I am planning a fundraiser to support my Yoga Nidra teacher to keep doing her important training work (and also continue to offer me support to help you!) My dear teacher Uma Dinsmore-Tuli is an incredibly courageous person who has had the audacity to expose sexual/physical and emotional abuse in the world of yoga. Yes YOGA! That lovely thing where we feel safe and relaxed. Well sadly it is not like that for everyone and pretty much all yoga schools have some ugly little secrets hidden away. 

Uma refused to back down from publishing her second edition of her book Yoni Shakti that included the exposure of historic and current abuse that has affected women, men and children in yoga ashrams, training and retreat centres throughout the world. She wanted people to know where it was simply not safe to go and also to stop the perpetuation of abuse in yoga. It is very sad that the yoga alliance and register fails to properly investigate or tackle abuse in yoga, and Uma wanted to remedy this situation. Not surprisingly she was taken to court by several multinational yoga corporations and amazingly she won most of the cases brought against her. However, she incurred hideous lawyer fees along the way and is now in a financial pickle. The rest of the reasons for this are found in the link below. Fundraiser by Shakti Sisters : Umā Dinsmore-Tuli needs your help- time-sensitive (gofundme.com)

I would love to offer a fundraiser special edition nidra cauldron evening on Sunday 5th May 6pm. Come for a simple dinner, bring your wishes to stir into the cauldron and offer a koha.  You are also welcome to attend via zoom ( sadly no dinner for you!) or have a recording. Please give whatever you can afford as it not only supports Uma, but it supports her to support me, to support you! She nourishes me with daily practice so that I have the skills and capacity to offer free nidra via Arrow fm, and koha yoga. Let’s feed the Mother of Nidra! You can either make a donation which I can send on the night of the feast or directly give via the link above. 

Please RSVP if you would like to attend in person so that I make enough food and create enough nidra nests.  Hope to see you!