6 #BlackYogis Kubweretsa Kuyimilira ku Ubwino

Zamkati

• Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts
• Lauren Ash
• Crystal McCreary
• Msampha Yoga Bae
• Ndi Jessamyn Stanley
• Danni the Yogi Doc
• Kuwonetsa pamphasa

Timaphatikizapo zinthu zomwe timaganiza kuti ndizothandiza kwa owerenga athu. Ngati mutagula maulalo omwe ali patsamba lino, titha kupeza ndalama zochepa. Nayi njira yathu.

Thanzi lenileni ndi thanzi silidziwa mtundu uliwonse, ndipo ma yogis akudawa amadzipangitsa okha kuwonedwa ndikumva.

Masiku ano, yoga ili paliponse. Ndi pa TV, YouTube, malo ochezera a pa TV, ndipo pali studio pafupifupi pafupifupi bwalo lililonse m'mizinda ikuluikulu.

Ngakhale yoga ndimachitidwe auzimu omwe adayambitsidwa ndi anthu abulauni ku Eastern Asia, yoga idasankhidwa ku America. Zakhala zogulitsidwa, zimayikidwa, ndikugulitsidwa ndi azimayi azungu ngati zikwangwani za atsikana pamachitidwe.

M'malo mwake, yoga ndichizolowezi chakale chochokera ku India chomwe chimagwirizanitsa kuyenda ndi mpweya ndikuzindikira mtundu wakusinkhasinkha.

Ogwira ntchito amalimbikitsidwa kuti agwirizanitse matupi awo, malingaliro awo, ndi mizimu kuti igwirizane ndi Mulungu mkati mwawo, komanso chilengedwe chonse chachikulu.

Pali maubwino ambiri a yoga, kuphatikiza kupumula kwa nkhawa, thanzi la mtima, kugona bwino, ndi zina zambiri.

Mwamwayi, thanzi lenileni ndi thanzi silidziwa mtundu uliwonse, ndipo ma yogis akuda akhala akudziwonetsera ndikumva.

Ingotsatirani hashtag #BlackYogis pa Instagram. Pompopompo, chakudya chanu chidzadzazidwa ndi ma yogis opambana, amphamvu mumthunzi uliwonse wa melanin.

Nawa ochepa mwa #BlackYogi trailblazers omwe amawotcha chakudya cha intaneti kuti apange yoga ndi thanzi labwino kuphatikizira aliyense ndi thupi lililonse.

Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts

Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts ndi mphunzitsi wa yoga ku New York City. Wakhala akuchita yoga kwa zaka 18 ndikuphunzitsa wazaka 15. Zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti ayambe kuchita yoga inali kupeza njira yochepetsera kupsinjika ndikusuntha thupi lake m'njira yomwe imamupangitsa kuti azimva kulumikizidwa.

"Monga mkazi wakuda, ndimachokera kubanja la aphunzitsi, ochiritsa, komanso olumikizana nawo mdera omwe m'mbuyomu akhala akunyalanyazidwa pankhani yanzeru zikhalidwe zathu," akutero a Roberts.

Kwa Roberts, kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi ndi chikumbutso choti ali wathunthu, ngakhale pali mauthenga onse omwe ali mgulu lathu omwe iye ndi magulu ena oponderezedwa sali.

M'mauthenga aposachedwa a Instagram, mawu a Roberts ndi olimba komanso opweteka pomwe akuti, "Sitimasiyana. Aliyense wa ife ndi wolumikizidwa. Ufulu wanga umadalira wanu, ndipo ufulu wanu umadalira wanga. ”

Chilengezo chake chikuwonetsa mawu omwe amakonda kwambiri ndi wolemba wotchuka wachikazi:

"Tikasiya mantha, titha kuyandikira anthu, titha kuyandikira dziko lapansi, kuyandikira zolengedwa zakumwamba zomwe zatizungulira."

- belu mbedza

Kuyandikira, kulumikizidwa, kukhala wathunthu, komanso kukhala mfulu ndiwo maziko a yoga ndi a Roberts.

