Online Program

Yoga

Amplify Voices of the Global Majority How We Heal

Presenter: Reggie Hubbard
Presenter: Aki Hirata Quetzalyolotzin
Presenter: Akilah Richards
and more…

About The Series

We are excited to introduce the fourth summit in our online Amplify Series: How We Heal hosted by Reggie Hubbard.

Throughout history, voices of the Global Majority––Black, Indigenous, and People of Color––have been at the forefront of breaking down barriers of systemic issues that affect both the planet and humanity while ushering in radical change, whether that has been bringing yoga to the West or fighting for justice on the front lines.

Continue your journey to personal and societal transformation in a community united in compassion and committed to equity and accessibility for all. Now is a time that requires us to listen, heal historical wounds, and do something different.

How We Heal is a virtual gathering that invites participants to explore the personal and collective journey of healing in a time of unprecedented global challenges. Hosted by activist and meditation teacher Reggie Hubbard, this online summit creates a compassionate space to humanize the healing process, explore justice as a tool for restoration, and cultivate humility, determination, and surrender on the path to transformation.

Our world is navigating a softened poly-crisis of grief, including personal and collective losses, climate disruptions, post-pandemic recovery, and ongoing global conflicts. This event invites participants to gently hold these realities while exploring pathways to healing. Together, we’ll lean into the wisdom of ancestral practices, the solace of community, and the hope inherent in renewal.

What To Expect

Through conversations, interactive sessions, embodied practices, and more, we will explore:

Humanized Healing: Making the process relatable, accessible, and grounded in shared humanity.
Where Does it Hurt?: Identifying pain points and creating pathways to address them.
Social Justice as a Healing Tool: Using justice and equity as frameworks for repair and liberation.
How Is This Happening FOR Me?: Embracing challenges as opportunities for growth and evolution.
Truth and Reconciliation: Centering honesty and acknowledgment as critical steps toward healing.
A Decolonized Lens: Reclaiming narratives and healing from systemic oppression.
Healing Alchemy: Understanding that healing yourself contributes to healing the collective.
That Healing Takes Time: Honoring the non-linear and deeply personal nature of healing.
That Healing is a Miracle: Celebrating the profound possibilities of transformation.

Participants will experience diverse approaches to healing, including:

Ancestral Wisdom
Rest and Recovery
Energy Healing
Sound Healing and Breathwork
Food as Medicine
Trauma-Informed Approaches
Navigating Grief and Loss

We enter this work as an act of community care because none of us can be well unless all of us are well.

This summit is part of Amplify’s evolving series, building on previous conversations while creating space for new collaborations and programming. Participants will be able to register for post-event workshops and follow-up sessions that further deepen the healing journey.

Join us online to explore how healing—both individual and collective—can transform lives and communities. Your presence and participation are part of a larger movement: healing yourself helps heal the world.

*Since Black, Indigenous, and people of color represent over 80% of the world’s population, we use the term Global Majority to point out the demographic inaccuracy of the euphemism “minority.”

NOTE: Kripalu is delivering this livestream experience through a third party platform. When you purchase this program, you will be sent to union.fit and asked to create an account to complete your purchase and receive further details on accessing the program. All sales are final. All recordings will be available within 72 hours of the end of each session. You will have access to the video recording for 30 days after the program ends. Folks will have access to these programs as a part of the Kripalu Online Studio on demand library for one year.

Questions? Please reach out to onlinesupport@kripalu.org.

About Amplify's Host

Host Reggie Hubbard is an internationally recognized yoga and meditation teacher and the founder and chief serving officer of Active Peace Yoga. Reggie's yoga and meditation practice have served as a sanctuary of peace and perspective while navigating the stresses of being a Black man in the world. He began practicing yoga under extreme emotional distress at work and now freely shares his peace and practice to all walks of life.

