Podcast appearances and mentions of Michelle C Johnson

Matthew fields excellent questions about his new book from colleagues Ann Gleig and Michelle C. Johnson.  NAB Show Notes This event includes discussions on sensitive topics related to abuse; sexual assault; high-demand tactics; racism; gender-based violence; and systems of dominance, patriarchy, and oppression. We know that these topics may be distressing or triggering to some attendees, and we invite you to take care when listening, and to tend to your needs if you feel activated, overwhelmed, or emotionally impacted. We're so grateful you're here, and we thank you for coming. We also want to thank survivors of sexual violence and abuse in yoga, wellness, Buddhist communities, and beyond, whose stories, voices, and feedback have been invaluable to the work each of us continues to do in service of healing our communities from the harm of sexual violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kerri is the founder of CTZNWELL, a movement that is democratizing wellbeing for all. A descendant of generations of firemen and first responders, Kerri has dedicated her life to kicking down doors and fighting for justice. She's been teaching yoga for over 20 years and is known for making waves in the wellness industry by challenging norms, disrupting systems and mobilizing people to act. A community organizer, wellness activist and author of the forthcoming book American Detox: The Myth of Wellness and How We Can Truly Heal, Kerri is recognized across communities for her inspired work to bridge transformational practice with social justice. She's been instrumental in translating the practices of wellbeing into social and political action, working in collaboration with community organizers, spiritual leaders and policy makers to transform our systems from the inside out. Her leadership has inspired a movement that is actively organizing around issues of racial and economic justice, healthcare as a human right, civic engagement and more.Kerri is a student of abolition, anti-racism, ableism and decolonization. She works diligently to dismantle oppression within herself and the systems and culture she is a part of. She works in support and solidarity with BIPOC leaders and organizations to explore how to work across lines of difference to advance equity and build community resilience. Her partnership with Michelle C Johnson, Race & Resilience, aims to provoke transformative change in community and institutional spaces that moves us from a culture of separation, supremacy and scarcity to one of connection, cooperation and care. In this episode, we discuss:Collective WellnessWell-beingInterconnectednessThe Personal as PoliticalFinding Refuge in the MundaneThe Story of a HeroDetoxing From Systems That Prevent Us From Being Well The Birthing of American DetoxThe Writing ProcessDiscovery of OneselfRest as RefugePerfectionismJusticeEquityConnect with Kerri on her website, ctznwell, or on Instagram @kkellyyoga and @ctznwell.Podcast music by Charles Kurtz+ Read transcript

In this episode with Michelle Casandra Johnson, we cover the importance of the grieving process and having practices that support it. We discuss how our practices have shifted since Covid-19 and the things we hope will not go back. Michelle talks about working with our ancestors and learning from their traumas and resistance as well as her special connection to her honey bees. Michelle wrote the foreward for my forthcoming book, The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga out with Shambhala Publications in May 2023. It was wonderful to connect with her here. Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, intuitive healer, and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. As a dismantling racism trainer, she has worked with large corporations, non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, Auburn Seminary, Kripalu, Mercedes, Spotify, Lululemon, and many others. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; the second edition of Skill in Action, published by Shambhala Publication, comes out November 2nd, 2021. She teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. Michelle's latest book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief, published by Shambhala Publications, came out in July 2021. Her upcoming book, We Heal Together: Rituals and Practices for Building Community and Connection, published my Shambhala Publications, is available for pre-order now and comes out in April 2023. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, the heart, healing, and wholeness are at the center of how Michelle approaches all of her work in the world. Michelle's Website & Instagram ----------------------------------------- Your support is deeply appreciated! Find me, Lara, on my Website / Instagram You can support this podcast with any level of donation here. Opening and Closing music: Other People's Photographs courtesy of Daniel Zaitchik. Follow Daniel on Spotify.

