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YOGA, THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM, & ANTI-RACISM

What do we mean by “Trauma-Informed” Yoga?:

Trauma is an emotional and physiological response to exposure to an incident, series of incidents, or on-going circumstances that are disturbing and sometimes life-threatening. Trauma has lasting adverse effects on a person’s- or society’s- functioning, including their mental, physical, social, emotional, and/or spiritual well-being. What is traumatic to one person may not be to someone else, and how trauma shows up in one person can be quite different than in another.

Trauma-informed yoga utilizes tools such as intentional breathing, movement, and meditation to find & practice awareness of, and presence in, our physical bodies. It emphasizes choice, self-empowerment, and encourages us to meet ourselves where we are- as opposed to where we might like to, or feel we should, be. These practices can be especially important for people who are incarcerated, as we know that the experience of incarceration is itself traumatic, and often compounds upon & exacerbates existing traumas.

Decolonization of Yoga

Decolonization Education Resources compiled by Yoli Maya Yeh

Namaste Masterclass (free!) Susanna Barkataki

Embrace Yoga's Roots Susanna Barkataki

Honor Don’t Appropriate Yoga online summit (free!)

Act Against Appropriation Compilation of resources from Tejal & Jesal of Yoga is Dead podcast

Podcasts

Yoga Is Dead Join Indian-American hosts Tejal + Jesal as they explore & expose power, privilege, fair pay, harassment, race, cultural appropriation and capitalism in the yoga and wellness worlds.

Finding Refuge from Michelle Cassandra Johnson: This podcast emerged from work based in the exploration of collective grief and liberation.

Racism: There Is No Spiritual Bypass panel discussion w/ Yoli Maya Yeh, Harry Pickens & Sonia Tully

Accessible Yoga Race & Equity conversation; Amber Karnes & Jivana Heyman

American Legal System

Chicago Votes - Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans.

IL Network for Pretrial Justice- The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice serves to connect organizations working to reduce pretrial incarceration in Illinois and, more broadly, to end mass incarceration and address the root causes of socio-economic and racial inequity in our legal system.

Get Educated on The Pre-trial Fairness Act

Teach-In on Pretrial Fairness Act Recording of Feb 4 FB Live

The Marshall Project

John Howard Association

Justice & Parole S3 E322 of Justice in America podcast

Abolition Education compiled list of multimedia from SURJ Chicago