Yoga + Social Justice: Skill in Action

Sunday, August 5th at 1 pm

Yoga + Social Justice: Skill in Action

Reading and Conversation

Are you are interested in the intersection of yoga and justice, the role of contemplative practice in activists spaces and exploring your relationship to power and privilege? Author, yoga teacher, social justice activist and licensed clinical social worker, Michelle Johnson, is offering a book reading and discussion on the intersection of yoga and justice based on her new book Skill in Action, Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World.

The workshop is not a yoga class. It will include contemplative practice, journaling, self-reflection and small group discussions. Show up to learn more about yourself and to identify ways to inspire justice.  You will leave with a deeper connection to self, your community and all beings.

“Skill in Action” will be available for purchase at Adeline Yoga.  The event will conclude with a book signing so you can have Michelle sign your book!

Sliding Scale

$10 – 25

Please pre-register.  You are welcome to pay $25 online, or simply register and pay the sliding scale at the door.

All are encouraged to attend regardless of ability to pay.

About the book:

Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World asks readers to explore the deeply transformational practice of yoga, and become social change agents so that they can create a world that is just for all.

The book explores liberation for ourselves and others, while asking us to engage in our own agency, whether that manifests as activism, volunteer work, or changing our relationships with others and ourselves.

Skill in Action clearly defines power and privilege, oppression, liberation and suffering, and invites readers to take steps to make changes in their lives to create a world that allows all of us to be free. The end of each chapter, includes a sample practice so that readers can put the wisdom gained from the book into action in their lives.  These sample practices include: breathwork, asana, meditation and interpersonal relational work.

In an effort to move towards liberation for all, the practices extend beyond the individual to offer resources and tools to shift institutional policies and procedures in a culture that has left all of us negatively impacted by white supremacy.

Skill in Action is heavily influenced by the Bhagavad Gita an ancient yogic text that calls us to live into our dharma and duty even when many distractions entice us to move off our our path.  Skill in Action calls people and communities to take action and to not become complicit by becoming complacent. It asks that we take the powerful practice of yoga and use it to create a world that makes space for all, that values all and that speaks truth to power.

About the author

Michelle Johnson is a yoga teacher, anti-racism trainer and author based in Portland, Oregon. Last year she wrote, edited, published and successfully crowdfunded “Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World”. This book asks readers to explore the deeply transformational practice of yoga, and to become a social change agent to create a world that is just for all. The book explores liberation for everyone, while inviting readers to enact agency, whether that manifests as activism, volunteer work, or changing relationships with others and ourselves. Learn more about Michelle at https://www.michellecjohnson.com/