Mindful Social Justice : Staying connected amidst the overwhelm

Join us for an intimate weekend of deepening in human connection and building resiliency together. With an emphasis on personal relationship, this weekend will give you an opportunity to explore how our thoughts about race and racism affect our individual selves and communities. Using small-group work and active listening exercises, as well as supportive yoga practices, participants will gain confidence embracing the unknown, unfamiliar, and difficult issues in our lives such as racism, systemic oppression, and what gets in the way of unlearning what's been handed down to us.  These sessions Aim to:

Build relationships and closeness in community around important questions such as: 
~What breaks your heart about our current world?
~What gets in the way of showing up for racial justice?
~What is difficult for you in looking at your own racism?
~Cultivate the wisdom in the room, and carry it into our communities.
~Shed a light on how people of color's stories have had to survive white supremacy culture to just simply "be".
~Utilize yoga as a centering tool.

Who is This Workshop For?

This workshop is for anyone who is interested in the intersection of yoga and social justice.NO PRIOR YOGA EXPERIENCE NEEDED.  It is for folks who have little to no exposure to yoga and meditation, and also folks who are deep in connection to their yoga practice.  Aaron and Jennie are committed to making all sessions accessible, trauma-informed, and effective for all levels of students.

This workshop is geared towards white-identified and white-skinned people.  AND, all racial identities are welcome. People of color are at the center of our care in spaces where white people are working on undoing their racism. This is one of the many ways we model how to resist holistically. Aaron and Jennie invite every person of color to have a one-on-one conversation with them prior to the workshop to make sure they are being thought about the entire time they are present in our workshops.

What You Can Expect:
~Collaborative, innovative, and participatory group work and conversation.
~Intimate, deep, and thoughtful work in pairs/dyads.
~Active listening exercises as tools to take with you after the workshop
~Yoga, Breathwork and meditation to ground and center us

Holistic Resistance has been bringing practice and action together in communities across the country. With an emphasis on personal relationship and closeness, we aim to build life-long connections and transformation. Our approach in these workshops combines deeply honoring the healing power of yoga and disrupting the unconscious patterns of racism in our communities and individual selves.

Oppression affects people of color on all levels of life. Holistic Resistance is drawn to practices that support all levels of life such as yoga. Yoga practitioners have a felt-sense in their bodies of what it can be like to sit with discomfort, to commit to a practice, to explore the yamas and niyamas on a deeply personal level.  This weekend is an opportunity for us to gather as yogis and explore how we can use our existing tools to benefit ourselves and our community. You are welcome to come to any and all of the sessions over this special weekend.
Income relevant payment options.

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Time: 6:00 pm to 3:00 pm Category: Community | Religion and Spirituality | Meditation and Yoga