Jessamyn Stanley: Yoga Instructor, Author, and Co-Founder of The Underbelly

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Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Jessamyn Stanley is an award-winning yoga instructor, internationally acclaimed voice in wellness, and so much more. While Stanley was working to get her MA in performing arts management, a friend introduced her to Bikram yoga. As she began to share her practice on social media, her growing followership encouraged her to enroll in a yoga teacher training course, and the rest is history. Today, Stanley is a regular contributor to Self magazine, has written two yoga books, and has built her own inclusive wellness app, The Underbelly. In this episode, Stanley speaks about the systemic inequity Black women face, especially within the wellness industry, as well as why she believes in the benefits of naked yoga. Tune in to this week’s episode to hear how her pivots, including attending culinary school, helped Stanley find her path.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, I'm Hilary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who Up Where,
0:11.8	and this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
0:18.6	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:23.1	aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.
0:29.0	Today, I'm speaking with the award-winning yoga instructor and internationally acclaimed
0:34.9	voice and wellness, Jessamon Stanley.
0:38.7	While Jessamon was working to get her MA in performing arts management, a friend introduced
0:44.4	her to Bikram Yoga.
0:46.9	As she began to share her practice on social media, her growing followership encouraged
0:51.5	her to pursue a yoga teacher training course, and the rest is history.
0:57.2	Today, Jessamon has taught yoga all over the world and is an author twice over with her
1:03.8	books, Yoke, My Yoga of Self Acceptance, and Everybody Yoga.
1:10.4	Let go of fear, get on the mat, love your body.
1:14.5	That social audience has grown to over half a million followers on Instagram alone, and
1:20.3	she's been covered in countless publications including The New York Times.
1:24.7	As a regular contributor to Self Magazine, she often writes about the systemic inequality
1:29.9	marginalized communities face, particularly as it relates to wellness.
1:35.4	But it doesn't end there.
1:37.0	She also hosts her own podcast called Dear Jessamon, and in 2019, she launched her own inclusive
1:44.8	wellness app The Underbelly, but finding her path as a yoga teacher, thought leader,
1:50.6	and entrepreneur took her a minute to figure out.
1:54.0	Simon details finding that path in today's episode, including how attending culinary
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