What can we accomplish in the next year to turn yoga spaces into safer spaces?
Truth Collective is a group of yoga professionals working within their own spheres of influence to dismantle oppressive practices in yoga spaces. We will meet online the 1st Sunday of every month, for one year, from 4:30-6pm EST.
BIPOC joining this collective will not be asked to carry the responsibility of educating/appeasing white people or speaking for anyone but themselves. People who are white joining this collective will be expected to practice humility and rigorous self-responsibility.
This will be a space for metabolizing internalized oppression and oppressive practices, grief, confusion, anger and fierce love into transformational action. While the foundation for this work is internal reprogramming, Truth Collective is ultimately about translating internal shifts into outward interventions within systems of oppression, with a focus on yoga spaces/communities in the United States.
To join: Please fill out the application form linked below. You will receive acceptance notification or follow-up questions within about 3 days. In honoring the power of relationship to accelerate action, I am envisioning this to be a small group of humans with whom I have already crossed paths in the past. If you have not connected with me in the past, please schedule a free phone call to build relationship before applying.
Meeting dates: We will meet from 4:30-6pm EST on the first Sunday of every month for 12 months. We will meet virtually via Zoom. The meeting dates for 2020 are : 7/5, 8/2, 9/6, 10/4, 11/1, 12/6. For 2021 : 1/3, 2/7, 3/7, 4/4, 5/2, 6/6. Meetings will be recorded and shared with all registrants in case you need to miss a session. Missed sessions will require homework to demonstrate investment and accountability.
Cost: Payment will be conducted via PayPal after acceptance and before the 7/5 start of the program. Payment plans will be considered. Your fee will cover the business and teaching costs of running the program, and any profits will stay in the Intra Yoga Therapy Reparations Scholarship Fund for people of color who wish to participate in yoga trainings, workshops, classes, or 1-on-1 yoga therapy with Alex.
Sliding scale for participants who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC): $50 - $750.
Sliding scale for participants who identify as white: $350 - $750.
For anyone not applying to the Truth Collective but still wanting to contribute to the Intra Yoga Therapy Reparations Scholarship Fund, you may do so at anytime here.