Integrating Social Justice into the Yoga Practices with Tejal Patel

In today's episode I sit down with Tejal Patel (she/they)  a
first-generation Indian American yoga teacher, writer, podcaster,
and community organizer. Tejal’s aim is to educate and empower
individuals and groups around the world to practice yoga
holistically and through a social justice equity lens.

We explore: 


Tejal's background Story & beginning Yoga Teacher
training in 2012

Seeking community through South Asian Teachers

Practicing Yoga through a lens of advocacy, belonging and
equity

Integrating Social Justice into the Yoga Practices

Understanding the barriers to the yoga practice for people

Exploring accessible and pricing 

Integrating authenticity and capitalism 

How to find a balance with keeping integrity in the practices
and making a living

Using strategic planning and flexibility to forecast what is
possible and the power in exploring your numbers 

Inviting in the idea of Mutual Aid for people that have more
to give

Exploring the overwhelm that can come from bringing social
justice into the yoga practices 

Inviting in the uncomfortable and owning your own self
awareness

Finding a process system when you feel like you have done
enough and how to find resources to move yourself forward 

Starting to broaden your scope and expand your perspective

The power in continuing to try, learn and grow

“Both” and “and” can exist together  - expanding your
network of receiving information 

Asking the question of what you think the practice of yoga
is?

Exploring where you get information and if diversity exists

Untapped power of connecting and being a connector to
increase our sense of belonging 



Tejal can be found decolonizing wellness with the revolutionary
Tejal Yoga Online, a primarily South Asian teacher-led yoga
space, with the abcdyogi interactive community, an online hub for
healing and learning, and through the Yoga is Dead podcast,
e-book, and signature cultural appropriation training.


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