Culture – Page 8

August 28, 2020
Thoughts on the Privilege of White Motherhood and Whether or Not We Are the Problem

I am a white mother of black boys. This gives me a certain perspective in the conversation of race. I have to be mindful and aware of my whiteness and ...

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August 24, 2020
What is Mudra and How to Do It Respectfully?

Before diving into mudras, we should ask ourselves how we acknowledge yoga a universal practice while honoring its roots. It is essential to jump in with this as mudras are ...

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August 21, 2020
Yoga Stories Series: Bharadvajasana

Knowledge is never knowledge until shared. The posture of Bharadvajasana with a spinal twist looking over the shoulders is symbolic of the effort we all can make look beyond ourselves, ...

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August 14, 2020
For Yogis with Chronic Illness or Cancer

In the spring of 2011 I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. I was really lucky. Not only did I catch an aggressive form of cancer just before it started to ...

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August 10, 2020
Why Yoga is not a safe space for all – Part 1

What we believe to be Yoga, the community, the collective voice, the healing, the vibrations, has always been a place of exclusion, and though it has presented as a ...

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July 28, 2020
The Cultural Appropriation of Sanskrit

You walk into yoga class and by the end of it, you have probably heard some terms like “namaste” “sutra” “drishti” or “mandala”. If you’ve never questioned the meaning behind ...

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July 22, 2020
It’s Time to Make Peace with Your Hormones

PMS making you crazy? Hot flashes? Anxiety? As women, our amazing and beautiful bodies take us on rides that sometimes feel empowering and strong, and sometimes like an out-of-control circus ...

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July 14, 2020
Interview with Susanna Barkataki

I had no idea when I first started learning yoga, reclaiming and practicing the spiritual technologies of my ancestors how much inner power I was about to tap. I simply ...

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July 8, 2020
Your Quarantine Yoga Practice (and Progress) Looks Different, and That’s Okay

This heightened awareness that we are experiencing in every other aspect of our lives can also be found within ourselves and what our personal mind, body, and souls need, right ...

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June 29, 2020
Marsha’s Dharma: Yoga and Social Justice

Marsha P. Johnson was a drag queen (her own words and way of self-identifying at this time) who climbed a light post and changed the world. When she stood before ...

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