Power and Prana: When Yoga Leads to Abuse

Power and Prana: When Yoga Leads to Abuse

Power and Prana: When Yoga Leads to Abuse On a steaming hot afternoon in the Berkshires in 2012, I’ve sought shade in the meditation garden at Kripalu, a health and yoga centre two and a half hours from Boston. Step by step, I follow the circular walking meditation...
Is Yoga Cultural Appropriation?

Is Yoga Cultural Appropriation?

Is Yoga Cultural Appropriation? A couple of weeks ago a kindergarten class came to my yoga studio. I asked them what they knew about yoga, and one little boy jumped back into a wiggling, barking downward dog. Another five-year-old tried to touch her toes. Neither of...
Full Circle owner Phillipa Beck

Full Circle owner Phillipa Beck

Full Circle owner Phillipa Beck Full Circle owner Phillipa Beck remembers her early days of teaching yoga: “I had glitter on the mats for weeks,” she says about her first classes, held at a Telkwa daycare, where she’d arrive early to tidy up toys and sweep the floor....