Spiritually Speaking
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AKWAABA: "Year of Return, Ghana 2019"
Photo by Sonia Roberts
AKWAABA“Year of Return, Ghana 2019”A Photo Blog: Yoga in Ghana, 20032019 is a landmark year. It’s been 400 years since the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the United States. 1619 is widely recognized as the start of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade where millions of Africans were kidnapped and brought to America as free labor.
In November of 2003, I had the opportunity to travel with Krishna Kaur and the International Association of Black Yoga Teachers to Ghana. It was called Yoga in Ghana: “A Celebration of Health and Human Spirit.”
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"Blossom Your Buttocks"
Photo by bruce mars on Unsplash
“Blossom Your Buttocks”
Listen, Reflect and Transform From the Inside Out
“Blossom your buttocks, like an African dancer,” instructed the white yoga teacher trainer, as I stood in one of my first yoga teacher trainings. The yoga room full of mostly white students, rotated their inner thighs back, and stuck out their butts. I was in a classroom of 30 students, mostly white women and no other Black students. When I heard this instruction, I froze and stopped breathing. I was in shock. I could not speak.
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Love in Action: Liberate Yourself and Others
Photo by Mariam Soliman on UnsplashLove In Action
“Love is an action.” bell hooksLove in action begins with how you treat yourself. The ability to see all of yourself, both the divinity and the imperfections with complete acceptance leads to a loving, forgiving, open heart and mind. There is often so much focus on changing, judging or fixing yourself, rather than loving yourself. When you find the courage to face your fears and love yourself fully and completely, you learn compassion and gain the ability to see clearly, real love, just as it is. Real love is unconditional love without expectations or limitations, allowing yourself and others to be open, honest and free.
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