Return to Joy: Yoga Immersion in Mexico
November 12 - November 19, 2022
Avery Kalapa and Anjali Rao
Contact:
avery@yogawithavery.com
About the Retreat
A Magical Yoga Retreat Created to Nourish Folks Engaged in the Work of Collective Liberation…
Transformative CONNECTION to INNER WISDOM & JOY IN BELOVED COMMUNITY THROUGH RICH, LOVING COUNTER-CULTURAL YOGA SADHANA
Deep dive Yoga Immersion created especially for advocates, activists, and space holders centering the lived experiences of BIPOC, queer and trans folks!
– Iyengar Yoga: Integrate functional, classical asana with meditation, decolonial philosophy, mythology and history, devotional ritual, dance, writing, and more! Embrace a fuller scope of yoga, beyond just physical asana.
– BIPOC, queer, trans affinity spaces for soulful expansion and affirming connection.
– Honor the lineages of land, community, and spirituality.
– Space for deep rest, rejuvenation, healing, play, JOY!
Schedule
Daily yoga asana, mediation, pranayama, philosophy, and svadhyaya.
About the Teachers
Avery Kalapa and Anjali Rao
Avery Kalapa (they, them) is a Certified Iyengar Yoga teacher, community weaver, and queer and trans wellness advocate; eRYT500, YACEP, BFA, with 20 years experience. Avery’s approach is rooted in anti-oppression: yoga for inner healing and collective liberation.
They love creating affirming healing spaces that don’t require assimilation. Celebrated for their enthusiasm, accessibility, and depth of technique, their teaching reflects deep gratitude for the Iyengar Lineage. They offer a vast knowledge of integrative functional anatomy and stability and embodied philosophy that empowers their students to experience tangible positive transformation in body mind and consciousness.
Avery is involved in various yoga equity and community care projects. They have a major crush on life! They’re also a gardener, artist, and parent. Avery brings the lived experience of being a white, nonbinary, trans, queer settler grateful to live on unceded Tiwa land, in Albuquerque NM.
Anjali Rao (she, her) is a yoga educator, researcher, and activist deeply interested in sharing the ancient wisdom of yoga in service to the challenges of the times. She brings an intersectional lens in integrating yoga philosophy and history, with storytelling, imagery and poetry.
She is an Indian American immigrant, a cancer survivor, a faculty member of YTTs and offers a course on Yoga and Activism in Accessible Yoga Training School.
She believes that a dedicated practice of yoga in all its expansiveness can alchemize and heal the world by creating ripples of change within and around us.
She is an aspiring writer, VP of the Board of Accessible Yoga. She is a lifelong student of Classical Dance, loves chocolate, books, old trees, the ocean and napping with her rescue pup, Hershey.
Avery:
https://yogawithavery.com/about/
Anjali: