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Encouraging Meaningful Conversations About Race and Trauma

By Victoria Dawson — 2019

Moments of calm, Jenée Johnson believes, are the foundation of emotional intelligence and its skills of resilience and compassion. In effect, Johnson’s title—Program Innovation Leader: Mindfulness, Trauma, and Racial Equity —positions her as the San Francisco Department of Public Health's chief mindfulness officer.

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The Story Behind Rosa Parks and Yoga

How Georgia State University professor Dr. Stephanie Evans uncovered pictures of the iconic Civil Rights activist practicing asana.

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Monica Cadena
2020
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Can Trauma Really Be “Stored” in the Body?

Scientists now have more evidence than ever before revealing the intimate, intertwined relationship between the mind and body.

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Stephanie Eckelkamp
2019
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YJ Interview: Maya Breuer on Yoga for Everyone

Offering teacher training to minority populations, Maya Breuer hopes to open yoga's door to all.

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Susan Chaityn Lebovits
2017
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‘What I Know’: A Black Woman’s Words

“Being Black overrides everything for me. Nothing is as thunderous in my life as racism. It seems to eclipse everything. It’s the repetitiveness of it. And the fact that it comes from every corner and nook.”

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Kristen Wise
2020
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Yoga as a Peace Practice: A Curriculum for Our Times

Yoga As A Peace Practice teaches ancient contemplative practices of yoga to help individuals impacted by violence improve their wellbeing and move toward self-love and wholeness

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Jana Long
2017
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Black Yoga Teacher's Alliance (BYTA): Jana Long on the Yoga as a Peace Practice Program

Yoga U contributing writer Lacey Gibson Ramirez speaks with Jana Long on her yoga journey and her leadership of Black Yoga Teachers Alliance.

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Lacey Gibson
2020
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Radicalizing Yoga and Bringing Social Justice to the Mat

Yoga teacher and activist Michelle C. Johnson talks to Nonviolence Radio about her book “Skill In Action.”

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Stephanie Van Hook
2019
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Are There Better Ways to Treat Traumatic Stress?

Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, founder of Brookline’s Trauma Center and author of a new book, believes options beyond drugs are crucial.

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Rachel Deahl
2014
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