Friendship as a Radical Practice for Social Change

How can friendship offer healing and transformation for ourselves and for the world? Author and spiritual teacher, Kate Johnson shares simple strategies, grounded in ancient teachings, to help us embody our deepest values and show us the importance of working toward the collective well-being in all our relationships.

Kate Johnson is an acclaimed teacher, writer, and facilitator. She leads programs and retreats integrating meditation, somatics, social justice and creativity around the world and online.  She works with individuals and organizations seeking greater sustainability through the cultivation of wise relationships. She is the author of the book we are discussing today, Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World.

Website: KateJohnson.com

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THE YOGA HOUR TEAM COMMENTS: This was another important program about social justice but this time in the context of friendship with others and friendship with ourselves and how those friendships can transform the world. Kate Johnson defines these friendship as quality. She says it is unconditional friendliness, unconditional positive regard and that the friends genuinely want the best for each other. She goes on to say that radical friendship is where we commit to show up for our own and each other’s liberation, in a spiritual sense and in a human sense. She spoke quite a bit about how we can be better friends with others when we can be a better friend to ourselves. When we accept ourselves for being who we are, we can accept others no matter what their flaws. I highly recommend this podcast for those who want to receive from and give to deep friendships and see those friendships as a way to contribute to a better world.