Podcast appearances and mentions of maya breuer

Lucy and Chara are joined by Maya Breuer, to talk about the shape and future of yoga as a tool for connection across and within cultures. Maya shares the story of the creation of the retreat for women of color and how she sees yoga alliance expanding its focus and reach to better include and support its diverse membership and ever-broadening reach.Maya Breuer, Yoga Alliance Vice President of Cross-Cultural Advancement, supports diversity, inclusion, and cross-cultural competency across all Yoga Alliance activities. In doing so, she builds relationships with community leaders and leads the evaluation of incoming grant requests to Yoga Alliance Foundation. Celebrated as one of America's distinguished Black Yogis by Black Enterprise magazine, Maya, president and co-founder of the national Black Yoga Teachers Alliance, is a preeminent yoga instructor, practitioner, author, community activist and consultant with a career spanning over three decades. She has been training and certifying yoga teachers throughout the United States since 2001 and offers a bi-annual Yoga Retreat for Women of Color at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Her mission and dharma has been to teach yoga and empower individuals to renew body, mind, and spirit to achieve health and well-being.RESOURCES & MENTIONS:Website: http://www.mayabreuer.com/Unity in Yoga Podcast: https://www.yogaalliance.org/Membership_Benefits/Unity_in_YogaYoga Retreat for Women of Color at Kripalu: https://kripalu.org/presenters-programs/yoga-retreat-women-color-rediscover-your-divine-selfYoga Alliances Teaching for Equity program - https://www.yogaalliance.org/Foundation/Teaching_for_Equity_ProgramInternational Gathering SanghasBell Hooks - Sisters of the Yam

In episode 52, Amber interviews Maya Breuer, yoga teacher, community activist, and Yoga Alliance's Vice President of Cross-Cultural Advancement. She shares about the work Yoga Alliance is doing for teachers working in marginalized communities as well as her important projects like the Yoga Retreat For Women of Color, Black Yoga Teachers Alliance, and more. Maya talks about the importance of self-care for Black women and how the yoga practice has kept her grounded during challenging times. In this episode... Maya introduces herself and talks about the work she does with Yoga Alliance as Vice President of Cross-Cultural Advancement Maya shares about Yoga Alliance Foundation's Teaching for Equity program which offers stipends for yoga teachers working in marginalized communities She talks about the origins of the Yoga Retreat for Women of Color, which has been held since 1999 at Kripalu, as well as what you can expect if you come to the retreat Maya tells her yoga origin story from the 1970s and how rediscovering yoga in the 1980s helped her heal herself and find peace Maya talks about her teachers and how she came to study to become a yoga teacher, followed by how the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance came to be Maya discusses the importance of self-care for Black women as well as how the pandemic has been for her and her practice Maya shares her go-to breathing practice for grounding herself as well as some things that are lighting her up these days Resources: Teaching for Equity program Yoga Retreat for Women of Color Kripalu Amrit Desai Beryl Binder Berch Tom Gilette Judith Lasater Stephen Cope Lakulish school in India Black Yoga Teachers Alliance

In episode 52, Amber interviews Maya Breuer, yoga teacher, community activist, and Yoga Alliance's Vice President of Cross-Cultural Advancement. She shares about the work Yoga Alliance is doing for teachers working in marginalized communities as well as her important projects like the Yoga Retreat For Women of Color, Black Yoga Teachers Alliance, and more. Maya talks about the importance of self-care for Black women and how the yoga practice has kept her grounded during challenging times. In this episode... Maya introduces herself and talks about the work she does with Yoga Alliance as Vice President of Cross-Cultural Advancement Maya shares about Yoga Alliance Foundation's Teaching for Equity program which offers stipends for yoga teachers working in marginalized communities She talks about the origins of the Yoga Retreat for Women of Color, which has been held since 1999 at Kripalu, as well as what you can expect if you come to the retreat Maya tells her yoga origin story from the 1970s and how rediscovering yoga in the 1980s helped her heal herself and find peace Maya talks about her teachers and how she came to study to become a yoga teacher, followed by how the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance came to be Maya discusses the importance of self-care for Black women as well as how the pandemic has been for her and her practice Maya shares her go-to breathing practice for grounding herself as well as some things that are lighting her up these days Resources: Teaching for Equity program Yoga Retreat for Women of Color Kripalu Amrit Desai Beryl Binder Berch Tom Gilette Judith Lasater Stephen Cope Lakulish school in India Black Yoga Teachers Alliance

