Andrew Tanner - “YA Policy on Yoga Therapy Terms"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

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

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2016

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Andrew Tanner is the official spokesperson for the Yoga Alliance. He reached out to J to record this conversation about a new policy that was announced regarding the use of yoga therapy terminology. Andrew explains what the new policy is and why it was implemented. J pushes back for a compelling talk on some aspects of the new policy, as well as other issues surrounding the YA, yoga teacher training, and the industry at large. This talk expands upon J's blog post for this month: Establishment Politics in Yoga.

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0:00.0	Hello there. How's it going? Welcome to Yoga Talks podcast. My name is Jay Brown. Thank you for listening.
0:18.1	Greetings to the new listeners. I suspicion there's many new people tuning in
0:23.6	who've recently discovered this podcast. Maybe last week when you heard my talk with Leslie Kamenoff,
0:30.1	I'm hoping you're here to hear what Andrew Tanner has to say about the new Yoga Alliance policy.
0:40.5	I had a very strong emotional reaction when the announcement first came out.
0:47.2	I got over that initial emotional response.
0:51.0	I had many conversations.
0:53.0	I did my own research. And I finally got my head around what
0:59.0	they've done and why they've done it and what I think about it. I put out a blog post today along
1:05.7	with this podcast. I encourage you to read it. I'm going to expand upon that on the other side of the talk with Andrew.
1:15.8	I want to also give a shout out to everybody else, those of you who are not new, who've been around and been listening.
1:22.9	I appreciate it so much.
1:24.4	Please keep sending your emails.
1:26.3	I love getting them.
1:29.6	Thank you for your reviews and stars on iTunes. I'm so appreciative. Thank you. I want to also say something specifically
1:38.2	to the old listeners out there who are maybe not yoga teachers. I've been a little concerned.
1:44.5	I feel like the podcast has started to get real insider,
1:49.1	especially last week I know my talk with Leslie.
1:52.1	For some people, if you're not a yoga teacher,
1:54.7	maybe we get into some areas that are not as pertinent.
1:59.4	And today's talk is definitely another insider episode two.
2:03.0	It's very specific to what's happening in the profession.
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