Ep 04 | The Wellness Industry Isn't Well with Aisha Nash

Aisha Nash and I got together to talk about diet culture, the unwellness of the wellness industry and the importance of being a troublemaker.This conversation was a whirlwind of big topics, and there are links to dive deeper in the notes below. We covered lots of ground, roaming from the insidious nature of diet culture, to the ways that cultural systems like capitalism and racism play out in the wellness industry. We touched on Aisha’s personal experiences as a south Asian woman in the Western yoga world, and caught a glimpse behind the curtain of the yoga industry, which is not always as love and light as it appears.ABOUT AISHAAisha is a yoga teacher who left a career working in Michelin starred restaurants after the stress of the job caught up with both her body and mind.She rediscovered yoga and wanted to share the practice that helped her be entirely content with exactly the person she is, but found that she didn't fit the mould of a yoga teacher that studios were looking for.Aisha now teaches classes that are focused on inclusivity, diversity and self love, with what she calls her Anti-Diet Yoga Approach.Find more of her work:www.aishanash.comPatreon@theaishanashMENTIONED & FURTHER RESOURCESBad Influencer. The documentary about Belle Gibson, the Instagram influencer who lied about having cancer (and curing it through healthy eating)Yoga Teacher's Union is working to make sure the industry reflects the values of liberation and healing at the heart of yogaJonelle Lewis and Kallie Schut in conversation about yoga's roots, colonialism & cultural appropriation. Jonelle has a whole series of conversations about racism in wellness in her IGTV, each a treasure trove of insight and wisdomYoga is Dead Podcast. Indian-American hosts Tejal and Jesal explore power, privilege, fair pay, harassment, race, cultural appropriation and capitalism in the yoga and wellness worldsOn this episode of Short Wave Sabrina Strings, author of the book Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fatphobia, explains the links between fatphobia and white supremacyWORK WITH MEDownload the Radical Rest StudioOne-to-One Embodiment GuidanceIn Practice, letters on embodiment magic in the real worldLINKS & CREDITSDrop me an email - [email protected] more of my work at ellebowerjohnston.comJoin the mailing list, my other favourite way to communicateThis episode is edited by the radiant Joeli Kelly, with eternal thanks and praises.