Tasha Edwards | Owning your power

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01/14/21 • 58 min

In this episode, Nikki chats with Pilates teacher, fitness trainer, and wellness coach Tasha Edwards, M.S. about what it means to be empowered in fitness and life and the issues with the lack of diversity and representation in the Pilates industry.

They discuss:

How to find grace for yourself when you are injured or your body isn't where you want it to be
The difference between acceptance and complacency
The power of showing up as you are instead of projecting an image of who you think you should be
The recent resignation of the four Black board members from the Pilates Method Alliance and where we might want to go as an industry

To connect with Tasha, visit her website hiphealthychick.com or follow her on Instagram at @hiphealthychick.

They discuss:

How to find grace for yourself when you are injured or your body isn't where you want it to be
The difference between acceptance and complacency
The power of showing up as you are instead of projecting an image of who you think you should be
The recent resignation of the four Black board members from the Pilates Method Alliance and where we might want to go as an industry

To connect with Tasha, visit her website hiphealthychick.com or follow her on Instagram at @hiphealthychick.

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Kathy Dodd | Challenging ageism in yoga culture

In this episode, Nikki chats with yoga teacher Kathy Dodd about how ageism shows up in the yoga space and what teachers and students can do to change the narrative.

They discuss:

Why we shouldn't assume that gentle is always better as we get older
How representation of more diverse ages in teachers and students practicing yoga on social media can make the practice more accessible
Some of the hidden benefits of getting older as a woman
How to straddle the line between acceptance of the aging process and vanity
How to push back against the feeling of invisibility as we age

To connect with Kathy visit kathydodd.com or follow Kathy at @kdnaturalyoga on Instagram.

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They discuss:

How the hormonal changes related to menopause start much earlier than many women realize and why they may want to start preparing for these changes in their 30's
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What women can and cannot control during this process and why we want to control the controllables
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To connect with Wanjira, visit her website studiowanjira.com or follow her on Instagram @studiowanjira.