How often we paddle right past people who have experiences beyond what most of us can imagine. Feed your spirit with this compelling conversation between @theseakin and @z__a__r__a____, on the @waterpeoplepodcast. ⠀
Their convo touches on Zara’s experience of being arrested, imprisoned and tortured at a notorious institution for political prisoners in Iran because of her political activism (chronicled in her memoir titled, “My Life As a Traitor”). ⠀
What her memoir doesn’t mention, however, is that it was discovering the ocean – and especially surfing – at age 20 after fleeing her homeland for Australia, that ignited a healing journey of coming to terms with the trauma she’d endured. Go to the @waterpeoplepodcast to listen to how the ocean provided healing and community. ⠀