Black Lives Matter (Rocket) Yoga
BLACK LIVES MATTER. We all know this. The more pressing issue of course being our safety, health, wellbeing, and rights. This includes wellness & having agency over our bodies and healing modalities tool. In a refreshing, necessary, and revolutionary movement started by Davina Davidson, Brandon Copeland, Ahmed Jabali-Nash, and Carson Calhoun; a mass donation-based black yogi (only) training is underway this month (and next).
For the months of July (and also August), Black yogis from around the world can sign up to train & receive the 100 (& 200) -hour Rocket Yoga teacher training by the four teachers mentioned above… and we are HERE FOR ALL OF IT!
The training is taking place online and is a go-at your own pace weekly assignment flow that gives students the freedom to create their own schedules, work thru the modules in a way that best serves them, individually. All while still being part of a much larger (and growing) global community of Black yogis (on & offline).
BLM Rocket Yoga is a movement! It's about changing the mindset of our black communities along with creating oneness and strength within those communities. It's about MORE BLACK YOGIS & MORE BLACK YOGA TEACHERS! Educating, uplifting, and being the change. Most importantly spreading the love behind it all.- Clarice McDermott
Carson reached out to stand in solidarity with BLM Rocket Yoga leaders Davina, Ahmed, Brandon, and countless other black yogis during this time challenging time. As a white man, he knows all well what white supremacy (read white psychosis) looks like within the Yoga Industry - including the whitewashing of the wellness industry - which is a whole other topic for another time! Thus he chose to embark on this journey with these amazing black yogis to dismantle racism and inequalities in the Yoga Industry for BIPOC.
Through this training, BLM Rocket Yoga has penetrated the system by shifting nearly $3 million dollars from white-owned studios and businesses to Black Yoga Students, and 10 Black-Owned Wellness Spaces (listed below).
Faith Hunter
This is absolutely amazing! Especially since financial empowerment and representational shift are needed within the larger Black community for us to have more equitable, fair, and powerful impact & expansion in all industries, including wellness.
Over 2,000+ yogis registered and over $70k has been raised thus far. The goal is to reach $100k and you can help by DONATING HERE. Even if it's $10.00 or by simply SHARING because the power of sharing goes a long way! Although registration is closed, DONATIONS will be open thru July 31st, 2020.
What Is Rocket Yoga?
Rocket yoga is a form of “power” yoga, consisting of more energetic faster-paced flows, trickier transitions based on the traditional Ashtanga style of yoga. Rooted in the practice of Ashtanga Vinyasa. It is composed of poses from the Primary and Intermediate Series of Ashtanga, as well as key postures from the 3rd and 4th series. Rocket yoga created by Larry Schultz, an American yoga teacher who was a long-time student of the founder of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, K. Pattabhi Jois. Schultz is primarily recognized as the creator of Rocket Yoga, (San Francisco in the ’80s)…a style derived from Jois's, which contributed to one of the forms of Power Yoga.
More than just training, this is a solidified movement that is sure to have an incredible impact on the wellness & yoga community, globally. We are super excited to support and see it grow. Thank you to the founders for having the courage to create such an amazing opportunity and holding space for so many who need it. Namaste!
For more info visit: BLM ROCKET YOGA
Also make sure to follow them on Instagram: @blmrocketyoga
Reference: BLM Rocket Yoga