Episode Details

Xu-Ya (pronounced Shu-Ya) is working with her business partner, Janus Tsai, to bring yoga therapy to Taiwan. They are trailblazers and in the early phases of helping the yoga community and private clients to understand “What is yoga therapy?” and “How can it help with health, happiness and beyond?” Xu-Ya also goes by Jelly, and she tells us that there are many yoga studios in Taiwan that focus on yoga for the physical body, but that yoga therapy and even talk therapy is very new to their culture. Jelly talks to us about the challenges and how sometimes she feels helpless to bring yoga therapy to Taiwan. However, yoga therapy has transformed Xu-Ya from the inside out, and she feels a deep need to share it with her community. She understands that this will be a life-long journey and the field of yoga therapy will grow slowly over time in Taiwan. She is passionately committed to the proliferation of yoga therapy to the people and country of Taiwan over many decades.

Amy and Jelly talk about the following:

·        How Jelly was transformed from the inside out in her own yoga therapy practice. 

·        How she became transformed and became self-empowered due to yoga therapy. This new perspective created unexpected changes in her life and a new way of being in the world.

·        How Jelly is connecting to people all over the world to support her love of yoga therapy.

·        How the culture and people of Taiwan might appear in opposition to the essence of yoga therapy (tuning into interoceptive awareness, sensation, feelings, emotions).

·        The challenges of bringing yoga therapy to Taiwan, and the niche that yoga therapy can provide, which is different from any other type of healthcare provider.

·        Xu-Ya’s and Janus’ goals for the future of yoga therapy in Taiwan over many decades.

·        The passion that Xu-Ya and Amy share for yoga therapy, even when it is difficult. There is nothing else they would rather do personally or professionally.

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