December 16, 2015
It makes perfect sense for techno-capitalism to co-opt yoga as its ideal religion.
December 1, 2015
Takeaway: White people around the world make fun of the idea of cultural appropriation in yoga. They do it with arguments that ignore South Asian voices. In the process, they obscure the issues with which cultural appropriation intersects: examinations of white middle-class privilege, structural racism in yoga and meditation spaces, cultural inequality, accessibility issues, and the creation of safer space.
November 1, 2015
An earlier version of this article first appeared in Yoga International. ____ The 2010 publication of Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice, marked a watershed moment […]
October 21, 2015
In my time as an instructor, I’ve seen a modest share of what I would call empowered responses to Ayurvedic learning. I’d describe them as open but skeptical, curious and pragmatic.