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Yoga in the Era of #MeToo: Scenes from the Embodied Learning Summit

Embodied Learning Summit.

On February 23, the Bass Connections Mindfulness in Human Development project team hosted the 2019 Embodied Learning Summit. The annual summit aims to share the benefits of yoga with the Triangle community and provide a safe space for conversations about mindfulness, shifting cultural values and gender equality.

This year, the summit emphasized the use of yoga and mindfulness practices to address issues related to sexual trauma and the #MeToo movement.

Since 2013, this project team has partnered with UNC Chapel Hill and Y.O.G.A. for Youth to analyze the effects of a regular yoga and meditation practice on young students’ mindfulness, emotional regulation, self-esteem, stress response, resilience, physical health, academic performance, social behavior and body image.

Laura Terry teaching the “Supportive Yoga Environments” workshop.
Laura Terry teaching the “Supportive Yoga Environments” workshop
Participants getting to know each other during the “Mantra: Use Your Voice for Healing” workshop.
Participants getting to know each other during Autumn Belk’s “Mantra: Use Your Voice for Healing” workshop
Tracey Miller teaching the “Open Trauma: Intersections of African American Culture and Sexual Trauma” workshop.
Participants in the “Mantra: Use Your Voice for Healing” workshop
Tracey Miller teaching the “Open Trauma: Intersections of African American Culture and Sexual Trauma” workshop.
Tracey Williamson Miller teaching the “Open Trauma: Intersections of African American Culture and Sexual Trauma” workshop
Summit’s keynote speaker Zabie Yamasaki talking to two participants.
Keynote speaker Zabie Yamasaki talking with two participants

Learn More

  • Explore this Bass Connections project team.
  • Come to EHDx on April 9 to hear a lightning talk about this project followed by a poster session and reception.
  • Mark your calendar for the Bass Connections Showcase on April 17.

Photos by Milena Ozernova ’21

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