Episode 4: Embodying Yogic Activism with Reggie Hubbard
What does yogic activism look like? In this episode of the Liberating Yoga Podcast, host Harpinder Kaur Mann is in conversation with Yoga Teacher, Sonic Artist, and Global Citizen Reggie Hubbard to light the way forward for Yogis of Color seeking to disrupt white supremacy and pursue self and collective liberation. This discussion explores what it means to embody unconditional love, facilitate sacred rest, and truly build community as a teacher and lifelong student of the practice.
WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE:
Yoga as a philosophical and spiritual system for fostering peace, love, justice, and joy within oneself and others
How a lifetime of exhausting civic engagement led Reggie to merge his spiritual and activism practices
What it means to hold transformative healing spaces specifically for Black men in sacred community
The discomfort, embodiment, and unconditional love that is required of a yogi who chooses to teach
Why it is vital that rest and sleep are normalized in yoga spaces
How yoga can help cultivate self- and collective liberation for People of Color in a white supremacist society
about Reggie hubbard:
Reggie is the founder/chief serving officer of Active Peace LLC. His yogic and meditative practices have served as a sanctuary of peace and perspective while navigating the stresses of being a black man in the world and serving in pressure-filled jobs at the height of US politics. His practices have also helped him navigate complicated emotions (anger, grief, disappointment) to find and nurture peace of mind and ease of spirit, which is why he now seeks to share them widely for the well being of all.
Reggie has taught Members of Congress, Congressional Staff, major labor unions, leading progressive organizations and individuals from all walks of life - simple tools for managing stress and bringing peace to mind, body and spirit. In addition to his yoga teaching practice, Reggie has held many senior strategic and logistical roles across a variety of fields, ranging from global marketing, digital and community organizing, government relations, international education to Presidential campaigning. He is rooted in a deep commitment to social justice and wellbeing - seeing them as inextricably linked and the key for us to achieve justice and freedom for all.
Reggie's life work sits at the intersection of bringing more peace and balance to activists; guiding the wellness community toward being more inclusive, engaged, concerned citizens; and, enhancing the well-being of all walks of life. Achieving this balance is how we catalyze transformative change in our society, which we are desperately in need of at this moment.
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Yoga teacher Harpinder Kaur Mann shows American yoga practitioners a path to reclaim yoga from appropriation and recenter the practice where it belongs.
In Liberating Yoga, yoga teacher Harpinder Kaur Mann draws from her own perspective as a Sikh-Punjabi woman who was alienated by the way yoga is practiced in the United States, but found her way toward reclaiming the spiritual practice for herself. Mann demonstrates that moving away from appropriated forms of yoga and back to yoga's roots is the only true path to healing--both for yoga practitioners who desire to engage responsibly in the practice with cultural appreciation and, especially, for marginalized yogis who wish to reconnect with ancestral spiritual practices and reclaim their full identity.