Fox News Controversy on Yoga and White Supremacy Reveals Problem of Yoga Discussion
A recent Fox News headline, “Americans who Practice Yoga Contribute to White Supremacy, Michigan State…
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Let’s Stop Calling Rape and Harassment by Bikram Yoga Founder Just Another “Guru Scandal”
When Bikram Choudhury was first teaching yoga in the 1970s at his yoga studio in…
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Pat Robertson Warns Yoga Will Have You Speaking Hindu
Pat Robertson, the notorious and influential television evangelist and founder of the Christian Coalition of…
Read MoreIs Pope Francis Yogaphobic?
As Luke Coppen noted in a recent piece in The Spectator, Francis “has been spun…
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Fake, Evil, Spiritual, Commodified; What’s the Truth About Popular Yoga?
What inspired you to write Selling Yoga? Near the beginning of my graduate school career, I…
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10 Noteworthy Yoga Developments to Recall in 2015
From the passing of Iyengar to homophobic yoga to the Super Bowl, yoga made headlines and continued to evolve in 2014.
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Claiming Yoga for India
Modi’s recent efforts are mired in inaccurate myths of yoga’s static essence and Indian origin.
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Pop Culture Yogi B. K. S. Iyengar Dead at 95
Yoga popularizer, entrepreneur, and guru B. K. S. Iyengar died on Wednesday in the Indian…
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Yoga Guru or CEO? Saving the Brand When Scandal Strikes
The accusations facing Anusara yoga founder John Friend include suggestions that he heads a Wiccan coven in which he has sex with female members; that he’s had several sexual relationships with married Anusara employees and teachers; that he violated federal regulations regarding employee benefits by suddenly freezing Anusara, Inc.’s pension fund; and finally, that Friend put his employees at legal risk by arranging for them to accept packages of marijuana for his personal use.
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