Hi everyone. Welcome to episode 38 of the Let's Talk Yoga podcast. On the show today, we have Melanie Klein talking to us about yoga, body image and feminism.

Melanie is truly the real deal when it comes to these conversations around yoga and body image. She's such a leader in this space. I was so excited to unpack this topic with her.

She's articulate.

She communicates in a way that's really relatable.

It's fun and it's inspiring.

We talk about body image in the yoga world, how to have these conversations with ourselves

and the role of social media, the internet, media literacy,

how feminism plays into all of this, what it means to be a feminist in the yoga world,

and how men can be a part of this conversation or male yoga teachers, and so much more.

Melanie is a professor of sociology and women's studies. She's really, her areas of

interest and specialty lie in media literacy education, body image work, an analysis of the systems

of power and privilege. You've probably even read a few of her books. She's the co-author of Yoga and Body Image Coalition.

She's an empowerment, a thought leader, and all in all, just an amazing addition to the yoga world.

So I was really excited to connect with her.

I wish I got more time with her, but we'll do.

We'll have more of these conversations in future episodes.

But before I let you go and listen to today's conversation, I just want to remind you, for

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mentorship and support community for yoga teachers. We meet on the last Friday

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and anything related to being a yoga teacher, living your yoga and really bringing your ethics

into practice as you continue to walk the, you know,

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