I-6 #BlackYogis Iletha Ukumelwa Kwezempilo

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• UDkt. Chelsea Jackson Roberts
• ULauren Ash
• UCrystal McCreary
• Ugibe Yoga Bae
• UJessamyn Stanley
• UDanni i-Yogi Doc
• Kukhonjiswa kumata

Sifaka imikhiqizo esicabanga ukuthi ilusizo kubafundi bethu. Uma uthenga ngezixhumanisi ezikuleli khasi, singathola ikhomishini encane. Nansi inqubo yethu.

Impilo yangempela nokuphila kahle akukho mjaho, futhi la ma-yogi amaNsundu abelokhu ezenza abonwe futhi ezwe.

Kulezi zinsuku, i-yoga ikuyo yonke indawo. Kuku-TV, i-YouTube, imithombo yezokuxhumana, futhi kukhona isitudiyo cishe kuwo wonke amabhulokhi emadolobheni amakhulu.

Noma i-yoga ingumkhuba ongokomoya owaqalwa ngabantu abansundu eMpumalanga Asia, i-yoga ikhethwe eMelika. Kwenziwe kabusha, kwabelwa, kwathengiswa nabesifazane abamhlophe njengamaphosta amantombazane alo mkhuba.

Eqinisweni, i-yoga umkhuba wasendulo ovela eNdiya oqondanisa ukunyakaza okugelezayo ngokuphefumula nokwazisa ngohlobo olujulile lokuzindla.

Abasebenzi bakhuthazwa ukuvumelanisa imizimba yabo, izingqondo, kanye nemimoya ukuze baxhumane noNkulunkulu ongaphakathi kwabo, kanye nendawo yonke enkulu.

Kunezinzuzo eziningi ezibhaliwe zezempilo ze-yoga, kufaka phakathi ukukhululeka kokukhathazeka, impilo yenhliziyo ethuthukisiwe, ukulala okungcono, nokuningi.

Ngenhlanhla, impilo yangempela nokuphila kahle akukho mjaho, futhi ama-yogi amaNsundu abelokhu ezenza abonwe futhi ezwe.

Vele ulandele i-hashtag #BlackYogis ku-Instagram. Ngokushesha, okuphakelayo kwakho kuzogcwaliswa ngama-yogis amahle, anamandla kuwo wonke umthunzi we-melanin.

Nazi izindlela ezimbalwa ze- # BlackYogi trailblazers ezishisa izifunzo ze-inthanethi ukwenza i-yoga nenhlalakahle ifake wonke umuntu nawo wonke umzimba.

UDkt. Chelsea Jackson Roberts

UDkt. Chelsea Jackson Roberts unguthisha nesazi esiseNew York City. Usebenze i-yoga iminyaka engu-18 futhi ufundisa iminyaka engu-15. Okuqale kwamdonsela ku-yoga ukuthola indlela yokunciphisa ukucindezeleka nokuhambisa umzimba wakhe ngendlela emenze wazizwa exhumekile.

"Njengowesifazane oMnyama, ngiqhamuka ohlwini lozalo lothisha, abelaphi kanye nabaxhumanisi bomphakathi abebenganakwa ngokomlando uma kukhulunywa ngobuhlakani obukhona emasikweni ethu," kusho uRoberts.

KuRoberts, ukuzijwayeza i-yoga kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi uphelele, naphezu kwayo yonke imilayezo efakwe emphakathini wethu ukuthi yena namanye amaqembu akhishwa inyumbazane abanjalo.

Encwadini yakamuva ye-Instagram, izwi likaRoberts liqinile futhi libuhlungu njengoba ethi, “Asikaze sihlukane. Ngamunye wethu uxhunyiwe. Inkululeko yami incike kweyakho, nenkululeko yakho incike kweyami. ”

Isimemezelo sakhe sikhomba ukucaphuna kwakhe okuthandwa ngumlobi odumile wesifazane:

"Uma siyeka ukwesaba, singasondela kubantu, sisondele emhlabeni, futhi sisondele kuzo zonke izidalwa zasezulwini ezisizungezile."

- izingwegwe zensimbi

Ukusondela, ukuxhuma, ukuphelela, nokuba nenkululeko kuyizisekelo zeyoga nobuntu bukaRoberts.

