Episode 10: Creating a Culture of Health, Individual Growth, and Social Change with Tyrone Beverly
What Happens Next? is addressing everything that's going on right now. We've been through so much as a people…this country was founded on oppression and that oppression has never left us. What Happens Next? is asking, “Are we going to continue to allow this to happen?"…It's going to take a collective effort to answer that question…It's going to be a continuous effort.
-Tyrone Beverly, Founder and Executive Director of Im’Unique
In this episode we have our very first guest on the show, Mr. Tyrone Beverly. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Im’Unique, a non-profit organization based out of Denver, Colorado. Im’Unique is dedicated to uniting the community and fostering healthy lifestyles within those communities.
Beyond being the Founder and Executive Director of Im’Unique, Tyrone, is a thought provoking yoga instructor, film maker and the creator of the Poetic Flow. He’s known for dismantling barriers by providing access to yoga and wellness opportunities that initiate social change.
Tyrone is the winner of the 2019 Martin Luther King Commission Award, the 2016 Yoga Journal’s Good Karma Award, and is a Legacy Lululemon Ambassador.
He’s been featured on CNN Indonesia, New York Times and numerous publications for his work in social justice and health and wellness.
His practice has led him to co-facilitate with New York Times best-selling author, David Brooks and Yo Yo Ma for Yo Yo Ma’s Day of Action tour.
Mr. Beverly is an inspirational change agent for creating a culture of health, individual growth, and social change. His extreme passion for equity, human rights, unity, and physical and social health has kickstarted a wellness movement that unites communities and fosters healthy lifestyles across the nation. Both internationally and nationally known, Tyrone has touched global communities across the world and has created systematic change to improve the lives of others. His efforts supersede stereotypes and create avenues that permeate social and cultural barriers from a health perspective. Thus, Beverly’s life work epitomizes his vision of a future with more problem solvers and solution based thinkers, that are equipped to deal with the historical and systematic challenges we face as a society. He reminds us that we have the power to improve our lives and contribute to positive change.
During the interview we discussed Tyrone’s upbringing and how it led him to begin his mind-body journey and the creation of Im’Unique. We’ll also get a chance to hear Tyrone recite and break down the Poetic Flow, and hear about the free, upcoming What Happens Next online event, which will take place on August 22, 2020.
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Resources:
Healthy Living with Udy Podcast
BetterHelp | Professional Counseling With A Licensed Therapist
Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
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