133: How To Make The Teaching Of Yoga Accessible with Katie Blecker

The Mentor Sessions

This episode is one of the most important interviews I’ve ever recorded. Our guest, Katie Blecker (she/her) is here to talk about two of my favorite things, accessible yoga and teaching yoga. And even better, we are going to talk about the intersection of those two things in a conversation that is LONG overdue on this podcast: Making the vocation of teaching yoga accessible to all yoga teachers.

Katie Blecker (she/her) is a yoga teacher, disability advocate, and visual artist. Her work as a trauma-informed, adaptive yoga facilitator centers supporting folks of all ages who live with chronic illness and pain, disability, and chronic stress using tools such as therapeutic asana, pranayama, and meditation. She believes deeply in the power of restorative yoga practices to support our self- and community-care. Katie is also a member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community. Her lived experience with multiple complex chronic illnesses informs her worldview and inspires her passion for disability advocacy and accessibility in yoga.

In this episode you’ll hear:

• what it is like for Katie to live and teach yoga with chronic fatigue syndrome

• a message for new yoga teachers, especially ones that may not fit the dominant culture yoga teacher mold

• some of the accommodations Katie has to make personally to make the practice of yoga teaching accessible for her

• what yoga studios can do to make teaching more accessible

• a deep dive into healthism and how it shows up in western yoga culture

Learn More From Katie:

• Katie’s Website

• Connect with Katie on Instagram