Norman Blair - "State of the Yoga Teacher Union"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

Yoga, Health & Fitness, Yogateacher, Alternative Health, Yogaindustry, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Norman Blair returns to the show to assess the current state of the yoga teaching profession and encourage creative ways of moving forward. They discuss the impact of the pandemic on yoga teachers and centers, online teaching and getting back together in person, pay equity for yoga teachers and the formation of a yoga teacher union in the UK, the benefits of keeping things small and cooperative, poetry and regulation of the nervous system, and daring to think creatively about our future. This episode is sponsored by Moonclerk.

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0:00.0	Okay, the button pressing has commenced, and here we are.
0:16.5	This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast.
0:19.8	My name is Jay Brown. Welcome to you, new person, if that's you.
0:25.7	What's up, returning friend, if that's you? Maybe neither of those descriptions fits who you are.
0:35.8	Regardless, you have chosen to listen, and I appreciate it.
0:42.2	We are in the turn of season from winter to spring here in eastern Pennsylvania, 2021,
0:52.5	and it feels like we have entered a new kind of limbo state.
1:01.1	Remaining lockdowns and restrictions are being lifted in lots of places as more and more people
1:08.2	are getting vaccinated.
1:19.0	Yet, it doesn't really feel like safe to return always yet,
1:24.1	and there's still so much apprehension and fear.
1:30.6	I was just talking to the teachers and my weekly teachers call a few days ago,
1:31.8	getting some reports.
1:35.8	Even in places where people are already vaccinated,
1:43.5	they're still hesitant and not ready to come back together in person yet.
1:48.4	Some people I just think want to wait longer because they still don't feel confident.
1:52.6	Some people want to wait until they don't have to wear masks anymore.
1:58.3	And I think that maybe on some level,
2:03.0	after a year of isolation,
2:08.5	people have just forgotten how to be together.
2:14.6	Like our social being muscles have atrophied or something.
2:22.1	And when I thought of that, it really actually made me feel newly inspired.
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