For as long as I can remember, I’ve been curious about the spiritual path.* That curiosity led me to a whole host of interesting experiences, including studying ancient dead languages, reading thousands of pages of philosophy and theology, getting two religion degrees, being deeply involved in a movement to reimagine church and faith, writing three books, speaking across the country on issues of faith and culture, and working both within and around religious structures and roles for over a decade. In the last five years, this curiosity has sent me on a path that is decidedly East, both within my own faith tradition and beyond it. It’s led me to my yoga mat more often. It’s taken me into a deeper practice of meditation and prayer. And it’s also taken me to the dojang, where I’m practicing taekwondo for all the ancient reasons most of us never knew and the rest of us have dismissed or forgotten. If you stick around, you’ll hear me talk about all of these things (yoga, meditation, martial arts), and what I’m learning as I go.
All of these experiences have helped me realize that what I care about more than anything is helping people transform, helping people realize they have everything they need to cultivate a fuller and more fulfilling way of being human in the world. That’s the work I want to do here at Soul Ninja. If you’re part of a faith tradition, I hope Soul Ninja will empower you to move more deeply into practicing it. If you’re not, I hope you’ll see and feel that Soul Ninja is for everybody, because at its heart it’s simply about being a better human.
I live in Dallas, Texas with my husband, our two teenagers, and two very cute rescue dogs. In addition to my obsessions with piles of books, yoga, and taekwondo, I also have a deep love for chocolate, tea lattes, and being out in nature. Like Lizzie Bennet, I very much prefer walking. And, just to be clear, I’m not a soul ninja yet. But I want to be.
Thanks for coming by!
Danielle Shroyer
*If spiritual is a loaded word for you, you can also call it the awakened path, or the path of wisdom, or the path toward wholeness.
