Invoking the Red Taras to Engage in Social Justice
Decolonize and Disrupt White Supremacy in your Mind & Body
A 6-week live, online course led by Jeannie O’Neill M.Ed.
Unlearning the Lies Colonial Propaganda Has Taught You
June 30 - August 10th
Saturday evenings Live on from ZOOM 4-6:30 PM EST
Class Structure
4-4:30 ~ Tara Meditation & Invocation
4:30-5:30 ~ Lecture
5:30-6:30 ~ Kundalini Yoga Practice to move emotions activated by lecture and discussion
(Replays available for registered participants)
Schedule of Classes:
6/29 ~ Red All Knowing Tara (Whitewashing, Imperialism and Colonialism)
7/6 ~ Red Burning Tara (Power Structures; Race, Class, White Supremacy, and Patriarchy)
7/13 ~ Dark Red Destroying Tara (Seven Circles of Whiteness)
7/20 PAUSE
7/27 ~ Dark Red Victorious Tara (Privilege, Dehumanization and Liberation)
8/3 ~ Red Swift and Courageous Tara (Wellness Workers as agents of Social Justice)
8/10 ~ Red Influential Tara (Myth of Neutrality and Empowered Anti-Colonialism)
Red Tara has the ability to activate our awareness…
and overpower our egoic clinging to the “us vs. them” mentality. With the Red Taras we are freed from the confinement of our own egoic stories and reactions, so we can reach out to all living beings with “bodhicitta” (compassion for all). Activating the Red Tara allows us to be free from the fear stories that keep us complicit in a world of injustice. Tara teaches us that our freedom is contingent on freeing others.
Together we will move through meditations, deep lectures, and kriyas specifically designed to untangle the implicit biases ingrained in us through cultural conditioning and propaganda.
As we unlearn the old stories we will reconnect with our soul’s truth of Oneness with all. Once we have experienced that, our quest to freedom will forever be entangled with all of humanity.
? Are you a white woman, who is a part of a yoga community, a lightworker, or wellness advocate, and feel confused, surprised and saddened by the current state of the world?
? Would you like to understand HOW we got to this place, and what you can do about it? Have you experienced embarrassment, admitting what you don’t know about US history, privilege and racism?
? Do you struggle with understanding our “oneness” while we are so clearly divided?
? Have you been told that Spirituality means Neutrality and that is how to keep “Peace”
In this course we will unpack the guise of toxic spirituality, which stays committed to comfort, personal reward, and keeping things “on brand.” If you are ready to unlearn the lies you have been told and be open to how to engage in action this is the course for you. You will be able to walk the walk of unity and engage in action that supports your new knowledge that no one is free when others are oppressed. Your freedom depends on the freedom of everyone else.
For those of you who have the great honor of parenting others, this course is a fantastic way to heal and unlearn whatever is unreconciled within you in regards to race, power and privilege, so that you do not unconsciously pass harmful beliefs on to your children.
Let Jeannie be the history teacher you never had.
Q: Is this course only for White Women?
A: Anyone is welcome to take the course, and it is designed to be a place for White Women specifically to understand their role in unlearning and healing our communities, for bringing your unconscious blind spots into the light of awareness, and to open your mind and heart where you were unaware and uneducated.
yfi is a yoga alliance continuing education provider and this course is worth 15 CEU hours.
tuition
You are invited to choose a payment tier that works for your budget, consider pay it forward to support Yoga Farm Ithaca’s BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) scholarship fund for 2024 and 2025. Your tuition can be a one time payment, or 3 monthly payments.
We have provided scholarships to over 500 BIPOC and LGBTQ+ students to be in our certification programs. In order to continue to make Yoga communities more inclusive and representative, your support is greatly appreciated and is part of the path of decolonization.
After enrolling in this course, you’ll receive an email from ‘support@yogafarm.us’ with the course access details.
About Your Instructor: Jeannie O'Neill
As instructors, we have a combined depth of experience that is rare, and our love for our mission, for each other and for our students creates change on both an inner and outer level that is unique.
JEANNIE O'NEILL
is a former Social Studies teacher who spent many years teaching the untold perspectives of US History and Government through the non-dominant narrative.
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In her undergraduate studies she assisted her Professors in compiling research on Race, Social Class and power dynamics in the US following the Civil War, particularly in states that were historically abolitionist. Her undergraduate research was on how White Feminist narratives often contributed to the structural and systemic racism in the US, and throughout colonial empires.
Jeannie was inspired by her Social Studies teachers who managed to infuse this nondominant narrative into their curricula; from 6th through 12th grade these incredible educators provided the foundation for a lifelong commitment to teaching outside the box.