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Yoga, Dharma & Social Justice with Jacoby Ballard
Manage episode 306611728 series 2778325
Jacoby Ballard is a yoga and Buddhism teacher with over 20 years of experience, working at the intersection of social justice, trauma and embodied practice. He has taught in prisons, schools, hospitals, recovery centers, offices, co-led a yoga teacher training, and co-founded a worker-owned cooperative healing justice center in Brooklyn. His first book is released November 23, A Queer Dharma: Yoga and Meditations for Liberation.
Episode Highlights
- Jacoby shares how he stumbled into yoga and meditation by chance while in school.
- We learn how those practices have supported him as a queer person and an activist.
- He talks about his new book, A Queer Dharma: Buddhist-Informed Meditations, Yoga Sequences, and Tools for Liberation, and the importance of understanding the history of cultural appropriation and capitalism in the yoga industry.
- We discuss the importance of creating a safe, queer-centered space to practice and form community.
Web links
- Find him at JacobyBallard.net
- Get your copy of A Queer Dharma
- Connect with Jacaoby on Instagram
Help us support the queer community & keep the podcast going - Support us on Patreon.
Grab your FREE Guide: The Self-Confident Queer - Download it here.
Join the Queer Spirit Community Facebook group to continue the conversation and stay up to date on new episodes.
Join our mailing list to get news and podcast updates sent directly to you.
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Manage episode 306611728 series 2778325
Jacoby Ballard is a yoga and Buddhism teacher with over 20 years of experience, working at the intersection of social justice, trauma and embodied practice. He has taught in prisons, schools, hospitals, recovery centers, offices, co-led a yoga teacher training, and co-founded a worker-owned cooperative healing justice center in Brooklyn. His first book is released November 23, A Queer Dharma: Yoga and Meditations for Liberation.
Episode Highlights
- Jacoby shares how he stumbled into yoga and meditation by chance while in school.
- We learn how those practices have supported him as a queer person and an activist.
- He talks about his new book, A Queer Dharma: Buddhist-Informed Meditations, Yoga Sequences, and Tools for Liberation, and the importance of understanding the history of cultural appropriation and capitalism in the yoga industry.
- We discuss the importance of creating a safe, queer-centered space to practice and form community.
Web links
- Find him at JacobyBallard.net
- Get your copy of A Queer Dharma
- Connect with Jacaoby on Instagram
Help us support the queer community & keep the podcast going - Support us on Patreon.
Grab your FREE Guide: The Self-Confident Queer - Download it here.
Join the Queer Spirit Community Facebook group to continue the conversation and stay up to date on new episodes.
Join our mailing list to get news and podcast updates sent directly to you.
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