Join our BIPOC yoga offering with Born Bi-Kim for a somatic release like no other.
Dive into your body’s wisdom through therapeutic ball rolling and somatic grounding practices that relieve pain, restore calm, and rewire how you respond to stress.
This workshop focuses on releasing tension in the neck, mid-back, and low back—the areas most impacted by phone use,emotional holding, overuse, and postural imbalance. Rooting from floor up foot techniques and grounding cues and principles
You’ll learn:
Ball rolling for deep myofascial release
How to relieve chronic soreness + mechanical tension
Somatic grounding tools for calm + clarity
Daily stress-regulation you can take off the mat
All levels welcome! Balls provided and mats are available to rent.
Price: $35, sliding scale available by emailing hello@bostonyogaunion.com
When: Saturday, November 8 at 4:30-6:00PM
Where: Coolidge Corner Studio, 1297 Beacon St, Brookline, MA
About Born
Born can be found on Tao1Life Wellness & Bodywork L.L.C. He specializes in energetic bodywork. The modalities he specializes in are; Structural Integration, T.C.M./Traditional Chinese Medicine TUI-NA joint work (twee-nah) deep tissue and Cranial Sacral work.
The Class:
The BIPOC Yoga Collective is an accessible, all-levels practice for those who identify as BIPOC. This monthly workshop style class intends to create a safe and familiar space to expose new and seasoned yogis to Boston’s BIPOC instructors, local community of practitioners, and a diversifying studio space. Classes will rotate between different instructors who will take care to ensure students at all levels are able to follow along and create a container that may leave them feeling stronger, empowered, or rested depending on the workshop design.
Purpose:
To create a shared space where Black, Indigenous, and People of Color may be in community with others who share a deep understanding of their marginalization, because of their unspoken shared experience. The intent is to create a sense of safety in one’s authenticity without the gaze of well-meaning and curious onlookers or “saviors”.
We hope to create an automatic increase of baseline trust simply by holding space for this experience, but continuing to build upon it by leveraging ongoing feedback and representation from the varied perspectives, racial groups and levels of privilege within the broader BIPOC identity group.
Our goal is to have attendees engage in the practice of yoga without the reminders of negatively racialized lived experiences within their racial identities, and create solidarity among us.
Upcoming Dates:
Saturday, September 13th at 4:30-6:00PM with Cass
Saturday, October 11th at 4:30-6:00PM with tRISH
Saturday, November 8th at 4:30-6:00PM with Born
Saturday, December 20th at 4:30-6:00PM with Cass, tRISH, and Born