Free | Please register in advance and a Zoom link will be provided via confirmation email. Note: this event date and time was changed from June 11, 7:00 – 8:00 pm PT to June 14, 4:30 – 6:00 pm PT / 7:30-9:00 pm ET

How do we as spiritual practitioners respond to racial injustice? How do we stand with and support all those working for deep and lasting change without losing our peace and being drawn into endless cycles of anger, hatred and violence?

This event is for you if:

• You want to use your voice, your heart, and your yoga practice to make a difference but don’t know how to get started and how to be effective.
• You feel confused or defensive when you hear terms like white fragility, white privilege, and white supremacy, but don’t want to ask questions for fear of “sounding racist.”
• You struggle reconciling the belief you have that “we are one” with your understanding that racism exists and must be addressed.

Please join us for this free event!

Integral Yoga Minister Kamala Itzel Hayward will speak on the essential role that acknowledging racism and other forms of oppression plays in the spiritual journey. Mazin Jamal Mahgoub will follow with a talk on effective activism grounded in spiritual principles.

This event will be followed by a more detailed 1-hour session with Mazin in July. Sign-up for our newsletter to receive future announcements. 

About

Rev. Kamala Itzel Hayward

Kamala remembers very early in life feeling sad and confused by how some people could perpetuate suffering upon other people for what seemed to her to be inexplicable and arbitrary reasons. She dreamed of a world that was just and kind. It was this dream that inspired her, at five years old, to become a lawyer.
And she did.
For 13 years, she practiced law full time, passionate about protecting the public—particularly those people whose voices weren’t heard, whose lives weren’t valued, whose power was subjugated, who weren’t given equal access to resources.
She found the work meaningful and rewarding in many ways… but a string of personal challenges and significant losses drew her to follow a different path.
She went on an intensive spiritual quest to try to understand her own suffering, what motivates others to cause suffering, and how to end suffering for herself and others.
She finally came to realize that all suffering is rooted in a mistaken belief of separateness—the idea that you are separate from anyone or anything else—and that the most direct way to end suffering is to heal that sense of separation.
Today, she holds meetings, retreats, classes, trainings, and private one-on-one sessions online, over the phone, and in person with people from all over the world.
From working with professionals dealing with challenges in the workplace, to couples in struggling relationships, to individuals looking outside of themselves for love or happiness, Itzel works with groups and individuals gently reminding you of your individual wholeness and your interconnectedness with each other and all of life.
Visit www.attunedliving.com to learn more.

Mazin Jamal Mahgoub
Experiencing the deep sense of purpose, existential meaning, and recurring burnout of being an artist, teacher, healer and activist, Mazin’s desire to embody the grounded, balanced and impactful presence of his mentors lead him to explore holistic wellness and personal development to inform his contribution to his community, and grow as an individual.
Through experiencing the synergy or art, social justice, and holistic health, Mazin co-founded Holistic Underground, a community organization providing personal and professional development to leaders, creatives, and change-agents. Gathering and sharing tools, training, and resources through leadership programs for educators, artists, community leaders, and healers, Holistic Underground increases their capacity to change the world. Through organizational development workshops and retreats, they are also improving communication, self-care, and interpersonal-allyship in the activism, nonprofit and business sector. Mazin serves as a friend, teacher, coach, and consultant for formerly incarcerated and homeless individuals, nonprofit directors, and corporate executives, and strives to hold no preference. holisticunderground.org – mazinjamal.com