Why I Love and Hate Yoga as a Hindu

Every time a skinny white yogi tells me to relax for Savasana, I want to scream.

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Yoga is a beneficial practice. We see this in popular literature, research, and personal stories. I grew up Hindu and my experience with yoga consists mostly of my family and all their South Asian friends hailing yoga as one of the greatest gifts to global society.