So excited to announce (the very first!) teacher of the month, Kiki Williams! Kiki is a true embodiment of spirit, joy, and liberation. Read more about Kiki’s practice and relationship to anti-oppression work below!
Check out Kiki’s Classes:
Thursdays 6pm ET @ Minka Brooklyn
Sundays 5:15 ET @ Third Root
((Check out Kiki's IG profile @diveturnwork for new and upcoming classes))
Support Kiki directly:
INSTAGRAM: @diveturnwork
VENMO: @kwilliams0916
PAYPAL/ZELLE: kierstinjwilliams (at) gmail
On Yoga and Liberation…
“Yoga for me is about exploring the freedom, expansion, and depth that already exists within my body and spirit. It is about unlearning the oppressive white supremacist, capitalist storyline that would have me believing I am small, inadequate, and can be controlled. No thank you! If I confront feelings of fear or inadequacy that arise practicing asana, if I stretch beyond what I previously thought possible, for example, I am very directly meeting this false narrative. The truth is, I need not be afraid, and I am perfectly capable and expansive as hell.”
“I have been practicing yoga for about 12 years. I was a professional dancer for a time, and even beyond dance, yoga taught me to ground and return back to my body when the external world was overwhelming. Yoga taught me that my body, as well as the breath that moves through it, is one of my strongest allies and supporters for freedom. All of the wisdom and freedom I seek is already here in this vessel- the practice helps me to remember that.”
Kiki Williams (she/they) is a black, queer, interdisciplinary teacher, meditator, yogi, and dancer. She is both a movement and mindfulness-enthusiast, weaving together these modalities to support a fully-embodied approach to both individual and collective healing. She is propelled by the belief that all people have the innate right to thrive, experience unmitigated joy, and to be free, beginning with the freedom we each have the capacity to feel in and through our own bodies. In Kiki’s classes you’ll find an authenticity of presence- in the form of story-telling, making mistakes, laughing together about it, and care and attention to everyone in the room. She draws from her dance background, various yoga traditions, and her practice of Buddhism and meditation to craft classes that engage the body, quiet the mind, and soften the heart.