Artist, curator, and Yoga Nidra teacher Sharon Burton joins host Maya Breuer in conversation about how she used yoga to spark her creative spirit during the COVID-19 pandemic and racial reckoning in 2020. Sharon shares how her practices of Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra help her and her clients overcome negative beliefs and stereotypes that have prevented them from flourishing as artists.

Jacoby Ballard discusses his new book, A Queer Dharma, and the influence of Buddishm in his yoga practice and teachings. He also shares his thoughts on the impact of the social justice movement in the yoga community in an insightful conversation with sangha host and Yoga Alliance's Vice President of Cross-Cultural Advancement, Maya Breuer.

Pamela Stokes Eggleston and Amina Naru, Co-Owners of Retreat 2 Spirit, share the impact of a contemplative yoga practice on both self-reflection and leading a community with host Maya Breuer.

Yoga practitioner, teacher, teacher trainer, and therapist Susanna Barkataki joins host Maya Breuer for a thoughtful and thought-provoking conversation. Susanna details how her path of personal exploration through yoga led her to incorporate activism and social change into her daily practice as well as the yoga teacher trainings she leads.

Lorena Saavedra Smith shares her insights on yoga and mindfulness for mental health to address trauma in the Latinx community. In this conversation, Lorena and Unity in Yoga host Maya Breuer talk about what is meant by “immigration and migration trauma” and how it is experienced in many communities.

Maya Breuer and Rev. angel Kyoto Williams share perspectives on igniting communities for more awake conversations. Listen to Rev. angel Kyoto Williams, referred to as "the most intriguing African-American Buddhist” by Library Journal, and learn more about Zen Buddhism, The Four Noble Truths, and transformation in these changing times. Heard here: Links:   https://angelkyodowilliams.com/ Audio Course - Belonging. August 31st  - https://www.soundstrue.com/products/belongingMindfulness Course - https://www.mndflcertification.com/Publications:   Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace

Unity in Yoga host Maya Breuer comes together with Give Back Yoga's Chelsea Roff and well-known US-based yoga studio YogaWorks' Justin Temple. Learn how Chelsea and have teamed up to increase access to yoga teacher training. 

Unity in Yoga host Maya Breuer comes together with Kate Herrera Jenkins (on her Pueblo Feast Day) to discuss Native Strength Revolution and their teacher trainings within indigenous communities. Native Strength Revolution's mission is “healing indigenous communities one yoga class at a time!”

Cinthya Esquea shares teachings and perspective on the importance of self-care and the practice of White Tantric Yoga in this insightful conversation with sangha host and Yoga Alliance's Vice President of Cross-Cultural Advancement, Maya Breuer. Learn more about yoga, Ayurvedic practices, and meditation.

