Why an Anti-Racist Activist Conducts a Yoga Retreat in Mexico
For the past 14 years, I have been an activist in the anti-globalization movement. This has meant different things at different moments. In 2000, it
Once called a “gentle general,” Jacoby teaches the philosophies of yoga and Buddhism on the mat and on the cushion in daily classes, workshops, and retreats. He has a knack for working with students who often feel unwelcome or unanticipated in the yoga classroom and is committed to supporting the skillbase and leadership arising from marginalized communities.
UPCOMING 2024-2025 RETREATS
Giving Up All Hope of a Better Past: Forgiveness Practices Retreat through the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. December 13-15, 2024.
Express Your Sparkle: A Queer & Trans Yoga Retreat at Kripalu. December 29-January 1 and March 7-9, 2025.
Rejuvenate: A Yoga and Snowshoeing Retreat with Traci Salisbury in Park City, Utah. February 7-11, 2025.
Express Your Sparkle: A Queer & Trans Yoga Retreat with Oneika Mays at Kripalu. March 7-9, 2025.
Waking Up Fabulous: LGBTIQQA+ Meditation Retreat at the Garrison Institute. May 23-26, 2025.
by Jacoby Ballard
“Deeply vulnerable and deeply moving, A Queer Dharma offers lessons from Ballard’s personal journey to the heart of the dharma, bringing the whole body and loving the whole self. This book is for anyone who has a body, and seeks to love courageously with an open heart.”
Autumn Brown, Host of How to Survive the End of the World
For the past 14 years, I have been an activist in the anti-globalization movement. This has meant different things at different moments. In 2000, it
Yoga and service is a big topic in the western yoga world right now. It comes out of a lineage of karma yoga, of seva,
The Four Noble Truths The Four Noble Truths are the bedrock of Buddhism, what everything else builds upon and refers back to. They are simple