How can we make our yoga classes accessible to everyone? Is it just about chairs and props? In today’s video episode, Dr Lauren Tober (she/her) is joined by Jivana Heyman (he/him) to talk about how,...
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Banking Confidence Meditation
Running a viable yoga business can be tough and requires a level of confidence to step up and back yourself. In this video episode, Dr Lauren Tober (she/her) is joined by Yoga Teacher and Business...
Diet Culture in Yoga
Diet culture is so insidious that we often don’t even realise we’re swimming in it. Dr Lauren Tober (she/her) is joined by Fiona Sutherland (she/her) from The Mindful Dietician to talk about how...
Can I Call Myself a Yogi?
In today’s video episode, Dr Lauren Tober is joined by Sunita Baste Patil (she/her), a Yogini, Wellbeing Coach, Mentor, Speaker, Podcaster, Yoga Meditation & Ayurveda Teacher, and writer based...
Choice, Empowerment and Touch
In today’s video episode, join Dr Lauren Tober to talk about choice, empowerment and touch in yoga. In the past few episodes we’ve talked about why touching your yoga students is not a good idea,...
What are Consent Tokens?
In today’s video episode, Dr Lauren Tober is talking about all things Consent Tokens. Consent Tokens are a simple and effective way to communicate consent about touch in your yoga classes or private...
Touch and Consent in Yoga
Let’s talk about touch! In the last few episodes, Dr Lauren Tober explored why some yoga students might not want to be touched, and how we can offer assists in our yoga classes without using touch....
Verbal and Visual Assists
In the last episode, Dr Lauren Tober talked about why your students might not want to be touched. In today’s episode, she’s sharing two alternate ways that you can offer support, guidance, or...
Why Students Don’t Want to Be Touched In Yoga Classes
Touch is a controversial subject in the yoga world. Is it nourishing and healing? Or is it triggering and re-traumatising? Actually, it’s not that simple. Join Dr Lauren Tober for this latest video...
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