submitted by rohlfsen@augsburg.edu
Come move your body, breathe deep, and be in collective space this Saturday, 2/22. Nichole Rohlfsen (Program Manager in the Center for Global Education & Experience) will be offering free community yoga classes online, about twice a month, typically on Saturday mornings.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://augsburg.zoom.us/j/97938904296?pwd=BzRiGQn5dTx5W
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This Saturday we’ll slowly warm up from the inside out. We’ll build some heat to counter this deep freeze and also get into some gentle heart openers and backbends to invite in some renewed and uplifting energy. Winter will shift into spring eventually, and while we are in the last stretch we have tools to help us cope and to tend to our inner flame.
This space is an open invitation, and what I’m committed to offering is a space of refuge: for the sake of safety, spaciousness, deep rest and full permission, for myself and others.
For any accommodations, please email me in advance (rohlfsen@augsburg.edu) so I can do my best to support any requests.
I know many of us have been reflecting on how we want and are able to show up in this moment. What does it take for social change and transformation to really happen, especially under a growing reality of fascism bolstered by polarity and division? What might my role be in this moment, and in the long haul for more equity, justice, love and dignity? What skills and support might I be able to offer?
One of the ways I am intentionally stepping in for this moment is this very offering. When we are curious about what is happening in our bodies, we can also begin to be more curious about what’s happening in other living bodies and in the world around us. We get to practice being in relationship with ourselves, with others, and with our environment. So that what we practice and experience on the mat is what we practice everywhere we go. Presence, curiosity, awareness, breath, and connecting to our aliveness and belonging.