Podcast 10: Kara Miller - Karma Yoga: Living a Life of service
Kara Miller grew up in the tropical pacific where she has fallen deeply in love with the ocean. Throughout her life she’s spent time living and working in places such as Fiji, Indonesia, Micronesia and here in Hawaii.
She has a Bachelor of Arts in Marine Biology, a Masters in Science in Marine Resource and Environmental Management, and a Certificate in Pacific Island Studies from the University of Hawaii.
Kara has worked in international fisheries management and policy, marine education and training and capacity building on small Pacific Islands for the past 10 years.
During that time she became a 500 hour certified Yoga Instructor and has taught yoga throughout Hawaii and internationally, including islands in Indonesia and Micronesia. While working for the NOAA Fisheries office in Honolulu she started a Yoga In The Workplace program that still runs today. She is also a yoga empowerment coach and a Thai Yoga practitioner.
Kara applies the principals of karma yoga in all of the work that she does whether it’s on the mat or in the ocean. She has dedicated her life to supporting the greater good, empowering others and helping people become aware of their destructive patterns so that they can live happier and more sustainable lives.
Today, host Sarah Burchard and Kara discuss what it means to practice karma yoga. How it enables you to become aware of your deep seeded patterns, so that you can break them, live more consciously and make selfless action your default mode. How you can be of service and not deplete yourself in the process. And how our perceptions can sometimes interfere with our true purpose in life.
Kara also tells us what she thinks about social media and why itʻs a tough subject for her.
Books and authors recommended on this show are:
Anything by Stephan Cope, especially The Wisdom Of Yoga
Anything by Thich Nhat Hanh
Healthy Is The New Skinny by Katie H. Willcox
Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams
