The Privilege of Yoga

Join us as we talk about: Who gets to practice yoga? What does it mean to be queer practising yoga? To be a person of colour? To be a feminist? To be poor? Is yoga gendered? Are all bodies truly welcome in yoga? What does it mean to practice collectively in corporate spaces? How does modern yoga honour/dishonour the tradition? Come dig deep as we ask these questions and many others, and as we struggle together with how yoga can be a powerful tool for social change.

Our focus is on holding space for lively and relevant conversation. We have a panel of speakers lined up to spark dialogue, each by speaking briefly to a topic they are passionate about. And then we will open it up for you to suggest topics, and create discussion groups around those topics.

The panelists are:
Cynthia Ganatra, talking about Cultural Appropriation – Who Owns Yoga?
Sjanie McInnis, talking about Yoga & Gender & Sexuality – or “The Tyranny of the Goddess Myth”
Farah Nazarali, talking about Yoga and Activism
Julie (JC) Peters, talking about Yoga and Money

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