Reggie Hubbard is a political activist turned yogi turned activist yogi. We explore how our spiritual problems are at the root of our political problems. He shares his personal transformation journey, triggered by professional setbacks, leading him to adopt yoga and meditation as life-changing practices. Through a spiritual and holistic approach, Reggie emphasizes resilience training, the importance of dealing with hard truths, and the power of healing. He talks about how his stroke was a great teacher. Reggie's approach focuses on grounding, fostering creative brilliance, and addressing systemic societal issues with personal spiritual transformation. Reggie is the founder and chief serving officer of Active Peace Yoga. Check out his upcoming workshops, meditations, and wisdom at Active Peace Yoga (activepeaceyoga.com).
Reggie is the founder/chief serving officer of Active Peace LLC – a fusion of yoga/mindfulness teaching and training; sound meditation; political strategy and organizing; and, inspirational/motivational speaking.
His yoga and meditation practice have served as a sanctuary of peace and perspective while navigating the stress of being a high achieving, intelligent, person of color in the world and serving in pressure filled jobs at the height of business and politics, including Bernie 2016 and working as MoveOn's Congressional Liaison/Washington DC Strategist during the first Trump Administration.
He began his contemplative practices under extreme emotional professional distress. And recently, his contemplative practices have been the foundation of his healing journey of stroke recovery. He works with all walks of life in service to helping people navigate this thing called life with more truth, grace, peace and ease.
Through Active Peace, he offers guidance, teaching and tools/techniques to help others nurture peace of mind, creativity, equanimity in spirit and physical health - helping people commit to well-being as foundational, rather than an afterthought. Reggie has taught Members of Congress, Congressional Staff, major labor unions, educational institutions, leading progressive organizations and individuals from all walks of life - simple tools for managing stress and bringing peace to mind, body and spirit.
Reggie's life work sits at the intersection of bringing more peace/balance to activists and enhancing the well-being of all walks of life. He is passionate about justice, transformation, healing normalizing grief and loss; and, sharing healing with marginalized communities to enhance our collective well-being.
Reggie is a featured speaker on strategy, wellbeing, social justice, and civic engagement for leading publications, podcasts and platforms. He received a B.A. in philosophy from Yale University, an MBA in international strategy from the Vlerick Business School in Belgium. He has also taken many hours of tantra, yoga and mindfulness teacher trainings.
