Produced in collaboration with Love Light Yoga and Jesi Carson Designs, "Yin & Social Justice" is a conversation with Danielle Hoogenboom and Dia Penning about how an embodied practice can help us to overcome systems and structures of oppression. This 20 minute chat also introduces the Yin Yoga Teacher Training experience with Love Light Yoga … Continue reading Yoga and Social Justice
Kaitlin of the Alphabet Rockers
Kaitlin is Artistic Director for a children’s hip hop group named “Alphabet Rockers.” The Equity Collective is participating in a collaboration with them. The intent is to provide a way to explore systems and collective history in a space occupied by both children and parents. Together, we are exploring paradox and cultural learning. Our working … Continue reading Kaitlin of the Alphabet Rockers
Refusing to be Complicit
A dear friend of mine responded to the recent acquittal of the officer that shot Philando Castile in this way: “It is not to say that having a “guilty” verdict is justice when the prison industrial complex is the product of systemic racism. Prisons aren’t the answer. What a “not guilty” verdict means is that […]
Liberated Education
How can parents choose schools that will support a liberation framework for their kids? In this interview between Dia and Trina from Parenting for Liberation, Dia talks about the possibilities of what could be, by examining the space in which her son is currently educated. https://soundcloud.com/parentingforliberation/interview-with-dia-penning
A yoga teacher and a police officer walk into a bar…
Beth Zygielbaum is a Yoga teacher and Owner of Leela Yoga in Alameda, CA. She is committed to her community, the studio teachers volunteer at the Alameda County Food Bank once a month, the yoga teacher training connects the Sanskrit concept of seva, work performed without any thought of reward or repayment, to community involvement … Continue reading A yoga teacher and a police officer walk into a bar…
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