Black Yoga Instructor and ‘Body Activist’ Jessamyn Stanley Says White Supremacy has Polluted Yoga

GP ^ | June 10, 2021 | Jim Hoft

[White Lives Matter]

Jessamyn Stanley is a yoga instructor and “body activist.”

Jessamyn is making headlines for some reason after blaming white supremacy for polluting yoga.

Seriously. This happened.

PEOPLE reported:

Jessamyn Stanley needs you to know what yoga is really about – and it’s not the poses.

In her new book Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance, the yoga instructor and body activist shares reflective personal essays that touch upon everything from racism to the cultural appropriation of American yoga, from consumerism to cannabis.

And while the timing couldn’t be better considering the current cultural climate, the idea for the book came to her years ago while she was writing her first book, Every Body Yoga, a guide to developing a yoga practice.

“I realized yoga is a lot more than postures,” she tells PEOPLE. “The postures get to be more complicated, not because you’re practicing harder gymnastics or physical postures, but because you’re practicing emotional and mental and really spiritual postures.”…

…The book explores the existence of white supremacy and cultural appropriation in American yoga. “I would venture to say that everything in our collective society is rooted in white supremacy. I

[dainbramaged]

Start throwing water on her until the tide comes in, I guess.

[mikelets456]

>> Warning! Picture in link. <<<

LOL!
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Thanks. Now I’ve lost my appetite for food….and sex.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Body Activist. Hmm. “Activist” as in activity? That Body is severely lacking in activity of any kind.

[Clutch Martin]

Look. I’ve been to yoga and there usually a lot of farting done during sessions, if the pollution is woman-fart... you would to have to address the issue at the source. And as for the illumination this article brings to the open for a good airing...

thank you, from the heart of my bottom.

[Bullish]

Only sick, depraved, small minded people think like this.

[krug]

I’m just going to put this out there. “I hate most black people”.

[Pollard]

I found a better one; https://djhjmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/yogi.jpg

[redgolum]

Yoga is from the Indian subcontinent.
This lady had better check her privilege.

[carton253]

Well, there we go again. Just ruining everything.

[Bullish]

[Pollard]

Yeah, too bad it came from ancient India

[notaliberal]

OMG! SAW THE PICTURE!

HAHAHAHAhahahahahahahaha

[TexasM1A]

“Body Activist” code word for fat chick and you have to tell her she is perfect.
This “lady” is a prime example of Rush Limbaughs rule #24.

[Salamander]

That’s nothing.
Go watch the video.

It’s like an 80s TOOL video from MTV

https://www.instagram.com/tv/B1ZjjHuHRKt/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=56bdfe71-ab91-4435-b10e-9d5a8b1949f8

[Oldeconomybuyer]

>>> How could someone that fat possibly be a yoga instructor? <<

I can’t imagine a new clients first meeting at her Yoga Studio. Walk in the door and see that pig doing the extended puppy pose! Yikes!

[fireman15]

It looks line she needs to cut the Big Macs and Ding Dongs. The Yoga doesn't appear to be doing much for her.

Sexy Body Activist Jessamyn Stanley

[nevadapatriot]

There she blows! The not so great black whale Moby Dindu

[puppypusher]

That woman is so Obese that she needs to do yoga 24 hours a day on a concrete pad since I don’t think a wood floor would be able to support her massive weight.

Who the hell is she kidding. She’s probably not getting any clients because they, the clients probably don’t accept that she’s capable of doing anything athletic in nature.

Looks matter.

[Steve_Seattle]

“I realized yoga is a lot more than postures,” she tells PEOPLE. “The postures get to be more complicated, not because you’re practicing harder gymnastics or physical postures, but because you’re practicing emotional and mental and really spiritual postures."

My interpretation of this gobbledygook is that she doesn't actually do the physical postures usually associated with Hatha yoga (probably because she couldn't), but instead does some sort of made-up mental exercises which she calls "spiritual postures." Now that really IS a "pollution" of yoga unless she is doing some of the traditional practices associated with Raja yoga, which is a kind of meditation.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Good Lord!