We as Black folks should be opposed to all wars, especially those that are nothing but blind aggression designed to steal the resources of the country being attacked and virtually enslaving the people. Wars are taking place in many parts of Africa, the so-called Middle East, Asia, the Pacific Islands, South, and Central America, RIGHT … Read more
One of the reasons I don’t like memes is that they are too often used to oversimplify complex and nuanced issues and allow people on social media to form uninformed and often really dumb opinions. Many memes are created by sophisticated political propagandists whose job is to shape the opinion of certain populations (BLACK FOLKS) … Read more
It is an often repeated myth that the face of the Sphinx was damaged by cannonballs fired at it by Napoleon because they wanted to conceal that the builders of civilization were Black. In fact, this is not true. The face of the Sphinx was damaged by Muslim fanatics called Mamaluks who considered it an … Read more
In America and throughout the entire white world, Black professionals automatically face doubt and fear because subconscious automatic implicit bias is a built-in feature of the psychological makeup of people in this society. The sight of Black skin automatically triggers internal reactions of bias that white people seem unable to control or even be aware … Read more
So, I travel to the deepest parts of Africa, out in the “bush”. People see me and for no reason, at all, they stop what they are doing and go into some poses. We call these poses Yoga, but they do not. They don’t call them anything. I ask them, “who taught you how to … Read more
Race as a biological construct is an absurdity created by white folks to justify their desire to dominate African people and others. But since “race” is used by the oppressor to take away our power we must unite on the basis of our common experience of Blackness and Africaness. We also must recognize the cultural, … Read more
For you young folks who are interested in hearing the words of an elder, listen to Warren Washington, a Black man who actually invented the science of creating mathematical models of understanding and predicting global climate change and weather patterns in general. Many view modern science and scientific thinking as a “white” thing without realizing … Read more
A spiritual, political act of healing by a monk. I watched this Buddhist Monk set himself on fire when I was a little boy. I noticed that he did not even flinch. The idea that there is some type of conflict between being spiritual, a Yogi, a healer, and engaging in politics is a myth … Read more
By Yirser Ra Hotep Kemetic civilization and traditional African spirituality are the roots of my Yoga practice. This is only true because I AM an AFRICAN first and foremost. Kemet achieved heights that have never been duplicated because they crafted systems of creating that were based upon an understanding of how the universe operates and … Read more
We take Kemetic Yoga as having the potential between life and death. It is a serious work we do when our children are dying of gun violence, obesity induced disease and our identity as humans on this planet who created civilization is creeping further away from consciousness.