Posted on 06/09/2021 5:39:08 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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.
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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 am sure there are many people who would disagree with that, and honestly I don't care because I believe that and I know it's the case," she says.
"I think that we see it show up in a lot of different ways. In the same way it's everywhere else and it has polluted everything else, it's polluted yoga. It's very much a part of how yoga has spread in America. The popularity of yoga really came down to wealthy white people wanting to learn and explore in a very specific way, and that's why yoga has been so white for so long in America."
(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...
The media just loves to push a freak show.
It all the yoga participants in the U.S. collectively blew their brains out within the next ten minutes, I’ll bet there wouldn’t be a single obituary notice in the news tomorrow for a person in my circle of friends and professional associates.
LOL !
“... yoga instructor and body activist...”
After seeing a picture of her it looks more like she is a “body inactivist”. I doubt if that blob could perform any yoga moves. Why does anyone pay any attention to these big mouth loons. Every day on CNN, MSNBC, and others there is some big mouth black woman ranting about “white supremacy” and “racism”.
I wonder how successful she would be if working out of the family hut in Africa.
She doesn’t even realize that she’s blessed to be an American — assuming she is. These people need to quit whining already and THANK GOD!!
Wow! If Obama had a big ol’ honkin’ fat daughter... LOL
After that we attack and eradicate them.
You made me look.....
Oh, my, Bless her heart.
but White woman made it popular
lmao
No, it isn't.
No, I did not read the article.
Go away stupid person.
Jabba the Hutt’s Yoga teacher ?
That woman needs to read the Bhagavad Gita again. Oh. wait...
What is “polluting” yoga is insanity like hers.
When I saw “body activist” I knew what to expect. But, wow.
oh you SOB...i hate you
EYE BLEACH?! Please excuse me while I gouge out my eyes.
Stacy Abrams has a doppelganger!
I scrolled to the picture and stopped just before damaging my eyes permanently. Pictures such as that should come with a big warning, and a 5 second delay to avoid instant barfing.
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