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Listen "137: Non-performative Yoga + Normalizing Black Bliss w/ Abiola Akanni"
Episode Synopsis
Abiola Akanni is the founder of Yoga by Biola. She is a leader in the field of yoga, Abiola Akanni has successfully cultivated inclusive wellness spaces that encourage communities to develop their personal yoga practice.
The Nigerian-American yoga educator is the creator behind Yoga by Biola and founder of Iya, the online platform offering #nonperformative yoga. Abiola is committed to disrupting commercial yoga standards that prioritize fitness-based poses over adaptable yoga that honors diverse bodies and the many facets of the practice.
Her inclusive mission promotes yoga as a ritual while teaching individuals how to embody #nonperformative living on and off of the mat!
Golden Nuggets From This Episode:
✨ “Identify where you find the spaces that you feel you need to perform.”
✨ “Identify what space that you feel like you don't belong to and how you are showing up in them.”
✨ “To stop performing in your life, question how you are showing up in the places where you feel like you don't belong.”
✨ “Also ask, who you are when nobody's watching.”
✨ “Begin to allow yourself to stop hiding.”
✨ “Identify the area you wanna make an expression in and start to give yourself permission to walk in it.”
✨ “Normalizing Black bliss is to cultivate a deep sense of love or we mature out of our boundaries.”
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More of Abiola:
Insta + Biz Insta
Webiste: www.iyawell.com + www.iyakin.com + https://www.yogabybiola.com/
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Email: [email protected]
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Timestamps from episode:
00:49 Getting to know Abiola
01:21 The last random act of kindness someone did for her
02:54 Talks about her journey about how she got started with yoga and starting her business
16:35 Yoni Ad
17:45 Abiola shares another way that someone can practice non-performative living in their lives
20:48 Talks about normalizing her bliss and feeling happy as a black woman
The Nigerian-American yoga educator is the creator behind Yoga by Biola and founder of Iya, the online platform offering #nonperformative yoga. Abiola is committed to disrupting commercial yoga standards that prioritize fitness-based poses over adaptable yoga that honors diverse bodies and the many facets of the practice.
Her inclusive mission promotes yoga as a ritual while teaching individuals how to embody #nonperformative living on and off of the mat!
Golden Nuggets From This Episode:
✨ “Identify where you find the spaces that you feel you need to perform.”
✨ “Identify what space that you feel like you don't belong to and how you are showing up in them.”
✨ “To stop performing in your life, question how you are showing up in the places where you feel like you don't belong.”
✨ “Also ask, who you are when nobody's watching.”
✨ “Begin to allow yourself to stop hiding.”
✨ “Identify the area you wanna make an expression in and start to give yourself permission to walk in it.”
✨ “Normalizing Black bliss is to cultivate a deep sense of love or we mature out of our boundaries.”
Special Offer:
💕Grab some fun crystal pleasure toys for yourself or your partner ~ use code: heartsnuggles for 10% off ~ click here
More of Abiola:
Insta + Biz Insta
Webiste: www.iyawell.com + www.iyakin.com + https://www.yogabybiola.com/
More heart snuggles:
Email: [email protected]
1-on1 Self Discovery Coaching -- Learn more here
Instagram: Alivetoenjoy & Heart Snuggles
Donations to help spread the heart snuggles: https://www.alivetoenjoy.com/heartsnuggles
Timestamps from episode:
00:49 Getting to know Abiola
01:21 The last random act of kindness someone did for her
02:54 Talks about her journey about how she got started with yoga and starting her business
16:35 Yoni Ad
17:45 Abiola shares another way that someone can practice non-performative living in their lives
20:48 Talks about normalizing her bliss and feeling happy as a black woman
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