One of our favorite friends is back! Maya Breuer joins us again as we further explore the art of community. We begin with a quote from the movie, "Your Name": "They assemble and take shape. They twist, tangle, unravel now and then, break and reconnect. That's what a union is; what time is." We've been really delving into the art of community here and really trying to hone in on exactly what community is and how we can have it, how we can create it, how we can continue with it, with the changing times and everything. Community is society, it's a fellowship, it's a kind of public spirit and to an embrace, a place of connection, a place where we are not alone, a place of enrichment. It is a home of safety and protection. It is about being stronger and happier and having the sense of wellbeing. It is about being heard and getting acknowledged and VALUED. It is about feeling supported, respected, cared for and having this feeling of love for each other. It is about compassion and love. TRANSCRIPT: Transcript-285 [00:00:00] Maya: [00:00:00] Her mother taught me the way she taught her. Nice. But I w as I got as my mother and I reconnected years later, she taught me special things because she was a terrific cook, but it was my grandmother who led the way. Nice. Yeah. Fawn: [00:00:16] Not you Matt, right. Those ladies did not like anything to do with like the home, Matt: [00:00:24] the day, every single meal. Put it in the oven for 350 for an hour Maya: [00:00:30] now. Oh, was it? Uh, oh no, they just Fawn: [00:00:36] to this day, like Matt has been Matt and I have been together longer than he's been with his family. And to this day he's still traumatized and we can't eat certain things because it makes him remember childhood. So, you know, I'm middle Eastern. So of course there's fresh beets and garlic and onions. And. And, you know, like raw veggies and all kinds of stuff. And he's like, I [00:01:00] can't do that. I can't have the watermelon, I can't have this. I can't have watermelon, Matt: [00:01:04] had nothing to do with my family, but it had to do with your childhood and your stuff stuck on it. But Maya: [00:01:10] you know, it, it really takes a while to get over childhood stuff. I mean, how much longer is it going to take? How much longer is it going to take? Sometimes you never get over it. You know, when I was kid. I grew up with my grandparents and my aunt. And they would do this thing where all the, if, if other people came every other fancy stuff got shared and then like, like I re I like today I can not eat a broken cookie because we, they would go to the market and buy bags of broke. You know, you could buy a bag of broken cookies. I love the Fawn: [00:01:50] Dale Maya: [00:01:51] bakeries and that was for the kids. And then we also had bagged fruit. I can't eat bagged fruit or broken [00:02:00] cookies. Oh Maya. We need, I could eat it, but I'm just, um, what do you call it? I'm rebelling. I must have a whole cookie. I must have a fresh piece of fruit that does not isn't stapled in a bag and at a lower price Fawn: [00:02:16] you deserve, you deserve. A whole cookie. Maya: [00:02:20] I deserve a whole cookie and they, and, um, you know, they were my grandparents. They will lovely. I realized they were just trying to make ends meet, but still, I Fawn: [00:02:30] didn't like it. I wonder about Elle and Alegra because that's what we do when we go t

"There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres." - Pythagoras We are graced by the lovely Maya Breuer, host of The Unity in Yoga podcast. She is, also the co-founder of the black yoga teachers Alliance, an Emeritus trustee of Kripalu and the creator of the yoga retreat for women of color. Maya is a recipient of the YWCA's Women of Achievement Award. This our beautiful friend, is Maya Breuer. Maya Breuer continues to demonstrate commitment to educating the black and indigenous and people of color community B I P O C about health and wellbeing through yoga. She enthusiastically promotes equity and continues to influence the changing landscape of yoga. We speak of acceptance of you who we are and where we are. And when you get grounded in that acceptance of self, it doesn't matter what anyone says. We get into how we’re reared in the United States to always compare ourselves and each other. “ I love that I have self-acceptance. I mean, I can be neat. I can be sloppy. I can, I can be soft and gentle. I can cuss you out. You know, I live my life out loud and I think yoga gives, you know, contrary to what many people think, you know; yoga is gonna make you this, this quiet, sweet person. Yoga enables you to be who you really are. And then the more you practice, the more you delve into yoga, you let go of that thing, which I call comparison; comparing yourself with others. It's like, Oh, that's the model. I should look that way. And I'll never look that way. You know, looking at many of the models, although today there's models of every color and every shape and size, but I had to, you know, I had to accept myself and it was the yoga that really taught me how to accept myself. “ Hall of Fame Quote from the episode: -“I've learned by learning to love myself, I can love others.” -“Breath combined with the movement helps move good and bad, some samskara and those are impressions. Yoga, breath, consciousness, awareness, relaxation; those are the tools we get to help us find ourselves; the true self.” -“The more you develop that inner Popeye, that's connected to the divine, that's connected to your deep inner self, the more you can accept others, but the more you're free to have all of your self available for life.” -“Yoga is like a smart computer chip. You simply inject like, you take it in and it can come through your skin, your tissues, all your breath. And then it goes to where it needs to go. If you need it in your hip, you need it in your belly, you need it in your chest area, and it’ll find its way there if you take up the practice. The same, if you have challenges with your health, with addiction, with dullness, yoga will help you. It's such a smart computer chip.” Maya Breuer: https://www.yogaalliance.org/Membership_Benefits/Unity_in_Yoga https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-breuer-a002b65/ http://www.mayabreuer.com/ Transcript: [00:00:00] Fawn: [00:00:00] Hello, here we go. Another star struck moment for me, honestly. , Matt helped me out because I don't want to do what I normally do, which has profess my love. Maya: [00:00:13] It's way too late. Fawn: [00:00:16] The whole episode will just be me saying how much I love this person. Okay. All right, here we go. Thank you. All right. We have a very beautiful guest today, someone I've been wanting to talk to for a very long time. She I'm going to

