![]() ![]() ![]() I felt like I had caused the problem in the class," Stanley says. "No one else in my class had an issue with the video. When Stanley said she was uncomfortable with watching the video, her teacher said they'd never thought about the appropriation of South Asian culture in yoga. In one teacher training early on, she was asked to watch a film of famous white actors waxing on about yoga’s spiritual roots. And mostly she’s concerned about race and appropriation: Why is a practice steeped in spirituality in India, represented by thin, white, American women wearing expensive yoga garb in wealthy neighborhoods? ![]() Stanley is concerned about her health but doesn’t want to wait to love her body. The title comes from when Stanley tried writing that yoga yokes people together but instead mistakenly spelled it "yolk." The self-described Black, fat, queer yoga instructor tackles topics ranging from her weight, white supremacy, cultural appropriation and Blackness. ![]() Author Jessamyn Stanley‘s new book “ Yoke” is a series of honest, challenging, humorous and poignant essays about her life - mostly seen through the lens of her yoga practice. ![]()
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