Episode 27 - Yoga Ethics for Transforming Racism with Keisha Battles & Kristine Weber

Episode 27 - Yoga Ethics for Transforming Racism with Keisha Battles & Kristine Weber

Yoga is a practice that nearly everyone buys into. It’s promise of flexibility and adaptability are a powerful and enticing invitation to engage in the uncomfortable for a greater good. But what does it mean to LIVE your yoga? And how can yoga be a tool for changing not just our bodies but our world? Maria and Chara explore these ideas with Kristine Weber and Kiesha Battles, two courageous yoga teachers who have created a project aimed at offering yoga’s ancient principles for ethical living as a lens, and tools for transforming racism and the landscape of social justice from the inside out!

Resources & Mentions

• Kristine and Keisha’s course: Yoga Ethics For Transforming Racism: https://go.subtleyoga.com/transformation-1

• Keisha Battles: https://www.kieshabattles.com/

• Yoga Ethics For Transforming Racism: https://go.subtleyoga.com/transformation-1

• Kristine Weber: https://subtleyoga.com/kristine-kaoverii-weber/

Mentions…

• Maya Breuer: http://www.mayabreuer.com/

• Course: https://kripalu.org/resources/finding-my-seat-circle-yoga-retreat-women-color

• Kriya Yoga: https://yogainternational.com/article/view/yoga-sutra-2-1-translation-and-commentary

• Dave Charlton and Ranju Roy: Embodying the Yoga Sutra: https://embodyingtheyogasutra.com/

• Yoga Alliance session on Ahimsa: https://www.yogaalliance.org/Get_Involved/COVID-19_Resources/Archived_COVID-19_Workshops_and_Events/CE_Workshop_Yoga_as_a_Living_Practice_Ahimsa

• White Ally: by Sonia Roberts: https://www.awakenedlovewarrior.com/products/white-ally-a-guide-to-cultivating-a-deeply-spiritual-antiracism-practice-signed-copy-by-sonia-roberts

• Kelley Palmer: “one of Keisha’s teachers of the yamas and niyamas

• Website: https://peacefilledmama.com/about/

• Course on Accessible yoga training site: https://www.accessibleyogatraining.com/race-equity

• Black Teacher’s Yoga Alliance: https://blackyogateachersalliance.org/

• Desikachar’s book “The Heart of Yoga” :https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Yoga-Developing-Personal-Practice/dp/089281764X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+heart+of+yoga&qid=1602275216&sr=8-1

• Debra Adele’s book: The Yamas and Niyamas https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/7057515-the-yamas-niyamas-exploring-yoga-s-ethical-practice

• Amplify and Activate: Jasmine Hines. https://www.amplifyandactivate.com/about-us

• George Floyd: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/george-floyd

• Breonna Taylor: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/breonna-taylor

• State of the Union:https://stateofunionyoga.com/

• Race in America: https://otmtraining.offthematintotheworld.org/p/race-in-america-2020

• Georg Feurstein: https://www.traditionalyogastudies.com/

• Michelle Cassandra Johnson: https://www.michellecjohnson.com/

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