Yoga As A Tool For Social Change Podcast featuring Beth Berila and Sabrina Strings Listen to the podcast. Dr. Sabrina Strings discusses some of the barriers for why many mainstream yoga spaces are alienating for women of color. In this podcast, she discusses what needs to change in order for yoga spaces to become more inclusive and welcoming to diverse communities. She also moves the conversation beyond individual changes in particular yoga… read more →
Yoga and reframing the challenges of being differently-abled Podcast featuring Beth Berila and Ela Wojtowicz Listen to the podcast Ela Wojtowicz discusses how yoga has helped her reframe and accept her challenges of being differently-abled and inspired her to become a yoga teacher in order to make yoga more accessible to people of all abilities. In this podcast, she talks about her journey through yoga and her participation with Off the Mat, Into the World. Listen to the podcast Elizabeth… read more →
A Discussion of Yoga, Politics, and Body Image Podcast featuring Dianne Bondy and Dr. Carol Horton LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Join author, educator, activist and professor Dr. Carol Horton as she discusses the changing image and the political animal that yoga has become. Dr. Horton speaks about an evolution of yoga past commercialism to the beginnings of a grass roots movement towards social and political change. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Author and co-editor of… read more →
Radical Acceptance and Welcoming Podcast featuring Dr. Beth Berila and Teo Drake LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Teo Drake talks about making the world as we know it more welcoming to those on the margins. He discusses transforming and creating a safe space for people who are different or more marginalized then ourselves. Radical welcoming is the incarnation of all voices and power to be heard and felt. Hard talks, awareness, and… read more →
Yoga and Advocacy for Disability Rights Podcast featuring Dr. Beth Berila and Carrie Barrepski LISTEN TO THE PODCAST A disability rights advocate, writer, and yoga teacher, Carrie Barrepski brings the gifts of yoga to people living with disabilities. She works to change the stereotype of the “yoga body” and assumptions about disability in the Western yoga world. Yoga, Barrepski says, helps differently-abled practitioners deal with chronic pain, fatigue, and the everyday stresses of discrimination. Focusing… read more →