Special guest Emily Luther is back to continue conversation on applications of the book White Fragility in yoga. In this episode, she and host Maya Breuer discuss the work it takes to diversify yoga studios, how white yoga teachers have dominated the yoga industry, and the lack of diversity in teacher trainings.   Heard Here: Skill in Action, by Michelle Johnson Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance, by Jessamyn Stanley White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin

Unity in Yoga special guest Bryant Rollins is back for more enlightening conversation. In this episode, he and host Maya Breuer continue their exploration of yoga as breath, connection, and change for the BIPOC Community.

Bryant Rollins, former Editor with The New York Times and reporter and political columnist with The Boston Globe joins host Maya Breuer to kick off conversation on yoga—the breath, the connection, and change for the BIPOC community. Hear Here: Poem: “I, Too” by Langston Hughes

In this episode, host Maya Breuer meets with Marla Teyolia, Founder of Culture Shift Agency, for a powerful conversation on transformation. Marla shares insight from her experience as a transformational coach and personal guide who has worked for over 20 years with executives, activists, artists, and change-makers.   Heard here: Culture Shift Agency: www.cultureshift.agency Barbara J Love: www.barbarajlove.com   The content of this podcast episode is intended to be used for informational purposes only, and not intended to impart any medical or other advice. YA and YAF make no representations or warranties as to accuracy, completeness, suitability, or validity of any information provided in connection with this online workshop/virtual event and will not be liable for any errors, omissions, or delays in this information, or any losses, injuries, damages, or other harm arising from its display or use.

This powerful conversation between Kiesha Battles, Reggie Hubbard, Arturo Peal, and Unity in Yoga podcast host Maya Breuer was recorded on the first day of Black History Month and is pertinent all year round. Listen in for an enlightening discussion on yoga in the Black community.

Trans Yoga Project Co-Founders Rebby Kern and Noha Arafa join podcast host Maya Breuer in a conversation about the current state of the transgender community in yoga spaces and the power and importance of connection. Heard here: Poem: “Page” by Ben Heart

Tracee Stanley, founder of Sankalpa Shakti Yoga School and co-founder of Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra Training School, joins podcast host Maya Breuer for a conversation about the practice and power of Yoga Nidra. Learn more about what drew her to teaching and how it influenced the course of her life, career, and sense of self. Heard here: Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation & Awakened Clarity COUPON available at Shambhala Publications—30% off to all listeners.

Shawn Stevens (known as Red Eagle) and podcast host Maya Breuer continue conversation on Native American healing. Listen in as Red Eagle shares his experience living a Native American spiritual way of life as a traditional artist, storyteller, drummer, dancer, singer, and flute player.   This episode may contain traditional, spiritual, or indigenous practices and is provided for educational purposes only. Discretion is advised.

