Challenging white supremacy culture characteristics

Yoga as the antidote to supremacy culture

Online

Embodied Liberation Sangha

ABOUT

A woman standing barefoot on a striped rug in a room with wooden floors and decor. She is wearing purple wide-leg pants, an orange long-sleeved shirt under a cream-colored top, and has gray hair in pigtails. The room contains a folding screen with a colorful textile, a wooden chair with a red cushion, a wooden cabinet with decorative items, and several plants.

My name is Sangeeta and I am committed to sharing and practicing yoga as a path to liberation. I have been on this journey for over two decades. A decade ago I recognised that social justice and yoga are interconnected and yoga offers us practical tools to understand suffering, what causes it and the obstacles that keep us trapped in a state of suffering and limits us from moving towards kaivalya (liberation). I am also convinced the change we wish to see in the world starts within. And the transformation is not an intellectual process but one in the body. As J Krishnamurti said in his book-freedom from the known: Only when we realise, not intellectually but actually as we would recognise that we are hungry or in pain, that you and I are responsible for all the existing chaos, for all the misery throughout the entire world because we have contributed to it in our daily lives and are part of this monstrous society with its wars, divisions, its ugliness, brutality and greed- only then will we act.

This is how this course took shape.

Together we are cultivating awareness, challenging supremacy characteristics in the body, breath, actions. 

In this online 4-part journey we will create a collective space to dismantle characteristics of white supremacy culture from the inside out, while grounding in yogic tools that help us recognize internalized patterns, shift behaviors, and cultivate embodied transformation. Over four months, we will move through a journey to awaken awareness, unlearn harmful patterns, and practice new ways of being in community.

Our Process

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    Month 1 - Sense of urgency

    White Supremacist characteristic : Sense of Urgency

    How does this cultural trait affect us our actions and our body and breath?

    Urgency is a core characteristic of white supremacy culture, disconnecting us from our bodies, our intuition, and each other. We will explore how urgency upholds disconnection and burnout and takes our breath away.

    Yogic Practice: Understanding your natural rhythm, practicing slowing down.

    In this month we will begin to slow down and honour our natural rhythm. This will allow us to listen, feel, and reconnect with the wisdom of the body. Daily practice supports recognising and breaking old patterns. 

    Through asana, pranayama and stillness practices, we learn to slow the breath, the body, and the mind. In doing so, we will practice presence as a portal to liberation.

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    Month 2 - Understanding Either/or thinking

    Yogic tool- Increase capacity

    White Supremacist Ideology: Either/or thinking

    How does this cultural trait affect us our actions and our body and breath?

    Binary thinking limits our capacity to be with nuance and difference, leading to separation.

    Yogic practice- We practice increasing capacity of the breath and through that learn to break the pattern of either or thinking . This month we will continue what we have learned about challenging urgency and add to it the practice of increasing capacity. Through pranayama, dhyana and dharana we experience oneness/ non duality. We explore the internal obstacles that create separation and division within ourselves and between each other. This will allow us to cultivate emotional and energetic spaciousness. We will learn how to use the breath and asana practice to move in alignment and open space for nuance, courage and relational presence. This will allow us to expand our tolerance for discomfort in service of growth and collective truth.

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    Month 3 — Challenging the Fear of Open Conflict

    White Supremacist Ideology: Fear of open conflict

    How does this cultural trait affect us our actions and our body and breath?

    Fear of conflict often prevents truth-telling, accountability, and deeper connection.

    Yogic Perspective: Understanding fear as a kleshas (root causes of suffering) and moving beyond fear

    This month we will examine fear as a klesha (= an obstacle to liberation) by learning to stay present, see clearly, and use conflict as a pathway toward truth, relationship, and transformation. We will practice to name truth, honor difference, and envision collective liberation by moving through the fear of messiness. 


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    Month 4 — Challenging Individualism

    White Supremacist Ideology: Individualism, capitalism, power-hoarding

    How does this cultural trait affect us our actions and our body and breath?

    Individualism strengthens the myth of independence and centres „me“ over „we“.

    Yogic Perspective: Collective care, interconnectedness, and shared transformation.

    In our final month we will explore collective care as an antidote to individualism. Yogic philosophy reminds us that liberation is relational, meaning that our healing is intertwined. Through shared practice, reflection, and community support, we root into the power of collective repair and collective dreaming.

    This will include partnered or group somatic practices, in which we are seen, held, and hold space for others.

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I am deeply grateful to this resource we all have available to learn from and as we start this cohort it is important that we honour the immense amount of labour and love that is gone behind creating the workbook/ website. 

https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/characteristics.html

We will be using this in our journey and it is important to respect the requests of the folks who have made this available for all. 

What is white supremacy culture charecteristics? 

https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/characteristics.html

‘Tema Okun - wrote the original article on White Supremacy Culture in 1999.These characteristics are not meant to describe all white people. They are meant to describe the norms of white middle-class and owning class culture, a culture we are all required to navigate regardless of our multiple identities.One of the ways that white supremacy gets us is how we internalize these characteristics into our very personalities’

It is important that as we use this resource which is a labour and experience of several people we honour their work by also taking time to study the resource and not just brush through this by taking time to study it. 

https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/ (The website is actually a book. )

Each month we engage with a cultural characteristic that roots in white supremacist ideology and explore a corresponding yogic practice as an antidote to that. 

This course aims to

  • Make transformative, embodied tools accessible to every body

  • Practice collective liberation 

  • Reclaim spaciousness, relational ways of being, and embodied resistance

  • Dismantle supremacy culture traits through compassion, community, and practice

Cohort Schedule, Pricing & Value

All sessions are held in Central European Time (CET / CEST).

Month 1 — Dismantling the Sense of Urgency

  • March 1 | 10:00–13:00 CET

  • March 15 | 11:00–12:30 CET

  • March 29 | 11:00–13:00 CET

Month 2 — Dismantling Either / Or Thinking

  • April 4 (Saturday) | 10:00–13:00 CEST

  • April 19 | 11:00–12:30 CEST

  • April 29 (Wednesday) | 18:00–21:00 CEST

Month 3 — Dismantling the Fear of Open Conflict

  • May 3 | 10:00–13:00 CEST

  • May 17 | 11:00–12:30 CEST

  • May 31 (Full Moon) | 11:00–13:00 CEST

Month 4 — From Individualism to Collective Care

  • June 7 | 10:00–13:00 CEST

  • June 21 | 11:00–12:30 CEST

  • July 1 (Wednesday · Full Moon · Closing Session) | 18:00–21:00 CEST

Please note: Central European Summer Time (CEST) applies from the end of March onward.

This 4-month immersive cohort includes:

  • 22 hours of live classes—deep practice, reflection, and guidance

  • Ongoing support and community (your personal sangha)

  • Integration practices and resources to bring insights into daily life

  • Preparation and care behind the scenes, including guidance, check-ins, and personalized attention

The container is designed not just for learning, but for embodiment, growth, and lasting transformation. You are investing in your practice, your body, your awareness, and your freedom.

Standard price- 450 (Helps make the program accessible for others)

Community price- 350-400  (spots for those with financial need)

Supporter price- 460-550 (Core, sustainable rate)

Payment plans available: full payment, 4 installments, or 8 monthly installments.

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