Free Summit!
The Embodied Learning: Yoga/Mindfulness Access in Education Summit aims to bring together community members, students, and educators from diverse backgrounds to discuss the benefits and challenges of providing yoga/mindfulness practices in US K-12/higher education settings. Together, we will spark dialogue grounded in the intersections of yoga, access, and social justice, and work towards accessibility of holistic mind/body/spirit practices for all students. We aim to critically examine how yoga access is connected to a larger vision of positive social transformation.
Michelle Johnson, local yoga teacher/teacher trainer, social worker, and yoga activist, will deliver the morning keynote. In addition, there will be breakout workshops throughout the day centering around topics including yoga/mindfulness practices for youth, benefits/challenges to brining yoga into the classroom, identity, power, and yoga access, yoga commodification and appropriation in the West, and the intersections between mental/emotional health and yoga/mindfulness practices.
The conference will take place on Saturday, February 28th from 9:00am-5:00pm at the Ark Dance Studio on Duke's East Campus. Continental breakfast and lunch included! Free parking available (Directions: http://danceprogram.duke.edu/studio-locations).
Please email Moriah Glenn at glennk@live.unc.edu with any questions. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, follow this link to register: http://bit.ly/16ABdtJ.
Summit Schedule:
9:00-9:30am: Registration/Breakfast
9:30-10:30am: Collective Yoga Practice/Summit Intro
10:30-11:20: Michelle Johnson Keynote
11:30-12:45: Breakout Session 1
12:45-1:45: Lunch
2:00-2:50: Breakout Session 2
3:00-3:50: Breakout Session 3
4:00-4:50: Take-aways and Action Steps