Inclusivity and Belonging in Yoga
Hosted by: Omstars

Kino MacGregor is a Miami native and founder of Omstars—the world’s first yoga TV network. With over 1 million followers on Instagram and over 500,000 subscribers on YouTube and Facebook, Kino’s message of spiritual strength reaches people all over the world. Sought after as an expert in yoga worldwide, Kino is a international yoga teacher, inspirational speaker, author of four books, producer of six Ashtanga Yoga DVDs, writer, vlogger, world traveler, co-founder of Miami Life Center.

This is a free event. Register to receive access details!

The Pleasure of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
Hosted by: Kripalu

Jessamyn Stanley is an internationally acclaimed voice in wellness. She is well-versed in a variety of cultural issues, including the modern Black experience, LGBTQA+ representation, and equity in the health industry, amongst others. Jessamyn also hosts a podcast by Tenderfire Media titled Dear Jessamyn. Named by Harper’s Bazaar as one of the best sex podcasts to listen to, the show offers fresh perspectives on relationships, sex, and lifestyles for anyone living and loving outside the box.

This is a paid event (US $35) and includes a digital copy of Embrace Yoga’s Roots book and a digital copy of the newly released workbook on creating inclusivity and belonging. It also includes Susanna’s pre-recorded Daily (15 min) and Extended (60 min) Embody Aum Yoga Asana Liberation practices so you have one practice to turn to for quickly daily grounding and another for a deeper reset for nourishment and integration.

What Does it Take to Belong? Brave Conversations to Create Inclusion and Belonging with Yoga
Hosted by: Omega

Seane Corn is an internationally acclaimed yoga teacher, bestselling author, and public speaker known for her social activism, impassioned style of teaching, and raw, honest, and inspired self-expression. Over her 25-year teaching career, Seane has created many instructional DVDs, including her groundbreaking series The Yoga of Awakening, and has been featured on over 40 magazine covers and in countless media outlets.

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The Yoga of Power for Personal and Social Transformation
Hosted by: Esalen

Danny Fluker Jr (he/him) is a queer Atlanta native and is the creator and executive director of Black Boys OM. His vision is to uplift the Black community, Black boys in particular, with programs centering on their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. He is a meditation teacher, psychotherapeutic yoga teacher (RYT200), writer, and speaker working to propel Black liberation through Black wellness.

This is a paid event (US $35) and includes a signed copy of Embrace Yoga’s Roots book shipped to you. It also includes Susanna’s pre-recorded Daily (15 min) and Extended (60 min) Embody Aum Yoga Asana Liberation practices so you have one practice to turn to for quickly daily grounding and another for a deeper reset for nourishment and integration.

Embracing Yoga's Roots Deep Dive with Susanna Barkataki
Hosted by: Boulder Book Store

Join book tour host and #1 international bestselling author Susanna Barkataki, founder of Ignite Institute for Yogic Leadership and Social Change, in this pre-recorded event in collaboration with Boulder Book Store as she dives more deeply into what it really looks like to embrace yoga’s roots. In this deep dive session she will share some of the most common questions she has received around how to Embrace Yoga's Roots on and off of your mat.

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Exploring Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Through the Chakras
Hosted by: Yoga International

Kat Heagberg (Rebar) has been teaching yoga since 2005. She is the editor of Yoga International, co-author of Yoga Where You Are: Customize Your Practice for Your Body and Your Life with Dianne Bondy (Shambhala, 2020), and co-editor of Embodied Resilience through Yoga: 30 Mindful Essays About Finding Empowerment After Addiction, Trauma, Grief, and Loss (Llewellyn, 2020). She writes about how to make challenging poses more accessible and the power of language in yoga culture.

This is a paid event (US $35) and includes a signed copy of Embrace Yoga’s Roots book shipped to you. It also includes Susanna’s pre-recorded Daily (15 min) and Extended (60 min) Embody Aum Yoga Asana Liberation practices so you have one practice to turn to for quickly daily grounding and another for a deeper reset for nourishment and integration. Additionally, you’ll receive a 30 day free trial to Yoga International and a free chakras class from Yoga International.

Finding Home: Belonging and Magic Despite Racism, Supremacy and Uncertain Times
Hosted by: Wanderlust

Tracee Stanley, founder of Empowered Life Circle, shares teachings that are inspired by more than 20 years of study in the traditions of the Himalayan Masters and Sri Vidya Tantra. The focus of her teaching honours life as a ritual and celebrates the practices, teachers, and traditions that prioritize the rituals of rest, sacred dreaming, and self-care. She is devoted to yoga nidra, meditation, self-inquiry, nature as a teacher, and ancestor reverence.

This is a paid event (US $35) and includes a signed copy of Embrace Yoga’s Roots book shipped to you. It also includes Susanna’s pre-recorded Daily (15 min) and Extended (60 min) Embody Aum Yoga Asana Liberation practices so you have one practice to turn to for quickly daily grounding and another for a deeper reset for nourishment and integration.

Kicking Down the Door: Diversifying Yoga Spaces so they Look Like Us
Hosted by: A Different Booklist

Dianne Bondy is a social justice activist, author, accessible yoga teacher, and the leader of the Yoga For All movement. Her inclusive approach to yoga empowers anyone to practice—regardless of their shape, size, ethnicity, or level of ability. Dianne is revolutionizing yoga by educating yoga instructors around the world about how to make their classes welcoming for all kinds of practitioners.

This is a paid event (US $35) and includes a signed copy of Embrace Yoga’s Roots book shipped to you. It also includes Susanna’s pre-recorded Daily (15 min) and Extended (60 min) Embody Aum Yoga Asana Liberation practices so you have one practice to turn to for quickly daily grounding and another for a deeper reset for nourishment and integration.

To increase accessibility of these events, some of them are free events and others are paid (US $35). Paid events are a slightly different format and they include either signed copies of the book OR the digital book + workbook bundle (this varies per event - please see individual event descriptions above). For the paid events you will also receive Susanna's pre-recorded Daily (15 min) and Extended (60 min) Embody Aum Yoga Asana Liberation practices so you have one practice to turn to for quickly daily grounding and another for a deeper reset for nourishment and integration.

These are virtual events that you can join from anywhere! You simply need to register using the links above for the one(s) you'd like to participate in. Some of them are hosted using zoom and others using the platform chosen by the book event host. When you register for the event you will receive instructions on how to join ahead of the event.

Recordings for the event will be shared with you if you register for the event. You can always register for a few of the events and watch them on your own time!

For the events that include a signed copy of the Embrace Yoga's Roots book, books will be supplied by A Different Booklist - an independent, African-Canadian owned bookstore that we are collaborating with. You can expect to receive your book at the end of October/early November depending on the date of the event(s) you sign up for.

Unfortunately signed books can only be shipped to US and Canadian addresses. If you live abroad, please register for the event(s) of choice and provide us with your international address. If your event includes a signed copy of the book and we see that you are based internationally based on the address you share, we will send you a copy of the digital book + workbook bundle instead.

Thank you for already being on the Embrace Yoga's Roots journey! For the paid events, in order to attend you will need to purchase an event ticket and this will include a signed book that is shipped to you OR a digital book + workbook bundle (it depends on the event - please review the individual event descriptions above carefully so you know what you'll be receiveing!). If you already have, you can always gift it to a fellow yoga lover or teacher!

No, tickets are non-refundable. If you register you will receive a recording which you can watch on your own time.

ABOUT SUSANNA

An Indian yoga practitioner in the Shankaracharya tradition, Susanna Barkataki supports practitioners to lead with equity, diversity, and yogic values while growing thriving practices and businesses with confidence. She is the founder of Ignite Institute for Yogic Leadership and Social Change and runs Embody Yoga’s Roots 200/500 Yoga Teacher Training programs. She is an E-RYT 500, Certified Yoga Therapist with International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT). With an Honors degree in Philosophy from UC Berkeley and a Master’s in Education from Cambridge College, Barkataki is a diversity, accessibility, inclusivity, and equity (DAIE) yoga unity educator who created the ground-breaking Honor {Don’t Appropriate} Yoga Summit with over 10,000 participants.

Author of #1 New Release and International Bestseller in Yoga in Nov 2020 Embrace Yoga’s Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice. She’s on a mission to offer equity based educational training to help yoga practitioners become yoga leaders and preserve the deep authentic yoga tradition for future generations while activating positive social change now.

Learn more at: www.susannabarkataki.com

ABOUT THE MOVEMENT

This movement is about YOU. So much transformation is occurring in the yoga world today and you are a key part of it. You are living and practicing at a highly needful and very exciting time. A time of ever-widening polarization, where impacts on each other, the earth, and our communities seem to be bigger and bigger. You are so needed in this practice at this very moment. You are here to create CHANGE.

What might it feel and look like to create and cultivate spaces of true belonging?

You may love yoga, and want to learn the true foundations of it so that you can practice with integrity and intention. You may feel that yoga has been exclusive. And you are committed to living the value of inclusivity by ensuring that people know they can access yoga and wellness and that it will celebrate diversity of all kinds: colour, size, gender, sexualities, abilities, religion, creed, values, and in all ways

You may feel compelled to be of service, and have a soul or heart call to integrate yoga authentically into your life to help you show up for yourself, your family, students, colleagues, friends, and your community.

This movement is YOU. It honors the true commitment to inclusivity that is a practice just like yoga. Inclusivity for all of us, the magical unicorns and the everyday people. For those who haven't been included and who need to be. For those who feel welcome and accepted, but know that we won’t find or create yoga as union until more and more of us are here together.

EVENTS

October 5th 2021, 4 pm PST / 7 pm EST

October 14th 2021, 4 pm PST / 7 pm EST

October 20th 2021, 11 am PST / 2 pm EST

October 21st 2021, 5 pm PST / 8 pm EST

October 25th 2021, 2 pm PST / 5 pm EST

October 26th 2021, 4 pm PST / 7 pm EST

October 28th 2021, 1 pm PST / 4 pm EST

November 5th 2021, 3 pm PST / 6 pm EST

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