Behind the Scenes: A Practice in Yoking
One of my primary charges as Executive Director is to bring our mission to life – are we doing what we’re saying we do in a way that we say we will? A core question implied within this charge as an Executive Director of a yoga studio is – within this mission work, are we bringing […]
Behind the Scenes: Brave Spaces
Last week, 8 Limbs, along with a handful of other Seattle area yoga studios*, hosted a cultural competency training for yoga studios, teachers and staff. The decision to pursue such a training was born out of a number of factors: racially-inspired incidents this past Fall in the Seattle yoga community; an increasing un-ease with the […]
Behind The Scenes: Difficult Conversations
I distinctly remember the first class I took at 8 Limbs as an employee. It was 9am on an unseasonably sunny Saturday morning, just a couple of days after my initial orientation. It was by no means my first class at 8 Limbs, but as my first time attending as staff the moment felt auspicious. […]