Shawn Stevens, known as Red Eagle, and podcast host Maya Breuer come together for this inspiring conversation on Native American healing. Listen in as Red Eagle shares his experience living a Native American spiritual way of life as a traditional artist, storyteller, drummer, dancer, singer, and flute player.

Caroline Shola Arewa is a leading figure in the world of Spirituality and Wellness. In this episode, she joins host Maya Breuer to discuss the Age of Unity Consciousness.  Listen in to hear more about how we arrived at this new age, brought here by building from past ancient traditions. Shola also shares the importance of reflection and reassessment as we move forward into this new level of awareness.

Unity in Yoga host Maya Breuer chats with special guest Berry Murray who attributes her success as the owner of a thriving IT Business and Five Star Bed and breakfast, the Brooklyn Coffee Tea Guest House, to her yoga practice. Listen in as Berry speaks about the benefits she has derived from yoga's practice and philosophy, how it helped her to overcome a life of addiction, and how it impacts key pieces of her life today. Maya also shares Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise.”

Reggie Hubbard helps listeners define and understand true consciousness. Reggie Hubbard helps podcast listeners define and understand true consciousness, particularly in how it's referred to in yoga teaching and practice. Known to “reach people on all levels,” Reggie has served as a Senior Political Strategist for MoveOn.org and is an RYT-500 with a focus on Yoga and Spiritual Activism. His conversation with Maya Breuer touches on the power of breath, peace, and activism. Of note, he talks about how music and certain songs resonate with him, explicitly citing Marvin Gaye's 1970s hit “What's Going On” and how it is still applicable to society today. Learn more from and about Reggie by visiting Active Peace Yoga.  

In this episode we interview Psychic Kristina Lehman, and ask her about her viewpoints on diversity in the spiritual community. Other topics we delve into are astrology, sage usage, toxic positivity, and for our Witchin N Bitchin , the tea is HOT! Hop on your broom stick, its gonna be a bumpy ride.    Kristina is a psychic, diviner, and owner of Cultivating Luminescence, a company that provides products and services to cultivate your light within. Email:CultivatingLuminescence@gmail.com Instagram: @CultivatingLuminescence Website: www.CultivatingLuminescence.com Here is a list of women of color psychics, Diviners, consultants, coaches, speakers, business owners, astrologers, and books. Maya Breuer- created Yoga Retreat for Woman of Color. Rachel Ricketts (@iamrachelricketts) on Instagram. Radical justice educator and healer. Maryam Ajayi (@maryamajayi): Energy healer and founder of Dive In Well. Melanated Momma (@melanatedmommaa): Astrologer, healer, and intuitive. Book: The church of the cosmic mother: Metaphysics for the African American Seeker. By Deborah Turner-Bey Book: Black Spirituality and black Consciousness: Soul Force, Culture and Freedom in the African-American Experience By: Carlyle Fielding Stewart III The Quietest Revolution www. Amberkhan.com Stargirl the practical witch- Instagram @stargirl_tpw The House of Oshun- Website: www.thehouseofoshun.com/clickme Your Angelic Karma- Website: https://angelickarmaconsultations.as.me/ Indo Mystery- Instagram: @Owlmedicine_ Alchemy in you- Website:https://www.alchemyinyou.com/ Waterbaby Tarot- Website:https://www.bomispirit.com/   If you like the podcast, Check out our social media Insta: @fireburncauldronbubble Facebook: Fire Burn Cauldron Bubble Podcast YouTube: Fire Burn Cauldron bubble Email: fireburncauldronbubblepodcast@gmail.com Website: www.fireburncauldronbubble.com   

