studio BE is pleased to offer a variety of yoga and meditation practices to help calm your nerves and soothe your spirit during this unprecedented time.
Join Rachel for this all-levels flow inspired by Buddhist teachings on interdependence. We'll move through a spirited, athletic flow featuring standing balancing poses, heart-openers and some creative hamstring stretches (like Krounchasana) before closing with a seated meditation.
The Black mindfulness teachers and authors Rachel recommends here are Ruth King and Spring Washam. Robin DiAngelo's book White Fragility is the other resource mentioned.
As always: let your breath drive your practice, feel free to modify (especially if you're pregnant, recovering from an injury, or new to yoga), skip vinyasas for a more mellow practice, and turn on some gentle background tunes.
Most importantly, remember to be gentle with yourself — and don't take yourself (or your yoga practice) too seriously.
Rachel Meyer is an American writer and yoga teacher based in Switzerland. She teaches at B.Yoga Basel and serves as Vice President of studio BE, a wellness company which offers mindfulness training for the 21st-century workplace. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, On Being, Yoga Journal, Tricycle, Yoga International, Parents, HuffPost, and more. You can find her at www.rachelmeyeryoga.com or @rachelmeyeryoga.