#33 - Yoga is the Best Medicine - Yoga in Cambodia with Soveth Vath

Welcome to Episode #33 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Soveth Path onto the show. She is a yoga teacher from Cambodia, and owns a crystal and stones studio in Phnom Penh which you hopes to expand into a yoga studio one day. Soveth worked for four years at a non-profit, teaching yoga to children in rural Cambodia. She worked with young children, and with pre-teens and said she enjoyed the younger children as they had an enormous sense of playfulness and there was always a lot of laughter. My conversation with Soveth Vath, a yoga teacher from Cambodia, was so sweet and special. Soveth told us stories about teaching yoga to children in rural Cambodia, about their laughter and their excitement to learn something new. I hope that this conversation made you smile. We talked about the Cambodian people and how yoga can be a source of stillness, patience, and compassion. If you're looking to tune into a podcast episode, that's all about yoga in Cambodia, whether it's popular or not, and learn more from a Cambodian yoga teacher, then this is the conversation for you. Tell me more about Soveth Vath Soveth Vath is a yoga teacher from Cambodia, and she teaches yoga in the capital city of Phnom Penh. She taught yoga at the Azahar Cambodia Center for four years, and she now works as a freelance yoga teacher. She teaches Vinyasa flow yoga and has spent many hours teaching yoga to children in rural Cambodia. What to expect in the Yoga In Cambodia episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast Soveth was very brave in agreeing to be a guest on the Wild Yoga Tribe podcast. She was nervous about her ability to communicate in English, and throughout the podcast, she conveyed a sweet energy and an enthusiasm for the importance of bringing yoga to rural communities. Yoga isn’t available to everyone, everywhere. While yoga is becoming increasingly popular around the world, it is still not available to people in all communities and at all income levels. I feel grateful to Soveth and the work she has spent helping others relieve stress, pain, and to learn about the path of yoga. If you’re curious about yoga in Cambodia, please tune into this short, sweet, and special episode on the Wild Yoga Tribe podcast. For the skimmers - What’s in yoga in Cambodia episode? Nonprofit yoga initiatives What it’s like to teach yoga to children in rural areas Cambodia How yoga teaches patience and compassion Why yoga is not yet popular in Cambodia Yoga is the best medicine Favorite Quote From Soveth Path “There is a theory: yoga is yoke or a union. But, for me, when someone asks me that question, I say yoga is a way of my life. It's like a life full of happiness, a life full of connection between my mind, but the spirit. And yoga also is the best medicine for me.” Connect with Soveth Vath https://www.facebook.com/su.vei.7 Want more? Head on over to my website https://wildyogatribe.com/thepodcast/ Everything you need is just one click away! Check out all the resources here: https://linktr.ee/wildyogatribe FREE YOGA -> $25 is yours to practice yoga with me online! Click here: https://get.moxie.xyz/wildyogatribe