Episode 13: Creating Spaces we Need with Amber Karnes
On this episode, Tristan (they/them) and Lauren (she/her) chat with Amber Karnes (she/her), yoga teacher trainer, ruckus maker, the founder of Body Positive Yoga, and a lifelong student of her body. Amber trains yoga teachers and movement educators how to create accessible and equitable spaces for liberation and belonging.
Tune in to hear Amber share about:
her trajectory of community building and activism, from the hard-core punk rock scene to body positive yoga
how she came to yoga, quickly noticing it helped to turn off her negative self-talk voice
creating new spaces we need, particularly for those of us who hold marginalized identities
pivoting in COVID and devoting her time and energy to helping the Accessible Yoga Training platform take off
her experience with her Yoga Journal cover article
her thoughts on having hard conversations
& more!
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