An invitation to live in the field of questions with Avery Kalapa
What does it mean to be in relationship to questions? What does it mean to BE a living question ourselves?
Join us in honest conversation with Avery Kalapa (they/them) exploring the juicy, sometimes scary, and always revealing space that exists when we unhook from familiarity and open ourselves to new possibilities.
"And so to be in a relationship with questioning to me is almost to be in a relationship with that deeper, more mystical spiritual truth element where it's like, what is actually true for me? And of course I can't help but relate this to transness because for me, the journey of gender has been very much a spiritual journey at uncovering, and a discovering and a turning towards, 'oh, what is this thing that is unknown but that is blooming? What is this seed that is planted in the dark but wants to bloom?' And I don't know what's going to grow, and I don't know what changes it may bring to my life, but I know it needs to bloom. "
Avery Janeczek Kalapa (they, them) is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, community weaver at Sadhana Support Collective, and queer + trans wellness organizer; eRYT500, YACEP, BFA, with 20+ years experience.
Celebrated for their enthusiasm, devotion, and depth of technique, Avery's teaching uplifts inner healing rooted in collective liberation.
They center integrative functional anatomy, nervous system regulation and stability to support queers and other counter-culture yoga lovers to break the burn out cycle, be nourished, strong, and spiritually powerful without bypassing the wisdom of their body and lived experience.
Avery’s a parent, gardener, creator; a white, trans, nonbinary settler based in unceded Tiwa land, Albuquerque NM.
In this episode you’ll hear:
An exploration of the relationship of transness and questioning
How answers can provide a false sense of security, while questions invite us into a deeper relationship with the unknown
What conditions are needed to allow us to enter into a state of questioning, and how Avery creates this environment in their yoga offerings and practice
Why questions are key if we are interested in divesting from patterns, conditioning and trauma
How to cultivate the yogic teaching of Viveka ("discernment")
Why it matters to have affirming yoga spaces, especially for folks who hold marginalized identities
What possibilities "might open up if I’m allowed to want what I want? If I'm allowed to need what I need, and let that be on the surface and not the subconscious? Where might that lead us?"
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