Note: This article addresses the topics of sexual assault, domestic violence, and trauma. Please take care of yourself while reading or listening. For survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and trauma, last week’s events were soul-crushing.
Bo this is so informative (and brilliant) thank you. I'll be taking it back to our Anti Sexual Harassment workgroup in the UK's Yoga Teacher's Union that addresses power structures, along with sexual violence and predatory behaviour in our places of work as Yoga Teachers.
Also, not sure if you're aware of the court reporter and writer Lucia Osborne-Crowley? Her next book is called the Lasting Harm and is about the Ghislaine Maxwell trail and centres the stories of four women and their testimonies.
Hi Hayley, I'm not aware of that book; thanks for the recommendation. I actually had a section that I researched and then took out just before I finalized this that focused on the secondary perpetrators that surrounded Epstein, in particular the ones that controlled air traffic and landings on his private island and who had inside jokes about how young the girls were that disembarked on each trip. The fact that none spoke out or took any action until after his arrest is stunning. In the yoga world, when dealing with somatics as we do with each class we teach, it's not enough to focus on consent for touch; we really need to be teaching consent, and reading body language when non-consent happens without words, and understanding the power dynamics that preclude a true and full-bodied consent.
thank you as always for your voice, Bo. i'm catching up with whole bodied intention on this beloved page and your words are felt. so much love and care 💜
Bo this is so informative (and brilliant) thank you. I'll be taking it back to our Anti Sexual Harassment workgroup in the UK's Yoga Teacher's Union that addresses power structures, along with sexual violence and predatory behaviour in our places of work as Yoga Teachers.
Also, not sure if you're aware of the court reporter and writer Lucia Osborne-Crowley? Her next book is called the Lasting Harm and is about the Ghislaine Maxwell trail and centres the stories of four women and their testimonies.
Hi Hayley, I'm not aware of that book; thanks for the recommendation. I actually had a section that I researched and then took out just before I finalized this that focused on the secondary perpetrators that surrounded Epstein, in particular the ones that controlled air traffic and landings on his private island and who had inside jokes about how young the girls were that disembarked on each trip. The fact that none spoke out or took any action until after his arrest is stunning. In the yoga world, when dealing with somatics as we do with each class we teach, it's not enough to focus on consent for touch; we really need to be teaching consent, and reading body language when non-consent happens without words, and understanding the power dynamics that preclude a true and full-bodied consent.
thank you as always for your voice, Bo. i'm catching up with whole bodied intention on this beloved page and your words are felt. so much love and care 💜
So glad you felt it, because it was flowing through my tissues. xoxo