Amakhala ndi mawu oti, "Simungakhale m'gulu lomasulidwa."

Lauren Ash

Lauren Ash ndiye woyambitsa Black Girl ku Om, gulu lapadziko lonse lapansi la azimayi akuda lomwe limaika patsogolo malingaliro mwa kusinkhasinkha komanso kufalitsa.

Ash ndi dala potengera Black Girl mu Om okhutira. Amayang'ana kwambiri pa thanzi la mkazi wakuda: mzimu wake, malingaliro ake, thupi lake, zomwe amaika patsogolo.

Panthaŵi yomwe akazi akuda ali ndi ntchito zowapatsa mavuto azikhalidwe komanso zikhalidwe, Ash adakhazikitsa malo abwino oti azimayi akuda azitha kuyika nkhawa zawozo.

Muzinthu zodzifunira zodzisamalira izi, Ash watsimikizira mphamvu yakuchiritsa yoga mdera lomwe akutumikiralo.

Poyankhulana kwaposachedwa ndi Vogue, Ash akuti, "Tili ndi mphamvu zopewera, kuchiritsa, komanso kuthana ndi zovuta m'miyoyo yathu poyitanitsa njira zochiritsira m'maganizo mwathu."

Crystal McCreary

Crystal McCreary adayamba kuchita zoga zake zaka 23 zapitazo atavina.

Adapeza kuti yoga imangomupatsa mpweya wabwino komanso kupumula mthupi lake kwinaku akuvina, komanso zidachepetsa kupsinjika kwake ndikuwonjezera kuleza mtima kwake ngati mphunzitsi pasukulu yoyambira ku Oakland, California.

Anatinso yoga idamuloleza kuwona zomwe adakumana nazo pamoyo wake ndikukulitsa umunthu wake wonse.

"Yoga kwa ine ndikubwerera ku umunthu wathunthu, kukumbukira kuti ndine ndani, ndikuphatikiza zomwe zili pafupi ndi zomwe ndimakonda, ndikukhala moyo wowona komanso waulere," akutero McCreary.

McCreary akuti ngakhale kuti yoga ndi "ukadaulo wakale," ndiyomwe ikufunikirabe, imagwirabe ntchito, ndipo idapangidwira anthu akuda ndi anthu ena amtundu.

"Tili ndi ufulu wotsutsa kapena kufunsa mafunso zolinga za omwe amapanga malo a yoga komwe sitimamva kuti ndife olandiridwa, chifukwa malo ngati amenewo sindiye yoga konse," akutero a McCreary. "Tilinso ndi ufulu wolola kuti nkhondoyi ipite ndikupeza malo a yoga komwe amatiwona komanso kutiyamikira."

Kufunsidwa kwa malo osalandiridwa ndikusiya nkhondo yomwe ikubwera chifukwa chokhala ndi ena akuyang'aniridwa ndi mawu a McCreary, mawu omwe adalandiridwa ndi wafilosofi komanso wolemba ku France Albert Camus:

"Njira yokhayo yolimbana ndi dziko lopanda ufulu ndikumasulidwa kwathunthu kwakuti kukhalapo kwanu ndichopanduka."

- Albert Camus

Msampha Yoga Bae

Britteny Floyd-Mayo sali ndi sh * t.

Monga Trap Yoga Bae yekha, Floyd-Mayo amasakaniza luso lakale la asanas ndi bass-heavy music music kuti abweretse Black sass ndi bulu wambiri kumagawo ake amphamvu a yoga. Makalasi ake amafunitsitsa kuti akhale omasuka komanso amphumphu monga momwe aliri pa twerking.

Msampha Yoga Bae ali pa cholinga chothandizira aliyense amene adadzifunsapo kuti adziwe malingaliro ake ndi #RatchetAffirmations yosavuta, monga "Simungathe kudzipereka pakukula kwanu & bullsh t. Muyenera kusankha chimodzi. ”

Ndi madigiri a psychology komanso maphunziro azikhalidwe, kuphatikiza kulandira chiphaso cha yoga ku India, Floyd-Mayo ndi mpweya wabwino nthawi yovuta.

