Living & Leading a Liberated Life
Through the Frameworks of Freedom & Justice, the Yamas & Niyamas
Saturday, September 26, 2026 · 12:30–3:30pm
The Hive Holistic Arts Center · Sanford, Michigan
What might become possible when we begin to understand yoga not simply as something we
do with our bodies, but as a way of living, relating, leading, and moving through the world?
What might shift when we allow the teachings of yoga to hold us accountable—not toward perfection, but toward greater freedom, greater justice, greater courage, and greater capacity to be in right relationship with ourselves, one another, and the world around us?
In this gathering, we will sit with, feel into, explore, and discuss the
first two limbs of yoga: the yamas and the niyamas—the ethical frameworks and practices that offer us pathways toward freedom and justice.
Together, through conversation, contemplation, creativity, and embodied reflection, we will explore these teachings beyond the pages of a textbook and into our actual lives. Into our work. Our relationships. Our communities. Our choices. Our conflicts. Our leadership. Our day-to-day becoming.
We will consider what becomes possible when we stay true and dedicated to practices that can set us free, keep us accountable, deepen our awareness, and empower us to courageously reimagine
what and how we can be—and what and how we can be together.
This is not about getting the teachings “right.”
It is about being willing to
learn, question, listen, feel, examine, change, and practice.
It is about remembering that yoga is not only a practice we step onto a mat for. It is a practice we carry with us into the world.
And perhaps, in doing so, we discover that liberation is not something we wait for someone else to give us.
Perhaps it is something we practice.
Again and again and again.
No prior yoga practice is necessary. You do not need to be a yoga teacher to participate. If you are curious about yoga philosophy, ethical practice, liberation, justice, or simply interested in exploring how these ancient teachings might speak to the lives we are living today,
you are welcome here.
If you are an active Registered Yoga Teacher, this workshop provides 3 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education hours (CEUs).
The Details
When: Saturday, September 26, 2026
Time: 12:30–3:30pm
Where: The Hive Holistic Arts Center
1031 E. Saginaw Rd · Sanford, MI
This space will be led and created by
Keri Kenney, Trauma-Informed & Heart-Centered ERYT500.
To support an intimate, intentional, and participatory gathering,
space is limited to 10 participants.
Registration is required, and your place in the circle will be secured once payment is received.
Registration closes Thursday, September 24th or when the workshop reaches capacity.
Your Investment
I offer tiered pricing because accessibility and accountability matter to me.
Please use your own discernment when choosing the tier that best reflects your current relationship to resources, wealth, and privilege. There is no need to justify your choice.
$35 · Community
A discounted rate for those who need a little more accessibility.
$50 · Sustainer
The at-cost rate that helps sustain this offering.
$65 · Supporter
Helps cover your participation while also supporting access for another person in our community.
Payment may be made by
cash, check, or Venmo.
Credit card payments are also available with an additional
$5 service charge.
Come as you are.
Come curious.
Come willing.
Come ready to think, feel, question, listen, and perhaps see something differently than you did when you walked through the door.
There is no prerequisite for this work other than a willingness to participate in the practice of becoming.
All are welcome.
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Yoga has provided me with ground and breath during moments when I could not find or feel either one. I am forever transformed and transpired by this practice of wholeness, fullness, connection and love. I have been given renewal and revision to what life is and can be by the grace of somehow, some way, this practice finding me.
Yet, I feel it is no accident.
When the student is ready,
the teacher has a way of presenting themselves.
For me,
that greatest teacher and revelation of the practice
was, is and forever will be,
ahimsa - compassion for myself & all living things
and satya - that which is, radical and reclaiming truth
these practices and principles
are what shaped me
and showed me,
where there is will
there is always a way.
On July 4th, 2013, I found my mom murdered by my father and was the succesor of initiating the chain of reactions that led to the police taking his. I found her lifeless and I found him soulless. That moment and the ripple of harmful reactions throughout my relationships, reality and world are what catalyzed me into a journey that led me heart and gut instinct first towards fullness, forgiveness and freedom - little did I know then, that was, is, and always will be, yoga.
Through acknowledging the wound,
somehow I found this way -
the Yogic way of holding our suffering tenderly and truthfully and reflecting that same compassion and honesty back into all the ways in which we get to cohabitat and experience our lives and world.
I am no stranger to the suffering and reality of our world and find it to be no accident that here we are, ready, willing and able to offer tools, testimony and transcendence of mud into emergence.
As a teacher of teachers, it is my utmost intention and responsibility to ensure we each are living into the frameworks, ethics, morality and Sacred ground that our practice so graciously offers us. Teachers who recognize the lineage, sacrifice and discipline of the practice and offer that same honesty and humility in all their teachings and spaces.
It is my mission to move our bodies with authenticity and awareness,
ignite our breath with both fullness and release,
and inspire leaders of liberation to ignite the way back to and towards samadhi.
yours in leadership,
yours in yoga,
yours in love,
keri kenney
Keri has taught me so many lessons in the six years I have known her, both as a leader and a friend. When I was new to Midland and fresh out of yoga teacher training in 2016, I was lucky to land in a 'yoga home' like Alignment 8 and it immediately felt like I was part of a family there, especially with Keri's welcoming energy. She put so much faith in me when I was just starting out, and has continued to be a source of support and encouragement as I've grown as a yoga teacher . Even as our life journeys began to take different paths, we've cheered each other on.
Her approach as a leader - and as a person -is with an intention (as I see it from my outside perspective) of uplifting those around her, fostering a sense of community and inclusion, and connecting to others through humility and compassion. She has managed the A8 team by treating us all as equals, and making sure we each felt seen and appreciated for our unique skills and experience.
She's never one to shy away from standing up for what she believes in, or speaking her truth about both the beauty and the messes of the human experience. She is bravely transparent in sharing her own inner work and "perfectly imperfect human"-ness (as she so often says), and she has taught me how to be more brave in having the difficult conversations, how to be more honest about how I'm feeling, and how to better flow through and grow through changes and challenges.
Keri's ability to own her story and process of healing from trauma is an inspiration to me personally, as well as surely countless others through her community outreach work and Circle of Hope groups. I have no doubt that the ripple effects of her positive impact on the local community will continue to grow far and wide to help make this world a better place.”
- Sarah Nelson (she/her)
E-RYT200 Yoga teacher, specializing in Forrest Yoga
