Before everything shifted with Covid19, I had decided to end my weekly, public class @be_well_austin at the end of March. Now because of the need for social-distancing, I’m cancelling the class for the next two weeks, hopefully returning to teach one more time on March 30.
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The past five months of running my own class has been a gift. I’ve also realized that my energy is being drawn to working at the hospital. And I need to give myself time to settle in this new phase in my career, in a new city. 🍥🍥🍥
That being said, I’m still working with private clients, in-person and remotely. You can also find me helping out @youryogaaustin.
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Stay safe and healthy, take care for your community and yourself 💕
A story recently came out about Mark Whitwell, another male abuser in the yoga world. I hadn’t heard about him until this week, but that doesn’t matter. This is hitting me harder than the others. My chest is tight, my breath is shallow. —
Maybe because it isn’t a story from decades ago. She’s the same age as me, becoming a teacher at the same time. Maybe it’s because I work everyday with survivors all of who are strong and exhausted, literally fighting for their lives. Maybe because I see a slight reflection of power dynamics and spiritual bypassing and trying to explain it all away in some of my own relationships during those formative years. And the complacency of so many that justify the behavior and therefore allow it to continue. I’m angry. —
Again and again these stories are a call to action, whoever you are, however you define yourself: claim your power. If you are seeking truth of any kind it is because you inherently recognize it is already within you. Trust yourself. No one person has the answers and if they claim to get the hell away. We cannot be silent. If it is happening to one of us, it is happening to all of us.