Amatithandiza kuchita ntchito zamkati kuti tidziyese tokha ndi miyoyo yathu kuti tithe kukhala ndi moyo kosatha “F * ck Sh * t Free.”

Ndi Jessamyn Stanley

Jessamyn Stanley amanyadira kukhala ndendende momwe alili: Wakuda, wonenepa, komanso wopirira.

Chakudya chake ndikusinkhasinkha kwa zomwe zimatanthauza kutenga zolemba zomwe anthu akukuyimirani ngati zoyipa ndikuzisandutsa pamutu panu kukhala gawo labwino kwambiri komanso lokongola lanu.

Stanley, yemwe ndi mlembi wa "Thupi Lililonse Yoga: Siyani Mantha, Yendani Pamphasa, Kondani Thupi Lanu," alengeza kuti "chisangalalo ndicho [kukana] kwake."

Adapanga The Underbelly, pulogalamu yoyambira yoga ndi aficionados chimodzimodzi. Pulogalamuyi, Stanley amatsogolera machitidwe othandizira ogwiritsa ntchito kuphunzira momwe angagwiritsire ntchito matsenga awo ndikudzivomereza okha, monga momwe Stanley wadzipangira yekha.

Danni the Yogi Doc

Danni Thompson ndi liwu latsopano mu malo a yoga ndi malingaliro omwe akugwira ntchito kuthandiza anthu kuti agwirizane ndi thanzi lawo ndi chuma nthawi imodzi.

Monga woyambitsa herDivineYoga, Thompson wakhala akuchita yoga zaka 10 ndikuphunzitsa izi kwa zaka 4. Anapeza yoga atakhala zaka zambiri akumenyera nkhawa komanso kukhala ndi nkhawa.

"Pali mwambi wakuti pamene wophunzira wakonzeka, mphunzitsi adzawonekera," akutero Thompson. "Dokotala wanga panthawiyo adandilimbikitsa kuti ndiyesere kusinkhasinkha kapena anati yoga, komanso mankhwala a mankhwala ochepetsa nkhawa."

Kuyambira pamenepo, a Thompson akhala paulendo wogawana njira yabwinoyi ndi anthu ambiri momwe angathere. "Ndikuganiza kuti nthawi zambiri m'magulu ochepa, thanzi lamaganizidwe ndi njira zenizeni zothandiza anthu kuthana nazo sizikambidwa," akutero.

Mawu omwe amakonda kwambiri amafotokoza mwachidule chifukwa chake amakonda yoga:

“Satsang ndiye kuyitanidwa kuti alowe nawo pamoto wodziyesa wokha. Moto uwu sudzakuwotcha iwe, ungotentha chabe zomwe iwe suli, ndikumasula mtima wako. ”

- Mooji

Thompson amakhala ndi mawu oti, "INE ndine mwana wa Divine Fortune," ndipo akuyembekeza kubweretsa mphamvu ya yoga m'malo opezeka anthu ambiri akuda.

Kuwonetsa pamphasa

Kaya mukukhetsa thukuta, mukupotola, kapena kukhala mwamtendere ndi dala kuwongolera malingaliro anu, momwe mumawonetsera pa mphasa yanu ndi momwe mumawonetsera m'moyo.

Kwa ma yogis akudawa, izi zikutanthauza kuti azioneka ndi cholinga chokhala athunthu komanso omasuka. Munthawi izi, sichoncho chomwe tonsefe timafuna kukhala?

Nikesha Elise Williams ndi katswiri wopanga mphotho ya Emmy kawiri komanso wolemba. Buku loyambirira la Nikesha, "Akazi Anai, ”Adapatsidwa Mphotho ya Purezidenti wa Florida Author and Publishers Association mgulu la Adult Contemporary / Literary Fiction. "Akazi Anai”Idazindikiridwanso ndi National Association of Black Journalists ngati Buku Lopambana Lolemba. Buku lake laposachedwa, "Pambuyo pa Bourbon Street, ”Idzatulutsidwa pa Ogasiti 29, 2020.