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JUSTICE FOR GEORGE – WAYS YOU CAN HELP

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If you’re outraged like us and looking for ways to demand justice over George Floyd’s killing, below is a list of resources. We are not free until we’re ALL FREE.  We’ve donated to the Minneapolis Freedom Fund, but we’ve gotten word that they are overwhelmed with donations and are asking that you donate to We Love Lake Street, Reclaim The Block or Black Visions Collective.

DONATE

  • George Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd, has started a GoFundMe to assist his family in their time of grief and need. DONATE HERE

  • We Love Lake Street is a fund to help Lake Street businesses rebuild and reopen. Our sister studio Modo Yoga Minneapolis is on Lake Street. DONATE HERE

  • The Minnesota Freedom Fund, a grassroots organization currently working with the National Lawyers Guild and the Legal Rights Center, will use donations to bail out arrested protestors and to supply those on the field. DONATE HERE

  • Reclaim the Block, a grassroots organization based in Minneapolis, will use funds to address community needs. DONATE HERE

  • Black Visions Collective, which is based in Minnesota, focuses its work on transformative justice in the state. DONATE HERE

CONTACT MINNEAPOLIS REPRESENTATIVES

  • Write a letter demanding justice to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. WRITE HERE

  • Demand County Attorney Mike Freeman charge the officers with murder by calling him at 612-348-5550.

SIGN PETITIONS

Color of Change’s petition demands that Frey block the involved officers from receiving their pensions and ban them from being able to become police officers again, as well as demands that Freeman charge the officers with murder.

You can also text “FLOYD” to 55156 to sign the petition.

SIGN THE PETITION HERE

Another petition posted on Change.org is also trying to get the attention of Frey and Freeman. It currently has more than two million signatures and is aiming for at least three million.

SIGN THE PETITION HERE

REOPEN ANNOUNCEMENT

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The Manitoba Government has announced that phase 2 will start June.1st which includes us.
As excited as we are to re-open, the safety of our members and staff is paramount to us.

 

In order to ensure everyone’s safety we are going to take one week to refine our processes, complete our renovations, and update sanitation protocols.

 

We will begin with a re-opening week for current Auto-renewing Members only beginning on June 8th. Why?  This is our way of saying THANK YOU for your support!!

 

Everyone can continue to join us in our Virtual studio and in studio classes will resume for all on June 15th.
Stay tuned for additional details

 

Namaste

TEMPORARY CLOSURE | MARCH 17 COVID-19 UPDATE

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Dearest Community,

It is with much regret that we announce that the time has come for us to temporarily close our doors.


Due to the recent Covid crisis, we will be closed beginning Tue, March 17th through to March 31st.


The good news is that tomorrow we pivot. In these uncertain times, we are moving part of our Sangha online.

WHAT ABOUT OUR TEACHERS?
For the next two weeks, we will be paying our teachers and staff. These amazing humans are people we love and like them, we too are worried.  Your continued support to Modo is appreciated by these fantastic individuals more than you will ever know.

WHAT ABOUT MY PRACTICE?
#ModoIsHome and now you can take your Modo Home! Come visit YOUR teachers and teachers from around the world with the new MODO ONLINE platform. Practice Modo, Modo Flow, Yin and more in a variety of class lengths guided in both audio and video formats. In addition to posture practice, we are sharing daily Intentions and guided meditation.

Use the code “MODOISHOME” and try it out for FREE NOW.

Thank you for sticking with us and being a light in this community. This is a time the world needs more practice. Let’s get online and practice more together!. See you on your mat.

More information to follow within the next 24 hours.

Feel free to contact us with any questions regarding any of the above.

With Immense Love,
Ryann, Reid, Mika and your Modo Wpg Team

Energy Exchange Spotlight: Todd B

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How long have you been practicing yoga for?

