01/26/2026
Freedom is not the absence of pain – It’s Presence within it.
True liberation arises when we allow ourselves to feel deeply – without collapsing, without retaliating, without numbing. This courageous openness to our own vulnerability becomes the wellspring of authentic freedom – it empowers us to remain present with suffering, both personal and collective, and to respond with mindful compassion rather than reaction or avoidance. When we honor our feelings without letting them dictate our actions, we reclaim agency over our inner landscape and in turn plant seeds of peace that ripple outward.
In this way, we practice liberation not as a distant ideal, but as a lived experience – one breath, one movement, one conscious choice at a time. On the mat when we hold a challenging posture, we learn to stay with discomfort. We observe the trembling in our thighs, the voice in our head that says I can’t, and instead of fleeing, we breathe through it. We discover strength not in defiance, but in presence
The same is true globally. We face collective trauma, systemic violence, ecological crisis – not by pretending they don’t exist, but by cultivating the inner resilience to meet them with open hearts and steady minds. This is the practice.
Join us on the mat. Breathe with us. Grieve with us. Rise with us.
This is where we take our practice of the mat and collectively work towards liberation.
