Catherine L. Schweig
Catherine L. Schweig is an emerging writer and artist who lives on the edge of Yoder Pond in Virginia, where she practices yoga, veganism and runs an online sisterhood dedicated to inspiring women. Her poems have been nominated for Pushcart prizes and she has edited five award-winning anthologies. As co-founder of The Secret Yoga Institute, Catherine is also editor of the first collection of poems by contemporary women of the Bhakti Yoga tradition.
About Me
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I am an artistic free spirit, bhakti yogini, aspiring writer and mother of two young adult sons whom I adore. I love living surrounded by wilderness and am nourished by the the sun, fresh air, warm breezes and the earth under my bare feet. I grew up traveling between the valley of Mexico City surrounded by live volcanoes, and the Long Island Sound's beaches of Connecticut, where I was born. I spent my adolescence painting, writing poetry, body surfing and playing on the beautiful California beaches. At the age of fifteen I first adopted a vegetarian lifestyle (and, eventually, a vegan one) and began participating in animal rights activism with my younger sister. In my late adolescence I entered a bhakti yoga ashram and began my formal study of yoga texts, taking several pilgrimages to India, and dedicating myself to a steady practice in which the Goddess (Radha) is at the heart. Today, my life partner, Graham and I teach yoga philosophy together, and live in Southern Virginia. I am passionate about inspiring women to express themselves creatively, individually and collectively, and release their beautiful voices, and you will often find me involved in projects designed to do just that.
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Autobiographical articles
'The Women of TTB: Interview with Catherine L. Schweig' The Tattooed Buddha, November 2020
'Partying With the Dead' Shades of the Same Skin, Creative Talents Unleashed, 2016
'The Fire Breather' Bacopa Literary Review, October 2015
'Once in a Blue Moon' Goddesses in America, July 31, 2015
'Bleeding Out Unicorns' Exalt Road Publishing, September 18, 2014
‘Miscarriage Melodies’ Rebelle Society March 19th, 2013
Best of Rebelle Society, Volume I: Celebrating the Art of Being Alive (Volume 1)
'Dance of Divine Love: An Interview with Catherine Ghosh' Elephant Journal, May 22, 2011
'Partying With the Dead' Shades of the Same Skin, Creative Talents Unleashed, 2016
'The Fire Breather' Bacopa Literary Review, October 2015
'Once in a Blue Moon' Goddesses in America, July 31, 2015
'Bleeding Out Unicorns' Exalt Road Publishing, September 18, 2014
‘Miscarriage Melodies’ Rebelle Society March 19th, 2013
Best of Rebelle Society, Volume I: Celebrating the Art of Being Alive (Volume 1)
'Dance of Divine Love: An Interview with Catherine Ghosh' Elephant Journal, May 22, 2011
