#27: Pioneering Accessibility in the Yoga Community with Edyn Loves Life

Your yoga journey brings a sense of balance in your life. The practice awakens the spirituality within us, and we carry that sense of transcendent knowledge with us on and off the yoga mat. For Edyn, from the Edyn Loves Life YouTube channel, she says that something special happens after that first savasana washes over us.  Edyn is my guest on this episode of the Yoga Inspiration Podcast. I'm in love with her YouTube channel, and I'm inspired by her pioneering sense of inclusivity within the yoga community. Although she didn't see many students like her in yoga class, she still felt the love and overwhelming stillness of the practice and used this to pursue her own yoga journey.  Yoga brings you closer to all of the things that are sacred to you, and Edyn found her yoga practice reconnected her with her spiritual roots and her relationship with God. It brought a divine balance to her life that led her to pursue more of it.  Unfortunately, yoga classes weren't always accommodating. It can be extremely frustrating when a modification is just a Child's Pose, but Edyn was resourceful. She found yoga on Instagram and learned how to use blocks and modify poses that made it possible to truly teach yoga at all levels.  She put her yoga journey on YouTube, and we discuss what it's like to start a channel from scratch. It's difficult to be your authentic self on social media, but Edyn offers advice to inspire all of the beginners out there to take that first step in front of the camera.  It's all a matter of getting comfortable with yourself in front of the camera, just like you have to get comfortable with yourself on the yoga mat. Your yoga journey takes you on paths you never expect, and now that Edyn is a certified yoga teacher, she is working toward making yoga accessible to every human body. She is empowering yoga students to advance their practice in such a way that is inspiring other yoga teachers to find new ways to teach and reach students of all kinds.  We each share our experiences as yoga teachers in a world where we don't match the mainstream yoga stereotype. But there is no such thing as being "right" or "wrong" for the yoga practice. Yoga is going to be different for everyone, but yoga is for everyone. No matter who you are or where you are on your spiritual path, yoga can bring you the balance that you need. I hope you're as inspired by Edyn's point of view as I am. Her yoga journey reminds me that yoga is a practice. It takes practice to be this strong and healthy in every way that we can be, and we're never going to be perfect. Our yoga poses aren't going to be the same every day, so there's no point to fitting yourself into the pose. Make the pose fit around you instead. Please share some of the lessons you've learned on the yoga mat with me and my listeners. Send me an email at [email protected] and tell me - what does yoga mean to you? You could be invited to guest spot on The Yoga Inspiration Podcast with Kino MacGregor. Stay connected: @kinoyoga and @omstarsofficial View my teaching schedule, blogs, etc on Kinoyoga.com Get your free 30 day membership on Omstars.com& use code: PODCAST