Saturday 1st February - Documentary Viewing: Stamped from the Beginning

Many of us have turned our heads to the USA this week, with the unnerving events of the inauguration of Donald Trump. Join us to watch this new documentary which covers the history of slavery in America, and the construction and operation of race, racism, and white supremacy. There'll be time for discussions afterwards, with some questions for us to contemplate. There'll also be popcorn!!

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Our Liberation Learning Group is an opportunity to get together and connect over ideas of freedom and liberation. This is a fundamental idea in yogic tradition. Indeed, spiritual liberation is the purpose of yoga: the process of moving into a state of freedom - freedom from our past conditioning, freedom from our self-limiting patterns, habits and behaviours, freedom from oppressive thoughts, freedom to unite with, what in yoga is seen as, divine presence.

This Learning Group explores ideas of freedom - but not purely on an individual level. It will explore ideas of collective freedom. This will include learning from brilliant writers and thinkers who have taught us about the ways in which oppressive systems function and interact to prevent human beings from living in freedom. We will not only read inspiring articles, chapters and books (for those who are into reading), but we will also watch videos and films, listen to podcasts, share and create art and poetry. We will learn about liberation traditions and movements and we will re-learn many of the 'truths' that history has taught us and that has shaped how we understand the world.

We will drink tea, read aloud together, ask questions, share stories and ideas, reflect, dream, meditate, vision and embody together the ways in which we can create both individual and collective liberation. 

To run this group, Seana and Chiraswa put in their time and energy into planning sessions, providing nourishment, and to ensure that things run smoothly. Therefore we ask for a contribution toward venue costs and resources.  £15 / £12 / £6 / £3 / £0