Matthew is joined by Theo Wildcroft and Harriet McAtee, co-editors of The Yoga Teacher's Survival Guide: Social Justice, Science, Politics, and Power (Singing Dragon Publications), a volume of essays from 16 yoga world contributors.Three yoga culture critic nerds get into the weeds of how wellness workers and yoga teachers survive and navigate a post-pandemic world that exists at the crossroads of:<ul>
<li>capitalism and spirituality</li>
<li>medicine and religion</li>
<li>modern therapeutics and precolonial philosophy and caregiving</li>
<li>gigwork and care work</li>
</ul> Theo is a yoga scholar. Harriet has been training yoga teachers for seven years in a little school in Oxford, UK.Show Notes<a href="https://us.singingdragon.com/products/the-yoga-teachers-survival-guide">The Yoga Teacher's Survival Guide | Singing Dragon - US</a> <a href="https://theowildcroft.com/">Theo Wildcroft</a> <a href="https://nourishyogatraining.com/harriet/">Harriet McAtee</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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