Are You Ready to Level Up?

Now is the time.

Now is the time to take your practice out of your body and into the world.

Now is the time to transform your intentions into lasting impact.

Now is the time to awaken.

• Are you a yoga teacher who’s reckoning with racial unrest and feeling stuck…stuck doing the same poses, chants, and meditations but unable to show up in the current racial climate in a way that feels authentic to you?

• Do you wish to “be the change” but have no idea where to start, how to start, or even if you really want to start?

• Do you flounder between “just focusing on the yoga” and feeling guilty because you’re unsure how to address issues of racial justice in your yoga space?

• Do you just want to understand the relationship between yoga and racial equity once and for all?

• Are you ready to do the hard work?

If so, this training is for you.

We meet on 5 Thursday evenings, 7-9 pm. October 29 – December 3 (no class on Nov. 26)

Cost: $285 early bird; after October 1, $325

What’s This Training About?

The days of being a “good” yoga teacher just by showing up with a complicated sequence and a fancy playlist are over. Our world is shifting and it needs yoga teachers to show up BIG now, more than ever. Our world is full of racial tension, hope, confusion, guilt, racial trauma, and grieving, and yoga spaces are not exempt. They are a microcosm of what’s happening in the world so you need more tools…more ways to share the transformative power of yoga to everyone you meet, no matter what race they are. 

It’s time to take your practice off of your mat and into the world…YOUR world by having real conversations about race relations. It’s time to use your voice for change. Are you ready to level up?

This virtual immersion will empower YOU to use your practice and voice to show up in the world, ready to serve rather than avoiding the complexities of race by spiritual bypassing. To teach and practice yoga inclusively, you need new skills, new conversations, new perspectives, new self-awareness…you need mindful racial equity training. 

Join Dr. Monea, Racial Justice Educator/Speaker and 500-hour Certified Yoga Teacher, for 5 weeks to take a deep dive into the realm of racial justice. Each week, we’re going to do a deep dive into challenging and complex race-related topics and material through small group work, group discussions, journaling, lectures, meditation, videos, and podcasts. We’ll use the 3 R’s- reflection, relationships, and resilience to do racial equity work the mindful way.

Program Details

We ask everyone to show up with an open mind and an open heart. Discomfort is normal, and we encourage you to work with that as we move through these important themes. Here’s the plan:

• Week 1: Introduction to Antiracism

  • This session provides shared language around race, racism, and antiracism. It is the foundation of the program. We can’t talk about racism until we speak the same language.

• Week 2: Antiracism and Me

  •  This session examines your implicit bias. It will empower you to dig deep into your innermost self to uncover and heal your biases. This deep look within is essential to doing antiracism work, authentically.

• Week 3: Antiracism and Yoga

  • This session explores the relationship between antiracism and yoga. Learn what yoga philosophy has to say about racial justice and how to approach racial justice work.

• Week 4: Antiracist Teaching and Practicing Yoga

  • This session will help you identify tangible changes to  make your teaching and practice more inclusive. You will leave this session with things you can do immediately, within 30, 60, 90 days and beyond.

• Week 5: Creating Racially Inclusive in Yoga Spaces 

  •  This session will guide you on how to make your yoga space (virtual or brick and mortar) more racially inclusive. If you are not a teacher or studio owner, this session will help you discover ways that you can  make your personal yoga space more racially inclusive.

• Dates: 

  • Thursday, October 15, 7-9pm

  • Thursday, October 22, 7-9pm

  • Thursday, October 29, 7-9pm

  • Thursday, November 5, 7-9pm

  • Thursday, November 12, 7-9pm

• Cost: $285 early bird until October 1, $325 full price 

• This training is worth 12 CEUs for Yoga Alliance.

• Open to all yoga teachers and teacher trainees.

This program is co-sponsored by Lighthouse Yoga Center, Sun and Moon Yoga Studio, and Flow Yoga Center.