Listen "Eradicating The Abuse Of Women in Yoga with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli"
Episode Synopsis
Uma Dinsmore-Tuli is back on the podcast to talk about her latest initiative; The Yoni Shakti Movement.Their crowdfunding campaign is now complete and they raised way over target, so this campaign is going ahead!We Talk About:The overt and covert ways women are abused in YogaWhat enables covert abuse to happen and how it can be woven into the very fabric of yoga teacher trainingThe culture of ‘by-standerism’, bullying and normalisation of abuseCorrections, being lined up like soldiers and everyone doing the same thing at the same timeDevolving power of our bodies to people outside of us – where a woman’s body or cycles get in the way of the yoga practicesHow women of colour are treated and the yoga stereotype of skinny, white, rich yogi (nothing wrong with that, but that is what’s widely promoted).How our own shame of menstruation is keyed into and twisted.How Do We Weed Out The Disempowering Teachings In Yoga?Hear the voices of the survivors and alliesTalk about this in a safe space and get supportIf everyone knows about it, then the perpetrators have nowhere to goBe educated to see and understand bystander cultureUma has put together:Womb Manifesto13 Warning Signs9 Calls To ActionWhat We Can Do PracticallyRead the campaign kit and get it to your local yoga teacherShare information in the Yoni Shakti Movement Facebook Group – so we’re building a living network so that we actually have each others backs!Send us a textSupport the showMelanie is an experienced Soul & Shadow Worker, Womb Medicine Woman, podcast host, writer and trainer. For over 20 years, she has supported individuals and healing professionals to restore connection with the body, repair attachment and separation wounds, and embody primordial wisdom rooted in the womb, heart and soul. Melanie's approach blends somatic womb healing, shadow integration, shamanic healing and soul-level repatterning - offering a deep and lasting pathway back to the true self. She hosts The Sacred Womb Podcast, leads The Unification Of The Divine Masculine & Feminine Training and is currently writing her first book: The Sacred Womb - a handbook for coming home to our true nature, along with Poems For Peri-Menopause.
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