Yoga in Essence

Yoga in Essence

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Yoga Already Has a DEI Framework. It's Just Not the One You've Been Sold

When a tradition gets cut from its roots, it stops being a path and starts being a product

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Trupti Sheth
Mar 16, 2026
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There is a conversation happening inside yoga studios, teacher training programs, and wellness Instagram feeds. The claim is that yoga has a diversity problem. Spaces are too white, too expensive, too disconnected from communities that need healing most. The solution on offer is DEI- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, borrowed wholesale from HR departmen…

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