| | Forty UNDER 40 Honorees are making moves — from winning political office (Erek Barron, Nicole Williams, and Angela Angel to name a few...) to hosting major initiatives such as Taste Prince George’s and Wind down Thursday’s at The BLVD. This crew is pretty busy and we want to highlight their important work and accomplishments more regularly. We are starting today!
Check out Charis Goff’s take on #Ferguson and then find your Zen with Dana Smith — the Yoga Diva — as you flip through the highlights from her new book — Yes! Yoga has Curves. |
| Charis Goff (2014 Honoree) speaks on #Ferguson
If you’ve taken even a passing glance at the news in recent weeks, you’ve seen images reminiscent of a war zone. Tanks rolling down suburban streets; guns pointed at protestors by authorities in flak jackets. These weren’t stories from Afghanistan or Palestine. They were the live accounts of what has happened in Ferguson, MO following the death of Michael Brown at the hands of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
Viewing these images encourages any number of emotions: sadness, anger, helplessness. Were you inspired to action? The people of Ferguson were. Communities around the country were also. We saw pockets of people gather together to organize protests, marches, strategy meetings, and boycotts – all to call for justice for Michael Brown and all those whose stories of violence and death at the hands of law enforcement are becoming far too frequent. Another response emerged as well: online. Social media continues to house rallying cries. No doubt, “hashtag activism” appears here to stay. What’s the next move? Where will we take this?
One thing that many of the above actions have in common is initiation by young people, mostly 40 and under. From grassroots organizing to outreach from national groups, response has been swift in calls for justice for Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Renisha McBride, and now Michael Brown. What will we do to move forward from these tragedies? What now?
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Dana Smith (2012 Honoree) launches new book: Yes! YOGA has Curves
Yoga is a transformational art designed to bring our mind, body and spirit back into balance. It helps us to appreciate who we are and love the skin that we are in. This book has been a dream of author Dana Smith aka “The Yoga Diva” for many years and thanks to friend and photographer Wanakhavi Wakhisi her dream has become reality.
Her practice began when she was in her final trimester of pregnancy and was key in helping her adjust to new motherhood and everyday stresses of life. She learned how to work with her curves and has been teaching to yogis of all body types for over 10 years.
In popular media only one type of yoga body is highlighted and there is little representation for fuller bodied women. Because of this, many women don’t think they have the “yoga body” and hesitate exploring yoga, even though it has countless benefits.
This book serves as a testament that yoga is for EVERYbody and that no one physical size is better suited for practice. It will celebrate beautiful goddesses of all curvy shapes and sizes and finally allow the beauty of our curves to be recognized in this blessed art called yoga.
The true essence of yoga is what you do from your heart, not what you do with your body.
Order the book by following this link |
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