Drum roll, please… we are so excited to share this inspiring conversation with Michelle Cassandra Johnson and Tema Okun. From the very beginning of this podcast, we've named Michelle's work throughout and, of course, our longtime listeners will also recall our early interview with Michelle on episode 5 (linked below). Since that initial conversation, we've dreamt of having Michelle back on with her dear friend and colleague, Tema Okun. You might know Tema's name from the now-somewhat-famous-in-certain-circles resource, the Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture article (also linked below)—for many, a guiding document outlining the insidious ways white supremacy shows up in our cultural narratives, practices, and norms. Tema's work has been pivotal, for decades, and recently gained increased attention amidst the BLM uprising of 2020. As many white folks “go back to sleep” in the aftermath of that uprising, Tema's role as a decades-long facilitator of anti-racism work models something significant: what it looks like for white folks to show up over and over again, over long periods of time, and the practice of centering love, compassion, and humanity in our efforts to challenge and dismantle systemic and cultural racism.This conversation is an invitation to do just that—to stay in relationship, to understand our roles, and to work across lines of difference to create collective liberation.Tune in, ya'll.Tema and Michelle discuss…- Visions for the future of this work and reflections on its evolution- The importance of not leaving anyone behind- What it looks like for white folks to get out of the way- Challenging individualism and ego- The complexities of lineages, legacies, and accreditation in social justice praxis- Cross-difference relationship- Boundaries as a form of self and collective-care…and so much more…Connect with Michelle & Tema:Michelle's websiteMichelle's InstagramJoin Michelle on PatreonTema's websiteTema's InstagramTema's book, The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching About Race And Racism To People Who Don't Want To KnowResources Mentioned:ALL THE F*CK IN Episode 5: Remembering to Dream with Michelle C. JohnsonPrepping for the Apocalypse Means Building Community podcast episodeOriginal Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture article, written by Tema and colleaguesRevised White Supremacy Culture Characteristics / new website from TemaFinding Refuge podcast episode with TemaDismantling Racism Works, dRworksMichelle's next book, We Heal TogetherBe sure to subscribe on Apple or Spotify, and leave us 5-star rating and review on Apple to help other folks find us.We'd also love for you to take a screenshot of where the episode resonates with you and tag us in your Instagram stories at @alltfinpodcast, @tristankatzcreative, and @laurenkayroberts.+ CLICK HERE TO ACCESS A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS RECORDINGThanks to Son of Nun and DJ Mentos for the music. You can find their work at sonofnun.bandcamp.com and djmentos.com.

What if your intuition guided you to move across the country, give-up your private practice and do so without knowing exactly where you were going to land and work?  Or what if it told you to buy a house sight unseen—like not even having seen a picture of it—would you?  Well, you would if you were in touch with your intuition and knew it for the powerful and life affirming source that it is.  That's exactly what my guest Michelle Cassandra Johnson did—and doing so reshaped her life in amazing ways she couldn't have imagined. Michelle and I talk making intuitive decisions, big and little, as well as daily rituals and practices that make this social just warrior and anti-racism teacher's intuition clear rather than cloudy.  All that on today's Own Your Intuition Show.SHOW NOTES:Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, intuitive healer, and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. As a dismantling racism trainer, she has worked with large corporations, non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, Auburn Seminary, Kripalu, Mercedes, Spotify, Lululemon, and many others. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a JustWorld in 2017; the second edition of Skill in Action, publishedby Shambhala Publication, comes out November 2nd, 2021. She teaches workshopsin yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. Michelle's latest book, FindingRefuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief, published by ShambhalaPublications, came out in July 2021. Her upcoming book, WeHeal Together: Rituals and Practices for Building Community and Connection,published my Shambhala Publications, is available for pre-order now and comesout in April 2023.  Michelle C Johnson: https://www.michellecjohnson.com Yes, tell me!  How the heck do I tell the difference between the voice of my intuition and my “fear-based” ideas?  Download the free audio here. What's this Own Your Intuition program that starts September 27th all about? 

Our Guest, Kerri KellyKerri is the founder of CTZNWELL, a movement that is democratizing wellbeing for all. A descendant of generations of firemen and first responders, Kerri has dedicated her life to kicking down doors and fighting for justice. She's been teaching yoga for over 20 years and is known for making waves in the wellness industry by challenging norms, disrupting systems and mobilizing people to act. A community organizer, wellness activist and author of the forthcoming book American Detox: The Myth of Wellness and How We Can Truly Heal, Kerri is recognized across communities for her inspired work to bridge transformational practice with social justice. She's been instrumental in translating the practices of wellbeing into social and political action, working in collaboration with community organizers, spiritual leaders and policy makers to transform our systems from the inside out. Her leadership has inspired a movement that is actively organizing around issues of racial and economic justice, healthcare as a human right, civic engagement and more.Kerri is a student of abolition, anti-racism, ableism and decolonization. She works diligently to dismantle oppression within herself and the systems and culture she is a part of. She works in support and solidarity with BIPOC leaders and organizations to explore how to work across lines of difference to advance equity and build community resilience. Her partnership with Michelle C Johnson, Race & Resilience, aims to provoke transformative change in community and institutional spaces that moves us from a culture of separation, supremacy and scarcity to one of connection, cooperation and care. In this Episode, we cover:What is it mean to be well today?Burnout and the system of CapitalismThe self-care movementThe Idea of from the "Me" to the "We"Healing as a communityWhere did the term "Detox" came from?Finding the space to make changeHelpful Links:Kerri Kelly - Author of American Detox and Founder of CTZNWELL. For updates, follow her on Facebook @kerri.kelly.5, Instagram and Twitter @kkellyyoga.Enter to Win a copy of American Detox! Follow @rosebudwoman and @the.rose.woman, and drop a comment on the postRev. Angel Williams KyodoSensing Woman 2022 - a week-long event that will be held from the 27th of September to the 1st of October at the C24 Gallery in Chelsea, New York CityFind Rosebud Woman on Instagram as @rosebudwoman, Christine on Instagram as @the.rose.woman, and on Tiktok as @therosewoman108. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, licensed clinical social worker and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. With a deep understanding of trauma and the impact that it has on the mind, body, spirit and heart, much of her work focuses on helping people better understand how power and privilege operate in their life. She explores how privilege, power and oppression affects the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and energy body. In episode 47, Jivana and Michelle discuss: The 2nd edition of Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World The Bhagavad Gita Bringing real world experience into yoga spaces The connection between social justice and yoga Dharma Staying inspired in social justice work Actionable Love Karma Yoga How to take your yoga off the mat Shared humanity How the 2nd edition of Skill in Action offers guidance and tools for what's happening now Michelle's next book about healing in community

Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, licensed clinical social worker and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. With a deep understanding of trauma and the impact that it has on the mind, body, spirit and heart, much of her work focuses on helping people better understand how power and privilege operate in their life. She explores how privilege, power and oppression affects the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and energy body. In episode 47, Jivana and Michelle discuss: The 2nd edition of Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World The Bhagavad Gita Bringing real world experience into yoga spaces The connection between social justice and yoga Dharma Staying inspired in social justice work Actionable Love Karma Yoga How to take your yoga off the mat Shared humanity How the 2nd edition of Skill in Action offers guidance and tools for what's happening now Michelle's next book about healing in community

This weeks guest is author, Dismantling Racism Trainer, Yoga teacher, and licensed clinical social worker, Michelle C. Johnson. In this discussion we dive into her most recent book, 'Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief' to talk about how we can best embrace our grieving process and learn how to stop numbing out intense experiences. This is a powerful conversation perfect for this time of year when we are encouraged to let go of things that no longer serve us. If you want to keep in touch with Michelle's work the links will be down below, complete with her 'Finding Refuge' Podcast and links to her books.  The second edition of 'Skill in Action' is now just getting shipped out so I highly encourage you to pick yourself up a copy if at all involved in the practice of Yoga.  SHOW TOPICS: -Importance of creating space for grief -The role of community in healing -Creating a safe container for feeling our pain -Why you should let yourself fall apart -Using breath as a tool for entering the body -What is ancestral trauma and how is it passed down? -White supremacy and ancestral trauma -Healing our ancestral lines Links:  Michellecjohhnson.com Skill In Action 2nd Ed. - https://www.shambhala.com/skill-in-action-1631553347.html |https://linktr.ee/skillinaction

Michelle Cassandra Johnson joins Jivana to help answer the question: How do we realize a world in which we can all be free? An author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, intuitive healer, and Dismantling Racism trainer, Michelle approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, intuitive healing session, or this podcast, the heart, healing, and wholeness are at the center of how Michelle approaches her work in the world. She and Jivana consider how our individual choices affect our community's wellbeing and what it means to be in service to each other. Michelle reminds us of the importance of maintaining our own spiritual practice when showing up for the collective good and teaches us how to connect to the wisdom of our ancestors.Learn more about Michelle and her trainings.Purchase Michelle's new book Finding Refuge.Purchase Michelle's renowned book Skill in Action.Learn more about the book.Learn more about Jivana.Pre-order your copy of Yoga Revolution at Shambala, Amazon, or wherever books are sold.

Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, intuitive healer, and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. As a dismantling racism trainer, she has worked with large corporations, non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Church, Lululemon, and many others. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; she teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. Michelle's new book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief, published by Shambhala Publications, comes out on July 13th, 2021. She was a Tedx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019 and has been interviewed on several podcasts in which she explores the premise and foundation of Skill in Action, along with creating ritual in justice spaces, our divine connection with nature and Spirit, and how we as a culture can heal. Recently, she created her own podcast, Finding Refuge, which explores collective grief and liberation and serves as a reminder about all the ways we can find refuge during unsettling and uncertain times and of the resilience and joy that comes from allowing ourselves to find refuge. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, the heart, healing, and wholeness are at the center of how Michelle approaches all of her work in the world. In this episode we discuss: Stewarding grief. Acknowledging brokenheartedness to begin healing. Presence of the heart and finding refuge. Spiritual practices to bring you back home to the body and into the collective body. How oppression takes the breath away. Being in relationship with your ancestors. Collective care and justice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Cassandra Johnson shares about knowing your capacity and creating space to grieve in a community of support. You'll also hear about: Michelle shares her experience of being stopped by the police for no reason, other than being Black How we have been conditioned to grieve in isolation On finding liberation and freedom in grief  TV as medicine   ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment   When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, intuitive healer, and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; she teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. Michelle's new book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief, published by Shambhala Publications, comes out on July 13th, 2021. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, the heart, healing, and wholeness are at the center of how Michelle approaches all of her work in the world.   In this episode, we talk about: Responding to heartbreak Remembering your roots, and bringing forth your medicine Michelle shares some stories of personal grief How Michelle's newest book was guided by Spirit Integrating grief into healing work Why we're resistant to grief On being conditioned to grieve in isolation Finding freedom and liberation through grief On calling in support from our guides and helpers Why our capacity to hold grief is limited How the Spirit can hold grief, even if our body cannot On understanding your capacity for grief Hypervigilance and why BIPOC folks need more space for rest How our capacity shifts, depending on the identities we embody On identifying what is grief and how it shows up Michelle shares her experience of being stopped by the police for no reason Grieving for the end of our life Acknowledging grief and asking -  is there heartbreak today? On permission to grieve Cry-constipation On being witnessed and grieving in a community of support TV as medicine Seeking support for grief and depression The physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual effect of unprocessed grief  Michelle shares about the upcoming 2nd edition of her book Skill in Action  And so much more! Bonus Secret Episode! Get the grounding and clearing meditation with Michelle Cassandra Johnson at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Learn more about Michelle's offerings at www.michellecjohnson.com Connect with Michelle on Instagram @skillinaction // https://www.instagram.com/skillinaction/ Connect with Michelle on Facebook @skillinaction Pre-order Michell's new book Finding Refuge Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret     References: 23andme https://www.23andme.com/ Finding Refuge Book https://www.finding-refuge.com/ Shambhala Publications https://www.shambhala.com     Usher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_usher Trayvon Martin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trayvon_Martin Sharmonic work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism Skill in Action https://www.skill-in-action.com/the-book Healing in Community Online Summit https://www.skill-in-action.com/the-book Yoga International https://yogainternational.com/ This is Us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Us DSM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5 Finding Refuge Podcast https://www.michellecjohnson.com/finding-refuge-podcast Skill in Action 2nd Edition https://www.shambhala.com/skill-in-action-15838.html Sādhanā https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C4%81dhan%C4%81 Rohini Moradi https://www.magicinclined.com/ Rohini on the Earth Speak Podcast https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/rohini-moradi-sweeney-31 Akashic Records Workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/akashic-records Bhagavad Gita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita Dharma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma Michelle's Intuitive Healing offerings https://www.michellecjohnson.com/intuitive-healing Subscribe to Michelle's newsletter https://www.michellecjohnson.com/subscribe Earth Speak Ep14 https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/michellejohnson14     ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It's Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

Michelle Cassandra Johnson shares about knowing your capacity and creating space to grieve in a community of support. You'll also hear about: Michelle shares her experience of being stopped by the police for no reason, other than being Black How we have been conditioned to grieve in isolation On finding liberation and freedom in grief  TV as medicine   ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment   When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, intuitive healer, and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; she teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. Michelle's new book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief, published by Shambhala Publications, comes out on July 13th, 2021. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, the heart, healing, and wholeness are at the center of how Michelle approaches all of her work in the world.   In this episode, we talk about: Responding to heartbreak Remembering your roots, and bringing forth your medicine Michelle shares some stories of personal grief How Michelle's newest book was guided by Spirit Integrating grief into healing work Why we're resistant to grief On being conditioned to grieve in isolation Finding freedom and liberation through grief On calling in support from our guides and helpers Why our capacity to hold grief is limited How the Spirit can hold grief, even if our body cannot On understanding your capacity for grief Hypervigilance and why BIPOC folks need more space for rest How our capacity shifts, depending on the identities we embody On identifying what is grief and how it shows up Michelle shares her experience of being stopped by the police for no reason Grieving for the end of our life Acknowledging grief and asking -  is there heartbreak today? On permission to grieve Cry-constipation On being witnessed and grieving in a community of support TV as medicine Seeking support for grief and depression The physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual effect of unprocessed grief  Michelle shares about the upcoming 2nd edition of her book Skill in Action  And so much more! Bonus Secret Episode! Get the grounding and clearing meditation with Michelle Cassandra Johnson at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Learn more about Michelle's offerings at www.michellecjohnson.com Connect with Michelle on Instagram @skillinaction // https://www.instagram.com/skillinaction/ Connect with Michelle on Facebook @skillinaction Pre-order Michell's new book Finding Refuge Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret     References: 23andme https://www.23andme.com/ Finding Refuge Book https://www.finding-refuge.com/ Shambhala Publications https://www.shambhala.com     Usher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_usher Trayvon Martin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trayvon_Martin Sharmonic work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism Skill in Action https://www.skill-in-action.com/the-book Healing in Community Online Summit https://www.skill-in-action.com/the-book Yoga International https://yogainternational.com/ This is Us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Us DSM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5 Finding Refuge Podcast https://www.michellecjohnson.com/finding-refuge-podcast Skill in Action 2nd Edition https://www.shambhala.com/skill-in-action-15838.html Sādhanā https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C4%81dhan%C4%81 Rohini Moradi https://www.magicinclined.com/ Rohini on the Earth Speak Podcast https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/rohini-moradi-sweeney-31 Akashic Records Workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/akashic-records Bhagavad Gita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita Dharma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma Michelle's Intuitive Healing offerings https://www.michellecjohnson.com/intuitive-healing Subscribe to Michelle's newsletter https://www.michellecjohnson.com/subscribe Earth Speak Ep14 https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/michellejohnson14     ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It's Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

