Latina Puts a Spanish Twist on Yoga

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Bilingual yoga instructor Rina Jakubowicz is launching the first-ever Spanish-language yoga teacher training, Esther J. Cepeda reports.

The new training program will be delivered completely in Spanish.

The mission, as Cepeda reports, is “to break down barriers in the yoga community and bring the positive benefits of yoga to more diverse populations including Spanish-speaking communities that may have historically lacked access, or that may be underserved.”

Why Is This Needed?

About 4 in 5 yoga participants are non-Latino whites.

Experts say yoga can boost flexibility and muscle tone with other benefits like improved cardiovascular fitness.

Jakubowicz hopes to make yoga and its benefits more inclusive of Latinos and Spanish speakers, who sometimes have the perception that yoga is not for them.

“Yoga can help us to understand who we, ourselves, are beyond the layers of being Hispanic, male, female, our class, our status or our jobs.” she said. “Who we are is way bigger and way deeper than any of that and practicing yoga can help us embrace who we really are.

“We have to be able to see the truth beyond ourselves, make a shift and not let ignorance affect and deter us from our dreams.”

Learn more about the Spanish yoga training here.