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Karla2021-11-11T13:08:09-06:00

I hope you sit at table full of people who disagre

I hope you sit at table full of people who disagree with you.
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Even if you can’t be with them physically.
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I hope you sit with people who do not understand the way you think, cannot see the world as you do, cannot feel the ways you feel.
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I hope you do not run to those who simply agree and call that love.
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I hope you can sit at a table with those who disagree with you.
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I hope you can see and feel how you love them still.
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I hope you can see how most of the disagreement isn’t even real.
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Words by @dr.cassiehuckaby
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📷 via @theletterelle.photography

“Cancel culture,” as a concept, feels inescapa

“Cancel culture,” as a concept, feels inescapable. It can be used for things as frivolous as children’s toys and as big as constitutional rights.
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Is it true that controversy in conversation is dangerous and everyone must adhere to the same thinking at all times?
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That anything that goes against mass thinking and cultural norms must be swiftly erased from public view whether the opinion is warranted or not?
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Or does problem solving, science, and evolution of society stem from open discourse, conversation without boundaries and evolving evidence?
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The weaponization of #cancelculture and #censorship sends us back in time. It creates in us hatred, scarcity, division and fear.
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So many of us have something to say about so many issues. Climate change, parenting, health, science, and politics. They have something to say that matters to them…..and they’re too scared to say it because of this weaponization of speech.
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Let the people speak 🤲
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Don’t be afraid to stand up for your rights. Don’t be afraid to share your opinions. But do so with kindness and love or you’ll simply be perpetuating the issue of “think like us….or else.”
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An open, democratic society is built on diversity, trust and open discourse. What kind of society would you like to help create?
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One where kindness, freedom of speech and dialogue exists?
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Or one where you are bullied into compliance of group think?
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You are allowed to make a big deal about the things you care about.

“Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is

“Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.”
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- Ram Dass
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It is not up to anyone else to tell us what to think or believe. We can read the books, we can seek guidance from those we trust and we can speak what’s true for us.
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Nothing is black and white.
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Remembering our #humanity means welcoming in the many shades of grey of the human experience. It means not putting our projections onto others or asking them to think the way we think.
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Remembering our humanity means acknowledging our differences. Our vision, our potential, our ways of seeing the world.
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Remembering our humanity means approaching everyone with kindness and love.
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Remembering our humanity means seeking to understand first as our unique past and current experiences will change how we see information.
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Shame, blame, control, anger, unwillingness to listen causes hate, fear and division. It doesn’t lead to understanding or change no matter what side you sit on. It’s just hate.
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Welcome conversation
Seek to understand first
Embrace our differences
And know that we have more in common…..than not
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✨Blessed be the #peacemakers ✨
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📷 via @theletterelle.photography

Everybody loves a little support 🙌 . When I ope

Everybody loves a little support 🙌
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When I opened my #yogastudio @mvmntstudiokenora I purchased all of my #yogaprops from Canadian company @shophalfmoon
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I chose to be part of the @shophalfmoon team because this Canadian company makes products that stand up to the test of time with hundreds of students using our mats, blocks, balls, blankets and bolsters for years.
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While I no longer have my brick and mortar studio, I DO have my props and use them daily for my personal practice, my private sessions and for filming for my digital studio.
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They’re having a HUGE sale, I highly recommend snagging some props, cushions and goodies for your home practice.
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Free shipping and 60% off site wide
November 17-29
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Special cyber weekend gift with purchase November 26-29
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Plus extra gifts for the new year and limited time offers throughout!
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See @shophalfmoon to shop and send me a DM if you want some guidance on what props are best for you!
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PS head on to my resources page in my bio and receive Prop Your Practice, a free guide to yoga props 🤌

In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clar

In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power. In theory, anybody can join the debate about the future of humanity, but it is so hard to maintain a clear vision. We might not even notice that a debate is going on, or what the key questions are. Most of us can't afford the luxury of investigating, because we have more pressing things to do: we have to go to work, take care of the kids, or look after elderly parents. Unfortunately, history does not give discounts. If the future of humanity is decided in your absence, because you are too busy feeding and clothing your kids, you and they will not be exempt from the consequences. This is unfair; But who said history was fair?

- Yuval Noah Harari

If you don’t like what’s happening in your lif

If you don’t like what’s happening in your life, you change that through your #commitment to new #action.
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Your #success or failure is dependant on that commitment. If you are in complaint about anything….your fitness, your finances, your work…look at what you are really committed to.
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The short cut is doing the work.
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The lions don’t blame the sheep if they don’t show up for dinner. They go out and get them.
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If you are feeling concerned, fearful or angry about societal conditions, what commitments have you made to contribute to the change?
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Are you waiting for the sheep to come to you? Or are you going out to get yourself a snack? The lion that gets what it wants, is willing to work for it.
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Thank you to my many lions that are supporting me in this work. Your courage is contagious. ✊🦁
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📷 via @cosmiccollage

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