Ep. 39: On meditation, medicine and mothering with Rashmi Bismark, author of 'Finding Om'

The Indian Edit

“It is so important for our kids to be seen. The importance of seeing a Black-Indian girl exploring these traditions from South Asia, I think the value of that is intentional.”

My chat with preventive medicine physician, meditation and yoga teacher, and mother of two young girls moved me to tears but was so hopeful! Rashmi shares both her journey as a doctor trying to expand modern medicine’s approach to healing, and her moving, personal story of integrating her own culture and her black husband’s while raising their two daughters. As a debut picture book author, Rashmi found a way to represent this diversity in the beautiful ‘Finding Om’ - a wonderful addition to any home library! We talk meditation, Ayurveda, medicine, intergenerational connection, race, and of course, lots of great books! Join us in our full conversation below, and please do subscribe, so you don’t miss an episode!

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 39:

Rashmi’s website and instagram

Finding Om at Mango and Marigold Press and Amazon

Books and other things we discussed:

Vijay Prashad’s The Karma of Brown Folk

Ronald Epstein's Attending

See No Stranger by Sikh social Justice activist and lawyer Valarie Kaur

Supriya Kelkar’s American as Paneer Pie

Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone and Children of Virtue and Vengeance

Tami Charles’ All because you Matter

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Special thanks to Varun Dhabe, Aman Moroney and the team @ Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!