This week, Michelle C. Johnson, (https://www.michellecjohnson.com/) joins us for a beautiful and indulgent conversation around connecting to our ancestors. We talk about: dismanteling racism connecting to ancestors healing ancestral trauma connecting to source building altars prayer and chanting beekeeping her incredible new book, Finding Refuge and so much more! Meet Michelle: Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, intuitive healer, and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. As a dismantling racism trainer, she has worked with large corporations, non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Church, Lululemon, and many others. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; she teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. Michelle’s new book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief, published by Shambhala Publications, comes out on July 13th, 2021.  She was a Tedx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019 and has been interviewed on several podcasts in which she explores the premise and foundation of Skill in Action, along with creating ritual in justice spaces, our divine connection with nature and Spirit, and how we as a culture can heal. Recently, she created her own podcast, Finding Refuge, which explores collective grief and liberation and serves as a reminder about all the ways we can find refuge during unsettling and uncertain times and of the resilience and joy that comes from allowing ourselves to find refuge. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, the heart, healing, and wholeness are at the center of how Michelle approaches all of her work in the world. To connect with , please visit: https://www.michellecjohnson.com/ To pre-order Michelle's new book, Finding Refuge, please visit: https://www.finding-refuge.com/ ▶▶▶ Please rate, commnet, and share this episode to share the magic, and join the Magic Inclined community to connect with magic humxns from all aroud the world: https://magicinclined.mn.co All music provided by www.lukesweeney.com Luke's spodify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0HUCUssIZ14hidQEb4IpwZ

In today’s episode I interviewed two Skill in Action facilitators — Charlie Redd and Lauren Kay Roberts. We discussed the work of Michelle C. Johnson and her book -- Skill in Action: Radicalizing your Yoga to Create a Just World. Charlie and Lauren facilitate trainings based on this work.We spoke about the events of January 6th, what it's like to run a yoga studio in the time of COVID 19 and yoga, social justice, activism & right action.Inner Peace Yoga Therapy is hosting a workshop with Charlie and Lauren on January 30, you can find out more and register here.Support the show (https://innerpeaceyogatherapy.com)

In this special episode of ALL THE F*CK IN, Tristan (they/them) and Lauren (she/her) interview their mentor, collaborator, and one of their absolute favorite humans Michelle Cassandra Johnson.Michelle is a social justice warrior, author, dismantling racism trainer, yoga teacher, and intuitive healer with more than 20 years of experience leading dismantling racism work and working with clients as a licensed clinical social worker. She has a deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit, and heart, and her awareness of the world through her own experience as a Black woman allows her to know firsthand how privilege and power operate.Tune in to hear about…Michelle's career path and what led her to the work she does todayHer experience as a dismantling racism trainer and how she brings this into yoga and wellness spacesHow she works with rituals to stay connected to her intuitionWhat it looks like to operate as an entrepreneur with many different offeringsAll things money and abundance in social change workAnd more!A note on content: Self-care is radical and non-negotiable in the work of justice AND entrepreneurship. Some of these conversations include mention of trauma, both from a systemic and often racialized perspective, and in relationship to experiences like sexual violence. We hope you do what you need to take care of yourself while listening, even if that means pausing and returning to an episode at another time or skipping it altogether. Here's where you can view a transcript of this episode of ALL THE F*CK IN.Learn more about Michelle's work:Visit Michelle's websiteCheck out her trainings calendarListen to her podcastGet Skill in ActionPreorder Finding RefugeFollow Michelle on InstagramYou can support this podcast by subscribing on Apple or Spotify, and leaving a 5-star rating and review on Apple. Thanks to Son of Nun and DJ Mentos for the music. You can find their work at sonofnun.bandcamp.com and djmentos.com. You can also support a mutual aid fund they're involved with, Tubman House Coronavirus Support, at this link and specify Tubman House Coronavirus Support in the "special instructions to seller" field.We'd also love for you to take a screenshot of where the episode resonates with you and tag us in your Instagram stories at @alltfinpodcast, @skillinaction, @tristankatzcreative, and @laurenkayroberts.

