What this page is
and why I built it.
Yoga in the West is a legit problem. Walk into most studios and you'll encounter a $30-$60 class, a curated playlist, and a teacher who may or may not know that the postures they're teaching are less than 100 years old in their current form and lack the spiritual practice that makes them effective.
That's not an attack on modern yoga (it is a little bit though). It's jsut that how a 5,000-year-old spiritual tradition traveled from ancient India through British colonialism, through a handful of influential teachers, and eventually into every gym in suburban America is an important discussion point. This journey changed yoga inormously. Essentially, it West white-washed it. What's new?
I'm in the middle of a 200hr teacher training. The more I learn, the more I want to understand what yoga actually is, not just what it's become. This page is that research and built practice written out.
I believe yoga is a practice for every one, but to truly practice we have to respect and embrace the culture behind it.
A note on approach
I'm a researcher and a student. I'm not a Sanskrit scholar or a lineage teacher. Everything here is cited, everything is written with genuine respect for the tradition, and everything is also filtered through my brain, which is constitutionally incapable of not asking difficult questions.
