Yoga Trailblazer: Dr. Chelsea Jackson

She goes on to discuss how using yoga became a tool for developing literacy within in her classroom. Chelsea’s passion for the practice became part of her research. She used the lived experiences of her students across multiple communities to illustrate how yoga and literacy work to create critical thinking. Chelsea’s interest in yoga and diversity lead to research that focused on Black teen yoga practitioners who use yoga and storytelling as mediums for critical literacy development.