Culture – Page 12

August 6, 2019
Interview with Adrian Molina

I made my practice, piece-by-piece, learning here and there. The most effective practice is the one that is the most effective to the students that you have in front of ...

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July 31, 2019
What does it mean to be at peace with your body

What does body positivity really mean? I’m struggling with the term, “body positivity” these days. It seems as though the term has been watered down from its original roots in ...

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July 10, 2019
The Fear of Fatness was Originally a Fear of Racial Integration

When I was a teenager, my grandmother would always ask me, “Why are these white women dying to be thin?” I guess she thought that since I’d grown up in ...

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July 9, 2019
Interview with Erica Mather

Yoga changed EVERYTHING. I was looking for answers through thinking my way through every challenge. Yoga connected me to my body, spirit, and beyond, and has supplied frameworks for understanding ...

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July 2, 2019
Interview with Ahmed Soliman

I practice because yoga has become part of who I am – physically, spiritually, emotionally. I could no more easily stop being a yogi than I could stop having ...

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June 26, 2019
Body Acceptance: Tools for Cultural Upheaval

Gordi. Flaca. Chula. Fea. Vieja. Linda. Fatty. Skinny. Sexy. Ugly. Old lady. Cute. Whether positive or negative association, I grew up hearing terms that were quick to remind us that ...

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June 25, 2019
Confessions of a Pregnant Yogi

Let us make pregnancy an occasion when we appreciate our female bodies. – Merete Leonhardt-Lupa My name is Karine. I am a 27-year-old yoga and Stand Up Paddle board ...

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June 19, 2019
Interview with Angelique Sandas

I practice to learn about who I am, why I am that way, and to become the best version of myself that I possibly can. I teach because this practice ...

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May 28, 2019
Yogis at Ramadan

When I teach yoga, I often say to my students “as you are.” For example, “as you are, breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.” What I ...

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May 22, 2019
Visual, Aural, or Kinesthetic

We see with our eyes, we hear with our ears, we feel with our bodies. What we have discovered is that everybody usually has one primary intake pathway, and that ...

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