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Eve's Apples :

Change the Perspective

"Reading has not only changed my life but saved it.

The right books picked at the right times, especially one that scares us,

threatens to undermine all we have been told,

the one that contains forbidden thoughts.

These are the books that become

Eve's Apples".

Terry Tempest Williams, When Women Were Birds

Welcome to resources that could change your perspective

upon body, mind, relationship,

social justice, and more.

Featured Wisdom for July:

Beyond Imagined Barriers

This collection of writings asks how modern yoga practices

allow us to reflect upon "impassioned reactions"

within body as well as mind consciousness.

EmbodiYoga founder Lisa Clark writes;

"Reflect on that urgent energy. Where is it showing up in your body?

How is it manifesting? Is there an urge to do, and do you engage that impulse

immediately - or can you create space to reflect on it first?”

What yoga practices bring this reflection space into your consciousness?

What have your teachers given you to support this?

How do you support "impassioned reflection" in your life?

What does your 21st Century Yoga Practice look like?

Here are some conversations to consider:

Yoga & Sustainable Activism?

Well, it's complicated.

An excerpt from

21st Century Yoga:

Culture, Politics & Practice

A Collection of Essays

Edited by Carol Horton & Roseanne Harvey

"Undoubtedly, activists can benefit from incorporating some form of spiritual practice in their lives. If nothing else, spiritual practices can help prevent the burnout associated with activism and social justice work. However, what may seem to be an obvious relationship between inner and outer transformation is actually a very complex subject.

The mental and physical benefits of yoga asana are widespread, and would most likely translate across diverse groups. When it comes to the question of how yoga influences ethical and moral action, however, things get complicated. Why? Because any insight gained as a result of spiritual practice must be translated through unique social, cultural, and ideological frameworks of the practitioner.

There are no simple answers to the complex global challenges we are facing on this earth. However, it is helpful to understand the extent to which spiritual practices like yoga can, and can not, guide our efforts at social transformation."

~ Be Scofield

Modern Yoga needs to pause for reflection. Yoga is at a precarious place where it could go a number of directions right now, and as practitioners, as a community, we have the opportunity to co-create the future of yoga."

~ Roseanne Harvey

Body Imperialism In Yoga:

What has been yoga's role in perpetuating

Body Imperialism

in practice and form?

An excerpt from

White Bodies, Psoas,

Gesturing Power Over

by Liz Koch

The Underside of Child's Pose

Rob & Nick Carter, Yoga Photograms

"What posturing and performance share in common is a deep disconnect between the inspired heart and our gut instincts, between rising up and sensing ground where all life dissolves into the rich humus of earth.

Make no mistake white bodies are capable of sensing deeply and can become conscious of the insidious ways that colonization is held within our flesh and blood. We may squirm and distract ourselves, but we have what it takes to dissolve these century-old impulses to cage,

control and power over body.

With awareness, we can begin to recognize our conditioning and through attention we can allow our primal impulses to grow a capacity to dissolve the distortions and claim life-supportive gestures and expressions."

Feeling More, Understand More:

Powerful Writings, Powerful Teachings

In seeking balance and equanimity in

our practices, we have prepared

ourselves to work yogically in our

lives and relationships.

An Opportunity for Impassioned Reflection:

White Urgency to End Racism: Why Now? How Can Whites Work Against Racism While Ensuring that We Don't Re-center White Supremacy In the Process

by Beth Berila