75. Your body knows. Colonization taught you not to listen.
The shit we need to talk about this week: language and knowledge without earnest practice is a disembodied (and therefore a colonized) approach to the healing arts.
In this episode, I sit down with Henaz Bhatt to discuss what happens when healing becomes disconnected from practice, context, and ourselves.
Together, we unpack how colonization has shaped not only our learning institutions, but also our relationship with our own bodies. While our conversation centers around healing traditions like yoga, Ayurveda, Reiki, and qigong, what we're really exploring is something much bigger: what it means to move from knowing to embodying, why healing isn't something we achieve but something we keep returning to, and how curiosity—not judgment—can help us reconnect with ourselves and one another.
In this episode, we explore:
Why knowledge and language alone aren't enough to transform us.
How colonization teaches us to disconnect from our own knowing.
What embodiment actually means (and why it's so much more than a buzzword).
Why healing isn't about fixing ourselves—it's about coming back to ourselves.
How curiosity, compassion, and self-inquiry can become everyday practices.
What solidarity, community, and collective liberation have to do with the way we relate to our own body’s ecosystem.
As always, this isn't about having the "right" answers. It's about getting curious, uncovering the stories we've been handed as truth, and asking what becomes possible when we choose to listen differently—to ourselves, to each other, and to the wisdom that's been here all along.
Henaz Bhatt (she/her) is a licensed acupuncturist, reiki practitioner, yoga instructor, social justice facilitator and a student of the world’s whimsy and magic. Her elders taught her: ‘don’t touch the plants after sundown; they need sleep, too!’ This lesson – all beings are interconnected and worthy of respect – has been a pillar in every pursuit of hers. With over 15 years of experience as an acupuncturist, 20 years as a yoga practitioner and almost 30 years as a social justice facilitator, Henaz has cultivated a unique set of skills that integrate healing, justice and embodiment. Using this lens, she approaches her work knowing our liberation is intertwined, our lived experiences are deeply connected to the systems we live within, and our healing is at our fingertips and in our breath. Henaz co-founded Flow Acupuncture with her sister in Union, NJ. They also have virtual offerings!
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Email: Henaz@flowheals.com
Instagram: @flow_acupuncture
Website: http://flowheals.com
