During this time of global trauma and unrest, the practices of Yoga and Embodiment have the potential to be transformative. More than any exercise routine or fad, the embodiment, compassion, awareness and contemplative practices we cultivate in the yogic tradition become powerful tools to nurture individual and collective wellbeing, and acts of Social Justice in themselves. Integrated into our lives, they may become methods for personal growth and planetary healing, with deep reaching implications in the wellbeing and cohesiveness of our communities.

Ruby Reed and Christabel Reed from Advaya Initiative will introduce some ideas and key concepts from the Yogic tradition and apply them to the times in which we are living today. Special focus will be given to our work as change-makers, exploring how these approaches help us achieve effective social change while creating personal and collective resilience, enabling our action to be a source of flourishing – individually, together and for society.

We will then put some of these ideas into practice, applying them to ourselves through breathwork, movement and meditation techniques on the grounds that true, lasting, nourishing and regenerative change, will always come from within.