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Hungry: Trust Your Body. Free Your Mind.#80: Feminism and Body Image with Melanie KleinOn the podcast, Melanie Klein, writer, speaker and professor of Sociology and Gender/Women’s Studies, shares how understanding systems and constructs like sexism, diet culture, the patriarchy and white supremacy were pivotal in helping her move from blaming herself for how she felt about her body and not seeing any other choice but pursue a thinner body, to palpable relief. Now, Melanie answers the call to share her knowledge and expertise to help folks come to a place of body neutrality and acceptance so they can feel empowered. Melanie recommended reading: Feminism is f...2022-01-2156 min
Balance Movers and ShakersEpisode 6 - Balancing Health and Body Image, Melanie C. Klein, MA founder of Yoga & Body Image CoalitionIn this episode of the Balance Movers and Shakers podcast, Ellen interviews Melanie C. Klein, cofounder of Yoga and Body Image Coalition and empowerment coach. Ellen and Melanie discuss how body image and exercise culture inform movement practices. Melanie discusses how body acceptance and exercise culture have permeated the modern yoga class, and what can be done to reframe the narrative. Melanie shares how she cofounded the Yoga and Body Image Coalition, and the need for representation in yoga imagery. This is the sixth episode of the Balance Movers and Shakers podcast, a podcast which captures perspectives...2019-10-0759 min
Invisible TruthsPower, Pleasure and Pain Pt. 2: Give Yourself A BreakIn part two of our conversation, Melanie and I revisit embodiment, unpack the influence of gender norms and discuss practical ways to tap into the power that we all have within. Melanie C. Klein, M.A., is an empowerment coach, thought leader and influencer in the areas of body confidence, authentic empowerment, and visibility. She is also a successful writer, speaker, and professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies. Her areas of interest and specialty include media literacy education, body image, and the intersectional analysis of systems of power and privilege. She is the co-editor of Yoga...2019-08-1224 min
Dharma Talk with Henry WinslowAgency for Change with Melanie KleinMelanie C. Klein is a thought leader and influencer in the areas of body confidence, authentic empowerment, and visibility. She is also a successful writer, empowerment coach, speaker, and professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies. She has published several books on yoga and body image and how this intersects with social justice. She co-founded the Yoga and Body Image Coalition in 2014 and is the co-founder of The Joy Revolution with her partner, Marc Cordon. In this episode, you'll hear from Melanie on: Why Melanie is shying away from the word yoga at this stage of her...2019-05-0256 min
Wealthy TeachersAMB 049: Melanie Klein on Activist and Academic Roots in EntrepreneurshipLindsay and Melanie discuss how academia shuts down creativity and how those talents can be used elsewhere. Join Melanie, Lindsay and all your favorite guests in the AMB Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AMBcommunity/ About Melanie: Melanie Klein, M.A., is an empowerment coach, thought leader and influencer in the areas of body confidence, authentic empowerment, and visibility. She is also a successful writer, speaker, and professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies. Her areas of interest and specialty include media literacy education, body image, and the intersectional analysis of sy...2018-11-1349 min
The Flow Artists Podcast by Garden of YogaJo Buick - Trauma Informed YogaIn this episode, we speak with Jo Buick on the concept and practice of Trauma-Informed Yoga.
Jo Buick is a much loved and well-respected yoga teacher and the Co-Founder of State of Being, a Melbourne-based not-for-profit organisation that connects community organisations and groups with experienced yoga facilitators with the goal of making the tools of yoga, mindfulness and self-care practices available to and inclusive of everyone in our community.
Jo Buick is a teacher that Rane and Jo have both long admired and respected, so we were super excited to have the opportunity to record this conversation with her.
