The Yoga Manifesto
How Yoga Helped Me and Why It Needs to Save Itself
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Narrated by:
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Avita Jay
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By:
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Nadia Gilani
About this listen
How did an ancient spiritual practice become the preserve of the privileged?
Nadia Gilani has been practising yoga as a participant and teacher for more than 25 years. Yoga has saved her life and seen her through many highs and lows; it has been a faith, a discipline and a friend, and she believes wholeheartedly in its radical potential. However, over her years in the wellness industry, Nadia has noticed not only yoga's rising popularity, but also how its modern incarnation no longer serves people of colour, working-class people or many other groups who originally pioneered its creation.
Combining her own memories of how the practice has helped her with an account of its history and transformation in the modern West, Nadia creates a love letter to yoga and a passionate critique of the billion-dollar industry whose cost and inaccessibility has shut out many of those it should be helping. By turns poignant, funny and shocking, The Yoga Manifesto excavates where the industry has gone wrong, and what can be done to save the practice from its own success.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-11-22
Food for thought for yoga practitioners in a forms
Great book, in which Nadia shares her experience and honest opinion of her view on Yoga. Great food for thought for yoga studios, teachers and practitioners. A book that can help us think about and hopefully act opon how we want to see the Yoga of the 21st century evolve be inclusive to all and respectful of it's roots.
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- Cheryl
- 15-11-23
Self righteous!!!!
I got some amazing insights as a new yoga teacher and agree that the industry is producing ill equipped teachers but I felt angry at some stages, like when the author mentioned there is no connection between Reiki and Yoga…. Wow! Mind, body spirit, our connection to our creator is in all aspects of practice, also the word Namaste…. It’s beautiful and I think if yoga teachers want to use this word as it makes their students feel comfortable then why not as long as they know what it means, it was super negative at stages and I kept wondering why I was still listening to it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-07-23
I agree with the underlying topic - but felt it was like a big telling off..
I loved the topic - the underlying message that yoga should not be a white person, bendy body, expensive legging opportunity for those with plenty money. However I felt that it was such a tad of woe I started to switch off. Not sure of some of the Instagram feeds I see somewhat contradict the principle of this book.
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- Ivan Filipovic
- 07-09-22
Self-righteous and openly racist
I was hoping to purchase a book about yoga but instead got a 10-hour pity party. Blaming everyone else in her life for doing her wrong, immature, and not taking responsibility for own actions. Without an ounce of hesitation is putting all the white people in the same drawer; rich, privileged, hype, vegan, exotic beach photos posting etc. (act of racism) while at the same time complaining about racism and lack of diversity. I guess being racist towards white people is acceptable these days? Coincidentally, I am white, but at the same time I very often work 12-hour shifts, and don't have the time or funds to attend fancy yoga classes you're on about, and have to resort to YouTube tutorials. These are free, and available to everyone. What is stopping anyone else (motivated enough) from utilising that channel?
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- marcus bradshaw
- 07-11-22
An Angry person's view of yoga with little depth
It made me feel I am a fake for taking yoga seriously as I am a white male and it is just not my place to have any views on the subject. She seems angry and has so many relapses I doubt we should listen to her advice on anything to do with the wellness industry.
There was some talk of the yoga principles, but none of the Nadis and the twisted serpent Kundalini. There was no in-depth talk of any meditative practices even though she says yoga is a precursor to meditation.
She slags off social media but at the same time excits herself when she gets attention for having contentious and "rebel"views.
I agree that yoga needs to attract a deeper section of our community but I feel like the only view represented in this book was that of the author and everyone else practicing yoga is fake apart from her
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