How is “stretching for mental health” ableist? I’m honestly not following you on that one.

Everyone in my yoga class is a tired mom who barely has time to wash the baby puke out of her hair, let alone apply henna. Or (in another time slot), cheerful retirees fending off the effects of arthritis. Maybe its regional, but these culturally appropriating “practitioners” are unknown to me.

I’ve studied yoga in both India and the west, and while people in the Indian yoga community do enjoy making fun of all the dumb crap promoted as “yoga” in the west (dog yoga, $100 Lululemon pants etc.), I’ve never heard anyone take offense to the mere idea of Western people teaching or practicing yoga. This just seems…

I know- I have an advanced degree in understanding bullshit but that letter is just over the top. It is the definition of overthinking.

Yes, I doubt any actual Indian people are behind this nonsense. All the code words seem to point toward smug white liberals.

Oh my god. Give me a fucking break. This is the kind of shit people are talking about when they say progressives are out of control offended by everything. Let’s just all never do anything again ever because along the way there was definitely somebody who was hurt during the development of said anything. We can all…

This one hit close to home. I have a 4-year-old with developmental disabilities. He loves to climb and dance and is very physically active, but his challenges mean team sports aren’t happening for him. His preschool does yoga sometimes and he *loves* it. It’s one of the few things where he’s on something close to a…

WTF people??? i need translation for all that nonsense

No, that’s segregation. Seriously, these people are being ironically bigoted.

Horseshoe politics: when your tryhard “cultural sensitivity” uses the same exact logic as religious extremists.

Precisely my thoughts. There’s cultural appropriation but there’s also cultural exchange and the latter is amazing and beneficial for everyone. I think yoga, in general, is an example of the latter.

Oh for fuck’s sake, it’s STRETCHING. I had no idea it was possible for a culture to have dibs on breathing and stretching. I have no idea what those emails are even trying to say.

A lot of well meaning liberals seen to rely on “checking their privilege” verbally and calling other people and groups out for insensitivity or appropriation as if it’s a free and easy way to prove your good liberal cred. “I’m not a white straight transphobic racist pig! I’m gender fluid, check my white privilege, and…

The examples of leftie high-mindedness shooting itself in the foot are not as many as right-wingers are claiming, but they are starting to accumulate. It’s not a pretty sight. Hopefully we’ll see a backlash to the backlash to correct these exaggerations. What a story, man, what a story.

Yes, yoga comes from a culture that got dicked with. Find a culture in the world that hasn’t. It’s not a reason to shut people out of it! White people doing yoga is not cultural appropriation!

I don’t understand anything in that email. Not a word.

Have we reached a point where all cultural sharing is off limits? That seems so... stagnant.

a positive development. I won’t be satisfied until the only thing whites don’t feel bad doing is sitting in a windowless room reflecting on their privilege.

Testing positive for a BRCA1 mutation is a pretty big fucking health issue.

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