Community Conversation: Cultural Appropriation in the Yoga Community

A free monthly online conversation where we connect spiritual ideas to real life by talking about personal challenges we all share, difficult issues we all face, and how the ancient spiritual teachings of the yoga tradition offer practical guidance for navigating our way through life in the modern world.

This month, join Hari-kirtana and yoga teacher Sugopi Telhan, as they discuss cultural appropriation in the yoga community. What’s the difference between cultural appropriation and appreciation?  How can we avoid it?  And what does yoga philosophy have to say about it?

Since her youth, Sugopi has immersed herself into the traditional world of yoga in its many forms. She spent summers in India where she studied Bhakti and Yoga philosophy and mantra meditation. She completed her YTT at Inner Power Yoga and strives to constantly learn the infinite knowledge of yoga from her teachers and students alike.

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