Amplify Voices of the Global Majority How We Heal
- Presenter: Reggie Hubbard
- Presenter: Allison Strickland
- Presenter: Aki Hirata Quetzalyolotzin
- and more…
About The Series
We are excited to introduce the fourth summit in our online Amplify Series: How We Heal hosted by Reggie Hubbard.
Throughout history, voices of the Global Majority––Black, Indigenous, and People of Color––have been at the forefront of breaking down barriers of systemic issues that affect both the planet and humanity while ushering in radical change, whether that has been bringing yoga to the West or fighting for justice on the front lines.
Continue your journey to personal and societal transformation in a community united in compassion and committed to equity and accessibility for all. Now is a time that requires us to listen, heal historical wounds, and do something different.
How We Heal is a virtual gathering that invites participants to explore the personal and collective journey of healing in a time of unprecedented global challenges. Hosted by activist and meditation teacher Reggie Hubbard, this online summit creates a compassionate space to humanize the healing process, explore justice as a tool for restoration, and cultivate humility, determination, and surrender on the path to transformation.
Our world is navigating a softened poly-crisis of grief, including personal and collective losses, climate disruptions, post-pandemic recovery, and ongoing global conflicts. This event invites participants to gently hold these realities while exploring pathways to healing. Together, we’ll lean into the wisdom of ancestral practices, the solace of community, and the hope inherent in renewal.
What To Expect
Through conversations, interactive sessions, embodied practices, and more, we will explore:
- Humanized Healing: Making the process relatable, accessible, and grounded in shared humanity.
- Where Does it Hurt?: Identifying pain points and creating pathways to address them.
- Social Justice as a Healing Tool: Using justice and equity as frameworks for repair and liberation.
- How Is This Happening FOR Me?: Embracing challenges as opportunities for growth and evolution.
- Truth and Reconciliation: Centering honesty and acknowledgment as critical steps toward healing.
- A Decolonized Lens: Reclaiming narratives and healing from systemic oppression.
- Healing Alchemy: Understanding that healing yourself contributes to healing the collective.
- That Healing Takes Time: Honoring the non-linear and deeply personal nature of healing.
- That Healing is a Miracle: Celebrating the profound possibilities of transformation.
Participants will experience diverse approaches to healing, including:
- Ancestral Wisdom
- Rest and Recovery
- Energy Healing
- Sound Healing and Breathwork
- Food as Medicine
- Trauma-Informed Approaches
- Navigating Grief and Loss
We enter this work as an act of community care because none of us can be well unless all of us are well.
This summit is part of Amplify’s evolving series, building on previous conversations while creating space for new collaborations and programming. Participants will be able to register for post-event workshops and follow-up sessions that further deepen the healing journey.
Join us online to explore how healing—both individual and collective—can transform lives and communities. Your presence and participation are part of a larger movement: healing yourself helps heal the world.
*Since Black, Indigenous, and people of color represent over 80% of the world’s population, we use the term Global Majority to point out the demographic inaccuracy of the euphemism “minority.”
NOTE: Kripalu is delivering this livestream experience through a third party platform. When you purchase this program, you will be sent to union.fit and asked to create an account to complete your purchase and receive further details on accessing the program. All sales are final. All recordings will be available within 72 hours of the end of each session. You will have access to the video recording for 30 days after the program ends. Folks will have access to these programs as a part of the Kripalu Online Studio on demand library for one year.
Questions? Please reach out to onlinesupport@kripalu.org.
About Amplify's Host
Host Reggie Hubbard is an internationally recognized yoga and meditation teacher and the founder and chief serving officer of Active Peace Yoga. Reggie's yoga and meditation practice have served as a sanctuary of peace and perspective while navigating the stresses of being a Black man in the world. He began practicing yoga under extreme emotional distress at work and now freely shares his peace and practice to all walks of life.
