Ep. 83 Jessamyn Stanley on How Yoga Will Strengthen You From The Inside Out + Why It Will Save The World

Almost 30

Krista Williams & Lindsey Simcik

Alternative Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.5 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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To say Jessamyn Stanley is inspiring would be an understatement! Her truth gave the girls SO MUCH PAUSE. This episode is a shining example of why Krista and Lindsey love interviewing people for Almost 30. They were shaken, shifted, and felt inspired to take a closer look at how they are living. Jessamyn is a yoga teacher, body positivity advocate, and the author of Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get On the Mat, Love Your Body. Linds, Krista, and Jessamyn sit down for an incredible conversation about how she first got into yoga (which she hated at the time), social media, community, self-esteem + self-worth, and why she believes that yoga can save the world. Cultivating a COMMUNITY Why Jessamyn didn’t enjoy yoga the first time she did it + why she kept going Going from negativity to positivity The problematic standards in our society when it comes to race, gender, and body type. Life pre-yoga teacher training + post-yoga teacher training The effects yoga has on the body from the inside out. How to deal with haters and why they are some of her best inspiration to stand her ground Why Every Body Yoga is a love letter to everybody who wants to practice yoga, but doesn’t think it’s for them Learn more at almost30podcast.com. Resources: Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get On the Mat, Love Your Body by Jessamyn Stanley Connect with Jessamyn: JessamynStanley.com | Instagram HUM Nutrition - Code: “Almost30” for 20% off! Join us at Yeah Field Trip - Yeahfieldtrip.com Shop at Four Sigmatic This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Podsights - https://podsights.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In a lot of ways, I was just like sleepwalking through life, wake up, go to class, go to work,
0:06.3	have the same conversations over and over again, totally not engaged in anything, go to sleep,
0:11.6	wake up do the same thing over again.
0:13.6	And when I started to assess like, am I showing up in life the way that I'm showing up on
0:18.8	this yoga mat?
0:19.8	Then it's like, what if I try on the yoga mat, where else can I try?
0:30.0	You're listening to the almost 30 podcasts, a lifestyle podcast hosted by Christa Williams
0:40.0	and Lindsey Simpson.
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0:51.6	smart, really inspirational and really fucking funny.
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