What does it really mean to practise yoga with integrity?
If you've felt unsettled by the direction of the yoga and wellness industries, this three-part conversation offers a space to think deeply, ask better questions and reconnect with the ethical heart of the tradition. You'll leave with your own personal, clear ethical framework to guide your yoga practice and teaching.
A three-part online forum and guided process with Katie Rose and Shae Spry.
Tuesday 25 August · 10:00am (AEST)
Friday 28 August · 10:00am (AEST)
Monday 31 August · 10:00am (AEST)
Can't make it live?
No problem. All sessions will be recorded and you'll receive lifetime access to the recordings.
If you've been feeling disillusioned by what's happening within the yoga and wellness industries, this offering is for you. In a time of confusion, noise and competing ideologies, integrity matters more than ever. This three-part immersion invites yoga practitioners and teachers to explore the ethical foundations of the tradition, wrestle with contemporary questions, and consciously articulate the principles that will guide their practice, teaching and everyday life.
100% of income from this offering will be donated to liberation and charitable causes. This is a not-for-profit initiative.
THE YOGA OF SPIRITUAL ACTIVISM
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Our world is in crisis. But there is hope. The wise love of bhakti shows us how to act from the heart, using every skill we possess to build a better world.
This isn’t spirituality that bypasses suffering. It’s spirituality that meets hate with peace, greed with gratitude, and despair with determination.
The path of yoga is more than inner spirituality. It's about how we show up in the world. Just as we connect with the divinity within, we connect with the divinity that permeates everyone and everything.Â
Yoga leads us towards action for the wellbeing of all. This is part of our dharma; our duty, our assignment, our reason for being.
We can't do this work alone - together we rise in service.Â
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WHO IS THIS SUMMIT FOR?
We call on all students and teachers of yoga, and anyone interested or involved in the "wellness" industry generally, to come on an adventure that will deepen your understanding of yoga as service, and illuminate the connection between self care and collective care.Â
This sacred event is a unique opportunity to cultivate heart-centred responses to the challenges we face, and to awaken an energy for liberation that extends beyond your own personal practice and into the world.
The Bhakti Women Summit is not for women who just want to stare at their navels and “raise their vibe” because “your vibe attracts your tribe.” “If you’re into spiritual bypassing you can either join us to learn to do better, or you can move right along. At this point, on a planet that is dying, full of people who are suffering, any excuses you have for silence and passivity are void.
We say this with great love, because it is important and we do not shy away from our sacred duty of love in action.Â
HEALTHY DISAGREEMENT IS GOOD
One reason there is so much polarisation in our world is that we have forgotten how to disagree well.Â
Click bait headlines, news programs focused on ratings, quick takes, memes and sound bite politics mean we have been conditioned towards short attention spans and blinkered points of view. This directs us to choose this team or that team, or disengage completely.Â
Polarised thinking leaves little room for those of us who are unsure or perceive nuance. It makes us forget that actually often we are all on the same team.
We don’t have to agree with everything someone says to agree with something they say. There is no merit in “cutting your nose off to spite your face” because one opinion or sentiment that we don’t agree with is expressed.
We need to learn how to be thoughtful and engaged in conversation, and we need to feel free to disagree intelligently and respectfully. We need to be having more nuanced conversations.
Don't misunderstand me: strong opinions are welcome when they are well considered. But we must also be able to hold space for varying perspectives. We must understand points of view that are different to our own.
That's what it means to be in community, and it's the only way we can productively move forward. Do we agree all the time? No. Do we listen and show respect? Yes.
The Bhakti Women Summit is an invitation to practice intelligent disagreement. There may well be things you hear during the summit that you disagree with. Good! That is an opportunity to practice a form of dialog that centres listening, learning and peaceful debate.Â
Let's raise the bar. Think deeply. Consider broadly. Then map out a way forward together that acknowledges, celebrates and supports our common humanity.Â
Here's to healing conversations and diverse ideas.