The November 2020 Alice Paul Center (APC) podcast episode of Gender Jawn focuses on the practices and politics of self-care. APC Interim Director Maria Murphy interviews UPenn GSWS Associate Director Gwendolyn Beetham and GSWS/APC Program Coordinator Shana Bahemat about meditation and writing as self-care, care work advocacy in the university, and facilitating care work as part of a holistic approach to pedagogy.   Readings include excerpts from Judith Butler’s Undoing Gender and Solange Knowles’ “Solange Knowles: Reflections on Stillness, Joy, and the Year That Changed Everything.” Shana Bahemat www.shanabahemat.com Instagram: @saffronbby Shana’s meditation/yoga/healing resources: Maryam Ovissi Michelle C. Johnson Sebene Selassie Liberate Meditation App Studio Ānanda Daphne Lyon Original music by David Chavannes: www.dchavannes.com For more information about the Alice Paul Center visit www.gsws.sas.upenn.edu

Today we’re speaking with Michelle C. Johnson, author, yoga teacher, healer, social worker, dismantling racism trainer, activist, and grief-worker, whose book Skill In Action has been helping me answer the question: How we can truly support ourselves to be able to step up in the most expansive and aligned way in our roles within the collective dismantling process? Michelle’s book is a gift for these times -  incredibly insightful & affirming, particularly right now, as more folx awaken to the ways we can dismantle and decondition racist + oppressive programs & begin healing the injustices of the imposed systems as individuals and as community uplifting BIPOC voices. In this interview, Michelle shares what Skill in Action means to her, and the power of story, such as the Bhagavad Gita as an inspiration for her work and philosophy.  We talk about how simple can be transformational, and the simple yet powerful practices Michelle offers in her book, as well as samskaras & spirituality - Michelle invites us to slow down enough to respond to our personal patterns thru mindfulness and spiritual connection. We get into the problematic industry of “wellness” and how it was not created for ALL bodies to be included as Michelle shares her thoughts on yoga + injustice, our collective awakening, and reflections upon death and hardship.  We touch on white supremacy and Capitalism within the yoga and wellness industries, and why it’s critical to honor in the wake of overwhelm and the Wave of change.  Stay tuned to the end to hear Venessa’s “Where I’m From” poem inspired by a practice in Michelle’s book Skill In Action. Click here for full show notes: http://www.wildlyrooted.com/fywpodcast/michellecjohnson    >> SUBSCRIBE :: Sign up for newsletter to receive updates on upcoming programs and events >> GET WILDLY UNSTUCK :: Sign up for Wildly Unstuck audio program (it’s free) + learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals & what to do about them. ***** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Your support means the world... If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! To make a monthly contribution, head to the Patreon page here. If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal Venmo Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like - send to @WildlyRooted: https://venmo.com/WildlyRooted   Thank you as every penny counts toward supporting this work! xo   ***** For more from Wildly Rooted Get Wildly UNSTUCK audio program (it's free) Support Wildly Rooted on Patreon (I thank you!) Work with Venessa 1-on-1 Say hi on Instagram @WildlyRooted

Welcome to The Finding Refuge Podcast!This podcast emerged from work based in the exploration of collective grief and liberation. It exists to remind us about all the ways we can find refuge during unsettling and uncertain times, and to remind us about the resilience and joy that comes from allowing ourselves to find refuge.Michelle C. Johnson, author, yoga teacher, healer, social worker, dismantling racism trainer, activist, and grief-worker, offers monthly interviews, engaging and amplifying the brilliance and wisdom of people who have found ways to honor their grief and stay centered amidst the turmoil in the world. It uplifts the brilliance and wisdom of people who are invested in creating conditions for liberation for the collective. We feature spiritual teachers, movement practitioners, activists and social change makers, and people who hold space in various ways for healing.By listening, you will gain ideas about how to find and create refuge for yourself and others. You will learn about rituals to move through grief and find freedom. You will learn tools to prevent you from being swept up by the chaos of the world. You will reaffirm your capacity to heal.Visit Michelle’s website to learn more about her and her work; stay connected with her news and sharing on Instagram and Facebook.Podcast music by Charles Kurtz

Say hello to Michelle C. Johnson, our guest for Episode 21! She went DEEP to offer: -- why she doesn't buy into dominant culture's definition of "productivity"; -- how collective grief is connected to freedom and liberation; and -- her practice for staying grounded in a noisy world. Her bio: Michelle Johnson is a social justice warrior, author, dismantling racism trainer, empath, yoga teacher and practitioner, and an intuitive healer. With over 20 years of experience leading dismantling racism work and working with clients as a licensed clinical social worker, she has a deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit, and heart. Her awareness of the world through her own experience as a black woman allows her to know, first-hand, how privilege and power operate. Michelle has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary and a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She has worked in several non-profits and served as an elected official and on many non-profit boards of directors. She has worked with large corporations, small non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, The Center for Equity and Inclusion, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Church, Lululemon, and many others. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; she teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. She is on the faculty of Off the Mat Into the World, and she serves as the Co-Director of 18 Springs Healing Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Michelle was a Tedx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019, and she has been interviewed on several podcasts in which she explores the premise and foundation of Skill in Action, along with creating ritual in justice spaces, our divine connection with nature and Spirit, and how we as a culture can heal. Michelle leads courageously from the heart with compassion and a commitment to address the heartbreak dominant culture causes for many because of the harm it creates. She inspires change that allows people to stand in their humanity and wholeness in a world that fragments most of us. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, the heart, healing and wholeness are at the center of how she approaches all of her work in the world. Her #TNWIDTakeaway: "I want to just encourage people to be in their wholeness and to really nourish and honor the different parts of themselves that need to flourish and come forth, like in their work and their practice." For more information, including the show notes, click here: https://stephanieghoston.com/tnwid-episode-21 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tnwid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tnwid/support

Social justice is ultimately everyone’s responsibility. Yoga philosophy and practice can be a foundation for seeing and advocating for a more just world. Chara and Maria talk with Michelle C. Johnson, a yoga teacher, clinical social worker and dismantling racism educator about the unique challenges for people of color in the current global uprising related to the Black Lives Matter movement. We unpack terms like “spiritual bypassing” and “cultural appropriation” and talk about the personal and collective tools we’ll need to keep this vital conversation moving in the direction of change.

