We talk to professional yoga teacher Deidra Demens about the path that led her to yoga and about working in the yoga industry in New York City. We also talk about the historic campaign Deidra was involved in to form the nation's first union of yoga teachers at YogaWorks NYC, which is affiliated with the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

 

Additional links/info below...

• Deidra Demens Yoga Facebook page
• Unionize Yoga website, Twitter page, and Facebook page
• Press Release: "New York City YogaWorks Teachers Join the IAM"
• Sarah Jones, The Cut, "Yoga Teachers Are Unionizing to Heal the Wellness Industry"
• Lauren Krauze, Tricycle, "Unionizing Yoga"

 

Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)

• Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"
• Dee Yan Key, "Rather Slow"