The Modern Phoenix The Liberation of Warrior & Mother, Kennae Miller
Kennae Miller is the owner of Transformation Yoga, South Carolina’s only Black, Veteran and woman-owned yoga studio. Transformation Yoga provides the tools of yoga and meditation to people in underserved, underrepresented and marginalized communities from an anti-racism, anti-oppression and trauma-informed framework.
Kennae is also the co-founder of Enough, which bridges yoga, racial and social justice together to provide funding and awareness to local issues and grassroots organizations owned and led by BIPOC.
Kennae is one of the most fascinating and whole-hearted humans I am in community with, and turns out even at 9pm on a school night, we had no issue getting right into so many of her personal life experiences (particularly as a black yoga teacher and leader) that will enlighten, inspire, empower and just open your mind to where you may also be in need of giving or seeking liberation.
In this episode, we dive into:
- Her personal experience as a police officer’s daughter
- AND her experience as an officer herself, in the south, for several years, unfortunately witnessing corruption and injustice
- How she started being asked to dim her personality in the yoga world
- Diving into that time Kennae called G out(in? whatever) on the ‘gram
- Why she committed to NOT watching cartoons at age 7
- How she parents her son who moves through the world as if he’s been here before
- The question she challenges herself with whenever she wants to not take care of herself and how everything is in the name of her liberation
- How she’s balancing two sides of an identity partly formed from watching her mother’s successes and mistakes re: self-care, celebration, and more
- When “no” is a full sentence
- How we can all honor our own culture without appropriating other people’s culture
This one packs a punch, so buckle up.
Make sure you follow Transformation Yoga on Insta @transformationyogasc and support Kennae’s deeply important work in the world at transformationyogasc.com.