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Yoga">https://www.npr.org/sections/... teachers teach overblown interpretations of the word to try grounding their classes in a sense of authenticity, or even holiness. The word namaste comes from a language that is unfamiliar. Easy to exaggerate meaning of a word that sounds foreign...
Yoga">https://www.npr.org/sections/... teachers teach overblown interpretations of the word to try grounding their classes in a sense of authenticity, or even holiness. The word namaste comes from a language that is unfamiliar. Easy to exaggerate meaning of a word that sounds foreign...
The more the practice of yoga is dominated by this commercialized distortion, the more society invalidates the authentic healing practices of people of color: https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/05/yoga-cultural-appropriation/">https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/05/y...
Lastly, "with authentic yoga practices, you can 
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💗" title="Wachsendes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Wachsendes Herz"> bigger, grow your compassion for yourself & others, and have a https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➕" title="Fettes Pluszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Pluszeichen"> impact that radiates brilliantly through the world." -Maisha Z. Johnson and Nisha Ahuja
"By remaining unaware of the history, roots, complexity and challenges of the heritage from which #yoga springs and the challenges it has faced under Western culture, they perpetuate a re-colonization of it by stripping its essence away." https://decolonizingyoga.com/decolonize-yoga-practice/">https://decolonizingyoga.com/decoloniz...
"current state of #yoga in the Western world highlights the power imbalance that remains between those who have access to wealth, an audience and #privilege in contrast to those who have been historically #marginalized." #colonization #indigenous #India #culturalappropriation
