaches on the Ten Percent Happier meditation app. Her first book, You Belong: A Call for Connection is published by HarperOne.

You can learn more about her work on her website.

About Shankari Goldstein

Shankari Goldstein is a 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) and Regenerative Black Farmer. She has spent years connecting to breath, body, strength, movement, and energy to cultivate a holistic approach to being with the land. She is a Program Manager and host of the “Inspiring Minds Series” at the Mind & Life Institute, a Certified Yoga of Recovery Instructor, and an Accessible Yoga Ambassador. An avid race and environmental activist for over a decade, Shankari is an advocate for propelling the voices of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) or the Global Majority forward to share their embodied practices and wisdom.

Enjoying the Summit?

Support this Project and Get Unlimited Access to All Summit Recordings!

Click Here to Learn More!

What do you think?
Leave a comment below!

28 Comments

  1. Cynthia May 5, 2021 at 8:23 pm - Reply

    I gained something from each and every speaker. Thank you for giving a community that lives the way I live. Lets all continue our development.

  2. Chandana Watagodakumbura May 5, 2021 at 10:04 pm - Reply

    Thank you, Sebene and Shankari, for that session reminding us of our interconnectedness.

    • Shankari Goldstein May 6, 2021 at 8:42 am - Reply

      You’re welcome. Thank you for being present and receiving….Blessings

  3. Deirdre Lynch May 6, 2021 at 1:46 pm - Reply

    Thank you so much so beautiful. I loved the sounds of Brooklyn NY in the background it didn’t disturb at all I just noticed with thanks. I live in the countryside in Ireland and with Covid restrictions, I long to visit a big city hopefully I will soon.

  4. Zeynep May 6, 2021 at 2:37 pm - Reply

    What a beautiful, peaceful, enlightening session! Thank you so much. I will do
    my best to remember the four elements. 🙏❤️

  5. Blanca A. Torres May 6, 2021 at 4:07 pm - Reply

    Muchas gracias por esta práctica tan hermosa para conectar con lo esencial.
    Saludos desde México

  6. Beverly Redmond May 6, 2021 at 4:24 pm - Reply

    Thank you. That session was very relaxing and full of warmth. I also live in a big city (Montreal) and as you spoke, Sebene, I too had cars, horns, buses. They contributed to the life I was sensing as you spoke. Much gratitude to both of you!

  7. Lucia Cañizares May 6, 2021 at 6:05 pm - Reply

    Thanks for this warm conversation to bring home to all of us. Meditation practice at end of the day, gave me sense of belonging.

  8. Tyffany Howard May 6, 2021 at 7:08 pm - Reply

    Sebene, I so resonated with connecting with the elements and your sharing on belonging. Beautiful! Thank you and many blessings!

  9. Tyffany Howard May 6, 2021 at 7:10 pm - Reply

    Sebene, I so resonated with the elements meditation and your sharing on belonging. Beautiful! Thanks so much and many blessings!

  10. Kirsten Christianson May 6, 2021 at 8:34 pm - Reply

    Sebene and Shankari, Many thanks for this warm hearted exchange and meditation on the mindfulness of the four elements and our at oneness with them and each other. I live in a small town on the great lakes and all you said really speaks to me.

  11. Rina Chase May 6, 2021 at 10:11 pm - Reply

    Thank you so much. The practice made me feel all four elements as such different sensations throughout my body. It broadened my feeling of being part of a much bigger world that I share with everyone. All the practices are great gifts.

  12. Anjali May 7, 2021 at 3:31 am - Reply

    Sebene Selassie, thank you for the elements of the earth meditation. We take for granted these elements and many a times forget to be grateful to them.

  13. Melissa May 7, 2021 at 3:38 am - Reply

    This was so nice. I have been listening to and enjoying these last four days so many talks, discussions and practices. I consider this my last treat from the summit and it was wonderful and beautiful. May you all be happy, safe and in peace. Namasté from the Netherlands.

  14. Bob Nixon May 7, 2021 at 7:09 am - Reply

    Thank you both for this thoughtful presentation of a clear, simple, understanding and method of grounding our inner self and connecting with all of our peoples on the earth. I was actually listening to you while I was doing my daily aerobic excise on a Nordic Track Ski Machine. I used your flexible encouragement to apply the meditation while doing this exercise and followed you. You lead me to a very unique and enriching experience while exercising. I wish you both well.

  15. Ydalia May 7, 2021 at 9:05 am - Reply

    Gracias por recordar con esta práctica que también estamos conectados con estos elementos que nos dan vida y que aquí pertenecemos, fue muy grato sentirlos.

  16. Dr. Jaya Mohan May 7, 2021 at 9:23 am - Reply

    Thank you Sebene and Shankari, for this wonderful practice on four elements. Gratitude for letting us into simple ways to connect with these elements as we go about our daily lives.

  17. Issa Domingo May 7, 2021 at 9:29 am - Reply

    Such a beautiful meditation on the elements! I practice Chinese Medicine which uses the philosophy of the elements in our bodies but I guess it was always a cognitive approach. “Feeling” the elements gave me a new perspective. Thank you,

  18. Daren May 7, 2021 at 1:08 pm - Reply

    Thanks for noticing that us white folk are waking up this year. At the 8:55 minute mark. You should read the chapter The End of Misunderstanding, in the book Reconciliation by Thich Nhat Hahn. It may help you understand what you did there. Your beliefs give my heart space for compassion.

  19. Cyndi Adcock May 7, 2021 at 1:31 pm - Reply

    This was my favorite talk/practice of the whole summit. I’ve often felt a lack of connection and belonging throughout my life and this was exactly the experience I needed today on many levels. Thank you for the unique and soothing practice to connect with the elements even as I sit in my own noisy apartment. I’ll be reading your book soon!

  20. Marta May 7, 2021 at 2:08 pm - Reply

    Thank you, that was beautiful and wise

  21. Lisa Johnson May 7, 2021 at 3:54 pm - Reply

    Thank you for these very relaxing, beautiful, enlightening & life changing talks!

  22. Ingrid Otepka May 7, 2021 at 5:42 pm - Reply

    I really, really loved this talk
    Deeply, deeply thank you

  23. Machel Hiskens May 7, 2021 at 6:18 pm - Reply

    Really loved this session on belonging, very enlightening. Beautiful meditation. Very grateful. What a gorgeous smile Sebene has! 💗🙏

  24. Chris May 7, 2021 at 8:26 pm - Reply

    I really appreciated this beautiful reflective engaging conversation and practice of the four elements. Heartfelt thanks to Sebene and Shankari for your connected warmth.

  25. Nina Galea May 7, 2021 at 8:51 pm - Reply

    I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to listen and learn from so many wonderful speakers.
    Hope you have more of these heart-filled events- I will be there…!!!

  26. Maria Luz May 8, 2021 at 5:16 pm - Reply

    Muchas gracias! Cada conferencia fue maravillosa.

    A través de los movimiento que realizamos con el cuerpo también estamos expresando los 4 elementos.

    Muchas gracias de nuevo a cada conferencista, que bonita experiencia escucharlos, realizar las meditaciones, realmente fueron 4 días maravillosos.

    Abrazos de luz y amor

  27. Ana May 10, 2021 at 3:51 am - Reply

    Wonderful meditation.

Leave A Comment

Go to Top