In conversation with: Aisha Nash

Aisha Nash left her career as a award-winning confectioner and worked in restaurants with Michelin stars after the stress of the job captured both her body and her mind. After practicing with her mother as a child, she rediscovered yoga to rehabilitate after an injury, and she has not looked back since then. Aisha wanted to be completely satisfied with the practice that helped her, with exactly the person she is, but she found that she did not feel that she was looking for a yoga teacher that the studios were looking for, and worked hard to create a safe place for everyone who could have similar experiences in a Yoag Studio. Aisha now teaches classes that concentrate on inclusiveness, diversity and self-love with what she calls her anti-diet yoga approach. We caught up with her to hear from your journey and what lies in front of us.

Can you tell us a little more about your trip and what has brought you to yoga?

I got out of the bus at the wrong stop and found a yoga studio ...

Apart from all jokes, I had done yoga since childhood-thanks to my mother.

When I was on sick leave as a cook, I was in a line-up and could hardly take a few steps without help. I had to rehabilitate my body and since I had previously practiced yoga, I visited the gentlest yoga courses that were offered near me.

This led to I felt better and finally realized that I didn't want to get a cook again. It was a joyful experience - but it bored me. Three months of the same dessert map are incredibly boring.

So I registered for my first yoga teacher training-the rest is history.

You have left a world with a lot of stress and high pressure. Do you have advice for someone who is in a similar job or a similar situation?

Unfortunately I am an incredibly practical person. So if you do not have the financial means, you may not just be able to get up and stop.

If you are unable to leave the situation, I would advise you to work, set boundaries between you and your work and to strive for psychiatric care, as you can afford and prioritize your health as you can

If you can leave the situation, you also learn the art of saying no, look for psychological help in every conceivable way and take care of your body-it has gone through a lot.

After deciding that they wanted to share and teach yoga, they found that they did not fit in studios. How was that?

frankly it was terrible. There were so many times when I doubted myself and wished I could get a cook again.

Fortunately, I had incredible people who supported me, and resources in the form of the podcast The Yoga Is Dead-who let me know that I was not alone.

I think it is really absurd that a South Asian yoga teacher feels unwanted in an industry that benefits from South Asian culture.

later I realized that it was not only this South Asian yoga teacher, but all of us.

The industry has transformed our legacy, a whole philosophy full of writings and old beliefs, into a 60-minute training session that is filled with racist diet culture, instagram-friendly gymnastics and the misappropriation of the word Namaste.

If that is not a slap in the face, I don't know what it is.

This made it to develop her anti-diet yoga approach. Tell us a little more about it.

The anti-diet yoga is about returning what it should be-the racist diet culture, the gymnastics and conventional "training" elements you do and replace them with improved awareness and respect for our own body. It is about teaching and learning the acceptance of the body and learning how we feel - both physically and mentally.

You have created a whole platform on which you support others who have to struggle with your body image. How was this trip?

long and slow, but very worthwhile! The attempt to reverse a few deeply rooted views of weight tigmatization, "clean food" and yoga as a fitness course is hard work. People were constantly cared for by celebrities, their family doctors and fitness experts with misinformation from the government. Therefore, a lot of research and screaming from the roofs / Instagram is required to convey my message. But the payment always comes when a person has dms because a contribution has caused the penny to drop in their own thoughts, and they have recognized that a large part of the pressure they feel to meet certain beauty standards actually does not do anything with their health or their value as a person.

What's next for you and where can people take part in their courses and workshops?

Christmas dinner with my mother-in-law, may God be gracious to my soul ...

I am currently teaching about zoom. You can find all the details on my website. I teach a class on most days.

I work with Tejal, the Creator of Abcdyogi, for my last workshop of the year on December 11th. However, the repetition will be available for the next two weeks.

In January I plan to work for a few weeks to work on a subscription to a subscription to body acceptance coaching. All information is passed on to those on my mailing list. So if you are interested, this is the best place.

to learn more about Aisha and keep step with your hour and workshop time, visit your website here.