A yoga community showcase where teachers and therapists share real-world projects and get feedback from peers and mentors. Unlike the main conference, which focuses on scientific research, this event emphasizes practical tools and templates for bringing evidence-based yoga into community settings.
And all of this is with the goal that by the end of the Showcase, you'll have clear next steps for your yoga project, no matter what stage you're starting at, feedback from peers and mentors, new collaborators and partnerships, and practical tools and templates so that you can apply evidence-based yoga in your community setting. And then of course, the Community Showcase is new and different than the conference this year. So I really want to emphasize what is the difference between the conference and the Community Showcase? Well, the first thing to know is that both of them have the mission to help you learn the actual science of yoga to improve how you practice, teach, and advocate for yoga. And while the conference really focuses on the actual science part, the showcase is focusing on the implementation part, the improving how you practice, teach, and advocate. And how do we do this? Well, the conference presenters are primarily MDs and PhDs who are researching yoga, while the community showcase presenters are primarily yoga teachers and yoga therapists who are focused on implementing yoga in their communities. And so with that, the focus of the conference is really on scientific understanding, whereas for the community showcase, it's on real-world implementation.
