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How Yoga Won the West

By Ann Louise Bardach — 2011

The Indian monk, born Narendranath Datta to an aristocratic Calcutta family, alighted in Chicago in 1893 in ochre robes and turban, with little money after a daunting two-month trek from Bombay.

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Yoga & Cultural Appropriation (& Why We Can Heal the World with Kindness)

Yoga has been misunderstood and misrepresented. We can improve this while carrying compassion, love, and respect for everyone.

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Reema Datta
2021
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The Spiritual Practice of Kindness

I wonder how the world would be, how we would live, how children would learn if we intentionally cultivated the spirit of being kind each day. In a world filled with fear and cruelty, we are itching for an outbreak of this characteristic.

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Jean Wise
2016
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Yoga for Cultivating Willpower

Ask how to break a bad habit and just about everyone will tell you to use willpower. Let’s call it the “just say no” response.

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Angela Wilson
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