Summary: Tejal Patel and Jesal Parikh are yoga teachers and the hosts of the Yoga is Dead podcast. In their own words: "Yoga is Dead is a revolutionary podcast that explores power, privilege, fair pay, harassment, race, cultural appropriation and capitalism in the yoga and wellness worlds. Join Indian-American hosts Tejal + Jesal as they expose all the monsters lurking under the yoga mat." Jo and Rane love the podcast and were super excited to catch up with Jesal and Tejal! Yoga is Dead has taken the yoga world by storm with their honest yet humourous approach to these important issues and were eager to find out more about the women behind the podcast. In this conversation, we learn about Tejal and Jesal's backgrounds growing up in the suburbs of Massachusetts and Michigan in the United States. We learn about some of their motivations in starting the podcast, how they chose the name and whether they have an end goal in mind. There is a great conversation on cultural appropriation, and we ask them whether Mark Singleton's book Yoga Body is a form of whitewashing. Links Website: https://www.yogaisdeadpodcast.com/support Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yogaisdeadpodcast Podcast Instagram: @yogaisdeadpodcast Jesal's Instagram: @yogwalla Tejal's Instagram: @tejalyoga Podcast Twitter: @yogaisdeadpod Yoga Fire workshops with Tim Seutter: https://www.gardenofyoga.com.au/workshops/yoga-fire-workshops/ Buy Accessible Yoga by Jivana Heyman: Book Depository (free shipping): https://www.bookdepository.com/Accessible-Yoga/9781611807127 Waterstones (UK): https://www.waterstones.com/book/accessible-yoga/jivana-heyman/9781611807127 Amazon Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Accessible-Yoga-Poses-Practices-Every/dp/1611807123/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=accessible+yoga&qid=1571080722&s=books&sr=1-1
