How to Support BIPOC Students in Yoga Teacher Trainings

2022-06-02T19:44:12+00:00

The final straw in Harmeet Kaur Mann’s online yoga therapy class was when the First Nations women had to console crying white students about the discovery of 215 unmarked Indigenous children’s graves. If anything, it's the Indigenous women who need comforting, she thought. They need to support BIPOC students (students who are Black, Indigenous or People of Colour). Emotional labour interrupts learning Almost every class, Harmeet had had to point out that a white student’s comment was hurtful, or had missed the point. Teachers thanked her privately for being brave enough to come forward. Speaking up came naturally for Harmeet who [...]

How to Support BIPOC Students in Yoga Teacher Trainings2022-06-02T19:44:12+00:00

Gifted Mantra Performer Joins Yoga Training Faculty

2021-01-12T10:06:27+00:00

For generations, Rishima Bahadoorsingh’s family has practiced meditation, mantra and kirtan as part of daily life. Sundays were for learning about yoga philosophy. The family even took multiple trips from their home in Canada to India, where they would spend several months studying together in an ashram with their spiritual guru.    From age four, Rishima was drawn to classical Indian music, kirtan, and mantra. She devoted many years to training in piano, violin, harmonium, Indian percussion, Indian vocals, and Dhrupad or Naad – the yoga of sound. Eventually, she became a talented performer and music teacher herself.    Rishima will [...]

Gifted Mantra Performer Joins Yoga Training Faculty2021-01-12T10:06:27+00:00

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