TODAY'S SPEAKERS

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Featured Speaker: Nisha Moodley

Reclaiming Ancestral Practices

Nisha Moodley is a women’s leadership coach, the founder of Global Sisterhood Day, and a new mother. Her work is driven by a belief in the immense power of sisterhood to help us expand our individual and collective freedom.

She works with women who feel a deep calling to offer their hearts and hands in service to humanity, and through their work together, her aim is to support them in embracing their innate brilliance, expanding their freedom, embodying their leadership, and aligning their actions with their inner truth.

Her work blends years of interest and study in spirituality, holistic health, coaching, and Family Systems. She’s been a coach for 10 years, leading mastermind groups, online courses, and over 30 retreats.

Featured Speaker: Suzanne Sterling

Allyship, Connection and White Culture has Roots Too

Suzanne Sterling is a musician, yogi, ritualist and activist who has been performing and teaching transformational workshops for over 20 years. She is founder of Voice of Change, inspiring others to find their unique voice as a tool for conscious evolution. Suzanne has been featured at hundreds of international festivals and conference centers including Yoga Journal, Omega, Esalen, Wanderlust, Bhaktifest, Earthdance and many more.

Since 2007 she has been training leaders in activism and social justice through her co-founded organization Off The Mat, Into the World. As director of OTM’s Seva Challenge Humanitarian Tours, she has spent time in the US, India, Cambodia, Haiti, Ecuador and Africa working in community resilience and raising awareness about critical global issues.

For nearly 30 years Suzanne has worked with the International Reclaiming Community, co-creating public ritual for healing and social justice.  She offers yearlong trainings in Sacred Leadership, is part of the nationwide faculty for YogaWorks Teacher Trainings and is excitedly training facilitators in her signature Voice of Change work.  She has released 5 solo albums and numerous DVD soundtracks. www.suzannesterling.com

Video Music Credit: Hydra by Trishes

The purpose of this summit is to highlight the importance of diversity in Western yoga spaces and explore how we can honor rather than appropriate yoga while inspiring learning, growth, reflection and action. Because of the nature of this summit, we will not be providing any opportunities for solicited endorsement. The opinions expressed in this summit are those of the presenters. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of myself or the Ignite Yoga and Wellness Institute.