consent culture

March 4, 2019

Contact Dancing with Karen Rain

So I’m sitting there and it’s starting to sink in. How extraordinary it is to be here with Karen, listening to a teacher give us a ten-minute safer-space talk about touch and consent. How would Karen’s life have turned out, I wonder, if this level of clarity had been available twenty-five years ago in the Ashtanga world?
August 10, 2016

Guru or Guide: What’s the Scope of Practice? A Second Response to Christopher Wallis

Christopher Wallis responded to my response to his article on guru-abuse prevention – check his comment here. We're having a cordial exchange about an important topic -- how strange for Yogaland! -- and a lot of folks have seemed to appreciate the themes explored so far, so I’ll respond again.