Explore the Schedule
| Monday, May 5 | Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 |
| Tuesday, May 6 | Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Session 7 Session 8 |
| Wednesday, May 7 | Session 9 Session 10 Session 11 Session 12 |
| Thursday, May 8 | Session 13 Session 15 Session 16 Session 17 |
| Friday, May 9 | Session 18 Integrative and Healing Grief Affinity Circle | Akilah Safiah 5:00 pm EST Please join Akilah in a closing ceremony and circle to integrate the week, be in community, and hold space for all that was shared and ready to be awakened and released. |
Program at a Glance
Presenter(s)
Reggie Hubbard is an internationally recognized yoga and meditation teacher and the founder and chief serving officer of Active Peace Yoga. Reggie's yoga and meditation practice have served as a sanctuary of peace and perspective while navigating the stresses of being a Black man in the world.
Full Bio and ProgramsAllison Strickland is an oracular artist exploring the connection between spiritual receptivity and material creation.
Full Bio and ProgramsAki Hirata Quetzalyolotzin, an initiated medicine woman and moondancer, is the founder of of MINKA brooklyn.
Full Bio and ProgramsAkilah Richards is author of Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work and founder of the Raising Free People Network.
Full Bio and ProgramsAmarAtma Singh Khalsa is a grief specialist, chaplain, and founder of The Institute for Compassionate Grieving, pioneering a new way to approach loss as a path to healing and transformation.
Full Bio and ProgramsChristine Alfred (she/they) is a Haitian multidisciplinary artist, meditation teacher, therapeutic sound and energy practitioner, and the founder of Awarehouse.
Full Bio and ProgramsGail Parker, PhD, CIAYT, E-RYT 500 is an author, psychologist, educator, and certified yoga therapist. She serves as President of the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance Board of Directors.
Full Bio and ProgramsEset Rose is the Chief Programming & Innovation Officer at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, where she leads transformative programming, strategic innovation, and equity-driven initiatives that deepen connection, creativity, and collective liberation.
Full Bio and ProgramsLyla June Johnston, PhD, is an Indigenous musician, author, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne), and European lineages.
Full Bio and ProgramsMichelle Cassandra Johnson, MSW, is an activist, social justice warrior, author, anti-racism consultant and trainer, intuitive healer, yoga teacher, and practitioner.
Full Bio and ProgramsRev. angel Kyodo williams, an activist, master trainer, and leading voice for transformative social change, is author of Being Black and Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation.
Full Bio and ProgramsMarika Clymer was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, and spent her childhood hunting and fishing alongside her dad throughout Snohomish County and the greater Puget Sound area. Marika feels that her upbringing gifted her the framework of Energetic Ecology, where she blends energetic medicine with ecological perspectives.
Full Bio and ProgramsDr. Larry Ward is the co-founder and Executive Director of The Lotus Institute, a senior teacher in Buddhist Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village tradition, and the author of "America's Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal".
Full Bio and ProgramsRashid Hughes is a proud graduate of the Howard University Department of Music and the Howard University School of Divinity. Rashid is a certified Mindfulness Teacher, a certified Yoga Instructor, a Restorative Justice Facilitator, and currently in training to become a Fire Pujari.
Full Bio and ProgramsSonya Renee Taylor is a New York Times best-selling author, world-renowned activist and thought leader on racial justice, body liberation and transformational change, international award winning artist, and founder of The Body Is Not an Apology (TBINAA), a global digital media and education company exploring the intersections of identity, healing, and social justice through the framework of radical self-love.
Full Bio and ProgramsValarie Kaur is a renowned civil rights activist, lawyer, filmmaker, innovator, and author of See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love.
Full Bio and ProgramsLama Rod Owens is a Black Buddhist Southern Queen, international influencer, and author of Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger.
Full Bio and ProgramsFimo Mitchell is a meditation teacher, podcast host, and writer. In 2021, he founded When The Village Meditates, a nonprofit committed to creating meditation, yoga, and discussion spaces, along with wellness retreats that center racialized and marginalized people.
Full Bio and ProgramsSHAKA ZULU is a master of Black Masking suit design, an art form specific to New Orleans, Louisiana, which originated as part of the Indigenous and African culture in the city. In addition to upholding the Black Masking tradition, Zulu is revered as a drummer and stilt dancer, both part of the city’s West African traditions.
Full Bio and ProgramsBorn in Baltimore, Maryland, raised in Festac, Nigeria, grounded in their legacy of organizers, farmers and healers, Adaku harnesses her seasoned skills as a grassroots strategist, holistic healer, transformative facilitator, somatics coach and ritual artist as an act of love and commitment to her community.
Full Bio and Programs