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Jana Long - "History of Blacks and Yoga in the U.S."

Jana Long - "History of Blacks and Yoga in the U.S."

FromJ. Brown Yoga Talks


Jana Long - "History of Blacks and Yoga in the U.S."

FromJ. Brown Yoga Talks

ratings:
Length:
58 minutes
Released:
May 13, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jana Long, director of Power of One Yoga Center and co-founder of the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance, talks with J about the history of yoga in the black community. They discuss the earliest influencers of yoga in Black America, the expressions found in black art and spiritual life, Jana’s many years of self-directed practice before discovering other black teachers and receiving training, her experiences in Africa and ashram life in India, why she started BYTA, and the universal threads that unite and transform. This episode is sponsored by Karmasoft.  
Released:
May 13, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Yoga teacher and writer J. Brown is leading the way in the Slow Yoga Revolution, advocating for more intimate, breath-centered, therapeutic yoga practices. J interviews guests from old-school yoga teachers to other yoga revolutionists about philosophy and the business of yoga.