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This week on the podcast, I am joined by Brandon Dawson-Jarvis. Brandon is a Montreal based social entrepreneur, a yoga instructor, and the founder of Grove Campus, an impact-focused company that sells eco-friendly cork yoga mats, and offers donation-based yoga classes to fund community initiatives that they organize and execute themselves.

In this episode of the podcast, Brandon shares how he found yoga and why he became a yoga teacher, and what inspired him to create Grove Campus. We also discuss how to create yoga spaces that are move includes supporting BIPOC and marginalized communities. This was a very impactful episode for me, and I hope it is for you too!

Enjoy!

Discussed in this episode:

• Brandon’s experience going to prison and the trauma that came from early life and incarceration
• Going back to prison and facing hard truths
• Finding yoga and how that opened the door to healing
• How Brandon came to teaching yoga
• Where the idea to create more change with Grove Campus came from
• How Grove Campus is supporting communities with yoga and yoga products
• How we can make yoga more accessible for all people
• Why scholarships for yoga teacher training make a big difference
• And much more… Here is the episode!

I am thrilled to announce that I just launched a bonus podcast called M.B.Om: Behind the Scenes over on Patreon. After releasing hundreds of podcast episodes, I want to create content that dives deeper into helping yoga entrepreneurs thrive and elevate their businesses. This where M.B.Om: Behind the Scenes comes in! Each week you will get bonus content from the weekly guest or me diving deeper into how you can take the teachings and apply them to your business. This podcast is designed for yoga teachers & studio owners who are ready to take it to the next level. If you enjoy M.B.Om, but have been looking for an affordable way to learn more, this is it! For less than the cost of 2 lattes per month, you will get never before heard content that you can’t access anywhere else that will give you tangible ways to dive deeper into your yoga business. To learn more and join, please visit: https://www.patreon.com/mbomyoga

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