One of the messages coming out of the Black Lives Matter movement is a call for white people to educate and orient themselves on the issues of racial injustice. This workshop is facilitated by a white practitioner and intended for other white folks and people who benefit from white privilege who are interested in exploring together how to align with antiracism. We will use yoga asana, meditative practices, journaling, and group sharing as containers for self-reflection and building our capacity for bearing witness to racialized trauma and how it shows up in our bodies, individually and collectively. Our intention is to learn about how we can do better in embodying our commitment to the liberation of all beings through solidarity with the movements for Black Lives and justice for Indigenous people and all people of color.
This work will be appropriate for all levels of physical practice and all levels of racial justice study/literacy. It is offered on a donation basis to benefit Black Voices Albuquerque and Tewa Women United. Please click to the Donate button for one or both organizations to make a donation.
This Workshop will be Live-Streamed
$20 Donation suggested but anything helps
Workshop Facilitator Áine McCarthy is a yoga teacher and Buddhist chaplain trained and ordained by Roshi Joan Halifax. She served as co-director of the Upaya Institute and Zen Center’s Chaplaincy Program for three years. She is a graduate of the Living School program at the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, and holds a B.A. in Religion from Wesleyan University. Áine started Chrysalis, a nonprofit dedicated to offering contemplative and creative programming for sur-thrivers of domestic violence and womxn in prison.