I’m willing to believe that Jen Shah is innocent of what she is being accused of, but even if she is guilty, I don’t think she should go to prison. It doesn’t matter so much to me about whether she is “innocent” or “guilty”, but whether there can be some sort of reckoning of what happened, and who needs to be responsible for repairing the harm.
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Read MoreThe more I practiced yoga, I began to see the ways that our government is shaped by violence, and I felt compelled to evolve my practice in ways that would transform my community and heal from collective trauma. Prison abolition became a political tool to fuel my yoga practice, and complements it as I work toward samadhi. Read more about how my yoga practice led me to prison abolition and how the two have fed each other in my growth.
Read MoreMany resources exist and there’s a wealth of information about the impact of balancing the chakras for internal healing work, but what impact does that internal work have externally? It is important to self-regulate, have solid coping skills, and integrate chakra healing and mindfulness into our lives, but there will come a time when you’ll be ready to work on more than just self care. I wrote this guide as a prompt and starting point to begin shifting from a mindset of self care into community care.
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