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Racial Inequity in Yoga Communities and Our Responsibility
With Naima Beckles and Eric Mosley
Naima Beckles and Eric Mosley E-RYT 200, will guide participants through the history of racial inequity from "birth to earth," create a container for self-inquiry and analysis, and draft or "birth" personal commitments as yoga teachers grounded in the Yamas, or ethical guidelines from Patanjali's eightfold path.
They will guide us into the raw and vulnerable spaces of looking at our own relationship to race, wellness, and access to the teachings of yoga.
What to expect.
In this three hour workshop, expect a combination of embodied practices, skills, reflection prompts, sharing and compassionate listening to explore the raw and vulnerable spaces of unpacking personal relationships to race, wellness, and the teachings of yoga.
Other considerations:
All health and wellness begins with maternal health and wellness.
This workshop is just the beginning of what should be a life-long process of inquiry.
Active participation is necessary.
Participants will receive a resource list of materials mentioned throughout the workshop.
Taught by
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Naima Beckles
Naima Beckles is an educator, perinatal coach, doula and founding director of For Your Birth – an intentionally diverse doula agency in New York City. Naima is also a teacher and Holding Space Consultant with The Institute for the Study of Birth Breath and Death where she and the institute’s founder, Amy Wright Glenn, have created a course for birth professionals on understanding and responding to the impact that pregnancy loss, trauma, and infant death has on communities of color.
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Eric Mosley
Eric Mosley is a Yoga Alliance registered yoga and meditation teacher, educator, and diversity & inclusion consultant on a mission to decolonize the western wellness experience and encourage all people, particularly people of color, to bring their most authentic selves to their mats. With a background in education and school leadership spanning over 10 years, he launched Black Mat Yoga to address identity based inequities in wellness spaces.