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Radicalizing Yoga and Bringing Social Justice to the Mat

By Stephanie Van Hook — 2019

Yoga teacher and activist Michelle C. Johnson talks to Nonviolence Radio about her book “Skill In Action.”

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Patience Is a Dirty Word

“We do not want our freedom gradually,” John Lewis said, “but we want to be free now!”

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Ibram X. Kendi
2020
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Body-Positivity Advocate Jessamyn Stanley: Yoga Isn’t Just for “One Type of Person”

Right now, yoga is “marketed toward thin, white, affluent people. That’s such a small percentage of who exists, and it’s not the group of people who need yoga the most,” says Stanley.

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Halley Bondy
2019
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Rabbi Rami: My Morning Ritual

Early each morning, often long before dawn, I chant. I chant in Hebrew and Sanskrit. I chant from the morning liturgy of my root tradition, Judaism, and I chant mantra from my adopted traditions, Buddhism and Hinduism.

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Rabbi Rami Shapiro
2017
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Elisa Shankle Is Encouraging Her Community to Be Brave and Heal

“Vulnerability is scary. I associate bravery with vulnerability because it takes bravery to be vulnerable,” the Brooklyn wellness expert says.

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Julia Craven
2019
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Move into Meditation with Shiva Rea’s Prana Flow Pranams: Prepare for a Life-Changing Sun Salutation Practice with Shiva Rea’s Prana Flow Pranams

Steps to perform the Mountain Pose with heart opener and victory mudra. Start your day right.

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Shiva Rea
2017
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Welcome Summer with Shiva Rea's Solstice Prostration Practice: Celebrate the Summer Solstice and Second International Day of Yoga with Shiva Rea's Prana Flow Pranams, a Healing Movement Meditation Featuring Whole-Body Prostrations to the Earth.

Dive into Sun Salutations with Shiva Rea and discover the sequences, mantras, and mudras that originally accompanied this simple yet powerful ancient practice.

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Shiva Rea
2017
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You Are Here: The Five Koshas, or 'Layers' of the Body, Constitute a Map for Navigating the Inner Journey.

Within yoga, a different guide is needed—one that charts the landscape of the self. The koshas, “layers” or “sheaths,” make up one such map, charted by yogic sages some 3,000 years ago.

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Shiva Rea
2017
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Dharma Mittra: No Yama, No Yoga

Dharma Mittra’s Master Yoga Chart of 908 Postures has inspired students for almost 25 years. It hangs in homes and studios all over the world.

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Anna Dubrovsky
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“It’s the Ultimate Commitment to Self Love”: How Adriene Mishler Put the Heart Back into Yoga

Most of us have tried some form of yoga over the years. But how many have turned that toe-dipping into a truly beneficial daily practice?

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Molly Flatt
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Mandela and the Question of Violence

One should never lose sight of why America preaches nonviolence to some people while urging other people to arms.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
2013
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