#41 - Overcoming Generational Trauma (with Karena Virginia)

In this episode of Drop the Weight, we are joined by Kundalini Yoga expert Karena Virginia to discuss her latest work in the fields of ancestral healing, epigenetics and overcoming generational trauma.

 

The author of the critically influential book Essential Kundalini Yoga and an early forerunner of the Me Too movement, Karena is a highly sought after leader in yogic philosophy as it applies to daily life and a voice of feminine courage confronting sexual abuse.

 

In this podcast, Karena explains how unaddressed generational trauma is often the root cause of afflictions people suffer from, showing up in many identifiable forms: including obesity issues, addiction disorders of various kinds, depression and the widely experienced feeling of being unable to function in modern society.

 

Karena also shares the story of how she chose to publicly speak out about being sexually groped by Donald Trump (after a decade of silence) in 2016; and how she later struggled with being a leader in the Kundalini yoga space after its founder Yogi Bhajan was outed for sexual abuse in 2019.

 

A mixture of both light and dark, this podcast is a must listen for anyone needing a metaphysical uplift in challenging times!

 

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SHOW NOTES

[ 00:00 ] Intro

 

[ 03:20 ] Ancestral Lineage Agreements can cause us to sabotage our lives

 

[ 05:30 ] Generational Trauma

 

[ 07:15 ] Working with IBM and NASA

 

[ 14:00 ] Holding on to physical weigh to protect yourself

 

[ 20:20 ] Karena’s September 11th story

 

[ 26:00 ] Afterwards she meditated and saw “thousands of angels”

 

[ 27:45 ] Addictions of any kind originate in dissociating from trauma, ending in horrible shame

 

[ 38:00 ] Experience of sexual assault (around 1998) like a “carbuncle,” a pimple with multiple heads

 

[ 40:00 ] Her public statement about Donald Trump in 2016 shown all over the world on television and the BBC—ultimately an empowering experience

 

[ 43:50 ] Three years later, the Yogi Bhajan scandal and, as a well-known Kundalini yoga instructor and published author, how she dealt with it

 

[ 48:00 ] How during COVID, she saw the need for Kundalini meditations, and decided to resume teaching the yoga practice

 

[ 50:00 ] Now teaching again and holding retreats at places like the Omega Institute and Costa Rica

 

[ 53:00 ] Thoughts about “The Fall of the Guru” and a crumbling patriarchal system

 

[ 55:00 ] Role playing ancestral healing exchange between Karena and Elizabeth

 

[ 57:15 ] A “lineage agreement” addressed

 

[ 1:02:00 ] Upcoming retreat in Mexico and studying the healing mysticism of Egyptian high priestesses

 

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Learn more about Karena Virginia:

Website: https://www.karenavirginia.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenavirginia/?hl=en