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Jesal Parikh (she/they) is an Indian-American yoga teacher, movement educator, podcaster, author and disrupter working on creative solutions for equity in Yoga. She's co-host of the Yoga is Dead podcast and offers movement education through the lens of social justice. Through her work, Jesal aims to uplift those of us who are feeling isolated and marginalized by the yoga industry.
Jesal is co-leading the Functional Anatomy course at Prema Yoga Institute this fall- November 1- December 10th.
Jesal has co-authored a book for Yoga is Dead called "Original Godmothers of Yoga" that is available for purchase now.
In This Episode:
- The events that prompted Jesal and Tejal to start the Yoga is Dead Podcast.
- How Jesal began teaching yoga.
- Sanskrit names if you're not Indian/ South Asian and/or practice the practice of Hinduism.
- Understanding cultural appropriation.
- Jesal’s views on entrepreneurship in the United States as the basis of colonialism.
- How white-bodied wellness practitioners can show up and create a culture that centers BIPOC.
- How Jesal reconciled sharing their popular podcast. The advice she gives to other creatives.
- Whiteness, colorism, and the intersections of privilege and power.
- Jesal shares what she believes we have to do collectively to do the work.
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