Skill in Action
Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World
By Michelle Cassandra Johnson | Publisher: Shambhala
About the book
Transform your yoga practice into a force for creating social change with this concise, eloquent manual of social justice tools and skills.
Skill in Action asks you to explore the deeply transformational practice of yoga as a way to become an agent of social change and work toward a just world. Through yoga practices and philosophy, this book explores liberation for ourselves and others, while asking us to engage in our own agency—whether that manifests as activism, volunteer work, or changing our relationships with others and ourselves. To provide a strong foundation to begin this work, Michelle Cassandra Johnson clearly defines power and privilege, oppression, liberation, and suffering, and invites you to make changes in your life that promote equality and freedom for all. This revised and expanded edition offers journaling practices and prompts in each chapter; includes more material on how power and privilege inform the yoga industry; explains how to integrate justice into teaching the eight limbs of yoga; and offers ways to support people as they move through their resistance and discomfort in the face of injustice. This edition also offers a fuller look at how the yamas and niyamas—the ethical precepts of yoga—can be studied in order to create a more just world, and it offers more support for yoga teachers seeking to radicalize their yoga.
Editions of Skill in Action
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781611809572
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781645470489
- EBook
- ISBN 9780834843318
- EBook
- ISBN 9780834844049
Read an Excerpt
Transform your yoga practice into a force for creating social change with this concise, eloquent manual of social justice tools and skills.
Skill in Action asks you to explore the deeply transformational practice of yoga as a way to become an agent of social change and work toward a just world. Through yoga practices and philosophy, this book explores liberation for ourselves and others, while asking us to engage in our own agency—whether that manifests as activism, volunteer work, or changing our relationships with others and ourselves. To provide a strong foundation to begin this work, Michelle Cassandra Johnson clearly defines power and privilege, oppression, liberation, and suffering, and invites you to make changes in your life that promote equality and freedom for all. This revised and expanded edition offers journaling practices and prompts in each chapter; includes more material on how power and privilege inform the yoga industry; explains how to integrate justice into teaching the eight limbs of yoga; and offers ways to support people as they move through their resistance and discomfort in the face of injustice. This edition also offers a fuller look at how the yamas and niyamas—the ethical precepts of yoga—can be studied in order to create a more just world, and it offers more support for yoga teachers seeking to radicalize their yoga.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Skill in Action about?
Transform your yoga practice into a force for creating social change with this concise, eloquent manual of social justice tools and skills.
Skill in Action asks you to explore the deeply transformational practice of yoga as a way to become an agent of social change and work toward a just world. Through yoga practices and philosophy, this book explores liberation for ourselves and others, while asking us to engage in our own agency—whether that manifests as activism, volunteer work, or changing our relationships with others and ourselves. To provide a strong foundation to begin this work, Michelle Cassandra Johnson clearly defines power and privilege, oppression, liberation, and suffering, and invites you to make changes in your life that promote equality and freedom for all. This revised and expanded edition offers journaling practices and prompts in each chapter; includes more material on how power and privilege inform the yoga industry; explains how to integrate justice into teaching the eight limbs of yoga; and offers ways to support people as they move through their resistance and discomfort in the face of injustice. This edition also offers a fuller look at how the yamas and niyamas—the ethical precepts of yoga—can be studied in order to create a more just world, and it offers more support for yoga teachers seeking to radicalize their yoga.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Skill in Action?
Health, Relationships and Personal development > Family and health > Fitness and diet > Exercise and workouts > Yoga for exercise
Where can I read a sample of Skill in Action?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781611809572
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Skill in Action?
Michelle Cassandra Johnson
Who is the Publisher of the book Skill in Action?
Shambhala
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Skill in Action is available as paperback(ISBN 9781611809572) and paperback(ISBN 9781645470489) and ebook(ISBN 9780834843318) and ebook(ISBN 9780834844049)
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