Helping Healing

Month: June 2020

What to do now

I think I've been avoiding writing because I don't know what words to use. Then I remind myself that my intent in starting this blog is just to practice. I'm not intending to teach or to be an expert or to have my thoughts so clear that they speak unassailable truths. I'm just wanting to further the conversation in my own brain. Things I feel bad about: I haven't gone to any protests this month. There's so much action going on, and I've been starting apart.I sent emails to a couple people I know who are Black and who I imagine must really be hurting. These aren't folks I'm close…
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Interrupting racism

I'm writing in my office on a quiet spring morning, and I'm feeling unprepared to write about race. Frankly, I feel like I don't know what I'm talking about; and I wonder if I have the authority, perspective, or right to be talking about race at all. But one thing I've learned from my last years of learning about racism its that silence doesn't help. We need each other to practice the work of creating a more equitable, just world; and to do that we need to push through the uncomfortable, sticky, feelings and try to communicate. I am a racist person. I live in a society where racism is…
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Getting started

Hello! It's been a bunch of years since I last blogged at dotzourfamily.com. I've been thinking a lot about racial injustice, and I thought it might help me to write about it. My goal is to write to help clarify my own thinking, to share ideas with others, and to get feedback and start conversations. A second area of interest in my life is yoga. I'm particularly interested in learning how yoga can be harnessed to help process racial trauma and to bring about healing. As I dive into the philosophy, spirituality, and history of yoga, it seems like reflecting here might be helpful. I imagine I might also write…
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What to do now

I think I've been avoiding writing because I don't know what words to use. Then I remind myself that my intent in starting this blog is just to practice. I'm not intending to teach or to be an expert or to have my thoughts so clear that they speak unassailable truths. I'm just wanting to further the conversation in my own brain. Things I feel bad about: I haven't gone to any protests this month. There's so much action going on, and I've been starting apart.I sent emails to a couple people I know who are Black and who I imagine must really be hurting. These aren't folks I'm close…
Read More

Interrupting racism

I'm writing in my office on a quiet spring morning, and I'm feeling unprepared to write about race. Frankly, I feel like I don't know what I'm talking about; and I wonder if I have the authority, perspective, or right to be talking about race at all. But one thing I've learned from my last years of learning about racism its that silence doesn't help. We need each other to practice the work of creating a more equitable, just world; and to do that we need to push through the uncomfortable, sticky, feelings and try to communicate. I am a racist person. I live in a society where racism is…
Read More

Getting started

Hello! It's been a bunch of years since I last blogged at dotzourfamily.com. I've been thinking a lot about racial injustice, and I thought it might help me to write about it. My goal is to write to help clarify my own thinking, to share ideas with others, and to get feedback and start conversations. A second area of interest in my life is yoga. I'm particularly interested in learning how yoga can be harnessed to help process racial trauma and to bring about healing. As I dive into the philosophy, spirituality, and history of yoga, it seems like reflecting here might be helpful. I imagine I might also write…
Read More

What to do now

I think I've been avoiding writing because I don't know what words to use. Then I remind myself that my intent in starting this blog is just to practice. I'm not intending to teach or to be an expert or to have my thoughts so clear that they speak unassailable truths. I'm just wanting to further the conversation in my own brain. Things I feel bad about: I haven't gone to any protests this month. There's so much action going on, and I've been starting apart.I sent emails to a couple people I know who are Black and who I imagine must really be hurting. These aren't folks I'm close…
Read More

Interrupting racism

I'm writing in my office on a quiet spring morning, and I'm feeling unprepared to write about race. Frankly, I feel like I don't know what I'm talking about; and I wonder if I have the authority, perspective, or right to be talking about race at all. But one thing I've learned from my last years of learning about racism its that silence doesn't help. We need each other to practice the work of creating a more equitable, just world; and to do that we need to push through the uncomfortable, sticky, feelings and try to communicate. I am a racist person. I live in a society where racism is…
Read More

Getting started

Hello! It's been a bunch of years since I last blogged at dotzourfamily.com. I've been thinking a lot about racial injustice, and I thought it might help me to write about it. My goal is to write to help clarify my own thinking, to share ideas with others, and to get feedback and start conversations. A second area of interest in my life is yoga. I'm particularly interested in learning how yoga can be harnessed to help process racial trauma and to bring about healing. As I dive into the philosophy, spirituality, and history of yoga, it seems like reflecting here might be helpful. I imagine I might also write…
Read More