Intersecting Yoga, Mindfulness, and Social Justice

“Something that has become even more clear to me is that in all the different ways that we're doing the work [of social justice], we need support,” says Stephanie Hicks. 

Stephanie Hicks is the founder and director of Yoga for Black Lives, a series of donation-based yoga classes to support Chicago organizations resisting state violence against Black people. She is a lecturer at The Program on Intergroup Relations and a faculty affiliate of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at U-M. Using her platform, Stephanie has managed to carve an intersection between social justice, yoga, and mindfulness. 

In this week’s show, she shares how Yoga for Black Lives came to be and gives details about how she has been helping educate people about social justice. She discusses the impact that combining yoga and mindfulness with activism can have, how leaders can make workspaces more inclusive by adopting social justice education programs, and the meaning of representation.

Tune in to listen to Stephanie, and then let us know: how can you use mindfulness as a tool for social justice?

Please share your thoughts in the comments.