Event Details
Join Golden Bay's Emma Callahan for a 3-hour workshop that blends African dance with slo-flo yoga to African beats for a somatic experience that will acknowledge and move emotion through the body, ending with a deep relaxation to nurture and feed the soul.
The workshop is followed by a 1.5 hour spoken word poetry set on the subject of Modern Yoga. Topics covered are sexual abuse in the yoga industry, respecting yoga's Roots, making yoga accessible to all, colonisation and anti-racism).'
The evening performance is open to those who did not attend the workshop, as well!
About Emma Callahan
Emma Callaghan has been teaching yoga and mindfulness for 20 years. Born in London with mixed heritage UK/Jamaican, Emma’s whakapapa means she has great interest and passion for anti-racism and decolonisation processes. Emma has been in Aotearoa for 8 years and during this time has opened a local community yoga studio and launched a yoga teacher training company before taking a break from teaching. Emma returns to sharing yoga with a focus on trauma integration, finding the wisdom within and doing so while respecting yoga’s roots and the land we walk on. Read more about Emma at: www.emmacallaghan.net
Investment:
$75 for 12pm workshop (includes free entry to the evening’s 6:30pm Spoken Word event);
$15 for 6:30pm Spoken Word Poetry event only
Spoken Word Poetry Reviews
“When I bring myself to the mat to do yoga, sometimes it's uncomfortable to hold certain poses, feeling the stretch, observing the mind. Emma's poems for me are like that: each one stretching and encouraging new poses in the mind and spirit, in a held space of welcome curiosity and connection. Each poem like a new asana; listening to her rhythmic words as I hold myself and observe my mind and the somatic experience. Emma's poetry is both balm and fire - encouraging expansion and forging new pathways, asking: how can we be truly well, in this world, together?”
“As an international yoga teacher and woman of colour, Emma has a unique perspective to offer the yoga and spiritual community. Interwoven with reflections of Aotearoa and its cultural heritage, Emma offers a chance for the audience to feel and discuss our values and edges through what is an inspiring and creative experience.”
Kaupapa
Experience the emi wellness vibe.
‘emi’ means ‘spirit’ in the Yoruba language of Nigeria, West Africa.
‘emi wellness’ thus respectfully blends ancient, indigenous practices with contemporary wisdom to soothe modern life.