This article originally published in Pathways, June, 2021 issue

Through A Yogic Lens: Is It Really Cultural Appropriation? Or Something Deeper?

BY ANJALI SUNITA

We’ve all seen it: the deity tattoos, the turbans, self-appointed spiritual names, goddess circles, Yoga business courses, pornographic Yoga pose selfies, events described as “tribal” galore. If you like Yoga or are of Indian ancestry, you will have been berated with these aesthetics through the algorithms on…