Yeah I realized after writing that, it’s a little flippant. My favorite yoga teacher once described American yoga as an unholy mashup of British calisthenics and ancient Indian spiritual and contemplative practices, and that sounds about right. I do know it’s orientalist, and that’s problematic, but goodness it is a great physical practice, the way we do it here.
Yeah I realized after writing that, it’s a little flippant. My favorite yoga teacher once described American yoga as an unholy mashup of British calisthenics and ancient Indian spiritual and contemplative practices, and that sounds about right. I do know it’s orientalist, and that’s problematic, but goodness it is a great physical practice, the way we do it here.