#yoga4blm

What a blessing to meet new friends that inspire us in ways they do not know. Thank you @mittseely @alexisseely for inspiring early evening practice yesterday... MUCH Needed and thank you!! 🦋🦋🦋 Life is not as efficient as a line, the shortest distance between two points. If you ask a building contractor, they will tell you...there is no such thing as a straight line. 🦋🦋🦋 Somewhere between two extremes, there is always tour truth. Not what we think, fear, or even hope...but what is. 🦋🦋🦋 Perception gives us the gift of the present moment. For without attachment, is the only way, we can free ourselves to see clearly. Namaste yogis. Happy #Pride and keep up the fight!! #yoga4blm . . . 🏡 @estancialajolla 🩳 @vuoriclothing 👕 @lululemonmen 💎 @goodearthyoga 🧘🏻‍♂️ @calvmonster 🙏 @alomoves @aloyoga 🛠 @mandukayoga (at Estancia La Jolla) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdlJ6tjPa0/?igshid=m0hr3ngjdsic

Heeeeyyyyy!!!! I am behind so here are all the poses in order. It’s a long read but worth it. Hope you enjoy, join and/or support! ☮️💟🕉 Repost from @curvy_yogavibe Join #yoga4blm challenge *** NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED *** June 15-Juneteenth . June15th : Bridge pose : Bridge the gap in the yoga community. Western Yoga has become white washed!! We all know what yoga teaches the US and the philosophy behind it but are those principles actually being used by whites in the yoga community? We are conditioned to believe that ONLY wealthy, skinny white women deserve to have yoga. Let’s change that narrative #blackyogismatter . With that being said … . We would like to put together a donation toward an aspiring BLACK yoga teacher who can’t afford to start their yoga teaching journey because of how expensive it is to do so . At the end we will create a poll and do a drawing on June 20th . The Chosen person will let us know what course/ yoga studio they want to attend and we will pay all / or a portion of their tuition depending on donations. No donation is too small . This is also the beginning of a scholarship program for future black yogis to attend YTT programs. Yoga 4 BLM scholarship program . Send donation to : cash.app/$nikkiatoms . June16th: Tree Pose : Grow in our community, coming together as a people . June17th: Chair pose : Tapas ( build heat, transformation ) . Sit with the discomfort that black people had to deal with for centuries . SIT with the pain, ACKNOWLEDGE it , respect it , feel it , and understand it. . June 18th: Pyramid : IN AFRICA we were architects, we were builders . We built one of the strongest structures in the WORLD that still stands strong today . Although history stories pretend like it's a mystery it certainly is NOT. Even in ancient times we were great people . In this pose stand strong with the intention of not being shaken, or thrown off course in this fight against racism . . June19: Gate pose : Open the gates of heaven as we pay tribute to all the beautiful souls that we lost to Racism and police brutality ! #SAY THEIR NAMES !!! . ...continued in comments https://www.instagram.com/p/CBjYiTZDWh2/?igshid=1vk4lz105ikjc

Looking back on the past several weeks, how can one recap, whenwe are just learning to understand: 🦋 How to listen...differently. 🦋 How to share...differently. 🦋 How to support...differently. 🦋 How to grow...differently. Is there anything harder than change? 🦋🦋🦋 It takes A LOT of pressure to make a diamond. Or what is it about gravity, that inclines a star to implode, before exploding. Earths core does not melt effortlessly into its molten core. Gravity is an opposition of forces. Both sides. NOT human nature. We hold the power to tip the scales of justice, and use our shared resources to do so. 🦋🦋🦋 Now is the time where we have to get back to work DIFFERENTLY, together DIFFERENTLY, and holding ourselves accountable DIFFERENTLY. Conversing and listening in a new way. 🦋🦋🦋 Technology supports us and hurts us. We are flooded with images, and while I will practice in silence for the next week (no 1pm Daily officially) you may see me there for the live surprise. I read what was out there and have been blessed to... Make new friends. Support organizations in need. Find #Yoga4BLM to remember that even from the four corners of my mat, we can change. From within, or without, just change. 🦋🦋🦋 Embrace the good. Feel our strength. Know my love is real and that I am not only here to listen, but act in having uncomfortable conversations (for my life is filled with comforts) talk about hard things (because yoga brings me ease) and celebrate the beauty of a unified strength that will no longer rest in the face of social injustice. 🦋🦋🦋 I stand with you. Not silent, but listening, speaking, donating, offering, praying and loving ALL of my brothers and sisters with a desire in their heart to create a better tomorrow for us all!! Namaste and I will be here. Reflecting, practicing, and finding the beat way to appropriate the limited physical resources I have while #healingthroughyoga. And if you want class, or lease seek out and search free classes from @alomoves @joshkrameryoga @ashleygalvinyoga @andrew7sealy @caleyalyssa @larugayoga @timsenesiyoga @fightmasteryoga or @goodearthyoga past series. 🦋🦋🦋 Namaste!! Jeff aka @goodearthyoga (at Los Angeles/Hollywood California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBVoleSjGOf/?igshid=1vh1rqceevi8f