173: Getting Your Yoga Studio Ready For ICE with Lucia Yess from Minneapolis

The Mentor Sessions | Support + Strategy for Yoga Teachers by Francesca Cervero

Apr 21, 202639:33Health

Yess Yoga is a yoga studio in Minneapolis one block from where Alex Pretti was murdered by Border Patrol agents in January of this year. In this episode, I'm joined by Minneapolis-based yoga teacher and studio owner Luci...

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