Race and Resilience, led by me and Kerri Kelly, is offering an exciting workshop at Kripalu. EMBODYING EQUITY IN YOGA AND BEYOND is a three day online retreat focused on dismantling racism and connecting with our individual and collective resilience within the Yoga community. As a community, we can't afford to evade our responsibility for creating a just world by believing that our personal transformation is disconnected from collective liberation. To create a racially equitable space we need a shared understanding and definition of racism and whiteness.
Through conversation, guided questions, and group work you
- Define racism and white supremacy and share an analysis that explains personal, institutional, and cultural racism
- Discuss the history of the race construct, how racism impacts spiritual spaces, and offer tools for application of the analysis
- Define your role and responsibility in the movement based on our social location and purpose
- Explore ways to work across lines of difference in your communities and social change work
- Offer embodied practices to integrate your work, center social justice in spiritual practice and build community resilience.
The unpacking of race and resiliency is a cultural shift. It questions what it looks like to be and work together in solidarity towards collective liberation and wellbeing. It is an important shift that cultivates a capacity to show up with courage and compassion for the long haul.