MoAD and Black to Yoga present a new member only series: Art & Asanas. The first installation of this collaboration draws from the themes of our current exhibition BLACK VENUS: Reframe. Resist. Reclaim. The exhibition surveys the legacy of Black Women in visual culture, celebrates Black beauty, and explores the many faces of Black femininity. We will use the tools of movement, breath, and sound to support our individual journeys of reframing, resisting, and reclaiming the myriad of identities we hold.

This event is exclusive to and free for MoAD members. There are only 15 spots, so reserve your space today!

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Schedule:

5:30pm - 6pm: Check-in and explore the exhibition

6pm – 7pm: Yoga with Maureen

7pm – 7:15pm: Transition

7:15pm – 7:30pm: Guided meditation with Rondy

730pm - 8pm: Sound bath with Armani

8pm – 8:20pm: Teatime with Kehinde

Maureen Miller (Black to YogaCo-Creator)

In 2013, Maureen fortuned upon a shiny little studio surrounded by windows on the third floor of a downtown Oakland building, named Barefoot Movement. In a short time, she became hooked on the practice and registered for the studio's yoga teacher training program in 2014. Through this program, Maureen learned that yoga was so much more than physical postures: yoga, or “union” is a way of life. Black to Yoga allows Maureen to share this way of life with her Black and Brown brothers and sisters. Teaching yoga is her calling in life, and she intends to answer this call to the best of her ability each and every time she teaches.

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Rondy

Rondy (he, him,dude.) is your brother, show him some love, and give him a hug! Yoga got into him like a high school crush. It felt sooooo good. He took his first Vinyasa yoga teacher training in 2014 and then completed a 200-hour Power Yoga teacher training, and never looked back! He led classes in Stuttgart Germany for refugees, opened (and closed) a yoga studio, became an ambassador forfitkids.org and Black Boys Om, helped develop a trauma-based yoga program formale-presenting youth with Art of Yoga, and started his own brand of yoga -Barbershop Yoga (yoga for Black men & boys). He is still crushing on yoga, and is excited to share his love of yoga with BTY. His class features a deep warm-up and upbeat, energetic flow, dope playlists, emphasizing power, movement, and balance asanas.

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Kehinde Koyejo

Nigerian-American and Oakland Native & Resident, Kehinde Koyejo, is the owner of two Bay Area boutique brands, Kalm Korner, an e-commerce luxury gifting destination, and Choc'late Mama Cookie Co., offering small-batch vegan, gluten-free, and grain-free consciously-classic cookies. 

In addition, Kehinde is the founder of the Artist Self-Care Guide, LLC, anartist of color-centered coaching firm specializing in group and individual guidance. She is passionate and intentional about empowering her community with practical tools and strategies for living calmer, happier, healthier, andon-purpose lives.

Learn more on Instagram |@kehinde.thebrand| |@kalmkorner| |@chocolatemamacookies|

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