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Dates
Saturday 11/02/2024 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sunday 11/03/2024 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Pricing
$225.00 Standard Rate - MCJ Weekend Immersion - $225
$175.00 Reduced Rate - MCJ Weekend Immersion - $175
$275.00 Pay It Forward Rate - MCJ Weekend Immersion - $275
Yoga is an ancient practice designed to support us in meeting whatever might arise, moment to moment. In this weekend immersion, we will explore how we can engage in spiritual practice to meet the personal and collective suffering we experience. We will explore the five root causes of suffering, as presented in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras:
avidya - a lack of clear sight
asmita - an overidentification with the ego
raga - an attachment to pleasure
dvesha - aversion or avoidance
abhinivesha - a fear of death or letting go
We will move through various practices, including asana, pranayama, meditation, mudra, and mantra, to meet ourselves and our suffering and, ultimately, to mitigate suffering and create conditions for liberation for ourselves and all beings. Throughout our session, we will explore the following themes:
The Root Causes of Suffering
The Kleshas
Collective Grief and Healing
The Yoga Sutras
How to Meet the Moment with Our Practice
How to Heal by Engaging Our Spiritual Practice
Creating Conditions for Collective Liberation
And more!
Come prepared to learn, build community, practice, connect with your heart, and work toward a just and liberated world for all! All registrants will receive a recording of the Saturday and Sunday sessions, which can be viewed for 30 days after.
Sliding Scale Fees: We offer sliding scale fees for select offerings to make Circle Yoga programs more accessible. The Reduced Rate is for people experiencing financial hardship. The Pay It Forward Rate is the standard fee plus extra to help cover students paying the Reduced Rate. Partial scholarships are also available.
Refund Policy: If you need to cancel your registration, a refund will be provided minus a 20% administrative fee if you cancel at least 48 hours before the workshop. No refunds will be given within 48 hours of the workshop. Send refund requests in writing to support@circleyoga.com.
Michelle C. Johnson
Michelle Cassandra Johnson is an author, activist, spiritual teacher and practitioner, racial equity consultant and trainer, and intuitive healer. She approaches her life and work from a place of knowing we are, can, and must heal individually and collectively. Michelle teaches workshops and immersions and leads retreats and transformative experiences nationwide. As a dismantling racism educator, she has worked with large corporations, non-profits, and community groups.
Michelle published the first edition of Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; and the 2nd edition of Skill in Action in November 2021, published by Shambhala Publications. Her second book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief, was published by Shambhala Publications in 2021. Her 2023 book, We Heal Together: Rituals and Practice for Building Community and Connection, published by Shambhala Publications, explores the deep knowing and truth that we are interconnected; we belong to one another. We Heal Together offers rituals and practices meant to dream us into a new way of being to benefit the highest and fullest good. Her book, A Space For Us: A Guide For Leading Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Affinity Groups, was published by Beacon Press, also in 2023. Michelle's latest book, Illuminating Our True Nature: Yogic Practices for Personal and Collective Healing, published by Shambhala Publications in 2024, explores the root causes of suffering, how to disrupt them, and work toward collective liberation.
Michelle was a Tedx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019 and has been interviewed on several podcasts in which she explores the premise and foundation of Skill in Action, along with embodied approaches to racial equity work, creating ritual in justice spaces, our divine connection with nature and Spirit, and how we as a culture can heal.
Michelle leads courageously from the heart with compassion and a commitment to address the heartbreak dominant culture causes for many because of the harm it creates. She inspires change that allows people to stand in their humanity and wholeness in a world that fragments most of us. She lives in North Carolina with her sweet dog, Jasper, and her honeybees.
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