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Amplify and Activate: Connecting Yoga and Social Justice

Unity in Yoga

Teaching for Equity recipient, Jasmine Hines discusses yoga as a form of social justice and self-care towards collective liberation. Listen to the inspiration behind Amplify and Activate, a nonprofit that functions as an interactive, inquiry based, learning community.

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