#91: Hinduphobia at the Intersection of Western Yoga Practice

Yoga Inspiration · Sep 16, 2021 · 50m

Take a moment to pause and think about the context through which you are practicing yoga. How long have you been practicing yoga? Do you remember where you were when you were first introduced to the practice?

For many of us, myself included, we often first engage with yoga through a colonized lens. We signed up for a class at our gym or borrowed a few DVDs from a friend back in the day and never realized the spiritual experience that goes hand-and-hand with what has been marketed in the west as a fitness package.

But yoga is more than physical exercise. All life is yoga, and the practice of…