Uphila ngamagama athi, "Awukwazi ukuhlukanisa inkululeko."

ULauren Ash

ULauren Ash ungumsunguli weBlack Girl e-Om, umphakathi wezempilo womhlaba wonke wabesifazane abaMnyama obeka phambili ukuzimisela ngokuzindla nangokushicilela.

U-Ash ngamabomu ekukhetheni i-Black Girl kokuqukethwe kwe-Om. Ugxile ekupheleleni kowesifazane oMnyama: umoya wakhe, ingqondo yakhe, umzimba wakhe, izinto eziza kuqala kuye.

Ngesikhathi lapho abesifazane abaMnyama bethweswe umthwalo ophindwe kabili ngemithwalo yemiphakathi yohlanga lwabo nobulili babo, u-Ash udale indawo ephephile yokuthi abesifazane abaMnyama babeke leyo mithwalo bagxile kubo.

Kulezi zenzo zokuzinakekela ngamabomu, u-Ash uqinisekise amandla okuphulukisa e-yoga emphakathini awusebenzelayo.

Enkulumweni yakamuva yeVogue, u-Ash uthi, "Sinegunya elinamandla lokuvikela, ukwelapha, kanye nokuqeda ukungabi nazinkinga ezimpilweni zethu ngokumema amathuba okuphulukisa engqondweni yethu."

UCrystal McCreary

UCrystal McCreary wafika okokuqala kumkhuba wakhe we-yoga eminyakeni engama-23 eyedlule evela ngemuva komdanso.

Uthole ukuthi i-yoga ayimnikanga nje kuphela umoya nokukhululeka emzimbeni wakhe ngenkathi edansa, kodwa futhi yehlise nengcindezi yakhe futhi yandisa ukubekezela kwakhe njengothisha wesikole samabanga aphansi e-Oakland, eCalifornia.

Uthi i-yoga yamvumela ukuthi abone okwenzeka empilweni yakhe futhi ahlakulele ubukhulu besintu sakhe.

"IYoga kimi imayelana nokubuyela ekupheleleni, ngikhumbule ukuthi ngingubani, ngifaka izindinganiso eziseduze nezithandekayo enhliziyweni yami, nokuphila impilo eyiqiniso futhi ekhululekile," kusho uMcCreary.

UMcCreary uthi yize i-yoga “ingubuchwepheshe basendulo,” yibo obusadingeka, busabalulekile, futhi benzelwe abantu abaMnyama nabanye abantu bebala.

"Sinelungelo lokuphonsela inselelo noma ukuphenya izinhloso zabasunguli bezindawo ze-yoga lapho singazizwa samukelekile khona, ngoba izikhala ezinjengalezo aziyona neze i-yoga," kusho uMcCreary. "Sinelungelo futhi lokuthi le mpi ihambe futhi ithole izikhala ze-yoga lapho sibonwa futhi saziswa khona."

Lokhu kuphenywa kwezikhala ezingamukeleki kanye nokushiywa kwempi eza nokuhlala ngaphansi kwamehlo abanye kuhlanganiswa nesiqubulo sikaMcCreary, isicaphuni esabolekwa isazi sefilosofi nomlobi waseFrance u-Albert Camus:

"Ukuphela kwendlela yokubhekana nomhlaba ongakhululekile ukukhululeka ngokuphelele ukuthi khona kwakho kube yisenzo sokuhlubuka."

- U-Albert Camus

Ugibe Yoga Bae

UBritteny Floyd-Mayo akekho ku-sh * t.

Njenge-Trap Yoga Bae eyodwa kuphela, uFloyd-Mayo uxuba ubuciko basendulo be-asanas nomculo we-bass-heavy trap ukuletha isass emnyama kanye nenqwaba yembongolo kuzikhathi zakhe ze-yoga ezinamandla amakhulu. Izifundo zakhe ziningi ngokuthola ukukhululeka nokuphelele njengoba zimayelana nokwenza i-twerking.

