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White women co-opted pandemic yoga. Now, South Asian instructors are taking it back
NBC News via msn ^
| 13 Apr 2021
| Sakshi Venkatraman
Posted on 04/13/2021 10:44:19 PM PDT by blueplum
For Melissa Shah, yoga has always been entirely Indian. Her first memories of the practice don’t include top buns, athleisure wear or even exercise. ...
...Shah said she felt a sense of belonging in learning unfiltered yoga among other South Asians in Queens, New York, where she grew up. But when she started visiting white-dominated studios outside her community, she says she felt excluded and uneasy, like she was participating in a foreign practice. ...
...South Asian instructors like Shah say they’ve been working to “decolonize” an industry that for decades has centered white elites.... But the cultural appropriation runs deep, experts say, and fighting it will take time....
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: colonization; yoga; yogaisracist
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To: Secret Agent Man
At one time, basketball was considered a “Jewish sport.”
To: blueplum
Last I heard Paltrow was into vaginal steaming
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04/14/2021 12:11:41 AM PDT
by
robowombat
(Orthodox )
To: blueplum
"It gave me a little bit of a reprieve from the really, really negative voice that was constantly going off in my head telling me that I was too fat, that I was too dark." Just stop using the fat dark term "Indian" and confuse white people instead with the thin light term "South Asian".
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04/14/2021 12:13:31 AM PDT
by
Reeses
(A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
To: blueplum
Melissa is an ancient Indian name...
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posted on
04/14/2021 12:36:49 AM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: blueplum
Insufferable white liberal democrat women ruin everything.
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04/14/2021 1:05:24 AM PDT
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ifinnegan
( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Starcitizen
To: CondoleezzaProtege
I’ll vouch for ballet :) Even the most basic stretching exercises helps maintain balance skills, which are important as one gets older
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04/14/2021 3:59:07 AM PDT
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blueplum
("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
To: nickcarraway
it's all calisthenics to me, but yoga is easier to say
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04/14/2021 4:07:20 AM PDT
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blueplum
("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
To: wardaddy
Truly lovely....I adore a nice yoga body ✅
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04/14/2021 4:12:04 AM PDT
by
csvset
(tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
To: blueplum
The author of that story is insane.
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04/14/2021 4:51:22 AM PDT
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I want the USA back
(I have ZERO confidence in my government, and almost zero in the medical industry.)
To: Vendome
I’ve been stretching like a cat and rolling around on my back like a dog since forever...Hmmm. Sounds like some sort of species appropriation.
To: nickcarraway
>>At one time, basketball was considered a “Jewish sport.” <<
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04/14/2021 6:32:48 AM PDT
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Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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