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REAL. RAW. SOUTHERN YOGA.

REGISTER FOR OUR FREE VIRTUAL MINI FEST JULY 17th-18th, 2020

Dirty South Yoga Fest is a community and yoga inspired event featuring a diverse sampling of instructors for a weekend of yoga classes, workshops, community and festivities. Dirty South Yoga Fest supports, spotlights and celebrates local yoga across the south.

Recently named Best of Atlanta by Atlanta Magazine and celebrating 7 years of serving the Atlanta yoga community and our inaugural festival in New Orleans.

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What do you do when yoga isn't enough anymore? ⠀

What do you do when yoga isn't enough anymore?
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Where do you turn when a 60-minute asana practice fails to ease your mind the way it used to?
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I've been wrestling with this question for a little over a year now... it hit me hard in the middle of a nervous breakdown in a yoga studio parking lot after class one day.
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'Yoga' wasn't working for me anymore or at least asana wasn't. I couldn't get back that feeling of bliss that patiently waits for you in savasana. For me, it had flown the coop.
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Yoga is often presented as a fix-all solution that alleviates ailments of the mind, body, and spirit. There was a time when I believed this... I may have even preached this to you!
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But today as I look around at the inequality, the injustice and the ease of which we are able to turn a blind eye - it is clear to me that our yoga practice isn't enough.
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Or perhaps somewhere along the line, in the midst of all the asana (yoga postures) I stopped practicing yoga. There are plenty of books, philosophers, and teachers that each strive to answer the difficult question 'what is yoga'. Here are a couple of my favorites:
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"Yoga is skill in action" -Bhagavad Gita
"The restraint of the modifications of the mind-stuff is Yoga" - Yoga Sutras
“To perform every action artfully is yoga.” – Swami Kripalu
"All styles, systems, and practices of yoga have the same objective of union, enlightenment or to yoke." - Brian Kest
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So as I cruise into class last minute, salute the sun, and then sprint home to shower before my next appointment, what am I practicing? What am I really doing artfully, mindfully, or to achieve union- and did it end when class was over?
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If yoga makes me feel good for an hour but I don't follow it up with transformative action- am I really practicing yoga?
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To be honest. I don't have answers BUT I have A LOT of questions. Here is what I suggest: we turn to our teachers, community, and we ask the hard questions. Join us July 17-18th for a Virtual Free Mini-Fest. Link in bio. 🧘‍♀️: @elizabethrowanyoga

#Everydamnday Daily to-do’s ☺️ @femalecollec

#Everydamnday Daily to-do’s ☺️ @femalecollective

I invite you... in fact I URGE you to tune in tomo

I invite you... in fact I URGE you to tune in tomorrow as @seviinyoga takes over our Instagram account. They are sharing more about the #GaFamilyTherapyFund which seeks to help 100 Black families (including children, teens, adults and couples ) receive 4-6 counseling sessions during this critical time of intense racial trauma, for free.
I invite you... no I URGE you to make a donation (any amount helps) to make this possible ✨link in bio✨

Tomorrow is voting day in Georgia. Make a plan, we

Tomorrow is voting day in Georgia. Make a plan, wear your mask, show up. Let your voice be heard.

@octaviaraheem has been a part of the Dirty South

@octaviaraheem has been a part of the Dirty South Yoga community since DAY 1. She’s shared her gifts with us year after year, she’s talked through ideas and brainstormed ways to help us grow and evolve. We are so grateful to have her as both a teacher and a friend.
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Anyone familiar with @octaviaraheem knows she has a way with words and TODAY she has come out with her first book GATHER. It’s a work of art and soul. Through her own life lessons she inspires reflection and connection to deep inner wisdom. .
As a yoga teacher or practitioner her words will intertwine with your personal practice. I hope you will show your support for this beautiful offering by buying a copy for yourself. ✨link in bio✨
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✨All of this ✨ #thisisyoga #offthemat

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