Finlay Wilson aka ‘The Kilted Yoga’ - The Importance of Love

Live Like You Are Dying with Fi Munro PhD

In this episode I speak with Finlay Wilson aka ‘The Kilted Yogi’. Finlay is a certified Forrest Yoga teacher, Forrest Yoga Guardian-in-training and Senior Yoga Alliance teacher. Currently, he is based in Dundee and is the co-founder and principal teacher of Heart Space Yoga & Bodyworks. He began yoga in 2007 following surgical procedures on both legs and used Yoga for his rehabilitation. Kilted Yoga has launched him and his practice into the spotlight with over 100 million worldwide views of his videos from the original Kilted Yoga video on BBC The Social to campaigns with companies and other Kilted friends. Kilted Yoga was released as a book in October 2017 and has been attracting people’s attention to yoga, Scotland and a healthier way of being and thinking. Today Finlay teaches classes all over the world, posts classes online, hosts online courses, presents at yoga conferences and performs asana demonstrations at events and fundraisers. Through his own rehabilitation physically and mentally, he feels that safe therapeutic touch was a cornerstone in his development and he delights in sharing that when he travels and teaches. For the last two years, he has spoken publicly and online through BBC The Social on LGBT issues, Male Mental Health, and the issues around suicide. This is something he is really passionate about being a voice for and the book, Kilted Yoga, has opened the doors for him to speak to people about how a yoga practice can help with mental health struggles but also about how to get fierce about what you are passionate about.