Oneika Mays, yoga teacher, author, and joy revolutionist, joins as a guest to talk with Joelle about how yoga first became part of her life and how yoga gave her tools to connect with her body, her spirituality, and her self more deeply. We also talk about how Oneika found opportunities to share liberatory ideas and practices inside of prison, plus the deep lessons found working within a prison as an abolitionist, and the journey of writing a book about her journey! Follow Oneika on Instagram: / oneikamays Pre-Order Oneika’s book! Sit with Me: A No-BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditationhttps://bookshop.org/p/books/sit-with...💜You can have your own conversation with Joelle! Book a call where you'll get more clarity on how to bring more meaningful self-care and self-love into your life. You’ll leave the call with personalized guidance, tailored strategies, and a more loving perspective on yourself.Click here to schedule:

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Cristopher Lee, the Queer Trans Black Yogi, joins as a guest to talk with Joelle about how he started getting into yoga, his experience as the only masculine of center person in most yoga classes, how he collaborates with Black trans community members to share resources and self-determined solutions, and the importance of balancing community care with self-care.

Follow Cristopher on Instagram:

@cymlee

@qtblackyogi

Check out the MOSAIC Cooperative:

https://www.mosaic-cooperative.org/

@mosaiccooperative

Schedule a call with Joelle to have your own conversation, and you'll get personalized guidance and tailored strategies. So you’ll leave this call with more clarity on how to bring more meaningful self-care and self-love into your life. Click here to schedule: https://tidycal.com/butchyoga/direction-call

In today's episode we're talking about Wu Wei, a Taoist concept that is often translated as "non-action", but how do you do non-action? We'll talk about what Wu Wei means in a general sense for how we live our lives, and we’ll take a closer look at how the idea of Wu Wei can apply specifically to how we experience and express our gender.

In this episode we talk about Butch Care Club, the new self-care community for butches of all genders, from Butch Yoga! Joelle mostly talks about the motivation behind creating Butch Care Club, like how so many butches talk about wanting to feel more community, why self-care can feel harder for butches, having a tough time in most other yoga classes, lessons learned from past Butch Yoga group programs, and what we'll be doing in Butch Care Club---but then Joelle had to end abruptly due to an early visit from the vet (don't worry, their cat will be okay!) If you want to get on the waitlist for Butch Care Club, you can sign up here: https://bit.ly/waitlist4butchcareclub

In this episode we talk about spiritual guidance on how to do stuff. Like, any of the stuff that you do in your life, with 3 steps: intention, skillful action, and letting go. Joelle starts to talk about morality a little but then decides not to fully go there today, and they also talk about how letting go of attachment to results doesn't mean not taking responsibility.

In this episode we do a quick intro to Buddhism, Joelle shares about their experience with studying and practicing Buddhist ideas, and we talk about a quote from the Buddha about not believing in spiritual ideas just because somebody told you, or because it's the tradition, or even because it's a thought that pops up in your mind! We talk about testing things out for yourself and deciding what's right based on your judgement of what's going to avoid causing harm (including to yourself). Joelle also relates these ideas to gender, because of course they had to do that.

There's so much to say about Wabi Sabi, Joelle couldn't fit it all into one episode - so here is the continuation of last week's episode!

Wabi Sabi is a Japanese concept that describes the beauty of the completely unique way that things are temporary, and we're going to talk about how you can use this idea to take a new perspective on appreciating how things are in your life.

In this episode we're talking about what it means to say that things are perfect as they are, when it sure seems like things are not perfect at all! And we'll talk about how to use your awareness to contribute to creating a more beautiful world.

After a short hiatus, the Butch Yoga podcast is back! And this week we're talking about Wabi Sabi, which is one of Joelle's favorite ideas. Wabi Sabi is a Japanese concept that describes the beauty of the completely unique way that things are temporary, and we're going to talk about how you can use this idea to take a new perspective on appreciating how things are in your life.

And there's so much to say about Wabi Sabi, it couldn't all fit into this week's episode - so make sure to tune in for part 2 next week!