Yoni Shakti: The Movement

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 Endorsement and Support

This campaign has been hosted by us with the endorsement and heartfelt support of our Yoni Shakti network of teachers, as well as:

Josna Pankhania, Project SATYA, Matthew Remski, Laura Doe-Harris of the Yoniversity, Jane Austin, Dr Mark Singleton, Yoli Maya Yeh, Felix Price & Diahanne Love Holder, Ashleigh Freckleton , Dianne Bondy, Melanie Swan of the Sacred Womb, Alexandra Pope, Sjanie Hugo-Wurlitzer of Red School , Jacqueline Hargreaves, Jason Birch, Lucy Arnsby-Wilson DPsych, Laurie Hyland Robertson ..

"I applaud Uma’s response to the abuses revealed in Satyananda yoga.  It is with gratitude that I welcome her campaign to address abuse and oppression in the global and transnational yoga industry."  Dr Josna Pankhania.  Human rights activist and seeker of truth, justice and healing in yoga.

“To me, this evolutionary circle holds everything onto which our humanity, values, and ability to be of service to one another relies — consciousness that has shifted from supremacy and conditional protection to equanimity, justice, and freedom — put into heartfelt practice with the utmost care. In deepest gratitude to all.”  Christie Roe

"I'm all in with my support for the Yoni Shakti Movement. Women need a safe and supportive space to practice yoga free of judgment, bullying and harassment.”  Jane Austin, Founder/Director Mama Tree Prenatal Yoga School. Director of Prenatal and Postnatal Program at Yoga Tree

"Now more than ever it is time to protect all of us against the continued abuses of power towards women. I endorse the goals of Yoni Shakti the Movement and support this campaign."  Dianne Bondy, Author of 'Yoga for Everyone'.

"Uma's work against the abuses of power in yoga is vital and timely. I applaud and support her efforts."
Dr. Mark Singleton, Senior Research Fellow, Hatha Yoga Project, SOAS University of London.

"I am so grateful for you using your voice and privilege to speak out, step up and work towards a world where all sisters are safe and free."  Lucy Arnsby-Wilson, Psychotherapist and Yoga Therapist

"The work of creating safe spaces for all cannot wait, and it's exciting to see what the yoga community can do with a compassionate voice. I wholeheartedly support Yoni Shakti the Movement."  Laurie Hyland Robertson, Editor in Chief, Yoga Therapy Today, and Founder & Director, Whole Yoga & Pilates

 

 What your contributions have funded

This is what we project the crowd-funding and public awareness campaign will cost for one year. Any funds we raise above and beyond will go to fund further public outreach and campaigning. We will track our progress and give you monthly updates about the success of the public awareness campaign. 

Crowd-funding Campaign Costs

• Campaign Management: £1000
• Campaign Consultation: £350
• Warning Signs, Evidence and Calls to Action PDF design and prep: £500
• Book club set up and admin: £1,000
• Uma’s teaching and administration costs for campaign events: £2,000 
• Gift fulfillment and tech support: £1,000
• Contingency and Indiegogo Campaign Fees: £2150

Public Awareness Campaign Costs

• Public awareness campaign for yoga practitioners, staff costs for one year: £4,000
• Public awareness campaign for yoga teachers, staff costs for one year: £4,000
• Promotion and social media campaign for one year: £2,000

GOAL: £18,000
TOTAL RAISED: £33,091

Thank you so much for helping us reach and exceed our goal!

THANK YOU to all you who helped to make this campaign a success, BUT we still need your help to spread the word and TAKE ACTION!!!

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Background

Yoni Shakti: A Woman’s Guide to Power and Freedom through Yoga and Tantra was published in 2014. A key section of the first edition was removed prior to printing because author Uma Dinsmore-Tuli’s hard-hitting description of the contemporary Yoga Industrial Complex as a ‘stinking palace floating on a lagoon filled with corpses and shit’ was considered too offensive to publish at that time. 

Sadly, Uma’s censored prediction in that first edition has now been recognised widely to be the truth. The past few years have seen innumerable revelations and investigations of sexual, financial, physical and emotional abuses committed by teachers under the guise of ‘yoga’. There is now hardly a single ashram, school or yoga institution that has not been exposed to be harbouring these harms. The abusive power dynamics common to many individual yoga teachers and gurus have also been reported by brave women who have spoken up, and Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, like lots of other women in yoga, has now heard too many of these stories to keep quiet any longer. She is now fully committed to sharing the evidence presented to her, including the names of teachers and places that she wouldn’t want anybody’s sisters or daughters to go to. Her intention with this campaign is to educate yoga practitioners, teachers and yoga teacher trainers worldwide to call out existing harm and to prevent future abuses of power.

The uncensored and revised new edition of Yoni Shakti includes a practical checklist of warning signals to protect women in yoga, and a new Warning Prologue sharing a number of powerful statements in verse and prose. It also presents a comprehensive list of organisations and individuals that have harmed women and girls under the guise of the spiritual teachings of yoga. Yoni Shakti Updated and Uncensored is available online from May 2020.

About Uma

Uma Dinsmore-Tuli PhD is a writer, visionary, radical yogini, eco-feminist activist and Total Yoga Nidra advocate. Practicing yoga since the age of four, and teaching since 1994, Uma is a yoga therapist certified by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (CIAYT), with special expertise in yoga therapy for women’s health. She is a mother of three, and has written four books on yoga, including the massive and highly influential Yoni Shakti. 

About Team Yoni Shakti

This campaign is run by a committed team of women who are passionately, personally and professionally invested in the goals of the movement.  This team is Uma Dinsmore-Tuli PhD (Founder), Sophie-Jane Mortimer (Campaign Consultant), Nina Haley (Campaign Manager)  Cecilia Allon (Phase 1 Campaign Manager), Jessica Healy (Campaign Social Media Manager) and Shri Steep (Assistant Campaign Social Media Manager).  This team is supported by an extraordinary global web of allies, yoga teacher trainers, teachers and practitioners.  We are working as an open network, through heartfelt connection, trust and love without a formal hierarchy.