Ahimsa in Action: Iyengar Yoga and Social Justice
Iyengar Yoga as Healing Justice: As we refine our consciousness through the profound practice of Iyengar Yoga, can the practice also be a strategic tool to help create a more just, equitable society? How can a healing justice framework heal our community, and strengthen the future of our lineage? Let us explore the possibilities together.
In our last blog post we laid out why this work is important to us as Iyengar yoga practitioners. If you have not read it yet, check it out here. One of our calls to action is to start a Social Justice and Yoga Study Group. Below are some considerations when starting such a group… Continue reading Starting a Social Justice Yoga Study Group
“Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through the individual, society and community develop.” ~ BKS Iyengar, Tree of Yoga Most of us in the USA are busy getting by. Maybe you have a college degree, or post-college degrees, or not. Maybe you have children, maybe a partner, or not. You may own a home… Continue reading This Work is for All of Us: The Kriya Yoga of Anti-Racism
By Hong Gwi-Seok I first learned the term “white space” to describe the blanks on the page of a poem where there is no text. You know, emptiness. But I’ve come to hear it and apply it as a concept used by POC (people of color) to describe a place that is not empty, but… Continue reading Is My Yoga Studio a “White Space”?
Hi, We're glad you're here. This project was inspired by a collaborative, well attended workshop at the recent 2019 Iyengar Yoga Convention in Dallas named 'Ahimsa in Action: Race, Social Justice, and Iyengar Yoga Community' and a growing surge of interest in the rich overlap of our yoga practice, evolving communities, and healing justice work.… Continue reading Welcome to the Ahimsa in Action Blog!
Ahimsa in Action: Iyengar Yoga and Social Justice 