VIDA Y VIBRA
VIDA Y VIBRA
DESIREE ALEMAN
Cultural appropriation in yoga and how to do it better as western practitioners
57 minutes Posted Jul 24, 2020 at 2:05 pm.
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As yoga gets more popular in mainstream culture, more and more people who aren’t connected to the practice’s roots are picking it up without the , the context of the essence of yoga’s meaning. Here our guest Jyoti Chadda, and Indian woman, practicioner, entrepeneur living in the UK, share with us the important things that we need to know when we are sharing the practice of yoga with others, how to do it better in terms to being respectful on traditions that go back thousands of years in South Asia and other places around the world, so here Jyoti share with us how to make sure you're not contributing to harm.

Cultural appropriation is a process that takes a traditional practice from a marginalized group and turns it into something that benefits the dominant group - ultimately erasing its origins and meaning.