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Lets talk about cultural appropriation in Yoga

June 23, 2022 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Sometimes an email arrives in your inbox and you have to share it. A well written and important contribution to the conversation around cultural appropriation of Yoga. An invitation to have a difficult conversation. See what arises for you when you read this? What actions can we take to make a difference? How are we complicit? More questions than answers, but that doesn't mean we should not ask them.  THE EMAIL: As world celebrates UN Yoga Day on June 21, Hindus upset at trivialization … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Uncategorized, What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi?, Yoga in the Media Tagged With: hindu, yoga culture, yoga marketing

Conversations with Carlos – Part 2

October 7, 2021 by Cara Butler Leave a Comment

By Cara Butler. Carlos does not shy away from challenging topics and in fact considers it a part of his yoga practice to stay engaged, educated and involved in societal and global issues. Even when it would be easier to turn inward and ignore the external chaos.  This is one of the reasons I hold Carlos in such high regard.  I have observed all too often in the yoga world that the teachings and practices are used by some to border on what I would call self-obsession. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism Tagged With: global issues, metaphysical, philosophy, spirituality, yoga philosophy

Climate Change, Extinction & How to be an Agent of Change

March 28, 2019 by Kara-Leah Grant 1 Comment

by Kara-Leah, It can be scary and painful to see the truth of the moment as it is. But many of us have been learning how to do this in our personal evolution as awakening human beings. We've been learning how to work with fear. How to sit with grief, shame and guilt. We've learned that by doing this, we can then release the wounds, the traumas and historical pain and free ourselves from the past - our own past, and the past of our ancestors. What's this got to do with Climate Change? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Awakening • Creating a More Beautiful World

The New World Paradigm: Get Clear, Create a Vision, Take Action

October 24, 2016 by Kara-Leah Grant 6 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant Eight years ago this week I began The Yoga Lunchbox with a vision in mind - to Bring Yoga to the People. Daily practice had made an enormous difference to my physical, mental and emotional well-being and I envisioned a world where everybody knew about yoga and meditation, and 10% of the population was practicing regularly. That vision has now been fulfilled. Yoga is everywhere. And people are practicing. So now what for The Yoga Lunchbox? That's what I've been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Musings from the Mat Tagged With: awakening, consciousness, evolution, New Paradigm, Revolution, visioning

Suzanne Sterling on Why What You Love is Key to Your Service {video interview}

October 17, 2014 by Kara-Leah Grant 2 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant It's that time of year again... the run-up to Wanderlust, which means I get to interview all kinds of amazing yoga teachers. First up in the series is Suzanne Sterling, in part because she's also a founder of Off the Mat Into the World which is running some events in New Zealand and Australia this October (just been) and December. Interviewing Suzanne meant finding out the low-down both about Off the Mat and how awesome it is, and about her and how awesome she is. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Teacher Interviews, Video Interviews Tagged With: chanting, expression, interview, kirtan, ritual, song, suzanne sterling, video, voice, wanderlust

The Release of Yoga and Body Image: 25 Personal Stories About Beauty, Bravery + Loving Your Body

October 14, 2014 by Guest Author 1 Comment

Melanie Klein loves her yoga body

By guest author Melanie Klein, Yoga and Body Image Coalition. Anna Guest–Jelley, founder of Curvy Yoga and the co-editor of Yoga and Body Image: 25 Personal Stories About Beauty, Bravery + Loving Your Body, and I both struggled with a distorted body image, our perception of ourselves, from early childhood on. In the process, we tried countless diets and experimented with a variety of fitness trends – all of which left us feeling shame, guilt and punishment for the bodies we lived in. Our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Yoga & Body Image Tagged With: diversity, equity, yoga and body image, yoga and body image coalition, yoga body, yoga culture, yoga is for every body, yoga practice

Getting Out of the Yoga Studio: What I’ve Learnt Teaching Yoga in Prisons

September 19, 2014 by Guest Author 5 Comments

This is the second article is this series looking all the ways in which people are excluded from yoga - reasons like social class, race, money, incarceration or general access. In this article Adhyatma shares how the Yoga Education in Prisons Trust (YEPT) got started, what the challenges have been and what she's learned from the experience.   by Adhyatma, Yoga Education in Prisons Trust After I finish teaching my Yoga classes, the men in my class often come up respectfully and shake my hand … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Teaching Insights Tagged With: accessible yoga, adhyatma, satyananda yoga, teaching yoga, yoga education in prisons

How to Change the World No Matter Where You Are or What You Do

October 23, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 3 Comments

Pondering how to save the world?

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat This month marked nine years since I returned from overseas, after having two psychotic episodes and ending up in Vancouver's Lion's Gate Hospital's Acute Psyche Ward. I was a mess. Eight years prior to that, I'd left New Zealand after completing a journalism certificate, heading overseas to seek fame and fortunate. I'd been runner up to Dux at high school, invited into two Honours subjects at University and voted Most Likely to be Prime Minister of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Musings from the Mat Tagged With: dissolution, drugs, ego, psychosis, self, shadows, world

What’s it like teaching yoga in prisons?

May 21, 2013 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

by Adhyatma, Satyananda Yoga Teacher and author of Broken Warriors - Reaching out to prisoners with yoga [Editor's Note: The Yoga Lunchbox is proud to support the Yoga Education in Prisons Trust through offering free listings of  YEPT fundraising events. Plus $1 from every print copy of Forty Days of Yoga goes to YEPT. It's awesome work they're doing! You can make a tax-deductible donation here.] We thought it was time for an update on the activities of Yoga Education in Prisons … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Teaching Insights Tagged With: adhyatma, prisoners, prisons, satyananda yoga, YEPT, yoga education in prisons

Thoughts on living in an awakening world

January 28, 2013 by Guest Author 2 Comments

An Interview with Prajnaparamita, an awakened Master Prajnaparamita is leading a retreat at Kawaipurapura on Feburary 16 and 17. Find out more here. 1. There seems to be a big shift in the way businesses are being run and in the way people are reconsidering their lives. What do you see happening? Globally, structures are breaking down on all levels. They can no longer hold themselves. The banks, politics and many corporations, the way they were used to operating is no longer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Teacher Interviews, The Process of Kundalini Tagged With: awakening, compassion .... do you really need 20?, dialogue, freedom, Global Consciousness, peace, Prajnaparamita, satsang, self-realisation, The Heart

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