#20 A Beautiful Journey - From Actress and Professor to Yogi and Mother with Hollie Mann
Hollie Mann is a yoga teacher, writer, and mother living in the beautiful box canyon of Telluride, Colorado. In 2018, she left a career as a professor of political theory at University of North Carolina to move west with her family. She has been a writer, educator, consultant, and yoga instructor for fifteen years. Her writing tends to focus on the intersection of politics, philosophy, and moral life, but she has written on subjects as diverse as gender equality in the high tech industry, the upcoming 2020 elections, and the Golden era of Hollywood.
“A lot of us are craving a feeling of being held and supported and that we don’t have to do it all on our own.”
“Grace is when the distinct pain of a human life can sit comfortably right alongside its breathtaking beauty.”
“Everything is a moment in our lives.”
“I try to live an authentic life where my thoughts, words and actions are aligned.”
NOTES
Hollie Mann’s early career as a child actress was non-traditional yet filled with support from many sources, including parents who were spiritually grounded and a safe and nurturing community in Richmond, Virginia.
A fun fact: One of Hollie’s earlier spiritual experiences was her theater role playing Agnes, a pregnant nun, in “Agnes of God”.
After an academic career as a professor of political theory, Hollie and her family moved west and ultimately settled in the town of Telluride, Colorado.
Her career as a Yoga instructor blossomed in Telluride where she fully embraced the practice of Jivamukti yoga, a form of yoga that combines aspects of modern life with the spiritual and devotional components of yoga, including music, chanting, Sanskrit and meditation.
Hollie discusses her faith in a higher power and how even as a skeptic she finds comfort in the belief that she is supported and held by something bigger.
Hollie describes the various ways that she helps her children tap into the divine - nature, church, prayer, meditation, chanting, yoga and open-ended conversations about God.
On Kirtan and chanting, Hollie explains that its benefits are available to all, even to those who aren’t musical or don’t understand the words.
Marla and Hollie discuss one of Hollie’s recent blogposts in which she describes what grace means to her, and how beauty and suffering often exist side by side.
Hollie describes the many lessons she has learned from her children. An important one is that she too is a child in this world, opening up to the world of play.
Hollie practices chanting, spends time in nature, reads “spends time in the company of fine writers” and writes whenever feeling challenged.
Hollie shares her thoughts on the importance of admitting to mistakes.
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