Valerie Moselle 9/10/22 Valerie Moselle 9/10/22

MY NEW YOGA PLACE IS NOT A SAFE SPACE. HOW COULD IT BE?

I’ve been trying hard to stop teaching yoga, but I can’t seem to help myself.

So after closing Luma, my downtown Santa Cruz center, in 2021 amid the pandemic, I have recently rented another place. But as much as I’d like it to be, it’s not a safe space…

Originally published in Lookout Santa Cruz, Community Voices, August 14th, 2022.

Valerie Moselle 4/7/22 Valerie Moselle 4/7/22

ON WAKING UP — EMPATHY IN ACTION

First, consider turning those waves of empathy --the ones that overwhelm you when you watch the news-- into action. This is the true definition of compassion: empathy in action.