The 2018 Netflix documentary I Am Maris tells the story of today's guest, Maris Degener, along her path to healing from a crippling and life-threatening eating disorder. As Maris and those close to her describe, yoga played a key role in her recovery and dramatically changed the trajectory of her life. Shortly after finding the practice, she became a certified yoga teacher at just 16. Maris shares a message of hope and resilience while challenging her community to consider the intersection between yoga and issues related to mental dis-ease, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and gender and sexual orientation. Our conversation takes us from identity, growing up in the public eye, social justice, and how to respond from a place of love in the world, even, and especially, when it's uncomfortable. Follow Maris at @YogaMaris on Instagram and YogaMaris.net. 

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