13 min
Chapter 1 - Survive Ahimsa
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- Documentary
For many us who are Black and embody suffering at the knee of state-sanctioned police brutality, under a president who refused to denounce white supremacists and instead told them to stand back, stand by -- we need additional restorative and healing yogic spaces for Black people, right now, until we don’t. We are in a window of time that, depending on the actions we take, can and will shift lifetimes for generations of people who come after us. It is essential that we balance action with reflection and rest. We need spaces to restore, recover, rest, and cry before we have to get up and face the rest of the world and its unrelenting need to fill our days with Zoom calls. Hear yoga teachers Erick DuPree, Universal Empress, and Jean-Jacques Gabriel.
Ahimsa is a limited series audiomemoir on yoga, wellness, and Black Lives in 2020 written and narrated by Dr. Yasmene Mumby. Sound and music by Justin Mayfield. Dave Nelson, Andrew Horan, and Alice Thompson edited the script. “Hold On” performed by the Kuumba Singers at Harvard College with Bobby McFerrin. Funding for this artistry was made possible by YogaGlo. Go to www.yasmenemumby.com for the latest updates and to support more of this work.
For many us who are Black and embody suffering at the knee of state-sanctioned police brutality, under a president who refused to denounce white supremacists and instead told them to stand back, stand by -- we need additional restorative and healing yogic spaces for Black people, right now, until we don’t. We are in a window of time that, depending on the actions we take, can and will shift lifetimes for generations of people who come after us. It is essential that we balance action with reflection and rest. We need spaces to restore, recover, rest, and cry before we have to get up and face the rest of the world and its unrelenting need to fill our days with Zoom calls. Hear yoga teachers Erick DuPree, Universal Empress, and Jean-Jacques Gabriel.
Ahimsa is a limited series audiomemoir on yoga, wellness, and Black Lives in 2020 written and narrated by Dr. Yasmene Mumby. Sound and music by Justin Mayfield. Dave Nelson, Andrew Horan, and Alice Thompson edited the script. “Hold On” performed by the Kuumba Singers at Harvard College with Bobby McFerrin. Funding for this artistry was made possible by YogaGlo. Go to www.yasmenemumby.com for the latest updates and to support more of this work.
13 min