yoga and activism

November 28, 2022
Activism and the Trajectory of Modern Yoga

To a layperson, the phrase “modern yogi” often conjures an image of a physically fit and Instagram-friendly Caucasian person. And the phrase “ancient yogi” often conjures an image of an ...

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Category: Culture
October 10, 2022
Woman, Life, Freedom

The death of a 22-year-old girl, Mahsa Amini, at the hands of the “morality police” of the Iranian Islamic government for her loose hijab (headscarf) has brought millions of Iranians ...

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Category: Culture
October 1, 2021
My Thoughts on Hispanic Heritage Month

We are Latine. We are Afro-Latine. We are Indigenous. We are Hispano. We are Chicanx. We are Garifuna. We are multicultural. To be asked to write for “Hispanic Heritage Month” ...

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Category: Culture
August 30, 2021
Hinduphobia in Yoga World

“If you’re trying to ‘social justice’ yoga without addressing, acknowledging, or disrupting the Christian/Western onto- epistemological hegemonic framework of social justice, you’re literally, actually advancing colonization.” – Indu Viswanathan Hinduphobia manifests ...

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Category: Culture
August 2, 2021
Muted to Empowered….Journey To Finding My Voice

This practice saved my life. I began to connect with my body in ways I had been unable to previously. My relationships with my family and others began to heal. ...

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Category: Culture