11 episodes
Lay Your Head on My Pillow - with Roopa (JD/MA/PhD) Dr. Roopa Bala Singh (JD, MA, PhD)
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5.0 • 14 Ratings
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Sweet is strong. A podcast for readers of romance, listeners who need a calm place to park their ears for a little bit, & for survivors of sexual violence. In this podcast I make space to explore ways of being, ways of being sensual, ways of being present, and just ways of being myself. I am Dr. Roopa Bala Singh, your host. Roopa is a former law school professor of race and property. Dr. Singh has a law degree from UC Berkeley, a Masters in Cinema Studies from Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, and a PhD in law and history from Arizona State University. Roopa is a former Director at the San Francisco Rape Crises Center (Community Initiatives, SFWAR). Roopa comes from gharana-trained, nationally recognized Indian classical musicians, as well as revolutionary lawyers and resisters in India. She was born in the Southside of Chicago, at the University of Chicago, and was raised across the United States (CA, NY, PA), India, and Sweden. Roopa and her son, Ravi Ali, are both overseas citizens of India and American citizens. The poetry continues. On her most recent trip to India, she lived in Kerala for a year with her son, while researching the lives of yoga teachers and wellness tourism workers.
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Episode in which I play guitar in public: To hum with you, to hum with my audience.
In which I hum with you, and hum with my audience.
They say good things happen when you are aligned. Mind, body, spirit, work, play. Discipline. Practices. Aligned. I've been watching The Last Dragon with my son. An essential part of the hip hop cinema canon, and so fucking good. Peace, he says, be my sanctuary. Oh, just a beautiful film. One of the things I like most about it, is how weird the heroine is, how gorgeous and totally strange and searing and true she when she sings. Sexiness has so many layers. Untold and dimensions too.
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Ep. 11: Lay Your Head Live in Community - She gets right on to the friction of the day.
Lay Your Head on My Pillow has gone live. Episode 11 was recorded in community at Octavia's Bookshelf, one of LA's beloved independent bookstores. Host, Dr. Roopa Bala Singh (hi), tells stories, shares laughs, and hums with a live and loving audience. The podcast will be live all through 2024, and episodes will post biweekly (like a paycheck, mid-month and end of month).
Video: Here is a short visual of a joke about parenting and the morning race to school, and the full episode will be on Youtube by Jan 31 midnight (Pacific Time) at: https://www.youtube.com/@laypod
Warning: Cussing. Gaaliyan. Mentions of love making. May not be amenable to sped up listening, like music, generally.
youtube: @laypod
ig: @dr.roopabalasingh
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Ep 10: Hum
Hum, a poem by Mary Oliver. A place to stay in riyaaz, the hum. Hum, a way of bridging the gap between comfort in public speaking and discomfort in singing. Hum, a method of filling the body with sound.
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ig: @dr.roopabalasingh
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riff on silent night: the virgin & krishnamurti on innocence.
In this episode of the Lay Your Head on My Pillow Podcast I riff on Silent Night, the classic Christmas song, which is sweet, and beautiful in its prayer, for a mother and child to be present where "all is calm, all is bright." This is unplugged, acapella, not mixed down. Just chilling, and sharing a slice of my daily life.
The song also brings in the idea of the Virgin. This reminds me of innocence. I've been listening to Krishnamurti more, and innocence is central to his definition of meditation. He moves away from the idea that meditation is defined by how you sit, or how long you can be silent. Instead, he centers innocence - says meditation is moving from innocence to innocence. I talk some about this. I also talk about resting. I wish you a sweet rest. Lay Your Head on My Pillow supports your good rest.
youtube: @laypod
ig: @dr.roopabalasingh
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Rumi & He thrusts his hips against her throat.
Dec 17 is the day we celebrate Rumi, his union with the beloved, his death. So this episode is dedicated to Mevlana Jalal Al Din Rumi, including some insights into the politics of translating Rumi, into his father - also a scandalously sensual scholar and jurist (ahem). I share some Rumi poems, and talk about crying. And share a remix to a poem I once read in a Stephen King book some decades back, a tongue twister from the early 1900's.
youtube: @laypod
ig: @dr.roopabalasingh
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6 Healings for Betrayal & Tidal Love Scene
Today I share 6 healings for betrayal. Welcome to the Lay Your Head on My Pillow podcast, where the vibe is cozy, hopefully sweet, and the intention is to, you know, offer some wisdom with some warmth. In a cold cold world, you know, full of so much ignorance, swirling around.
So let's get into it.
Today, I'm going to be talking about betrayal, focusing on self betrayal. Such as the betrayal of what you thought were good friends, lifelong friends, childhood friends or your true love, your soulmate, your twin flame and all that, perhaps you can notice that there's so much external focus on the actions of another and let that story be your own. Giving yourself attention. Healing from betrayal does involve giving yourself attention, sometimes self-attention is the most difficult thing, especially if you've dealt with neglect. then giving yourself any attention can feel. Truly uncomfortable, seems to be unjustifiable to give oneself any attention
I'm going to go into a list of six different perspectives on encountering and dealing with betrayal, particularly self-betrayal. And hopefully, those will be a source of support for you. And then we're going to go into an excerpt from a romance. A love scene that I am working on for my young adult novel.
It's a sort of a love scene. But it's really about nature. And it's about the tide. Coming in and going out.
youtube: @laypod
ig: @dr.roopabalasingh
email: r@roopabalasingh.com
Customer Reviews
Deeply Moved
Dear Roopa, I have fallen in love with your voice and words.
May they touch hearts far and beyond.
Thank you for starting the show.
All the Best! 🩶
—Rita
Feeling nourished and spiritually fed
I feel so poured into after listening to these episodes. The humanity and realness present is a rare gift.
Podcast is pure fire
I love this podcast and learn a lot and find it funny as well.