I-Trap Yoga Bae isemkhankasweni wokusiza noma ngubani owake wazibuza imibuzo ukuze ingqondo yakhe iqonde kahle ngama- # RatchetAffirmations akhe acaphuna kalula, njengokuthi “Awukwazi ukuzibophezela ekukhuleni nasezinhlungwini zakho. Kufanele ukhethe okukodwa. ”

Ngamadigri okusebenza kwengqondo okuhle kanye nezifundo zokuziphatha komphakathi, kanye nokuthola isitifiketi sakhe seyoga eNdiya, uFloyd-Mayo ungumoya omusha ngezikhathi ezinzima.

Usisiza ekwenzeni umsebenzi wangaphakathi ukuzihlola thina nezimpilo zethu ukuze siphile manje naphakade “F * ck Sh * t Free.”

UJessamyn Stanley

UJessamyn Stanley uyaziqhenya ngokuba nguyena ngqo: Mnyama, ukhuluphele futhi uyindlovukazi.

Okuphakelayo kwakhe kungukuzindla ngokuthi kusho ukuthini ukuthatha amalebula umphakathi ophakamisela kuwe njengokubi futhi uwaguqule emakhanda awo abe izingxenye ezinhle kakhulu nezinhle kuwe.

UStanley, ongumbhali we “Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get on the Mat, Love Your Body,” umemezela ukuthi “injabulo ukumelana [kwakhe].”

Udale i-The Underbelly, uhlelo lokusebenza lwabaqalayo be-yoga nama-aficionados ngokufanayo. Kuhlelo lokusebenza, uStanley uhola imikhuba yokusiza abasebenzisi ukuthi bafunde ukusebenzisa umlingo wabo futhi bathole ukuzamukela, njengoba uStanley ezenzele yena.

UDanni i-Yogi Doc

UDanni Thompson yizwi elisha esikhaleni se-yoga nesokusebenza esisebenza ukusiza abantu baqondanise impilo yabo nengcebo yabo ngasikhathi sinye.

Njengomsunguli we-herDivineYoga, uThompson ubelokhu enza i-yoga iminyaka eyishumi futhi efundisa lo mkhuba iminyaka engu-4. Uthole i-yoga ngemuva kweminyaka elwa nokudangala okungapheli nokukhathazeka.

"Kunesisho esithi uma umfundi esekulungele, uthisha uzovela," kusho uThompson. "Udokotela wami ngaleso sikhathi wancoma ukuthi ngizame ukuzindla noma i-yoga, kanye nomuthi kadokotela we-anti-depressant."

Kusukela lapho, uThompson ubelokhu esemkhankasweni wokuhlanganyela leli su lokuphila kahle nabantu abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka. “Ngicabanga ukuthi imiphakathi emincane, impilo yengqondo namasu wangempela okusiza abantu ukuthi babhekane nakho akuxoxwa ngakho,” usho kanje.

Isilinganiso sakhe asithandayo sifingqa kahle ukuthi kungani ethanda i-yoga:

“USatsang yisimemo sokungena emlilweni wokuzivumbulula. Lo mlilo ngeke ukukushise, uzokushisa lokho ongekho, uphinde ukhulule inhliziyo yakho. ”

- UMooji

UThompson uphila ngala mazwi, "NGINGUMntwana we-Divine Fortune," futhi unethemba lokuletha amandla e-yoga ezindaweni ezijwayelekile zokuphila kwabantu abaMnyama.

Kukhonjiswa kumata

Noma ngabe uyajuluka, uyayijija, noma uhleli ngokuthula nangokuqondisa imicabango yakho, ukuthi ubonakala kanjani kumata wakho yindlela ozibonakalisa ngayo empilweni.

Kula ma-yogi amnyama, lokho kusho ukuvela ngenhloso yokuba ophelele futhi okhululekile. Kulezi zikhathi, akukhona yini lokho sonke esifuna ukuba yikho?

UNikesha Elise Williams ungumkhiqizi wezindaba nomlobi ophumelele izindondo ezimbili ka-Emmy. Inoveli yokuqala kaNikesha, "Abesifazane abane, ”Waklonyeliswa nge-2018 Florida Aitors and Publishers Association President’s Award esigabeni se-Adult Contemporary / Literary Fiction. "Abesifazane abane”Futhi kwahlonishwa yiNational Association of Black Journalists njengoMsebenzi Ovelele Wezincwadi. Inoveli yakhe yakamuva, “Ngaphesheya kweBourbon Street, ”Izokhishwa ngo-Agasti 29, 2020.