Explore the Schedule

Monday, May 5	Session 1 Love as Liberation: Ancestral Wisdom, Embodied Healing, and the Power of Creative Sovereignty \| Reggie Hubbard & Eset Rose 3:00 pm EST Love as Liberation: Ancestral Wisdom, Embodied Healing, and the Power of Creative Sovereignty is an immersive journey into the wisdom of the body, lineage, and creative force of love. Through breath, movement, and guided visioning, we will reclaim ancestral remembrance, awaken creative sovereignty, and embody love as a path to personal and collective healing. Session 2 Lust for Life: a spiritual choice to center LOVE through the chaos \| Aki Hirata Quetzalyolotzin 5:00 pm EST We cannot fight the fire with fire - so what medicine do we need to embrace within and without when the world is filled with the energy of decay? In this session, we will study the energetics of Masculine/Feminine, Yin/Yang, as well as the concept of 'Ometeotl' for us to create our own sacred practice of inner change making that will extend out into the world. We will cultivate our sexual desire as a primal creative force within, in order for us to counter the control/fear/death energy that is prevalent in the current society. Session 3 Reservoir: A Healing Space to Release, Reclaim, Remember \| Valarie Kaur 7:00 pm EST We are meant to live connected—to ourselves, to each other, and to the rhythms that sustain life. Reservoir invites us to return to that connection by rooting into our bodies, tending to our relationships, and drawing strength from the natural world. Through reflection, shared practice, and intentional care, we’ll build reservoirs of restoration that nourish our capacity to keep showing up for ourselves, our communities, and the long journey toward freedom and justice.
Tuesday, May 6	Session 4 Adaku Utah 9:00 am EST Session 5 Spellcasting for a World of Unrest \| Michelle Cassandra Johnson 3:00 pm EST Each of us is a sorcerer, and this time behooves us to engage our magic to innovate solutions to create balance in a world of unrest. This session will inspire you to connect with your unique medicine and wizardry and ability to spell cast to heal now and into the future. Session 6 Mirror Work: Channeling Sacred Archetypes as Spiritual Technologies for Healing & Liberation During the Chaos \| Rashid Hughes 5:00 pm EST Explore how spiritual archetypes serve as powerful technologies for personal healing and collective liberation in times of chaos. Session 7 Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Post Traumatic Growth \| Dr. Gail Parker 7:00 pm Imagining a new future supports recovery from ethnic and race-based traumatic stress and is empowering. When done collectively, it's even more powerful.
Wednesday, May 7	Session 8 Changing Ourselves to Meet the Moment \| Dr. Larry Ward 3:00 pm EST Changing ourselves for the earth and ancestors role of spirituality in support of offering an ethical stance. Session 9 Compassionate Grieving: Healing the Invisible Wounds of Loss \| AmarAtma Singh Khalsa 5:00 pm EST Grief is more than the loss of a loved one—it is the accumulation of invisible wounds, unspoken pain, and unresolved emotions that shape our lived experiences. By honoring grief as a sacred process rather than a problem to fix, we create space for collective healing, resilience, and transformation. Session 10 Transforming childhood wounds into present day power \| Dr. Lyla June 7:00 pm EST Each of us has a profound ability to create beauty from the ashes of our past when we realize that our wounds only make us more beautiful, our wings can fully outstretch, and we can fly as all that we are.
Thursday, May 8	Session 11 The Nectar of Chanting \| Christine Alfred 9:00 am EST Sound is the essence of all energy—the first subtle vibration that continues to resonate through every being and object around us. Yet, in our daily lives, we rely far more on sight than sound, with nearly 80% of our focus directed toward what we see. We invite you to shift that awareness inward through the practice of chanting—a profound tool for self-study, mental clarity, and deep listening. When we fully engage in mantra, directing our attention to both recitation and reception, we unlock powerful benefits: Strengthens spiritual resilience and purifies the mind and heart Elevates inner radiance, cultivating Divine love and bliss Enhances overall well-being—mentally, emotionally, and physically Deepens our connection to the Great Mystery that flows through all things. Session 12 In Introduction to Ecological Attachment \| Marika Clymer 3:00 pm EST In Introduction to Ecological Attachment, we will explore the intersections of ecological systems, relationships, and attachment theory. Session 13 Radical Self-Love: What It Means for Personal & Collective Liberation \| Sonya Renee Taylor 5:00 pm EST Through a moderated conversation with Reggie Hubbard, Sonya Renee Taylor will explore the personal and collective journey of healing in a time of unprecedented global challenges via her radical self-love framework. Session 14 Rev. angel Kyodo williams 7:00 pm EST
Friday, May 9	Session 15 Akilah Safiah 5:00 pm EST

Program at a Glance

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Suitable For

All

Program Theme

All Yoga

Presenter(s)

HOST

Reggie Hubbard is an internationally recognized yoga and meditation teacher and the founder and chief serving officer of Active Peace Yoga. Reggie's yoga and meditation practice have served as a sanctuary of peace and perspective while navigating the stresses of being a Black man in the world.

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Aki Hirata Quetzalyolotzin, an initiated medicine woman and moondancer, is the founder of of MINKA brooklyn.

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Akilah Richards is author of Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work and founder of the Raising Free People Network.

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AmarAtma Singh Khalsa is a grief specialist, chaplain, and founder of The Institute for Compassionate Grieving, pioneering a new way to approach loss as a path to healing and transformation.

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Christine Alfred (she/they) is a Haitian multidisciplinary artist, meditation teacher, therapeutic sound and energy practitioner, and the founder of Awarehouse.

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Gail Parker, PhD, CIAYT, E-RYT 500 is an author, psychologist, educator, and certified yoga therapist. She serves as President of the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance Board of Directors.

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Eset Rose is the Chief Programming & Innovation Officer at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, where she leads transformative programming, strategic innovation, and equity-driven initiatives that deepen connection, creativity, and collective liberation.

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Lyla June Johnston, PhD, is an Indigenous musician, author, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne), and European lineages.

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Michelle Cassandra Johnson, MSW, is an activist, social justice warrior, author, anti-racism consultant and trainer, intuitive healer, yoga teacher, and practitioner.

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Rev. angel Kyodo williams, an activist, master trainer, and leading voice for transformative social change, is author of Being Black and Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation.

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Marika Clymer was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, and spent her childhood hunting and fishing alongside her dad throughout Snohomish County and the greater Puget Sound area. Marika feels that her upbringing gifted her the framework of Energetic Ecology, where she blends energetic medicine with ecological perspectives.

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Dr. Larry Ward is the co-founder and Executive Director of The Lotus Institute, a senior teacher in Buddhist Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village tradition, and the author of "America's Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal".

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Rashid Hughes is a proud graduate of the Howard University Department of Music and the Howard University School of Divinity. Rashid is a certified Mindfulness Teacher, a certified Yoga Instructor, a Restorative Justice Facilitator, and currently in training to become a Fire Pujari.

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Sonya Renee Taylor is a New York Times best-selling author, world-renowned activist and thought leader on racial justice, body liberation and transformational change, international award winning artist, and founder of The Body Is Not an Apology (TBINAA), a global digital media and education company exploring the intersections of identity, healing, and social justice through the framework of radical self-love.

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Valarie Kaur is a renowned civil rights activist, lawyer, filmmaker, innovator, and author of See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love.

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Amplify Voices of the Global Majority: All Sessions

DATES: May 5–9, 2025

TUITION: FREE

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