23 - How to Be a Yoga Renegade

Kat and Kyle talk with Melanie Klein (co-founder of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition) and Dianne Bondy (founder of Yoga for All) about the new book Yoga Rising, the follow-up anthology to Yoga and Body Image. Melanie curated and edited this groundbreaking new book and Dianne wrote the foreword (and also graces the cover!). Talking points include: What Yoga Rising is all about. How the yoga and body image conversation has evolved over time and how Yoga Rising plays a part. Why Melanie chose to feature a diverse range of experiences in this book. Feelings that can arise when we're confronted with social injustices (and why anger is okay). The power of "taking up space" and making peace with ourselves (a theme of Yoga Rising). Internalizing oppression: how and why many people often censor themselves/make themselves smaller. "I don't hate people who are a size zero!" (Clearing up a common misconception people have about body-image activism.) Making room at the table for everyone and how a lack of diversity makes organizations unsustainable. Opening to the complexity of communicating with others instead of developing hard-and-fast polarizing opinions. Everyone's experience with yoga will be different, and that's what's empowering: Yoga gives each of us something that is authentically our own. and more... Learn more about Yoga Rising here and buy Yoga Rising here. Send your comments, questions, and future show ideas to: [email protected] Download mp3 (right click, select "Save link as") Listen to every episode on SoundCloud! Listen to recent episodes and review us on iTunes! Original score for this podcast is by Austin Joy.