EP 04 - From Rebellion to Yoga with Litiana Lagibalavu - a podcast by Mark Whitwell

In today’s episode, Mark interviews Litiana Lagibalavu, a yoga teacher, entrepreneur, lawyer in training, Indigenous Fijian, and a fierce activist philosopher building essential bridges between the ancient traditions of yoga and modern people of all kinds.

She shares her story, her observations on teaching yoga in Fiji, and her journey into Yoga:

• Why she got interested in yoga in the first place and how it helped her find herself again
• The limitations of her own individual yoga training at the time and why she came to the Heart of yoga teacher (un)training on Taveuni
• If I’m raised Christian, can I do yoga? How can I teach devout Christians?
• Her "mystical" trip to Israel, and how it changed her relationship with the church
• Yoga as the practical means of actualizing the ideals of faith
• How practicing yoga transforms personal relationships
• Escaping religious fundamentalism and the banality of modern lifestyles and re-patterning herself to directly experience the beauty of life
• Experience of teaching yoga to people of a vast variety of backgrounds and lifestyles
• Building bridges of tolerance, understanding and authenticity in Fiji

Connect with Litiana @yoganesian on Instagram or Facebook, or practice with her and Mark inside our “Yoga for Activists” online course.

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