Episode 18: Shining & Learning Together with Asami Martens
It’s hard not to smile when Asami Martens (she/her) is around. As a yoga educator/mentor, founder of Our Colourful Yoga, and human who’s lived on three different continents, Asami brings her unique experiences forward to remind others how limitless their own potential truly is.
Tune in to hear Asami chat with Tristan (they/them) and Lauren (she/her) about…
Her experience with moving from Japan to Canada at 16 years old
How the practice of yoga helped her connect to her emotions in a different way
Her experiences of racism in the yoga industry
Finding her role in social change work as a non-Black Person of Color
Navigating burn-out in the early stages of founding a nonprofit organization
Discerning ways that we might be unconsciously embodying the systems we’re fighting against
…and more.
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