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<p class="MsoPlainText">I hope it’s appropriate to share the following announcement.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">I am pleased to announce the publication of my book: The Diversity Gap in UK Yoga: Outsider Perspectives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">By: Sally SJ Brown<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83708-264-3">https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83708-264-3</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">ISBN (print): 978-1-83708-265-0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">ISBN (electronic): 978-1-83708-264-3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Published: 2026<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Although yoga is widely viewed as inclusive and accessible, participation in high-income countries is socially uneven. There is significant under-representation of marginalised groups and this indicates barriers preventing participation
for those who might benefit from it most. This book examines the experiences of people who remain under-represented in yoga spaces, including individuals who are Black or Brown, disabled, older, or living in larger bodies. Applying an intersectional critical
theory-based analysis, the lack of diversity in yoga is identified as reflecting not only practical issues, but also deeper cultural and structural dynamics. Providing a critical framework for understanding inequity in wellness practices and offering actionable
insights for change, this work is insightful reading for scholars in sociology of health, yoga studies, critical race and disability studies, public health and social policy, and for individuals and organisations involved in yoga and social prescribing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.emerald.com/books/monograph/21527/The-Diversity-Gap-in-UK-YogaOutsider-Perspectives">https://www.emerald.com/books/monograph/21527/The-Diversity-Gap-in-UK-YogaOutsider-Perspectives</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Many thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Sally<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Many thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sally<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#753BBD;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Sally SJ Brown</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">PhD, MA, BASocSci, RYT-200</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Research Impact Officer</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
School of Health<br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Leeds Beckett University, 519 Portland Building, City Campus, Leeds LS1 3HE, United Kingdom</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Email:
</span></b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:sally.sj.brown@leedsbeckett.ac.uk"><span style="color:blue">sally.sj.brown@leedsbeckett.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ORCID</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Website</span></b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.sallysjbrown.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="NL" style="color:blue">www.sallysjbrown.com</span></a></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Name for correspondence/reference:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Sally SJ Brown</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Recent publications</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Book. Emerald Insight (Wiley).</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
<a href="https://bookstore.emerald.com/the-diversity-gap-in-uk-yoga-hb-9781837082650.html" title="https://bookstore.emerald.com/the-diversity-gap-in-uk-yoga-hb-9781837082650.html">
<i><span style="color:blue">The Diversity Gap in UK Yoga: Outsider Perspectives</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Conversation
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://theconversation.com/nhs-patients-are-being-socially-prescribed-yoga-but-is-yoga-ready-to-help-them-285786"><span style="color:blue">NHS patients
are being socially prescribed yoga. But is yoga ready to help them?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Yoga4Health Podcast</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">, Yoga in Healthcare Alliance
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<span style="color:blue">Diversity, Equity, Inclusion</span></a>, Episode 4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Thesis
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Exploring yoga access and inclusion for people with marginalised identities in northern British cities. Leeds Beckett University. Brown, Sally SJ (2025).
<a href="https://doi.org/10.25448/lbu.28784831.v1"><span style="color:blue">https://doi.org/10.25448/lbu.28784831.v1</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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