Welcome to the Rock Your Purpose Podcast! In this episode, Emily shares the stand she has taken in solidarity with Black Lives and against systemic racism in all of its forms, and shares the RYP and Emily Perry.Com values statement. Resources mentioned in this episode are linked below. You can find our values statement at https://emilyperry.com/communityforall Resources for Conscious Activism/ Anti-Racism Resources Google Doc Compilations— these have more in-depth resources for you: Anti-Racism Resources (Google Doc compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020).  bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCES Anti-Racism for Beginners & White People (Google Doc complied by Melyssa Griffin) linked here. Anti-Racism Resources for White People: "Conscious/Spiritual/Leader" Edition: complied by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020: (link) Women and Groups to support offering books, podcasts, resources & education: Michelle C. Johnson | Skill in Action: website | Patreon Rachel Cargle: website | Patreon Layla Saad: Website | Patreon CTZN WELL: website | Instagram Yoga For All Movement: website | Instagram Thank you for listening. xo EP

This recording is from a live event featuring miMichelle Cassandra Johnson on Juneteenth 2019. Michelle has been a regular on CTZN Podcast . She has been an antiracist trainer for over 20 years, the author of the must read book skill in action and my co-conspirator in the work of Race & Resilience.This conversation isn’t just about Juneteenth and the history of racism in America, it's not just about how white supremacy is at work on our bodies and minds, it's not just about reparations and strategies for liberation, it's about relationship and humanity and how to this work across lines of difference.Michelle says that we don’t need more people dying, more statistics, more harm being done to black and brown people to know that white supremacy is happening; to wake up and acknowledge that something is terribly wrong. We just need to do something about it. Before it is too late. Before more people have to die.She invites us to “remember to remember” - who we are beyond whiteness, beyond fear, beyond separation, so that we can find our way back to ourselves and to one another.This podcast is the medicine of truth and the hope for liberation.Connect with Michelle:Follow her on Instagram at @skillinactionBuy her book, Skill in ActionSupport her on PatreonIf this episode resonates with you, we’d love for you to take a screenshot and tag us on Instagram stories @ctznwell, @kkellyyoga and @skillinactionYou can also click below to tweet:Allyship can't be about the gold star or the reward or being seen or fame. It’s about folks really noticing and seeing what's going on and feeling committed to changing what's happening in this culture, because we're dying because of the culture. Check out the latest #CTZN Podcast.Join CTZNWELL on PatreonFollow CTZNWELL on InstagramSign up for CTZNWELL’s weekly email WELLREAD

My interview this week is with Michelle C. Johnson. Pronouns: she/her "Michelle C. Johnson is a social justice warrior, author, dismantling racism trainer, empath, yoga teacher and practitioner, and an intuitive healer. With over 20 years of experience leading dismantling racism work and working with clients as a licensed clinical social worker. Michelle has a deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit, and heart. Michelle's awareness of the world through her own experience as a black woman allows her to know, first-hand, how privilege and power operate. Michelle has a Bachelors of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary and a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.   She has worked in several non-profits and served as an elected official and on many non-profit boards of directors. Michelle leads Dismantling Racism Trainings with large corporations, small non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, The Center for Equity and Inclusion, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Church, Lululemon, and many others.  Michelle self-published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017, and is currently working on her second book for Shambala Publications. www.michellecjohnson.com CLICK HERE to Support JourneyDance with Jeanine the Podcast on Patreon Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jeanine-t-abraham/message

The book, Skill in Action can be found at www.michellecjohnson.com if you want to explore this and learn more about the workshop/meditation leader, Michelle C. Johnson.

The book, Skill in Action can be found at www.michellecjohnson.com if you want to explore this and learn more about the workshop/meditation leader, Michelle C. Johnson.

