In today’s episode, I had the opportunity to interview Cherish Muzik. Cherish is the creator of an online school for healing and energy work, and she's currently a yoga therapist in training with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy.  She shared her story of growing up bi-racial in the US, and discussed the the long-term physiological effects of colonialism on Black Americans. For the Black body person, this means they are constantly experiencing some level of fear and trauma on a continuous basis. She wrote a paper on Managing Race-based Trauma with Therapeutic Yoga and she shared some of her findings from that work in the podcast.

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In this episode, I had the opportunity to speak with Janessa Mondestin,  a  Banker turned Wellness Educator. She is a Movement Specialist,  Yoga Therapist, Advocate for Sexual Assault Survivors and Public Speaker. She shared her story,  her background and healing journey. We spoke a bit about resilience, the need for it and how she came to build it.

To learn more about Janessa, visit thesomayoga.com.

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In this episode, I interviewed Amber Karnes, founder of Body Positive Yoga and co-founder of the Accessible Yoga School. We spoke about her story, how she came to found Body Positive Yoga, as well as both/and thinking, which I think it so needed right now. We also talked about differences and similarities between Accessible Yoga & Yoga Therapy.  (Those interested can read more about those similarities and differences can read about in this Yoga International article by Stephany Moonaz.)

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In this episode I interviewed Marsha Banks-Harold, a Certified Yoga Therapist, Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator, Yoga Teacher and owner of PIES Fitness Yoga Studio. We spoke about her background, her studio, their yoga therapy offerings, and  we discussed what's it's like to be black and a yoga therapist, and her vision for creating more access to yoga therapy.

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The topic for today’s conversation is cultural appropriation & yoga, with a specific lens on yoga therapy. We’re going to talk about the roots of cultural appropriation,  things like should I OM, and say Namaste? We’ll talk about how in Yoga Therapy one of our principles is to meet the client where they are and how that may be problematic from the standpoint of acknowledging Yoga’s roots. And we’re going to talk about how to practice and teach yoga with reverence.

You can learn more about Indu and her offerings here.

Go here for the Yoga Journal article referenced in the interview. 

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In this episode I interviewed Caren Baginski, a yoga teacher, yoga therapist and the founder of Being Enough, a transformational program for gaining freedom from the negative inner critic and embodying deep rest and self-acceptance. Her YouTube channel has more than 1 million view and gives people from around the world permission to slow down, do less and heal. Caren just published her first book entitled Restorative Yoga: Relax. Restore. Re-energize. We spoke about these things and the importance of doing nothing.

You can learn more about Caren and find her YouTube channel at carenbaginski.com.

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In this episode, I had the opportunity to interview Emily Tomlinson, a Physical Therapist and Yoga Teacher in Warwick, NY. Recently I came across a blog that Emily entitled “How I Dealt with the Covid-19 Aftershocks in My Body.” I was curious. I read her blog and wanted to learn more and share her story.

Here's the blog where Emily wrote about her story and provided instructions on the practices she did during her recovery from COVID

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This episode is a conversation where Michele and Amy talk about their recent experience of bringing their Yoga Therapy training programs online in the time of COVID. They share lessons learned, key take aways and shared desires to continuously grow and improve their educational offerings in today's reality.

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In this episode, I interviewed Constanza Eliana Chinea, (She/Her), a Latinx certified Yoga Instructor who has over 10 years of experience in the industry and over 300 hours of training in Yoga, trauma, and anti-racism. She shared her story and then we spoke to yoga practitioners, yoga teachers and yoga therapists about how we show up in the world and what actions and even simple mindset shifts we can take to make a difference.

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In this episode, I interviewed Smitha Mallaiah, yoga therapist and Program Director at SVYASA-USA, Houston Center. We spoke about Smitha's work as Senior Mind-Body Intervention Specialist at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Integrative Medicine Program. She also shared how yoga therapy in India differs from yoga therapy in the US and how she has been utilizing Telehealth to continue her services at MD Anderson during the coronavirus crisis.

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