The following is an excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s reflections when introducing a new group of students to a mindful breath practice, and their positive and enthusiastic response. This piece was originally published in the Inner Strength Foundation October 2018 newsletter. You can also read the full piece on the Inner Strength Foundation website. “As an educator, when you see … Read More
Back to School with Inner Strength
The following is an excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s reflections in preparation for entering the new school year. It was originally published in the Inner Strength Foundation September 2018 newsletter. You can also read the full piece on the Inner Strength Foundation website. Inner Strength programs are going into this year strong Today I finally put the finishing touches on … Read More
Diversity Dialogues: Kori Hamilton Biagas & Amy Edelstein Explore Racial Literacy
Understanding and deconstructing racial ideas and divides Amy Edelstein interviews Kori Hamilton Biagas from JustEducators about what racial literacy is, how to work in classrooms to lessen racial stress, and how to engage in a positive way to deconstruct our culturally inherited (and often outdated, false, misguided, and even dangerous) ideas about this issue. “As long as there is a … Read More
A New Biography of Yogananda: Amy Interviews Philip Goldberg about his Insightful New Book
Amy speaks with Philip Goldberg about his illuminating new book The Life of Yogananda Philip Goldberg’s authoritative biography of Yogananda – the first ever – was published on April 24, 2018. The Los Angeles Times named Paramahansa Yogananda “the 20th century’s first superstar guru” and today, nearly a century after he arrived in the United States, he’s undisputedly still the … Read More
Waking Up to Irving’s “Waking Up White”
Waking Up White: and finding myself in the story of race Debby Irving I picked up Waking Up White on the suggestion of a friend, somewhat ambivalent to read this book, having spent the better part of three decades looking at my ego, my limitations, and character flaws. In that context of self-improvement and self-transformation, I had become accustomed to … Read More
Whiteness | Jonathan Miller-Lane
Exploring Whiteness an essential reflection on privilege if we are to transform the inequities in our culture with Jonathan Miller-Lane Ph.D., Middlebury College Jonathan Miller-Lane earned his Ph.D. in Secondary Education from the University of Washington, Seattle, with a thesis that focused on the facilitation of disagreement in discussion and how the practices of Aikido might help with facilitation skills. … Read More
Diversity Dialogues | Conrad Caton on His New Film NERGIG
Recently I’ve had the good fortune to be in dialogue with insightful and engaged individuals who are really thinking about race, diversity, division, and how our culture can lean in — and step into a better worldview. A new cultural paradigm needs to see the past with an unflinching eye and an open heart. One that embraces history because it … Read More