You Are An Activist

Hello friends,

Happy 1st of Feb. Gosh, we're already well into the New Year. January was a bit of a blur to be honest - most of it spent in India with my 'work-wife' Edwina Peden, my daughter (and her broken leg) and a group of delightful women. We had such a blast. I was also fortunate enough to meet a wonderful female Ayurvedic doctor with a two-year-old daughter whom my little girl got to play with. The yoga community really is a global village.

Speaking of villages, the activism community is another area in which I see so much collective strength, camaraderie, and support.

I do feel depressed at the state of the world right now. And witnessing firsthand poverty and struggle in India brings it home even more, but I'm also hopeful.

Something I hear often from our community members: you care deeply about the world around you, but you (mostly) don’t consider yourself an activist. Often, when we hear the word “activist” we visualise the stereotype: someone with dreadlocks, wearing hemp pants, standing in the road with a placard 😂

But that’s not the full picture.

Activism is also weaving empowerment into daily moments:

• Listening deeply to honour amplify another’s voice.
• Educating yourself and others, step by step.
• Dropping groceries off at a local community centre.
• Including and celebrating diversity in bedtime stories.
• Gracefully challenging harmful remarks, creating spaces for compassion and growth.

This is the (chai) tea, and I am spilling it with love:

Activism is as unique as you are. It's about showing up with your own skills, your knowledge, and your love to make the world better for one person, one animal, one community - for all of us.

So yes, you are an activist. But maybe, you just don’t know it yet.

In a world that urgently needs change, the path of spiritual activism offers a transformative way forward. It's not about grand gestures or making a spectacle - it’s about authentic action. Small, meaningful acts rooted in connection can create a profound, unstoppable force for change.

And when we anchor activism in spiritual devotion, we step into something even more powerful - spiritual activism. This is exactly what we’re exploring at the Bhakti Women Summit this year - how to integrate the heart-centred teachings of bhakti with practical action for the collective wellbeing.

Yoga calls us to step beyond the self and into service. Service to humanity. Service to the world.

At the Bhakti Women Summit 2025, we’ll dive deep into how devotion and action can intersect to create the collective transformation our world so desperately needs.

We’ll explore:

• How we can move from individual healing to collective action.
• The ways yoga leads us to show up, speak out, and act for freedom and justice.
• How the path of bhakti is a call to wise love, to love in action for a better world.
• Are you ready to embody love as service? The tide is turning, and we know you are ready to join us in this movement of radical compassion.

Event Details:

• Date: February 12, 2025
• Cost: Free
• 25 powerful women and impactful conversations
• Wise love - spiritual devotion meets practical action
• Experts and elders sharing wisdom on yoga for the collective

I choose to visualise a future where freedom, justice and happiness for all is not just a dream, but a living breathing reality… let's all drink (chai) to that!

With love and radical hope,

Katie Rose

P.S. You may not be holding a placard in the road, but you are an activist. Your spirituality leads you towards service. Join us for the Bhakti Women Summit to be held and supported through this becoming. Registration is open now, and it’s free. CLICK HERE.  

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