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In this episode we’ll discuss accessibility. What does it mean? What are the different ways you can make your teaching more accessible? How can studio owners shift culture by making spaces more accessible? And much more, including:

• Making physical space accessible
• Financial accessibility, including lots of ideas and different models for making classes and programs affordable
• Accessible classes that accommodate a wide range of folks
• The type of training teachers need to be accessible
• How your language can make or break a class
• Marketing, representation, and being authentic to attract the type of students you want to reach

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Links:

• Amber has created a Mastermind (small group coaching program) for Yoga Studio Owners who want to “walk their talk” when it comes to accessibility and diversity. Get all the details here.
• Yoga For All Training
• Accessible Yoga Training
• Amber’s retreats & workshops
• Dianne’s retreats & workshops

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Today we are talking with one of our favorite yoga folks, Jessamyn Stanley! In this episode, we discuss:

• Jessamyn’s response to her Yoga Journal cover
• Her reaction to finding out that she wasn’t the only one on the cover
• The internet’s reaction and the aftermath to the “cover split” debacle
• Defining success as marginalized folks under systems of oppression
• Her yoga story and what keeps her coming back to the mat
• How she’s setting boundaries around her online presence and content
• Allowing herself to be human while still being a celebrity
• Representing as a fat black femme in the yoga and fitness industry
• Her advice to folks who are seeking to influence and shift yoga culture

Listen in on the conversation as we chat with Jessamyn about her unique perspective on the yoga world. Or find your podcast in your favorite podcast player – Remember to subscribe and leave as a review!

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About Jessamyn: Jessamyn Stanley is a yoga teacher, body positivity advocate, and writer based in Durham, North Carolina. Jessamyn uses high energy vinyasa flow as a way to move past mental and emotional barriers. Her classes provide a body positive approach to yoga which celebrates students’ bodies and encourages them to ask “How do I feel?” rather than “How do I look?” when practicing yoga.

Jessamyn studied with Kimberley Puryear of Asheville Yoga Center’s 230-hour Teacher Training Program and her eponymous yoga lifestyle blog and Instagram attract thousands of followers daily, offering tips and advice for other yoga practitioners while documenting her home yoga practice. Jessamyn contributes to Mind Body Green, Wanderlust, & Elephant Journal. She’s been featured and profiled by a variety of International and National media outlets including Good Morning America, The Daily Mail, New York Magazine, The Sunday Times, New York Times’ Women In The World, & People, among others. Learn more here

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Today we talk about the history of yoga with Professor Colin Hall. He is a professor at the University of Regina in Department in Kinesiology, Religion, and Sociology. We discuss:

• Understanding the evolution of modern yoga through the lens of colonialism
• How yoga gurus have adapted into modern yoga teachers
• Integration of all religions and belief systems in the practice of yoga
• Why there’s no such thing as “authentic” yoga
• Navigating cultural appropriation

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About Colin: Colin Hall co-director of Bodhi Tree Yoga. and Bodhi Tree Yoga College. Colin began yoga in 1999 and after completely immersing himself in the practice he was accepted into the Yoga Studio of Calgary’s teacher training program in 2001 where he was fortunate to find one of his most influential teachers David McAmmond. With a background in religious studies, Colin found the historical and philosophical aspects of yoga fascinating and slowly began to integrate the many facets of yoga. Colin began teaching part way through his teacher training program and after graduation quickly became a full time yoga teacher. Colin taught at a number of Calgary yoga studios as well as throughout the city for health clubs, corporations, sports organizations, and community associations.

He continued to push his practice with teachers Dattatreya and Norman Sjoman. In 2003 Colin travelled to Pune, India with Sarah to further his study of yoga with Dr. Nivedita Pingle in the Sun Jeevan style of yoga therapy. Since that time Colin has taken two groups of Regina yogis to India for further training(in 2007 and 2009). In 2010 he completed his Masters in Religious Studies his thesis entitled Masters and Servants: Gurus and Teachers in Hatha Yoga Traditions. Colin has continued to study yoga with senior Iyengar teacher Manouso Manos, David McAmmond, Dr. Pingle, and a number of other teachers. Colin continues to contribute to yoga both through teaching and writing, his articles can be found in publications such as The Elephant Journal. When Colin is not teaching at the Bodhi tree you can find him at The University of Regina teaching for both the departments of Kinesiology and Religious Studies. Learn more here

Follow Colin: Instagram | BodhiTreeYoga

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Resources mentioned on the podcast

Colin’s Website
Bhodi Tree Yoga
Colin on Yoga International
Matthew Sanford
Mark Singleton
Mark Singleton responds
B.K.S. Iyengar
Modern Postural