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SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 @ 5 PM PT ~ LIVE!
KUMI YOGINI
JONI YUNG
DE JUR JONES
Host: DR. CONNIE CORLEY
Three leaders in the yoga community share their practices that promote healthy living. ~ Inspired by the practice of gratitude, host Connie Corley builds on her Huffington Post blog post to “skip the resolutions and stick to the practices” in a discussion with Kumi Yogini, Joni Yung and De Jur Jones.
Kumi Yogini (a former freelance graphic designer) now yoga instructor, teacher trainer, and studio owner, opened Veda Yoga in September of 2014. After a decade of teaching and managing for CorePower Yoga, she was inspired to open her own studio. The powerful nature of the practice compelled her not only to change her life but also share the gift with others in a fun, spiritual and accessible way. Veda Yoga strives to cultivate this experience for everyone who walks through the door!
Joni Yung describes herself as an “LA westsider, bike commuter (she’s a member of the Los Angeles Bicycle Coalition), addicted to all things yoga, eco-friendly, and chocolate.” Joni offers a weekly podcast of music and interviews with inspirational spiritual leaders, called Yoga Chat with the Accidental Yogist. Her personal story is one of 25 featured in the book, Yoga and Body Image, by Melanie Klein and Anna Guest-Jelley. In it, she talks about being an older woman in the yoga scene; Joni turned 60 this month!
De Jur Jones teaches with UpRising Yoga, an organization that teaches yoga to heal trauma with incarcerated youth, children with a history of foster care and/or commercial sexual exploitation (CSEC), and communities that need it most. They offer many free yoga classes and hold trauma-informed yoga trainings establishing community. De Jur found Yoga in 2001, after a major surgery. It was a practice that allowed her the freedom to heal with grace, grit, and integrity. In 2011, she began her teacher training at Bhakti Yoga Shala. She then went on to get her Yoga Therapy certificate from LMU with a focus on incarcerated youth and adults, seniors, marginalized, and underserved communities. She wants to make sure that yoga is possible for everyone and every body, so she works with many populations utilizing Yoga Therapy. De Jur is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
The Arroyo Seco Parkway, also known as the Pasadena Freeway (State Route 110), was dedicated on December 30, 1940, and marked an important transitional moment in the history of American freeway engineering and transportation, leading to the development of the massive freeway system that now extends throughout the entire Los Angeles area and beyond. But now, there’s an 8.3-mile section of the freeway we can’t call a “freeway” anymore. It’s the Arroyo Seco Parkway once again, after Caltrans officially renamed the roadway, restoring its original moniker from its 1940 debut. The reason? It’s a dangerous stretch and, because the Parkway’s historical status prevents upgrading to meet safety standards, the speed limit is being lowered to 45. Read more 
“Profiles” is an EngAGE Blog category devoted to occasional posts about older people who have made a significant creative impact in our world. Today’s subject: STAN LEE.