In...2018-05-1458 min
Path 11 PodcastYoga Rising with Melanie KleinMelanie Klein, M.A., is an empowerment coach, thought leader and influencer in the areas of body confidence, authentic empowerment, and visibility. She is also a successful writer, speaker, and professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at Moorpark College in Ventura County, CA. Her areas of interest and specialty include media literacy education, body image, and the intersectional analysis of systems of power and privilege. She is the co-editor of Yoga and Body Image: 25 Personal Stories About Beauty, Bravery + Loving Your Body (Llewellyn, 2014) with Anna Guest-Jelley, a contributor in 21st Century Yoga: Culture, Politics and Practice (Horton & Harvey, 2012), is feat...2018-03-1934 min
ybicoalitionYbic Podcast With Sarah Joy Marsh: Reclaiming Your Relationship with Your BodySarah Joy Marsh, MA, E-RYT-500 yoga teacher, therapist and author, is a vibrant, compassionate catalyst for transformation to those that suffer from addictions – in particular disordered eating patterns/emotional eating. The combination of her ability to identify when a conditioned mind crowds out clear thinking and to inspire the courage to bring insight into action, her knowledge of powerful yoga and mindfulness tools, her perspective on the terrain of the stages of recovery and the tools to use along the way to recovery make her methodology (outlined in her new book Hunger, Hope & Healing: A Yoga Approach to Reclaiming Your Re...2015-10-2100 min
ybicoalitionYbic Podcast With Roopa Singh: Yoga and Cultural AppropriationRoopa Singh talks about authenticity, cultural appropriation, and commercialization in yoga. Whereas many people in the West invoke the definition of yoga as union, Roopa reminds us that it also means liberation, both individually and collectively. In this insightful conversation, she raises questions about yoga, safety, visibility, and who is present and absent in most Western yoga spaces. She notes the relative absence of South Asian Americans in many Western yoga spaces, as well as in the wider U.S. pop culture. She calls for South Asian Americans to be leaders and stewards in yoga spaces, and for all of...2015-10-2100 min
ybicoalitionYoga and Body Image Podcast : Yoga As A Tool For Social ChangeDr. Sabrina Strings discusses some of the barriers for why many mainstream yoga spaces are alienating for women of color. In this podcast, she discusses what needs to change in order for yoga spaces to become more inclusive and welcoming to diverse communities. She also moves the conversation beyond individual changes in particular yoga studios to a broader shift in the yoga community. Yoga, she notes, can be an important tool for compassion, self-awareness, and deeper, more honest connection to one another as we work toward social change.2015-10-2100 min
ybicoalitionYBIC PODCAST with Jessamyn StanleyJessamyn Stanley talks about how to listen to our own body wisdom and tap into how we feel rather than how we look. Cultivating self-love is how we can create an empowered body image and yoga community that counters narrow body ideals. She challenges yoga clothing companies, yoga studios, and yoga students to recognize the beauty of all yoga bodies2015-10-1900 min
ybicoalitionFeminism and Yoga: What’s the Connection? Podcast featuring Dr. Beth Berila and Melanie Klein.YBIC podcast features Melanie Klein, Co-Founder of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition. Klein discusses her journey to feminism and yoga. Feminism, she describes, taught her cultural analysis and the systematic nature of inequalities. Yoga taught her how to come home to her body. After experiencing disordered eating, abusive relationships, and negative body image, Melanie found herself deeply empowered by both her feminism and yoga.
Klein discusses how feminism and yoga complement and complete one another. Both are about raising awareness, finding ourselves, and developing authentic ways of being in the world. Feminism provides awareness, but yoga lets us live...2015-09-0200 min
ybicoalitionYoga, Body Image and Disordered Eating, Podcast featuring Dr. Beth Berila and Hala Khouri.Hala Khouri describes how eating is so often connected to shame in U.S. culture and offers signposts for listeners to more kindly relate to our bodies. In her work, Khouri normalizes people’s struggles with body issues and helps us connect with ourselves and with one another. She discusses the difference between being fit and being healthy. As she shares her own journey through disordered eating, an addiction to sugar, and negative body image, she also shares the profound insights yoga has offered her.2015-09-0200 min
ybicoalitionRadical Acceptance and Welcoming Podcast featuring Dr. Beth Berila and Teo DrakeTeo Drake talks about making the world as we know it more welcoming to those on the margins. He discusses transforming and creating a safe space for people who are different or more marginalized then ourselves. Radical welcoming is the incarnation of all voices and power to be heard and felt. Hard talks, awareness, and discomfort are the embodiment of truth. The work of community is to create resilience and acceptance. Real and authentic conversations are difficult but an embodied practice requires it.2015-09-0200 min
ybicoalitionHow to Create “Me Time” Podcast featuring Dr. Beth Berila and Dana A. SmithIn this episode of the YBIC podcast, yoga teacher and life coach Dana A. Smith offers several practical tips for creating and sustaining a home yoga practice. She discusses the challenges that prevent many of us from maintaining at home practice and offers us practical solutions to overcome them.
“In order for me to do and to give, I have to take care of myself.” Smith reminds us that, “Yoga is not about what you look like, it’s about what you feel like.” She offers us practical ways to learn to listen to our body and give ourselves what we need.2015-09-0200 min