#102 – Keen on Yoga Podcast with Dr Stacie CC Graham

Dr Stacie CC Graham (pronoun: she) is a management consultant,
executive coach, founder, speaker and writer.


Finding herself often as the only person of colour at yoga
retreats led Stacie to create her to create her holistic wellness
brand, OYA: Body-Mind-Spirit Retreats. OYA is dedicated to
underrepresented communities typically underserved by the
mainstream wellness industry.


OYA Retreats creates holistic wellness experiences for Black
women and women of colour to support on mental-emotional,
physical, and spiritual wellbeing levels. OYA seeks to co-create
spaces in which shared practices are steeped in diverse cultural
and wisdom traditions.


Yoga as Resistance


Stacie is the author of the book Yoga as Resistance Equity and
Inclusion On and Off the Mat.  The book outlines a dynamic
programme of social justice reform within the yoga industry.


The majority of teachers in North America and Europe are white,
able-bodied and cisgender. What does that signal to people
differently identified about their place in yoga? This book will
inspire and welcome all to take part in questioning the status
quo and learn how to move toward equity, and why it matters.


Diversity and inclusion within the wellness industry has been
increasingly under the spotlight. The book responds to the
appetite for guidance on how we actively create change. The
mission of Yoga as Resistance is to educate and empower yoga
practitioners and professionals to take action in aligning their
practice on the mat with their lives off the mat.


Stacie is also the founder of Colour Balance Images, a digital
media platform empowering local creative communities to tell
their own stories by delivering images and footage to media and
advertising.


In her first profession as a management consultant, Stacie
supports companies, teams and individuals in reaching their
fullest potential with the help of practices and tools such as
mindful leadership, intersectional attunement as well as
emotional and social intelligence.


Stacie holds an MS in economics and a PhD in psychology as well
as experience living and working in different parts of the world.
She continues to cultivate a nuanced understanding of underlying
drivers of human motivation and behavior in true Scorpio fashion.


Her work has been featured in countless digital and print
publications including BBC, Essence, Huff Post, i-D, and Refinery
29.


Find Stacie:


https://www.oyaretreats.com/


https://www.instagram.com/oyaretreats/


https://stacieccgraham.com/index.html