NYS Book Club

FEBRUARY 17 | FRIDAY @7:45PM

With Shala Teachers Bibi, Alex, Ali, Jacquie & Katie

Free event.

Reading: Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

• Pre-registration suggested.

• Meets every other month on Fridays.

• The book club is free and open to all.

• Inquiries welcome.

We are kicking off the Newburgh Yoga Shala's Book Club with Tricia Hersey's book Rest Is Resistance. Join us in reading and discussing mind opening, soul enriching books, while sharing your favorite dish or drink with fellow readers.

"Tricia Hersey casts an illuminating light on our troubled relationship with rest and how to imagine and dream our way to a future where rest is exalted. Our worth does not reside in how much we produce, especially not for a system that exploits and dehumanizes us. Rest, in its simplest form, becomes an act of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it asserts our most basic humanity. We are enough. The systems cannot have us.

Rest Is Resistance is rooted in spiritual energy and centered in Black liberation, womanism, somatics, and Afrofuturism. With captivating storytelling and practical advice, all delivered in Hersey’s lyrical voice and informed by her deep experience in theology, activism, and performance art, Rest Is Resistance is a call to action, a battle cry, a field guide, and a manifesto for all of us who are sleep deprived, searching for justice, and longing to be liberated from the oppressive grip of Grind Culture."