- #HEART OPENING YOGA SEQUENCE CRACKED#
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It felt natural, so I knew I had stepped into my purpose.
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It was important for me to remind people they are free and worthy of love. I created affirmation cards and each guest received a tote bag and rose quartz crystal. I felt proud to lead this group as such a new teacher. As a 40 person collective from all backgrounds, cultures, and nationalities, we moved our bodies with an energizing flow. In 2016, I taught my first class, and I led my first workshop, called I am Free, the following year. It is a tough time for a lot of people, and we need more love, joy, and kindness in the world. I discovered my authentic voice during my first yoga teacher training, honed my ability to listen, and used both to make me the teacher I am today. For a large portion of my life, my voice was hidden in the depths of fear, angst, grief, and abuse. I knew I had found a calling and a soul-awakening was happening inside of me. But the more I practiced, the more it became clear that yoga in the US was not as diverse as I thought it should be for BIPOC.
Svadhyaya (self-study) through yoga had become my refuge in the darkest of times, helping me to navigate through my emotional growth spurt. Grief is not linear, and I was learning that liberation was on its way.
#HEART OPENING YOGA SEQUENCE CRACKED#
The more my heart cracked open, the more I learned that I was not born to fit inside anyone else’s box. The stretching, the pauses between breaths, and the resilience of my body brought me great comfort. The way the sweat rolled off my back, I disappeared, and my mind was no longer consumed with repetitive thoughts that did not serve me. When I started my yoga journey, I was still knee-deep in working through the intricacies of grieving my mother’s death-she had died five years earlier, in 2002, when I was 19. Unfortunately, over the next decade, I would learn that this was not the case.
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I took my first class in 2007, led by an elegantly strong and brilliant Black woman in Southside Chicago: If you’ve ever visited, you know it is predominately Black, beautiful, proud, and full of love! Since this was my introduction to the practice, I assumed every studio was inclusive and diverse like this. My ability to claim who I am, fully, came through the beautiful practice of yoga. I have the honor of being a pair of shoulders to stand on for those who come after me. I stand on the shoulders of the 10,000-plus ancestors who came before me, and I do not take my presence here lightly. I am a yogi, Black woman, teacher, podcast host, candle designer, liberator, Black joy beam, writer, facilitator, lover, sister, and friend. I am the daughter of Cynthia Geneva Lawson, granddaughter of Eleanor Cecilia Lawson. My name is Alicia Crysta Easter, which means “noble anointed one of dawn” (Eostre was a Germanic goddess of spring). Get full access to Outside Learn, our online education hub featuring in-depth yoga, fitness, & nutrition courses, when you
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