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CE Workshop | I Don’t See Color, Part 6

The topic of this week’s workshop will be on Allyship vs. Accomplice-ship, seeking to describe the differences between the two and explore what each looks like in action. Keep learning how we can best show up for one another.

This digital series is intended to open minds and hearts to the experiences of those who often go unseen, pre-judged, or misunderstood. To not see color is to not see the differences and complexities of the human experience. Through the “I Don’t See Color” series, Yoga Alliance invites our worldwide community into a space for listening, learning and conversation. When someone says, “I don’t see color,” the intent may be one of non-harming, but the message received can have the effect of bypassing someone else’s trauma or lived experience because it does not look like your own. We are here to share and converse, with the hope that you, the listener, will take these experiences and the information provided for self-reflection. Because life, without empathy, is cruelty.

CE Workshop | Men’s Yoga for BIPOC

This month, we're highlighting men's yoga with a focus on the Black male community. This workshop looks at meaningful ways to engage Black men in the practices of yoga and meditation, while highlighting its benefits and how our panelists individually impact the cities and communities they serve.

CE Workshop | Men Care Now Fellowship: Creating a Safe and Inclusive Space for All Men

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are critical to understanding various perspectives and building personal development and community growth. The first step to building a community that fosters DEI is creating strong principles and delivering powerful and helpful information that can lead to increased risk awareness and greater compassion. By allowing each individual to find what works for them—and by bringing those experiences together using a rigorous framework—so many more people have the opportunity to find out how yoga can benefit their life. In this class, presenters discuss this central topic and share individual offerings and experiences.

CE Workshop | Kemetic Yoga for BIPOC

Take a deep dive into the ancient Egyptian system of Kemetic Yoga. Learn more about what Kemetic yoga is, including its importance, history, and philosophy.

Panel Discussion | Intention into Impact: Transform Your Teaching into Action

This panel discussion focuses on taking intentions around creating yoga equity and turning them into meaningful action. It’s often that we have the right intentions but lack framework and strategy to translate them. Here, panelists share three specific tools to help teachers impact their communities in a way that translates into equity and inclusion.

CE Workshop | Yoga and Society: Realities and Misperceptions Fueled by the Media

Using survey and media research, this workshop discusses yoga population demographics, including the presiding public impression and social justice implications of the skewed dominance of white women practitioners. The conversation will explore faulty impressions including the need for flexibility—or even wealth—in order to practice, as well as the need for inclusive public education and recognition that yoga can be adapted for any practitioner.

Panel Discussion | Evolution of Yoga Summit and Blueprint, Kickoff

In this panel, leadership from Yoga Alliance, Accessible Yoga, and Yoga Service Council discuss and highlight the Evolution of Yoga Blueprint document created to raise questions, explore possibilities, and invite change in the areas of yoga and cultural appropriation, racism, consent, and accessibility. This conversation is followed by three more panels that dive deeper with experts in the areas discussed in the Blueprint.

Panel Discussion | Evolution of Yoga Summit and Blueprint, Part 1: Increasing Accessibility

As a continuation of the Evolution of Yoga Summit and Blueprint series, this discussion looks at ongoing barriers that continue to keep Yoga an exclusive practice and proposes some possible solutions and ideas for moving forward and addressing these concerns. Presenters examine and deconstruct the following: the definition and principles of accessibility, what is keeping marginalized populations away from the practice, the visible and invisible barriers that make yoga inaccessible, and a path forward.

CE Workshop | Reflection: Yoga Teachers, Power, and Privilege, Part 2

Inspired by presenter Susanna Barkataki’s book Embrace Yoga’s Roots, this four-part series explores key issues in our community and offers participants experience in powerful practices like yoga, conversation, breathing, and meditation. These practices help support us in mending our spirits as we act, transform, care, and support ourselves and others. Part 2 focuses on power and privilege.