In this episode, we have the pleasure of talking with Kiesha Battles of I Am Yoga and co-creator of the "Yoga Ethics for Transforming Racism" program with Kristine Kaoverii Weber of Subtle Yoga. "It's the conversation that we hope that people are open to having because with this Yoga, you know it's more than doing, it's taking action and what we are trying to do is take that action of just sharing more of the tools and the practices that can benefit us in this world. We both have this understanding that there are many paths to Yoga, and not all of them focus on the ethical principles. So what we want to do is share with people that they are there." Her Yoga journey began when she found a flyer in the hallway of her graduate program in Asian Studies. She started out studying the Iyengar method and after moving to Charlotte, began practicing more Vinyasa and Power Yoga. She's completed two 200-hour Yoga Teacher programs, the first being with Kristine and the second with her mentor Maya Breuer. She's also completed a 300-hour program with Maya and is currently in another with Embodied Philosophy. Presently, she is the Yoga Director at Charlotte Family Yoga and founder of I Am Yoga where she leads Yoga Teacher Training programs and provides Accessible Yoga. Kiesha is a full time Yoga teacher with over 20 years of experience. Before COVID, she was teaching 20 classes a week to over 300 students. During COVID, she found herself with more time on her hands by not driving from class to class. This intersection paired with the momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement provided the opportunity to co-create with Kristine. Kiesha's study of Yoga Philosophy began when developing her research paper for Kristine's 200-hour Training Program on "Why Don't African Americans Do Yoga." This research led her to Maya Breuer, her "Grandmother of Yoga." She attended her Yoga Retreat for Women of Color and began private studies with her afterwards on Living Yoga. She studied intimately with Maya for years going deeper and deeper with the Yamas and Niyamas(Ethical Principles of Yoga). She then began practicing with Kelley Palmer in Charlotte who was integrating the Yoga principles more directly. This partnership with Kristine reminds Kiesha of Yin and Yang. Not only by the styles they teach, Kristine teaching more of an active style and Kiesha teaching Yin, but by who they are as women. Each present the Yamas or Niyamas as it relates to racism, humanities, and ethics, paired with a physical practice. All proceeds go towards scholarship foundations for BIPOC organizations; Black Yoga Teacher Alliance and I Am Yoga. After 1 month of offering the program, they have been able to contribute $3k to each organization. She believes this program gives the participant a path to change and understand racism through the lens of the ethical principles of Yoga. "What are your values? What are the values that you hold true that you would stand your ground for, that you would fight for, that you would be willing to die for. For some people in our path, it could be God, it could be Spirit. For some people it's love and for some people it's country. But what are you holding true as a value outside of who you vote for?" Maya Breuer has been influential in Kiesha's work and from her she found T.K.V Desikachar's book "The Heart of Yoga" which has done the same for her. Candace Jennings, her partner in I Am Yoga was influential in developing her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Kiesha enjoys working with everybody as she believes working with everybody provides her an opportunity to learn. She wants to Heal Charlotte because she is a loyalist. She moved to the Carolinas during her adolescent years and is now so embedded in the community here, she wants Charlotte to be well. In Charlotte, she's inspired by Candace Jennings, her business partner and bodyworker, her Mom as she has found healing in the extra time spent with her after surgery, interactions with her friends during COVID, and Key Baldwin, her Reiki Master. Dr. Tony Peters is another bodyworker in Charlotte who Kiesha appreciates. "If you are looking for healing, ask for it, there are so many resources out there and there's no one right way of healing." Learn more about "Yoga Ethics for Transforming Racism."

2009 is a Breakout Year, and we will begin by creating opportunities for renewal, community and integration of body, mind and spirit.Join us in our discussion with the originator, Maya Breuer and presenter, Abigail "Ifatola" Jefferson, of the Yoga Retreat for Women of Color to be held in May 2009.It's time for healing and this is where it all begins!!

2009 is a Breakout Year, and we will begin by creating opportunities for renewal, community and integration of body, mind and spirit.Join us in our discussion with the originator, Maya Breuer and presenter, Abigail "Ifatola" Jefferson, of the Yoga Retreat for Women of Color to be held in May 2009.It's time for healing and this is where it all begins!!