Weekly Newsletter - 7.31.21
Greetings!
Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month - visit nami.org to view their resources.

July Ends, But the Theme Remains Strong
I've been comforted with these words for years, "You Are Not Alone." And it never feels like a trite thing to say and can mean different things for each of us. Our world seems to have endless ways to create separation and we can feel the isolation in more ways than ever before.

While zoom classes aren't what I had ever planned for, it sure has been a saving grace over these months and continues to be so. I'm happy we have a way to stay connected and to maintain a very doable way to practice together. It's a struggle in many ways, so I thank you for your efforts and support - it's keeping me going too!

This week got ahead of me and I fell behind on sending out this newsletter amongst a few other things. Going forward, Wed morning will be the new weekly newsletter day, so keep an eye on your email for updates on reopening and special deals.

Let's stay connected,
Marc
National Anti-boredom Month
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
Blog by Marc
A Pattern That Can Break

July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. As this month comes to a close, I’m seeing more reasons and fresh inspiration to highlight this awareness. From high-level news within the 2021 Olympics with Simone Biles taking a pause to focus on her mental health along with other mentions of the stress of Olympic athletes (view apnews.com article), to a here-at-home personal connection with my family members who have been struggling recently.... (Ream more HERE)
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Integral Yoga - BIPOC YTT Update
In the Zimbabwe virtual kitchen with Mercy!
Kiwano and rice
Mercy in her garden
Bambara and Groundnuts
Last Saturday, we had an optional wellness day for our BIPOC Yoga Teacher Training students and the theme was around Yogic diet and honoring a plant-based lifestyle. One of my absolute favorite topics to go on and on and on about!! For our wellness day, I asked Mercy if she could share some of her vegan meals from Zimbabwe. For our Tue/Thu night classes, she joins us from 2:30am - 5am Zimbabwe time! But last Saturday, thankfully she was cooking during her evening hours since it was a morning session for us. She's been a great part of our training, a true bringer of light and optimism for our group. She cooked an entire meal for us and even invited us to sit down and eat with her in her traditional style. I suggested it's time for a virtual cooking show - Cooking with Mercy!

We've had several great speakers contribute their wisdom with our group including Jasmine Leyva who created the documentary, The Invisible Vegan and Saeeda Hafiz, author of The Healing - One Woman's Journey from Poverty to Inner Riches, highlighted in recent newsletters.
Jasmine Leyva - Actor, documentary artist and activist, creator of The Invisible Vegan - a 90-minute independent documentary that explores the problem of unhealthy dietary patterns in the African-American community, foregrounding the health and wellness possibilities enabled by plant-based vegan diets and lifestyle choices. 

She created a very special pre-recorded 30-minute presentation specifically for our BIPOC TT and it was an amazing gift. I'm not able to share it here as it was agreed to strictly be used for our training group, but please check out the trailer above and watch her exceptional documentary!! Support her work and purchase HERE.
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