MYC I Newsletter 27 I Jan 11, 2021
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
1/11 Monthly Newsletter Highlights:

Weekly Thoughts
Qigong Class Tomorrow - NEW TIME
Community Resources
The Golden Present
Weekly Thoughts
Video Trailer for Break The Chain Documentary on Human Trafficking, 2017
Paying for Harm, Praying for Arms
If ever you thought we lived in a perfect country or even a perfect world, those rosy glasses might have broken by now. I won’t say it’s not possible, I’d just ask what is the definition of perfect. If perfect can mean that we perfectly understand the process of awakening to a life’s journey as one of:

1. Learning our specific lessons in this lifetime,
2. Accepting that the conditions of the world tend to constantly fluctuate between right-doing and wrong-doing, 
3. Understanding our hearts will break open over and over enough times until we release from the grip of personal gain and
4. Truly landing in the place where we wish to help others who’s voices are not heard.

Then, this could be the perfect world that we live in. If we expect something different and are waiting for the perfection to mean all good, all peaceful, all loving, all compassionate, all the time…then it might be a longer than needed obstacle course until we can meet and truly make space for the healing for all on this planet.
While the current events have been devastating and have highlighted the struggles throughout American history, an ongoing harm has continued for at least several thousands of years. Slavery and human trafficking. Another behavior against the dignity of humans that has been woven into the fabric of our country and across the globe. Some say it has never NOT existed. Some sites rank it 2nd or 3rd against drugs and arms trafficking. The video documentary,
Break the Chain speaks about criminals who have switched from drug trafficking to human trafficking because “it’s the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world.” The lives of innocent children, women, men and non-binary individuals has been objectified to the point that the human element is gone. Or, is the part of the human element that fears and seeks to dominate heightened to madness? And in between is complacency and lack of awareness. What we wear, what we eat, how we live, even the vacations we take – all of these things are quite likely zero to very few degrees away from the chain of harm where innocent children and adults are what suffer at the other end of our luxury. While we are likely unaware we're paying for harm, those suffering are praying for outstretched arms to save them.
Above Excerpt from Marc's Full Article.
Continue reading at www.mukundayoga.com
Let's stay connected,
Marc

Owner and Director
Mukunda Yoga
Qigong Class Tomorrow
Essential Qigong with Fox
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Essential Qigong Tuesdays - 5:30-6:30pm PST

Note: Qigong Classes are now included in the Group Class pricing. New Student Class Price - $14 (Regularly $18/Single)
Brett “Fox” Ray has been practicing tai chi, qigong and other internal arts for 8 years and is a current student of traditional Chinese medicine at ACTCM in San Francisco. More at mukundayoga.com
Stephen Subbing Hatha Flow
Sunday, 1/17 Hatha Flow w/Stephen
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Hatha Flow Sundays - 10:00-11:15am PST
Stephen McFarland, aka Sivadas has been a longtime teacher with Integral Yoga, including a regular anatomy teacher for teacher trainings. He is also a highly skilled free-lance floral designer in SF.
Community Resources
Get Involved, Take Action in 2021

Make sure you get your 2021 off to an ACTIVE start!

There are many ways to get involved in this life to help make sure the current events aren't taking over your mind. Below are some options within our worldwide mindfulness community to be aware of and consider participation.
Featured: SOUNDS TRUE - The People's Inauguration
January 22-31, 2021
Sounds True is sponsoring this awesome event - The People's Inauguration
Radical Re-Orientation w/Larry Yang
January 28 - 4-6pm PST
Larry’s talk, entitled "Multicultural History of Dharma and Diversity: Focus on US and Insight Meditation communities," aims to realign and reconsider the story of Dharma transmission through mapping the cultural migrations of the Dharma to illustrate how the teachings of the Buddha have always been a multicultural experience.

details and register: buddhismandrace.com
Scholarship-based BIPOC Teacher Training
Weekly Talk on Clubhouse Starting Tue, January 19 - 2pm PST
Rev. Kamala Itzel Berrio
Marc Mukunda Morozumi
Clubhouse is in beta and currently an invitational-only platform to explore an endless range of topics, moderated by a global community. Hear what wired.com has to share about Clubhouse.
Only available in iOS and with invitation. Read more: joinclubhouse.com
The Golden Present
2016-2017 Video Project
Daily Mindfulness Practice
Today's Reading from January 11th:
"Try This Yourself"

"Any time the mind is agitated, just sit quietly, not moving at all. Let the mind be as agitated as it wants. If your body is still, very soon the mind will calm down all by itself."...
--Sri Swami Satchidananda

*Marc's in-the-moment shares of unrehearsed, often end-of-day responses.
A 365-day challenge from Dec 21, 2016- Dec 20, 2017.
Live Streaming Wellness into 2021!
Get Up and Give Zoom a Go!
Group classes in yoga and qigong plus private 1:1 sessions continue to be shared through zoom.us. Schedule on our website or using the MINDBODY app.