Wambui Njuguna is a certified trauma-informed yoga teacher and feminine energy healer and educator. She guides others to connect with their natural sense of ease and longing for liberation through the Buddha Dharma and Black abolitionist liberation practices as transmitted through her teacher, Lama Rod Owens. Her warm, encouraging and gentle quality inspires a long-term approach towards a life filled with grace, joy and peace. Wambui is the co-founder of Yoga Roots Odeceixe, est.2023, home of Ashtanga Intersections: Emergent Healing Spaces.
New Beginnings on the Winter Solstice
Happy Solstice Reader,
I'm feeling the excitement of seedlings budding, in terms of work and collaboration. As such, I wish to share some of 2022 offerings with you.
New online event 🙏 Ashtanga Intersections: Racism as a Spiritual Obstacle
Join Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen (@wellnesswithwambui) and Kino MacGregor (@kinoyoga) on January 16th at 10am ET/5pm Helsinki time, along with a panel of experienced teachers on online discussion that covers the intersection between race and spirituality within the context of Ashtanga Yoga.
This event will be by donation and there is no minimum donation required! All the proceeds will be donated to National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (@dalit_rights_ncdhr) and Kalief Browder Foundation (@kaliefbrowderfoundation).
At this event, you will explore how we can begin to show up for hard, uncomfortable conversations that this tenuous time invites us into. We invite you to join this in-depth discussion with a team of well-respected thought leaders and teachers!
The panelists will also include Prachi Patankar, Shanna Small (@wellness_yogini), Kira Williams (@kirasadhana), and Marcos Silva (@yoganafederal) in conversation facilitated by Ro Averin of UNLRN PRJCT (@unlrnprjct).
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New Online Event: Black and Brown Solidarity in Yoga Land
January 24, 2022; 12:30-2:30PM EST on Zoom
Join Jesal, Tejal, Michelle and Wambui in an intimate panel discussion around how we can practice active solidarity as Black and South Asian members of the global yoga community.We’ll delve into questions that aren’t afforded space to breathe when whiteness is in the room. Questions like:
- What is anti-blackness? Who upholds it and employs it?
- What does true, active, risky solidarity look like?
- What are we dreaming for ourselves as we heal in community?
This is an OPEN event for people of all identities to join in the conversation and active divestment from intersecting systems of oppression, within the context of healing and wellness.
Dreaming a kinder better world for all of us to flourish in needs all hands on deck!
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Are you struggling to engage with others from the wisdom of your whole Self?
Are you having a hard time staying present and curious in an endlessly changing world?
You’re not alone!
I’m speaking at The Power of Meditation Summit( January 15-24), a beautiful exploration of dharma teachings and practices to help you sustain fortitude and grace through cycles of change. Learn to hold space for yourself and others with a group of brilliant and renowned healers, neuroscientists, yogis, meditation teachers, and social justice activists. Discover how meditation can help you tap into your capacity for compassionate presence and source change from the wisdom of the true Self.
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Join the community on Patreon
Starting in the New Year, we'll meet on the second and fourth Sunday each month:
Sunday, January 9th 10am -12pm, Helsinki time : Healing in Community Session (will include asana practice so be sure to eat a bit a few hours before hand) open to 10€+ tiers
Sunday, January 23rd 4pm-5pm, Helsinki time: Fellowship Meditation open to all tiers
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Until we meet in the New Year, may your hearts breath through it all.
With love,
Wambui ❤️
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Wambui Njuguna, MA, E-RYT, TCYM-T
Wambui Njuguna is a certified trauma-informed yoga teacher and feminine energy healer and educator. She guides others to connect with their natural sense of ease and longing for liberation through the Buddha Dharma and Black abolitionist liberation practices as transmitted through her teacher, Lama Rod Owens. Her warm, encouraging and gentle quality inspires a long-term approach towards a life filled with grace, joy and peace. Wambui is the co-founder of Yoga Roots Odeceixe, est.2023, home of Ashtanga Intersections: Emergent Healing Spaces.
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