Yoga + Gender: Solidarity as a Practice for Collective Transformation
This 4 week comprehensive series delves into the dynamics of gender in yoga, through history to the present moment.
We will explore yoga history as it relates to ancient women, femme, and gender expansive folks through various mediums such as literature, art, and poetry. This inquiry will inform an exploration of the modern yoga context and best practices to cultivate liberation-oriented spaces. We will look at ways in which we practice cross sectional solidarity, and build authentic relationships across differences for collective transformation.
In the Path of Love: A Short Study of the Long History of Bhakti
Bhakti is perhaps the oldest, the most ancient spiritual and religious traditions of humanity, going back to pre-recorded history. The path of heart-led devotion is expressed through stone and poetry, dance and art, is textured with emotion and localized flavor. This offering shares an insightful short study into the long history of Bhakti delving into the interplay of gender, culture, politics, religions, nationalism and languages. Anjali will offer ways into practicing bhakti in authentIc ways on and off the yoga mat, and share more about the upcoming Yoga and Gender cohort.
Lighting Up The Path: Critical Insight into Yoga, Religion, Caste, and Race
This twelve hour course demystifies the dynamics and manifestations of power in yoga with an emphasis on caste, religion and race, delving into embodied anti-oppression as an ongoing liberatory practice. The lectures and discussions offer insight into developments that shaped Yoga, the history of movements such as ethno-nationalism, anti-colonialism and place them in context to the times we live in. We will discuss the imperative to study, dismantle fundamentalism, racism and Brahminism in context to Yoga. The course is for BIPOC only and aims to be an intimate, committed space where we build a dedicated community of practitioners who are deeply interested in discerning and shifting the narratives of mainstream Yoga.
Community Mantra + Breath with Anjali Rao
Anjali Rao will be subbing this week's mantra practice for Find Your Breath Online.
Anjali is a yoga educator offering a multi disciplinary approach, integrating yoga philosophy and history, with storytelling, imagery and poetry. She brings critical insight into the Yoga stories and histories that have been obscured by Brahminism, heteropatriarchy and colonization. She is the host of The Love of Yoga podcast and serves as the President of the Board of Directors of Accessible Yoga. You can learn all the ways to support her and continue to learn from her at https://www.yoganjali.me/
Lighting Up The Path
We dive into the history of caste and ethno-nationalism, and understand how it continues to manifest in Yoga. This course is for BIPOC only and aims to be an intimate, committed space where we build a dedicated community of practitioners who are deeply interested in discerning and shifting the narratives of mainstream Yoga.
The History of Wellness and Oppressions, A Panel on International Yoga Day
Was a panelist in The History of Wellness and Oppression: A Panel Discussion with Prachi Patankar, caste abolition activist hosted by Equality Labs. This is a pivotal conversation about caste supremacy, religious fundamentalism and Yoga.
The Light of the Gayatri
Often revered as one of the most ancient and powerful mantras, each syllable of the Gayatri mantra from the Rig Veda has specific significance. Chanting the Gayatri mantra is said to proffer great wisdom and peace, and has lived through the oral traditions for thousands of years. The story has hues of mysticism to being a part of many sociopolitical movements. We will listen to the stories, revel in the sacred sounds and learn how to chant this potent mantra together.
Accessible Yoga 200-Hour Teacher Training: Centering Accessibility & Equity Through Skillful Teaching
I will be teaching in this training alonside Jivana Heyman, Mukunda Marc Morozumi & M Camellia along with guest faculty: Indu Arora, Arturo Peal, Jesal Parikh, Tamika Caston-Miller, Sarit Rogers, Dani Anderson, Tristan Katz, and Tan Hubbard-Hood.
This training meets or exceeds all Yoga Alliance upleveled standards, with special emphasis on deepening your practice and understanding of the philosophy of yoga. In particular, we’ll look at how we can apply the yoga teachings in our daily lives to create a more equitable and just world.
Return to Joy Mexico Retreat with Avery Kalapa and Anjali Rao
Embody’s Yoga Roots 300hr Yoga Teacher Training. This online 300hr Yoga Teacher Training is an advanced course for Yoga Practitioners looking to embody yoga for personal and social change & advance their practice.