Many are wondering how to respond to the collective trauma caused by Covid-19, white supremacy and racism and all forms of superiority and oppression. Many are wondering how to make space for their grief and liberation amid social isolation and distancing. Dominant culture wants us to continue to disassociate from ourselves and others, divide and conquer, maintain the status quo and turn away from heartbreak we may be feeling at this time.

While we have questions about how to respond and be in this moment, I believe that we must respond with steadfastness and courageous hearts to the urgent concerns of this time. Spiritual practice invites us to lean into discomfort and truth, move through and with our emotions and grief, better understand the nature and causes of suffering and transform in service of the collective good. Spiritual practice including meditation and yoga, allow us to work with sensation, toxic thought patterns, grief, cultural conditioning, overwhelm, and anxiety through mindfulness and thoughtful care.

Skill in Action provides experiential embodied activities to wade through emotions, learn our history and challenge the urge to remain complacent. If you are a yogi, healer, or social change agent this workshop is designed for you.

SOME OF WHAT WILL BE EXPLORED:

• Cultural Trauma and Collective Grief

• Spiritual Bypassing and Cultural Appropriation

• Dharma and Duty to intervene, disrupt and dismantle systems of oppression

• Meeting the Political and Cultural Moment with Spiritual Practice

• Meditation

• Embodied practice and asana

• Creating culture: Agreements and assumptions

• Social location

• Privilege, Power and Oppression

• Racism, Internalizations and intersectionality

Wear comfortable clothing, have a journal and any other sacred objects nearby.