The greatest most successful part of 2020 for me personally was when
we did our Yoga Adventure retreat and walked from Telc to Zbudovice.
Each step, I shed off all the vast amounts of stress and fear that I had
collected during the first lockdown.
This second major lockdown which has been with us since September,
is much more intense, now we know people who have had Corona.
We know how we have reacted to people, if we are supportive, loving,
compassionate, if we deny it… We see how our limitations(mental and
emotional) guide us or influence our behaviour.
This Pandemic has asked
us to take a side.
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Black Lives Matter has resonated a lot with me, even if I live in a white
Euro centric town, which doesn’t have too many people willing to do
the work of dismantling structural racism, I firmly advocateBLM are on
the right path. I strongly support women (especially from MINORITY
groups be it Indigenous, Aboriginal, Black, women of colour experience
being a woman so differently than a white woman). When in
lockdown, and we are only thinking about ourselves, our little bubbles,
then we aren’t connecting to the bigger picture.
The bigger picture is that again North America and Europe and China
and Russia will get vaccinated, while others get left behind. This is
structural racism. The amount of shaming that has come with this
Pandemic is vile. Hearing people be dismissive of obesity, diabetes,
and old folks. The divisions are Enormous. The need for REAL YOGA not
instagram, social media, flash images of perfect white acrobats in the
newest leggings and bras.