Accessible Yoga for the Brain Injury Community with Amy Zellmer

In this episode I sit down with Amy Zellmer an award-winning
author, speaker, traumatic brain injury survivor, and
Editor-in-chief of MN YOGA + Life magazine. She suffered a
life-changing traumatic brain injury (TBI) after a slip and fall
on black ice. Since then, she has published four books that focus
on concussion and TBI and, in 2019, began publishing The Brain
Health Magazine.


Together we explore:


Amy’s journey into Yoga through a brain injury 

Entering the world of brain injuries and understanding the
limitations from the rest of the society

Amy’s journey through online teacher training 

Online Yoga with the brain injury community

Breaking down the benefits of the online community for
individuals with brain injuries - allowing people to stay
connected 

How to handle spaces that are not accessible

Importance of understanding the needs of students if using
the language of accessible yoga

Accessible Yoga and Body Positive Yoga 

Resourcing and recommending other teachers based on their
strengths

Know your audience

Marketing and being in integrity with the language of
accessibility

Having the right resources for people to be supported

Amy’s journey into acquiring the MN Yoga and Life
Magazine 

How Imposter syndrome showed up for Amy when she started her
journey with the Yoga Life Magazine

Practices for working through imposter syndrome - Meditation,
self work and Reiki 

Lessons Learned from the community 

How perfection and the desire for more training can hold us
back 

Letting go if people don’t like you and understanding our own
validation patterns

Vision for the MN Yoga + Life Magazine being published twice
a year and would like to grow it until 3 times a year 

Amy shares her personal vision and what is ahead

How busyness can show up as an avoidance mechanism

Untapped power of educating the yoga community on brain
injuries



 References: 


MN Life + Yoga Magazine 

Amy's Yoga Classes 

Instagram Amy Zellmer 



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