About four years. I started doing Eionn Finn videos with my wife (so much time looking between my legs at a laptop wondering “eka pada what?”). We spent a bit of time trying iyengar yoga, but it didn’t really interest me. And then we found this crazy $5 drop in class at Moksha Donald where this small crew would be doing such amazing, stunning, floating stuff. Knew that I had to do more with this. Especially when the weekly themes would be about “adventure” or “fun”, or things that just really resonated with me.

What brought you to yoga for the first time?

My wife (to be) brought me in. We did a few classes at different places, but it didn’t really spark with me. It wasn’t until I got the idea of flow classes that I really started to get into it. The feeling when both strength and flexibility starts to build in your body is so hard to describe.

Barre or Hot Yoga? What is your jam!?

I love hot flows, but also love the flows in the nonheated rooms. Prana, Ashtanga, core flow… I always try to let people know that these amazing classes are available.

What pose are you currently working on?

I’ve been totally neglecting my yoga and pushing some unrealistic cardio goals for the past three months. Refocusing in two weeks, and want to finally be able to FLOAT like all these magical yogis I see!!

What are three things you would tell your friend before their first ever yoga class?

  1. It will be harder than you thought.
  2. You’re probably going to surprise me because everyone has some (often unrecognized) gift they bring to their practice.
  3. I really hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Favourite Post-Yoga snack or meal

Anything, as long as I have the company of my beautiful yogini sweetheart @toniaberger

What’s your favourite part about being an Energy Exchanger?

I find the space so serene. You have to work hard to make everything clean between classes, but it’s really calming at the same time. Love the feeling of going home knowing you’ve left it ready for the early morning crew the next day so they can start their day in the best way.

Love Your Brain

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Did you know that 452 people suffer a serious brain injury every day in Canada? This amounts to one person injured with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) every 3 minutes!

Raising awareness about the importance of brain health, brain injury prevention, and supporting people who have experienced a TBI, from concussions to severe injury, is extremely important and meaningful to me because in 2010 I sustained a severe traumatic brain injury myself which left me in a coma for 3.5 days, retrograde amnesia, notable post-traumatic amnesia and a long road of recovery ahead.

How did I rehabilitate and heal?

I used the physical and mental practice of Yoga as my primary healing modality. Not only did Yoga help me heal, but the therapeutic effects of regular practice, in addition to meditation, considerably improved the quality of my life to wondrous, unprecedented levels. Isn’t it beautiful the plasticity of our brains!

Years later, I’ve now been teaching Yoga for 6+ years who have recently completed my LoveYourBrain Yoga teacher training. The program is a FREE, evidence-based and community-driven, 6-week Yoga and meditation series designed to support people who have experienced a TBI and their caregivers.

With this training now complete, I’m thrilled for the opportunity to give back, be of service and begin teaching this research-based program sometime soon, which Modo Yoga runs four times a year! Learn more and support this amazing non-profit organization at loveyourbrain.com. The best way to connect with me is online at pangyoga.com or on Instagram at @pangyoga.

Harmony With The Truth In Your Heart

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THE INTENTION

You are your own highest authority.
Do not place your source of authority outside of you.
Go within to see if the truth you’ve found is in
harmony with the truth you find in your heart.
-Neale Donald Walsch-


ON THE MAT
Our teachers are here to guide the class and ensure everyone is being safe in their movement. But, at the end of the day all the teachers do is offer up cues. You are your highest authority. Take in the cue with your breath and feel it within. Is it in harmony with your body today? Without comparison to yesterday’s practice and without judgment, you keep checking in.

From this place your practice has the chance to let go of preference of teacher or type of class. When you tap inward and realize that you are your highest authority, it doesn’t matter who’s teaching. It doesn’t matter if you’re doing Modo or Modo Flow. You just keep showing up, tuning in and growing your practice.

OFF THE MAT
When we practice going inward on a regular basis during our practice, it starts to connect to our life off the mat. We have experience tuning in to our truth. This is important because because everyday we make choices that create the life we want to live. And the more those choices are in harmony with the truth you find in your heart, the more authentic your life becomes.

So keep showing up. See you on your mat!