Yoga for Equality
It's not uncommon for people in the yoga community to gather up the troops and host a yoga fundraiser for a worthy cause. There are donation-based classes that support charities for all kinds--yoga in schools, funding for homeless shelters and animal shelters--you name it!
So it should not surprising that on June 27 Seattle yogis will gather at Cal Anderson Park and Playfield to practice together in the name of equality, according to SeattlePI.com. The yoga class is part of a larger event, StonewallForty, which commemorates the 40th anniversary of Stonewall -- the 1969 confrontation that kicked off the nation's gay rights movement. Event organizers hope that 1,000 yogis will donate $15, Equal Rights Washington and Lambda Legal.
Would you participate in an event like this? Do you think it's a good idea for the yoga community to get involved with this controversial issue?
So it should not surprising that on June 27 Seattle yogis will gather at Cal Anderson Park and Playfield to practice together in the name of equality, according to SeattlePI.com. The yoga class is part of a larger event, StonewallForty, which commemorates the 40th anniversary of Stonewall -- the 1969 confrontation that kicked off the nation's gay rights movement. Event organizers hope that 1,000 yogis will donate $15, Equal Rights Washington and Lambda Legal.
Would you participate in an event like this? Do you think it's a good idea for the yoga community to get involved with this controversial issue?
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Comments
Erica,
I am strongly against partisan politics entering the studio or wherever the Kula practices, and I am just as strongly against the professional as a whole engaging in partisan politics. On the other hand, all Yogis are free to do as they like individually and in groups. The issue these yogis are gathering to support is not an inherently partisan one, though many polititians have tried to make it one. There are gays in all political parties and all walks of life. The issue is about human freedom, dignity and equality. All of these values are easily derived from yoga ethics, so despite any controversy, I find that the yogis position is aligned with the purpose of yoga.
Namaste'
Scott
Posted by: Scott Newsom | June 23, 2009 7:35 AM