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X-WR-CALNAME:Workshop: "Yoga and Body Image: Understanding the Body’s Rel
 ationship to Privilege and Oppression in Yoga Culture" with Kimberly Dark
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DESCRIPTION:This workshop explores the intersections of personal and cultur
 al messages and perceptions regarding “body identity” in yoga culture.
  Personal identities are complex and sometimes we embody conflicting messa
 ges\, aims and intentions. We are each constantly negotiating the terrain 
 between personal views and perceptions of ourselves and our bodies and the
  external gaze. Though yoga often prompts us to focus within\, we don’t 
 leave the burden of external judgment entirely behind when we unroll the m
 at. We carry cultural stories in our bodies\, and the very real privileges
  and oppressions that formed those stories. We’ll work with experiences 
 of body size/shape\, gender\, sexuality\, and via their intersections with
  these other issues\, race\, class\, age and ability. We’ll focus on the
  language of teaching\, yoga\, and participation\, revealing our own – a
 nd cultural – assumptions and stories through body contemplation and wri
 ting. We’ll also contextualize the role of body image via an understandi
 ng of how yoga came into western culture and the pursuit of yoga as a fitn
 ess activity.\n\nThis workshop includes minimal asana practice\, personal 
 writing (sharing is optional) and small and large group discussion. There 
 will be at least two breaks.\n\nTo Attend\nOnline registration is open (cl
 ick here). In the event the workshop is canceled\, participants will be no
 tified by Wednesday\, the week of the workshop. Registration fees are refu
 nded only if the workshop is canceled\; no refund for partial attendance o
 r no-show.\n\nQuestions?\nPlease call the Center for Religion and Spiritua
 lity at 310-338-2799 or e-mail yoga@lmu.edu.\n\nAbout the Speaker\nKimberl
 y Dark is a master facilitator who has led groups to awareness and underst
 anding over the past twenty years. She blogs regularly for Decolonizing Yo
 ga and Ms. Magazine\, and is also a founding member of the Yoga and Body I
 mage Coalition Leadership Team\, in addition to coordinating the Yoga Prog
 ram at Kalani\, one of Hawaii’s largest retreat centers.
GEO:33.966309;-118.422966
LOCATION:University Hall\, 1866
SUMMARY:Workshop: "Yoga and Body Image: Understanding the Body’s Relation
 ship to Privilege and Oppression in Yoga Culture" with Kimberly Dark
URL;VALUE=URI:https://cal.lmu.edu/event/lmux160319a
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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