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097 - Yoga for Every Body with Jessamyn Stanley - The Positive Psychology Podcast

097 - Yoga for Every Body with Jessamyn Stanley - The Positive Psychology Podcast

FromThe Positive Psychology Podcast - Bringing the Science of Happiness to your Earbuds with Kristen Truempy


097 - Yoga for Every Body with Jessamyn Stanley - The Positive Psychology Podcast

FromThe Positive Psychology Podcast - Bringing the Science of Happiness to your Earbuds with Kristen Truempy

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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Sep 16, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Imagine yoga for a second: was it a white, slender and well-off hetero-sexual woman? Well what about tattooed, black, fat and queer folks? Is it not for them? Jessamyn Stanley is an inspiring yoga teacher who doesn't just not fit the mould but demonstrates that these moulds are unnecessary altogether. We discuss how yoga can be a vehicle for body positivity, mindfulness and a constructive kind of comfort during hard times. Also it's important that we don't mistake the postures for yoga. The practice is about so much more. Watch Jessamyn doing some poses that I as an overweight woman thought would squash my brain. Listen to my own yoga journey and check out Positive Psychology on the Go. Jessamyn mentioned this online resource for classes: https://www.yogaglo.com/
Released:
Sep 16, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The science of the good life? Sorry this is not about booze, sex and the contemporary flavour of Rock n’Roll. We talk about the stuff that usually only tree huggers have the courage to embrace: appreciation of beauty, positive emotions, gratitude or positive relationships. However we, that is positive psychology researchers and practitioners bury ourselves in books, set out to experiment and then write it all up in a style that is usually about as engaging as watching an avocado turn brown. And that’s the problem: if you are not an academic you probably want a little bit more excitement than pages and pages of densely written journals can provide. Even if you are an academic who has the time to read everything that is out there? So in an effort to save your eyes from become rectangular-shaped the Positive Psychology Podcast brings the science of the good life to your earbuds. Sometimes we might get quite serious too, for example when discussing topics like post-traumatic-growth or positive parenting.