THIS is the yoga we've been waiting for. Michelle C. Johnson, author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, licensed clinical social worker and Dismantling Racism trainer, gets into deep conversation with Aurora + Kelly about the intersections of yoga and justice, embodiment, liberation and spiritual bypassing. She has a deep understanding of trauma and the impact that it has on the mind, body, spirit and heart, and much of Michelle's work focuses on helping people better understand how power and privilege operate in their life. In a culture that literally takes marginalized people's breath away, Michelle explores how privilege, power and oppression affect the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and energy bodies. Take a deep breath... and listen.Follow Michelle C. Johnson @mysticcassandra and @skillinactionHer website is www.michellecjohnson.comBuy Skill in Action here.Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Yoga is more than poses we do with our bodies to stretch. It's more than expensive studio memberships and yoga gear. It is, as described in the classical Hindu text, The Bhagavad Gita, “skill in action,” a path to recognizing our deep interconnectedness and healing our divides. Listen to insights from Michelle C. Johnson on the power of radicalizing yoga practice in order to invite the hard work of social justice onto our mats, and into the rest of our lives. (Even if you don't do yoga, this show is for you.) Followed by Michael Nagler's Nonviolence Report.

Yoga is more than poses we do with our bodies to stretch. It’s more than expensive studio memberships and yoga gear. It is, as described in the classical Hindu text, The Bhagavad Gita, “skill in action,” a path to recognizing our deep interconnectedness and healing our divides. Listen to insights from Michelle C. Johnson on the power of radicalizing yoga practice in order to invite the hard work of social justice onto our mats, and into the rest of our lives. (Even if you don’t do yoga, this show is for you.) Followed by Michael Nagler’s Nonviolence Report. The post Skill in Action: The Yoga of Nonviolence appeared first on Metta Center.

Michelle C. Johnson is a social justice activist, anti-racism trainer, yoga teacher and author Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World. With over 20 years of experience leading dismantling racism work and working with clients as a licensed clinical social worker, Michelle has a deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit, and heart. Michelle leads Dismantling Racism Trainings with large corporations, small non-profits, and community groups. She teach workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. And she gives talks and interviews to address the heartbreak dominant culture causes and to inspire change that allows people to stand in their humanity and wholeness. In this interview we talk about: - Michelle's yoga journey - How dominant culture harms the collective good, not just the oppressed - What is skill in action - How yoga guides Michelle off the mat - How yoga can guide us in facing social injustices - How racism steals from the wholeness of our experience

Michelle Cassandra Johnson is shaking things up in the yoga world and speaking all the truths about toxic culture and white supremacy so that real healing is possible. She is a social worker, yoga teacher, long time race equity trainer and author of the book Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World. And she is showing us what radical self care really looks like.Buy her book.Follow her.Take a course/training.If this episode resonates for you, we’d love for you to take a screenshot and tag us on Instagram stories @ctznwell and @skillinaction, and click below to tweet:"We are bigger than white supremacy." Michelle C. Johnson with @kkellyyoga on #CTZN Podcast. Check it out: ctznwell.org/ctznpodcast @ctznwellMore about this episode:Michelle discovered that it is impossible to heal when you’re navigating a system that wasn’t designed to heal you. So, she wrote a book called Skill in Action to help us redefine and reclaim what yoga and wellness really looks like in a toxic culture. Yoga and contemplative practice is a pathway to healing, but only when we are willing to do the difficult and uncomfortable work of acknowledging the truth of a culture that is dominated by ideologies of whiteness and individualism. The pain of that culture of separation demands to be felt and that is the only way towards healing.She challenges us to hold the reality that we are both one human interdependent family AND (and this is a big “and”) that we are living very different experiences based on how institutions and culture are set up for our particular identity and social location. There is shared experience in how we get free AND there are unique roles and responsibilities that we each play given our location and that is a part of the “skill in action” that we need to cultivate.The truth is, we are not really doing yoga, we are not really being mindful and we are not really well unless we center a level of consciousness that acknowledges the truth of who we are and how we got here. Otherwise, we are just replicating the toxic systems that we are trying to transform.But Michelle reminds us that we are bigger than white supremacy and we can be better, We can construct something better. And we have to...for the sake of all us.Join CTZNWELL on PatreonFollow CTZNWELL on InstagramSign up for CTZNWELL’s weekly email WELLread and check out our free action guides at ctznwell.org.

In this episode I talk with Michelle C. Johnson, author of "Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World." Our conversation is centered on the yamas and niyamas, otherwise known as the ethical precepts of a yoga practice. We delve into the meanings we make of them, our own understanding and (re)interpretations, and how we understand the intersections of spirituality, yoga and social justice. For more information on Michelle, visit: www.michellecjohnson.com You can find information on her upcoming workshops at the website above, and also here: solaschool.com/skillinactionreading Michelle Cassandra Johnson is a social justice warrior, empath, yoga teacher and author. She leads antiracism trainings across the country and works on the front lines of movements with individuals and groups to incorporate healing practices as tools for social justice. Along with these paths, she is also an intuitive healer, and uses her gifts to support other healers and activists. Michelle’s awareness of the world has been largely shaped through her experience as a black woman. She knows first hand how power and privilege operate, and she has a deep understanding of how oppression and trauma impact the mind, body, spirit and heart. Michelle’s book, Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World, is rooted in this understanding and aims to inspire change by allowing people to reintegrate their humanity and wholeness within a world that is so often fragmenting. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/embodied-astrology/message