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Michelle Young is a C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, E-RYT 500, and holds an M.Ed in Curriculum Development. She has been teaching in one capacity or another for almost 20 years, and she is passionate about creating authentic, accessible content that is both high quality and affordable. Absurdly high-quality yoga teacher training does not have to be expensive. Michelle …
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Pierre Bernard and his wife, Blanche DeVries, were among the earliest proponents of postural yoga in America. In 1924, they created the Clarkstown Country Club, where yoga was taught to affluent and influential clientele. The network created through this endeavor not only popularized yoga in the West but also advanced the reinvention of yoga as …
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Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:Women’s History Month 2024 Lovingly referred to as the first lady of yoga, Indra Devi was perhaps one of the most influential early practitioners of yoga in the United States in the mid-to-late 1940s. Though Devi died in 2002 at the age of 102, she is (and always …
Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:Women’s History Month 2024 About Krishna Krishna Kaur, a dynamic, heart centered Yoga teacher, began studying yoga in 1970 and has passionately taught the art and science of Kundalini Yoga and Self Awareness for over 40 years. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from her teaching …
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I managed to carve out 64 times to practice and teach Yoga last month. That may be my personal best! Thank you UC Berkley, Veterans Yoga Project, Yoga Specialists and Chrisine Brahami.
Kemetic Yoga™ is the ancient Egyptian system of Yoga enlightenment based upon the practices of physical movements combined with controlled deep breathing and meditation. The modern version of this ancient system was developed from primary research conducted by Dr. Asar Hapi and Master Yirser Ra Hotep (Elvrid Lawrence) of Chicago during the 1970s. Kemetic Yoga™ …
BLACK WOMEN’S YOGA HISTORY: MEMOIRS OF INNER PEACE answers one question: How have Black women elders managed stress? Memoirs by women over age seventy punctuate African American history and emphasize how popular self-care practices have been present since at least the mid-nineteenth century, with roots in African traditions. Primary sources refer to meditation and yoga …
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Everyone has heard about the story of Rosa Parks and her refusal to give up her seat onthe bus in the segregated American South. This started a boycott that helped change American society. From the Library of Congress:Rosa Parks had an interest in Buddhism. In her senior years, she took yoga classes and added Buddhist …
Black History Month 2024 Yoga spaces were never intended to be exclusive. Rather, they are meant to be inclusive and accessible. Go back to the Sutras to the Yamas and Ahimsa. Instead, make space within your consciousness for peace. View a documentary below about Yoga and some of its origins in the African American community. …
Striving for balance in January, I was on the mat for 47 practices. I led 7 practices and practiced Yoga 40 times. Keeping the scales tipped in my favor. Shout out to those who practiced with me on both sides of the mat, Veterans Yoga Project, Yoga Specialists, UC Berkley, and Rev. Christine Brahmi Romero, …