Kemetic Yoga: Cafe X sessions Breathwork & Sun Salutations w/ Onyeka Tefari

1835 Imperial Avenue,San Diego CA 92102

22 December, 2021

Description

Donation-based Ancient African Yoga Class on Wednesday at 6 pm-7 PM PST onsite at 1835 Imperial Ave, San Diego, and on Zoom! Join ASCENDtials for our next bundle of Kemetic Yoga sessions at Cafe X, By Any Beans Necessary! The Ancient African Kemetic Yoga Movement recognizes that the mainstream Yoga industry is controlled ideologically, economically, politically and socially by a small group of business people and ideologues whose purpose is to perpetuate the myth of Yoga as an exclusively Indian/Hindu phenomenon, the Sanskrit language as the spiritual and only legitimate language of Yoga and India as a utopia of spirituality culture. -Y.R. H. We want to bring conscious awareness to this fact, and reclaim our ancestral culture and way of life that is in alignment with all. These Kemetic Yoga practices help to protect and preserve culture, provide a deeper understanding of our “oneness,” true nature, and unity with all things in existence while cultivating morals and values through the discipline acquired. This series will provide ancient African techniques to reduce stress, eliminate anxiety, and knowledge of how to heal thyself, which is valuable during this pandemic. BIO Onyeka Tefari is our Kemetic Yoga instructor. She is a holistic healer who uses massage therapy, yoga therapy, & aromatherapy to help clients heal. Using her expertise and background knowledge, she has developed this transformative style of bodily flow, linking breath to movement as a way to foster presence, concentration, and connection while improving inner and outer balance, strength, and flexibility. We will explore breathwork, movements, postures, and poses vital to strengthening the body and aiding flexibility and endurance. Without external help, these practices can release all resistance in the body, which will promote inner harmony and optimal health! To breathe and use the life force as a vehicle for good health is essential for the quest for total health. These Kemetic Yoga sessions will be held over Zoom on Wednesday, Dec. 22nd, at 6 PM PST and at Cafe X, By Any Beans Necessary, at 1835 Imperial Ave, San Diego, CA, and on Zoom. This is part of a 3-part donation based bundle. Each session is free, sponsored by ASCENDtials.org and includes a free breathwork session with Onyeka Tefari. Stay tuned for BUNDLE AND SAVE $20 when you sign up for all four of our upcoming Kemetic Yoga sessions. Our sessions are based on a theme from the Principles of Ma'at. Our goal is to encourage exploring KOS-Melanin-ology™ for a stronger KNOWLEDGE OF SELF and healing thyself that we may transform structures that prevent change. Many factors contribute to keeping structures in place. Our health, habits, and conditioning contribute to improper thinking and lack of awareness, but our ancestors designed a system that aids in understanding our body, mind, and breath through practice. We aim to get “straight” by embracing Ancient thoughts from our ancestors that we may become more aware of ourselves internally and externally in the detection of obstacles to our development. This program will also help to support our growing organization and mission. These tools will help to liberate and transform individuals who are looking to secure real structural change. We deserve systems that support a complete human experience and represent truth in nature and harmony for all. Please join us for these life-changing and transformative yoga sessions, we're excited to have you! This series will support Ascendtials' goal of encouraging greater knowledge of the self on a deeper and personal level while giving our community a space to come together and heal and get on yo shiz. For more information, visit: https://ascendtials.org/programs/kos-melanin-ology/. "Love is not viable without Knowledge of Self. Love is not viable without Love of Self as the starting point. Kemetic Yoga promotes the practices, philosophy and spiritual science of our ancestors from ancient Kemet, Africa as a whole and the worldwide African presence." -Y. R. H. ASCENDtials is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit specializing in critical consciousness, by providing thoughtful holistic educative tools, resources, and training programs that prepare, are preventative, and instill and reinforce a deeper appreciation for self and community, a oneness that builds capacity, and environmental care. Since 2014, we have been committed to developing leaders who will chip away at the structures impeding progress to build more systems based on truth, and science, equitable, diverse, fair, and inclusive of communities that hold everyone accountable. We strongly believe in providing support by enhancing, emphasizing and reinforcing increased problem-solving skills, offering dialogical engagement within familial, academic, and community, and an ongoing relationship building with these parties to increase civic and social competency. The true intent is to bring about self-awareness and create technologies that are good and humane while sustaining constant collaboration with community businesses and leaders to strengthen and secure these ties. For more information, please contact Ascendtials at [email protected] ASCENDtials’ (pronounced Essentials) focus is on re-developing skills in problem-solving resulting from societal issues. And, Societal issues result from a system that imposes the Oppressor/Oppressed model and standard of life. This requires new thinking based on Knowing Thyself, knowing the true science of self, instilling and abiding by certain principles of nature to keep in balance with this knowledge to transform problem-solving abilities with Melanin in mind. For ASCENDtials, ascending with proper tools is an ancient African way of thinking, Knowing Thyself, following natural laws and maintaining balance, applying this knowledge, and transforming systems for the benefit of all. You can’t transform the problem if you don’t focus on the system at play, which itself is flawed. ASCENDtials has four fundamental goals: Focusing on structures that are oppressive by design Bringing awareness of Knowing Thyself, thy purpose and place and science of science Creating/growing and maintain balance by adhering to and applying this knowledge Transforming structures to ensure all are benefiting