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Why Yoga Studios Are Not Enough: The Community Yoga Project

September 15, 2014 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Maya teaching at her Community Yoga Project

My book The No-More-Excuses Guide to Yoga got me thinking about all the ways in which people are excluded from yoga - reasons like social class, race, money, incarceration or general access. Much as we like to think yoga is accessible for all and inclusive, the reality is that there are many barriers which prevent large numbers of our populations from benefiting from it's practice. I wanted to highlight the work that is being done to bring yoga to all the people and hopefully inspire other yoga … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights, Yoga & Community Tagged With: access, accessible, community, diverse, marginalized, privilege, social justice, yoga

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