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Yoga for organizers, a 5 week cohort for activists and organizers to combat burnout through community intimacy, movement, meditation, breathwork, and song.
Community organizers hold space for others, but we are not always offered the same opportunities to process and be held. We manage our own trauma, created from systems of oppression, while vicariously taking on the pain of the collective. Left with compassion fatigue, many of us burn out.
Burnout might look like:
Loss of executive functioning
Brain fog
Anxiety
Pain
Apathy
Lethargy
Loss of interest
Numbness
Constant fatigue
Avoidance
Feeling unreal/ depersonalization
Isolation
Feeling overcapacity and overwhelmed
Unable to manage time
Depression
Yoga for Organizers is a container for peer to peer healing so we may combat burn out and continue our life’s work within the movement.
In the cohort you can expect to receive:
Peer support with likeminded organizers
Yogic tools to regulate your nervous system
A soft place to land and feel all your feels
Community intimacy to overcome isolation
Yoga for Organizers is dedicated to people who self-identify as community organizers. This was made for you if you advocate, fundraise, plan events, weave resources, and/or dedicate your labor and time to mutual aid projects and non-profits working directly with people most affected by systems of violence.
A QT+BIPOC centered space, allies are welcome but spaces are limited for folks who don’t identify as QT+BIPOC. The cohort will be intimate with only 10 people. Sign up for the waitlist to be the first to secure your spot.
Meet the facilitators:
Sola Habibi is a multi-heritage ~ Palestinian, Ecuadorian, and Italian ~ non-binary, neurospicy queer from the Bay Area. An author, space curator, facilitator, entrepreneur, griever, creator, yoga instructor, organizer, and systems thinker, they value connection, care, and community in all that they do. Organizing with mutual aid groups and non-profits since 2016, Sola has burned out on more than 5 occasions, each time they have returned to this work with evolved skills and tools to navigate the stress of community organizing. In 2023, they received their 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification and since then have hosted healing spaces using yogic tools for processing grief, building community, and supporting the mental health and wellness of QT+BIPOC in the Bay Area.
Special guest facilitator, Joyous Dawn Bey, will be leading us in song for one of our sessions. Joyous is a singer, song writer, community facilitator, and youth educator. They will be guiding us to explore healing through voice and sound.
Permissions:
Community organizers are labeled as selfless, empathetic, and chronically overworked. I’m here to tell you, you are allowed to take care of yourself. Your problems matter, your feelings matter. Just because we don’t address our own internal challenges does not mean it does not affect our organizing or our community at large. You are allowed to slow down and be taken care of. This is my role in the movement, to care for our social justice warriors, activists, and organizers so that ya’ll can keep transforming our worlds. I’m here for you and I give you permission to center yourself, if you haven’t given it to yourself already.
PLEASE READ THRU THIS IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE REGISTERING!
Time+Date: 5:30PM-7:30PM every Thursday from 2/20-3/20. Please make sure this time works for you before registering! I expect that some days we will run a bit later by 30 minutes. This will allow for more spaciousness around our circles and for our extra activities with our special guest(s).
Pricing:The pricing is sliding scale to help the space be more accessible. If you have the means to pay more, please do. I'm hoping to offer one free spot using a scholarship fund created with the sliding scale pricing. QTBIPOC folks will have priority over the $200 sliding scale price. This is flexible, if you need accommodations please email me (hello@solahabibi.com). The full price of the cohort is $250, payment plans available. If you are interested in the free spot, please email me.
Location: Our cohort will take place at the Berkeley Yoga Center at 2121 Bonar St, Berkeley. There is a code to enter, I will send this to you beforehand. There are about 20 stairs to get to the studio.
Covid: Masks are not required - due to movement and breathwork practices allowing the breath to flow freely is important. To ensure some level of protection, windows will be propped open and an air filter will be on. We ask that participants test prior to each class. Please let me know if you need access to tests.
Amenities: A bathroom is available in the studio. Heat will be on, the room will be warm with a breeze from open windows. Mats, blankets, bolsters and straps will be available to borrow for free. You are welcome to bring your own mat and props. There will be access to hot water and tea.