55 min
Integrating Social Justice into the Yoga Practices with Tejal Patel Untapped Power: Insights and Wisdom for Collective Transformation in the Yoga Community
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- Alternative Health
In today's episode I sit down with Tejal Patel (she/they) a first-generation Indian American yoga teacher, writer, podcaster, and community organizer. Tejal’s aim is to educate and empower individuals and groups around the world to practice yoga holistically and through a social justice equity lens.
We explore:
Tejal's background Story & beginning Yoga Teacher training in 2012Seeking community through South Asian TeachersPracticing Yoga through a lens of advocacy, belonging and equityIntegrating Social Justice into the Yoga PracticesUnderstanding the barriers to the yoga practice for peopleExploring accessible and pricing Integrating authenticity and capitalism How to find a balance with keeping integrity in the practices and making a livingUsing strategic planning and flexibility to forecast what is possible and the power in exploring your numbers Inviting in the idea of Mutual Aid for people that have more to giveExploring the overwhelm that can come from bringing social justice into the yoga practices Inviting in the uncomfortable and owning your own self awarenessFinding a process system when you feel like you have done enough and how to find resources to move yourself forward Starting to broaden your scope and expand your perspectiveThe power in continuing to try, learn and grow“Both” and “and” can exist together - expanding your network of receiving information Asking the question of what you think the practice of yoga is?Exploring where you get information and if diversity existsUntapped power of connecting and being a connector to increase our sense of belonging Tejal can be found decolonizing wellness with the revolutionary Tejal Yoga Online, a primarily South Asian teacher-led yoga space, with the abcdyogi interactive community, an online hub for healing and learning, and through the Yoga is Dead podcast, e-book, and signature cultural appropriation training.
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In today's episode I sit down with Tejal Patel (she/they) a first-generation Indian American yoga teacher, writer, podcaster, and community organizer. Tejal’s aim is to educate and empower individuals and groups around the world to practice yoga holistically and through a social justice equity lens.
We explore:
Tejal's background Story & beginning Yoga Teacher training in 2012Seeking community through South Asian TeachersPracticing Yoga through a lens of advocacy, belonging and equityIntegrating Social Justice into the Yoga PracticesUnderstanding the barriers to the yoga practice for peopleExploring accessible and pricing Integrating authenticity and capitalism How to find a balance with keeping integrity in the practices and making a livingUsing strategic planning and flexibility to forecast what is possible and the power in exploring your numbers Inviting in the idea of Mutual Aid for people that have more to giveExploring the overwhelm that can come from bringing social justice into the yoga practices Inviting in the uncomfortable and owning your own self awarenessFinding a process system when you feel like you have done enough and how to find resources to move yourself forward Starting to broaden your scope and expand your perspectiveThe power in continuing to try, learn and grow“Both” and “and” can exist together - expanding your network of receiving information Asking the question of what you think the practice of yoga is?Exploring where you get information and if diversity existsUntapped power of connecting and being a connector to increase our sense of belonging Tejal can be found decolonizing wellness with the revolutionary Tejal Yoga Online, a primarily South Asian teacher-led yoga space, with the abcdyogi interactive community, an online hub for healing and learning, and through the Yoga is Dead podcast, e-book, and signature cultural appropriation training.
Leave a review and let us know your thoughts on this episode so we can continue to share this podcast with others or follow along on Instagram.
55 min